Why "People We Meet On Vacation" Did Not Meet Its Full Potential
Emily Henry’s adaptation reaches romance movie standards, but not romance reader standards.

A tortured man is annihilated ever since the disappearance of his loved one. To cope with this intolerable loss, he becomes capable of anything. He seeks in others what will fill the absence in his heart in order to recreate a lost love.
Emily Henry’s adaptation reaches romance movie standards, but not romance reader standards.
“I’m always interested in exploring female fantasy, and the sexy witch is a loaded archetype that is simultaneously about men’s fears and fantasies about women, and women’s feelings of empowerment and agency. So whereas we are used to seeing the sexy witch or the femme fatale from the outside, I wanted to explore her from the inside.” - Anna Biller, on why she made The Love Witch
The history of Hollywood is as ugly as it is beautiful. Most notably absent from Hollywood history are Black-produced films. “They’ve Gotta Have Us” explores the rise of Black cinema.
Hanna Bergholm's 'Hatching' shows us that the modern version of the cardboard world trope is social media.
The classic ghosts-in-revenge story expanded into an extensive dig into the historical social system while being funny and horny.
Americans love the British monarchy. This may seem confusing because only a few short hundred years ago they were our worst enemies, and every year we celebrate our independence from them. The Crown humanizes the monarchy, which might explain its popularity.