How do you define love? Is it a biological process or a psychological reaction? Perhaps it is a socially mandated act of seeking out a partner, or a philosophical craving to have some kind of companion. The reality is that there are more questions than there are answers when it comes to discussing love and…
Category: Romance
The Wedding Banquet (2025)
We all crave human connection, and if we are lucky enough, this will come from our relationship with our family, whether one into which we are born, adopted or a more informal structure built around lifelong friendships that are akin to actually being a part of a functional family, even without the presence of more…
Pillion (2025)
Power and desire are not mutually exclusive concepts – in fact, they are interwoven so intensely that they cannot exist without one another in some form. This has been the root of so many conflicts over the course of history, with the lust for influence often eclipsing any practical assertion of power, which has been…
“Wuthering Heights” (2026)
When it comes to literary adaptations, generally, you can choose to be reliable or audacious. They’re not mutually exclusive, as we’ve seen many examples of well-crafted adaptations that do challenge and provoke while still being consistent, existing in dialogue with the original work. Yet, there’s nothing quite like a bad adaptation, the kind of film…
Dreams (2025)
There is a quote by Marcel Proust that appears in Les Plaisirs et les Jours (Pleasures and Days), a collection of miscellaneous writings in which he ponders every recess of human existence, that simply states “Desire makes everything blossom, possession makes everything wither and fade”, and while there is certainly no shortage of discussions on…
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life (2025)
We often form unintentional relationships with artists, which can either be liberating or constricting, depending on how one views this one-way companionship. In the case of certain authors – particularly those who have entered the hallowed canon of the medium – the parasocial relationship can usually be somewhat amusing and unsettling, based on the extent…
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom (1968)
For about as long as we have been telling stories, there has been some fascination with the concept of love and romance, two concepts that are usually seen as synonymous, but are often reconfigured to have two very different meanings in certain circumstances. We find this to be the case in The Bliss of Mrs….
Who Am I This Time? (1982)
Once you have seen most, if not all, of a major filmmaker or actor’s most prominent work, it’s often quite entertaining and even more insightful to venture into their past and find projects that are not very well-regarded or even known beyond the most passionate devotees. It can almost feel like a rediscovery of their…
Eternity (2025)
“Till death do us part” – the sentence that ends many wedding vows and which has infiltrated the global culture as one of the defining sentiments when it comes to assuring a lifetime of affection and devotion. However, something that is not considered quite as often is what happens afterwards, which is a much more…
It’s Complicated (2009)
The idea of first impressions being definitively final is such a passé concept, since there are many instances of a second chance sometimes being more meaningful than a first encounter. No one understands this better than Nancy Meyers, who has made something of a career based around ordinary protagonists going in search of some deeper…
The Postmodern Pelican 