Romantic comedies remain one of Hollywood's most segregated film genres. In this classic episode, Cristen and Caroline compare the development, tropes and racial tensions within monochromatic rom com worlds.
Aug 22
SMNTY Classics: Spoiled Saturdays - Across the Spider-Verse
We're back with another spoiler filled Spoiled Saturday with Across the Spider-Verse! You might say it's a canon event. In this classic, we travel the multiverse delving into the discussions happening around Gwen Stacy and queer and trans representation, toxic fandom, animation, ... Show More
41m 6s
Dec 2020
Holiday Rom Coms (w/ Tess Sitzmann)
Carolina and Devin talk HOLIDAY ROMANTIC COMEDIES, an underrated genre, with the one & only Tess Sitzmann, who famously has platonic male friends. They hit on all of our favorite and not so favorite holiday movies and the romantic relationships within them. Listen to them discuss ... Show More
1h 31m
Jul 2025
“Materialists,” “Too Much,” and the Modern Rom-Com
Audiences have been bemoaning the death of the romantic comedy for years, but the genre persists—albeit often in a different form from the screwballs of the nineteen-forties or the “chick flicks” of the eighties and nineties. On this episode of Critics at Large, Vinson Cunningham ... Show More
54m 37s
Jan 2022
Introducing The Rom-Com Room
Ever wish that rom-coms could be reclaimed as pleasures? And not the guilty kind? Well pals, you’re in luck. Tune in to Meet Cute’s new talk show podcast, The Rom-Com Room, where rom-com connoisseurs Kendra Okereke and Mercedes Gonzales Bazan unite each Friday to nerd out about t ... Show More
2m 52s