Tag: romance
RETURN TO REASON Blu-ray Review: The Dizzying Avant Garde of Man Ray
The first years of cinema, the seventh art was treated more as a technological marvel than a device with which to tell stories. Even when the technology progressed and storytelling took over, artists still found ways to explore the...
HIS GIRL FRIDAY 4K Review: Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell Wage One Battle After Another
Directed by Howard Hawks, Criterion's new 2-disc edition includes Lewis Milestone's 'The Front Page,' making for easy comparison between original and remake.
I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING! 4K Review: Talking About the Weather
Powell & Pressburger completists will be pleased with the new transfer.
Jacques Audiard Returns to Criterion with Two Acclaimed Crime Thrillers
Jacques Audiard made his Criterion debut back in 2017 with his seventh feature film, Dheepan, and eight years later he's back with two of his earlier titles. Like that movie, Read My Lips and The Beat That My Heart Skipped...
Opening This Week: SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE, ANGEL'S EGG, Plus 2 FYC Contenders and a Drama
Our guide to what's opening this week in movie theaters.
EL 4K Review: Bunuel's Cruelty in High Def
Directed by famed Spanish surrealist Luis Bunuel, El is coming to 4K and Blu-ray tomorrow here in North America, courtesy of our friends at the Criterion Collection. El is the adaptation of Mercedes Pinto’s 1920s novel “He,” which explores the hell...
It's a 4K Western Revival, as SILVERADO and THE QUICK AND THE DEAD Ride Onto UHD
Westerns from Lawrence Kasdan and Sam Raimi are new to 4K UHD steelbook.
Playback: Bill Condon, Spectacle and Secrets from GODS AND MONSTERS to KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN
Bill Condon loves a spectacle, not just for the noise or the glamor, but for the ache that hides behind it. The lonely showman, the fading diva, and the monster who only wants to be seen; Condon tells stories where...
A BIG BOLD BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY Review: Kogonada Directs a Delightful, Whimsical Romantic Fantasy
Colin Farrell and Margot Robbie star.
ANOTHER END Review: Loving Is So Short, Forgetting Is So Long
It's become a familiar science fiction/speculative film premise: what if you could bring someone you love back from the dead, in some way? Perhaps resurrecting them as some kind of zombie, visiting them in some virtual world, or putting their...
Now Streaming: Kogonada's Wondrous Style in PACHINKO and THE ACOLYTE
Director Kogonada displays a sharp sense of time and place in his work.
NIGHT OF THE JUGGLER Returns from Undeserved Obscurity with a Slick and Sweaty 4K Release
An underseen action classic roars back to life on 4K UHD, plus more new releases from KL Studio Classics.
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MILE END KICKS: Stars Barbie Ferreira, Devon Bostick Feature in New Still From Chandler Levack's Rom-Com
A 24-year-old music critic gets romantically involved with members of an indie band she decides to publicize, set against Montreal's indie music scene in 2011.
SAVING FACE Blu-ray Review: Alice Wu's Crowd-Pleasing Romantic Comedy
Director Alice Wu's gem of early-aughts cinema joins the Criterion Collection.
Now Streaming: Timo Tjahjanto, Before NOBODY 2
Where to watch the director's distinctively crafted. action- and/or horror-packed films.
Friday One Sheet: MY SUNSHINE
I am feeling whimsical in the back half of summer, and this simple design for Hiroshi Okuyama's nostalgic love story, My Sunshine, is doing the trick. Normally the Koreans excel at this kind of design, where there is little fuss...
PLATONIC S2 Review: Defining Comic and Personal Boundaries
Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen star as best friends in the Apple TV+ series, navigating middle-aged life, romantic relationships, and an abundance of craft beer.
FRAILTY 4K UHD Review: Horror Comes Home, Again, Looking Better Than Ever
Bill Paxton's directorial debut is new to 4K UHD, plus a Criterion Collection roundup.
New York Asian 2025 Review: LAST SONG FOR YOU, Struggling Songwriter Faces His Past
Natalie Hsu, Ekin Cheng, Ian Chan, and Cecilia Choi star; Jill Leung directed.
Friday One Sheet: BLUE SUN PALACE
This Spanish poster for Blue Sun Palace has a beautiful verticality to it. The lead character is framed by a long window, with lines of hazy light coming through the vertical blinds. Hanging pendant lights drop down from the top of...
