What a beautiful, endearing film! The theatrical poster initially put me off seeing A Ghost Story. I’m not sure what … More
Tag: Romance
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
Michael Cera – from Juno (2007) fame – leads the cast in this fabulously fun and sweet movie about rock … More
Behind the Candelabra (2013)
If a director can take a subject which I could not care less about and enthral me for two hours, … More
Lovers of the Arctic Circle (1998)
This Spanish film is a brilliantly written romantic drama without any of the unsubtle, inauthentic adornments we have come to expect … More
Thirst (2009)
We love South Korean cinema and we love director Park Chan-wook. Park is well-known for “The Vengeance Trilogy”, i.e. the … More
Amour (2012)
We are big fans of Austrian director Michael Haneke here on Wonderful Cinema. We have already reviewed Funny Games (1997) and Caché … More
Barfly (1987)
Mickey Rourke and Faye Dunaway deliver outstanding performances in this cult classic. Barfly is a semi-autobiographical account by American poet, … More
The Artist (2011)
So why does it work, a silent movie eight decades after talkies took the world by storm? Why did it … More
Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
The wonderful Stranger Than Fiction mixes fantasy, drama, sentimentality and humour into an exquisite cocktail of existential thoughts and warm, … More
City Lights (1931)
In 1949 critic James Agee wrote in Life magazine that the indescribable look on Charlie Chaplin’s face at the end of … More
Let the Right One In (2008)
Tomas Alfredson’s amazing Swedish film cannot be pigeonholed into a single genre. It is not horror nor fantasy, although the … More
The Graduate (1967)
One of the most famous seduction stories in cinematic history, Mike Nichols’ The Graduate is a funny, gripping, romantic film with … More