The Sense of Wonder

Louise Legrand (Virginie Efira) accidentally hits Pierre (Benjamin Lavernhe) with her car; he soon becomes a very unexpected, oddly endearing part of her life. This potential friendship or even romance…

The Commoner

In 1950s Norway, Crown Prince Harald (Sindre Strand Offerdal) falls in love with a young commoner (Gina Bernhoft Gørvell), but King Olav V (Anders Baasmo) makes it clear that a…

Never Look Away

An epic that begins in Nazi Germany, continues into the GDR, and ends in 1960s West Germany, as we follow a young man (Tom Schilling) who grows up to become…

A Brief Affair

Lea and Rocco (Pilar Fogliati, Adriano Giannini) meet in a bar and embark on an affair, even though they’re both married; soon, Lea starts crossing lines. This may sound like…

Random Harvest: Deconstructing Smithy

Greer Garson and Ronald Colman. Photo: MGM It didn’t take long for James Hilton’s novel to be filmed. After all, two previous books he wrote became highly successful movies, Lost…

”Wuthering Heights”

Emerald Fennell’s highly touted adaptation of Emily Brontë’s classic novel has much to offer for the eye and ear, in terms of Charli XCX’s song score and Linus Sandgren’s dark,…

Pillion

After giving a handsome biker (Alexander Skarsgård) a blow job in an alley, shy Colin (Harry Melling) embarks on a BDSM relationship with him; his parents struggle to understand the…

Love Mates: An Angel Playing with My Heart

Jarl Kulle and Christina Schollin. Photo: Sandrews I’m currently in the middle of my summer vacation, and happened to come across this little gem; it’s been years since I saw…

Office Romance

In spite of a strict rule against romantic relationships among colleagues at a major airline, CEO Jackie Cruz (Jennifer Lopez) and one of her attorneys (Brett Goldstein) fall in love.…

Eiffel

What inspired Gustave Eiffel to build his great tower in the heart of Paris in the late 1800s? The answer to that question is not really what we learn in…