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daughters courageousIT’S NO SECRET THAT WE TSP SISTERS love movies. Over the last few months, we’ve again updated (with loads of your suggestions) a feature we’d like to think of as the definitive list of sisterly cinema. Keep your suggestions coming; let us know what we should be adding to our queues for winter viewing, and beyond. Our list of sister flicks, Version 3, is here.

‘The Duchess,’ a Smart Chick Flick

by margaret on July 27, 2009

Keira Knightley and Hayley Atwell in 'The Duchess'

Keira Knightley and Hayley Atwell in 'The Duchess'

ISN’T IT GREAT when your husband (or any other guy in your life) chooses a smart chick flick for movie night? Sister Paige’s movie-loving husband surprised her recently with The Duchess, a look at the confinement and powerlessness that characterized the lives of even aristocratic women of the 18th century. (Paige, by the way, is author of TSP’s 99 Sister Flicks We Love must-see list.) Here’s what Paige thought of The Duchess.

mysistereileenI T’S NO SECRET THAT WE TSP SISTERS love movies, and with your help we’ve kept adding to the list of sisterly films we love, with Version 2 just published. How many do we have, we wondered when it was done, and started counting, and can you believe it? One short of the century mark! So please, sisters, go scan the list and add ones we’ve missed to the comments. The list is right here for your enjoyment.