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Podcasts about movies from the makers of Letterboxd, the social network for film lovers. Hosted by Gemma and Slim and Mitchell and Mia and Brian. Transcripts available.
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4 days ago
Weekend Watchlist: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Past Lives and the Boogeyman
This week Slim and Mia discuss their growing watchlists including Weekend Watchlist: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Past Lives and the Boogeyman. They also discuss not being NYC experts. After a quick look back at recent releases and community reviews they discuss their watchlists including one last look at their progress so far this year.
Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list > movies mentioned in this episode.
Chapters:
* Opening credits (00:00:00)
* Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (00:02:20)
* Past Lives (00:07:05)
* The Boogeyman (00:11:08)
* Last week (00:14:23)
* Watchlists (00:20:09)
* Letter time (00:28:03)
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
* Transcripts of podcast episodes available
* Jack Facts’ Top 50 of 2023
* Cinemonika & Casey Malone’s Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse reviews
* Slim’s Past Lives review
* Brian’s The Boogeyman review
* Becky Rice’s You Hurt My Feelings review
* Mike’s Down with Love review
* Amanda’s In the Cut review
* Robert’s On the Count of Three review
* The Letterboxd Show Four Faves episode with Ariela Barer
* The Letterboxd Show ‘Down with Love’ 20th Anniversary Special with Peyton Reed
* The Letterboxd Show ‘In the Cut’ 20th Anniversary Special with Jane Campion
Credits:
* This episode was recorded in Delaware and Philadelphia, and edited by Slim.
* Facts by Jack.
* Transcript by Sophie Shin.
* Theme: ‘IZON’ by Trent Walton
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4 days ago
'In the Cut' 20th Anniversary Special with Jane Campion
Oscar-winning filmmaker Jane Campion joins The Letterboxd Show for a very special episode, marking the 20th anniversary of one of Gemma Gracewood’s Four Favorites: In the Cut (2003). Campion’s erotic thriller stars height-of-her-fame box office darling Meg Ryan and pre-Hulk, pre-13 Going on 30 Mark Ruffalo as a literary professor and a detective, respectively, who dive headlong into a red-hot sexual romance, while a serial killer is on the loose in New York City.
In the Cut received an infamous CinemaScore ‘F’ grade on release, with many major critics panning the film. But the Letterboxd average rating has only grown over the years as the misunderstood noir masterpiece finds its audience at last. Now, with a new uncut director’s cut Blu-ray on the market, Gemma reads Campion some thirsty Letterboxd reviews and gets the goods from Jane about her favorite sex scenes, intimacy coordination, earning trust with actors, what it really means to win an Oscar, and why the structures of filmmaking need to change.
Credits: Recorded in New Zealand. Edited by Slim. Editorial producer: Brian Formo. Production manager: Sophie Shin. Special thanks to Stuart McKenzie. The Letterboxd Show and Weekend Watchlist are TAPEDECK productions.
The songs in this episode are from the soundtrack for In the Cut: Pink Martini’s cover of Que Sera Sera, and Betty Everett’s You’re No Good.
Lists & Links:
List of movies mentioned
In the Cut uncut director’s cut Blu-ray from Mill Creek Entertainment.
Reviews of In the Cut by Jeffrey Chen, Jaime Rebenal, Mia Vicino, Kanane and Sophie Shin.
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May 25, 2023
Weekend Watchlist: The Little Mermaid, Your Hurt My Feelings and Reality
This week Slim and Mitchell discuss their growing watchlists including The Little Mermaid, Your Hurt My Feelings and Reality. They also discuss this show’s impending summer vacation. After a quick look back at recent releases and community reviews they discuss their watchlists including thinking your Jesus and also evil Sean Penn.
Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list > movies mentioned in this episode.
Chapters:
* Opening credits (00:00:00)
* The Little Mermaid (00:02:50)
* You Hurt My Feelings (00:06:08)
* Reality (00:09:49)
* Last week (00:12:54)
* Top 50 of 2023 (00:15:03)
* Watchlists (00:16:56)
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
* Transcripts of podcast episodes available
* Jack Facts’ Top 50 of 2023
* Zoe Rose Bryant & Jamie Jirak’s The Little Mermaid review
* Jordan Raup’s You Hurt My Feelings review
* Chris Evangelista & elif308’s Reality reviewAlexandria’s River’s Edge review
* Alexandria’s River’s Edge review
* Gary’s Targets review
* Ben’s Out of Sight review
* Mitchell’s conversation with Paul Shcrader
* The Letterboxd Show Four Faves with David Ehrlich
* The Letterboxd Show Four Faves with Ariela Barer
Credits:
* This episode was recorded in Delaware and Philadelphia, and edited by Slim.
