The Dichotomy of Love

A still from the 2003 film <n>The Brown Bunny</n>, starring <n>Vincent Gallo</n> and <n>Chloë Sevigny</n>.

<n>Juliette Binoche</n> in a still from <n>The Lovers on the Bridge</n> (1991), directed by <n>Leos Carax</n>.

A still from <n>Wim Wenders</n>'s 1987 film <n>Wings of Desire</n>, featuring actor <n>Otto Sander</n>.

A still from the 1972 film <n>Solaris</n> by director <n>Andrei Tarkovsky</n>.

A still of actor <n>Thérèse Liotard</n> in <n>Agnès Varda</n>'s 1977 film, <n>One Sings, the Other Doesn't</n>.

A still from <n>Hong Sang-soo</n>'s 2017 film <n>On the Beach at Night Alone</n>, featuring <n>Kim Min-hee</n>.

A still from the 1963 film <n>Suzanne's Career</n>, directed by <n>Éric Rohmer</n>.

A still from the 1998 film <n>Late August, Early September</n> featuring <n>Virginie Ledoyen</n>.

A still from the 1973 film <n>The Mother and the Whore</n>.

A film still from <n>Call Me by Your Name</n> (2017), directed by <n>Luca Guadagnino</n>.

A still from <n>La Notte</n> (1961) by <n>Michelangelo Antonioni</n>, featuring <n>Jeanne Moreau</n> and <n>Marcello Mastroianni</n>.

<n>Zouzou</n> and <n>Bernard Verley</n> in <n>Éric Rohmer</n>'s 1972 film <n>L'Amour l'après-midi</n>.

A still from the 2013 film <n>La Jalousie</n>, directed by <n>Philippe Garrel</n>.

A still of writer <n>James Baldwin</n> from 1970.

A still from the 1991 film <n>Le Belle Noiseuse</n>, directed by <n>Jacques Rivette</n>.

<n>Bruno Ganz</n> as the angel Damiel in <n>Wim Wenders</n>' 1987 film <n>Wings of Desire</n>.

Actor <n>Louis Garrel</n> in <n>Philippe Garrel</n>'s 2013 film <n>La Jalousie</n>.

A still from the 2017 film <n>Phantom Thread</n>, directed by <n>Paul Thomas Anderson</n>.

<n>Scarlett Johansson</n> in <n>Sofia Coppola</n>'s 2003 film <n>Lost in Translation</n>.

A still from the 1967 film <n>La Collectionneuse</n>, directed by <n>Éric Rohmer</n>.

A still from the 2005 film <n>Tale of Cinema</n> by director <n>Hong Sang-soo</n>.

The longer I live, the more deeply I learn that love — whether we call it friendship or family or romance — is the work of mirroring and magnifying each other’s light.


— James Baldwin, Nothing Personal

<n>Gwenaëlle Simon</n> and <n>Melvil Poupaud</n> in <n>Éric Rohmer</n>'s <n>A Summer's Tale</n> (1996).

A still from <n>Éric Rohmer</n>'s 1981 film, <n>La Femme de l'aviateur</n>.

Actor <n>Astrid Bergès-Frisbey</n> as Sofi in <n>Mike Cahill</n>'s 2014 film <n>I Origins</n>.

A still of <n>Renate Reinsve</n> from <n>Joachim Trier</n>'s 2021 film <n>The Worst Person in the World</n>.

A scene with characters <n>Marzia</n> and <n>Elio Perlman</n> from the film <n>Call Me By Your Name</n> (2017).

A still from the 1988 film <n>Kung-fu Master</n> by director <n>Agnès Varda</n>.

A still from <n>Leos Carax</n>'s 1991 film <n>The Lovers on the Bridge</n>, starring <n>Juliette Binoche</n>.