A woman and a man laying on a bed. The woman wears a fancy white dress and gloves and has strawberry blonde hair. The man wears a black tuxedo, seeming to be in the middle of an intense conversation with her.

Going ‘Down With Love’: Sex, Lies, and Romantic Comedies

By: Megan Robinson
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‘Down With Love’ is a pastiche of the sex comedies of Hollywood’s past and a critique of the romantic comedies of its own time.

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Image is from the film 'Moulin Rouge' (2001). In front of an array of sparks, a woman in a red dress and a man in a suit sing to one another as the look at one another lovingly.

20 Years On, ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (2001) Remains a Metatheatrical, Maximalist Masterpiece

By: Carmen Paddock
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Moulin Rouge is unmistakably its own creation, unified in its vision, unfailingly precise in its execution, and achingly sincere in its portrait of a first, lost love.

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Embracing Your Inner Child In A Grown-Up World: What ‘Christopher Robin’ (2018) and ‘Unicorn Store’ (2017) Can Teach Us

By: Hayley Paskevich
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At what point do we decide something we once loved dearly is too childish, meant to be left forever in the past as we venture forward into the mysterious phase of life known as adulthood? And why do we, as a society, find ourselves suddenly discouraged from the very expression of imagination that was encouraged…

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