Episode 44 - Desert Hearts and Let the Sunshine In

Published: March 12, 2018, 1:14 p.m.

The "Female directors / romantic dramas" edition 00:42 Desert Hearts 17:42 Cultural Capital Film Diary 19:02 Let the Sunshine In Melbourne is a city of many things, and most of these things are arts festivals. This week we take a look at highlights from two festivals running in March. Donna Deitch's Desert Hearts is a 1985 queer classic being showcased at the Melbourne Queer Film Festival (March 15-26), and Claire Denis' Let the Sunshine In comes to the Alliance Francaise French Film Festival (running until March 28)with a blaze of hype and the face of Juliet Binoche. This is a link to B. Ruby Rich's essay about Desert Hearts that Elo mentions: https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/5118-desert-hearts-the-thrill-of-it-all Facebook: Cultural Capital Podcast Twitter: TheCultCapPod