The Day the Sun Turned Cold

"...his father, who he believes was murdered by his mother 10 years earlier. Did she do it? Didn't she..."

Sept. 8, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Martha & Ethel

"...about two nannies but also about the pressures of motherhood, child-rearing, and the bonds between mothers and daughters. Director-producer..."

April 28, 1995 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Blue Sky

"...Alex (Locane) and Becky (Klemp), each act as both mother and daughter to Carly as they battle Carly's demons..."

Oct. 7, 1994 Movie Review by Alison Macor

The Cement Garden

"...they live with their younger brother and sister, their mother, and their father, who one day takes it upon..."

May 6, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Toto the Hero

Belgian writer/director Van Dormael delicious little film examines – through flashbacks, mainly – the life of a now-elderly man who believes that he was switched at birth with a neighbor child and has thus been denied the privileges and wealth he might otherwise have enjoyed.

"...from a child's fantastic and imaginative point of view. Mother and father are benign giants, full of love and..."

May 1, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

From Stage to Page to Screen: Inside the Script of West Side Story

Tony Kushner explains the process of adapting a classic

"...repeatedly dipped into the works of others. "If you love a text," he said, "there's no way to get..."

Jan. 31, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Lidia Bastianich Dishes on Her Favorite Way to Make Thanksgiving Turkey

An interview with the PBS star about My American Dream

"...Beloved chef, author, and PBS television star Lidia Bastianich descended..."

Nov. 14, 2018 Food Post by Jessi Cape

Brave

Although the animation looks terrific and the story features an immensely sympathetic heroine, Brave lacks the sheer imaginative oomph of prior Pixar pics.

"...its center, a story about the oft-thorny thickets of love between a mother and daughter. Set in Braveheart-era Scotland,..."

June 22, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Definitely, Maybe

Before giving in to romantic frippery, Definitely, Maybe functions as a believable, era-zagging retelling of one man’s overlapping love affairs with three women.

"...definitely works as an era-zagging retelling of Hayes' overlapping love affairs with three women. But then, when you’re maybe..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Safety of Objects

"...Paul was falling for an older woman and single mother named Annette (a luminous Patricia Clarkson); that antique chest..."

March 14, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Come Undone

"...Stéphane Rideau and Jérémie Elkaïm. If the sensitive coming-of-age love story is a well-worn tradition in gay cinema, Come..."

July 20, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Wedding Gift

"...times, their relationship grows stronger and it is this love that enables both of them to survive her slowly..."

Aug. 12, 1994 Movie Review by Brian Baker

Grief

"...office of a tacky daytime TV courtroom show, The Love Judge. Though Grief marks Glatzer's debut as a director,..."

June 3, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

My Golden Days

Teenage first love – as only the French can depict it

"...Days ticks both boxes – it’s about teenage first love in an industrial town in northern France...."

April 8, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Peter and the Wolf Go to Texas

Lionheart Youth Theatre's new adaptation unites the music of Mother Falcon with the puppets of Glass Half Full Theatre

"...Stateside at the Paramount (Texan tall tale, girl hero, Mother Falcon, indie rock), you travel a long and winding..."

Dec. 11, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

Much like the title character Precious, this rough-hewn movie overcomes the unlikely odds for its success.

"...kind of success stories that the American mythmaking machinery loves to love. Claireece Precious Jones (Sidibe) is known by..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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

In the Mood for a MomRomCom?

The Alamo Drafthouse is serving up It Happened One Night and Sabrina for Mother's Day

"...Sunday, the Alamo Drafthouse, as part of a special Mother's Day event, is offering a couple of Capra's and..."

May 11, 2007 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

The Night Listener

This taut, wiry exercise in eerie bad vibes, about a writer-cum-radio personality and a disturbing teenage literary sensation, is emotionally dense but never fully takes flight.

"...the boy, who lives in rural Wisconsin with his mother Donna (Collette), via a phone call, which then leads..."

Aug. 4, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Alexander

Oliver Stone has achieved the impossible: He's made the life of Alexander the Great seem boring.

"...it never quite conquers, Oliver Stone’s three-hour labor of love is simply laborious, a ponderous behemoth of a film..."

Nov. 26, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Facing Windows

Overburdened domestic drama from Italy still features some great performances.

"...of a young Debra Winger, as a wife and mother sandbagged by her 10-year marriage and an uninspiring job..."

July 30, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Notebook

The love sap flows freely in this movie romance told in retrospect.

"...Within its pages is the record of a great love affair, seen in extended flashback sequences, between a boy..."

June 25, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Catfish in Black Bean Sauce

"...who is married to a successful Asian-American businessman who loves karaoke, has been searching for their birth mother and..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Walk on the Moon

"...she has ever slept with and having become a mother herself when she was yet a teenager, Pearl is..."

April 9, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Horse Whisperer

"...beauty of the horses; and the redemptive power of love, patience, and the great outdoors. The film opens with..."

May 15, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Kissing a Fool

"...Hunt, Vanessa Angel and Kari Wuhrer. Watching the tangled love triangle in Kissing a Fool, you may experience a..."

Feb. 27, 1998 Movie Review by Steve Davis

To Gillian On Her Thirty-Seventh Birthday

"...daughter Rachel (Danes) from her summer vacation with her mother's sister Esther (Baker) and husband Paul (Altman), who return..."

Oct. 25, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

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

Band Aid

A couple works out their problems through song

"...A wise woman once said, “Love is a battlefield.” And sometimes the cause is no..."

June 23, 2017 Movie Review by Danielle White

I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With

Curb Your Enthusiasm's Jeff Garlin wrote, directed, and stars in this endearing schlub-in-Chicago movie that features contributions from Sarah Silverman, Bonnie Hunt, and other comic performers.

"...39-year-old, lonely, overweight, underemployed actor who lives with his mother. Scenes have an improvisatory feel, which is generally a..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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