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Smile at Last review – photo-love-story style parable of a teen abandoned at a tough Soviet youth facility
By Peter Bradshaw

With handheld camerawork, this unsentimental rite of passage film follows Mari, who tries to escape from a residential home in Estonia

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/16/smile-at-last-review-estonia

#Film #Romancefilms #Dramafilms #Filmadaptations #Estonia #Culture #TheGuardian #PeterBradshaw

Smile at Last review – photo-love-story style parable of a teen abandoned at a tough Soviet youth facility
By Peter Bradshaw

With handheld camerawork, this unsentimental rite of passage film follows Mari, who tries to escape from a residential home in Estonia

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/16/smile-at-last-review-estonia

#Film #Romancefilms #Dramafilms #Filmadaptations #Estonia #Culture #TheGuardian #PeterBradshaw

Smile at Last review – photo-love-story style parable of a teen abandoned at a tough Soviet youth facility
By Peter Bradshaw

With handheld camerawork, this unsentimental rite of passage film follows Mari, who tries to escape from a residential home in Estonia

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/16/smile-at-last-review-estonia

#Film #Romancefilms #Dramafilms #Filmadaptations #Estonia #Culture #TheGuardian #PeterBradshaw

Smile at Last review – photo-love-story style parable of a teen abandoned at a tough Soviet youth facility
By Peter Bradshaw

With handheld camerawork, this unsentimental rite of passage film follows Mari, who tries to escape from a residential home in Estonia

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/16/smile-at-last-review-estonia

#Film #Romancefilms #Dramafilms #Filmadaptations #Estonia #Culture #TheGuardian #PeterBradshaw

Whisper of the Heart review – Studio Ghibli deep cut is pep talk on how to live the artistic life
By Phil Hoad

Hayao Miyazaki-scripted 90s teen romance sees an aspiring writer drawn to a potential soulmate thanks to library books and a curmudgeonly cat

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/16/whisper-of-the-heart-review-studio-ghibli-deep-cut-hayao-miyazaki

#Film #Animationinfilm #StudioGhibli #Anime #Romancefilms #Dramafilms #Japan #AsiaPacific #Culture #Worldnews #TheGuardian #PhilHoad

Whisper of the Heart review – Studio Ghibli deep cut is pep talk on how to live the artistic life
By Phil Hoad

Hayao Miyazaki-scripted 90s teen romance sees an aspiring writer drawn to a potential soulmate thanks to library books and a curmudgeonly cat

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/16/whisper-of-the-heart-review-studio-ghibli-deep-cut-hayao-miyazaki

#Film #Animationinfilm #StudioGhibli #Anime #Romancefilms #Dramafilms #Japan #AsiaPacific #Culture #Worldnews #TheGuardian #PhilHoad

Whisper of the Heart review – Studio Ghibli deep cut is pep talk on how to live the artistic life
By Phil Hoad

Hayao Miyazaki-scripted 90s teen romance sees an aspiring writer drawn to a potential soulmate thanks to library books and a curmudgeonly cat

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/16/whisper-of-the-heart-review-studio-ghibli-deep-cut-hayao-miyazaki

#Film #Animationinfilm #StudioGhibli #Anime #Romancefilms #Dramafilms #Japan #AsiaPacific #Culture #Worldnews #TheGuardian #PhilHoad

Whisper of the Heart review – Studio Ghibli deep cut is pep talk on how to live the artistic life
By Phil Hoad

Hayao Miyazaki-scripted 90s teen romance sees an aspiring writer drawn to a potential soulmate thanks to library books and a curmudgeonly cat

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/16/whisper-of-the-heart-review-studio-ghibli-deep-cut-hayao-miyazaki

#Film #Animationinfilm #StudioGhibli #Anime #Romancefilms #Dramafilms #Japan #AsiaPacific #Culture #Worldnews #TheGuardian #PhilHoad

The Cycle of Love review –a 6,000-mile bike ride caps a real life Swedish-Indian romance
By Leslie Felperin

One Oscar-winning director, one horoscope-prompted meet-cute and a continent-crossing cyclist – is this the start of documentaries that make you happy-cry?

