Confessions of a Closet Romantic
109 episodes - English - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWelcome to Confessions of a Closet Romantic, a sweet and sexy show highlighting the smartest, most engaging romantic stories on the big and small screen — sometimes books— that share a common takeaway.
I'm a writer, former film student and book reviewer who has loved romance forever — those hopeful, heartwarming and dramatic stories about sex, romance, connection and love. I've always felt shamed for loving this genre, but not anymore!
Every two weeks, I'll be your ridiculously enthusiastic, gushing, affectionate companion as we explore a diverse range of sexy, compelling love stories. Romance lovers, never feel shame, and never watch alone! Join me!
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Bedroom Therapy: Good Luck to You, Leo Grande/The Sessions
July 14, 2022 10:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBSend us a Text Message. Sometimes what you need is a deeper connection, some bedroom therapy, a sexual experience full of healing. And sometimes that means going to the experts — at least those skillfully played by actors. I'm joined by friend of the podcast Diana and former sex worker John S. to help break down fantasy vs. reality and explore these fictional journeys to sexual fulfillment. https://www.confessionsofaclosetromantic.com I think anyone over a certain age who still desires h...
Quick Take: Fire Island
June 30, 2022 10:00 - 20 minutes - 13.9 MBSend us a Text Message. Happy Pride Month! Squeaking just under the wire with a quick take on this frothy, fun gay retelling of Pride and Prejudice, set in that historic LGBTQ+ summer destination, Fire Island in New York. What a sunny, cute, romantic romp of a romcom this is! https://www.confessionsofaclosetromantic.com There's more than a touch of Boogie Nights in the look of Fire Island. Joel Kim Booster talked to Variety about how the movie was developed. His favorite romcoms are My...
Hot for Teacher: Romance in Academia
June 16, 2022 10:00 - 25 minutes - 17.3 MBSend us a Text Message. School's out for summer! I was a nerd and school and libraries were my happy places. Intellectualism, books and words were my religion. So it's no surprise that I'm a sucker for romances set in academia. The age gap and power difference tropes can be difficult to handle well but some romances manage to walk that fine line while bringing all of the absurd humor and steamy romance. https://www.confessionsofaclosetromantic.com MOVIES Passionflix ("we find the most p...
YA Nerds in Love: Along for the Ride/Dash and Lily/Never Have I Ever
June 02, 2022 10:00 - 27 minutes - 18.8 MBSend us a Text Message. I'm tired of the grown-up world! Give me whipsmart, funny teens having adventures, falling in love and exploring how to navigate young adulthood — teaching the grown-ups in their lives a few lessons along the way. They're the inspiration I need right now. https://www.confessionsofaclosetromantic.com Along for the Ride is the most warm-hearted, tender story about one of the biggest milestones in a teen's life. It's based on the best-selling novel by Sarah Dessen and...
Quick Take: Gentleman Jack
May 19, 2022 10:00 - 12 minutes - 8.72 MBSend us a Text Message. An announcement, and a quick take on the BBC/HBO co-production Gentleman Jack. This show is regency-adjacent romance reimagined, reflecting sexual identities hidden at the time, turning the period into an era where all love stories were represented and accepted. From the production and writing to the ensemble acting, it's thrilling delight. If you'd like to leave a review or support the show with a tip, visit the top menu at https://www.confessionsofaclosetromantic...
Sexy Mythological Retellings: Neon Gods/Mighty Aphrodite/Wonder Woman
May 05, 2022 10:00 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MBSend us a Text Message. We're going way back to ancient myths in this episode, taking a look at some books and movies that reimagine these eternal, compelling stories in a sexy-modern, romantic and exciting way. Thanks to my special guest--listener and writer Mariah--for gushing with me yet again on this episode. You're the best! https://www.confessionsofaclosetromantic.com Books Neon Gods is the spectacular Book 1 in the Dark Olympus series by Katee Robert. Electric Idol is the fabulou...
