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Sisters (2001)
As a fan of Sergei Bodrov Jr Brother (Brat 1997) and Brother II (Brat II 2000), I was delighted to find a copy of the film that was supposed to be his directorial debut, Sisters (Syostry 2001). The film was made the year … Continue reading
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Paid in Full (1950)
“You can build a career on being beautiful but not a marriage.” If I watch a tearjerker, then I want a film that gives enough unabashed, glorious lurid melodrama that we can wallow in it. Douglas Sirk was the master … Continue reading
Filed under Drama, Lizabeth Scott
Love Serenade (1996)
“Would you like to come in and ease my loneliness?” Set in the tiny backwater Australian town of Sunray, the marvellous film Love Serenade, from writer/director Shirley Barrett is the story of what happens when a single man moves next … Continue reading
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I Do: How to Get Married and Stay Single (2006)
“I can’t work in a hostile olfactory environment.” In the French romantic comedy I Do: How To get Married and Stay Single (Prete Me Ta Main), 40-something Luis Costa (Alain Chabat) has a good job developing perfumes. He’s the … Continue reading
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Pretty Things (2001)
“Her body is a fabulous playground for sexual bullshit artists.” The French film Pretty Things (Les Jolies Choses) from director Gilles Paquet-Brenner features the talented Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose) as twin sisters Lucie and Marie. In this study … Continue reading
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Things I Left in Havana (1997)
“When you emigrate, it’s best to forget your memories.” In the film Things I Left in Havana three very different Cuban sisters, Rosa, Ludmilla, and Nena (a budding actress) arrive in Madrid at the invitation of an aunt. The sisters … Continue reading
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Murderous Maids (2000)
“So this is what a maid is…” Murderous Maids is the true story of the notorious Papin sisters who brutally murdered their employer and her daughter in 1933. The film begins with sisters Emilia and Christine dragged off to a … Continue reading
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Chained for Life (1951)
“Nature never grants favours.” The film Chained For Life features real-life Siamese twins, Daisy and Violet Hilton starring as singers Dorothy and Vivian Hamilton. The Hamilton sisters’ low-life manager, Hinkley (Allen Jenkins) concocts a publicity stunt scheme which involves one … Continue reading
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Twin Sisters (2002)
“I came for her.” In Twins Sisters (De Tweeling) following the deaths of their parents in Germany in 1925, twin sisters Lotte and Anna are separated by battling relatives. Lotte remains in Germany with her Catholic aunt and uncle on … Continue reading
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