"A Good Girl's Guide to Murder" Revamps the Girl Detective Story
…and family members, relying on them to help her find evidence or clues. She takes breaks from her investigation to go camping with her friends. She starts a romantic relationship…
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“Valeria” Taught Me About Self-Love and Friendship
…romantic infatuated with her coworker Borja. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWbOK7dh-PM By the end of the first episode, Valeria’s discontent with her life reaches a breaking point thanks to the introduction of someone who…
HBO's ‘Como Agua Para Chocolate’ Is an Intoxicating Reinterpretation
…to the food she prepares. For example, through one meal, she expresses her romantic illusions to Pedro. Through another, she expresses her sorrow to the guests at her sister Rosaura’s…
"Pedro Páramo" Doesn't Do Right by its Women
…because she refuses to comply with Pedro’s idealized version of her. She starts as the literal girl next door, a perfect romantic interest, and then becomes the mad woman, untethered…
What to Watch Instead of Election Coverage
…our favorite family comedies and restore your sense of basic human decency. Having recently celebrated its tenth anniversary, Jane the Virgin will always hold a special place in our hearts…
"Purple Hearts" is More Propoganda than Romance
…the film’s running time. While we do get a shift in perspective, it’s not the romantic “we understand each other and finally agree on some things” that (I’m assuming) the…
Maria Bamford and Husband Scott Explore Grief While Telling Their Love Story
…alcohol, money, or sex,” she shared “As for my journey with therapy, I just didn’t know how to have a long-term romantic relationship. About three months into dating, Scott and…
Ten Years Later, “Jane the Virgin” Still Gives Us Hope
…to feel the sparks. That our lives are capable of being more incredible than anything we’ve romanticized – because amid its melodrama, plot twists, and cliffhangers, Jane the Virgin is…
“I’m Still Here” Gives Us a Quietly Resolute Mother-Turned-Activist
…ensuring they grow into good citizens while gladly participating in her husband’s salons and musings. While one suspects that little Marcelo (the fourth of the Paiva children) may have romanticized…
Don't Blame it on Being “Spicy:" Rewriting JLo's Breakups
…get to be “hopeless romantics” or “complex geniuses” when their marriage count surpasses the number of seasons of Friends. https://www.instagram.com/p/C_l2ipUycY0/?img_index=1 But too often when we discuss Jennifer Lopez’s relationship history…