Film Review: Master Cheng (2022)
An unexpected meeting of two cultures – Chinese and Finnish – in a remote Finnish village is the setting forContinue Reading
Tag: Romantic Drama
Film Review: The Worst Person in the World (2021)
Becoming a fully functioning adult with a proper job and a life partner is messy. Joachim Trier’s romantic drama isContinue Reading
Paris, 13th District – AFI Film Festival 2021
Romance is a complicated thing in 2021 … Director Jacques Audiard’s Paris, 13th District elegantly shows this and gives us hope. Few filmsContinue Reading
Film Review: Sylvie’s Love (2020)
Writer/Director Eugene Ashe’s Sylvie’s Love is a beautiful sumptuous old-fashioned romance. Sometimes you need a good old fashioned melodrama. Many peopleContinue Reading
Wander Darkly – AFI Film Festival 2020
Sienna Miller and Diego Luna anchor this meditation on life, death, and love. Writer/Director Tara Miele’s Wander Darkly is a metaphysical loveContinue Reading
Film Review: Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
Mysteriously ignored by The Academy for Oscar nominations, writer and director Céline Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire wonContinue Reading
Film Review: Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
Céline Sciamma’s film is what you want from a love story; ravishing, beautiful, and quietly powerful. Portrait of a Lady onContinue Reading
Blu-Ray Review: Arrow Video’s Hold Back the Dawn (Arrow Academy)
Directed by Mitchell Leisen and with a screenplay credit for Billy Wilder, this multiple Academy Award nominee gets the HDContinue Reading
Blu-Ray Review: MVD Marquee Collection’s Autumn in New York
Adam finds much to like in the Joan Chen directed romantic drama Autumn in New York. The film is beingContinue Reading