#romancefilms — Public Fediverse posts

The Last Sunrise review – Amazon’s soapy YA romance is thankless and bland https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/26/the-last-sunrise-movie-review-amazon #RomanceFilms #AmazonPrimeVideo #Film #Culture

The Last Sunrise review – Amazon’s soapy YA romance is thankless and bland
By Rafaela Bassili

Another familiar concoction fails to make use of its sunny location and chooses cheap melodrama over romantic charm

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/26/the-last-sunrise-movie-review-amazon

#Romancefilms #AmazonPrimeVideo #Film #Culture #TheGuardian #RafaelaBassili

On Different Grounds review – Cupid’s-conspiracy romcom brings Nollywood and Bollywood together
By Phil Hoad

Mildred Okwo’s earnest film about the conflicting romantic wishes in a Nigerian family struggles to connect with its promising premise

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/24/on-different-grounds-review-nollywood-bollywood

#Film #Romancefilms #Comedyfilms #Nigeria #Comedy #Culture #Africa #Worldnews #Bollywood #TheGuardian #PhilHoad

Hazy sunshine, factor-50 smiles and Cliff Richard at the wheel: the 20 best summer holiday movies – ranked! https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/20/best-summer-holiday-movies-ranked-seasonal-romance #Film #Culture #Musicals #RomanceFilms #CliffRichard #FilmAdaptations #AudreyHepburn #BeforeSunrise #AlfonsoCuarn #Books #Music

Hazy sunshine, factor-50 smiles and Cliff Richard at the wheel: the 20 best summer holiday movies – ranked!
By Xan Brooks

From feelgood romances to heated interactions, here are the films that best capture the seasonal moment

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/20/best-summer-holiday-movies-ranked-seasonal-romance

#Film #Culture #Musicals #Romancefilms #CliffRichard #Filmadaptations #AudreyHepburn #BeforeSunrise #AlfonsoCuarn #Books #Music #TheGuardian #XanBrooks

‘Fated to become a cult classic’: why Barcelona is my feelgood movie https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/17/my-feelgood-movie-barcelona-whit-stillman #RomanceFilms #ComedyFilms #Film #Comedy #Culture

‘Fated to become a cult classic’: why Barcelona is my feelgood movie
By Ryan Chapman

The latest in our series of writers detailing their most pleasurable comfort films is a trip to 1980s Spain courtesy of Whit Stillman

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/17/my-feelgood-movie-barcelona-whit-stillman

#Romancefilms #Comedyfilms #Film #Comedy #Culture #TheGuardian #RyanChapman

Lesbians, latex and $2,000 condoms: why are this summer’s movies so obsessed with sex? https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/10/sex-film-one-night-only-the-invite-camp-miasma #Film #Culture #Sex #LifeAndStyle #OliviaWilde #GreggAraki #SethRogen #RoeVWade #RomanceFilms #HorrorFilms #ComedyFilms #GillianAnderson #PenlopeCruz #EdwardNorton

Lesbians, latex and $2,000 condoms: why are this summer’s movies so obsessed with sex?
By Rafaela Bassili

From One Night Only to The Invite, a wave of new movies are a raunchy antidote to gen Z celibacy

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/10/sex-film-one-night-only-the-invite-camp-miasma

#Film #Culture #Sex #Lifeandstyle #OliviaWilde #GreggAraki #SethRogen #RoevWade #Romancefilms #Horrorfilms #Comedyfilms #GillianAnderson #PenlopeCruz #EdwardNorton #TheGuardian #RafaelaBassili

So this might be a bit unusual, but my friend Paige is raising money to help her to produce her movie, True After Dark. She calls it a love letter to Los Angeles and a cozy callback to Sleepless in Seattle. You can read all about it here: True After Dark https://seedandspark.com/fund/true-after-dark

I think Paige is on the cusp of being a real creative force in Hollywood, and I'm getting in on the ground floor. Obviously there are bigger emergencies in the world, but funding a young woman's dream is pretty good. Don't feel obliged even to click through unless this strikes your fancy.

#CrowdFunding #filmmaking #FilmMastodon #MastodonMovieMakers #ArtMadeByHuman #RomanceFilms #TrueAfterDark #FediverseFilmmakers

Practical Magic review – Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock’s 90s witchy fantasy still enchants
By Peter Bradshaw

Preceding a long-awaited sequel, Griffin Dunne’s supernatural suburban romance gets a big-screen rerelease. With its romcom quirk, buttery cinematography and stabs of black comedy, it remains a zany gem

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/06/practical-magic-review-nicole-kidman-and-sandra-bullocks-90s-witchy-fantasy-still-enchants

#Film #Romancefilms #Comedyfilms #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #SandraBullock #NicoleKidman #Filmadaptations #Books #Comedy #Culture #TheGuardian #PeterBradshaw

One Night Only review – sex is legal for 12 hours a year in bizarre romcom https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/05/one-night-only-movie-review #ComedyFilms #RomanceFilms #Comedy #Culture #Film

One Night Only review – sex is legal for 12 hours a year in bizarre romcom
By Benjamin Lee

‘What if The Purge was for premarital sex?’ is the odd, gimmicky elevator pitch for this slickly made yet ungainly oddity that can’t quite get past the grimness of its conceit

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/05/one-night-only-movie-review

#Comedyfilms #Romancefilms #Comedy #Culture #Film #TheGuardian #BenjaminLee

Prisoners of Paradise review – Ellie Bamber heads to Mauritius for chaste literary tale of star-crossed lovers
By Cath Clarke

An upper-class Englishwoman falls in love with a worker on her uncle’s sugar plantation in this insipid adaptation of Romesh Gunesekera’s novel

