Production Company(ies)
BenderSpink (DEFUNCT), Langley Park Pictures (DEFUNCT), Warner Bros., Warner Bros. Pictures
 
Distributor
Warner Brothers/Seven Arts
 
Release Type
Streaming, Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)

 
MPAA / Certificate

 
Year of Release
1981
 

 
Genre(s)
Comedy
 
Keyword(s)
starring Dudley Moore, John Gielgud, Liza Minnelli, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Jill Eikenberry, Stephen Elliott, directed by Steve Gordon, written by Steve Gordon, comedy, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Gary Arnold, Variety Staff, Richard Schickel, Roger Ebert, Scott Sublett, Mike Massie, Cole Smithey, David Nusair, John J Puccio, PG rating, Warner Brothers/Seven Arts, coming of age, millionaire, arranged marriage, love, butler, New York City, playboy, drunk, rudderless, waitress, Queens, fortune
 

Cast & Crew

Dudley Moore

John Gielgud

Liza Minnelli

Geraldine Fitzgerald

Jill Eikenberry

Arthur Bach

Hobson

Linda Marolla

Martha Bach

Susan Johnson

Dudley Moore – Arthur Bach
John Gielgud – Hobson
Liza Minnelli – Linda Marolla
Geraldine Fitzgerald – Martha Bach
Jill Eikenberry – Susan Johnson
Stephen Elliott – Burt Johnson

 

Steve Gordon

Steve Gordon

Robert Greenhut

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Steve Gordon
 
Writer(s)
Steve Gordon
 
Producer(s)
Robert Greenhut

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
NA
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Gary Arnold

Variety Staff

Richard Schickel

Dave Kehr

Geoff Andrew

Washington Post

Variety

TIME Magazine

Chicago Reader

Time Out

ARTHUR
 All Critics (35) | Top Critics (9) | Fresh (31) | Rotten (4)
 One of those rare contemporary entertainments that can be used to contradict people who habitually complain, “They don’t make ’em like they used to!” This time they have.
 
 May 1, 2018
 
 Gary Arnold
 Washington Post
 TOP CRITIC
 Arthur is a sparkling entertainment which attempts, with a large measure of success, to resurrect the amusingly artificial conventions of 1930s screwball romantic comedies.
 
 March 26, 2009
 
 Variety Staff
 Variety
 TOP CRITIC
 Moviegoers are hereby alerted to some good fun.
 
 August 22, 2008
 
 Richard Schickel
 TIME Magazine
 TOP CRITIC
 So little care has gone into the characterizations, the structure, and the situations that the film merely feints at significant comedy.
 
 April 1, 2008
 
 Dave Kehr
 Chicago Reader
 TOP CRITIC
 Overrated one-joke comedy.
 
 February 9, 2006
 
 Geoff Andrew
 Time Out
 TOP CRITIC
 Only someone with a heart of stone could fail to love a drunk like Arthur Bach.
 
 October 23, 2004 | Rating: 3.5/4
 
 Roger Ebert
 Chicago Sun-Times
 TOP CRITIC
 All in all, Arthur is great. Steve Gordon writes funny lines like we have not heard from the screen since the thirties.
 
 May 23, 2022
 
 Scott Sublett
 Washington Blade
 Unexpectedly, the somewhat messy finale (one of those classic comedy conundrums that seems unthinkably inextricable) manages to be spectacularly fitting.
 
 March 24, 2021 | Rating: 10/10
 
 Mike Massie
 Gone With The Twins
 As a piece of froth about the fantastically rich, Arthur has been compared to the Depression comedies of the Thirties. Well, second time around we are a bit more wised up and have a right to expect something with more edge.
 
 March 29, 2018
 
 Duncan Fallowell
 The Spectator
 That song will be stuck in your head for days, but “Arthur” is worth the torture.
 
 October 9, 2017 | Rating: B
 
 Cole Smithey
 ColeSmithey.com
 …suffers from a hit-and-miss quality that wreaks havoc on its momentum…
 
 April 9, 2011 | Rating: 2.5/4
 
 David Nusair
 Reel Film Reviews
 Arthur has endeared himself to millions of viewers over the years.
 
