Romance films
Playlist review – relatable, quirky Parisian quarter-life drama
Graphic novelist Sophie is disillusioned with adulthood in Nine Antico’s black and white, Paris-set drama of twentysomething life
Cath Clarke
22, Oct, 2021 @4:44 PM
After We Fell review – Harry Styles-inspired romance is stupendously wooden
Fans of the YA After series should find something amid the tangled mess of plot, daytime-soap acting and inanimate passion – everyone else should look away
Cath Clarke
18, Oct, 2021 @4:00 PM
Is Needle in a Timestack the most brilliantly bad film title ever? | Stuart Heritage
A sci-fi romance with Leslie Odom Jr, Cynthia Erivo and Orlando Bloom was released today to no fanfare at all. But it should be treasured for its name alone
Stuart Heritage
15, Oct, 2021 @1:34 PM
Freshman Year review – mortifying mumblecore look at a student hookup
Cooper Raiff stars as an immature student awkwardly adjusting to college life – and the idea that love might not be easy to come by
Peter Bradshaw
30, Sep, 2021 @9:00 AM
Sweetheart review – good-natured caravan-park romance
Nell Barlow is the long-suffering gay teenager who falls for a lifeguard on holiday in Marley Morrison’s likably wistful debut
Peter Bradshaw
23, Sep, 2021 @10:00 AM
The Ballad of Billy McCrae review – erotic noir is on rocky ground
This Wales-set tale of sex and intrigue among quarry workers is strangely murky, although the scenery looks lovely
Leslie Felperin
22, Sep, 2021 @1:00 PM
True Calling review – a government minister goes awol on long night of the soul
A politician’s long night of the soul becomes a confusing debate on the climate crisis in Erik Knudsen’s tiny-budget drama
Cath Clarke
22, Sep, 2021 @11:00 AM
The Tape review – Cornish-set folk musical bobs along like a floating flip-flop
A disillusioned musician stumbles upon inspiration in a charming film debut from folk singer Martha Tilston
Cath Clarke
22, Sep, 2021 @9:00 AM
I Carry You With Me review – hybrid feature charts a longterm love
Heidi Ewing’s first narrative film uses elements of documentary in the true story of a relationship between Mexican immigrants in the US
Phuong Le
14, Sep, 2021 @11:00 AM
A Brixton Tale review – London girl-meets-boy drama questions the visual narrative
An interesting take on identity, as one half of a young couple videos the other, gets taken over by social commentary
Cath Clarke
13, Sep, 2021 @1:00 PM
The Last Duel review – Affleck, Damon and Driver deliver damp mullets in the fog
An all-star cast and some showstoppingly horrible hair can’t save Ridley Scott’s medieval epic
Jonathan Romney in Venice
10, Sep, 2021 @7:30 PM
Love, Rosie: timing is everything in this delectable Lily Collins romcom
Sweet without being saccharine, this 2014 gem juggles the dreams of carefree youth and the fallout from when life’s best-laid plans go awry
Vanessa Cryer
07, Sep, 2021 @5:30 PM
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