Extraordinary Films & Excellent Directors: "You’ve Got Mail"

Extraordinary Films & Excellent Directors is a film series that will explore phenomenal films and their creators. After viewing each film, you're invited to talk with film lecturer, Richard Frostig.

About the Film

It’s always hard to pick your favorite romantic comedy, but "You’ve Got Mail" (1998) is almost a sure bet. Struggling boutique bookseller Kathleen Kelly (Meg Ryan) hates Joe Fox (Tom Hanks), the owner of a corporate Foxbooks chain store that just moved in across the street. When they meet online, however, they begin an intense and anonymous Internet romance, oblivious of each other's true identity. Once he learns his rival’s true identity, he must then struggle to reconcile his real-life dislike for her with the cyber love he's come to feel.

About the Presenter

Richard M. Frostig has had a life-long interest in film beginning with film school in his early 20s and culminating with his receiving a second M.A. degree from New York University in Cinema Studies. His first Master’s degree was in Journalism.

In between, Frostig has had a successful 13-year career in broadcast journalism, and then, more than a 20-year career as a Public Relations executive and freelance consultant. In 2017, Frostig taught an introductory film course as an Adjunct Professor of Film at Western Connecticut University.

He received a B.A. in English from the University of Massachusetts-Boston. In addition, he holds a Certificate in Filmmaking from the London Film School in England. A native of Boston, Frostig resides in Wilton, Conn.