romance

Tribeca Film Festival 2021: IN THE HEIGHTS
Tribeca Film Festival 2021: IN THE HEIGHTS

In the Heights follows a small corner of individuals as they face gentrification, immigration, and acceptance of self during the summer’s hottest days.

FRAMED: Is One Man's Obsession Art Or An Invasion Of Privacy?
FRAMED: Is One Man’s Obsession Art Or An Invasion Of Privacy?

Framed has just the right amount of suspense, drama, and romance to make it work, with a wonderfully written dialogue.

FEEL GOOD Season 2: A Shot Of Trauma With A Chaser Of Comedy
FEEL GOOD Season 2: A Shot Of Trauma With A Chaser Of Comedy

Astonishingly, Feel Good Season 2 gets darker and more uncomfortable without abandoning its humorous reprieves.

LISEY'S STORY: Love, Loss & And The Power Of Imagination
LISEY’S STORY: Love, Loss & The Power Of Imagination

Lisey’s Story is a miniseries of magic, both in what it explores universally, but also what it generates internally.

Queerly Ever After #52: FIVE DANCES (2013)
Queerly Ever After #52: FIVE DANCES (2013)

In the latest installment of Queerly Ever After, we take a look at 2013’s Five Dances, a film about two men who find love in a dance studio.

WET SEASON: Damp And Cold
WET SEASON: Damp And Cold

In the film’s approach to try depicting its scandalous central relationship as naturally occurring as possible, Wet Season sacrifices narrative or emotional thrust.

Queerly Ever After #51 MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING (2018)
Queerly Ever After #51: MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING (2018)

In the latest Queerly Ever After, the focus is on My Big Gay Italian Wedding (2018), a gay rom-com set in the Italian countryside.

SPRING BLOSSOM First Feature Shows Promise But Doesn't Fully Succeed
SPRING BLOSSOM: First Feature Shows Promise But Doesn’t Fully Succeed

While Spring Blossom shows potential, especially in Lindon’s acting and directing, the script here falls flat.

BETTER DAYS: Melodrama Meets Anti-Bullying PSA
BETTER DAYS: Melodrama Meets Anti-Bullying PSA

Better Days often feels like an extremely bleak after-school special. But thanks to remarkable performances, it’s worth sticking with to the bitter end.

Queerly Ever After #50 LOVE SONGS (2007)
Queerly Ever After #50: LOVE SONGS (2007)

The Queerly Ever After column celebrates its 50th entry with Christophe Honoré’s 2007 film Love Songs (Les Chansons D’Amour).

MONDAY: It’s Got That Monday Feeling
MONDAY: It’s Got That Monday Feeling

As captivating of an examination it is, Monday constantly threatens to lose its audience, its pace and lack of empathy disconnecting.

All the World's a Stage: The Limitations of Artifice in DISHONORED
All the World’s a Stage: The Limitations of Artifice in DISHONORED

Dishonored may not be the most entertaining film in the von Sternberg-Dietrich cycle, but it is the most thoughtful and stealthily affecting.

Queerly Ever After #49: BIG EDEN (2000)
Queerly Ever After #49: BIG EDEN (2000)

Big Eden could have been a really cute romantic movie, but it gets hampered down and suffers from its own clunkiness.

SXSW Dispatch #1: I'M FINE (THANKS FOR ASKING), LANGUAGE LESSONS, & ISLANDS
SXSW Dispatch #1: I’M FINE (THANKS FOR ASKING), LANGUAGE LESSONS, & ISLANDS

In his first report from SXSW Film Festival, Soham reviews I’m Fine (Thanks For Asking), Language Lessons and Islands!

Queerly Ever After #48: JUST FRIENDS (2018)
Queerly Ever After #48: JUST FRIENDS (2018)

A fun, sexy, romantic comedy, Just Friends is a Dutch TV movie about two young men falling in love.