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It's early January, so the Crit Club is yearning for warmer climates and a little bit of TLC. Hopefully, 1985's Desert Hearts will give us just that. This directorial debut by Donna Deitch is notable in American and queer cinema as being an early film to showcase an earnest romance between two women. Will the winds of Reno win us over, or will we wish the dry air of the Great Basin treated us more kindly? Listen and find out!

Other things we discussed: 

- Watermelon Woman

- Doc Hollywood

- Vagabond

- Dark Souls

- Yojimbo

-The Wilds

-Badlands

-Baahubali: The Beginning

And join us next week where we'll discuss something very different, as we head to Japan for the 1967 yakuza film Branded to Kill.