A Single Man
Set in Los Angeles in 1962, at the height of the Cuban missile crisis, is the story of a British college professor who dwells on the past and cannot see his future. We follow him through a single day, where a series of events and encounters ultimately lead him to decide if there is a meaning to life after the death of his long time partner, Jim. From TMDB
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60 of 89 · most liked firstWhat are your resolutions by the way ? -To let go of the past completely , entire , and forever. Movie: A Single Movie Director: Tom Ford Based on the Novel: 'A Single Man' by : Christopher Isherwood 🌑 🍂 💔 🍃 🌱 🌊 (Photo: Self by timer ⏳)
neutral · AI labelView post →#Distractions 💔🇺🇸💔🌎💔 Currently watching "A Single Man" a movie where one of my favorite fashion designers "Tom Ford" ✨️💚✨️ brings his elegant minimalist clean brilliant eye to the ✨️🎬✨️ presenting & directing a GORGEOUS mid-century aesthetic & a perfect deconstruction of grief 💔
positive · AI labelView post →Movie : A Single Man Director: Tom Ford (2009) Based on "A Single Man" (1964) novel by Christopher Isherwood
neutral · AI labelView post →I knew Tom Ford as a designer before I knew he was also a filmmaker and I loved NOCTURNAL ANIMALS. Today I discovered his directorial debut, A SINGLE MAN (2009), a dizzingly gorgeous portrayal of grief, love, and the beauty of life. Incredible film. #filmsky
positive · AI labelView post →This is one of my favourite drawings I’ve done inspired by the Carlos scene from the movie A Single Man. I didn’t like the movie, but I liked that scene the way it lingered on his eyes and mouth and the colours light up putting you in Colin Firth’s pov that he is literally lit up for a moment.
negative · AI labelView post →For Valentine's day, instead of something new, let me share this 10+ year old fanart I did of a wonderful movie (A Single Man by Tom Ford). I still remember seeing it in the theater all these years ago, and having a major existential crisis afterwards :D
positive · AI labelView post →Today's movie recommendation is "A Single Man". A period romantic drama based on the 1964 novel by Christopher Isherwood, the film explores the life of a man mourning his partner in a world that doesn't allow him to even acknowledge the relationship existed. Beautiful & heartbreaking. #Movies
neutral · AI labelView post →28 days of movie performances I love 💌❤️ day 16: Julianne Moore as Charly in A Single Man (2009)
neutral · AI labelView post →My favorite film performances from the 2000s. Julianne Moore, Charlotte, "A Single Man" (directed by Tom Ford). #movies #films #asingleman #tomford #juliannemoore
neutral · AI labelView post →My favorite film performances from the 2000s. Colin Firth, George, "A Single Man" (directed by Tom Ford). #movies #films #asingleman #tomford #colinfirth
neutral · AI labelView post →The most offensive film adaption of a book? I’ll start, A Single Man
negative · AI labelView post →1) Tom Ford is finally making a movie again and it will feature his "A Single Man" cast members Nicholas Hoult & Colin Firth as well as Adele! 2) The "Devil Wears Prado" sequel will premier on the Friday of Met Gala weekend (1 May 2026)
neutral · AI labelView post →We all know the book was better than the movie...but occassionally there are exceptions. What movie was better than the book? I'll go first. A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood. 💙📚 🌈📚
positive · AI labelView post →Now watching: A Single Man (2009) This cast is just outstanding
neutral · AI labelView post →Saw a rec list of films for “more like Heated Rivalry” and it contained A Single Man. Girl. You absolutely SHOULD watch A Single Man. But know it’s a film about profound gay grief in a time you couldn’t express said grief. It’s beautiful. To compare it to the HEA in Heated Rivalry is diabolical.
positive · AI labelView post →#NovemberMovieChallenge #MovieSky #FilmSky #QueerCinema 🏳️🌈 Day 20: Bicycle in a movie A Single Man (2009) Directed by: Tom Ford youtu.be/g1-30XS3-rY?...
