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from the Guardian magazine

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Bright Star- The drama based on the three-year romance between 19th century poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne, which was cut short by Keats' untimely death at age 25.
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover- The wife of an oafish restaurant owner becomes bored with her husband and considers an affair with a regular patron.
Shirley Valentine- hirley's a middle-aged Liverpool housewife, who finds herself talking to the wall while she prepares her husband's chip'n'egg, wondering what happened to her life.
The Piano- A mute woman along with her young daughter, and her prized piano, are sent to 1850s New Zealand for an arranged marriage to a wealthy landowner, and she's soon lusted after by a local worker on the plantation. Music is incredible too.
Factory Girl - Starring Sienna Miller, based on the rise and fall of socialite Edie Sedgwick, concentrating on her relationships with Andy Warhol and a folk singer.

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