Oscar-winning Hollywood love letter ‘The Artist’ on MUBI and free on Kanopy and Hoopla !Featured, Academy Award, Blu-ray, Cannes winner, Comedy, drama, DVD, film history, Film Independent Spirit Awards, Free, Hoopla, International Cinema, Kanopy, MUBI, Romance, silent film, Streaming Movies, SVOD 09/27/202209/28/2022 Sean Axmaker This valentine to silent movies is a sweet romantic comedy, a celebration of the dreams and fantasies, and magic of the movies of every age.
‘Bell, Book and Candle’ – James Stewart, Kim Novak and a touch of witchcraft on Criterion Channel !Featured, Academy Award nominee, adapted from the stage, Blu-ray, Classic Movie, Comedy, Criterion Channel, DVD, Hollywood Classic, Romance, SVOD 09/07/202209/07/2022 Sean Axmaker This bewitching romantic comedy about a human bachelor and modern day witch in Greenwich village is a jazzy fantasy with a beatnik sensibility.
Last chance: Modern musical ‘La La Land’ on Hulu !Featured, Academy Award, Blu-ray, DVD, Hulu, music, Romance, Streaming Movies, SVOD 09/03/202209/03/2022 Sean Axmaker Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone star in the Oscar-winning contemporary take on classic movie musicals from filmmaker Damien Chazelle.
Jeff Bridges has a ‘Crazy Heart’ on Prime Video !Featured, Academy Award, Amazon Prime Video, Blu-ray, drama, DVD, Film Independent Spirit Awards, music, Romance, Streaming Movies, SVOD 09/01/202209/01/2022 Sean Axmaker Bridges won an Oscar playing a country music figure on the downhill slide of a career in the drama from filmmaker Scott Cooper.
Clark Gable and Jean Harlow in ‘Red Dust’ on HBO Max !Featured, adventure, Classic Movie, Cult Movies, drama, DVD, Essential Viewing, HBO Max, Hollywood Classic, pre-code, Romance, SVOD 09/01/202209/01/2022 Sean Axmaker 1 Comment Victor Fleming’s jungle melodrama is as sexy, frank, and grown-up as pre-code cinema gets thanks to the heat of Harlow’s chemistry with Gable
Sanaa Lathan navigates ‘Love & Basketball’ on Netflix and HBO Max !Featured, African-American cinema, American Independent Cinema, Blu-ray, Directed by Women, drama, DVD, Film Independent Spirit Awards, Have You Seen...?, HBO Max, Netflix, Romance, sports, SVOD 08/31/202209/01/2022 Sean Axmaker Gina Prince-Bythewood uses sports as a metaphor for life and love in this intelligent romantic drama starring Sanaa Lathan and Omar Epps.
Richard Linklater’s ‘Before Midnight’ on Prime Video and Paramount+ !Featured, Academy Award nominee, Amazon Prime Video, American Independent Cinema, Blu-ray, drama, DVD, Paramount+, Romance, Streaming Movies, SVOD 08/28/202208/28/2022 Sean Axmaker Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy reunite with Linklater for the third chapter in their ongoing series of films about love and relationships over the years.
A lavish French ‘Beauty and the Beast’ on Peacock and Criterion Channel !Featured, based on a short story, Blu-ray, Criterion Channel, DVD, fantasy, Free, Hoopla, International Cinema, Peacock, Romance, SVOD 08/23/202208/26/2022 Sean Axmaker Léa Seydoux and Vincent Cassel star in this live action French version of the romantic fantasy directed by Christophe Gans.
Last chance: Underdog Oscar winner ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ on Hulu !Featured, Academy Award, Action, BAFTA winner, Blu-ray, DVD, Hulu, Romance, Streaming Movies, SVOD, thriller 08/21/202208/20/2022 Sean Axmaker Danny Boyle’s underdog movie about a slum kid in India who defies all odds was the most unabashedly, tragically, rapturously romantic film of 2008.
John Cleese falls for ‘A Fish Called Wanda’ on Paramount+ !Featured, Academy Award, BAFTA winner, Blu-ray, British Cinema, caper, Comedy, DVD, Free, Hoopla, Paramount+, Romance, Streaming Movies, SVOD 08/14/202208/14/2022 Sean Axmaker Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, and Michael Palin costar in this zippy mix of caper comedy, sexy romantic comedy, and Pythonesque zaniness, one of the funniest films of the 1980s.
