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The Beguiled Girlfriends 

(Don Siegel, 1971)
(Claudia Weill, 1978)

Woman and man in living room

Directed by Don Siegel (Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Dirty Harry), The Beguiled stars Clint Eastwood as a wounded Union soldier whose life is saved when he’s taken in at an all-girls school in Mississippi. As the soldier mends, jealousies begin to stir among the school’s inhabitants. A remake by Sofia Coppola will be released this summer. (105 mins., 35mm) 

Claudia Weill’s Girlfriends stars Melanie Mayron (thirtysomething) as a rising New York photographer whose life takes a detour when her best friend and roommate (Anita Skinner) moves out to marry her boyfriend. The film was a favorite of New Hollywood giant Stanley Kubrick. (88 mins., 35mm)

Film still of a man poking a woman in the back with his crutches

The Beguiled, image courtesy of Universal Pictures

Film still of a woman photographing another woman lying in bed

Girlfriends, image courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures

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The Beguiled Girlfriends