The Romcoms of Richard Curtis
April 21, 2022 10:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MBSend us a Text Message. Richard Curtis romcoms are canon, and I've touched on them before, but now I'm joined by a special guest, Joe of the Right in the Schoolies podcast, to try to tease out why they work so well, and talk about the differences in UK and US romance and romcom humor. Let's dig in! https://www.confessionsofaclosetromantic.com Joe is a complete delight. You can follow him on Twitter and Facebook and listen to his fabulous podcast Right in the Schoolies here. I first fell...
Slowburn Romance: Bridgerton/Sanditon/Bright Star
April 07, 2022 10:00 - 28 minutes - 19.7 MBSend us a Text Message. My favorite costume dramas of last year are back with sophomore seasons, and they're the slowest of slowburns. Will Charlotte get over the loss of Sidney and finally find someone in Sanditon who appreciates her? Will Anthony Bridgerton marry for love or family? I've thrown in one of my favorite slowburn screen romances, inspired by the love of poet John Keats for artist Fanny Brawne. This is slow but incendiary love — the opposite of instalove, but sexy and romantic ...
Historical Romance Badassery
March 24, 2022 10:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBSend us a Text Message. To celebrate Women's History Month, I'm highlighting favorite real and fictional badasses. Warning: I mention the word badass many, many times in this episode. Clearly I love me a bit of badassery. Women worthy of official biographies and iconoclastic female characters in historical romances all provide ready-made inspiration. I need as much of that as I can get. https://www.confessionsofaclosetromantic.com Virginia Woolf's house on Gordon Square (4th picture in r...
Brave Romcomedy
March 10, 2022 11:00 - 33 minutes - 23.3 MBSend us a Text Message. I'm celebrating International Women's Day with a round up of comedy badassery by Ali Wong, Amy Schumer, Jenny Slate, Rose Matafeo, and Iliza Shlesinger. Whether it's a romcom movie, TV show, blog, book, or live special, these writers are funny, raunchy, honest and real when talking about their lived experiences. They're badass inspiration. (CW: lots and lots of profanity, mentions of body image, brief mention of drug use, and lots of juicy sex talk.) https://www.con...
Love & Romance Over 40: Part 2
February 24, 2022 11:00 - 33 minutes - 23.2 MBSend us a Text Message. I'm really starting to feel that cultural and romantic invisibility cloak that covers women of a certain age. Luckily, there are a few aspirational, sometimes inspiring TV shows and movies that feature people over the age of 40 romancing each other and getting it on — even if it seems that you need to have a beautiful face, well-placed wrinkles and a near-perfect body to deserve the same. CW: talk of anti-body positivity and toxic Hollywood and cultural beauty stand...
Love in Disguise
February 10, 2022 11:00 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MBSend us a Text Message. A distilled, potent, curated, intensely romantic relationship might not always be possible in life, but it's certainly a staple of classic and modern romantic stories. The exquisite romances in today's episode happen through love letters, physical disguise, and boyfriends for the night--or the moment. They're sexy, passionate and all about the heart's deepest desires that emerge only when love is in disguise. https://www.confessionsofaclosetromantic.com "Companions...
Mod Classic! Jane Austen
January 27, 2022 11:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBSend us a Text Message. This former literary snob confesses that — at least right now — I prefer watching Austen to reading Austen. I need streamlined, quick banter, a snappy pace. Luckily, there are a ton of adaptations, retellings and inspired by Austen books and films to last quite a while. Vanessa King, author of A Certain Appeal, the Pride and Prejudice-inspired story set at a New York burlesque club, stops by to talk about why she decided to modernize Austen. And listener Mariah joins...
Learning from Romance: Part 3
January 13, 2022 11:00 - 25 minutes - 17.5 MBSend us a Text Message. The lessons keep on coming! In this final episode in my miniseries on what I've learned from romance, I encounter...monster erotica. I'm tardy to the party, so giggle along with me as I explore my "first-won't-be-last" monster fucking romance, and listen to an excerpt from an erotic monster story--full of tentacle sex--by guest author VB Beringer. Books A Lady of Rooksgrave Manor is Book 1 in the short Tempting Monsters series. It's sweet, hot, steamy, intriguing a...
Learning from Romance: Part 2
December 30, 2021 11:00 - 25 minutes - 17.2 MBSend us a Text Message. My year of reading romances has modeled so many good things for me, especially stories with the family of choice trope. We're not all lucky enough to be raised in an emotionally healthy family, so reading about how loving, supportive people show up for the people they care about can be a healing experience. https://www.confessionsofaclosetromantic.com Lauren is a fellow member of the Heaving Bosoms podcast Facebook page, and we share a love of many of the same roma...
Classic Holiday Romance
December 16, 2021 11:00 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MBSend us a Text Message. 'Tis the season for my much-loved, annual classic holiday movie marathon. For me, film is richer in B&W, and you can't beat classic holiday movies for stirring inspirational monologues and heartwarming affection, love and romance. (CW: for a few mentions of suicide). https://www.confessionsofaclosetromantic.com Music in this episode: Jazzy Bells by Dee Yan-Key is used courtesy of a Creative Commons license from the Free Music Archives. The sleigh bells sound effe...
Learning from Romance: Part 1
December 02, 2021 11:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBSend us a Text Message. I've made some surprising discoveries about myself while reading romances this year. The wave of positivity, love, respect and acceptance for all sorts of fictional characters in these stories has encouraged me to love and accept myself, and even discover new aspects of my sexuality. https://www.confessionsofaclosetromantic.com GLAAD has really useful definitions for the entire asexual spectrum, including demisexuality. Come to think of it, I just might be aceflux,...
Royally Romantic
November 18, 2021 11:00 - 32 minutes - 22.5 MBSend us a Text Message. It's the Anglophile edition of the podcast, where I claim to "not be into royalty all that much," and then immediately prove myself wrong. Fake kingdoms in mountainous areas of Europe, fake royalty who always seem to speak with a British accent, commoners lifted from their humdrum, working-class lives as a metaphoric crown is placed on their heads: I might giggle uncontrollably over the contrivances, but I'll watch and read it all. https://www.confessionsofaclosetro...
Romance After Dark
November 04, 2021 10:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MBSend us a Text Message. My current fantasy bedroom is full of steam & kink. I'm in the mood, people, so let's read-aloud from some of the hottest, kinkiest romances I've ever read! It's hard to find this level of heat, consent, care AND happy-ever-after on screen, but romance writers have got you covered. https://www.confessionsofaclosetromantic.com The Psychology of Sexual Kink at The Swaddle is a must read. The National Coalition for Sexual Freedom is a nonprofit membership organizatio...
Bad Boys & Gentle Villains
October 21, 2021 10:00 - 31 minutes - 21.7 MBSend us a Text Message. Does a bad boy or villain hero give you a bit of a thrill? A little tingle? Dark romance unsettles me, but there's something reassuring and protective in the gentle villain/noble demon, who chooses any means to the end of protecting you from hurt and harm. They'll burn down the world for you when needed--and what's not to love about that? https://www.confessionsofaclosetromantic.com More on the Morality Pet and Morality Chain tropes at tvtropes.org. Every aspect o...
Calling Every Body: the Radical Romance of Shrill/This Way Up/Dietland
October 07, 2021 10:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MBSend us a Text Message. These funny, sharp TV shows written by women knock fat- and mental illness shaming on its behind, and tell stories of hard-won self-acceptance instead. It's about embracing our deepest desires and the person we are, not who They say we should be. It's about romancing yourself. CW: mentions of body shaming, anti-fat bias, mental illness, and briefly, abortion, weight loss and suicide ideation. https://www.confessionsofaclosetromantic.com I paraphrased the gorgeous M...
