Why Is A Single Man (2009) So Popular

1. "A Single Man" Resounds With Many - The Atlantic

14 dec 2009 · This is an important homosexual film based on a first-rate novel with a first-rate cast and probably a harbinger of similar movies to come. Many ...
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This is not meant as snark: A Single Man is a rare thing—a mainstream, melancholy love story, haunted by the past and, in a particularly innovative way, by ...
(Tom Ford, U.S., 2009)

11 dec 2019 · Released ten years ago today, A Single Man took the fashion and film worlds by storm: with 100 minutes of pure visual gratification, the story – ...
Tom Ford remembers his directorial debut alongside costume designer Arianne Phillips, shedding new light on the arthouse film

27 jun 2017 · A man lost to depression, trying to claw his way out. It's a masterful, life-changing picture of immense scope, even if it doesn't seem so on the surface.
Tom Ford's debut is both important and personal.
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8 nov 2023 · A striking film about a gay man who struggles to get through life after the death of his partner. 93 reviews. Certificate 12.
A striking film about a gay man who struggles to get through life after the death of his partner.

11 feb 2010 · Based on the 1964 novel by Christopher Isherwood, the film follows an unhappy single day in the life of an unhappy single man.
Colin Firth is outstanding in a Christopher Isherwood adaptation, but some scenes in Tom Ford's stylish directing debut are outrageously ad-like, says Peter Bradshaw

31 aug 2024 · Based on the novel of the same name by Christopher Isherwood and written, produced and directed as his debut feature length film by Tom Ford ...
“I was never terribly fond of waking up”

1 jun 2020 · A Single Man is somewhat of a polarizing movie, not only because of its content, but because of the way that Tom Ford, best known as a fashion ...
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20 feb 2010 · Set in Los Angeles in 1962, at the height of the Cuban missile crisis, it is the story of a British college professor (Colin Firth) who is ...
It is very rare that I find I can sum up whatever it is that I am reviewing in just one word, however in the case of Tom Ford’s directorial debut, A Single Man, I find this to be easy: Beauti…

23 feb 2010 · George is not only the centerpiece of the movie, he is given a complex interior life, filled with astute observations about love and grief that ...
George is not only the centerpiece of the movie, he is given a complex interior life, filled with astute observations about love and grief that transcend his gay identity. Yet, despite these advances, I was left with one nagging question: why did this story need to include the ubiquitous gay suicidal ideation in its narrative?

23 dec 2009 · "A Single Man" begins on what may be the last day of George's life, in 1962. The sight of a revolver waiting in a drawer makes this unmistakable ...
Hemingway wrote something years ago that returns to my memory from time to time: "Isn't it pretty to think so." Never mind what he was referring to. The words

24 sep 2014 · A Single Man is a film that came out in 2009 and was largely overlooked (wrongly, in my opinion) other than the Oscar nomination Colin Firth ...
A Single Man is a film that came out in 2009 and was largely overlooked (wrongly, in my opinion) other than the Oscar nomination Colin Firth received for his portrayal of the film’s protagonist, Ge…

27 aug 2015 · When Tom Ford's directing debut A Single Man hit cinemas in 2009, very few knew what to expect. ... This newfound joie de vivre is best ...
On Tom Ford's birthday, we take a masterclass in colour and chic living from his cinematic masterpiece, A Single Man

11 aug 2015 · “A Single Man” is My Favorite Queerpop Movie ... A Single Man is one of my very favorite movies. That judgment is based on the one time I watched ...
A Single Man is one of my very favorite movies. That judgment is based on the one time I watched it years ago, and it made me so sad that I didn’t watch it again until now, when I decided a c…

9 feb 2010 · The film's startling blend of style and substance wowed buyers and judges alike; while Firth was busy winning the Festival's Best Actor award, ...
Charting Tom Ford's journey from fashion to film