Romance
"Alice's Festival Of Romance"
Romantic films often explore the essential themes of love at first sight, young (and older) love, unrequited love, obsessive love, sentimental love, spiritual love, forbidden love, sexual and passionate love, sacrificial love, explosive and destructive love, and tragic love. Romantic films serve as great escapes and fantasies for viewers, especially if the two people finally overcome their difficulties, declare their love, and experience life "happily ever after" - implied by a reunion and final kiss.
Here "Alice's Festival of Romance" has been assembled below as an aphabetical list. Should more precise scrolling be required, one should go to the specific genre, ie "Classic Romance", "Comedy Romance" , "Drama Romance" or even "Queer Cinema"
Right: Julianne Moore and Dennis Quaid star in Todd Haynes'
"Far From Heaven"
Ismael's Ghosts (Les Fantômes d'Ismaël) (2017)
5.6/10
Director: Arnaud Desplechin
Starring: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Hippolyte Girardot, Mathieu Amalric, Marion Cotillard, Lou...
Twenty-one years ago, she ran away -- and 21 years later, Carlotta is back from the void. But Ismael has been busy rebuilding a life for himself with... Read more
Gauguin: Voyage to Tahiti (2017)
6.5/10
Director: Edouard Deluc
Starring: Vincent Cassel, Malik Zidi, Tuhei Adams, Pernille Bergendorff
In 1891 Gauguin settles down in Tahiti, where he hopes to find inspiration for his work as an artist and live as a free man in the wild, far from all... Read more
Howards End (2017)
7.3/10
Director: Hettie Macdonald
Starring: Tracey Ullman, Matthew Macfadyen, Hayley Atwell, Philippa Coulthard
Based on E.M. Forster's classic novel, the miniseries adaptation of "Howards End" is a portrayal of England at the turn of the 20th century told throu... Read more
Rodin (2017)
4.7/10
Director: Jacques Doillon
Starring: Vincent Lindon, Izia Higelin, Severine Caneele
In 1880 Paris, 40 year-old sculptor Auguste Rodin finally receives his first state commission, "The Gates of Hell," which includes "The Kiss" and "The... Read more
The Shape of Water (2017)
7.4/10
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Starring: David Hewlett, Richard Jenkins, Michael Shannon, Sally Hawkins, Doug Jones, Mich...
Elisa is a mute, isolated woman who works as a cleaning lady in a hidden, high-security government laboratory in 1962 Baltimore. Her life changes fore... Read more
The Shape of Water (Blu-Ray) (2017)
7.4/10
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Starring: David Hewlett, Richard Jenkins, Michael Shannon, Sally Hawkins, Doug Jones, Mich...
Elisa is a mute, isolated woman who works as a cleaning lady in a hidden, high-security government laboratory in 1962 Baltimore. Her life changes fore... Read more
The Greatest Showman (2017)
7.7/10
Director: Michael Gracey
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, Zac Efron, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya
Inspired by the imagination of P. T. Barnum, The Greatest Showman is an original musical that celebrates the birth of show business & tells of a visio... Read more
The Greatest Showman (Blu-Ray) (2017)
7.7/10
Director: Michael Gracey
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, Zac Efron, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya
Inspired by the imagination of P. T. Barnum, The Greatest Showman is an original musical that celebrates the birth of show business & tells of a visio... Read more
Wonder Wheel (2017)
6.2/10
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: James Belushi, Kate Winslet, David Krumholtz, Justin Timberlake, Juno Temple, Ma...
Four peoples' lives intertwine amid the hustle and bustle of the Coney Island amusement park in the 1950s: Ginny, an emotionally volatile former actre... Read more
Tulip Fever (2017)
6.2/10
Director: Justin Chadwick
Starring: Judi Dench, Kevin McKidd, Tom Hollander, Christoph Waltz, Jack O'Connell, Zach G...
An artist falls for a young married woman while he's commissioned to paint her portrait during the Tulip mania of 17th century Amsterdam. Read more