The Awakening 1980  R, 102 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Mike Newell
Cast: Charlton Heston, Susannah York, Jill Townsend, Stephanie Zimbalist, Patrick Drury, Bruce Myers, Nadim Sawalha, Ian McDiarmid, Miriam Margolyes, Ahmed Osman
Matthew Corbeck (Charlton Heston) is an archeologist whose baby daughter is "blessed" with the evil spirit of an ancient Egyptian queen. Based on Bram Stoker's "Jewel of the Seven Stars" and previously filmed as "Blood from the Mummy's Tomb" (1971).
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The Governess 1998  R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sandra Goldbacher
Cast: Minnie Driver, Tom Wilkinson, Florence Hoath, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Harriet Walter, Arlene Cockburn, Emma Bird, Adam Levy, Bruce Myers
Beginning in London during the 1840s, this is the story of a Sephardic Jew, Rosina (Minnie Driver), who attempts to pass herself off as a gentile by changing her name to Mary Blackchurch and taking the position of governess in the Cavendish home in Scotland. There she becomes romantically involved with the father (Tom Wilkinson) in her effort to attain salvation.
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Henry & June 1990  NC-17, 136 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Philip Kaufman
Cast: Fred Ward, Uma Thurman, Maria de Medeiros, Kevin Spacey, Richard E. Grant, Jean-Philippe Ecoffey, Bruce Myers, Juan Luis Bunuel, Feodor Atkine, Sylvie Huguel, Artus de Penguern, Pierre Etaix, Alexandre De Gall, Gaetan Bloom, Pierre Edernac
Anais (Maria de Medeiros) and her husband, Hugo (Richard E. Grant), live in Paris. Henry Miller (Fred Ward) and his wife, June (Uma Thurman), arrive, and Anais is attracted to June. When June returns to America, she gives Henry and Anais approval to become involved in a love affair. This is the story of the real-life, 1930s' love affair between American author Henry Miller and French writer Anais Nin–with dreams of a few liaisons between Anais and June thrown in.
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being 1988  R, 172 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Philip Kaufman
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Juliette Binoche, Lena Olin, Derek de Lint, Erland Josephson, Donald Moffat, Daniel Olbrychski, Stellan Skarsgard, Bruce Myers, Pavel Landovsky, Tomasz Borkowy, Pavel Slaby, Pascale Kalensky, Jacques Ciron, Anne Lonnberg
In this film adaptation of Milan Kundera's story, Czechoslovakian surgeon Thomas (Daniel Day-Lewis) is an irresponsible lover whose sexual appetite is never satisfied. He falls in love with Tereza (Juliette Binoche) and marries her but continues his many affairs–particularly with Sabina (Lena Olin). In 1968, when Russia invades Prague, Sabina forms a friendship with Tereza while Thomas is obsessed with the collapse of his country. Well written, acted, and photographed.
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| 1. The Awakening (1980)
2. The Governess (1998)
3. Henry & June (1990)
4. The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)
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