 March 25, 2011 | Rating: 6/10
 
 John J. Puccio
 Movie Metropolis…

 

Plot
A wealthy, perpetually drunk playboy named Arthur reluctantly prepares to enter into an arranged marriage with an heiress, but falls in love with a waitress from Queens and risks losing his fortune if he backs out of the engagement in the comedy film “Arthur.”
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
Fresh Kernels doesn’t say anything goofy or funny or odd about the film Signed in.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Warner Bros., Plan B Entertainment, Initial Entertainment Group,
 
Distributor
NA
 
Release Type

 
Filming Location(s)
Lincoln Drive, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
R
 
Year of Release
1981
 

 
Genre(s)
Mystery & thriller
 
Keyword(s)
Blow Out, John Travolta, Nancy Allen, Brian De Palma, George Litto, R, Mystery, Thriller, Antonioni, Hitchcock, Film References, Conspiracy, Sound Effects, Governor, Presidential Candidate, Gunshot, Tapes, Romance, Slasher Flick, Political Drama, Serial Killer, Suspense, Critic Reviews, Tomatometer, Audience Score, Box Office, Budget, Reviewed by Kevin Maher, Bruce McCabe, William Goss, Chris Nashawaty, Mark Dinning, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Scott Sublett, Brian Eggert, Taylor Baker, Rob Aldam, Mike Massie, Horror, Paranoid, Espionage, Police Corruption, Editing, Sound Editing, Dressed to Kill, Scarface, Carrie, Carlito’s Way, Foreshadowing, Hero, Lynch, Blue Velvet
 

Cast & Crew

John Travolta

Nancy Allen

John Lithgow

Dennis Franz

Peter Boyden

Jack Terry

Sally

Burke

Manny Karp

Sam

John Travolta – Jack Terry
Nancy Allen – Sally
John Lithgow – Burke
Dennis Franz – Manny Karp
Peter Boyden – Sam
Curt May – Donahue

 

Brian De Palma

Brian De Palma

George Litto

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Brian De Palma
 
Writer(s)
Brian De Palma
 
Producer(s)
George Litto

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
2 nominations
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Kevin Maher

Bruce McCabe

William Goss

Chris Nashawaty

Mark Dinning

Times

Boston Globe

Film.com

Entertainment Weekly

Empire Magazine

BLOW OUT
 All Critics (53) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (45) | Rotten (8)
 A horror movie, a paranoid political drama and a serial killer flick all at once.
 
 May 21, 2021 | Rating: 5/5
 
 Kevin Maher
 Times (UK)
 TOP CRITIC
 It’s a Xerox of a movie that’s nowhere near as indelible as the originals it purports to emulate.
 
 April 27, 2018
 
 Bruce McCabe
 Boston Globe
 TOP CRITIC
 Perfectly contrasts movies that reveal the truth against those which avoid it – a blood-drenched yet stake-free slasher vs. the far more insidious horrors of all-American living.
 
 April 30, 2011
 
 William Goss
 Film.com
 TOP CRITIC
 April 14, 2011 | Rating: A
 
 Chris Nashawaty
 Entertainment Weekly
 TOP CRITIC
 A forgotten gem.
 
 March 27, 2009 | Rating: 4/5
 
 Mark Dinning
 Empire Magazine
 TOP CRITIC
 This 1981 release is one of Brian De Palma’s more interesting and better-made thrillers, though it’s even more abjectly derivative than his Hitchcock imitations.
 
 March 27, 2009
 
 Jonathan Rosenbaum
 Chicago Reader
 TOP CRITIC
 Brian DePalma keeps getting better.
 
 May 23, 2022
 
 Scott Sublett
 Washington Blade
 Blow Out is pure cinema, an exercise in elegant direction and refined style in which technique and plot merge into a singular body. And yet, the picture goes beyond pure cinema to question the mechanics of filmmaking.
 
 March 18, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
 
 Brian Eggert
 Deep Focus Review
 …masterwork that constructs, deconstructs, and reconstructs Hitchcock’s genus.
 
 August 28, 2021 | Rating: 96/100
 
 Taylor Baker
 Drink in the Movies
 A captivating mystery which plays with political espionage and police corruption to create a tense and entertaining experience.
 
 August 2, 2021
 
 Rob Aldam
 Backseat Mafia
 One of the essential thrillers of the 1980s.
 
