Desert Hearts (#902) Nico Mastorakis Learner interviews a succession of

Learner interviews a succession of wacky

and The Silence of the Lambs

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

now a recluse working for a women’s crisis hot-line

Calling upon his vast arsenal of skills

Desert Hearts (#902) Nico Mastorakis Learner interviews a succession ofDonna 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