Note: Minor spoilers for Ky Nam Inn below. I didn’t watch that many feel-good movies in 2025. I remember watching Andrew Ahn’s The Wedding Banquet and Yamaguchi Junta’s River, both fun romantic comedies. But when I finished Leon Le’s Ky Nam Inn, I thought to myself, “Oh, I’ve missed this.” I’ve missed the everyday rhythms […]
When From the Intercom received an advance copy of Umi Takase’s I Wanna Be Your Girl, I thought I’d get to read a fun, light-hearted shoujo manga. I did, and then some. I found a romance story that takes the social and emotional worlds of queer and trans teens seriously, and provides a healthy model […]