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Waiting for the Moon

Waiting for the Moon (1987)

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Well into the 1930s, there was an expatriate community of Americans who lived in Paris or the French countryside, and who eventually became influential artists and writers. These included the painter Edward Hopper, the writer Ernest Hemingway, and the musician Virgil Thomson. Writer and poet Gertrude Stein and her lifelong companion Alice B. Toklas (perhaps best known for her marijuana recipes) were the patrons of these and other artists, including Guillaume Apollinaire. In this PBS American

PG, 1 hr. 28 min.

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Apr 25, 2006

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Almost contemptuous of fact, this unconvincing lesbian romance opts for a soft, amorphous approach in depicting the elationship between the writer-emigre Gertrude Stein and longtime companion Alice B. Toklas.

September 19, 2006 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | Comment
Emanuel Levy
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Beautifully conveys that special feeling when two separate individuals find themselves at one with each other and the world.

April 5, 2001 Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | Comment
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

Well, a rose is a rose is a rose, and a movie is a movie is a snoozefest.

February 21, 2001 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | Comment
Christopher Null
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