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Body Heat
Why this pick
A sun-drenched neo-noir built on dangerous erotic attraction, a compromised investigator-like protagonist, and escalating uncertainty over who is manipulating whom.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE1992 2h 7m FRA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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The Hot Spot
Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
In San Francisco, homicide detective Nick Curran investigates the murder of retired rock star Johnny Boz, who has been brutally stabbed to death with an ice pick during sex by a mysterious blonde woman. Nick's only suspect is Boz's bisexual girlfriend, crime novelist Catherine Tramell, who has written a novel that mirrors the crime. It is concluded that either Catherine is the murderer or someone is attempting to frame her. Catherine is uncooperative and taunting during the investigation, smoking and indecent exposure during her interrogation. She has an alibi and passes a lie detector test. Nick discovers Catherine has a history of befriending murderers, including her girlfriend Roxy, who killed her two younger brothers, on impulse, when she was 16, and Hazel Dobkins, who killed her family.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Sharon Stone
Catherine Tramell
Michael Douglas
Det. Nick Curran
Jeanne Tripplehorn
Dr. Beth Garner
George Dzundza
Gus Moran
Denis Arndt
Lt. Philip Walker
Wayne Knight
John Correli
Stephen Tobolowsky
Dr. Lamott
Jack McGee
Sheriff