In 1967, star John Wayne, director Howard Hawks, and screenwriter Leigh Brackett reteamed for a follow-up (and none-too-subtle remake) of their hit “Rio Bravo.” Here’s what happened next.
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The 2011 spy drama isn’t exactly romantic, but it makes a potent post-Valentines Day elixir.
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It may not be a conventional Valentine’s Day pick, but it’s the most romantic movie Clint Eastwood made until his journey to Madison County.
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Sally Potter’s follow-up to “Orlando” was a self-aware meta-romance, with much to say about art, life, love and dance.
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There’s an element of fantasy to countless rom-coms, but Joan Micklin Silver’s marvelous 1988 sleeper is grounded in genuine interpersonal and cultural conflict.
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When RKO created their first solo vehicle for Fred Astaire, they brought out the big guns: songs by the Gershwins, script by P.G. Wodehouse, direction by George Stevens, and (best of all) comedy by George Burns and Gracie Allen.
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With Valentine’s Day approaching, we look at a very particular subset of the romantic comedy: the stories of robots and the women they love.
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With Kenneth Branagh’s new adaptation out this week, we look back at the star-studded 1978 take on Agatha Christie’s classic – and the landmines of adapting her work overall.
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Louis Malle’s semi-autobiographical 1971 film remains as warm, funny, and provocative as ever.
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To mark both Black History Month and Valentine’s season, this month’s catalogue of Miramax’s misdeeds looks back at their fumbled release of a low-budget Black romance.
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A legendary (but not often seen, at least in the U.S.) Spanish cult film finally makes its way to our screens, and it is a scorcher.
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This 1928 feature was long considered one of Chaplin’s lesser works. But now it stands as his first great combination of comedy and pathos.
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