First Love

Japanese master Takashi Miike at his quirkiest and most romantic

"...A first love can mean different things to many people. It..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

First Love, Last Rites

"...Eli Marienthal. Long on mood and short on narrative, First Love, Last Rites does a good job of capturing..."

Sept. 11, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fantastic Fest Review: First Love

Takashi Miike's bloody romance is all beating heart

"...First love can means different things. That boy you went..."

Sept. 21, 2019 Screens Post by Jenny Nulf

The J-Pop Story Behind Takashi Miike's First Love

How the Japanese director never meant to become a genre master

"...monster series Ultraman Max, and now yakuza romance in First Love which arrives on VOD just in time for..."

Feb. 14, 2020 Screens Post by Jenny Nulf

Show Me Love

"...Liljeberg and Alexandra Dahlstrom. Days after seeing Show Me Love (in Swedish, with English subtitles), my maxillary muscles are..."

April 7, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Leather Jacket Love Story

"...and Morris Kight. Despite its rough-sounding title, Leather Jacket Love Story is a sweet-at-heart, romantic, gay comedy. Shot in..."

June 5, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

My Summer of Love

This ripe and symbolically drenched coming-of-age story nevertheless pleases due to its rare emotional honesty and the delightful performances of two young newcomers.

"...the Yorkshire countryside when these two bored teenage girls first meet. "That's funny. You don't look like a Mona,"..."

June 24, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fantastic Fest Raises a Smile With First Announcement

The Banshees of Inisherin, V/H/S/99, sharks, and more

"...film bizarre, strange, and innovative has just announced its first lineup of films, including the world premiere of Smile,..."

Aug. 16, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest First Wave Announced

Miss Peregrine, Phantasm: Ravager, and more

"...the weirdest corners of cinema, has just dropped its first wave of films, with peculiar children, a deep trip..."

Aug. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Love

Gaspar Noé does the impossible: He gives us a boring, 3-D sex odyssey

"...new film would be a long-gestating dream project involving lovers engaged in unsimulated sex and shot in 3-D, my..."

Nov. 13, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Love Me if You Dare

Love and malice, as only the French can do it.

"...Lebas-Joly. In its native France, the title of this obsessive-love import, Jeux d’Enfants, translates to a very cheeky "child’s..."

June 11, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

In Love and War

"...new film by Richard Attenborough (Chaplin) about the early love life of Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway immortalized that time in..."

Jan. 24, 1997 Movie Review by Alison Macor

The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love

"...Artel, Toby Poser, Nelson Rodriguez and Dale Dickey. At first glance, the plot of Incredibly True Adventure couldn't be..."

July 28, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Forbidden Love

"...Lynne Fernie. Starring: Stephanie Morgenstern and Lynne Adams. Forbidden Love... the movie's title echoes those found on the lurid..."

July 23, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Love Field

"...Dennis Haysbert, Stephanie Mcfadden, Brian Kerwin and Louise Latham. Love Field is a quietly engaging and uncharacteristic little period..."

Feb. 26, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Love, Antosha

The fascinating but fleeting life of Anton Yelchin given due reverence

"...a celebrity. Be they a musical legend or a beloved screen icon, reflecting on the collective loss for some..."

Aug. 23, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Author Casey McQuiston Loves Love

The debut writer dreams of queer romance and a bluer Texas

"...With stunning deftness, McQuiston manages to tell a queer love story that’s deeply funny (Would I trade almost anything..."

May 21, 2019 Arts Post by Rosalind Faires

To Rome With Love

Ambling and merely passable, this new Woody Allen picture lacks a raison d'être.

"...before settling on the postcard-generic, free-from-menace To Rome With Love. He didn't just lose lyricism in the name-change; the..."

July 6, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Fantastic Fest First Wave Films Announced (Finally)

Fantastic Fest 2009, Round One

"...heart, natch) featuring jet-pack-wearing stags and the longhairs that love them. Yes! Read that last sentence again: "jet-pack-wearing stags!"..."

July 13, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

The First Saturday in May

This documentary follows six horse trainers and their experiences on the 2006 trail to the Kentucky Derby.

"...Hennegan and John Hennegan. As we all know, the first Saturday in May marks a date with the "most..."

April 18, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

What Love Is

Writer/director Callahan keeps his characters talking from the first frame to the last – and like all great chatterers their preferred topic is love and all its variations.

"...Gershon, Tamala Jones, Jud Tylor and Shiri Appleby. What Love Is is a throwback to the salad days of..."

March 23, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Love Don't Cost a Thing

A nerdy high school student pays a cheerleader to pretend to be his girlfriend in order to appear cool.

"...that was never crying out for revisitation in the first place. Love Don't Cost a Thing is an "urbanized"..."

Dec. 19, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Love Walks In

The first Rockrgrl Music Conference gets a blessing from Seattle's rain goddess.

"...to me. They talk about riot grrrls and Courtney Love, but what about Florence Greenburg, Estelle Axton, and Barbara..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

I Love You, I Love You Not

"...go. The subject matter -- a tender-hearted Jewish teenager's first encounter with anti-Semitism -- packs an inherent emotional punch...."

April 3, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Comrades, Almost a Love Story

"...acting skills have consistently shone through. Comrades, Almost a Love Story is no exception, though viewers may want to..."

Aug. 22, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Love Nest

First Comes Love...

"...From my first bite of migas -- scrambled eggs with fried tortillas,..."

Feb. 16, 1996 Books Feature by Marion Winik

A Love Song

Dale Dickey paints a meticulous portrait of hope and love

"...the achingly optimistic performance by Dale Dickey in A Love Song, a rare and beautiful portrait of clinging to..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Who Do You Love?

Jennifer Weiner returns with what might be her best love story yet

"...Weiner just released her 12th book, Who Do You Love. The sure-to-be smash is a classic love story, told..."

Aug. 18, 2015 Arts Post by Jessi Cape

Love & Air Sex

Bryan Poyser's Austin-made rom-com delivers splendidly on the promise of its raunchy title.

"...to theatres and VOD under the more intriguing title Love & Air Sex. This made-in-Austin film is a raunchy..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Love Is All You Need

Danish Oscar-winner Susanne Bier lightens her tone with this grown-up romantic comedy that stars Pierce Brosnan.

"...Steeping in its flavors rather than chasing bubbly gags, Love Is All You Need breaks no new narrative ground..."

May 31, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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