Swooning for Valentine's Day movies

By Scott Pukos, Megan Mack, Julie Williams

Published February 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM EST

Four smiling people wearing sit at a table in a radio talk studio: a woman at left in foreground has long brown hair and is wearing a black sweater and jeans; a man at left in background has short grey hair and a grey beard and is wearing glasses, a white button-down shirt and green jacket; a woman at right in background has long brown hair and is wearing glasses and a colorful patterned sweater; a man at right in foreground has short brown hair, a brown beard and is wearing glasses, a grey blazer, a blue t-shirt with white lettering, black pants and black shoes. — (foreground) Johanna Lester, (background) Jared Case and Danielle Del Plato with guest host Scott Pukos on "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Friday, February 14, 2025

A smiling man with glasses,short brown hair and a beard and wearing a light grey open button down shirt and dark grey t-shirt sits in front of a microphone at a table in a radio talk studio. — Scott Pukos guest hosting "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Friday, August 2, 2024

We talk about love. More specifically, we break down that cinematic type of romance seen on the big screen.

But what makes for that perfect Valentine’s Day movie? A classic rom-com perhaps? Or something more unexpected?

Guest host Scott Pukos and our panel discuss the movies that turn us all into hopeless romantics. Plus, we preview upcoming Valentine’s Day offerings at The Little and the Dryden.

In studio:

Jared Case, curator of film exhibitions for the Dryden Theatre at the George Eastman Museum
Danielle Del Plato, member of the Greater Western New York Film Critics Association (GWNYFCA) and "VHS Queen" at Donnie’s Video
Johanna Lester, digital communications specialist at the University of Rochester, freelancer for CITY Magazine, and rom-com connoisseur