About Last Night blogger OGIC has some thoughts on Preston Sturges' The Palm Beach Story and romantic comedy in general. I'm enjoying the latest Sturges DVD set right now, even if it is a little light on features. What's happening to romantic comedies these days? In my judgement writers are working harder and harder to keep characters apart until the end. I just saw the better part of Next Stop Wonderland (d. Brad Anderson) on TV and liked the way that there's really nothing offered at the end but the slightest hope of connection, as two damaged souls meet by chance on a crowded subway. Contrast that with the wheezing plot mechanics of Nora Ephron's You've Got Mail, to name one. Happy Valentine's and here's to a genre that needs a comeback.....