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    For a Dollar, Name the Best Romantic Comedy of 2022. Hint: It’s ‘Bros’

    by Sean Coates October 25, 2022
    by Sean Coates October 25, 2022

    “It wasn’t easy, but it’s worth it”. These words from co-writer and star of Bros, Billy Eichner, in his Q&A after its Melbourne premiere screening resonated with a thundering echo. Not just in terms of…

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    ‘Dating & New York’ Is the Best Romantic Comedy of the Year

    by Aubrey McKay September 9, 2021
    by Aubrey McKay September 9, 2021

    The romantic comedy is always interesting. As one of the most popular and referenced genres in film, it feels like every avenue has been explored and subverted. Ultimately, this led to a lull in good…

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    SXSW Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Ninjababy’

    by Nick Kush April 1, 2021
    by Nick Kush April 1, 2021

    At this point, the age of Apatow and the Farrelly brothers ruling the comedy landscape by mixing gross-out comedy with sentimentality is long gone. Nothing has exactly filled the void, either — unless you count…

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    ‘The World to Come’: Hope in a Harsh Reality

    by Nick Kush March 6, 2021
    by Nick Kush March 6, 2021

    I feel bad for period lesbian romances in a post-Portrait of a Lady on Fire world. How can you possibly match up to a film that basically perfected the love story? (I found myself thinking…

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    Jewish International Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Born in Jerusalem and Still Alive’

    by Danny O'Dea February 22, 2021
    by Danny O'Dea February 22, 2021

    A man sits on a bench, wrapped in a coat he’s owned for years. He rests his feet at the head of Jaffa Street in Jerusalem. A tour guide comes along, decked to the nines…

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    ‘Two of Us’: Love Will Always Find a Way

    by Anna Campion February 12, 2021
    by Anna Campion February 12, 2021

    If you, reader, are anything like me, you are hip to any and all entries into the sapphic film canon. From Desert Hearts to Booksmart, every time there are two ladies kissing, my corner of Twitter…

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    ‘Ammonite’ Leaves the Door Open for Love

    by Anna Campion December 14, 2020
    by Anna Campion December 14, 2020

    I’m back, folks, with another review of a lesbian period romance. The most recent film to enter this illustrious canon is Ammonite, written and directed by Francis Lee. Ammonite stars Kate Winslet as Mary Anning,…

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    The Accents Aren’t the Only Problem in ‘Wild Mountain Thyme’

    by Liam Trump December 10, 2020
    by Liam Trump December 10, 2020

    Stereotypes are a detriment to good writing. They create clichés, generalize the vast amount of nuance many cultures hold, and worst of all, they’re unoriginal. The Irish stereotype of a lush green land full of…

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    ‘Dating Amber’: Finally, Some Good Queer Friendships

    by Anna Campion November 21, 2020
    by Anna Campion November 21, 2020

    The most important relationships in any teenager’s life, no matter where they are in the world, are their friendships with other teenagers. It’s the crux of socialization, of discovering one’s own identity, of creating a…

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    Denver Film Festival 2020 Review: ‘Little Fish’

    by Nick Kush November 13, 2020
    by Nick Kush November 13, 2020

    We’re getting to the point where noticing similarities between a movie and the hellscape that is the current pandemic is reaching levels of self-parody. (“She Dies Tomorrow has a virus that spreads from person to…

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    Middleburg Film Festival 2020 Review: ‘Sylvie’s Love’

    by Nick Kush October 18, 2020
    by Nick Kush October 18, 2020

    A multi-year romance set in the 1950s Harlem jazz scene starring Tessa Thompson? Sounds promising, right? Eugene Ashe’s Sylvie’s Love has so many things going for it, following Thompson as the bright-eyed, ambitious Sylvie who begins…

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    ‘Song Lang’ Follows a Familiar and Beautiful Tune

    by B Peterson October 9, 2020
    by B Peterson October 9, 2020

    You’d think that after Portrait of a Lady on Fire, we wouldn’t need romances, or even narrative films, anymore. I mean, Céline Sciamma has kinda been there and conquered that. Be that as it may,…

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    MIFF 2020 Review: ‘No Hard Feelings’

    by Anna Campion August 11, 2020
    by Anna Campion August 11, 2020

    Call Me By Your Name, a gay coming-of-age romance, blew people away in 2017. I had not seen a film that touched me with a gay male protagonist so much until I watched No Hard…

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    ‘The Half of It’: Familiar Tale, Fresh Characters

    by Anna Campion May 5, 2020
    by Anna Campion May 5, 2020

    The Half of It, the most recent iteration of Cyrano de Bergerac, after Sierra Burgess is a Loser, follows Ellie, a shy, hardworking nerd, as she helps Paul, a slow but sweet jock, try to win the…

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    ‘Inside the Rain’ is Consistently Inconsistent

    by Nick Kush April 3, 2020
    by Nick Kush April 3, 2020

    One of the very, very tiny benefits of the current state of the world which is otherwise forcing me to have an existential crisis every twenty minutes is the ability to discover some of the smaller, more…

