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BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (2005) Direction: Ang Lee Cast: Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Williams, Anne Hathaway, Randy Quaid, Linda Cardellini, Kate Mara Screenplay: Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana; from E. Annie Proulx's short story Oscar Movies, European Film Award movies Recommended with Reservations Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Brokeback Mountain Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain is without a doubt a culturally significant motion picture. The same-sex romantic drama [...]

Big Eden (2001) Direction and screenplay: Thomas Bezucha Cast: Arye Gross, Eric Schweig, Tim DeKay, Louise Fletcher, Nan Martin, George Coe     Having perhaps watched way too many Frank Capra films while growing up, first-time writer-director Thomas Bezucha has come up with a drippy romantic fable — one bathed not in corn chowder but in maple syrup: Big Eden. In this overlong romantic comedy, [...]

  Yossi & Jagger (2002) Direction: Eytan Fox Screenplay: Avner Bernheimer Cast: Ohad Knoller, Yehuda Levi, Assi Cohen, Aya Steinovitz, Hani Furstenberg, Sharon Raginiano, Yuval Semo, Yaniv Moyal, Hanan Savyon     Yossi & Jagger is a tragic love story set in a most unlikely place: an Israeli army camp. Directed by Eytan Fox from a screenplay by Avner Bernheimer, Yossi & Jagger is what [...]