Love Is Strange: Ira Sachs’ gentle and touching drama tells the story of a couple that gets married after four decades, just to have the wedding be the downfall of their relationship, as one of them gets fired. They are a homosexual couple and somehow that still is a problem for some (or many). The film is quite delicate in how it shows the two protagonists apart and depending on the kindness of friends and family. Acting is subtle and very effective: John Lithgow gets the lion’s share (barely), as the painter who seems a tad absent-minded and unpractical, but the quality of his acting is matched by Alfred Molina, as the music teacher. Marisa Tomei is also very good as the family member who suffers the most with their displacement. Cinematographer Christos Voudouris captures New York and the locations with an almost magical touch; editors Affonso Gonçalves and Michael Taylor keep the story moving along very nicely, not lingering too long on any particular episode.