I love stories that take place over a single period of time, whether an individual night or a slightly longer stretch, where everything is contained into something slightly more manageable. I once recall driving through a city at night with a friend, and remarking to him how I am still waiting to have my own…
Category: Romance
Beautiful Thing (1996)
There are few pieces of art more resonant to those who have struggled to fit in than “Make Your Own Kind of Music” by The Mamas and the Papas, where Cass Elliot croons about the importance of marching to the beat of your own drum, regardless of the people who stand in your way. This…
A Nice Indian Boy (2025)
Falling in love can be a beautiful experience, but it comes with a few challenging moments – and many will say that one of the most nerve-racking is the process of meeting the parents. While it is usually a pleasant and relatively painless affair in hindsight, the anxiety and fear of trying to impress your…
Don Jon (2013)
As easy (and perhaps even fun) as it may be to pick apart Don Jon, we really have to hand it to Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who went out on a limb in his directorial debut and made a comedy that may be filled with imperfections, but compensates for it through some very interesting decisions made as…
Solo Mio (2026)
Marriage is one of the most sacred institutions known to us, and even those who may not believe in it cannot deny its importance as a cultural artefact, even if its symbolic meaning far overtakes its practicality. However, we often find that the term “till death us do part” has lost a lot of its…
People We Meet on Vacation (2026)
The following is going to sound like an insult, but it is said with nothing but affection: when it comes to literature, there are very few groups more devoted to the craft than those who follow young adult and romance fiction, to the point where it can border on obsessed, in the best way possible….
All That Heaven Allows (1955)
I’ve grown incredulous of the phrase “they don’t make them like they used to” when it comes to film (or any kind of art), since this always feels like an attempt to deify the past, allowing nostalgia to become the only relevant metric when it comes to assessing a piece of work. There are films…
The Threesome (2025)
Love is strange, and it doesn’t always make sense – but yet, it’s something that we all often crave, since it not only instils in us a sense of genuine satisfaction both physically and emotionally, but the validation that comes from simply being recognised as someone worth affection is a vital part of the human…
Love (2025)
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…
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…
The Postmodern Pelican 