Tag Archives: romantic comedies

How do you make movies about nice people?

Posted on September 21, 2009 by Bill Wren

Having been the really big little movie of a year or so ago, Juno (2007) hardly needs another review and so, other than to say I liked it a lot and consider it one of the better movies of the … Continue reading →

Houseboat (1958)

Posted on December 20, 2008 by Bill Wren

Directed by Melville Shavelson In the late 1950s and early 1960s family fare was certainly not what it is today. Particularly in movies. Houseboat is an example of the kind of family movie that was coming out then, but not … Continue reading →

An Affair to Remember (1957)

Posted on October 28, 2003 by Bill Wren

Directed by Leo McCarey I recall reading something by Doris Lessing years ago. At least I think it was Doris Lessing – let’s assume I’m right. Anyway … She said every book has its time. I took this in two … Continue reading →

The Apartment (1960)

Posted on January 18, 2003 by Bill Wren

Directed by Billy Wilder While Billy Wilder movies are often spoken of in terms of romantic comedies (which many of them are – kind of), the thing that most strikes me about them is the melancholy that informs them. More … Continue reading →