Out of Africa
Sigh. I’ve been meaning to get to Out of Africa for best picture month since I first thought of the idea, and now that I finally have gotten to it, […]
Tag Archives: romance
Carol
The genius of Todd Haynes’ Carol is not the perfectly calculated distance it holds from its characters, but instead the rare moments when it lets the facade slip. Everything from […]
I Know Where I’m Going!
I Know Where I’m Going! is a perfectly entertaining movie, in a 1945 sort of way. It might not hold the attention of modern audience as remarkably well as some […]
New York, New York
New York, New York is sort of an odd film out in Scorsese’s filmography, coming in between his two greatest films: Taxi Driver and Raging Bull. Critics don’t like it […]
The English Patient
If you are a fan of doomed romance, The English Patient is the film for you. It builds up the romance in flashbacks after you already know that it’s doomed, […]
The Soul of the Plot 