neutral · AI labelView post →#NovemberMovieChallenge #MovieSky #FilmSky #QueerCinema 4: Cashier or grocery clerk in a movie A Single Man (2009) Directed by: Tom Ford youtu.be/Ell2a6o_6lY?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Name a queer film: Closet Monster Wild Tigers I Have Known Philadelphia Newcastle Shelter Kissing Jessica Stein Gia Bound Those People A Single Man
neutral · AI labelView post →Colin Firth é virginiano como eu. 64 anos na terça. Eu farei 79 – 79! – na quinta. Firth está na capa clássica da semana na edição online da Sight and Sound. O Weekly Film Bulletin seleciona the classic cover. Março 2010, o lançamento de A Single Man blogdomertenblog.wordpress.com/2024/09/07/k...
neutral · AI labelView post →watched at home, A Single Man (2009) don’t let the movie poster fool you, this film is about Colin Firth playing a gay depressed man who has all the attractive young men throwing themselves at him when he’s really going through it (and by ‘it’ I mean the Depression)
neutral · AI labelView post →Lee is also connected to Tom Ford in that Ford is also an amazing film director who made a devastating movie called A Single Man about a man trying to get over the death of his boyfriend by distracting himself with Lee Pace (it’s and adaptation of a Christopher Isherwood story).
neutral · AI labelView post →This is interesting. I’ve always felt A Single Man is a pretty outstanding, beautiful film, even as if it comes up very rarely these days. I’m not sure why it’s kind of fallen into semi-obscurity. variety.com/2025/film/ne...
positive · AI labelView post →I'm not going to do the challenge, but here's 5 adaptations where I think the film was as good or better (gasp!) than the book! -A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood -Kiki's Delivery Service by Eiko Kadono -The Hilda series by Luke Pearson 1/2
positive · AI labelView post →oh look an actual review ! My ★★★★½ review of A Single Man on Letterboxd boxd.it/8esM47
positive · AI labelView post →📽️ #Film #ColinFirth #MatthewGoode "Visually arresting and incredibly moving, A Single Man is still one of the best movies of the 21st century so far. In addition to being one of the greatest American designers of the last century, Tom Ford is also, it turns out, an incredible film director."
neutral · AI labelView post →landscape and is giving me I Who Have Never Known Men and On the Calculation of Volume vibes. I’ve loved the movie adaptation of A Single Man for years now but never read the book, and Helen Humphreys is one of my favourite writers and I wanted to see what she wrote after Rabbit Foot Bill.
neutral · AI labelView post →You're welcome! -A Single Man is my all-time favorite film dir. by Tom Ford, starring Colin Firth, based on book by Christopher Isherwood. -Kiki's is an animated film by Hayao Miyazaki - good fun. -When it comes to P&P, I am team BBC miniseries starring Colin Firth, though this is controversial.
positive · AI labelView post →A Single Man (2009) (this is actually more color grade) La La Land (2016) Drive (2011) every John Wick film
neutral · AI labelView post →My ★★★★★ review of A Single Man (2009) on @letterboxd.social: boxd.it/f8JM4R)
positive · AI labelView post →Yes it is. This was his second film—his first was A Single Man with Colin Firth
neutral · AI labelView post →A Single Man with Colin Forth and Julianne Moore. Directed by Tom Ford. Excellent, thoughtful film that deserved far more accolades.
unlabelledView post →I loved A Single Man the movie. Its so beautiful...
unlabelledView post →Abel Korzeniowski and Shigeru Umebayashi create a lush, sweeping, and engrossingly beautiful score for Tom Ford’s adaptation of Isherwood’s novel A Single Man. I loved the movie and feel it doesn’t get talked about enough. #FilmSky #BookSky
unlabelledView post →10 September 1960 – Colin Firth, 65, English-Italian actor. Another Country (1984) * Tumbledown * Pride and Prejudice * The English Patient * Shakespeare in Love * Conspiracy * Bridget Jones Film Series * A Single Man (OscarNom) * The King's Speech (Oscar) * Kingsman films * The Staircase (2023)
unlabelledView post →Name: Benjamin Nickname: No thank you. Not my thing. Age: 36 Sign: Cancer Currently: driver, aspiring author Fav colour: eggplant, dusty rose, chesnut Fav book: Still Life by Sarah Winman Fav movie: A Single Man, About Time Fav show: Six Feet Under Fav genre: Fantasy, literary Post a gif!