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/16/the-cycle-of-love-review-a-6000-mile-bike-ride-caps-a-real-life-swedish-indian-romance

#Film #Documentaryfilms #India #Romancefilms #Sweden #Dalits #Culture #Europe #SouthandcentralAsia #Worldnews #Cycling #Lifeandstyle #TheGuardian #LeslieFelperin

The Cycle of Love review –a 6,000-mile bike ride caps a real life Swedish-Indian romance
By Leslie Felperin

One Oscar-winning director, one horoscope-prompted meet-cute and a continent-crossing cyclist – is this the start of documentaries that make you happy-cry?

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/16/the-cycle-of-love-review-a-6000-mile-bike-ride-caps-a-real-life-swedish-indian-romance

#Film #Documentaryfilms #India #Romancefilms #Sweden #Dalits #Culture #Europe #SouthandcentralAsia #Worldnews #Cycling #Lifeandstyle #TheGuardian #LeslieFelperin

The Cycle of Love review –a 6,000-mile bike ride caps a real life Swedish-Indian romance
By Leslie Felperin

One Oscar-winning director, one horoscope-prompted meet-cute and a continent-crossing cyclist – is this the start of documentaries that make you happy-cry?

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/16/the-cycle-of-love-review-a-6000-mile-bike-ride-caps-a-real-life-swedish-indian-romance

#Film #Documentaryfilms #India #Romancefilms #Sweden #Dalits #Culture #Europe #SouthandcentralAsia #Worldnews #Cycling #Lifeandstyle #TheGuardian #LeslieFelperin

The Cycle of Love review –a 6,000-mile bike ride caps a real life Swedish-Indian romance
By Leslie Felperin

One Oscar-winning director, one horoscope-prompted meet-cute and a continent-crossing cyclist – is this the start of documentaries that make you happy-cry?

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/16/the-cycle-of-love-review-a-6000-mile-bike-ride-caps-a-real-life-swedish-indian-romance

#Film #Documentaryfilms #India #Romancefilms #Sweden #Dalits #Culture #Europe #SouthandcentralAsia #Worldnews #Cycling #Lifeandstyle #TheGuardian #LeslieFelperin

Premature review – sunny charm provides screwball energy for surprise-pregnancy comedy
By Cath Clarke

First-time director Kevin Walls creates a film sweet-natured enough to cancel out some comedy misfires as flatmates Eilidh and Cameron prepare for parenthood

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/15/premature-review-sunny-charm-provides-screwball-energy-for-surprise-pregnancy-comedy

#Film #Comedyfilms #Romancefilms #Childbirth #Comedy #Culture #Lifeandstyle #TheGuardian #CathClarke

Premature review – sunny charm provides screwball energy for surprise-pregnancy comedy
By Cath Clarke

First-time director Kevin Walls creates a film sweet-natured enough to cancel out some comedy misfires as flatmates Eilidh and Cameron prepare for parenthood

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/15/premature-review-sunny-charm-provides-screwball-energy-for-surprise-pregnancy-comedy

#Film #Comedyfilms #Romancefilms #Childbirth #Comedy #Culture #Lifeandstyle #TheGuardian #CathClarke

Premature review – sunny charm provides screwball energy for surprise-pregnancy comedy
By Cath Clarke

First-time director Kevin Walls creates a film sweet-natured enough to cancel out some comedy misfires as flatmates Eilidh and Cameron prepare for parenthood

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/15/premature-review-sunny-charm-provides-screwball-energy-for-surprise-pregnancy-comedy

#Film #Comedyfilms #Romancefilms #Childbirth #Comedy #Culture #Lifeandstyle #TheGuardian #CathClarke

Premature review – sunny charm provides screwball energy for surprise-pregnancy comedy
By Cath Clarke

