Tag: Romance
Cold War Depicts an All-Too Common Tainted Love Affair
************************This review contains spoilers**************************** “You’re the drug running through my veins……and the crash right after.” Cold War follows the relationship between two Polish lovers, Zula (Joanna Kulig) and Wiktor (Tomasz Kot) in postwar Europe. The pair embark upon…
Read More »The Favourite Explores The Nexus of Power, Sex, and Love
************************This review contains spoilers**************************** The Favourite finds us in 18th century England during a time of war with the French. Leading England at this time is Queen Anne (Olivia Colman), a sick and impressionable queen lacking self confidence,…
Read More »A Star is Born: Bradley Cooper Puts on the Performance of a Lifetime in an Emotionally Powerful Film
A Star is Born finds us on tour with country-rock superstar Jackson Maine (Bradley Cooper) who, after stumbling into a bar on drag night, discovers former waitress and aspiring singer/songwriter Ally (Lady Gaga). After convincing Ally to join…
Read More »Crazy Rich Asians Critiques Image Consciousness While Expanding the Wonder of Film to a Wider Audience
In Crazy Rich Asians, Rachel Chu (Constance Wu) is set to fly to Singapore with her boyfriend Nick (Henry Golding) to attend his best friend’s wedding, and finally meet his family. On their way from New York to…
Read More »Becks Touchingly Delves into the Complicated Side of Love
************************This review contains spoilers**************************** Becks follows a young woman of the same name (Lena Hall) forced to move back to St. Louis with her staunchly Catholic mother Ann (Christine Lahti) after driving from New York to L.A. to…
Read More »Downsizing Comes to a Fork in the Road and Takes the Wrong Path
Wherever you go there you are After a scientific breakthrough where scientists discover how to shrink humans to five inches tall as a solution to overpopulation, Paul (Matt Damon) and his wife Audrey (Kristen Wiig) decide to throw…
Read More »The Shape of Water Brings the Fairy Tale into Adulthood
“Unable to perceive the shape of you, I find you all around me. Your presence fills my eyes with your love. It humbles my heart, for you are everywhere.” The Shape of Water follows Elisa Esposito (Sally Hawkins),…
Read More »Call Me By Your Name Remembers First Love and Heartbreak
Call Me By Your Name takes us to Northern Italy in 1983 as Elio (Timothée Chalamet) spends the summer with his father (Michael Stuhlbarg) and mother (Amira Casar) as his father’s research assistant Oliver (Armie Hammer) comes to…
Read More »The Big Sick Nails Heartfelt Comedy
In The Big Sick, Kumail (Kumail Nanjiani) is a struggling stand-up comedian of Pakistani descent who meets and falls in love with a white graduate student named Emily (Zoe Kazan). Kumail is stuck trying to reconcile their fast…
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Disobedience Explores the Effects of Cultural Rigidity. Again.
************************This review contains spoilers**************************** “HaShem gave us choice, which is both a privilege and a burden.” Disobedience follows the story of New York photographer Ronit Krushka (Rachel Weisz) who has returned to the conservative Jewish community in which she…
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