Saddle Shoes & Stilettos: Adolescence and Family in Stoker
“She’s of age.”“…Of age for what?” Park Chan-wook‘s English language debut Stoker, written by Wentworth Miller, is a curious tale.Continue Reading
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Not Impossible to Touch: When Time Stands Still in Before Sunrise
“So, think of this as time travel from then, to now, to find out what you’re missing out on,” saysContinue Reading
An Original Imitation: Love and Art in Certified Copy
Is a copy of art valuable on its own, simply something that leads to the original, or is it evenContinue Reading
Letting Go of the Past in My Sassy Girl
If you were Korean or around Koreans at the turn of the century, My Sassy Girl would have been partContinue Reading
Romance Through Fantasy in The Shape of Water
“When he looks at me, the way he looks at me… he does not know what I lack. Or howContinue Reading
Leaving Las Vegas: Selfless Love for Selfish People
Love is an optimistic feeling. Besides offering an immediate sensation of fleeting joy, it promises a future where that feelingContinue Reading
About Time: All We Have to Decide is What to Do with the Time That is Given Us
Richard Curtis just may be the king of the romantic comedy. Writing Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, BridgetContinue Reading
Helpless and Tender: Codependence in Phantom Thread
Leave it to director Paul Thomas Anderson to make a romantic movie unlike one we have ever seen before. InsteadContinue Reading
Redemption Through Platonic Love in A New Leaf
In A New Leaf, Walter Matthau plays Henry Graham, a playboy with a profligate spending habit that bankrupts him andContinue Reading
Love, Loss, and Obsession in Silver Linings Playbook
There is a fine line between love and obsession, and David O. Russell explores both in Silver Linings Playbook. WhenContinue Reading
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