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“The bleakest portrait of a marriage since Bergman”: The War of the Roses reviewed in 1989

Sparring spouses Barbara and Oliver (played by Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas) fight through bitter divorce proceedings in this feel-bad comedy directed by Danny DeVito, which sticks to its cynicism to the last, as wrote Anne Billson upon release.

By Anne Billson

“The bleakest portrait of a marriage since Bergman”: The War of the Roses reviewed in 1989
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Chantal Akerman: a primer

By Cristina Álvarez López and Adrian Martin

Chantal Akerman: a primer
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