Happening: Abortion Films

June 29, 2022 by

Happening Photo : Courtesy of IFC Films   Feminist French director Audrey Diwan’s ground-level 1960s drama follows a headstrong student (Anamaria Vartolomei) through a period of confusion and fear. The film, which takes audiences back to a time when abortion was illegal in France, serves as a timely reminder of just how scary and alienating the process […]

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Back in Action: Cameron Diaz’s Comeback in Seth (Horrible Bosses) Gordon’s Comedy

June 29, 2022 by

Cameron Diaz is coming out of a self-proclaimed retirement from acting to star with Oscar winner amie Foxx in Netflix feature aptly titled Back in Action.

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Gay Directors: Higgins, Colin (Harold and Maude, 9 to 5) (LGBTQ, Gay, AIDS)

June 27, 2022 by

Colin Higgins (July 28, 1941–August 5, 1988), was an  Australian-American screenwriter, actor, and director, best known for writing the screenplay for the 1971 film Harold and Maude, and for directing the Foul Play (1978) and 9 to 5 (1980).

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National Velvet (1945): Making of Family-Friendly Child-Animal Classic

June 27, 2022 by

An 18-year-old Gene Tierney, who was then appearing on Broadway, was offered the role of Velvet Brown in 1939.

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Doctor, You’ve Got to be Kidding! (1967): Peter Tewksbury’s Muddled Romantic Comedy, Starring Sandra Dee and George Hamilton

June 27, 2022 by

Dee plays Heather Halloran, a young woman pursued by three men who want to marry her, and is about to give birth to a baby.

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