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An Autumn’s Tale (1987)

December 31, 2024 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

A Casio keyboard preset melody

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1980s, 1987, alex law, an autumn's tale, cherie chung, chi-yeuh low, chinese community, chow yun-fat, hong kong, mabel cheung, movie review, new york city, romance

Toute Une Nuit (1982)

November 5, 2024 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Foreplay is important

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1980s, 1982, belgium, chantal akerman, experimental, french, movie review, movies, romance, toute une nuit

Marriage Italian Style (1964)

October 3, 2024 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

All’s fair in love and post-war

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1960s, 1964, film, film review, infidelity, italy, Leonardo Benvenuti, marcello mastroianni, marriage, marriage italian style, movie, movie review, naples, Piero De Bernardi, post-war italy, Renato Castellani, romance, romantic comedy, second world war, sex work, sophia loren, tonino guerra, vittorio de sica, womanizer

The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956)

March 25, 2024 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

A sex worker’s self-acceptance

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1950s, 1956, class divide, hawaii, jane russell, movie review, raoul walsh, richard egan, romance, sex worker, sydney boehm, the revolt of mamie stover, ww2

Fallen Leaves (2023)

December 16, 2023 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Love on the margins

Posted in ReviewsTagged 2020s, 2023, Aki Kaurismäki, alcoholism, Alma Pöysti, cannes 2023, comedy, deadpan, fallen leaves, finland, helsinki, Jussi Vatanen, review, romance, romcom

Boy Meets Girl (1984)

October 29, 2023 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Funny, vibrant, devastating: the twentysomething experience

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1980s, 1984, boy meets girl, denis lavant, france, leos carax, mireille perrier, paris, review, romance, twentysomething

Rouge (1987)

August 19, 2023August 19, 2023 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Everything gets worse over time

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1980s, 1987, alex man, anita mui, emily chu, ghost story, hong kong, kang-chien chiu, pik-wah lee, review, romance, rouge, stanley kwan

Past Lives (2023)

July 9, 2023 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

What could've been

Posted in ReviewsTagged 2020s, 2023, celine song, greta lee, immigration, missed connections, past lives, review, romance, south korea, teo yoo, what if

Summertime (1955)

December 16, 2022December 30, 2022 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Romance, brought to you by the Venice Tourism Board

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1950s, 1955, david lean, h.e. bates, italy, katharine hepburn, location movies, loneliness, review, romance, rossano brazzi, the comfort of strangers, tourism, venice

Fire of Love (2022)

August 27, 2022 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Otherworldly and overwhelming

Posted in ReviewsTagged 2020s, 2022, documentary, fire of love, katia krafft, maurice krafft, planet earth, romance, volcanoes

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