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    FILMS THAT MAKE ME CRY

    Aug 30, 2020 2 minutes

    1 SELECTED BY DIRECTOR Nicole Holofcener

    CONRACK (1974)

    One of many movies about racism that broke my heart. Saw it as a teenager so it affected me a great deal. The young girl who starred in it was outside the theatre when I came out and I sobbed to her.

    MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969)

    So brilliantly directed and acted. I never fail to weep and it usually

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