The photography is mesmerizing and I'm so grateful to have come across this Mazursky gem while scrolling through my cable movie channels. I haven't read the Singer novel, so I can't make comparisons, but I'm imagining that Enemies, a Love Story would stand alone as a true work of ...
“Enemies: A Love Story” has been described here and there as a sad movie. That is a very limited view. Parts of it are very funny, as Herman tries to get away with his desperate juggling act. Parts are ironic. Parts, especially the scenes with Huston, are heartwarming in a strange...
There's only one trope that doesn't ever seem to get old if it's done right, and that's the enemies-to-lovers storyline. Two people who genuinely can't stand each other and bicker more than they have normal conversations, but somehow end up falling in love. Let's take a look at...
Billie is the film’s best chance for a point of view on its enigmatic antihero, and almost framesPublic Enemiesas a love story, particularly with the addition of a sentimental fictional coda. But Billie’s screentime with Dillinger is restricted by his career path, and when they go their ...
“Enemies, A Love Story” (Wednesday at AMC Century 14) is stunning, a richly satisfying, perfectly realized film. Although there are still a few more movies to see before the season’s end, this one may be the year’s finest and most complex; clearly it’s the best of Mazursky’s ...
Michael Mann seems to be in a terrible hurry to tell this story, as he is stuck between the rock of having to relate a relatively complete "crime-ography" of a notorious American gangster and the hard place of keeping the movie shorter than 2 1/2 hours. ...
The drama revolves around He QiaoYan, the CEO of He Group, and Qin Yiyue, a child psychological counselor, and tells the story of Qin Yiyue and He QiaoYan, who got married first and then fell in love. The warm and kind Qin Yiyue gradually cured the lonely and aloof father and son ...
The real Billie Frechette (left) and actress Marion Cotillard (right) in the movie.Photo: William J. Helmer Did Dillinger's dad really beat him when he was a child? Yes. ThePublic Enemiestrue story reveals that Dillinger's father did beat him with a barrel stave as a child and often ...
who appears to be sleeping in a wooden crate. I'm very confused and disturbed by that image, which was half "Nosferatu" and half "Profit." Anyway, MuscularMark Twainis Ok with letting Mike skate along, because he also wants to get rid of Colton'sPublic Enemy No. 1, Bill. Snail trai...
But, as writer-director-producer Robin Bissell said at the film’s New York City premiere Thursday, simply dismissing it as a feel-good movie about race does a disservice to the real-life story. “I know people put labels on things,” Bissell told The Hollywood Reporter....