First-time director Kevin Walls creates a film sweet-natured enough to cancel out some comedy misfires as flatmates Eilidh and Cameron prepare for parenthood

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/15/premature-review-sunny-charm-provides-screwball-energy-for-surprise-pregnancy-comedy

#Film #Comedyfilms #Romancefilms #Childbirth #Comedy #Culture #Lifeandstyle #TheGuardian #CathClarke

‘I never pass up a rewatch’: why Valley Girl is my feelgood movie https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/14/valley-girl-my-feelgood-movie #NicolasCage #ComedyFilms #RomanceFilms #Film #Culture

‘I never pass up a rewatch’: why Valley Girl is my feelgood movie https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/14/valley-girl-my-feelgood-movie #NicolasCage #ComedyFilms #RomanceFilms #Film #Culture

‘I never pass up a rewatch’: why Valley Girl is my feelgood movie https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/14/valley-girl-my-feelgood-movie #NicolasCage #ComedyFilms #RomanceFilms #Film #Culture

‘I never pass up a rewatch’: why Valley Girl is my feelgood movie
By Annie Zaleski

The latest in our series of writers explaining their most rewatched comfort films brings us back to 1980s LA

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/14/valley-girl-my-feelgood-movie

#NicolasCage #Comedyfilms #Romancefilms #Film #Culture #TheGuardian #AnnieZaleski

‘I never pass up a rewatch’: why Valley Girl is my feelgood movie
By Annie Zaleski

The latest in our series of writers explaining their most rewatched comfort films brings us back to 1980s LA

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/14/valley-girl-my-feelgood-movie

#NicolasCage #Comedyfilms #Romancefilms #Film #Culture #TheGuardian #AnnieZaleski

‘I never pass up a rewatch’: why Valley Girl is my feelgood movie
By Annie Zaleski

The latest in our series of writers explaining their most rewatched comfort films brings us back to 1980s LA

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/14/valley-girl-my-feelgood-movie

#NicolasCage #Comedyfilms #Romancefilms #Film #Culture #TheGuardian #AnnieZaleski

‘I never pass up a rewatch’: why Valley Girl is my feelgood movie
By Annie Zaleski

The latest in our series of writers explaining their most rewatched comfort films brings us back to 1980s LA

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/14/valley-girl-my-feelgood-movie

#NicolasCage #Comedyfilms #Romancefilms #Film #Culture #TheGuardian #AnnieZaleski

Love of Your Life review – Margaret Qualley eats, grieves and loves in Amazon’s transporting saga
By Benjamin Lee in Toronto

Toronto film festival: the actor gives one of her best performances to date in a smoothly made globe-trotting drama of a woman’s life after the loss of her husband

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/13/love-of-your-life-review-toronto

#Torontofilmfestival2026 #Torontofilmfestival #MargaretQualley #Romancefilms #Dramafilms #Festivals #Culture #Film #TheGuardian #BenjaminLeeinToronto

Love of Your Life review – Margaret Qualley eats, grieves and loves in Amazon’s transporting saga
By Benjamin Lee in Toronto

Toronto film festival: the actor gives one of her best performances to date in a smoothly made globe-trotting drama of a woman’s life after the loss of her husband

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/13/love-of-your-life-review-toronto

#Torontofilmfestival2026 #Torontofilmfestival #MargaretQualley #Romancefilms #Dramafilms #Festivals #Culture #Film #TheGuardian #BenjaminLeeinToronto

Love of Your Life review – Margaret Qualley eats, grieves and loves in Amazon’s transporting saga
By Benjamin Lee in Toronto

Toronto film festival: the actor gives one of her best performances to date in a smoothly made globe-trotting drama of a woman’s life after the loss of her husband

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/13/love-of-your-life-review-toronto

#Torontofilmfestival2026 #Torontofilmfestival #MargaretQualley #Romancefilms #Dramafilms #Festivals #Culture #Film #TheGuardian #BenjaminLeeinToronto

