Tag: romance
Friday One Sheet: WICKER
No, not that Wicker Man. Today's poster is from a different kind of folklore, based on the short story from Ursula Wills wherein an outcast woman in a fishing village commissions a husband to be made out of wicker. Pygmalion,...
Fantasia 2026 Review: CHERRY AND VIRGIN, A Nervous and Experimental Work of Genius
I was 18 years old when an adult friend I met at a summer factory job recommended that I see Federico Fellini's 8 1/2. I could not make heads or tails of the movie, in Italian, in black and white,...
I WANT YOUR SEX Review: Close Encounters of the Sexual Kind
Gregg Araki's new film stars Olivia Wilde and Cooper Hoffman.
Fantasia 2026 Review: NIKO, All Night Pretentious Delight
Cyber-punk adjacent, arthouse romance, pop-philosophical musing Niko debuts K-pop Girls' Generation member, Tiffany Young in the titular role as a woman who runs a business hiring herself out to comfort and talk to people who have locked themselves out of...
Fantasia 2026 Review: YOU ARE THE FILM, A Meta-Cinema Romance That Tears a Hole in the Universe
As someone who typically goes to the movies on a Sunday night for the 10:30pm show, and typically to go watch the stranger side of cinema, I am often given a ‘private screening’ from the local Cineplex chain. Because,...
TALES OF THE WILD WEST: COLLECTION TWO Celebrates Five Underseen Westerns from the 60s and 70s
Dean Martin, Robert Mitchum, Charlton Heston, William Holden, and Kirk Douglas headline five memorable but underseen Westerns.
THE LEGEND OF JUAN JOSE MUNDO Trailer
As a child of the 1980s, I've come full circle: I loved it while I was in it (thank you Molly Ringwald and Amblin Entertainment), I felt cringe about it for a looong time (thank you jelly shoes and side...
ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE 4K Review: Ellen Burstyn Makes a Meal Out of Martin Scorsese's Women-First Picture
Ellen Burstyn, Alfred Lutter, and Kris Kristofferson star, with Harvey Keitel, Diane Ladd, Vic Tayback, and Jodie Foster.
Now Streaming: KAIJU GIRL CARAMELISE, Don't Fall in Love
The body of a teenage girl expresses her feelings more directly than she can.
ROMERÍA Revew: Family Secrets Are Revealed
In Carla Simón's autobiographical film, visual beauty undercuts its serious subjects.
LEVITICUS Review: Queer Horror Becomes Frighteningly Literal
Joe Bird and Stacy Clausen star in Adrian Chiarella's startling debut feature.
CHARADE Blu-ray Review: Spies, Danger, Laughs and Fashion an Eclectic Criterion Mix
'Comedy' and 'thriller' are not genres that often go together; or if they do, the emphasis is generally on the comedy aspect and not the thrills. If there are thrills, they are usually brushed off as unserious enough to relax...
BY HOOK OR BY CROOK Interview: Harry Dodge and Silas Howard Look Back on Their Landmark Film in Advance of Restoration Tour
In the time since By Hook or by Crook premiered at the 2001 Frameline Film Festival and established itself as a landmark of queer cinema, the two writer/director/stars behind the film have gone in very different directions. Silas Howard has...
Now Streaming: MY TWO CENTS, MURDER MINDFULLY, THE FOUR SEASONS Take Aim at Comedy Around the World
Quick thoughts on 3 new series -- animated Italian, and live-action German and U.S. -- all debuting on Netflix.
VAMPIRE CIRCUS and SPELLBINDER Get Slick New 4K Releases from Imprint Films
Some fools call them "lesser" films, but Imprint gives them all the love anyway.
SPEED RACER on 4K UHD Is Your New Favorite Home Video Reference Disc
Plus three new 4K releases from the Criterion Collection.
Now Playing: OBSESSION, IS GOD IS, IN THE GREY
Plus: 'Decorado,' 'LifeHack,' 'Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe,' 'Been Here Stay Here,' 'The Wizard of the Kremlin,' 'Magic Hour.'
MY DEAREST ASSASSIN Review: Blood, Romance, and Heroes
Taweewat Wantha's zesty new action thriller is heroic bloodshed through an abused Thai romantic lens.
LEVITICUS Official Trailer: Adrian Chiarella's Queer Horror Flick in Cinemas This June
Two teenage boys must escape a violent entity that takes the form of the person they desire most - each other.
Calgary Underground 2026 Review: LITTLE DOORS, A Tentative Dance Around Trust
“Things never got so bleak that I took up a hobby.” This sums up the world of Little Doors. The country is in a kind of ‘soft apocalypse’ where the big city may be on fire, and things are...
