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Romantic Comedies

  1. Breaking News: Mindy Kaling Likes Rom-Coms, and Here Are Her Top Picks“There are no guilty pleasures, only pleasures.” And then The Holiday, right?
    By Emma Barrie
  2. John Legend and Chrissy Teigen Are Producing a Romantic Comedy for ABCJohn Legend and his wife Chrissy Teigen have a new show in the works at ABC. According to Deadline, the network has given a put pilot […]
    By Megh Wright
  3. party chats
    Mindy Kaling Wanted to Write a Rom-Com Starring Tina Fey and George ClooneyA sexy Indiana Jones–esque professor meets an equally sexy librarian.
    By Devon Ivie
  4. rom-coms
    Watching My Best Friend’s Wedding With HeadlandRom-Com 101. 
    By Lindsey Weber
  5. the vulture tv podcast
    Why Do So Many TV Rom-Coms Fail?As in life, timing is everything.
    By Gazelle Emami, Margaret Lyons, and Matt Zoller Seitz
  6. trailer mix
    See the New Sleeping With Other People TrailerFrom the director of Bachelorette.
    By Nate Jones
  7. The 25 Best Romantic Comedies Since When Harry Met SallyOur film critics present 25 outside- and inside-the-box romantic comedies from the past 25 years.
    By Bilge Ebiri and David Edelstein
  8. vulture lists
    27 Great Indie Romantic-Comedies From the Last 10 YearsAnd where you can stream all of them now!
    By Jesse David Fox
  9. ‘You’re the Worst’ Creator Stephen Falk Explains His Romantic Comedy […]“But it’s a genre that’s near and dear to my heart, and I just thought that there’s a freedom in British sitcoms for characters to not always […]
    By Megh Wright
  10. Paul Rudd, Amy Poehler, and David Wain Share Their Favorite Rom-Coms“Annie Hall is pretty amazing. A lot of the Woody Allen ones are pretty great, but I also love Defending Your Life. Lost in America. Albert […]
    By Bradford Evans
  11. Judy Greer Plays a Rom-Com Best Friend in This New Funny Or Die Sketch Judy Greer (Arrested Development, Archer) has played the thankless best friend part in romantic comedies like 13 Going on 30 and 27 Dresses, […]
    By Bradford Evans
  12. How Baby Boomers Killed the Modern Romantic ComedyWe are in a confoundingly complex point in gender relations, as evidenced by the number of books, NPR stories and articles on the subject. But […]
    By Emily Bracken
  13. Paul Feig on the Decline of the Blockbuster Rom-ComAs the current wisdom goes: Men are stubborn; women are flexible. “It’s the ‘Will you hold my purse?’ theory,” Feig explains. “A guy’s in a […]
    By Megh Wright
  14. across the streaming-verse
    Best of Netflix Streaming: Romance MoviesWe got your Valentine’s Day options covered.
    By Gilbert Cruz and Amanda Dobbins
  15. backlash to the backlash
    25 Best Romantic Comedies: Ebiri on 10 Omissions Readers Are Angriest AboutMad about our Reese-less list? Think leaving out You’ve Got Mail is lamer than using AOL? Want to get into a froth about Love Actually? Read on.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  16. Simon Pegg and Lake Bell to Star in a Romantic Comedy TogetherSimon Pegg and Lake Bell have been cast opposite each other in an upcoming romantic comedy called Man Up, Deadline reports. The plot involves a […]
    By Bradford Evans
  17. Paul Feig Is Planning a Gay Rom-Com and Wants Channing Tatum and ‘SNL’s […]Bridesmaids director and Freaks and Geeks creator Paul Feig gave details about a new movie he’s developing to reporters at a dinner party to […]
    By Bradford Evans
  18. quiz
    Rom-Com Film Quiz: Guess the Rotten Tomato ScoreCome as close as you can to the correct percentage.
    By Lindsey Weber, Justin McCraw, and Maya Robinson
  19. the vulture transcript
    Quizzing Justin Long on Romantic Comedies“That’s your decision to spend the rest of your life with somebody. Why should all of your friends then have to jump through hoops?”
    By Patti Greco
  20. analysis
    Can the Romantic Comedy Be Saved?Once a box-office sure thing, the frothy genre is failing at — and vanishing from — movie theaters.
