Romance

  • John Irvin – Turtle Diary (1985)

    Drama1981-1990John IrvinRomanceUnited Kingdom

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    Two separate people, a man and a woman, find something very stirring about the sea turtles in their tank at the London Zoo. They meet and form an odd, but sympathetic camaraderie as they plan to steal two of the turtles and free them into the ocean.Read More »

  • Alfredo Rodriguez de Villa – Yellow (2006)

    2001-2010Alfredo Rodriguez de VillaDramaPuerto RicoRomance

    Amaryllis Campos is a young, classically trained Latina ballerina, who dreams of leaving her impoverished home in Puerto Rico to pursue fame and fortune as a dancer. Amaryllis heads for New York City, where she is forced to work in a seedy strip club to make ends meet. Setting audiences afire with her erotic moves, Amaryllis quickly becomes the strip club’s hottest attraction, but must finally decide between true love and realizing her dream of becoming a star.Read More »

  • Sissi Deng – Three Adventures of Brooke (2018)

    2011-2020ChinaComedyRomanceSissi Deng

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    A Chinese girl named Xingxi travels alone to Alor Setar, a town in Northern Malaysia. As the result of a blown tire, she experiences three variant adventures. She introduces herself to people as different identities with mysterious secrets. Brooke claims herself a traveler in the first adventure, but an anthropologist in the second adventure. In the third adventure, Brooke is a disheartened woman who comes across French writer Pierre. Two lonely travelers become intimate friends. They share their respective insights into life, death, and love. As the enigmatic story of Alor Setar begins to unfold, Brooke tells Pierre the true reason why she has come. Nature divulges her sought for love with the magical Blue Tears.Read More »

  • Tomomi Mochizuki – Umi ga kikoeru AKA Ocean Waves AKA I Can Hear the Sea (1993)

    1991-2000AnimationJapanRomanceTomomi Mochizuki

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    As a young man returns home after his first year away at college he recalls his senior year of high school and the iron-willed, big city girl that turned his world upside down.Read More »

  • Anthony Mann – Cimarron (1960)

    1951-1960Anthony MannRomanceUSAWestern

    Paul Tatara, TCM wrote:
    Some movie projects, no matter how promising, seem doomed to one form of failure or another. When RKO first filmed Edna Ferber’s popular Western novel, Cimarron, in 1931, it was a major critical success, and even snagged the Oscar® for Best Picture. But it was an expensive movie to make, and the studio lost a pile of money on it. Then, when MGM enlisted Anthony Mann to remake Cimarron in 1960, the production was beset with an assortment of problems, including studio interference and a misbegotten romance between its lead performers, Glenn Ford and Maria Schell.Read More »

  • Alan Rudolph – Welcome to L.A. (1976)

    1971-1980Alan RudolphDramaRomanceUSA

    The lives and romantic entanglements of a group of young adults who have achieved “overnight” success in Los Angeles.Read More »

  • Mark Rydell – Cinderella Liberty (1973)

    1971-1980DramaMark RydellRomanceUSA

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    This charming tough-love romance is yet more evidence why the early 1970s is considered one of the most creative times in Hollywood. Basically a story about a link-up between a sailor and a pool hall tramp, Cinderella Liberty overcomes traditional problems with such material. The “R” rating for once allows such characters to talk as they might, although our nice-guy hero has a thing against profanity. Darryl Ponicsan’s story acknowledges the desperation of sailors to find female companionship, especially when on ‘Cinderella Liberty,’ a shore pass that expires at midnight. Also breaking with Hollywood tradition, the film allows Marsha Mason’s hooker to be credibly profane and self destructive, and yet still be worthy of our concern. The movie has its share of emotional compromises but by the last act we’re only hoping that things turn out well for our deserving main characters.Read More »

  • Anthony Marciano – Play (2019)

    2011-2020Anthony MarcianoComedyFranceRomance

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    Max was 13 when he was offered his first camera. For 25 years, he will not stop filming friends, loves, successes and failures. From the 90s to the 2010s, this is the portrait of a whole generation that is emerging through its objective.Read More »

  • Philippe Garrel – Le sel des larmes AKA The Salt of Tears (2020)

    2011-2020FrancePhilippe GarrelRomance

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    A provincial youngster who travels up to Paris to sit an entrance exam for a “grande école”. His path crosses that of a young woman and they strike up a short-lived relationship.Read More »

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