Susan Lynch

  • Rob Nilsson & John Hanson – Northern Lights (1978)

    1971-1980ArthouseDramaJohn HansonRob NilssonUSA

    The bittersweet story of young lovers caught up in a political struggle waged by farmers against the grain trade, the banks, and the railroads. Set in 1915-16 North Dakota, a largely forgotten era of American history.Read More »

  • John Woods – Dangerous Lady (1995)

    1991-2000DramaJohn WoodsRomanceUnited Kingdom

    In 1950s/60s London, Maura Ryan, the sole sister among seven brothers, joins their criminal enterprise in the East End. Her eldest brother Michael leads the family’s gangland operations.Read More »

  • James Kent – The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister (2010)

    2001-2010BBCDramaJames KentQueer Cinema(s)TVUnited Kingdom

    from imdb:
    In nineteenth century Yorkshire wealthy orphan Anne Lister lives with an aunt and uncle, anxious for her to marry well and blissfully unaware that she is a lesbian,recording her thoughts and exploits in a coded diary. When her lover Mariana Belcombe makes a marriage of convenience to rich old Charles Lawton,she feels betrayed and,although Mariana visits and has sex with her,the relationship is going nowhere. Helped by old flame Tib she makes a play for innocent Miss Browne but sees she is barking up the wrong tree and diverts herself by renovating the family hall. A drunken Tib almost exposes her secret and scornful mine-owner Christopher Rawson,whose marriage proposal she rejects,tells her that her sexuality is a subject of local gossip. Undeterred Anne meets Ann Walker who becomes her new ‘wife’ and they open a coal-mine ,living happily together. An end title tells us that Anne Lister died prematurely in 1840 on holiday in Russia.Read More »

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