Love is All

100 Years of Modern Romance

Our definitions of "Romantic Love" continually change and adjust to societal changes. This acclaimed film takes us through a century of unprecedented social upheaval and sexual shifts, via 100 years of romance on the big screen. From the first kisses on film to the birth of youth culture, gay liberation and free love, we follow courting couples flirting at dances, necking in theaters, shacking up, and fighting for the right to love.

This is the celluloid story of love and courtship since the birth of the movie camera; told with spellbinding footage from the British Film Institute! Directed by Kim Longinotto and set to a stunning Richard Hawley (Pulp) soundtrack.

"A deliriously romantic experience" - Sight and Sound

" * * * * (4 stars)! A dizzying montage of archive delights...we are swept away on a tide of changing social attitudes to race, gender and sexuality, the singularity of love splintered into kaleidoscopic reflections of desire and devotion. It's heady fare...s playfully pursued...leading us through true love's gutter to a new home in the stars." - The Guardian

" * * * * (4 stars)! A story to make your heart leap - as society takes the boot off love, freeing us all to fall for whoever we want, boy or girl, black or white, posh or poor." - Time Out