At her father’s funeral, Ann Chapin thinks back over the last five years of his life, years of apparent political and personal failure dominated by a selfish and dissatisfied wife and eased only by alcohol. Read More »
Romance
Afsporet / Derailed (1942) Bodil Ipsen, Lau Lauritzen, Illona Wieselmann, Ebbe Rode, Poul Reumert, Crime, Drama, Romance, Film-Noir
“Afsporet” (Derailed) focuses on the intense erotic relationship between a rich woman suffering from amnesia and petty thief on probation entangled with organized crime. Read More »
The Richest Girl in the World (1934) William A. Seiter, Miriam Hopkins, Joel McCrea, Fay Wray, Comedy, Romance
Dorothy Hunter is an heiress of untold wealth. She believes no one will love her for herself and not for her money, so she pretends to be her secretary Sylvia while Sylvia pretends to be Dorothy. Read More »
Jitters / Órói (2010) Baldvin Zophoníasson, Atli Oskar Fjalarsson, Ilva Holmes, Gísli Örn Garðarsson, Drama, Romance
A 16-year old Icelandic boy’s first kiss with another boy gives him “jitters”–feelings he can’t deny. Read More »
The Model and the Marriage Broker (1951) George Cukor, Jeanne Crain, Thelma Ritter, Scott Brady, Comedy, Romance
Marriage broker Mae Swasey, who somewhat cynically arranges her loser clients’ affairs, meets model Kitty Bennett and can’t resist meddling in her life Read More »
Eyewitness (1981) Peter Yates, William Hurt, Sigourney Weaver, Christopher Plummer, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Manhattan janitor Daryll Deever is fixated on hard-charging TV commentator, Tony Sokolow; he tapes her commentary daily to watch after work. Read More »
At Long Last Love (1975) Peter Bogdanovich, Burt Reynolds, Cybill Shepherd, Madeline Kahn, Comedy, Romance, Musical
This film was Peter Bogdanovich’s homage to musical comedies of the 1930s. A millionaire named Michael Oliver Pritchard III and a singer named Kitty O’Kelly meet and fall in love. Read More »
Au pan coupé / Wall Engravings (1968) Guy Gilles, Macha Méril, Patrick Jouané, Bernard Verley, Drama, Romance
Jean Jeanne loves, but he does not think more than leave. One day flees down the road, then dies. Jeanne never know. Read More »
Conquest of Cochise (1953) William Castle, John Hodiak, Robert Stack, Joy Page, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Its 1853 and the Gadsden Purchase has just brought part of Mexico into the United States. Read More »
Accent on Youth (1935) Wesley Ruggles, Sylvia Sidney, Herbert Marshall, Phillip Reed, Comedy, Romance
Steven Gaye, a successful New York playwright has passed forty and thinks he has bid farewell to the world of romance. Read More »
Two Girls on Broadway (1940) S. Sylvan Simon, Lana Turner, Joan Blondell, George Murphy, Musical, Romance
Eddie sells his song to a Broadway producer and also lands a job dancing in the musical. Read More »
Wo ai chu fang / Kitchen (1997) Ho Yim, Jordan Chan, Yasuko Tomita, Kar-Ying Law, Drama, Romance
The lives of Louis (Jordan Chan), a hairdresser women, and transgender “mother” (Law Kar-ying) inevitably change with the arrival of a beautiful orphan who will stay at home (Yasuko Tomita). Read More »
Christopher Strong (1933) Dorothy Arzner, Katharine Hepburn, Colin Clive, Billie Burke, Drama, Romance
At a party for Bright Young Things, a “treasure hunt” for attractive yet virtuous people nets Sir Christopher Strong, M.P., and Lady Cynthia Darrington, dashing aviatrix. Read More »
Ausente / Absent (2011) Marco Berger, Carlos Echevarría, Javier De Pietro, Antonella Costa, Drama, Thriller
Martin, a young Argentine student, is exploring the reactions of his sports coach, Sebastian, while vying for his love and affection. Read More »
The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) Norman Jewison, Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, Paul Burke, Crime, Drama, Romance
Four men pull off a daring daytime robbery at a bank, dump the money in a trash can and go their separate ways. Read More »