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Quote of the Day by Jean-Paul Sartre: "It's quite an undertaking to start loving somebody. You have to..." — Timeless life lessons from an inspiring quote on love, courage, vulnerability, commitment, emotional wisdom, and why starting to love someone may require a leap of faith by the Nobel Prize-winning French philosopher and writer

Quote of the Day by Jean-Paul Sartre offers a striking thought about love, courage and emotional risk. Sartre wrote that starting to love someone is “quite an undertaking.” His words suggest that love needs energy, generosity and a willingness to take chances. The French philosopher understood that genuine love rarely…

The Economic Times · Aug 27

It Ends review – gripping micro-budget horror ranks among the year’s best

Led by a stellar cast of gen-Z newcomers, Alex Ullom’s directorial debut is an expertly crafted nightmare about a road trip gone wrong

The Guardian - US · Aug 20

Mario Vargas Llosa by Gerald Martin review – the Peruvian leftist who fell in love with Margaret Thatcher

This stylish biography of the author traces his journey from left to right, and from ‘posh Lima’ to Cricklewood

The Guardian - UK · Jul 30

Let’s get metaphysical! Existentialist cinema is back, if anyone cares

The philosophy was embraced by film noir, the French New Wave and modern hitmen questioning life’s purpose. Now dust off your turtlenecks, for Sirāt and a new version of Albert Camus’ The Stranger look set to make ennui on-trend again

The Guardian - UK · Apr 1

An existentialist philosopher on why we should not let fear dictate love

Let’s begin with a story from the beginnings of western philosophy that doesn’t sit well with existentialist thought.

The Conversation · Feb 12

Eternity: this clever film proves romance isn’t about choosing ‘the one’ – a philosopher of love explains

In the new rom-com Eternity, Joan (Elizabeth Olsen) faces an impossible choice: spend forever with the steady husband she’s loved for years, or reunite with the dreamy first husband she married back in her carefree youth.

The Conversation · Dec 10, 2025

The existentialist philosophy of Lana Del Rey

Speaking to Myspace as an upcoming artist in 2013, Lana Dey Rey said that the “vision of making [her] life a work of art” was what inspired her to create her music video for her breakthrough single, Video Games (2011).

The Conversation · Jul 4, 2025

The Inseparables review – friendship falters in an impassioned Simone de Beauvoir adaptation

Young adulthood takes its toll on a relationship between two young women in a tenderly realised production of de Beauvoir’s unpublished story from the 1950s

The Guardian - UK · Apr 18, 2025

‘Jean-Paul Sartre hid at her house!’ The forgotten brilliance of Hélène de Beauvoir, sister of Simone

She was a painter ‘ahead of her time’, counting Picasso as a fan. But Hélène de Beauvoir was always overshadowed by her famous sister. Now, with a show opening in Britain, the artist is finally receiving her due

The Guardian - UK · Jan 20, 2025

How Severance became the most uncanny, fascinating show on TV

IN FOCUS: At first, the response to Apple’s dystopian sci-fi was tepid. But it’s proved itself to be a deliciously compelling examination of what makes us human, writes Nick Hilton. Plato would have loved it

The Independent UK · Jan 12, 2025