Tag: romance

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...

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.

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...

Fantasia 2025 Review: HONEKO AKABANE'S BODYGUARDS, This High School Action Comedy Is A Blast

Iruki Arakuni is charged with protecting his childhood friend who doesn’t know there’s a ten-million-dollar bounty on her head in Ishikawa Jun'ichi’s manga adaptation, Honeko Akabane’s Bodyguards, making its North American Premiere at Fantasia 2025 this week. Honeko Akabane (Deguchi...

Fantasia 2025: 25 Films To Watch in '25 - Raising the Bloody Curtain on Genre Film Paradise

Fantasia is nearly upon us, and with almost two hundred feature films spread out over three weeks of cinematic bliss, we thought you could use a bit of a roadmap to success in what to look forward to at this...

DANIELA FOREVER Review: The Elusive Perfection of Dreams

Henry Golding stars in the latest feature by Nacho Vigalondo.

Now Streaming: Gareth Edwards, MONSTERS, GODZILLA, ROGUE ONE

Also: 'The Creator,' as we ramp up for the director's latest, 'Jurassic World Rebirth.'

John Carpenter's STARMAN Returns to Earth on 4K UHD

Our 4K roundup also includes new 4K UHDs of 'Jaws,' 'A Knight's Tale,' 'The Prosecutor,' and more.

MATERIALISTS Review: A Somewhat Soulless Sophomore Effort

Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal, and Chris Evans star in Celine Song's second feature.