AFRICAN QUEEN, THE (1951, UK/USA, 106m, PG) **** Adventure, Drama, Romance, War dist. United Artists (USA), Independent Film Distributors (IFD) / Remus Films (UK); pr co. Romulus Films / Horizon Pictures; d. John Huston; w. James Agee, John Huston (based on the novel by C.S. Forester); pr. Sam Spiegel, John Woolf; ph. Jack Cardiff (Technicolor…
Tag: Romance
Film Review – LOVE ACTUALLY (2003)
LOVE ACTUALLY (2003, UK/USA/France, 135m, 15) *** Comedy, Drama, Romance dist. United International Pictures (UIP); pr co. Universal Pictures / StudioCanal / Working Title Films / DNA Films; d. Richard Curtis; w. Richard Curtis; pr. Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Duncan Kenworthy; ph. Michael Coulter (DeLuxe | 2.35:1); m. Craig Armstrong; ed. Nick Moore; pd. Jim…
Film Review – GREGORY’S GIRL (1980)
GREGORY’S GIRL (1980, UK, 91m, PG) ****½ Comedy, Drama, Romance dist. ITC (UK), The Samuel Goldwyn Company (USA); pr co. Lake Films / National Film Finance Corporation (NFFC) / Scottish Television (STV); d. Bill Forsyth; w. Bill Forsyth; pr. Davina Belling, Clive Parsons; ph. Michael Coulter (Colour | 1.85:1); m. Colin Tully; ed. John Gow;…
Film Review – MODERN TIMES (1936)
MODERN TIMES (1936, USA, 89m, U) ****½ Comedy, Drama, Romance dist. United Artists; pr co. Charles Chaplin Productions; d. Charles Chaplin; w. Charles Chaplin; pr. Charles Chaplin; ph. Rollie Totheroh, Ira Morgan (B&W | 1.37:1); m. Charles Chaplin; ed. Charles Chaplin, Willard Nico (both uncredited); pd. Charles D. Hall (uncredited); ad. J. Russell Spencer (uncredited)….
Film Review – SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (2008)
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (2008, UK/USA, 123m, 15) ****½ Drama, Romance dist. Fox Searchlight Pictures (USA), Pathé Distribution (UK); pr co. Fox Searchlight / Warner Independent / Celador Films / Film4; d. Danny Boyle; w. Simon Beaufoy (based on the novel ‘Q&A’ by Vikas Swarup); pr. Christian Colson; ph. Anthony Dod Mantle (Technicolor | 2.35:1); m. A.R….
Film Review – ROBIN AND MARIAN (1976)
ROBIN AND MARIAN (1976, USA, 106m, PG) ***½ Adventure, Drama, Romance dist. Columbia Pictures (USA), Columbia-Warner Distributors (UK); pr co. Columbia Pictures / Rastar Pictures; d. Richard Lester; w. James Goldman; pr. Denis O’Dell; ph. David Watkin (Technicolor | 1.85:1); m. John Barry; ed. John Victor Smith; pd. Michael Stringer; ad. Gil Parrondo. cast: Sean…
Film Review – TO CATCH A THIEF (1955)
TO CATCH A THIEF (1955, USA, 106m, PG) **** Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller dist. Paramount Pictures; pr co. Paramount Pictures; d. Alfred Hitchcock; w. John Michael Hayes (based on the novel by David Dodge); pr. Alfred Hitchcock (uncredited); ph. Robert Burks (Technicolor | 1.85:1); m. Lyn Murray; ed. George Tomasini; ad. J. McMillan Johnson, Hal…
Film Review – SABRINA (1954)
SABRINA (1954, USA, 113m, U) ***½ Comedy, Drama, Romance dist. Paramount Pictures; pr co. Paramount Pictures; d. Billy Wilder; w. Billy Wilder, Samuel A. Taylor, Ernest Lehman (based on the play by Samuel A. Taylor); pr. Billy Wilder; ph. Charles Lang (B&W | 1.75:1); ed. Arthur P. Schmidt; ad. Hal Pereira, Walter H. Tyler. cast:…
Film Review – PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1943)
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1943, USA, 92m, PG) *** Drama, Horror, Music, Romance, Thriller dist. Universal Pictures (USA), General Film Distributors (GFD) (UK); pr co. Universal Pictures; d. Arthur Lubin; w. Eric Taylor, Samuel Hoffenstein, Hans Jacoby (based on the novel “Le Fantôme de L’Opéra” by Gaston Leroux); pr. George Waggner; ph. W. Howard Greene,…
Film Review – ADRIFT (2018)
ADRIFT (2018, USA) *** Drama, Adventure dist. STX Entertainment; pr co. Huayi Brothers / Ingenious / Lakeshore Entertainment / Pantagruel Productions / RVK Studios / STX Entertainment; d. Baltasar Kormákur; w. Aaron Kandell, Jordan Kandell, David Branson Smith (“Red Sky in Mourning: The True Story of Love, Loss, and Survival at Sea” by Tami Ashcraft…