Wealthy small town widow Cary (Jane Wyman) begins a romance with her hunky younger arborist Ron (Rock Hudson), causing a town scandal as she dares to break away from the expectations of her sex, age, and social class.
Go in search of the quintessential “sparking romantic comedy” and you’re likely to come across Pillow Talk. Doris Day plays a high-energy Manhattan interior decorator forever vexed by the playboy (Rock Hudson) sharing her phone party line.
This was Douglas Sirk’s biggest hit to date, and it’s easy to see why. It’s sensational, a bit gothic, and over-the-top entertaining.
Dee Rees' directorial debut follows Lee, a 17-year-old black girl from Brooklyn, who’s coming to the realization she is a butch lesbian.
Todd Haynes’s homage to Douglas Sirk’s plush 1950s melodramas manages to be both imitative and innovative.
Oscar-winning director Alfonso Cuarón's epic vision of doomsday is balanced with personal stories of transcendent heartbreak.