Love of Your Life review – Margaret Qualley eats, grieves and loves in Amazon’s transporting saga
By Benjamin Lee in Toronto

Toronto film festival: the actor gives one of her best performances to date in a smoothly made globe-trotting drama of a woman’s life after the loss of her husband

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/13/love-of-your-life-review-toronto

#Torontofilmfestival2026 #Torontofilmfestival #MargaretQualley #Romancefilms #Dramafilms #Festivals #Culture #Film #TheGuardian #BenjaminLeeinToronto

Onwards and Sideways review – Rhys Ifans and Laura Linney lift solid Parkinson’s drama
By Benjamin Lee in Toronto

Toronto film festival: Shakespeare in Love director John Madden’s feelgood – and bad – comedy-drama is powered by excellent performances and authenticity

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/14/onwards-and-sideways-film-review-rhys-ifans-laura-linney-parkinsons-comedy-drama

#Torontofilmfestival2026 #Film #Torontofilmfestival #Culture #Festivals #RhysIfans #LauraLinney #Comedyfilms #Parkinsonsdisease #Dramafilms #Comedy #Romancefilms #RoryKinnear #TheGuardian #BenjaminLeeinToronto

Onwards and Sideways review – Rhys Ifans and Laura Linney lift solid Parkinson’s drama
By Benjamin Lee in Toronto

Toronto film festival: Shakespeare in Love director John Madden’s feelgood – and bad – comedy-drama is powered by excellent performances and authenticity

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/14/onwards-and-sideways-film-review-rhys-ifans-laura-linney-parkinsons-comedy-drama

#Torontofilmfestival2026 #Film #Torontofilmfestival #Culture #Festivals #RhysIfans #LauraLinney #Comedyfilms #Parkinsonsdisease #Dramafilms #Comedy #Romancefilms #RoryKinnear #TheGuardian #BenjaminLeeinToronto

Onwards and Sideways review – Rhys Ifans and Laura Linney lift solid Parkinson’s drama
By Benjamin Lee in Toronto

Toronto film festival: Shakespeare in Love director John Madden’s feelgood – and bad – comedy-drama is powered by excellent performances and authenticity

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/14/onwards-and-sideways-film-review-rhys-ifans-laura-linney-parkinsons-comedy-drama

#Torontofilmfestival2026 #Film #Torontofilmfestival #Culture #Festivals #RhysIfans #LauraLinney #Comedyfilms #Parkinsonsdisease #Dramafilms #Comedy #Romancefilms #RoryKinnear #TheGuardian #BenjaminLeeinToronto

Onwards and Sideways review – Rhys Ifans and Laura Linney lift solid Parkinson’s drama
By Benjamin Lee in Toronto

Toronto film festival: Shakespeare in Love director John Madden’s feelgood – and bad – comedy-drama is powered by excellent performances and authenticity

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/14/onwards-and-sideways-film-review-rhys-ifans-laura-linney-parkinsons-comedy-drama

#Torontofilmfestival2026 #Film #Torontofilmfestival #Culture #Festivals #RhysIfans #LauraLinney #Comedyfilms #Parkinsonsdisease #Dramafilms #Comedy #Romancefilms #RoryKinnear #TheGuardian #BenjaminLeeinToronto

Drawn Together review – preposterous romance with all the erotic charge of leaf mulch
By Cath Clarke

The latest adaptation of Culpable trilogy author Mercedes Ron, about a ballet dancer and her security guard, has more holes than plot and chemistry than barely generates a spark

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/11/drawn-together-review-mercedes-ron-culpables

#Film #Romancefilms #Thrillers #Filmadaptations #Books #Culture #TheGuardian #CathClarke

Drawn Together review – preposterous romance with all the erotic charge of leaf mulch
By Cath Clarke

The latest adaptation of Culpable trilogy author Mercedes Ron, about a ballet dancer and her security guard, has more holes than plot and chemistry than barely generates a spark

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/11/drawn-together-review-mercedes-ron-culpables

