★★★★ Based on the Culpable trilogy of books by author Mercedes Ron, My Fault: London follows a duo of hugely successful Spanish-language adaptations from Prime Video. For this young adult romance, the action shifts to London, delivering on sexy accents, erotic thrills, and action-packed chaos. At its center is a whirlwind romance between two step-siblings, … Continue reading Film Review: My Fault: London
Film Review: Turn Me On
★★★★ Are you content? That is exactly the question posed over and over again by those at the center of Michael Myburski's sci-fi romance, Turn Me On. This unique feature posits the concept of a perfect world, one free of illness and war, but also of love and connection. Would humans be happier without succumbing … Continue reading Film Review: Turn Me On
Film Review: Wish You Were Here
★★★★ Starting the year off with a standard romantic tearjerker would be easy enough, but director Julia Stiles makes Wish You Were Here into a must-see event. The strength of its characters and messaging follows a similar path to The Fault in Our Stars and Me Before You—in other words, fans of romantic dramedies will … Continue reading Film Review: Wish You Were Here
PSIFF 2025: A Nice Indian Boy
★★★★ Director Roshan Sethi's debut feature film, 7 Days—also a collaboration with lead star Karan Soni—was notable for using 2020's worldwide pandemic as a launching point for its rom-com trappings. A Nice Indian Boy fully embraces queer romantic comedy territory, establishing Sethi as a reliable force in this eternal subgenre. With Soni at the center, … Continue reading PSIFF 2025: A Nice Indian Boy
Film Review: Young Werther
★★★★ (Written by Intern, Sean Barry) During the 1990s and 2000s, Hollywood was oversaturated with stories where a man humorously pines for a woman’s affection. Romantic comedies often grew formulaic, condoning problematic character choices as playful. Young Werther breathes fresh air into the genre, recognizing missteps within previous entries and going its own way, while … Continue reading Film Review: Young Werther
Film Review: Our Little Secret
★★★ Every year, they start assaulting the senses like an endless torrent of freezing snowballs. Christmas movies from Hallmark, from Netflix, from every major streamer come out so quickly that keeping track of them all is a task only Santa and his list could accomplish. Lindsay Lohan returns (and executive produces!) her newest foray into … Continue reading Film Review: Our Little Secret
Film Review: Wicked
★★★★★ After becoming a smash hit—and playing on Broadway now for over two decades—it would have been easy to make a rushed, condensed version of Wicked that failed to live up to the Tony-winning hype of its show counterpart. I still remember hearing about the concept for the first time when I was in high … Continue reading Film Review: Wicked
Film Review: Hot Frosty
★★★ As far as Christmas-themed rom-coms are concerned, every passing year opens the floodgates to innumerable entries, be it big-budget studio pictures, or small-scale Hallmark flicks. Hot Frosty joins the ranks of a seemingly bottomless subgenre often content to go for the easy marks rather than attempt any form of originality. Thankfully, writer Russell Hainline … Continue reading Film Review: Hot Frosty
NewFest 2024: Baby
★★★★ It remains frequently astonishing how vital different viewpoints of the queer experience have become across various forms of media. Portuguese-language Baby presents an unvarnished peek into the tumultuous life of a barely-legal gay teenager in Brazil. Where are people supposed to go after being released from a juvenile detention facility when their parents ghost … Continue reading NewFest 2024: Baby
NewFest 2024: Duino
★★★★ An inherent beauty exists in unrequited love. The idea of something that, for whatever reason, cannot happen between two people takes shape in many forms. Rarely has it been depicted in a manner that captures the delicate pain of unresolved emotions. What would happen if the opportunity presented itself, decades later, to maybe see … Continue reading NewFest 2024: Duino