A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box
"...of Chinese mythology, "Wu Xia Pian" fantasy, crude comedy, romance, melodrama, sci-fi, and, well - probably whatever else Lau..."
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May 19, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan
Don Juan Demarco
"...frame and sagging jowls belie any traditional notion of romance, but as he becomes entranced by his patient's conviction..."
April 14, 1995 Movie Review by Steve Davis
Go Fish
"...matter may be familiar, we have never seen lesbian romance in the movies portrayed quite like this. Most often,..."
July 15, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Grumpy Old Men
"...suggests a more startling film than the sweet little romance this turns out to be. Ann-Margret's performance is too..."
Dec. 24, 1993 Movie Review by Louis Black
Eiffel
A made-up romance provides a solid foundation for this engineering story
"...the gap between actual history and the moony-eyed imagined romance proffered here. Still, it’s a curious deployment of the..."
June 3, 2022 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
The Photograph
Get ready for romance with this Valentine’s release about family secrets
"...this well crafted but very slow burn of a romance. It’s no rom-com, to be sure. Instead, Everything, Everything..."
Feb. 21, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Submergence
Europe's great sentimentalist explores the mysteries of separation.
"...two leads – never quite coalesces into the epic romance that it should. It fizzles when it should ignite,..."
April 13, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Call Me by Your Name
Tenderness comes in many tongues in this coming-of-age romance
"...a rainy night to read aloud a 17th century romance, it’s a perfect summation of their love of learning,..."
Dec. 22, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
The Wedding Plan
A rom-com with a twist
"...Rama Burshtein opens up a vantage point on marriage, romance, and religion as seen from the perspective of a..."
June 2, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Space Between Us
There is life on Mars
"...The science is murky in this science-fiction teen romance, and the direction by Peter Chelsom (Hear My Song,..."
Feb. 3, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Jane Got a Gun
Natalie Portman stars in and produced this Western
"...be Jane’s former beau, and that’s how the roiling romance story (with numerous flashbacks) begins. Jane Got a Gun..."
Feb. 5, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Meet Me in Montenegro
Real-life couple and co-directors explore whether love is better the second time around
"...realistic depiction of the always befuddling road to true romance. Holdridge, the director of 2007’s Independent Spirit Award-winning In..."
Aug. 14, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Testament of Youth
The luminous Alicia Vikander stars as a woman coming of age amid World War I
"...Testament of Youth is being marketed as a romance, which isn’t false advertising, exactly; Vikander and Harington are..."
July 3, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Miss Lovely
Indian drama explores Mumbai's seedy, C-grade film industry in the late Eighties.
"...has dreams of going legit, of making a proper romance film called Miss Lovely, but removing himself from under..."
June 27, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki
Stalingrad
3-D Russian film about the bloody Battle of Stalingrad.
"...IMAX 3-D apocalypse, but so, too, does a cordite-scented romance, sacred remembrance, and the lessons (un-)learned upon the corpses..."
Feb. 28, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Before Midnight
This third European outing with Celine and Jesse is a grand accomplishment.
"...greedy about wanting to see this film series continue. Romance is wasted and too often thrown away by the..."
May 24, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Chico & Rita
The music, scored by Cuban pianist Bebo Valdés, is the real star of this animated movie.
"...an old man, Chico & Rita charts the tempestuous romance between two musicians, the piano prodigy Chico and saucy..."
March 2, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Certified Copy
Juliette Binoche stars in this romantic drama about the value of originality by Abbas Kiarostami.
"...are crystallized in what otherwise seems like a breezy romance which occurs during the course of one sunny afternoon..."
April 29, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Just Wright
Queen Latifah co-stars with Common in this rote romantic comedy in which the only surprise element is the success of the New Jersey Nets.
"...Jr. and Pam Grier. In this completely rote modern romance, the only surprising plot element is that the New..."
May 14, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
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.
"...One In could be summarized as a vampire tween romance, but that cheap and tawdry sum-up does zero justice..."
Nov. 14, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Love in the Time of Cholera
Funny when it’s supposed to be serious and awkward when it’s supposed to be romantic, every twist in this Gabriel García Márquez adaptation is a near miss, except for the performance of Javier Bardem.
"...then flashes back 50 years to the youthful secret romance between Fermina and Florentino (now played by Ugalde). After..."
Nov. 16, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton
The Nanny Diaries
An awful lot of good talent was squandered on this by-the-numbers film version of the bestselling tell-all about the child-rearing habits of the rich.
"...notes over and over while tossing in an unnecessary romance and an acting performance by the musician Alicia Keys..."
Aug. 24, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Brokeback Mountain
The beautifully wrought film is a tragic love story (not a "gay cowboy movie") that’s defined by its staggering heartbreak.
"...gay cowboy movie than Casablanca is a hetero émigré romance or King Kong is a love story between human..."
Dec. 16, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Saving Face
In this breezy Chinese-American coming-out comedy, ethnic, generational, and family identities collide with the anything-goes ethos of modern love.
"...of alienating herself as well – by pursuing a romance with another woman (Lynn Chen). Nothing about the film’s..."
July 1, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Love is never having to say "I erased you."
"...the end. In this season of abundance for amnesiac romances, Eternal Sunshine – with its laughs and its weirdness..."
March 19, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Brotherhood of the Wolf
"...and Samuel Le Bihan. Finally! The world's first historical romance-cum-horror movie-cum-chopsocky papal conspiracy epic! Films this schizophrenic come along..."
Jan. 18, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Fast Food Fast Women
"...Israeli-born writer-director Amos Kollek essays a breezy New York romance, with those crisscrossing slice-of-life storylines so typical of tales..."
Aug. 17, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman
The Fantasticks
Deep in your heart, you should "follow." Released just a few years ago, this film version of the Off Broadway workhorse captures the feeling of the innocent and bygone era of movie musicals. But it differs from the original work's romantic minimalism as it opens up the play cinematically.
"...-- shows us love: toward theatre, toward musicals, toward romance, toward memories of youth. Its warmth and lyricism are..."
Nov. 10, 2000 Movie Review by Robert Faires
Love and Basketball
A young woman learns to navigate the hoops on and off the court.
"...further strain to their on-and-off romantic involvement. About this romance: As predictable and arbitrary as Quincy and Monica's heel-dragging..."
April 21, 2000 Movie Review by Russell Smith
Train of Life
"...be termed “zany” subplots -- among them the burgeoning romance between the bookish young Torah scholar Sami (Calin) and..."
