Category: Romance
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Challengers—Blurring the Lines of Platonic and Romantic Love
What happens to an inseparable bond when love for competing morphs into competing for love?
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Past Lives (2023) – What If Timing Was the Only Thing That Got in the Way
A quiet film that does not demand your tears but earns them. It explores love that lingers, timing that fails, and the silence between what was and what could have been.
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Beautiful “Materialists” Can’t Quite Find Its Footing
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single woman will be happiest if she marries a man with a good fortune, similar upbringing, matching attractiveness levels, and compatible politics.
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The Wedding Banquet (2025): A Window into Modern Day Queer Relationships
In this remake of the 1993 film of the same name, The Wedding Banquet follows the life of two queer couples as they struggle with life-changing decisions.
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A Tourist’s Guide to Love and Adventure
Amanda Riley gets the opportunity to travel to Vietnam for the experience of a lifetime.
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Not Much More than Magic in ‘Maestro’
In ‘Maestro,’ we’re left with an impression but not with an understanding of the main character.
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‘Cyrano’ (2022): A Bittersweet Tale of Unrequited Love and Self-Acceptance
This modern update of the beloved classic swaps Cyrano’s signature pronounced nose for achondroplasia, for a different vision that still retains the original’s essence.
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A Queer Review of the Austin Film Festival (2023)
Highlighting the many ways in which AFF 2023 illustrated that the queer experience is not a monolithic one.
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‘EXmas’ (2023)
Holiday hijinks ensue when a recently separated couple are both accidently invited to same holiday celebration.
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‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’
The enthralling prequel and 5th installment in ‘The Hunger Games’ film franchise.