MURDER and murder

Mildred and Doris are two middle-aged white women, from very different backgrounds, who become lovers and set up house together. Film explores the pleasures and uncertainties of later-life emotional attachment and lesbian identity in a culture that glorifies youth and heterosexual romance.

Director: Yvonne Rainer

Cast: Joanna Merlin, Kathleen Chalfant, Catherine Kellner, Isa Thomas, Jennie Moreau, Kendal Thomas, Alice Playten, Daniel Martin Berkey

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.