 March 1, 2021
 
 Matt Patches
 Polygon
 De Palma’s approach is more derivative than in the vein of an homage, and his pacing is way off the mark.
 
 August 31, 2020 | Rating: 3/10
 
 Mike Massie
 Gone With The Twins…

 

Plot
This stylish Brian De Palma thriller plays off the theme of the unsuspecting witness who discovers a crime and is thereby put in grave danger, but with a novel twist. Jack Terry is a master audio technician who makes his living by recording unique sounds for grade-B horror movies. Late one evening, he is recording sounds for use in his movies when he hears something unexpected through his sound equipment and records it. Curiosity gets the better of him when the media become involved, and he begins to unravel the pieces of a nefarious conspiracy. As he struggles to survive against his shadowy enemies and expose the truth, he does not know whom he can trust.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
There is no goofy or funny or odd comment about the film Blow Out on Fresh Kernels.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Why Not Productions, Chic Films, Page 114
 
Distributor
20th Century Fox
 
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
 
Filming Location(s)
Oakley Court, Windsor Road, Oakley Green, Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK
 
MPAA / Certificate
R
 
Year of Release
1975
 

 
Genre(s)
Comedy/Musical
 
Keyword(s)
starring Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, Richard O’Brien, Jonathan Adams, Nell Campbell, Meat Loaf, directed by Jim Sharman, written by Richard O’Brien and Jim Sharman, produced by Michael White, comedy, musical, R rating, box office gross $519.0K, reviewed by James Berardinelli, Andy Tweddle, Variety Staff, Brian Tallerico, Dave Kehr, Geoff Andrew, Don Shewey, Charlotte Harrison, Katie Duggan, Donald McLean, Jacoba Atlas, cult classic, audience participation, B-movie spoof, horror satire, sci-fi allusions, Frankenstein, Dracula, catchy songs, “The Time Warp”, “Science Fiction/Double Feature”, low-budget, campy, psychedelic, eccentric, irreverent, wild, garish, energetic, entertaining
 

Cast & Crew

Tim Curry

Susan Sarandon

Barry Bostwick

Richard O’Brien

Jonathan Adams

Doctor Frank-N-Furter

Janet Weiss

Brad Majors

Riff Raff

Dr. Everett V. Scott

Tim Curry – Doctor Frank-N-Furter
Susan Sarandon – Janet Weiss
Barry Bostwick – Brad Majors
Richard O’Brien – Riff Raff
Jonathan Adams – Dr. Everett V. Scott
Nell Campbell – Columbia

 

Jim Sharman

Richard O’Brien

Michael White

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Jim Sharman
 
Writer(s)
Richard O’Brien, Richard O’Brien, Jim Sharman
 
Producer(s)
Michael White

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
4 wins & 5 nominations
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

James Berardinelli

Andy Tweddle

Variety Staff

Brian Tallerico

Dave Kehr

ReelViews

Little White Lies

Variety

UGO

Chicago Reader

THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
 All Critics (46) | Top Critics (10) | Fresh (36) | Rotten (10)
 Stripping away the live elements, one finds a movie at the heart of this all. It’s a pretty bad movie, as even some of the most die-hard adherents will admit.
 
 September 20, 2021 | Rating: 2/4
 
 James Berardinelli
 ReelViews
 TOP CRITIC
 One hundred minutes of pure queer celebration that manages to concoct a bizarre cocktail of sincerity and reckless abandon.
 
 October 31, 2012 | Rating: 5/5
 
 Andy Tweddle
 Little White Lies
 TOP CRITIC
 Most of the jokes that might have seemed jolly fun on stage now appear obvious and even flat. The sparkle’s gone.
 
 January 11, 2008
 
 Variety Staff
 Variety
 TOP CRITIC
 March 24, 2007 | Rating: 3/5
 
 Brian Tallerico
 UGO
 TOP CRITIC
 The wit is too weak to sustain a film, and the songs all sound the same.
 
 February 9, 2007
 
 Dave Kehr
 Chicago Reader
 TOP CRITIC
 A string of hummable songs gives it momentum, Gray’s admirably straight-faced narrator holds it together, and a run on black lingerie takes care of almost everything else.
 
