Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan in the When Harry Met Sally phone call scene.

The Magic of Phone Calls in When Harry Met Sally and Rom Coms

The phone call scene in When Harry Met Sally is one of the most magical beats of casual intimacy in any rom-com.

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‘Set it Up’ and the Beauty Behind “And Yet…”

Good news, Netflix’s Set it Up still holds up. You know how sometimes you obsessively watch a movie for a period of time and then abandon it for a while only to revisit and realize that it’s just not that good anymore? That’s not the case with Set it Up. It’s just as glorious as I remember, and maybe even more because this time around, I have a lot more feelings about the “and yet…” of it all. (On top of the pizza scene, which basically owns me.) While the idea is explored through almost every character’s point of view,

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