Romantic Drama
“Wuthering Heights” Review: Emerald Fennell Returns to ‘Promising Young Woman’ Heights
Wuthering Heights is a sweeping and emotionally charged romance set on the windswept Yorkshire moors, chronicling the fierce, all-consuming, and ultimately destructive bond between Heath...
‘On Swift Horses’ Review: Strong Cast Soars in Muddled Melodrama
Muriel and her husband, Lee, begin a new life together after he returns home from the Korean War. However, their newfound stability gets upended by the arrival of Lee's charismatic brother, a ...
Sundance 2021 Review: ‘The World to Come’ is a Lyrical, Achingly Sad Love Story
Somewhere along the mid-19th century American East Coast frontier, two neighboring couples battle hardship and isolation, witnessed by a splendid yet testing landscape, challenging them both physicall...
AFI Fest 2020 Review: ‘I Carry You With Me’ Brings Empathy to Melancholy Immigrant Love Story
Audrey Fox's AFI Fest review of I Carry You With Me, an international feature, centered on the romance between two men dealing with immigration issues, along with their passion.
Review: Gaga Shines, Cooper Croons, And ‘A Star Is Born’
Channeling the energy of a rock concert into a cinematic experience is an impressive feat. A Star Is Born, the third remake of the classic 1937 film, could easily coast on the immense talent that star...
TCA: Meet the Stars Of The Innocents – Percelle Ascott, Sorcha Groundsell and Guy Pearce
The Innocents is one of the more unusual Netflix original series. It’s a teen love story with shape shifters. Harry (Percelle Ascott) and June (Sorcha Groundsell) will be together at all costs, even w...
Indecent Proposal’s 25th Anniversary: A Decent Re-evaluation
I always liked high concept movies. Movies like Speed and Face/Off where just hearing what it’s about makes you have to see it. High concept isn’t just for action though. When I saw the trailer for In...
Fred Topel’s (Spoiler) Review Of Tyler Perry’s Acrimony: A Fred Topel Movie Review
Some spoilers for Tyler Perry’s Acrimony. Acrimony is Taraji P. Henson’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. It’s not nonstop rage, so I don’t want to mislead you there, but you get to se...
Review: ‘Phantom Thread’ Is Carefully Tailored Cinema
It’s been interesting to see how precision has taken over Paul Thomas Anderson’s filmography. There are traces of his detailed aesthetic in earlier efforts such as Hard Eight or Boogey Nights. However...