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Romance

Alex Heeney / February 7, 2015

Best of Sundance NEXT 2015: Poekel’s bittersweet and quiet Christmas Again

Christmas, Again is a quiet, subtle film from writer-director Charles Poekel, about a lonely man, aptly named Noel (Kentucker Audley), who spends the week before Christmas selling and delivering Christmas trees.

Beyond the Lights

Alex Heeney / November 14, 2014

‘Beyond The Lights’: Gina Prince-Bythewood gets romance right

Prince-Blythewood understands that romance is all about the connection forged between two people, so she wisely shoots the majority of Kaz and Noni’s scenes together in two-shots. Whether it’s sitting on the couch of her home, listening to her hit as she tries to turn it off in embarrassment, or pouring over her box of lyrics on the floor of her bedroom, or sitting in his car at the airport eating fried chicken. These are two people sharing time and space, and we’re always watching what’s unfolding between them, not just how things are for each of them separately.

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