JULIET, NAKED Review: Annie starts a transatlantic romance with a now faded, singer-songwriter, Tucker Crowe. This also happens to be the subject of Duncan’s musical obsession. Duncan… Read more “Juliet, Naked”
Category: Romance
Cold War
COLD WAR Review: Set in the Cold War of 1950’s Poland, a music director falls in love with a singer. They are fatefully mismatched and yet condemned… Read more “Cold War”
Behind the Candelabra
BEHIND THE CANDELABRA Review: Focuses on the six year relationship between megastar singer, Liberace, and his young lover, Scott Thorson. Director: Steven Soderbergh Actors: Michael Douglas, Matt Damon,… Read more “Behind the Candelabra”
Proof of Life
PROOF OF LIFE Review: Alice and Peter have just moved to a small Latin American nation called Tecala. He works for an American engineering and construction firm.… Read more “Proof of Life”
The War Bride
THE WAR BRIDE Review: World War II: In London, Lily marries a Canadian soldier Charlie who shortly goes off to war. Lily and her newborn daughter move to… Read more “The War Bride”
A Star Is Born
A STAR IS BORN Review: A country star helps a young singer to find fame and launch her career while alcoholism sends his own career into a… Read more “A Star Is Born”
October Gale
OCTOBER GALE Review: Helen Matthews is mourning the death of her husband, she retreats to her isolated island cabin. Before not too long a mysterious man washes… Read more “October Gale”
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
THE DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE Review: At the same time the U.S. and Russia are unwittingly testing atomic bombs. This alters the axis of rotation of… Read more “The Day the Earth Caught Fire”
Phantom Thread
PHANTOM THREAD Review: Set in the 1950’s post-war London, Reynolds Woodcock is a well known dressmaker and he and his sister Cyril are at the centre of… Read more “Phantom Thread”
Disobedience
DISOBEDIENCE Review: A woman returns to her Orthodox Jewish community for her father’s funeral. The community shunned her decades earlier for her attraction to a female childhood… Read more “Disobedience”
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