Love for Rent
For Valentine's Day, our staff offers some of their favorite romantic moments from films (and one game)
Fri., Feb. 13, 2015
Best Bad Weather Forecast: I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)
Sensible, self-sure Joan (Wendy Hiller) intends to marry money, but foul weather keeps getting in the way. While her wealthy, much older beau awaits her on a remote Scottish isle, Joan cools her heels on the mainland, battling gale winds and the irresistible charms of a dashing naval officer at home on leave. He's named Torquil (Torquil!) and he's played by Roger Livesey, rocking a mean kilt. The great Powell & Pressburger film is near-ethnographic in its attention to the local landscape and tongue. I Know Where I'm Going! is a perfect storm of pragmatic, romantic, and comedic. Dare you not to be grinning like an idiot by the last, heart-melt frame. – Kimberley Jones