    By Claude Brodesser-Akner
  21. Just How Many Rom-Com Movie Poster Archetypes Are There?Not many, surprisingly.
    By Eliot Glazer
  22. suggestions
    Aaron Sorkin Should Take His Rom-Com Talents Back to MoviesHe could save them.
    By Amanda Dobbins
  23. romantic comedies
    A Five-Year Engagement Breakdown for the Rom-Com PuristsHow does it meet your rom-com needs?
    By Amanda Dobbins
  24. Bent and the Problem With Romantic Comedy TV ShowsThe pilot of Bent premiered last night on NBC, and it gave me a teeny-tiny wave of deja vu that carried me back to watching another solidly […]
    By Hallie Cantor
  25. Start Getting Unreasonably Excited About a Chris Rock & Melissa McCarthy […]Chris Rock says he’s been writing a script for him and Melissa McCarthy to play a “Jerry Springer couple.” I don’t know, Chris Rock, with this […]
    By Hallie Cantor
  26. romantic comedies
    A New Year’s Eve Breakdown for the Rom-Com PuristsHow does it stack up against other romantic comedies?
    By Amanda Dobbins
  27. Five-Year Engagement Trailer Is a Pleasant Swirl of Comedy & Romance Here’s the trailer for Five-Year Engagment, written by Jason Segal and Nicholas Stoller and starring Segal and Emily Blunt, set for release […]
    By Hallie Cantor
  28. clickables
    Read Mindy Kaling’s Field Guide to Rom-Com Leading LadiesWhich romantic-comedy heroine do you not identify with most?
    By Ray Rahman
  29. Mindy Kaling Dissects The Lady Creatures Of The Rom-Com Universe In Mindy Kaling’s “Flick Chicks,” part of this week’s New Yorker, the Office writer explains her love for the bizarre, deeply unnatural […]
    By Halle Kiefer
  30. Woody Allen Casts Greatest Actor Of All Time In New Rom-ComAs the director himself explains, Woody Allen’s next rom-com is jammed packed with talent. Mostly his. “The greatest of all my favorites – me. […]
    By Halle Kiefer
  31. Women Be Marrying! Lizzy Caplan And Casey Wilson To Star In […] Will our lust for wedding-related humor ever be satiated? Or will an eternity of nuptial humor pour forever into the bouquet-shaped hollow in […]
    By Halle Kiefer
  32. Jason Segel Is Going to Save the Romantic Comedy, God WillingHere’s Jason Segel on Five-Year Engagement, the movie he’s currently writing: “It is a romantic comedy. Our goal is Annie Hall or When Harry […]
    By Adam Frucci
  33. romantic comedies
    Going The Distance Sparks Ideas For Other RomcomsCould a romantic comedy be made out of your life? Yes!
    By Emma Rosenblum
  34. common wisdom
    Maureen Dowd: Romantic Comedies Still BadIn case you hadn’t heard.
    By Willa Paskin
  35. plain jane
    Plain Jane: The Makeover Show That Wants to Be a Romantic ComedyThough the message of, “get hot to get the guy” might seem disturbingly retro, we’re still apt to fall for its charms.
    By Emma Rosenblum
  36. when joe met mika
    Morning Joe: Nora Ephron–Approved Romantic ComedyOn MSNBC every morning.
    By Willa Paskin
  37. movies
    How to Write a Romantic Comedy in Ten Shamefully Easy StepsYou, too, can ride the cash cow of repetitive clichés.
    By Edith Zimmerman
  38. romantic comedy
    A Valentine’s Day Analysis For the Rom-Com PuristHow does it stack up against other romantic comedies?
    By Emma Rosenblum
  39. sequels
    Holiday-Themed Rom Coms to Haunt Us Forever’Valentine’s Day’ sequel already written.
    By Josh Duboff
  40. chat room
    (500) Days of Summer Director Marc Webb on the Challenge of Making a Romantic Comedy Without Matthew McConaughey“We’ll be lucky if we do so well that we get a backlash.”
    By Logan Hill
  41. rom-coms
    Valentine’s Day Looks to Repeat Success of He’s Just Not That Into YouOh Robert Altman, where art thou?
    By Mark Graham
  42. rom-coms
    Trend Alert! Romantic Comedies Are Now Being Aimed at MenPut your copy of ‘Say Anything’ away and head for the multiplexes!
    By Mark Graham