romance

Film

The Mind and Body Keep the Score

Siddhant Adlakha / Truthdig Jan 12, 2024 Michel Franco’s new romantic drama is a stunning performance piece about instinct and desire. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Modern Love

Jeff Danziger / Truthdig Mar 16, 2020 Dig deeper

Do I Dare to Eat a Peach?

Carrie Rickey / Truthdig Nov 21, 2017 Luca Guadagnino’s latest film, “Call Me by Your Name,” is a lush, lyrical study of sexual confusion and awakening. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

AUDIO: ‘Love in the Time of Climate Change’: A Romantic Call to Action in the Shape of a Poem

Staff / Truthdig Aug 5, 2015 Jocelyn Macdonald's poem about the environmental crisis will have you quitting meat, riding your bike, chasing your dreams and spooning the love by your side, all to "slow down the rising of seas, the death of the bees [and] the electric current of spreading disease." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Europe, Romance and the Economy

Daryl Cagle, CagleCartoons.com Mar 13, 2013 Dig deeper

British School Bans Valentine’s Day Gift Exchange

Staff / Truthdig Feb 11, 2010 Valentine's Day is often dismissed by critics as just one of many Hallmark-generated holidays with its heart in the wrong place, but a British primary school is taking the anti-Valentine angle quite literally, prohibiting students from exchanging cards and candies and warning that any attempt to swap sentimental greetings will be stopped on the spot -- but it's not exactly for the reasons you might suspect. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Stuck in the Single Life? Class Could Be a Factor

Staff / Truthdig Jan 25, 2007 Read around the cliches about single women and cats etc. and find in this NYT story an interesting window into how shifting social values and socioeconomic stratification contribute to a marriage "happiness gap" for many Americans without college educations. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )