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Jane’s Mom (Stockard Channing, TV’s “West Wing,” “Grease”) assumes her popular daughter is just like every other fifteen-year-old girl – a little confused about growing up, but a great kid at heart. Jane figures her mom is just like any other mom – a little too protective, but only because she loves her. Both of them believe they have a good relationship. Then Jane meets Taylor, the new girl at school, and falls madly in love with her. Suddenly, everyone is trying to figure out how to cope with the realization that Jane is a lesbian. Her classmates are having trouble treating her like a human being, and her mom refuses to have anything to do with Jane’s experiment. The trouble is, this is not just a phase. Jane knows she’s gay. If her mom can’t or won’t accept that fact, their relationship could be broken forever. Through the help of new friends and a lot of soul searching, Jane learns to accept herself and her sexuality. Now the challenge is finding a (more…)

This powerful tale of suppressed sexuality offers poignant and sharply observant social commentary, interlaced with a tender romance. Veteran actress Barbara Marten tugs at the heart as Ellen Hardy, a working-class mother in Northern England struggling with her feelings for another woman — her 10-year-old son’s vivacious teacher, Kathy Thompson (Andrina Carroll).

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THINGS YOU CAN TELL JUST BY LOOKING AT HER is a wonderfully intelligent and deeply poignant series of interconnected vignettes that focus on the lives of strong, independent single women. An anthology of five loosely connected stories dealing with a variety of very different women in dealing with their own life problems

In the heart of L.A., six extraordinary women have come to an emotional crossroads: a talented young detective (Brenneman) struggles with loneliness, an ambitious bank manager (Hunter) contemplates motherhood and a successful doctor (Close) confronts her spiritual emptiness. At the same time, a blind teacher (Diaz) searches for love, a middle-aged writer (Baker) grapples with prejudice and a gifted fortune-teller (Flockhart) grieves for her dying lover.

Touching, compelling and original, Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her spins a brilliant tapestry of interwoven vignettes. Starring OscarÂ(r) winner* Holly Hunter, five-time OscarÂ(r) nominee** Glenn Close, Golden GlobeÂ(r) Winner Calista Flockhart (”Ally McBeal”) and Golden GlobeÂ(r) nominees Cameron Diaz (Charlie’s Angels), Amy Brenneman (”Judging Amy”) and Kathy Baker (”Picket Fences”), this “really special film” (”Ebert & Roeper and the Movies”) is an absolute “triumph” (Mirabella).

Poised between fear and (more about Thing you can tell by looking at her at Amazon…)

Beautiful!
Things You Can Tell Just By Looking At Her is a series of vignettes that are all somehow connected. Basically the equivalent of a really good short story collection!

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HBO caused a stir when it aired If These Walls Could Talk, a portrait of three women from three generations (all who occupied the same house at various times) who had unwanted pregnancies. HBO utilizes the same gimmick in the sequel, this time telling the story of women who love women.The three stories of If These Walls Could Talk 2 are uneven. Far and away the most powerful and moving story is the first, taking place in 1961, starring Vanessa Redgrave as a woman “widowed” when her partner of 50 years suddenly dies. Redgrave is phenomenal, and her piece alone makes this sequel worth watching. The 1972 portion stars Michelle Williams, who finds dealing with the sexual politics of the gay community increasingly more complex when she falls in love with a boyish woman (played by Chloë Sevigny). The most modern piece, taking place in 2000, portrays a contemporary lesbian couple (Sharon Stone and Ellen DeGeneres) determined to have a baby. The light nature of the sto (more…)