BLACK BAG
If ever there was a movie seemingly written by A.I. “Black Bag” is it. Cole Smithey.
Romantic Comedy
ANORA — CANNES 2024
Cannes Film Festival, Erotic, FIVE STARS, Independent Cinema, Political Satire, Porn, Reviews Blog, Romantic Comedy, Romantic Drama, Romantic Fantasy, Screwball Comedy, sex, Sexploitation, Women's Cinema
“Anora,” is yet another film (behind “Starlet,” “Tangerine,” “The Florida Project,” and “Red Rocket”) that Mr. Baker wrote, cast, directed,…
ANORA — CANNES 2024
Agitprop, BDSM, Cannes Film Festival, Capsules Blog, Corporate Corruption, Crime Drama, Erotic, FIVE STARS, Independent Cinema, LGBTQ, Romantic Comedy, Screwball Comedy, sex, Sexploitation, Social Satire, Transgressive Cinema, Women's Cinema
“Anora” is a winner, and an instant classic of American Independent Cinema. Cole Smithey.
THE FALL GUY — EXTENDED CUT
British Cinema, Capsules Blog, Classic Cinema, Cult Film, Feminist Cinema, FIVE STARS, Hollywood, Romantic Comedy, sex, Women's Cinema
Fast, sexy, hilarious, and endlessly entertaining, “The Fall Guy” is a true masterpiece regardless of whether its the short or…
BRATS
Classic Cinema, Coming-of-Age, Corporate Corruption, Criterion Collection, Cult Film, Documentary, FIVE STARS, Hollywood, Media, Reviews Blog, Romantic Comedy, Romantic Drama, sex, Social Satire, Video Essay, Women's Cinema
Andrew McCarthy crafts an exquisitely satisfying base-touching expedition with his Gen X comrades, whose careers suffered as a result of…
LICORICE PIZZA
Paul Thomas Anderson shits the bed of his own movie with a couple of truly horrendous scenes of anti-Asian caricature.…
PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN
Black Comedy, Capsules Blog, FIVE STARS, Romantic Comedy, Romantic Drama, Romantic Fantasy, Serial Killer, Women Filmmakers, Women's Cinema
People ain’t no good. Writer/director Emerald Fennell makes quite a splash with this steely black comedy. Cole Smithey.
TRAMPS
Winner winner chicken dinner. I’d like my romantic comedy with a suitcase MacGuffin, a side of crime, and a chemistry…
HAPPIEST SEASON
Move over “Home For The Holidays” (Jodie Foster’s 1995 holiday favorite); there’s finally a better family holiday movie for audiences…
WILD MOUNTAIN THYME
John Patrick Shanley might not be a household name, but the Oscar-winning screenwriter of “Moonstruck” (1987) has a knack for…
GHOST TOWN
David Koepp’s 1998 romcom could improve your amorous relationship, even on a first date. The movie makes the best use…
HE’S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU
This 2009 A-list packed romdramedy plays heart strings and gives sucker punches in equal measure. You’ll pine for the pre-smart…
MARRIAGE STORY — THE CRITERION COLLECTION
Slack editing delivers us to Adam Driver singing a Broadway-styled melancholy ballad for his New York theatre pals in a…
THEY ALL LAUGHED
Peter Bogdanovich’s underseen romantic comedy is an unabashed love letter to 1980 Manhattan. Storyline and plot take a welcome backseat…
CACTUS FLOWER
“Cactus Flower” is a hidden gem. The scene between Toni and Stephanie, in the record shop where Toni works, is…
ARTHUR
This long forgotten romantic comedy represents a perfect storm of comic talents coming together for an enjoyable Manhattan-centric movie that…
PUNCH DRUNK LOVE — THE CRITERION COLLECTION
Paul Thomas Anderson has done the impossible; he has written a romantic leading role for Adam Sandler that functions well…
BRIDGET JONES’S BABY
You know you’re in trouble when momentary flashbacks from previous films in a franchise make you wish you were watching…
CAFE SOCIETY — CANNES 2016
Cannes, France —Not many audiences bother with Woody Allen movies anymore. Most of those who do will readily concede that…
WHILE WE’RE YOUNG
Overnight, Noah Baumbach has digressed from making sophisticated [uncharacteristic of the genre] mumblecore movies (see “Greenberg” and “Frances Ha”) to…
COLE SMITHEY’S CLASSIC CINEMA