* Facts by Jack.
* Transcript by Sophie Shin.
* Theme: ‘IZON’ by Trent Walton.
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May 23, 2023
Four Favorites with David Ehrlich: Letterboxd popularity, Forgetting Sarah Marshall and the meaning of life
You don’t get to over 125,000 Letterboxd followers without making a few enemies… unless you’re David Ehrlich! IndieWire’s chief film critic joins Slim and Mitchell to discuss mortality across existential masterpieces and Apatow-produced rom-coms. As we make our way through his four favorite films (Ikiru, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters, Titanic) we hit a range of topics including: the pressure of David’s yearly video countdowns, how the canon has changed in “the age of Letterboxd”, stealing your mom’s credit card to buy movies, finding meaning in small and invisible acts, Forgetting Sarah Marshall’s controversial marketing campaign and how it’s more quotable than Casablanca, Paul Schrader’s hot dog stains, Mishima as “the most Schrader” movie, David’s alleged personal connection to Titanic and the meditative quality of the DVD menu. PLUS: Find out which of David’s children is his favorite!
Chapters:
* Opening credits (00:00:00)
* Ikiru (00:07:07)
* Forgetting Sarah Marshall (00:17:10)
* Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (00:27:47)
* Titanic (00:45:00)
* Cannes 2023 talk (00:55:50)
* Closing credits (00:59:58)
Credits: Recorded in Newark DE, Philadelphia PA and Brooklyn NY. Edited by Slim. Theme music: “Vampiros Danceoteque” by Moniker. Editorial producer: Brian Formo. Production manager: Sophie Shin. The Letterboxd Show and Weekend Watchlist are TAPEDECK productions.
Lists & Links:
* List of movies mentioned
* IndieWire’s Greatest Romantic Comedies of All-time
* “Most Fans Per Viewer” Letterboxd list
* “The Masculine Urge To Ruin Your Own Life” by Janice
Reviews mentioned:
* George Carmi & Chris’s Ikiru reviews
* Jake Cole & Joe’s Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters reviews
* Wood’s Titanic review
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May 18, 2023
Weekend Watchlist: Fast X, Sanctuary and Master Gardener
This week Slim and Mia discuss their growing watchlists including Fast X, Sanctuary and Master Gardener. They also discuss smuggling a baked potato into a movie theater. After a quick look back at recent releases and community reviews they discuss their watchlists and young Al vs young Robert.
Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list > movies mentioned in this episode.
Chapters:
Opening credits (00:00:00)
Fast X (00:01:01)
Sanctuary (00:08:12)
Master Gardener (00:11:41)
VOD (00:14:18)
Last week (00:15:17)
Watchlists (00:17:55)
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
* Transcripts of podcast episodes available
* Jack Facts’ Top 50 of 2023
* Slim & Lola Gumball & Javier’s Fast X reviews
* Jay & Amanda The Jedi & Mitchell’s Sanctuary reviews
* Soraya’s Master Gardener review
* Becky’s Past Lives review
* Calliope Keaton’s Hypnotic review
* Jawsh’s Eve’s Bayou review
* Sarah’s mid90s review
* The Letterboxd Show’s ‘Down with Love’ 20th Anniversary Special
* Director Matt Johnson Roasts Your Letterboxd Reviews of BlackBerry
Credits:
* This episode was recorded in LA and Philadelphia, and edited by Slim.
* Facts by Jack.
* Transcript by Sophie Shin.
* Theme: ‘IZON’ by Trent Walton
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May 16, 2023
‘Down with Love’ 20th Anniversary Special with Peyton Reed
In this very special episode of The Letterboxd Show, we ditch the watchlists and awards shows to talk to filmmaker Peyton Reed about directing one of Mia Lee Vicino’s Four Favorites: Down with Love (2003). That’s right; it’s the 20th anniversary of this Renée Zellweger and Ewan McGregor-starring ode to the Doris Day-Rock Hudson sex comedies of yore, such as Pillow Talk (1959) and Lover Come Back (1961).
Mia and Peyton chatted about the difference between Barbie and Barbara Novak shades of pink, which classic romances inspired screenwriters Eve Ahlert and Dennis Drake, the origin of that grand finale musical number and the belated cultural embrace of this misunderstood feminist masterpiece. Even if you haven’t seen it, if we did our jobs right, maybe you’ll end up adding it to your own watchlist. Cheers, here’s to twenty years of Down with Love!
Credits: Recorded in Los Angeles. Edited by Slim. Theme music: “Vampiros Danceoteque” by Moniker. Editorial producer: Brian Formo. Production manager: Sophie Shin. The Letterboxd Show and Weekend Watchlist are TAPEDECK productions.
Lists & Links: Lists of movies mentioned
Reviews: Sean Baker & Sree & Ayo Edebiri's Down with Love reviews
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May 11, 2023
Weekend Watchlist: BlackBerry, Fool’s Paradise and The Starling Girl
This week Slim and Mitchell discuss their growing watchlists including BlackBerry, Fool’s Paradise and The Starling Girl. What Blackberry did Mitchell own as a kid? The answer make shock you. After a quick look back at recent releases and community reviews they discuss their watchlists and the greatness of Kathleen Turner.
Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list > movies mentioned in this episode.
Sponsor:
This episode was brought to your by Bleecker Street and The Starling Girl, see it in theaters!
Chapters:
* Opening credits (00:00:00)
* Blackberry (00:02:38)
* Fool’s Paradise (00:06:54)
* The Starling (00:010:52)
* Last week (00:13:06)
* Top 50 of 2023 (00:18:33)
* Watchlists (00:19:40)
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
* Transcripts of podcast episodes available
* Jack Facts’ Top 50 of 2023
* Bre & Abigail & Gemma’s The Starling Girl reviews
* Luca & Zach BlackBerry reviews
* Occams Chainsaw’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 review
* Aeon’s The Pope’s Exorcist review
* Tripp’s Single White Female review
* Angela-JoeReed’s Evil Dead Rise review
* Robert’s After Hours review
* Matt Johnson reading Letterboxd reviews
* Pounding Hearts: Films that influenced Laurel Parmet’s ‘The Starling Girl’
* Emilio Estevez on The Letterboxd Show
* Mitchell’s interview with Aubrey Plaza
Credits:
* This episode was recorded in Delaware and Philadelphia, and edited by Slim.
* Facts by Jack.
* Transcript by Sophie Shin.
* Theme: ‘IZON’ by Trent Walton
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May 9, 2023
Four Favorites with Emilio Estevez: Apocalypse Now, Shawshank, walking in Spain with his dad
Actor and director Emilio Estevez joins Gemma and Mitchell to talk through his four favorite films (Apocalypse Now, Shawshank Redemption, No Country for Old Men and Pulp Fiction), respond to thirsty Letterboxd reviews about The Breakfast Club, and answer many of our burning questions. Like: what was Emilio like at sixteen? Why is he uncredited in Mission: Impossible? Is his favorite movie hair the Young Guns sideburns or the Stakeout pornstache? What was it like riding around with Harry Dean Stanton in Repo Man? What is wrong with Freejack? What’s the movie he missed a flight so he could keep watching? And why is The Way—the film he wrote and directed starring his own dad Martin Sheen as a bereaved father walking the Camino—back in cinemas for one day only, May 16, 2023?
Chapters:
* Opening credits (00:00:00)
* Apocalypse Now (00:04:43)
* The Way (00:17:41)
* Shawshank Redemption (00:28:56)
* The Way (00:37:14)
* No Country For Old Men/Pulp Fiction (00:45:33)
* Closing credits (00:50:50)
Credits: Recorded in Newark DE, Cincinnati OH and Auckland NZ. Edited by Slim. Theme music: “Vampiros Danceoteque” by Moniker. Editorial producer: Brian Formo. Production manager: Sophie Shin. The Letterboxd Show and Weekend Watchlist are TAPEDECK productions.