 February 9, 2006
 
 Geoff Andrew
 Time Out
 TOP CRITIC
 Sounds like the hokiest story in the book, right? But The Rocky Horror Picture Show transcends the corn by introducing countless conventions out of film history and then, with a minimum of cheap shots, turning them upside down.
 
 May 10, 2022
 
 Don Shewey
 Gay Community News (Boston)
 Astounding, yet never fleeting…
 
 August 24, 2021
 
 Charlotte Harrison
 Charlotte Sometimes Goes to the Movies
 If we choose one piece of culture ephemera to beam into space to let aliens know we’re here, let it be this. The universe is filled with weirdos lost in time, lost in space, but through Rocky Horror perhaps we can find one another.
 
 September 22, 2020
 
 Katie Duggan
 Film Daze
 For the most part it moves spiritedly along and the whole thing is a giant giggle. It’s all so blatantly outrageous it can only be taken in the spirit of campy fun; this is one time a stage production has been enhanced by the film version.
 
 May 21, 2020
 
 Donald McLean
 Bay Area Reporter
 The music is only adequate, and the acting leaves something to be desired, except in the case of Tim Curry, who manages some fine turns as Dr. Frank N. Furter.
 
 November 22, 2019
 
 Jacoba Atlas
 Los Angeles Free Press
 Famous for its allure as an audience-participation event, this adaptation of the stage musical works just fine as a solo viewing at home, with no resultant diminishment of its highlights.
 
 October 10, 2015 | Rating: 3/4
 
 Matt Brunson
 Creative Loafing…

 

Plot
On a wild and rain-swept late-November evening, somewhere at an empty stretch of road outside Ohio’s merry Denton, blissfully-affianced, prudish, boringly-innocent young pair Brad Majors (Barry Bostwick) and Janet Weiss (Susan Sarandon) find themselves stranded on their way to visit an ex-tutor. Instead, the couple will inadvertently unearth the cross-dressing Dr. Frank-N-Furter’s (Tim Curry’s) spooky lair of inexhaustible oddities, just in time to partake in the out-of-this-world mad scientist’s proud unveiling of his latest, delightfully extravagant, most daring creation: the ultimate male and the perfect sex symbol: the flaxen-haired Rocky Horror (Peter Hinwood). But, little by little, as the effervescent transgressive force gobbles up whole the unsuspecting visitors of the night, Brad and Janet slowly begin to embrace the potent fascinations of seduction, while an idolized Rocky roams free in the mansion. Who can interrupt man’s union with the absolute pleasure?
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
Tim Curry’s performance as Dr. Frank-N-Furter is “quite something” in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, according to one audience review.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Igor Film Casbah Film
 
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
 
Release Type

 
Filming Location(s)
Chiesa di San Nicolo dei Mendicoli, Campo San Nicolo, Dorsoduro, Venice, Veneto, Italy
 
MPAA / Certificate
R
 
Year of Release
1974
 

 
Genre(s)
Mystery & Thriller
 
Keyword(s)
starring Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland, Hilary Mason, Clelia Matania, Massimo Serato, Renato Scarpa, directed by Nicolas Roeg, written by Allan Scott, Chris Bryant, mystery, thriller, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Molly Haskell, Paul D Zimmerman, Cody Corrall, Tom Milne, Nigel Andrews, David Jenkins, MPAA rating R, produced by Peter Katz, grief, Venice, Italy, church restoration, psychic, haunting imagery, chilling score, symbolism, twist ending, omen, danger, emotional loss, blind psychic, foreign country, straightforward thriller, little tension
 

Cast & Crew

Julie Christie

Donald Sutherland

Hilary Mason

Clelia Matania

Massimo Serato

Laura Baxter

John Baxter

Heather

Wendy

Bishop Barbarrigo

Julie Christie – Laura Baxter
Donald Sutherland – John Baxter
Hilary Mason – Heather
Clelia Matania – Wendy
Massimo Serato – Bishop Barbarrigo
Renato Scarpa – Inspector Longhi

 

Nicolas Roeg

Allan Scott

Peter Katz

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Nicolas Roeg
 
Writer(s)
Allan Scott, Chris Bryant
 
Producer(s)
Peter Katz

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
Won 1 BAFTA Award
1 win & 9 nominations total
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Molly Haskell

Paul D. Zimmerman

Cody Corrall

Tom Milne

Nigel Andrews

Village Voice

Newsweek

Chicago Reader

Sight & Sound

Financial Times

DON’T LOOK NOW
 All Critics (80) | Top Critics (25) | Fresh (75) | Rotten (5)
 It is a film in which everything seems to have been sacraficed for pictorial effect.
 