Goodbye Romance Shame, Part 2
September 23, 2021 10:00 - 24 minutes - 17.2 MBSend us a Text Message. It's the first anniversary of this podcast! Turns out, I'm even more in love with romantic TV shows, movies and books one year on. And still feel no shame--mostly--crushing on romance. So in support and love for the genre, let's revisit some of the lushest, most romantic, and rom com funny movie scenes evah. Cue the gushing. https://www.confessionsofaclosetromantic.com Movies/TV Shows The scenes featured in this episode are from just a few of my all-time favorite ...
Dear Darling: the Romance of Letters & Messages
September 09, 2021 10:00 - 28 minutes - 19.7 MBSend us a Text Message. There's nothing more intimate than a letter, card, text or message written for your eyes only. The epistolary novel has been popular for centuries, and romantic stories using this device can feel like the best kind of eavesdropping. https://www.confessionsofaclosetromantic.com Movies/TV Shows The script for Love & Friendship takes Jane Austen's epistolary novel Lady Susan to new heights. I always call this director "Will Stillman" but it's Whit. 84 Charing Cross ...
Dear Darling: the Romance of Letters & Messages
September 09, 2021 10:00 - 28 minutes - 19.7 MBThere's nothing more intimate than a letter, card, text or message written for your eyes only. The epistolary novel has been popular for centuries, and romantic stories using this device can feel like the best kind of eavesdropping. https://www.confessionsofaclosetromantic.com Movies/TV Shows The script for Love & Friendship takes Jane Austen's epistolary novel Lady Susan to new heights. I always call this director "Will Stillman" but it's Whit. 84 Charing Cross Road will always have a s...
The Sweet, Sexy Cinnamon Roll
August 26, 2021 10:00 - 23 minutes - 16.4 MBSend us a Text Message. The sweet, sexy romantic cinnamon roll: there's no better hero in all of Romancelandia. Let's explore this gooey hearted, tender fictional confection and why this character brings all the feels. https://www.confessionsofaclosetromantic.com The Onion article that inspired the whole thing. Movies/TV Shows Ashton Kutcher was a sweet doofus in That 70s Show and he grew up to be the hot cinnamon roll of No Strings Attached. The opposites-attract romance of Long Shot ...
Love in Unexpected Places: Her/City of Angels/ Tangled Wires
August 12, 2021 10:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBSend us a Text Message. Intimacy and love can be found in the most unexpected places. In sci-fi and fantasy-tinged romance, that means online, offline, synthetic or organic, from a lab, with creatures on earth or heaven above. Open hearts find love everywhere. https://www.confessionsofaclosetromantic.com Movies/TV Show Her inspires so many questions: what is true intimacy? Is love chemistry, an accident of fate or a created experience? It's visually interesting, the sound design is stunn...
Bodyguard Romance: The Bodyguard/Girl Gone Viral/Dangerous Beauty
July 29, 2021 10:00 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MBSend us a Text Message. Sometimes all I want in this world is strong arms around me, someone who has my back, and a soft place to fall. That's when I pull out a good bodyguard romance. Nothing in the world makes me feel safer than these stories. They've got me dreaming of an avenger, a 24/7 personal protection officer of my very own. https://www.confessionsofaclosetromantic.com Movie The Bodyguard (1992) is one of the first things that comes to mind when you think "bodyguard romance." It...
Romantic Capers: Murder Mystery/The Lovebirds/Date Night
July 15, 2021 10:00 - 23 minutes - 16.4 MBSend us a Text Message. There's nothing like the bubbly fun, clever banter and twisty plots of a romantic caper movie*. It's just the thing when you crave romance and sexy flirting in beautiful settings, plus a dash of gentle mystery and mild suspense. *Episode contains spoilers. Lots. https://www.confessionsofaclosetromantic.com Movies: The Lady Vanishes is a comfort re-watch for me, even though I know whodunit. The central romance is so charming. The Thin Man and its sequels are delig...
Romantic Recycling: When Harry Met Sally/Groundhog Day
July 01, 2021 10:00 - 31 minutes - 21.9 MBSend us a Text Message. Many contemporary romances are based on, or inspired by, rom-com movies. Turns out recycling romance is good for the narrative arc--and heart as well. https://www.confessionsofaclosetromantic.com The Vulture roundup that inspired it all. Movies Groundhog Day is classic for a reason. 10 moments from When Harry Met Sally. I said that Harry and Sally don't marry anyone else during the movie, but always forget Harry's ex-wife. About Time is a lushly romantic story...
