Tessa Thompson lights up the screen in
Sylvie’s Love, a throwback to the classic melodramas of the 1950’s.
Writer/director Eugene Ashe sets this romance in the New York of the 50’s and 60’s, with a Technicolor palette to match and a glamorous outfit on Thompson in every scene. It’ll make excellent Holiday viewing, especially if you’re tired of all the movies with “timely” in the trailer.
The titular character, Sylvie (Thompson), is
the quintessential mid-century heroine. She’s the daughter of a record store owner and a woman who can appreciate both Bill Haley and Sonny Rollins, while also being a fan of such TV shows as