romance Palm Trees in the Snow (or ash) 18 Sep 2020Sep 18, 2020 "Life is a tornado. Peace, fury...and then peace again." ★★★★★ Fernando González Molina's Spanish romantic drama Palm Trees in the Snow (Spanish: Palmeras en la nieve, 2015) is based on…
romance Two of Us (at last) 28 Aug 2020Sep 16, 2020 "Have you got a problem with elderly dykes?" ★★★★★ After Céline Sciamma’s masterpiece Portrait of A Lady on Fire (2019), another French female-centric film attempts to approach lesbian love in a…
romance Jodhaa Akbar (and the wet nurse) 4 Aug 2020Sep 25, 2020 "Water and ambition have one thing in common...they are ever-swelling" ★★★★ Ashutosh Gowariker's epic historical romance Jodhaa Akbar (2008) is not only a production of inconceivable proportions, but it has…
romance Atonement (unheard) 10 Jul 2020Aug 13, 2020 "How old do you have to be before you know the difference between right and wrong?" ★★★★★ After working together on Pride & Prejudice (2005), Keira Knightley and director Joe…
romance Indiscreet (and blind) 26 Jun 2020Aug 13, 2020 "There is no sincerity like a woman telling a lie" ★★★★ Stanley Donen's Indiscreet (1958) not only reunited Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman after their work in Hitchcock's Notorious (1946),…
romance Lady J (a devilish angel) 21 May 2020Sep 29, 2020 "How is your heart?" ★★★★ Period films have a very specific aura about them - a degree of refinement that rarely transcends genres. Lady J (French: Mademoiselle de Joncquières) was,…
romance Swept Away (not far enough) 1 May 2020Sep 29, 2020 "All rich people are the same. They play funny little games." ★ Times of ongoing quarantine call for a film that serves as an entertaining adventure, light comedy/romance, and a…
romance 3-Iron (three times) 27 Apr 2020Sep 29, 2020 "It's hard to tell if the world we live in is reality, or a dream" ★★★★★ There are films one can rewatch for the sake of pleasure. There are films…