The Romance of Rock
June 17, 2021 10:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBSend us a Text Message. Music romances and seduces listeners, sometimes gently and sometimes with a rough, dirty, driving, relentless hot beat. That kind of romance rocks, and its rockstars are sex on legs. https://www.confessionsofaclosetromantic.com Music "Energy" by Scott Holmes Music & "Unashamed Ballad" by Learning Music, used with a Creative Commons license from freemusicarchive.org Pink is one of the biggest badasses in rock. Her video for So What is classic. The concert document...
Sex Positivity: Easy/The Overnight/The Intimacy Experiment
June 03, 2021 10:00 - 25 minutes - 17.8 MBSend us a Text Message. I crave more sex- and age-positivity, a wider range of human sexuality and relationship, in the romantic TV shows and movies that I watch now. Romance novels have always done a great job at representing shame-free sexuality, desire, and fantasy. But the Netflix series Easy and the movie The Overnight also get it right. https://www.confessionsofaclosetromantic.com Salt-n-Pepa Let's Talk About Sex. The late 80s-early 90s style in this video! It dates from 1991 and wo...
Sporty Romance
May 20, 2021 10:00 - 34 minutes - 23.6 MBSend us a Text Message. Romances about people at the height of their physical prowess in pro sports finding love with a partner who matches their wit and talents is a bit unfair to us mere mortals. But I'll live vicariously through these stories all day long. https://www.confessionsofaclosetromantic.com Eileen Brennan and Goldie Hawn are comic gold in Private Benjamin. The incredible haka from Rugby World Cup 2011. That serving contest in Wimbledon. The plot is charming and the perform...
Romantic Belonging
May 06, 2021 10:00 - 28 minutes - 19.9 MBSend us a Text Message. Found family, partners, true-blue friends: it's all about the groups of people who claim us, warm our hearts, and have our backs no matter what, who help us feel that we belong. https://www.confessionsofaclosetromantic.com Remember the TV show Queer as Folk? It originated in the UK, and there was a US version too. Its group of friends fits this trope so well. My high school crush/date came out to me on prom night so I felt a bit like Daphne in this clip: happy and ...
Romantic Banter
April 22, 2021 10:00 - 28 minutes - 19.9 MBSend us a Text Message. Banter is the best kind of romantic conversation, full of wit and emotional tension, leaving clues for us about how the couple really feels about each other. The best banter strip teases for our brain. It's verbal foreplay for the hot action to come. It's all about the juicy, sexy romantic banter in this episode. https://www.confessionsofaclosetromantic.com After I said the word aloud, something didn't sound right, so I looked it up and it's pronounced Yah-KUZ-ah....
The Romance Spectrum: The Kiss Quotient/The Bride Test/Doc Martin
April 08, 2021 10:00 - 24 minutes - 16.9 MBSend us a Text Message. Human beings exist on a spectrum of diversity and differences, and romances that reflect that are touching my heart lately. The widest range of life experiences represented in stories can only be a good thing. Being seen and accepted, not treated as an exception, is inspiring. It's all part of the flow of life. https://www.confessionsofaclosetromantic.com April 2 was World Autism Awareness Day, and April is National Autism Awareness Month in the US. Audible has a ...
Intimate Worlds: You've Got Mail/Love Lettering
March 25, 2021 10:00 - 23 minutes - 16.1 MBSend us a Text Message. Some of my favorite romantic stories create intimate worlds where true, vulnerable, heartfelt things can be said--and done. Sometimes it takes half the story to get there, sometimes it takes most of the story, but it's always worth the wait for that magic moment when characters finally bare their hearts. https://www.confessionsofaclosetromantic.com Original vintage trailer for The Shop Around the Corner. Oh, the charm. Nora Ephron followed the original first date...
