Somethin’ Your Daddy Never Did: Jeff Nichols’ ‘Mud,’ Love, and Manhood
An FSR/OPS original video essay.~Jeff Nichols’ Mud tells of a lost soul (Matthew McConaughey) returned to the small river community that… Read More
March 18, 2017
Romance
‘Break Down’ is a Dark, Absurd, and Elegant End to a Love Gone Sour
Short of the DayEver laughed and cried at the same time?Breaking up is hard to do. Everybody knows that, there’s a billion… Read More
March 17, 2017
The Muse Matters: The Love of Anna Karina and Jean-Luc Godard Onscreen
A new video traces the rise and fall of the French New Wave’s first couple.When Anna Karina made her first film… Read More
February 16, 2017
When Romantic Comedies Met Nora Ephron
How ‘When Harry Met Sally’ defies as many genre conventions as it embraces. Read More
February 15, 2017
‘Kheer’ is a Valentine’s Treat from India
Short of the DayNanu has some explaining to do…Relationships, like people, age, and as such they also change. A person at 65… Read More
February 14, 2017
The 5 Realest Valentine’s Day Moods and The Movies That Match
Get out of here with your happy, sad, indifferent takes. These are the moods that matter on V-Day.A longstanding myth about… Read More
February 14, 2017
Romance and Science Fiction: A Match Made in the Heavens
A love letter to the greatest mix of movie genres. Read More
February 14, 2017
The On-Screen Couples We Believe In
This Valentine’s Day, we’re celebrating love that works.It’s Valentine’s Day, which means that you’re either in the midst of being reminded… Read More
February 14, 2017
‘Partners’ Depicts the Everyday Doldrums of Love
Short of the DayAn interpersonal drama of romantic derisiveness.Whether we like to admit it or not, there’s nothing quite so entertaining… Read More
February 1, 2017