kontextmaschine:

Licorice Pizza is a lush, funny, charming, moving early ‘70s San Fernando Valley period piece about a 25/15yo age gap romance that’s a coming of age for both of them. But it’s okay cause the 15yo is the initiator and the boy, which is exactly how you pull the thesis/antithesis -> synthesis turn. See it.

“Licorice Pizza” was a LA record store that doesn’t show up in the movie at all, though there is actually a bit about contemporary vinyl economics. Also, there’s a subplot about pinball, and I wouldn’t be surprised if a bunch of the classic tables used as props came from this girl I know.