 April 20, 2022
 
 Molly Haskell
 Village Voice
 TOP CRITIC
 Roeg, for all his artiness and tricks, succeeds in creating a dark and frightening experience unlike anything ever filmed.
 
 February 10, 2022
 
 Paul D. Zimmerman
 Newsweek
 TOP CRITIC
 Don’t Look Now implements stylistic and oftentimes jarring editing techniques that alter the perception of what exactly is going on…
 
 October 8, 2021
 
 Cody Corrall
 Chicago Reader
 TOP CRITIC
 [Puts] Nicolas Roeg right up at the top as a film-maker.
 
 March 18, 2020
 
 Tom Milne
 Sight & Sound
 TOP CRITIC
 There is something molten about the whole movie. That’s its magic: from the colours that shift and bleed in a transparency of a stained-glass window – Sutherland’s character is a restorer of churches – to the famous, graphic love scene between the stars.
 
 July 9, 2019 | Rating: 5/5
 
 Nigel Andrews
 Financial Times
 TOP CRITIC
 Every frame is calculated perfection.
 
 July 9, 2019 | Rating: 4/5
 
 David Jenkins
 Little White Lies
 TOP CRITIC
 Don’t Look Now, the story of a couple holidaying in a moody, almost gothic version of Venice, will be fifty years old next year, but in some ways it is so far ahead of its time that it still feels like we’ve yet to catch up to it.
 
 May 31, 2022
 
 Catherine Bray
 Film of the Week
 Whether interpreted as a psychic thriller, a Gothic horror story, the blackest of comedies, or an intricate study of grief, Dont Look Now grows more complex with each viewing until it encompasses each of these qualities at once.
 
 March 2, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
 
 Brian Eggert
 Deep Focus Review
 …primarily an achievement in hallucinatory editing.
 
 November 1, 2021 | Rating: 3/4
 
 Josh Larsen
 LarsenOnFilm
 Roeg’s film isn’t just a chiller; it’s a profound study of love and grief too.
 
 December 5, 2020
 
 Jason Best
 Movie Talk
 A wonderfully compelling, incredibly astounding masterpiece from Nicolas Roeg, which yields new surprises with each successive viewing.
 
 October 29, 2020 | Rating: 4.5/5
 
 Nicholas Bell
 IONCINEMA.com
 Thanks to the steady building of tension, the most innocuous activities could become catastrophic at any moment.
 
 August 29, 2020 | Rating: 8/10
 
 Mike Massie
 Gone With The Twins…

 

Plot
John and Laura Baxter are in Venice when they meet a pair of elderly sisters, one of whom claims to be psychic. She insists that she sees the spirit of the Baxters’ daughter, who recently drowned. Laura is intrigued, but John resists the idea. He, however, seems to have his own psychic flashes, seeing their daughter walk the streets in her red cloak, as well as Laura and the sisters on a funeral gondola.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
There is no goofy or funny or odd comment about the film Don’t Look Now on Fresh Kernels.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Zentropa Entertainments, Film i Väst Zentropa International, Sweden
 
Distributor
United Artists, MGM Home Entertainment
 
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Wide)
 
Filming Location(s)
1 Rue de l’Alboni, Passy, Paris 16, Paris, France
 
MPAA / Certificate
Rated NC-17 for some explicit sexual content
 
Year of Release
1973
 

 
Genre(s)
Drama
 
Keyword(s)

Cast & Crew

Marlon Brando

Paul

Maria Schneider

Jeanne

Jean-Pierre Léaud

Paul

Jeanne

Tom

Concierge

TV Script Girl

Marlon Brando – Paul
Maria Schneider – Jeanne
Jean-Pierre Léaud – Tom
Darling Legitimus – Concierge
Catherine Sola – TV Script Girl
Mauro Marchetti – TV Cameraman