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/04/prisoners-of-paradise-review-ellie-bamber-chaste-colonial-tale-of-star-crossed-lovers-romesh-gunesekera

#Film #Romancefilms #Filmadaptations #Mauritius #Race #Dramafilms #Africa #Books #Culture #Worldnews #TheGuardian #CathClarke

‘Unbearably sexy in his rodenty way’: Benedict Cumberbatch’s 20 best films – ranked! https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/23/benedict-cumberbatch-20-best-films-ranked #Film #BenedictCumberbatch #ComedyFilms #RomanceFilms #Thrillers #FilmAdaptations #Books #Comedy #Culture

‘Unbearably sexy in his rodenty way’: Benedict Cumberbatch’s 20 best films – ranked!
By Peter Bradshaw

To mark the two-time Oscar nominee’s recent 50th birthday, we rate his finest screen roles – from hyper-British patricians and seething serpents, to ghastly Yanks, tragic codebreakers and sci-fi scoundrels

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/23/benedict-cumberbatch-20-best-films-ranked

#Film #BenedictCumberbatch #Comedyfilms #Romancefilms #Thrillers #Filmadaptations #Books #Comedy #Culture #TheGuardian #PeterBradshaw

On the Sea review – tender fishermen’s boat-based tale of forbidden love far from prying eyes
By Peter Bradshaw

Away from the disapproval of their Welsh fishing community, two men embark on a passionate affair in Helen Walsh’s poignant drama

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/22/on-the-sea-review-fishermen-tale-forbidden-love-helen-walsh

#Film #Dramafilms #LGBTQrights #Wales #Culture #Romancefilms #TheGuardian #PeterBradshaw

The Fires review – volcanoes and passions erupt in Iceland disaster-romance
By Leslie Felperin

A volcanologist and a photographer try to save Reykjavik in impressive and plausible drama

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/21/the-fires-review-volcanoes-and-passions-erupt-in-iceland-disaster-romance

#Film #Actionandadventurefilms #Romancefilms #Iceland #Volcanoes #Culture #TheGuardian #LeslieFelperin

Heartstopper Forever review – sanitized sex scenes won’t let the Netflix lovebirds grow up https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/17/heartstopper-forever-movie-review #Film #DramaFilms #KitConnor #Sexuality #YoungPeople #Netflix #DerekJacobi #Culture #TelevisionRadio #RomanceFilms

Heartstopper Forever review – sanitized sex scenes won’t let the Netflix lovebirds grow up
By Owen Myers

The film-length finale to the teen LGBTQ+ show has poignant moments but feels like fan service by numbers

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/17/heartstopper-forever-movie-review

#Film #Dramafilms #KitConnor #Sexuality #Youngpeople #Netflix #DerekJacobi #Culture #Televisionradio #Romancefilms #TheGuardian #OwenMyers

The Last First Time review – queer coming-of-age drama gives itself up to pleasure
By Cath Clarke

A Mexican student’s post-exams night out becomes a heady voyage of self-discovery in this slight but joyful coming-of-age drama

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/14/the-last-first-time-review-mexican-queer-coming-of-age-drama

#Film #Romancefilms #Culture #Sexuality #Dramafilms #TheGuardian #CathClarke

A Year in London review – fashion student hits it off with her professor in frothy lesbian romcom
By Peter Bradshaw

An Italian on an exchange to the glamorous UK capital gets involved with a sophisticated older woman in a tale of soap opera silliness

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/13/a-year-in-london-review

#Film #Romancefilms #LGBTQrights #Culture #TheGuardian #PeterBradshaw

LGBTQ+ inclusion in film at a three-year low, Glaad survey suggests https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/09/lgbtq-film-representation-glaad-study #Film #LgbtqRights #TessaThompson #Culture #RomanceFilms #DramaFilms #ComedyFilms #UsNews

‘Genuinely changed my life’: why Groundhog Day is my feelgood movie https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/29/groundhog-day-feelgood-movie #GroundhogDay #BillMurray #AndieMacdowell #ComedyFilms #RomanceFilms #Film #Comedy #Culture

Girls Like Girls review – Sapphic teen romance is a precious and predictable yawn-a-thon https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/18/girls-like-girls-movie-review #Film #LgbtqRights #ZachBraff #RomanceFilms #Culture #DramaFilms

‘It gets me every time’: why Jerry Maguire is my feelgood movie https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/15/jerry-maguire-feelgood-movie #Film #TomCruise #Culture #ReneZellweger #CubaGoodingJr #RomanceFilms #ComedyFilms #CameronCrowe #Comedy

Office Romance review – Jennifer Lopez’s romcom return is too much like hard work https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/04/office-romance-review-jennifer-lopez-romcom #RomanceFilms #JenniferLopez #Netflix #ComedyFilms #Comedy #Culture #Film

Coward review – soldiers find escapism and romance in wartime theatrical troupe https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/22/coward-review-soldiers-find-escapism-and-romance-in-wartime-theatrical-troupe #Film #CannesFilmFestival #DramaFilms #WarFilms #FirstWorldWar #Belgium #RomanceFilms #LgbtqRights #Culture #Europe #Festivals #WorldNews

The Devil Wears Prada 2: bitchy one-liners, devious double-crossing and Lady Gaga – discuss with spoilers https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/04/devil-wears-prada-2-spoilers #TheDevilWearsPrada2 #ComedyFilms #RomanceFilms #Film #Comedy #Culture #AnneHathaway #MerylStreep #EmilyBlunt #StanleyTucci #TheDevilWearsPrada