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“Carnal Knowledge” is clearly Mike Nichols’ best film. It sets out to tell us certain things about these few characters and their sexual crucifixions, and it succeeds. It doesn’t go for cheap or facile laughs, or inappropriate symbolism, or a phony kind of contemporary feeling.
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- 'The Graduate' (1967) The Graduate is one of the greatest and most radical movies of 1967, which itself was a notably radical year for American cinema.
- 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' (1966) Almost 40 years before Closer, Mike Nichols made his feature film debut with another movie about two pairs of couples gradually tearing each other - and themselves — apart.
- 'Angels in America' (2003) Though it's a miniseries and runs about three times as long as the average movie, Angels in America is still worth highlighting as one of Mike Nichols' greatest filmmaking achievements.
- 'Closer' (2004) Closer is a feel-bad kind of movie, but in no way can it be called a bad movie. It's about two different couples who end up in a complex situation where partners are effectively swapped, leading to plenty of dramatic fallout and characters reckoning with their own cheating habits, and coming to grips with their partners doing the same.
Carnal Knowledge is a 1971 American comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols and written by Jules Feiffer. It stars Jack Nicholson, Candice Bergen, Art Garfunkel, and Ann-Margret, with Rita Moreno and Cynthia O'Neal.
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- 7 Closer
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- 5 The Birdcage
- 4 Silkwood
- 3 Carnal Knowledge
- 2 The Graduate
- 1 Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Henry Burton is in charge of overseeing the presidential campaign of Governor Jack Stanton. Burton watches as Stanton’s promiscuous behavior threatens his campaign while Stanton contends with his ambitious wife Susan. A fictionalized adaptation from the novel Primary Colors: A Novel of Politics, a retelling of Bill Clinton’s 1992 campaign, Primary ...
In modern day London, American exotic dancer Alice meets Dan and after getting hit by a taxi, Dan takes her to the hospital, sparking a relationship between the two. One year later, Dan is no longer interested in their relationship and flirts with photographer Anna, whom he sets ups with dermatologist Larry. As time goes by, both relationships’ sta...
Starring Melanie Griffith, Harrison Ford and Sigourney Weaver, Working Girl follows the story of ambitious young Tess who seeks to make a name for herself in the business world. After a series of events, including her conniving boss stealing her idea, Tess manages to pass herself off for her boss Katherine to exact her revenge, and manages to initi...
The Birdcage is a remake of the French farce “La Cage aux Folles” when the engaged Val and Barbara are introduced to their in-laws. Val’s Father Armand, a gay Miami drag club owner pretends to be straight and hide his relationship with drag-queen Albert to please Barbara’s father, Republican Senator Kevin Keeley. The film stars comedic icons Nathan...
With an all-star cast of Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell and Cher backed by Mike Nichols’ genius, it’s impossible not to appreciate such a work of art as Silkwood, adapted from the book Who Killed Karen Silkwood?. Based on the true story of Karen Silkwood as she raises concerns about the safety at her workplace, a nuclear plant, and discovers that she’s...
Carnal Knowledge follows the sweetheart Sandy and his roommate, charmer Jonathan, throughout their lives. Sandy gets engaged to the supposedly pure Susan without the knowledge that she cheated on him with Jonathan. In Part II of the film, Sandy takes after Jonathan with his charm and womanizing ways, hoping to rekindle the spark in his marriage whi...
Mike Nichols directs this classic tale of young Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) and his struggle to find his identity after graduating from college, eventually seduced into an affair with Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft). Despite the on-screen age difference, Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft were only six years apart, but with the magic of cinema, ...
Starring on and off real-life couple Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor in their middle-age, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? follows two couples over one long night. After a staff party at the University, Martha and George invite Honey and Nick back to their house where they drink, and the toxic middle-aged couple takes out their frustrations on e...
A RIALTO PICTURES RELEASE. “Clearly Nichols’ best film.” – Roger Ebert. “One of the more original and merciless American comedies of recent years.” – Vincent Canby. "In my opinion, Carnal Knowledge is Mike’s masterpiece. I think it’s one of the great American movies.
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Jun 30, 2021 · Mike Nichols's 1971 film "Carnal Knowledge" is the romcom as horror movie, so bleak and brutal about human sexual politics that it touched off an obscenity case that went to the Supreme...
