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Tea And Sympathy (1956)

July 26, 2025 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Someone save this sensitive boy

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1950s, 1956, boarding school, deborah kerr, drama, john kerr, lgbtq+, loneliness, melodrama, movie review, robert anderson, tea and sympathy, teenage anxiety, vincente minnelli

Martha (1974)

April 17, 2025 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

A sadistic business

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1970s, 1974, domestic abuse, emotional abuse, germany, karlheinz bohm, margit carstensen, marriage, martha, melodrama, movie review, rainer werner fassbinder, sunburn, toxic relationship

Story of Women (1988)

September 19, 2024 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Not newfangled, not antiquated

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1980s, 1988, abortion, claude chabrol, colo tavernier, drama, feminism, france, francois cluzet, french occupation, hypocrisy, isabelle huppert, marie trintignant, melodrama, movie review, nils tavernier, sex work, story of women, third wave feminism

Thunder On The Hill (1951)

March 1, 2023 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

High castle intrigue

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1950s, 1951, ann blyth, claudette colbert, douglas sirk, melodrama, murder, mystery, philip friend, review, thunder on the hill

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972)

February 9, 2021 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

A barbaric melodrama for fans of emotional sadism

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1970s, cruelty, europe, germany, irm hermann, love triangle, margit carstensen, melodrama, rainer werner fassbinder

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