Forbidden Love

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

July 23, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Jihad for Love

What it's like to identify as both gay and Muslim is the topic of this brave documentary, which looks at the seemingly irreconcilable conflict.

"...come as no surprise to viewers that homosexuality is forbidden in the Muslim religion. Sharma's documentary, which visits 12..."

Aug. 8, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Endless Love

New era, same old story: young passions, forbidden love, and parents who just don't understand.

"...1981 film adaptation of Scott Spencer’s bestselling novel, the love of the characters played by Brooke Shields and Martin..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

Love Nest

First Comes Love...

"...was a gay man who happened to be in love with a woman -- who had forsaken all others..."

Feb. 16, 1996 Books Feature by Marion Winik

Love in the Time of 'Green Darkness'

Don't judge Anya Seton's reissued biographical novels by their romance and bad covers

"...to future South Carolina Gov. Joseph Alston, and her love for explorer Meriwether Lewis, combined with her mysterious death..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

Return to the Forbidden Zone

Richard Elfman brings his cult classic to the Ritz

"...Enter Richard Elfman, director of the legendary cult classic Forbidden Zone, one of the most bizarro-wonderful midnight movies ever..."

Oct. 24, 2015 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Love Is the Devil

"...in the first place. Like many films about artists, Love Is the Devil behaves much as a gossipy museum..."

Dec. 4, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Mighty Atom

Atomic City's Jim 'Prince' Hughes is punk rock daikaiju at a whole different level

"...tall, stocky, benevolent spieler/collector extraordinaire has been indulging his love of, as he says, "really cool stuff" on a..."

June 8, 2007 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Aimée & Jaguar

"...various festivals). It's an immensely affecting period drama, a love story set in the waning, ruinous final days of..."

Sept. 15, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Foreign Student

"...sport he doesn't understand). He soon stumbles onto true love when he meets April (Givens), a black school teacher,..."

Aug. 5, 1994 Movie Review by Brian Baker

Beautiful Creatures

She's a witch, he's a mortal, and they both read Charles Bukowski: Some teens will never make it to heaven.

"...time. Its blend of Southern Gothic and supernatural teen love story makes the movie a strange creature, indeed –..."

Feb. 15, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Lover

"...with undercurrents of sociopolitical implications in its tale of forbidden love (that is somewhat reminiscent of Duras' screenplay Hiroshima,..."

Jan. 8, 1993 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

The Fast and the Furious

"...wouldn't be an exploitation film with some sort of forbidden love, of course, and here it's Jordana Brewster as..."

June 22, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Water Diviner

Russell Crowe stars in and directs this historical drama

"...multiple continents, 17 million dead, the Battle of Gallipoli, forbidden love, brothers (literally) in arms, and Turkish nationalists vs...."

April 24, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Pompeii

A gladiator slave must rescue his secret love before Vesuvius erupts.

"...the foibles of its bland hero and his chaste, forbidden love with Cassia (Browning), the princess of Pompeii. Hounded..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Will the Real Norma Khouri Please Stand Up?

AFS Documentary Tour presents Forbidden Lie$

"...Forbidden Lie$ opens with a close-up of a woman in..."

June 5, 2009 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Before the Rains

This story about life and love in southern India during the twilight of British rule is exquisitely photographed but emotionally overwrought.

"...come to no good. Indeed, it's the sort of forbidden love that dare not speak its name, lest it..."

July 11, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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

East Palace, West Palace

"...clandestinely and smuggled out of China, where it is forbidden to be shown. It is a dramatic film, not..."

Jan. 22, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Texas Platters

"...Frankenstein Love: Daniel Johnston Live at the Houston Room 1992 (Stress)..."

June 5, 1998 Music Review

The Lovers

"...the most popular version is the 1963 Cantonese classic Love Eterne. Carefully walking a line between joy and tragedy,..."

June 30, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Let the Right One In

This multi-award-winning Swedish film might be summarized as a vampire tween romance, but that cheap and tawdry sum-up does zero justice to the magnificent emotional resonance of this gem. A discussion of the adaptation follows the film.

"...desire; corpses in copses and snowbound ire: Ah, young love. Whatever would we do without it? The multi-award-winning Swedish..."

Nov. 14, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Broken English

"...by Kiwi director-writer Nicholas (Avondale Dogs) centers on young lovers Nina and Eddie -- he's a native Maori, she's..."

May 23, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Shine

"...is it about our mad artists that makes us love them so? Shine now adds the story of Australian..."

Dec. 25, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Stargate

"...is pretty much what Hollywood's done with sci-fi since Forbidden Planet riffed on The Tempest: Taken a solid story..."

Nov. 4, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Daddy Nostalgia

"...time together involves shared revelations and mischievous indulgences like forbidden alcohol and exhausting day trips. They develop a closeness..."

June 14, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

10 Things I Hate About You

This updated version of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew provides a sharp examination of teen dating rituals.

"...protagonist, Patrick Verona (Ledger), trying desperately to prove his love to the lady fair, Katarina Stratford (Stiles), by serenading..."

April 9, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Holy Land

"...yeshiva; his mind is constantly on sex and other forbidden fruits. He hides nudie pictures and comics in his..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Strawberry and Chocolate

"...comes on to the leery David with conversation of forbidden art and literature and invites him home to see..."

March 3, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hotel Eden

"...question are Vera, Nadezhda and Liubov (Faith, Hope and Love), three outstanding workers rewarded by their trade union with..."

June 14, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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