unlabelledView post →ZINE PREVIEW! In our honor of our latest print issue theme, loneliness... Melissa Strong shares a letter in the voice of one character to another from A SINGLE MAN (2009). Purchase the zine now at: MovieJawn.com/Shop #ASingleMan #MovieZine
unlabelledView post →There are (must be) people who never got to feel the crush(ing) of love like in “Call Me by your Name” or the grief “A Single Man”. Movies then can be a substitute for the lack of this experience—or maybe even more?
unlabelledView post →Film A Single Man The Times called the film "a thing of heart-stopping beauty . . . Variety's verdict: "Luminous and treasurable, despite its imperfections. It is still truly delightful.
unlabelledView post →The most offensive film adaption of a book? I’ll start, A Single Man
unlabelledView post →A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood I wasn’t really aware of Isherwood beyond the Berlin novels & read this after seeing the film Wonderful casting but such a sad ending Would it be written today as I would hope things have changed a great deal since the time this book was created?
unlabelledView post →Add "fuck" to any movie title. Fuck A Single Man (2009)
unlabelledView post →I enjoyed the film of a Single Man - I'd forgotten about that. I should give Norrisa re-read and see what I think now. Haven't read it since studying it at uni.
unlabelledView post →Colin Firth on the left in A Single Man. I dont know who the other actor is. A gorgeous movie!!!
unlabelledView post →Sounds wonderful. Maybe they just liked reading together. There's a scene in the film A Single Man, where the men are cosied up on a sofa, both happily reading & being together. Is a lovely moment.
unlabelledView post →Fancy watching another queer movie tonight. I’m thinking Queer or A Single Man. Any other suggestions?
unlabelledView post →A Single Man is not a sad film. It’s a film about joy and grief living together and the victory of a gratitude that has room for them both.
unlabelledView post →When he showed up in A Single Man, my jaw literally dropped. Luckily, I did not have a mouth full of movie-theater Coke at the time.
unlabelledView post →A colleague yesterday commented that 'Adele is doing a movie! But directed by Tom Ford, a fashion designer, so I have low expectations'... He'd never heard of A Single Man?! The most beautiful, sensual gay love and loss story in years. And Nocturnal Animals was pretty decent too.
unlabelledView post →I welcome the return of Tom Ford movie making, because this scene from A Single Man was outstanding
unlabelledView post →Watched A Single Man tonight. This was yet another movie I tried watching years ago but wasn't feeling it so I switched it off. I didn't turn it off this time but I still wasn't feeling it. I also wasn't terribly into the book when I read it college. 🤷♂️
unlabelledView post →A Single Man—Tom Ford At times, it feels like watching a Wong Kar-wai film. Ford seems less concerned with story than with sensation. What is captured here so brilliantly is that loneliness is not empty, but filled with the weight of everything once longed to be kept. #FilmReview #Cinema
unlabelledView post →My favorite Colin Firth film is A Single Man. Absolutely amazing film! youtu.be/Ell2a6o_6lY?...
unlabelledView post →10 day movie challenge. Every day I pick a frame from a film that has impacted me: 10 days. 10 films. 0 explanations. Day 3 of 10: A Single Man: (2009) Directed By: Tom Ford
unlabelledView post →Most, if not the entirety, of "Cinema Paradiso" does this for me. That's a Top 3 film for me. Also, several scenes in Tom Ford's "A Single Man" (Colin Firth and Julianne Moore).
unlabelledView post →No matter how often I watch it, at some point I say to myself: "I want his house." And a little later: "Just once in my life I would like to look like her in a dress like that." #ASingleMan #Film #Movies #Cinema #JulianneMoore #ColinFirth
unlabelledView post →I'm programming a film festival where we'll show A Different Man, A Serious Man, and A Single Man and then give out an award for Best Man
unlabelledView post →"Visually arresting and incredibly moving, the now 14-year-old A Single Man is still one of the best movies of the 21st century so far. In addition to being one of the greatest American designers of the last century, Tom Ford is also, it turns out, an incredible film director."
unlabelledView post →"A Single Man." Dear god, that film!
unlabelledView post →Maybe my favorite film is Tom Ford's "A Single Man". youtu.be/Ell2a6o_6lY?...
unlabelledView post →The (movie) A Single Man 1080p (iTunes)(DE) €3.99 (Drama) (iMDB) 7.5 Cast: Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Nicholas Hoult, Matthew Goode, Ginnifer Goodwin, Lee Pace»
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