The first major American film entirely written, produced, and directed by women. Academy Award© winner Lee Grant's acclaimed directorial debut feature returns in this stunning new 4K restoration from The Academy Film Archive and The Film Foundation.
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A surprising though refreshing choice of subject and focus for a feature film…centered on the fractious yet loving final months of a longtime marriage between two elderly Russian emigrés. So rarely do films focus on the elderly and rarer still on love between them. Sans the obvious humor of Cocoon or the near-existential horror of The Whisperers, Tell Me a Riddle stakes it claim in the middle ground of family drama with a hint of historical intrigue. Lee Grant’s narrative feature directing debut boasts some flair, anchored by two immensely believable, lived-in performances from Oscar winners Kedrova and Douglas.
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Directed by Oscar-winning actress Lee Grant, Tell Me A Riddle stars Oscar winner Lila Kedrova and two-time Oscar winner Melvyn Douglas in a poignant portrait of a couple in their twilight years struggling to agree on how they'll live out the rest of their lives.
The film's focus is on Eva, played by Kedrova in a magnificent and heartfelt performance. Often, when we see aging depicted on screen, it's in the most cliche terms, and often just as a hindrance…
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This Henry Jaglom dude.. He's onto something. Guilty pleasure.
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I checked out this 1986 Oscar winning documentary from Lee Grant about the unemployed and homeless people in the US. This was an HBO film and is only an hour long, but it had a lot to say. Basically told in three parts, the first involving the farmers across the country losing their land and thus causing numerous businesses to shut down and pretty much causing towns to shut down because of it. The second involving a community of…
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