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”
Category: Romance
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”
Whale Rider
WHALE RIDER Review: A young girl named Pai lives in a small village with her grandparents in New Zealand. She struggles to gain the respect of the Chief,… Read more “Whale Rider”
Hampstead
HAMPSTEAD Review: An American widow develops a relationship with a man living in a shack on Hampstead Heath, they both take on the developers who want to… Read more “Hampstead”
Truly Madly Deeply
TRULY MADLY DEEPLY Review: Pianist Nina is dealing with inconsolable grief as her partner has just passed away. She gets another chance though when Jamie returns to… Read more “Truly Madly Deeply”
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