Intimate Worlds: You've Got Mail/Love Lettering
March 25, 2021 10:00 - 23 minutes - 16.1 MBSome of my favorite romantic stories create intimate worlds where true, vulnerable, heartfelt things can be said--and done. Sometimes it takes half the story to get there, sometimes it takes most of the story, but it's always worth the wait for that magic moment when characters finally bare their hearts. https://www.confessionsofaclosetromantic.com Original vintage trailer for The Shop Around the Corner. Oh, the charm. Nora Ephron followed the original first date scene very closely in he...
Romantic Longing: 500 Days of Summer/La La Land
March 11, 2021 11:00 - 20 minutes - 14.2 MBSend us a Text Message. Unrequited love, "the timing's wrong" coupling, enemies to friends, friends to lovers, and then sometimes back to friends. What are these relationships about? Does chemistry even need a category? Some unforgettable romantic movies pin down that bittersweet, undeniable connection. https://www.confessionsofaclosetromantic.com Change the World and Change Your Mind are the soundtrack to this episode. Yep, I'm an idealist. Featured in order: 500 Days of Summer When...
Choose Your Own Trope Adventure
February 25, 2021 11:00 - 23 minutes - 16.3 MBSend us a Text Message. Most romance makes me feel warm, optimistic and hopeful. But sometimes hot and kinky is what you need. A touch of BDSM. Sex with an alien. The wild fantasies of some contemporary romances practically catch fire on the page. And sometimes non-fancy hot sex with good communication and a considerate fictional character who appeals to you does the trick. It's risk-free, shame-free pretend in this episode, in any flavor you want. Vanilla? I'm here to support it all. C...
Love, Sex and Romance - After 40 Edition
February 11, 2021 11:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MBSend us a Text Message. I've been having fun reading a ton of contemporary romances featuring buff young things getting it on. But it's time to get real: which means ageless love, with plenty of imperfection, wisdom and fun thrown in. It's romance full of humor, honesty, acceptance and kindness. The sexiest combo I know. https://www.confessionsofaclosetromantic.com The Heaving Bosoms podcast features different romance novels that best friends Erin and Melody have enjoyed--or just have opi...
Tardy to the Alpha Party: Fifty Shades/Crazy Rich Asians
January 28, 2021 10:00 - 24 minutes - 17 MBSend us a Text Message. It's all about the alpha male today. Because he likes it that way, and dammit, makes me like it too. Plus, nobody ties a sexier Windsor knot than Jamie Dornan as Christian Grey. https://www.confessionsofaclosetromantic.com Is it hot in here? The official, and super steamy, Fifty Shades of Grey trailer. And then, it gets Fifty Shades Darker. Crazy Rich Asians trailer. The Romcomathon podcast episode on Crazy Rich Asians. Support the Show. If you enjoyed this ep...
The New Ton: Bridgerton & Sanditon
January 14, 2021 10:00 - 27 minutes - 19.1 MBWho knew that Empire-waist dresses, waistcoats, cravats and women discovering their own power could be so sexy? Well, fans of Regency romance know. It's all about the debs and the Dukes in this episode. These two shows are the place to start your new, fresh, modern costume drama love affair. https://www.confessionsofaclosetromantic.com Fascinating interview with Bridgerton showrunner Chris Van Dusen. He talks about adapting the books, the mostly female writers' room, the female gaze throu...
The New Ton: Bridgerton & Sanditon
January 14, 2021 10:00 - 27 minutes - 19.1 MBSend us a Text Message. Who knew that Empire-waist dresses, waistcoats, cravats and women discovering their own power could be so sexy? Well, fans of Regency romance know. It's all about the debs and the Dukes in this episode. These two shows are the place to start your new, fresh, modern costume drama love affair. https://www.confessionsofaclosetromantic.com Fascinating interview with Bridgerton showrunner Chris Van Dusen. He talks about adapting the books, the mostly female writers' ro...