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    ‘The Photograph’ Is a Beautiful Story of Black Love for Everyone

    by Aubrey McKay February 27, 2020
    by Aubrey McKay February 27, 2020

    You don’t always know how important something is until you’re confronted with its sparse reality. It’s sort of the converse of saying you don’t really appreciate something until it’s gone. Universal’s new film, The Photograph,…

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    Intertwining Young Love and Growing Up in ‘Premature’

    by Nick Kush February 27, 2020
    by Nick Kush February 27, 2020

    Dating at a young age is like trying to maneuver through a minefield, especially in relationships that go horribly wrong. You still have no idea who you are, and you can almost forget knowing how…

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    ‘Olympics Dreams’ Offers a Look Inside the 2018 Winter Olympics…and Love

    by Nick Kush February 21, 2020
    by Nick Kush February 21, 2020

    I’m always fascinated by what people in the industry can do with such limited resources. It’s a constant reminder that filmmaking is a marvel. And also that it’s hard. Incredibly hard. Amazingly, for Olympic Dreams, director…

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    ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ is Passionate, Soul-Stirring Romance at its Finest

    by Sean Coates February 19, 2020
    by Sean Coates February 19, 2020

    When it comes to films with a heavy focus on artists and art in general, it is difficult to not be a little apprehensive. It can often be a slippery slope leading into shallow self-indulgence…

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    Disney’s Remake of ‘Lady and the Tramp’ is a Movie That Exists

    by Nick Kush November 19, 2019
    by Nick Kush November 19, 2019

    Every so often, I watch a movie and am immediately filled with dread afterward because I have no idea how to discuss it. Any critic will tell you that the hardest reviews are those you…

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    ‘Scarborough’ Is a Challenging and Intimate Portrayal of an Uncomfortable Subject

    by Chris van Dijk September 22, 2019
    by Chris van Dijk September 22, 2019

    A teacher engaging in a sexual/romantic relationship with his/her sixteen-year-old student is a subject fraught with a moral quandary — besides the fact that it’s illegal, of course. A fundamental societal norm has been broken:…

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    Film Review – A Faithful Man (2019)

    by Nick Kush August 1, 2019
    by Nick Kush August 1, 2019

    We owe a lot to the French New Wave. Minds like Truffaut, Godard, and many more fundamentally changed how we looked at film. And now, in present-day, director and actor Louis Garrel is adding a…

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    Film Review – Hampstead (2019)

    by Patricia Henderson June 21, 2019
    by Patricia Henderson June 21, 2019

    When I reviewed Welcome to Marwen in 2018, I lamented the fact that many movies “based on a true story” seem to add in a love story. Even if the real story did not contain one.…

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    Film Review – Long Shot (2019)

    by Nick Kush May 15, 2019
    by Nick Kush May 15, 2019

    Though you might not think it at first, Seth Rogen is one of the more dependable stars that we have in Hollywood. You have a sense of what you’re going to get in each of…

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    Film Review – After (2019)

    by Natasha Alvar April 22, 2019
    by Natasha Alvar April 22, 2019

    Hi, it’s me again with another teen romance. Obviously I am suffering from some crisis after turning 30, and I accept whatever moral judgement you wish to throw at me. After, in a nutshell, is…

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    Film Review – Gloria Bell (2019)

    by Nick Kush April 4, 2019
    by Nick Kush April 4, 2019

    Dating is so, so tough. Showing vulnerability in the face of possible rejection is one of the more harrowing experience the common single person can encounter. Now add to the mix that the single person…

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    Film Review – Five Feet Apart (2019)

    by Natasha Alvar March 23, 2019
    by Natasha Alvar March 23, 2019

    When I heard about Five Feet Apart, there was no doubt in my mind that I was going to watch it, regardless what the critics said about it. Firstly, it brings attention to cystic fibrosis…

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    Film Review – Isn’t It Romantic (2019)

    by Adina Bernstein February 23, 2019
    by Adina Bernstein February 23, 2019

    Every genre has it’s expected clichés. The romantic comedy genre is no exception. The new movie, Isn’t It Romantic, both revels in the clichés and mocks them in gleeful fashion. The following review will be…

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    Film Review – Untogether (2019)

    by Natasha Alvar February 20, 2019
    by Natasha Alvar February 20, 2019

    With a distinct lack of romantic movies to drown myself in this Valentine’s Day, I decided Untogether would just have to do, even if the title sounds distinctly unromantic. I was not expecting much, given…

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    Film Review – Call Me by Your Name (2017)

    by Nick Kush January 11, 2018
    by Nick Kush January 11, 2018

    At the Sundance Film Festival back in January of 2017, word quickly spread about a little film from Italy entitled Call Me by Your Name. Although its subject matter was controversial to some, it quickly became…

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