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Romance films

February 2024

  • Film still: Days of Heaven (1978) directed by Terrence Malick. Sam Shephard, Brooke Adams

    Days of Heaven review – Malick’s early masterwork heralds a rarefied visionary

    The director’s rereleased 1978 film revealed some of the authorial signatures that would underscore a film-making career punctuated by a two-decade disappearance

January 2024

  • Andrew Scott in All of Us Strangers.

    Wendy Ide's film of the week
    All of Us Strangers review – Andrew Haigh’s drama grabs you by the heart and doesn’t let go

    This deeply personal portrait of newfound love and a traumatic past, starring Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal, is an emotionally wrenching masterpiece
  • Ed Oxenbould (Angus) in Head South.

    Head South review – post-punk coming-of-age tale strikes a personal note

    A teenager in 70s New Zealand dreams of starting a band in Jonathan Ogilvie’s nostalgic comedy
    • Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
      All of Us Strangers review – Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott tremendous in a beautiful fantasy-romance

    • First look review
      Love Me review – Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun explore love in oddball sci-fi

    • ‘Allowed to be sexy’: how did Anyone But You become a surprise box office hit?

December 2023

  • Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan at a New Year's Eve party in When Harry Met Sally.

    Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs
    Streaming: the best party movies

  • Diane Keaton, Lulu and Patricia Hodge in Arthur’s Whisky.

    Arthur’s Whisky review – Diane Keaton and Lulu in enjoyable body-change comedy

  • Glen Powell and Sydney Sweeney star in Anyone But You.

    Anyone But You review – slick but soulless romantic comedy

  • Peter Gallagher as Peter and Sandra Bullock as Lucy in While You Were Sleeping

    Stream team
    Move over Die Hard: While You Were Sleeping is the feelgood Christmas movie we need

  • The Lost Boys review – passionate and political youth-prison love story

  • The Archies review – Riverdale goes to India for goofy lessons in capitalism

  • Your Christmas or Mine 2 review – sequel to culture-clash romcom has little to add

November 2023

  • August at Twenty-Two

    August at Twenty-Two review – Ali Edwards shines in nicely drawn quarter-life crisis

  • Naturalistic … Gerhard Liebmann (left) and Luka Dimic in Eismayer.

    Eismayer review – moving real-life tale of forbidden love in the army barracks

  • Hugh Grant and Martine McCutcheon in a still from the film Love Actually. Photo: Peter Mountain. Copyright: 2003 Universal Studios. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

    Love Actually at 20: Richard Curtis’s imperfect yet irresistible Christmas romcom

  • Jessie Buckley and Riz Ahmed sitting side by side, she  smiling, him looking serious

    Fingernails review – Jessie Buckley carries illogical near-future romance

  • What Happens Later review – Meg Ryan’s airport romcom is an airplane movie

  • Fingernails review – Jessie Buckley’s intelligent acting keeps sci-fi love story afloat

  • Christmas at the Holly Day Inn review – festive template is gift that keeps on giving

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