The Comfort of Corny Romance
December 31, 2020 11:00 - 24 minutes - 16.5 MBSend us a Text Message. Nothing wrong with indulging in slightly corny and comforting romantic movies. I talk about a bunch of my favorites in this episode, chock full of cheese (the tasty romantic kind). https://www.confessionsofaclosetromantic.com Movies mentioned: The screwball comedy I featured is His Girl Friday (1940) starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell. What a chemistry set! The Holiday The Lake House Message in a Bottle Leap Year The Proposal Grease 2 Blue Lagoon Bri...
A Cozy, Humorous Holiday: Little Women/The Family Stone
December 17, 2020 10:00 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MBSend us a Text Message. The March and Stone families give us the cozy, faithful and often funny holiday we all need this year. https://www.confessionsofaclosetromantic.com Trailers: Little Women (1933) Little Women (1949) Little Women (1994) Little Women (2019) The Family Stone Download the Little Women ebook at Project Gutenberg Support the Show. If you enjoyed this episode, please click share in your podcast app and tell your friends! Thanks for listening!
Grand Romantic Gestures & the Little Things
December 03, 2020 10:00 - 17 minutes - 12.2 MBSend us a Text Message. This episode is about one of my favorite romantic tropes of all time: the grand--or small but meaningful--romantic gesture. https://www.confessionsofaclosetromantic.com Stream NBC's Lipstick Jungle here The Age of Innocence trailer Elizabeth's thank you to Darcy and the second proposal scene from the 1995 BBC Pride & Prejudice The breathtaking glider scene from Fifty Shades of Grey. One Last Night by Vaults is on constant repeat lately, and I can picture every m...
Romantic Grand Gestures & the Little Things
December 03, 2020 10:00 - 17 minutes - 12.2 MBThis episode is about one of my favorite romantic tropes of all time: the grand--or small but meaningful--romantic gesture. https://www.confessionsofaclosetromantic.com Stream NBC's Lipstick Jungle here The Age of Innocence trailer Elizabeth's thank you to Darcy and the second proposal scene from the 1995 BBC Pride & Prejudice The breathtaking glider scene from Fifty Shades of Grey. One Last Night by Vaults is on constant repeat lately, and I can picture every moment of this scene when ...
Tale of Woe: the Heartbreak and Happiness of Jane Eyre
November 19, 2020 11:00 - 24 minutes - 16.9 MBSend us a Text Message. In this episode I talk about one of the best filmed versions of the classic novel Jane Eyre: the 2011 romantic movie with Michael Fassbender and Mia Wasikowska. In my humble opinion, ahem. https://www.confessionsofaclosetromantic.com <p>Project Gutenberg, a library of more than 60,000 free e-books!</p> <p>The Mr. Rochester book.</p> <p>The second fireside conversation between Mr. Rochester and Jane.</p> <p>The proposal scene. Passion played out in the woods and...
Chilly, Twisted Love: Rebecca
November 05, 2020 10:00 - 14 minutes - 9.69 MBSend us a Text Message. In this episode, I talk about the classic romantic suspense novel Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier and the sexy 2020 Netflix adaptation. https://www.confessionsofaclosetromantic.com <p>The full Alfred Hitchcock version of Rebecca from 1940.</p> <p>The 2020 Netflix Rebecca trailer.</p> <p>The Rebecca episode from A Novel Adaptation.</p> Support the Show. If you enjoyed this episode, please click share in your podcast app and tell your friends! Thanks for listening!
Can't Stop Extra: the Gutsy Rom-Com The Duchess
October 30, 2020 09:00 - 10 minutes - 7.27 MBSend us a Text Message. In this episode, I talk about the hilarious, often crude new Netflix rom-com series The Duchess starring comedian/actress/writer Katherine Ryan. https://www.confessionsofaclosetromantic.com <p>A lot of the material for The Duchess seems to have been inspired by this Katherine Ryan Netflix special.</p> Support the Show. If you enjoyed this episode, please click share in your podcast app and tell your friends! Thanks for listening!