rom-coms
Why the Elevator Scene in '(500 Days) of Summer' Still Pisses People Off 10 Years Later
Is it cute, or cringe? Fans of The Smiths tell us why that iconic scene made them swoon or scream.
Netflix's 'Always Be My Maybe' Uses Food to Navigate the Messy Parts of Love and Money
The rom-com starring Ali Wong and Randall Park proves that food, like relationships, is complicated.
Lena Waithe Made a Love Story for Black Millennials
The executive producer of BET's 'Boomerang' says that for her 'black people are love.'
'Bend it Like Beckham' Is the Gayest Love Story Never Told
While "Bend it Like Beckham" is often mistaken for a coming-of-age story about soccer player best friends, many of us saw our own baby queer desires in Jess and Jules' relationship.
'Dumplin'' Solved The Trouble With Teen Rom-Coms This Year
In a year of movies where everyone lied their way into happy endings, "Dumplin'" did something groundbreaking: It told the truth.
Help! I'm an Adult Woman with a Fictional Teen Boyfriend, Peter Kavinsky
"To All the Boys I've Loved Before" just introduced a new and improved kind of love interest.
how ‘500 days of summer’ highlights the double standards in rom-coms
Spoiler: the men aren’t always what they’re made out to be.
how ‘500 days of summer’ highlights the double standards in rom-coms
Spoiler: the men aren’t always what they’re made out to be.
How 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall' Flipped the Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Trope
The risqué rom-com tries its best to rectify the genre's flaws—and still holds up ten years later.
The Best Romantic Comedies on Netflix that Pass the Bechdel Test
If you're gonna watch a rom com, make sure it at least passes this extremely low standard.
'The Big Sick' Breaks Every Rule in the Romantic Comedy Playbook
Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon chat about translating their real relationship to the screen and their differing views on romantic comedies.
'Bridget Jones's Baby': A Bad Rom-Com Disguised as Definitely Not a Rom-Com
As critics announce the death of the romantic comedy, the newest iteration in the Bridget Jones series attempts to remake the beloved clumsy protagonist into a worldly modern woman.