At The Movies RNZ Radio

Simon Morris regrets the dearth of the sophisticated blend of romance and comedy - and looks at three films all based, more or less, on love.

Back to black is a dramatized telling of the story of singer Amy Winehouse. Directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson (Nowhere boy) and starring Marisa Abele (Barbie).

The idea of you imagines what would happen if a 40 year old gallery owner fell in love with the 24 year old singer in a boy band. Produced by and starring Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables) and directed by Michael Showalter (The big sick).

The moon is upside down is a New Zealand film following three stories of love gone wrong - a mail-order bride, a long distance Skype affair and a woman wrestling with death. Directed by Loren Taylor, and featuring Jemaine Clement, Robbie Magasiva, Robyn Malcolm and Rachel House.

Before Dawn is an ambitious, low-budget World War I film made in Western Australia.

Dame Helen Mirren stars as 1970s Israeli prime minister Golda Meir in Golda.