Horse Girl ★★
We live in a time where films and other pieces of pop culture are rife for exploitation and critique. VariousContinue Reading
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About Time: All We Have to Decide is What to Do with the Time That is Given Us
Richard Curtis just may be the king of the romantic comedy. Writing Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, BridgetContinue Reading
Worth ★★
What is life worth? This question is posed many times in Sara Colangelo’s biographical drama, Worth. It is posed byContinue Reading
Helpless and Tender: Codependence in Phantom Thread
Leave it to director Paul Thomas Anderson to make a romantic movie unlike one we have ever seen before. InsteadContinue Reading
Never Rarely Sometimes Always ★★★½
Eliza Hittman’s Never Rarely Sometimes Always is one of those Sundance films that will surely get people talking. It isContinue Reading
Redemption Through Platonic Love in A New Leaf
In A New Leaf, Walter Matthau plays Henry Graham, a playboy with a profligate spending habit that bankrupts him andContinue Reading
The Gentlemen ★½
Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen plays with the same heavy narration of Adam McKay‘s recent work blended with the juvenile senseContinue Reading
A Bet on Love: My Night at Maud's
With their philosophical and psychological dilemmas, Éric Rohmer’s Six Moral Tales weigh the fancies and uncertainties of romance with theContinue Reading
Love, Loss, and Obsession in Silver Linings Playbook
There is a fine line between love and obsession, and David O. Russell explores both in Silver Linings Playbook. WhenContinue Reading
Predictions for the 92nd Academy Awards
Last year’s decision that the Academy Awards would be host-less proved to be a success, this year’s ceremony following suit.Continue Reading
Romance in Close-up: The Intoxicating Magic of Vendredi Soir
It seems that with every year that passes, the world gets colder and more detached. The internet, cell phones, socialContinue Reading
