Episode #395: "Book of Love," "A Grand Romantic Gesture," and "Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster"

Published: Feb. 4, 2022, 12:55 p.m.

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This week it\'s documentary full of rom-coms! First up, is Thomas Hamilton\'s doc BORIS KARLOFF: THE MAN BEHIND THE MONSTER (2:22), which offers fascinating facts, but distractingly bad production values. Next, we cover a movie that has us split, Joan Carr-Wiggin\'s rom-com A GRAND ROMANTIC GESTURE (20:18), which is about a recently retired woman who falls for the man playing the Romeo to her Juliet in her drama class. Then we review another film that has us split, Analeine Cal y Mayor\'s rom-com BOOK OF LOVE (36:40), which is about two writers (Sam Claflin and Ver\\xf3nica Echegui) who connect with each other during a book tour in Mexico. And on this week\'s Patreon exclusive audio, we talk about the winner of our January poll: the 2018 Claire Denis film HIGH LIFE, starring Robert Pattinson and Juliette Binoche!

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