Romance Reviews and Features | Little White Lies

Genre Romance

Review

Ammonite

by Jourdain Searles

A reclusive fossil collector has her quiet life interrupted in Francis Lee’s atmospheric coastal drama.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Review

Better Days

by Weiting Liu

Derek Tsang Kwok-cheung’s cause célèbre-turned-success story combines hard-hitting drama with woozy romance.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Review

Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

by Elena Lazic

With her second feature, Hungarian writer/​director Lili Horvát delivers a suspenseful elliptical thriller.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Review

Justine

by Emily Maskell

Jamie Patterson’s latest sees a young woman battling addiction find redemption through queer love.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Review

Little Fish

by Keli Williams

An amnesia-causing virus threatens a young couple, played by Olivia Cooke and Jack O’Connell.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Review

Bliss

by Charles Bramesco

Mike Cahill’s disastrous sci-fi parable sees Owen Wilson and Salma Hayek slip into a simulated realty.

2
Anticipation
1
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Review

Malcolm & Marie

by Charles Bramesco

John David Washington and Zendaya play out a tedious lovers’ tiff care of writer/​director Sam Levinson.

2
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
1
In Retrospect
Review

Locked Down

by Erik Nielsen

An affluent couple plot an audacious diamond heist in the Covid movie absolutely no one needed.

2
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
1
In Retrospect
Review

Sylvie’s Love

by Cheyenne Bart-Stewart

Tessa Thompson and Nnamdi Asomugha shine in a heady tale of two lovers, set in 1960s Harlem.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Review

Cocoon

by Ariel Klinghoffer

Leonie Krippendorf’s queer teen romance is a sun-kissed story of growth and metamorphosis.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect

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