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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

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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

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Lights … camera … attraction! The 31 most romantic moments in cinema https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/feb/14/lights-camera-attraction-the-31-most-romantic-moments-in-cinema #EternalSunshineoftheSpotlessMind #PortraitofaLadyonFire #TheBourneUltimatum #TheEnglishPatient #TheSoundofMusic #BeforeSunrise #PhantomThread #Romancefilms #AStarIsBorn #Casablanca #TheMatrix #Moonlight #Culture #Titanic #Carol #Film #Up