Tear-jerkers such as Adele’s Someone Like You frequently top the charts these days, while gloomy classical compositions like Mozart’s Requiem have moved people for centuries. Both portray and bring ...

You can find love again when you’re old and sad — at least that’s the message in these movies. Published: Jan. 28, 2022 at 2:05 p.m. ET. Share. Resize. Listen (4 min) ...

Eddie Vedder, the brains behind the brawn, has always been a heavy hitter in the lyric department. And their album, Ten, is by no means the end of the story.But while on stage, many years after ...

THE ROMANCE OF TRISTAN AND ISEULT—Joseph Bédier—Pantheon Books ($3.50). For more than a thousand years the legend of Tristan and Iseult has been one of the world's best-loved love ...

Applied to the paradox of sad music: Our love of the music is not a direct appreciation of sadness, it’s an appreciation of connection. Dr. Knobe and Dr. Venkatesan were quickly on board.

1. Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019). Gorgeously shot, this movie’s got everything: queer romance between women, seaside vistas, subtle nods to witchcraft, and not-so-subtle nods to abortion.