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”
Category: Romance
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”
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP Review: Clive Candy a British Officer leads his way into three wars, three loves and also a lifetime friendship across… Read more “The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp”
Shoot the Pianist
SHOOT THE PIANIST Review: While Charlie Kohler is playing piano in a bar, he is approached by his crook brother Chico Saroyan, who is being chased by two gangsters… Read more “Shoot the Pianist”
La Belle et la Bete
LA BELLE ET LA BETE Review: A beautiful young woman, Belle, takes her father’s place as the prisoner of a mysterious beast after he is caught stealing a… Read more “La Belle et la Bete”
Finding Your Feet
FINDING YOUR FEET Review: On the eve of retirement Sandra Abbott discovers that her husband of forty years is having an affair with her best friend. She… Read more “Finding Your Feet”
Lemon Tree
LEMON TREE Review: The story of a Palestinian widow who lives on the Palestinian West Bank. A Israeli minister of defence builds a house adjacent to her own. Her… Read more “Lemon Tree”
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY Review: London, 1946, Juliet receives a letter from a member of a literary club started in Nazi-occupied Guernsey. She is… Read more “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society”