Love Actually

“Love Hard” is ridiculously generic, but it might just be enough to get viewers into the spirit of the upcoming holiday season.

For this week, I’ve crafted a schedule that celebrates the diversity of affection, taking inspiration from the ancient Greeks’ seven forms of love.

Conductor Thiago Tiberio led the orchestra through interjected musical passages from the film as it was projected onto a large screen above the stage. 

Because of its far-reaching commercial appeal, it comes as no surprise that Christmas is as much of a secular event as it is a religious day of observance.

UC Berkeley’s campus is situated in a hotbed of performing arts venues, most of which offer relatively inexpensive tickets to students.

My time at UC Berkeley has slowly chipped away at this vision, of the lover with the boombox who holds the answers to my life's questions. Yet for me, the vision has been replaced with something more glorious, something I never would have dreamed of.

I want greater representation for all of us. And for me, I would love to see a cheesy rom-com starring an all-womxn cast. It would be revolutionary and so important for the community.

Do take time to yourself this finals week, because you deserve to take a break with a good flick or adventure film! Happy destressing!

Hollywood audiences’ sudden aversion to rich-people rom-coms is fascinating, especially because these films captivated audiences for decades.