Links:
List of movies mentioned
Reviews mentioned:
Cody Cannon’s The Breakfast Club review
lexieluvsdb’s The Way review
The Big Large’s Young Guns review
Thotty without Organs’s Repo Man review
Michael Vazquez’s The Public review
TorinM’s The Way review
Lists mentioned:
"I'm 16 and this is the greatest movie ever made" by coffee
"My comfort movies" by Mitchell Beaupre
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May 4, 2023
Weekend Watchlist: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, What’s Love Got to Do With It? and Chile ’76
This week Slim and Mia discuss their growing watchlists including Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, What’s Love Got to Do With It? and Chile ’76. Maybe even a movie where a Texas Ranger goes to London, too. After a quick look back at recent releases and community reviews they discuss their watchlists and how Bull Durham isn’t even Kevin Costner’s name in that movie. #traumaracoon
Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list > movies mentioned in this episode.
Chapters:
* Opening credits (00:00:00)
* Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (00:01:06)
* What’s Love Got to Do With It? (00:06:06)
* Chile ’76 (00:07:52)
* One Ranger + Love Again (00:09:24)
* VOD (00:12:14)
* Last week (00:13:19)
* Top 50 of 2023 (00:15:54)
* Watchlists (00:17:15)
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
* Transcripts of podcast episodes available
* Jack Facts’ Top 50 of 2023
* tyler & Matt Singer’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 reviews
* CB & yasmin’s What’s Love Got To Do With It? reviews
* Silya’s Chile ‘76 review
* demi’s Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. review
* Brenna’s Peter Pan & Wendy review
* Robert’s Contact review
* Zac’s The Rover review
* Emma’s A Knight’s Tale review
* Albertico’s Polite Society review
Credits:
* This episode was recorded in LA and Philadelphia, and edited by Slim.
* Facts by Jack.
* Transcript by Sophie Shin.
* Theme: ‘IZON’ by Trent Walton
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Apr 27, 2023
Weekend Watchlist: Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, Peter Pan & Wendy and Sisu
This week Slim and Mitchell discuss their growing watchlists including Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, Peter Pan & Wendy and Sisu. Maybe even Polite Society, too. After a quick look back at recent releases and community reviews they discuss their watchlists and Dennis Hopper being everywhere. RIP bluecheck.
Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list > movies mentioned in this episode.
Chapters:
* Opening credits (00:00:00)
* Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret (00:01:34)
* Peter Pan & Wendy (00:05:34)
* Sisu (00:9:24)
* Polite Society (00:11:11)
* Last week (00:13:32)
* Top 50 of 2023 (00:17:51)
* Watchlists (00:18:49)
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
* Transcripts of podcast episodes available
* Jack Facts’ Top 50 of 2023
* Rachel & Emma’s Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. reviews
* Maggie & Gil’s Peter Pan & Wendy reviews
* Cammalot & Justin’s Sisu reviews
* Abby & rcurrey Polite Society reviews
* Jawsh’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 review
* BeckyRice’s The Town review
* Korny Caswell’s Dead Ringers review
* Jakob’s Ghosted review
* Brett Petersel’s interview with Lee Cronin
Credits:
* This episode was recorded in Delaware and Philadelphia, and edited by Slim.
* Facts by Jack.
* Transcript by Sophie Shin.
* Theme: ‘IZON’ by Trent Walton
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Apr 25, 2023
Four Favorites with Ariela Barer: Blade Runner, conformists, pipelines and Almodóvar
We’re crying tears in the rain! The Letterboxd Show returns with actress and screenwriter Ariela Barer, star of How to Blow Up a Pipeline, whose faves include Blade Runner, The Conformist, Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! In a shocking twist, Ariela makes hosts Gemma and Slim watch four hours of Love Exposure for nothing as she dramatically pivots live on air to Kathryn Bigelow’s Strange Days for her fourth fave!
We also praise film school nerds, discuss consent among movie characters, Ariela’s mom’s and sister’s important roles in her film education, remembers watching Blade Runner on a teenage date, and unpacks Pipeline director Daniel Goldhaber’s Letterboxd addiction: “He sends us reviews daily, we had to beg him to stop!” And! Blade Runner joins the one-million-watched club as the show is recorded.
Chapters:
* Opening credits (00:00:00)
* Blade Runner (00:04:43)
* The Conformist (00:17:41)
* How to Blow Up a Pipeline (00:29:11)
* Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (00:42:0…
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Apr 20, 2023
Weekend Watchlist: Beau is Afraid, Evil Dead Rise and Chevalier
This week Slim and Mia discuss their growing watchlists including Beau if Afraid, Evil Dead Rise and Chevalier. Mia also talks about her love of gore. After a quick look back at recent releases and community reviews they discuss their watchlists and watching Batman for the first time.
Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list > movies mentioned in this episode.
Chapters:
* Opening credits (00:00:00)
* Beau is Afraid (00:01:14)
* Evil Dead Rise (00:09:07)
* Chevalier (00:13:42)
* Last week (00:16:452)
* Top 50 of 2023 (00:19:13)
* Watchlists (00:20:23)
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
* Transcripts of podcast episodes available
* Jack Facts’ Top 50 of 2023
* jstoobs & RossBratin’s Beau is Afraid reviews
* Joe Canas & Ashley’s Evil Dead Rise reviews
* Bon Morrison & Phoebe’s Chevalier reviews
* JoeJazzy’s Catch Me If You Can review
* Marina Carlson’s Snakes on a Plane review
* Groogruxdave…
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Apr 13, 2023
Weekend Watchlist: Renfield, The Pope’s Exorcist and Suzume
This week Slim and Mitchell discuss their growing watchlists including Renfield, The Pope’s Exorcist and Suzume. (Maybe Mafia Mamma, too.) Mitchell also finally watched 65 and their thoughts may shock you. After a quick look back at recent releases and community reviews they discuss their watchlists and creepy Kiefer Sutherland.
Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list > movies mentioned in this episode.
Chapters:
* Opening credits (00:00:00)
* Renfield (00:02:33)
* The Pope’s Exorcist (00:05:15)
* Suzume (00:10:13)
* Mafia Mamma (00:12:59)
* Last week (00:15:22)
* Top 50 of 2023 (00:21:46)
* Watchlists (00:23:06)
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
* Transcripts of podcast episodes available
* Jack Facts’ Top 50 of 2023
* monkeyphartz & peterafro & Kate Mancini’s Mafia Mama reviews
* MacReady’s Big Hat & Brittani Tuttle’s Renfield reviews
* BERT’s The Pope’s Exorcist review
* Bookl…
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Apr 6, 2023
Weekend Watchlist: The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Air and How to Blow Up a Pipeline
This week Mia and Mitchell discuss their growing watchlists including The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Air and How to Blow Up a Pipeline. (Maybe also Showing Up, too.) Mia also makes a shocking revelation that changes everything. After a quick look back at recent releases and community reviews they discuss their watchlists and some Miami Vice love!
Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list > movies mentioned in this episode.
Chapters:
* Opening credits (00:00:00)
* The Super Mario Bros. Movie (00:01:21)
* Air (00:05:58)
* How to Blow Up a Pipeline (00:09:51)
* Showing Up (00:13:13)
* Last week (00:17:12)
* Top 50 of 2023 (00:21:21)
* Watchlists (00:22:01)
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
* Transcripts of podcast episodes available
* Jack Facts’ Top 50 of 2023
* harlow_tr & Michael McGorry’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie reviews
* Jack & Matt Jacobs’s Air reviews
* slim & Justin Decloux & marshlandz’s How to Blow Up a Pipeline re…
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Apr 4, 2023
Magic Hour: Mark Jenkin (Enys Men) and Kyle Edward Ball (Skinamarink)
Welcome to a special Magic Hour brought to you by The Letterboxd Show! Magic Hour is our video series that has lived primarily on YouTube and it features two filmmakers having a conversation with each other. In this special episode, Mark Jenkin (Enys Men) chats with Kyle Edward Ball (Skinamarink.)
Enys Men follows a wildlife volunteer on an uninhabited island off the British coast that descends into a terrifying madness as she loses grip on reality. Skinamarink is the experimental horror that all your friends were watching that’s now available on Shudder.
As we prepare for the return of The Letterboxd Show and interviewing folks about their Four Favorites, we thought this might be a fun time to share an audio version of a conversation we really enjoyed with two very talented people.
Links:
* Enys Men on Letterboxd
* Skinamarink on Letterboxd
Credits:
* Magic Hour edited by @CultPopture
* With thanks to @neonrated
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Mar 30, 2023
Weekend Watchlist: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, A Thousand and One and Rye Lane
This week Mia and Slim discuss their growing watchlists including Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, A Thousand and One and Rye Lane. They also make a proclamation regarding Chris Pine that may shock you.. After a quick look back at recent releases and community reviews they discuss their watchlists and and somehow more bats!
Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list > movies mentioned in this episode.
Sponsor: A Thousand and One: Visit AThousandAndOneFilmTickets.com to get your tickets now!
Chapters:
* Opening credits (00:00:00)
* Dungeons & Dragons (00:01:46)
* A Thousand and One (00:07:58)
* Rye Lane (00:10:16)
* Last week (00:14:07)
* Top 50 of 2023 (00:17:11)
* Watchlists (00:18:66)
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
* Transcripts of podcast episodes available
* Jack’s Top 50 of 2023 list
* athousandandonetickets.com
* Hunter & Sydney’s Dungeon & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves reviews
* Sara Clements & Claira Curtis’s A Thousand and One…
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Mar 23, 2023
Weekend Watchlist: John Wick: Chapter 4, A Good Person and Tori and Lokita
This week Mitchell and Slim discuss their growing watchlists including John Wick: Chapter 4, A Good Person and Tori and Lokita. Mitchell also talks the need for a faster digital release for 65. After a quick look back at recent releases and community reviews they discuss their watchlists and 16mm vampires. Please participate in The Letterboxd Show Feedback Survey!
Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list > movies mentioned in this episode.
Sponsor: MGM presents A Good Person, a beautiful and touching story about finding hope and friendship where you least expect it. Only in theaters March 24th. Get your tickets now.
Chapters:
* Opening credits (00:00:00)
* John Wick: Chapter 4 (00:02:32)
* A Good Person (00:06:28)
* Tori and Lokita (00:08:31)
* Last week (00:11:44)
* Top 50/ Hot 100 (00:16:17)
* Watchlists (00:21:40)
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
* Transcripts of podcast episodes available
* Jack Facts’ Top 50 of 2023
* Aaron Neuworth & Sydney’s…
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Mar 21, 2023
Best in Show: Season One Finale Mailbag Extravaganza + SXSW Awards
Slim the mailman joins us in a bumper episode as Mia, Brian and Gemma answer listeners’ questions about awards season, from the Oscar category we’d like to see added to whether nominees are paid for all their campaigning to when genre films will have their day. We check in on both the 2023 SXSW Film Festival and Asian Film Award winners, and look back at how the Letterboxd buzz out of Everything Everywhere All at Once’s world premiere predicted the film’s eventual Oscar wins. Please participate in The Letterboxd Show Feedback Survey!
We also give Willem Dafoe a (heavy!) most-watched trophy and reveal the winner of the award for Biggest Letterboxd Oscars Bump (spoiler: people are watching women talking!). Then Jack’s Facts and Sophie Shin join us for the official Best in Show wrap party, and where we share the films that captured our hearts this season. There may also be a weepy acceptance speech or three. P.S. We’d love to hear your thoughts about Best in Show and all our…
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Mar 16, 2023
Weekend Watchlist: Shazam! Fury of the Gods, Inside and Boston Strangler
This week Mia and Slim discuss their growing watchlists including Shazam! Fury of the Gods, Inside and Boston Strangler. Mia also tries to weasel into the Shazamily. After a quick look back at recent releases and community reviews they discuss their watchlists and determine if horny rat bois were a mistake.
Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list > movies mentioned in this episode.
Sponsor: MGM presents A Good Person, a beautiful and touching story about finding hope and friendship where you least expect it. Only in theaters March 24th. Get your tickets now.
Chapters:
* Introductions (00:00:00)
* Shazam! Fury of the Gods (00:01:39)
* Inside (00:05:23)
* Boston Strangler (00:07:38)
* Last week (00:12:13)
* Hot 100 (00:17:39)
* Watchlists (00:18:46)
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
* Transcripts of podcast episodes available
* Ellie & Emely’s Shazam! Fury of the Gods review
* Michelle’s Inside review
* Yo Ev’s Scream VI review
* Mason at the M…
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Mar 14, 2023
Best in Show goes to the Oscars! And Everything Everywhere All at Once Sweeps!
