"The World to Come": A Stunning Period Romance
Mona Fastvold’s nineteenth century lesbian romance is emotionally charged, restrained, and poetic without feeling forced.

Ako, an aspiring manga artist working at a bar, is in a sex friend relationship with her sister's ex-boyfriend, Tetsuya. One day, while she is having sex with Tetsuya, her sister, Marina, suddenly comes home. Marina tells her that her husband died in an accident and she has just finished the funeral...
Mona Fastvold’s nineteenth century lesbian romance is emotionally charged, restrained, and poetic without feeling forced.
Greta Garbo, a queer actress playing a real-life queer Queen is the best of both worlds.
We, the Jane Austen aficionados, are suckers for everything and anything under the sun that’s remotely related to her and her world. That’s because we are so drawn to her unique style of fiction, romance, and social commentary, we take any allusion to her influence as a hint to what to expect when we start watching a movie or reading a book.
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The idea of Rosemary's baby but with lesbian partners drew me in, and I was anticipating what the film had in store with its reimagining. Unfortunately, it all felt a little too vague to leave an impact.
Eddington attempts to capture how media is intertwined with the uncomfortable present.