Drama, Romance
Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool

Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool is the sort of movie that, one might argue, Discerning Filmgoers Won’t See in …

Drama, Horror, Romance
Phantom Thread

This drama is meticulously crafted, both covering and revealing vulnerable truths underneath. But it’s unsettling, too.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Mystery/Suspense, Romance, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The Shape of Water

The Shape of Water is an odd, beautiful, jarring, graphically problematic kettle of fish.

Drama, Romance
Call Me by Your Name

Call Me by Your Name celebrates the lie of a culture that’s determined to crown every individual the king or …

Comedy, Drama, Romance
The Big Sick

The Big Sick’s willingness to wade into the complexities of love and family make it surprisingly compelling. But this rom-com …

Drama, Mystery/Suspense, Romance
My Cousin Rachel

Whether or not Rachel is victim or villainess, though, one thing’s pretty certain here: Wherever she goes, seduction, disarray and …

Drama, Romance
Everything, Everything

Everything, Everything invites us to root for and to romanticize a teen’s decision to potentially risk her life for a …

Kids, Musical, Romance, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Beauty and the Beast

Families that don’t embrace Beauty and the Beast’s pro-gay moments will be forced to grapple with how best to respond …

Comedy, Drama, Romance
Table 19

Table 19 delivers an unexpectedly sweet ending by the time the credits role. Less sweet, however, is this PG-13 film’s …

Drama, Romance
The Space Between Us

This movie might appear to be a just another sci-fi drama. But it’s really more of a boys-are-from-Mars, girls-are-from-Venus coming-of-age …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Passengers

If Passengers teaches us anything, it’s only as an afterthought. The film is an entertainment vehicle. And like the spaceship …

Comedy, Drama, Romance
Rules Don’t Apply

It’s sad this film about Howard Hughes lacks any sort of real moral underpinning. It seems the makers took its …

Drama, Romance
Priceless

Priceless does an admirable job of helping us see and sense the danger of the carnal world of human trafficking …

Comedy, Romance
Bridget Jones’s Baby

Bridget Jones’s Baby wasn’t a horrible movie. It’s funny in places. But even though I laughed, it made me sad, …

Comedy, Drama, Romance
Café Society

If there is a point in this mostly pointless movie, it seems Woody Allen is asking: Why choose? Why worry? …