Someone let us go to the Oscars! Mia and Gemma were in the press room at the 95th Academy Awards. They witnessed history as Michelle Yeoh became the first Asian woman to win Best Actress and Mia got to pop a question to the reigning queen herself! Brian watched from home and highlights a few speeches and the theory of an ensemble cast hug that was required this year. Plus we chat the “hot editor” and the lack of Elvis wins.
We are also joined by Letterboxd friend and Senior Vice President of The Black List, Kate Hagen to dish the goss from backstage — including gripping hands for Women Talking and getting to hear “Goonies for life!” from a forever Goonie, Ke Huy Quan. Slim and Jack’s Fact’s give us some Letterboxd data updates and we almost make it an entire episode without mentioning how Hugh Grant described himself as a “scrotum” on the Oscar stage.
Chapters:
* (00:00:00) Openings credits
* (00:01:43) Oscars!
* (00:26:55) Kate Hagen interview
* (00:46:25)…
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Mar 9, 2023
Weekend Watchlist: Scream VI, 65 and Luther: The Fallen Son
This week Mitchell and Slim discuss their growing watchlists including Scream VI, 65 and Luther: The Fallen Son. Mitchell also pitches Fun City on a future collab. After a quick look back at recent releases and community reviews they discuss their watchlists and determine if it’s possible to Raise the Titanic.
Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list > movies mentioned in this episode.
Sponsor: This episode is brought to you by MUBI, a curated streaming service dedicated to elevating great cinema from around the globe. Try MUBI free for 90 days at www.mubi.com/letterboxd
Chapters
* Openings credits (00:00:00)
* Scream VI (00:03:21)
* 65 (00:06:52)
* Luther: The Fallen Son (00:08:46)
* Last week (00:12:21)
* Hot 100 (00:19:30)
* Watchlists (00:21:12)
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned
* Transcripts of podcast episodes available
* Jack’s Top 50 of 2023 list
* mubi.com/letterboxd
* Altheia Scream VI review
* Milo & Dhairya’s 65 reviews
* Joshy &…
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Mar 7, 2023
Best in Show: Indie Spirit Awards, The Quiet Girl, Paul Mescal, and Movie Spoofs
Hello, Best in Show listener Paul Mescal! It smells like Indie Spirit (and bourbon) in here! Weekend Watchlist’s Slim joins Mia, Gemma, and Brian for an in-person debrief of all things Film Independent Spirit Awards. We were on the blue carpet, in the press room and inside the big tent on Santa Monica beach for all the wins. Slim reveals a fear of rollerbladers and spin classes on the sand, Mia meets her biggest fan (producer of the Filipino comedy Leonor Will Never Die), and everyone (and we mean everyone) gushes about Aftersun’s lead.
Gemma chats with Colm Bairéad, the writer-director of her much-loved The Quiet Girl, while Mia zooms with the movie’s star, Catherine Clinch as we look at the Best International Feature Oscar category (where The Quiet Girl has made history as the first in the Irish language to be nominated). And after Slim and Mia had their first glimpse of a big award show, we spend the afterparty talking about our favorite movie scenes at award ceremonies, w…
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Mar 2, 2023
Weekend Watchlist: Creed III, Operation Fortune and Palm Trees and Power Lines
This week Mia and Slim discuss their growing watchlists including Creed III, Operation Fortune and Palm Trees and Power Lines. Mia also pitches a Jimmy Dean collab. After a quick look back at recent releases and community reviews they discuss their watchlists and make the most shocking shuffle of all-time.
Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list > movies mentioned in this episode.
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
* Transcripts of podcast episodes available
* Jack’s Top 50 of 2023 list
* VHS Tracking & Jack’s Creed III reviews
* KevFlix and Chill & Hank & Sabya & Shreesh & gigi’s Operation Fortune reviews
* Leah & Brandon & Lucinda’s Palm Trees and Power Lines reviews
* kaden & Emma’s Cocaine Bear review
* Amanda’s The Quiet Girl review
* Will Buckner’s Marcel The Shell with Shoes On review
* stephen’s After Hours review
* Mitchell & Slim’s Screen Drafts episode
Credits:
* This episode was recorded in X and X, and edited by Slim.
*…
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Feb 28, 2023
Best in Show: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio chat, the Bruiser boys, Césars, HCAs and guilds galore!
