Romance
When Nick met Night: The Hollywood meeting that begat a bestseller
Take one romance novelist (Nicholas Sparks), add one horror maestro (M. Night Shyamalan), and stir. What you get is Remain, perhaps the year’s most curious book.
- Karl Quinn
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We fell in love with season one of Netflix’s hit rom-com, but can lightning strike twice?
For its second season, Nobody Wants This has expanded its storytelling beyond the star-crossed lovers at its core.
- Karl Quinn
The friendships that helped Allison Williams navigate grief and loss
“If it weren’t for their support, making it through those moments would’ve been much, much harder,” says the star of Girls, M3GAN and the new film, Regretting You.
- Michael Idato
A love note in a bottle is found years later, an ocean away
Anita and Brad’s message floated all the way from Canada’s Bell Island to Ireland’s west coast – leaving online detectives wondering: Were they still together?
- Victoria Craw
Still waiting for Mr Darcy? He might be closer than you think
What better way to celebrate Jane Austen’s 250th birthday than to imagine yourself dating her male archetypes?
- Genevieve Novak
Celine Song blew us away with Past Lives. Is Materialists a perfect match?
Billed as a rom-com, the Dakota Johnson-Chris Evans-Pedro Pascal love triangle is actually a rather hard-headed look at marriage.
- Karl Quinn
‘Try dating Josie’: A Melbourne single’s unique approach to finding love
A diehard romcom fan has posted old-school flyers around inner Melbourne in a quest to find dates.
- Sophie Aubrey
This horror movie about toxic men will make you laugh. You’ll need to
Sophie Thatcher’s robot companion is the kind of 1960s woman that every incel dreams of. But things are not that simple.
- Michael Idato
The sex lives of elves and fairies? Welcome to the world of ‘romantasy’
This popular book genre is taking readers into magical worlds and earning the authors millions of dollars.
- Georgie Gordon
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- Pop culture
I’m glad Mark Darcy is dead, and I hope Hugh Grant murdered him
Bridget Jones fans are furious after a preview for the new film revealed her long-time love interest is dead. But I couldn’t be happier.
- Meg Watson