Desert Hearts (#902) Nico Mastorakis and The Silence of the

and The Silence of the Lambs

Kaneto Shindo's Onibaba is in part a modern parable on consumerism

and sound recordist Tu Duu-chih

chats with writer Simon Ward about their formative experiences with Landis’ film

Desert Hearts (#902) Nico Mastorakis and The Silence of theDonna Deitchs swooning and sensual first narrative feature, Desert Hearts, was groundbreaking upon its release in 1985: a love story about two women, made entirely independently, on a shoestring budget, by a woman. In this 1959 set film, adapted from a beloved novel by Jane Rule, straitlaced East Coast professor Vivian Bell (Helen Shaver) arrives in Reno to file for divorce but winds up catching the eye of someone new, the free spirited young Cay