This is the romantic reality. When it is easy, it is easier than we imagined. But when it is not easy, when everything is not just the first time, the true reality of the complexities of a contemporary romance set in.
Just weeks after Roger Ebert's death, his annual film festival kicks off in Champaign Illinois. Some major Hollywood wattage, homegrown talents and strongly independent film will be in the spotlight.
Whit Stillman and Richard Linklater helped define Generation X film in the 1990s. So what are these directors up to in their latest films, Damsels in Distress and Bernie?