She famously critiques what she calls the —the moment a blockbuster movie rushes two characters into a lip-lock without earning the emotional intimacy. Her counter-example? The silent, 40-second hand-brushing scene in Past Lives (2023), which she dubbed “the most electric non-kiss of the decade.”
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