The Girls review – poignant coming-of-age romance is an understated gem of Sri Lankan cinema

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Sumitra Peries’ 1978 film about teenage sisters and thwarted romance is laden with passions that can’t be spoken aloud Here is a gem of South Asian cinema from 1978, by the Sri Lankan director and editor Sumitra Peries. With its lucid monochrome cinematography and calm, natural, unselfconscious performances, there is a freshness and warmth to this film. It is often on the brink of melodrama or soap opera, many shots having a tendency to slow zoom into the actors’ faces, and yet The Girls is in fact rather understated. A great deal of its poignancy resides in this very suppression of emotion. We are in a world of passions that can’t be spoken aloud. It is a story through whose entire running time I wistfully hoped for a happy ending, but that is what Peries ruthlessly withholds from her audience. Kusum (Vasanthi Chathurani) is a studious, serious teen from a poor family with a scholarship to a very good school. Her father is seriously ill and her mother works hard to make ends meet. She...
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Joe Alwyn Addresses Taylor Swift’s engagement rumors in a rare interview

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Are the rumors true? In a new interview, Joe Alwyn opened up about his super-personal romance with Taylor Swift and clarified if they're engaged. Rumor has it that Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn are engaged after six years of dating. However, none of them confirmed the truth about it — not even when Joe, 31, was asked about their relationship by The Wall Street Journal while promoting his new Hulu series, Conversations with Friends. "If I got a pound every time they tell me I'm engaged, then I would have a lot of pound coins," the British actor said in an interview on April 20. "I mean, the truth is that if the answer were yes, I wouldn't say it, and if it were no, I wouldn't say it," he added. Taylor, 32, has been known to keep her relationship with Jo a secret ever since they started dating in 2016. However, in an interview with WSJ, Joe explained why he wants to keep his personal life in the spotlight. "We live in a culture where people expect so much from them. So if you don't write all the time about what you do, how you spend your day, or how you made breakfast, does that make you a hermit?" he said. Although Taylor has only occasionally spoken about her romance with Jo — her longest relationship to date — she has sung about it numerous times. It is believed that her songs "End Game," "Gorgeous," and "Delicate" from her album repertoire are dedicated to her British beau. Taylor's next album, Lover, was also heavily inspired by Joe, especially the title track. But how does Joe feel about being mentioned in the music of the legendary singer? "No, I'm not against it," the Erased Identity actor told The Sunday Times in December 2019. "Not at all, no. It's flattering." Joe actually helped Taylor create her eighth album, Folklore, which won a Grammy for Album of the Year in 2021. Taylor thanked her boyfriend as she accepted the award and shared that he is always the first to hear her songs.

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