Dec 12th  
Thelma and Louise**       

(US 1991)             

A repressed housewife escapes her priggish husband to spend a weekend with her best friend, that soon turns into something much more dangerous...
Landmark female road thriller, which despite its refreshing gender twist on the usual male preserve, slightly sags into one long chase, with a memorable conclusion. Its success didn't lead to a general trend for all-female action films, but it does bear hallmarks of the later Tarantino genre.

Written by: Callie Khouri.
Producers: Ridley Scott, Mimi Polk Gitlin.
Director: Ridley Scott.
Starring: Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, Brad Pitt, Christopher McDonald, Stephen Tobolowsky, Timothy Carhart.
Photography: Adrian Biddle.
Music: Hans Zimmer.

Preceded by:
Schools Out*
(US 1930.  20m. bw; The Little Rascals mistake their favourite teacher's brother for being her prospective fiancee.; w: H.M. Walker; d: Robert F. McGowan; s: June Marlowe, Jackie Cooper, Creighton Hale.)