095 - All That Heaven Allows (1955)
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We follow up last week\\u2019s selection with one of the Hollywood classics that inspired it. \\xa0Douglas Sirk\\u2019s All That Heaven Allows\\xa0melodrama challenges conservative America\\u2019s expectations of age, class, and femininity as it follows an unconventional romance set against a backdrop of a quaint New England community. \\xa0Lauded as one of the paragon\\u2019s of the so-called \\u201cwomen\\u2019s films\\u201d of mid-century studio pictures, Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson portray the star-crossed lovers that must navigate the obstacles of selfish children, town gossips, country club leches, and cruel dramatic irony in the form of a snow-crested cliff.
If you\\u2019d like to watch ahead for next week\\u2019s film, we will be discussing and reviewing Spencer Gordon Bennett\\u2019s The Atomic Submarine (1959).
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