Tagged love

If films are to be believed, then it appears that most of us have basically gone celibate these days. Take a look at the BBFC’s classifications for the last few years and you’ll find a swift decline in the...

This review was originally published as part of our London Film Festival coverage on 15/10/2018. You know the dude in Starbucks, the one with the thick-rimmed glasses, chequered shirt and a macchiato...

You know the dude in Starbucks, the one with the thick-rimmed glasses, chequered shirt and a macchiato who’s forever working on his screenplay? Well, Life Itself is that very screenplay, and somehow it’s...

“People love what other people are passionate about. You remind them of what they’ve forgotten.” – Mia (Emma Stone) What’s in a dream? It’s the gap between fantasy and reality. It’s what makes...

At first glance, a hospital seems like an odd place to set an emotional drama. The clinical atmosphere lies in stark contrast to what might be expected of a multi-part drama about family and romantic...

13 is the perfect age for female coming-of-age stories. It’s a time for many when the transition between girl and woman becomes increasingly apparent, and for Sara, the main character in Pepa San...

In 1989, a film about two friends forever raised the bar for the romantic comedy genre. When Harry Met Sally… posed the question: “Can men and women ever just be friends or does sex always get in the...

Gaspar Noé, a cinematic denizen of the controversial and envelope-pushing returns with only his fourth film in twenty eight years. Love, a 3D extravaganza, details a fractious relationship through the...

Imagine Richard Curtis directed Catfish and you’ll have some idea of what Lia Jaspers’ Match Me! is all about. We follow three people as they try various methods of finding a partner. Johanna attends a...

Romantic comedies don’t win awards. Rarely are they rapturously received, and they’re an easy cinematic target for the average armchair critic. Formulaic, clichéd and predictable, much of the criticism...

“Dear Catherine, I've been sitting here thinking about all the things I wanted to apologise to you for." Theodore Twombly (Joaquin Phoenix)'s closing missive is a love letter to lives once lived, the final...

Lily Collins and her perfect eyebrows are delightful in this time-spanning rom-com, but sadly they aren't enough to save Love, Rosie from descending into overwrought schmaltz. The film follows childhood...

Morgan Matthews' X+Y employs refreshing subtlety in place of generically afforded melodrama. Despite playing host to numerous mental and physical disabilities, X+Y commendably eschews blatant and obvious...

The One I Love is a crumpled-up love letter being tumble-dried inside one of the drums of The Twilight Zone. Charlie McDowell manages to crack open a window and pump a fresh breeze into a genre bloated with...

Though its accessibility has drawn scorn from fans of "serious" documentary-making, this VH1-vibed account of sadly-overlooked backing singers should win anyone over. It's the magnetic personalities as much...