Ill-fated Love in Blue Valentine
The idea behind Derek Cianfrance’s Blue Valentine stemmed from the divorce of Cianfrance’s own parents. To help comes to termsContinue Reading
Category: 14 Days of Love
As part of Cineccentric’s 14 Days of Love, we share a favorite romance film of ours- classic or contemporary- every day of February leading up to Valentine’s Day at midnight.
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg and the Deterioration of Blissful Ignorance
Jacques Demy’s The Umbrellas of Cherbourg is a coming of age film as much as it is a love story.Continue Reading
Science Fiction in Romance: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind represents an elusive oddity within cinema- the science fiction romance. Written by the everContinue Reading
Newness, Companionship, & Love
In movies, love is often explored in a manner that is much more dated than how it exists in today’sContinue Reading
Lost in Translation: Sofia Coppola’s Maturely Romantic Masterpiece
Many of the best romantic films embrace the characteristically visual nature of cinema, expressing their stories of love literally throughContinue Reading
Love and Understanding in Only Lovers Left Alive
The world, in the grand scheme of things, can easily be seen by pessimists as continuously on the brink ofContinue Reading
Love and Loss in (500) Days of Summer
Romantic comedies are often known for having a predictable story of boy meets girl, illustrating a pleasant picture of howContinue Reading
Love and Friendship in When Harry Met Sally…
“You realise of course that we could never be friends. Men and women can’t be friends because the sex partContinue Reading
Solidarity in Lars and the Real Girl
Lars Lindstrom (Ryan Gosling) lives in a small Wisconsin town. He doesn’t engage in much human interaction despite having aContinue Reading
The Apartment: Love in a Hopeless Place
Ya know, I used to live like Robinson Crusoe; I mean, shipwrecked among 8 million people. And then one dayContinue Reading
