What’s the perfect love story to watch this Valentine’s Day?

Valentine’s Day is Sunday, and to celebrate this annual rush of florists, chocolate makers and greeting card tycoons, The AV club deployed several odes to romantic pop-culture. It’s Love Week, undermines you! The festivities continue on this unusually soft episode of Movie club, where critics (and the usual cynics) AA Dowd and Katie Rife talk about cinematic love stories, from the golden age of 194os to the romantic comedy craziness of the early 2000s. They end it with some recommendations for the collective date of this weekend night. Because it’s you, dear listeners, we really love.

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