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
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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
“As You Wish”: True Love and Longing in The Princess Bride
The Princess Bride has always been one of the most fun films ever made, it is endlessly quotable and rewatchable.Continue Reading
Romance in Close-up: The Intoxicating Magic of Vendredi Soir
It seems that with every year that passes, the world gets colder and more detached. The internet, cell phones, socialContinue Reading
La La Land: Discovering Personal Passion Through Love
“People love what other people are passionate about.” Passion is an incredibly difficult thing to define. Many people are bornContinue Reading
20 Favorites Leading Up to 2020
Deviating a bit from usual end-of-decade lists, we asked our critics to list their 20 favorite films from the 21stContinue Reading
Film Favorites From 2019
We look back at a number of our favorite films from 2019. This is by no means a ‘best of’Continue Reading
Eat the Rich: A Conversation on Parasite’s Class Conflict
The Arclight Hollywood Parasite Screenings with Q&A with Director Bong Joon-ho, actor Song Kang-ho, and actress Park So-dam. Parasite isContinue Reading
