romance

Hotter Up Close

By Bobby LePire | June 2022

The short romantic comedy Hotter Up Close has a lot of fun toying with expectations. Directed by Leland Montgomery and written by…

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The short romantic comedy Hotter Up Close has a lot of fun toying with expectations. Directed by Leland Montgomery and written by star Christopher Matias...

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DANCES WITH FILMS 2022 REVIEW! Frank Kelley's short film, The Critic, tells the story of high-end hotel critic Meghan Dupane (Julia Collier). Her current...

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Sometimes the winds of fate collaborate to give a film an added layer of prescience. This is undoubtedly the case with Firebird, a true story of a gay...

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Although writer/director Lisa Azuelos's generically titled I Love America implies a run-of-the-mill rom-com, the end result is slightly livelier than one...

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As a critic, when I judge a film, I focus primarily on its storytelling more than anything else. Tell a good story, and audiences will forgive most of a...

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Martha Coolidge's sprawling period drama I'll Find You harkens back to the romantic films of yore, ones set against the turbulent background of an...

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Seal of Desire is a romantic thriller about the attractive, supremely confident psychologist Malcolm King (Markiss McFadden), who specializes in couples...

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When is an underdog story not one? Sold Out starts out seeming like it's a "follow your dreams" narrative as construction worker John (Sam Bardwell), who...

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Simple Passion, directed by Danielle Arbid, tells the story of a couple's sexually-driven relationship. Hélène (Laetitia Dosch) is a passionate...

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With the Oscars just around the corner, the Film Threat writers review films during a time when the Best Picture was actually the Best Picture. The...

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