Ruby Sparks [better]

In an era of "situationships," ghosting, and curated dating app personas, Ruby Sparks feels prophetic. We live in an age where we are constantly editing the people around us. We unfriend, we block, we curate our partners’ Instagram aesthetics, and we get frustrated when they have "bad vibes."

Calvin doesn’t have a snappy answer. And neither does the film. The lesson, perhaps, is that there is no lesson—only the ongoing, difficult work of seeing other people as real. Ruby Sparks