The New York Times’s film critic Alissa Wilkinson has a theory about movies: They’re all about relationships. No matter how big the action, the suspense and tension we experience when watching a film is often really about the feelings between the characters.
But romantic relationships often fall back on old tropes, like the long-suffering wife of an ex-cop who can’t resist that one last, risky case. (We all know her; she leaves teary voice messages urging him to be safe.) Some of this year’s Oscar-nominated films give us fresher portraits of love. Alissa and our host, Anna Martin, discuss the relationships that defy convention or easy definition, and push us to reconsider how we think about human connection, in three of those movies: “Poor Things,” “Maestro” and “Past Lives.”
Despite The Losses, So Much Gained | With Marsha Stephanie Blake
In A Charmed Life, A Road Less Traveled | With Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
The Night Girl Finds A Day Boy | With Logan Browning
Could We Try Again? | With Marcia Cross
He's Playing Our Song | With Amanda Seyfried
At What Age Is Love Enthralling? | With Jessica Walter
A Tattoo For The Living | With Zosia Mamet
An Empty Heart | With Zoe Lister-Jones | Encore
An Affection Multiplier | With Zachary Quinto
Platonic, Until Death Do Us Part | With John Cameron Mitchell
Encore | The Doorman With Cecily Strong
Misery Loves Fried Chicken | With William Jackson Harper
What Luck Means Now | With Jacki Weaver
We Survived The Storm | With Ginnifer Goodwin
The Wisdom Of The Moving Man | With Lake Bell
Agreeing To Accept And Move On | With Sarah Goldberg
Love Means Never Having To Say ... Anything | With Pedro Pascal
Talking to My Fiancé About My New Girlfriend | With DeWanda Wise
Race Wasn't An Issue To Him, Which Was An Issue To Me | With Lorraine Toussaint
Encore | Sharing The Shame With Anna Chlumsky
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