romance

HAPPILY: Unique Take on a Familiar Story
HAPPILY: Unique Take on a Familiar Story

Happily breathes new life into a story we have seen too many times through its unique twists to the classic structure and charming performances.

CENTER STAGE: A Legend Lives On
CENTER STAGE: A Legend Lives On

One hopes that this new restoration reignites interest not just in the film, which is an absolute masterpiece, but in the career of Ruan Lingyu.

Queerly Ever After #47 THE CURIOSITY OF CHANCE (2006)
Queerly Ever After #47: THE CURIOSITY OF CHANCE (2006)

Queerly Ever After looks into the 2006 teen romantic-comedy The Curiosity of Chance, where a new guy tries to find his place in a new school.

Queerly Ever After #46: AKRON (2015)
Queerly Ever After #46: AKRON (2015)

Queerly Ever After #46 analyzes 2015’s Akron, where two young men find love despite a tragedy that links their families together.

PREPARATIONS TO BE TOGETHER FOR AN UNKNOWN PERIOD OF TIME: A Game of ‘He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not’
PREPARATIONS TO BE TOGETHER FOR AN UNKNOWN PERIOD OF TIME: A Game of ‘He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not’

Like its title suggests, it is a peculiar tale that lives on its frustrating evocation of the ambiguity of love.

BLINDSPOTS PODCAST EPISODE #22: WILD AT HEART & KALIFORNIA
BLINDSPOTS Podcast Episode 10: JANE EYRE, IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE, LIKE CRAZY & ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE

On an all-new Blindspots, Jake and Kristy celebrate their tenth episode milestone with another special double episode coinciding with Valentines Day.

ANOTHER EARTH: A Multidimensional Success
ANOTHER EARTH: A Multidimensional Success

Another Earth, Mike Cahill’s sci-fi romance celebrating its tenth anniversary, is multifaceted and deeply layered.

A GHOST WAITS: A Horror Rom-Com With Heart & Allure
A GHOST WAITS: A Horror Rom-Com With Heart & Allure

A Ghost Waits won’t provide too many chills and scares, but it will provide a well-crafted, tonally ambitious narrative of love and loneliness.

Sundance 2021 Report 3: Together Together, Mass, A Glitch in the Matrix & The World to Come
Sundance 2021 Report 3: TOGETHER TOGETHER, MASS, A GLITCH IN THE MATRIX & THE WORLD TO COME

In her last report from Sundance Film Festival, Kristy Strouse reviews four more, very different (tonally and subject-wise), films.

BLISS: A Science Fiction Misfire
BLISS: A Science Fiction Misfire

Too caught up in its own inventive twist on the world, Bliss offers high concept science fiction without tying it to something meaningful.

Queerly Ever After #45: WERE THE WORLD MINE (2008)
Queerly Ever After #45: WERE THE WORLD MINE (2008)

This is ultimately an enjoyable musical rom-com, and fun adaptation of a Shakespeare classic.

LITTLE FISH: A Beautiful, Harrowing Take on Love & Life

Profound, gorgeously shot, and performed, Little Fish is a film that is unforgettable.

TWO OF US: Love in Sickness And In Health
TWO OF US: Love in Sickness And In Health

In the long tradition of many Oscar submitted-films before it, its a shame to see Two of Us try to do too much.

MALCOLM & MARIE Review: An Emotionally Hollow Mess
MALCOLM & MARIE Review: An Emotionally Hollow Mess

Malcolm & Marie isn’t a terrible film by any means, but it’s undoubtedly a bewildering mess that collapses under its own weight.

Queerly Ever After #44: PRIVATE ROMEO (2011)
Queerly Ever After #44: PRIVATE ROMEO (2011)

Private Romeo is an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet that transposes the action to the fictional McKinley Military Academy.