#Film #Romancefilms #Thrillers #Filmadaptations #Books #Culture #TheGuardian #CathClarke

Drawn Together review – preposterous romance with all the erotic charge of leaf mulch
By Cath Clarke

The latest adaptation of Culpable trilogy author Mercedes Ron, about a ballet dancer and her security guard, has more holes than plot and chemistry than barely generates a spark

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/11/drawn-together-review-mercedes-ron-culpables

#Film #Romancefilms #Thrillers #Filmadaptations #Books #Culture #TheGuardian #CathClarke

Drawn Together review – preposterous romance with all the erotic charge of leaf mulch
By Cath Clarke

The latest adaptation of Culpable trilogy author Mercedes Ron, about a ballet dancer and her security guard, has more holes than plot and chemistry than barely generates a spark

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/11/drawn-together-review-mercedes-ron-culpables

#Film #Romancefilms #Thrillers #Filmadaptations #Books #Culture #TheGuardian #CathClarke

Drawn Together review – preposterous romance with all the erotic charge of leaf mulch
By Cath Clarke

The latest adaptation of Culpable trilogy author Mercedes Ron, about a ballet dancer and her security guard, has more holes than plot and chemistry than barely generates a spark

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/11/drawn-together-review-mercedes-ron-culpables

#Film #Romancefilms #Thrillers #Filmadaptations #Books #Culture #TheGuardian #CathClarke

Practical Magic 2 review – Bullock and KIdman return for odd sequel that still casts a spell https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/08/practical-magic-2-movie-review #Film #SandraBullock #NicoleKidman #Culture #ComedyFilms #MaisieWilliams #Comedy #RomanceFilms

Practical Magic 2 review – Bullock and KIdman return for odd sequel that still casts a spell https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/08/practical-magic-2-movie-review #Film #SandraBullock #NicoleKidman #Culture #ComedyFilms #MaisieWilliams #Comedy #RomanceFilms

Practical Magic 2 review – Bullock and KIdman return for odd sequel that still casts a spell https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/08/practical-magic-2-movie-review #Film #SandraBullock #NicoleKidman #Culture #ComedyFilms #MaisieWilliams #Comedy #RomanceFilms

Practical Magic 2 review – Bullock and KIdman return for odd sequel that still casts a spell
By Adrian Horton

A nostalgia-bait return to the witchy 90s comedy is as strange and messy as the first but there are warm seasonal pleasures to be had

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/08/practical-magic-2-movie-review

#Film #SandraBullock #NicoleKidman #Culture #Comedyfilms #MaisieWilliams #Comedy #Romancefilms #TheGuardian #AdrianHorton

Practical Magic 2 review – Bullock and KIdman return for odd sequel that still casts a spell
By Adrian Horton

A nostalgia-bait return to the witchy 90s comedy is as strange and messy as the first but there are warm seasonal pleasures to be had

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/08/practical-magic-2-movie-review

#Film #SandraBullock #NicoleKidman #Culture #Comedyfilms #MaisieWilliams #Comedy #Romancefilms #TheGuardian #AdrianHorton

Practical Magic 2 review – Bullock and KIdman return for odd sequel that still casts a spell
By Adrian Horton

A nostalgia-bait return to the witchy 90s comedy is as strange and messy as the first but there are warm seasonal pleasures to be had

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/08/practical-magic-2-movie-review

#Film #SandraBullock #NicoleKidman #Culture #Comedyfilms #MaisieWilliams #Comedy #Romancefilms #TheGuardian #AdrianHorton

Practical Magic 2 review – Bullock and KIdman return for odd sequel that still casts a spell
By Adrian Horton

A nostalgia-bait return to the witchy 90s comedy is as strange and messy as the first but there are warm seasonal pleasures to be had

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/08/practical-magic-2-movie-review

#Film #SandraBullock #NicoleKidman #Culture #Comedyfilms #MaisieWilliams #Comedy #Romancefilms #TheGuardian #AdrianHorton

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 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 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

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

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