Rom

Sep 5, 1988 — A wild mixture of gangster thriller, slapstick comedy, and bittersweet romance, François Truffaut’s second film was one of the signal works of the French New Wave.

The actor, writer, and producer talks about being blown away by Sandra Hüller’s performance in Anatomy of a Fall, shares her attraction to the romance in Love & Basketball, and praises Mississippi Masala as being ahead of its time.

A Pan-African musical spectacular; an essential queer 1990s romance; an irresistible rock-and-soul comedy; an antifascist fairy tale; an urgent moral thriller; an antiheroic portrait of a famed explorer; three paeans to bodies in motion; a masterpiece of early-1970s American alienation;...

The actor talks about how Richard Linklater’s Slacker turned him on to independent cinema, praises the soundtrack for Paris, Texas, and selects a horror classic by George A. Romero.

The actor, screenwriter, and comedian reminiscences about showing Shaun of the Dead to George A. Romero, shares the many reasons why he loves Quadrophenia, and praises the way David Lynch’s films lend themselves to interpretation.

The singer of the band Cigarettes After Sex shares his love for La Bamba, talks about how the romance of Eric Rohmer inspires his music, and selects favorites, from The Worst Person in the World to The Tales of Hoffmann.

From zany, hyperkinetic thrillers to swooning romances, these films showcase the energy and talent fueling one of the most vibrant cinematic hubs in Asia.

Jan 14, 2025 — In this digressive, intensely interior masterpiece, Jean Eustache mines the dramas of his past romances while also capturing the disillusionment of young Parisians in the aftermath of May 1968.

Jul 18, 2023 — In her music, her films, and her often stormy romances, Birkin captivated us for more than half a century.

Feb 15, 2022 — Playful irreverence gives way to tragedy and transcendence in Leo McCarey’s 1939 masterwork, one of the defining romances of the Hollywood studio era.