 

Bernardo Bertolucci

Bernardo Bertolucci

Alberto Grimaldi

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Bernardo Bertolucci
 
Writer(s)
Bernardo Bertolucci, Bernardo Bertolucci, Franco Arcalli, Agnès Varda, Franco Arcalli, Bernardo Bertolucci
 
Producer(s)
Alberto Grimaldi

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
Nominated for 2 Oscars
7 wins & 12 nominations total
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Pauline Kael

Helen O’Hara

Variety Staff

Dave Kehr

Jamie Russell

New Yorker

Empire Magazine

Variety

Chicago Reader

BBC.com

LAST TANGO IN PARIS
 All Critics (39) | Top Critics (9) | Fresh (33) | Rotten (6)
 When Brando improvises within Bertolucci’s structure, his full art is realized; his performance is intuitive, rapt, princely. Working with Brando, Bertolucci achieves realism with the terror of actual experience still alive on the screen.
 
 January 3, 2018
 
 Pauline Kael
 New Yorker
 TOP CRITIC
 Brando gives his all but just ends up becoming himself. Interesting for its historical notoriety, but overlong and dull in places.
 
 December 7, 2007 | Rating: 3/5
 
 Helen O’Hara
 Empire Magazine
 TOP CRITIC
 An uneven, convoluted, certainly dispute-provoking study of sexual passion in which Marlon Brando gives a truly remarkable performance.
 
 December 7, 2007
 
 Variety Staff
 Variety
 TOP CRITIC
 The operatic extravagance of Bernardo Bertolucci’s style has emerged more clearly since this 1972 drama, which still managed to seem vaguely naturalistic in the midst of its extravagant camera moves and eccentric construction.
 
 December 7, 2007
 
 Dave Kehr
 Chicago Reader
 TOP CRITIC
 Bernardo Bertolucci’s controversial drama is actually a dark, torrid masterpiece about love and grief.
 
 July 17, 2007 | Rating: 4/5
 
 Jamie Russell
 BBC.com
 TOP CRITIC
 Nobody makes sex films like this any more.
 
 July 14, 2007 | Rating: 4/5
 
 Peter Bradshaw
 Guardian
 TOP CRITIC
 Some of the improvisational small talk ends up being lightly amusing, but nothing about this picture can overcome the potency of the sex scenes.
 
 August 30, 2020 | Rating: 2/10
 
 Mike Massie
 Gone With The Twins
 [Brando provides] two sequences of such power, of such piercing emotional intensity and perception, that he brings an aura of greatness to the entire film. It is, alas, only an aura, for the film is all machismo.
 
 June 12, 2020
 
 Judith Crist
 Texas Monthly
 Everything in the movie is presented somewhat vaguely, which grants it a certain interest that we could call fascination, if weren’t about something more evident, fundamental, honest, and spontaneous. [Full Review in Spanish]
 
 July 26, 2019
 
 Jesús Fernández Santos
 El Pais (Spain)
 In this age where the human behavior system is rarely an important facet in film narratives, here is a picture that still throbs with all the pain and misery of its deep emotional wounds.
 
 July 15, 2019 | Rating: 4/4
 
 David Keyes
 Cinemaphile.org
 What makes it work is it is grounded in real life. It’s a story and a character study with a strong philosophical framework and people that are recognisably human. Factor in superb filmmaking, saturated sensual natural light and cinematography.
 
 August 30, 2018
 
 Anne Brodie
 What She Said
 Regardless of all its solos, failed majesties, and off-the-mark horrors, even as a highly imperfect adventure, it is still the best adventure in film to be seen in this pullulating year.
 
 March 22, 2018
 
 Norman Mailer
 The New York Review of Books…

 

Plot
While looking for an apartment, Jeanne, a beautiful young Parisienne, encounters Paul, a mysterious American expatriate mourning his wife’s recent suicide. Instantly drawn to each other, they have a stormy, passionate affair, in which they do not reveal their names to each other. Their relationship deeply affects their lives, as Paul struggles with his wife’s death and Jeanne prepares to marry her fiance, Tom, a film director making a cinema-verite documentary about her.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
Marlon Brando’s performance in Last Tango in Paris is described as “towering” by Fresh Kernels.
 

 
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