Mia, Brian and Gemma hit the last of the Guild awards (SAGs, PGAs, Annies), recap the 48th annual César Awards and tote up the Hollywood Critics’ Association gongs. Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio directors del Toro and Mark Gustafson dive deep into what its like to work with each other, which stop motion animators they’d jump in front of the bus for and whether Cate Blanchett sneaked a bit of Lydia Tár into Spazzatura.
Indie Spirit-nominated actor Trevante Rhodes and writer-director Miles Warren drop by for a chat about role models, getting an award from Elijah Wood and their film Bruiser, which is now streaming on Hulu. Plus, our love for Jenny Slate, who we want to hug at the Indie Spirits, a shout out to awards clip editors everywhere, and a celebration of the fresh-faced cinephiles on the awards circuit this season.
Sponsor: Bleecker Street
Credits: Recorded in Los Angeles, Auckland, Las Vegas, and San Luis Obispo. Edited by Slim. Facts by Jack. Transcript by…
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Feb 23, 2023
Weekend Watchlist: Cocaine Bear, The Quiet Girl and Emily
This week Mitchell and Slim discuss their growing watchlists including Cocaine Bear, The Quiet Girl and Emily. Mitchell also suggests a brand new co-pilot for theater viewing! After a quick look back at recent releases and community reviews they discuss their watchlists and maybe turning into an animal if you’re single. (Not our suggestion, FYI)
Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list > movies mentioned in this episode.
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Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list > movies mentioned in this episode.
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
* Transcripts of podcast episodes available
* Jack’s Top 50 of 2023 list
* mubi.com/letterboxd
* Mitchell & Gahee’s Decision to Leave review
* Liam & Amy’s Cocaine Bear review
* Kane & Molly & Theo’s The Quiet Girl review
* lia23’s & d…
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Feb 21, 2023
Best in Show: At the BAFTAs, Banshees’ Carter Burwell and a Naatu Naatu afteRRR paRRRty
Our London editor Ella Kemp joins hosts Mia, Brian and Gemma from the BAFTA winners’ circle as we cover the victors and snubs. The Banshees of Inisherin composer Carter Burwell dives deep into his Twilight memories, and ‘Naatu Naatu’ songwriters M.M. Keeravani and Chandrabose join us for an AfteRRR PaRRRty, along with RRR star Ram Charan, to tell us how they celebrated their Oscar nomination and whether we’ll see the hook step at the 95th Academy Awards!
We also hear from Triangle of Sadness star Dolly de Leon on the BAFTA red carpet; the brand new Michelle Yeoh tee collab between Letterboxd and Girls on Tops; a lightning round of guild awards so far; Avatar: The Way of Water has its water much-awarded; a rant about the workers’ crisis inside VFX studios; the Tom Hooper industrial complex; and a little tease of the upcoming lesbian road trip comedy from Ethan Coen.
Credits: Recorded in Los Angeles, Auckland and London. Edited by Slim. Facts by Jack. Transcript by Sophie.…
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Feb 16, 2023
Weekend Watchlist: Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Return To Seoul and Of an Age
This week Mia and Slim discuss their growing watchlists including Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Return To Seoul and Of an Age. Mia also asks Michael Douglas about the greatest Marvel commercial of all-time…. in person! After a quick look back at recent releases and community reviews they discuss their watchlists and a nun with a gun.
Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list > movies mentioned in this episode.
Sponsor: This episode is brought to you by Emily, presented by Bleecker Street. In New York & Los Angeles Theaters February 17th. Nationwide February 24th.
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
* Transcripts of podcast episodes available
* Jack’s Top 50 of 2023 list
* francesmeh, volcanicdanvers & sarinaa’s Emily reviews
* Camden’s Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania review
* KYK’s Return to Seoul review
* Glenn Charlie Dunks & Dan P’s Of An Age review
* Spaceygirl & Thomas’s Magic Mike’s Last Dance review
* Brian Ly’s The Outwaters revi…
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Feb 14, 2023
Best in Show: Academy CEO Bill Kramer, London update, Down with Love and bullying
Academy CEO Bill Kramer talks with Mia and Brian about his fave movies, his award for being cheerful, plans to televise all the Oscar wins live this year, and M3GAN. Brian reports in from the Oscar Nominees’ Luncheon, where he rubbed shoulders and swapped love letters with various movie superstars. We recap the London Film Critics Circle awards and consider whether the new BAFTA and Oscar anti-bullying rules might reverse-engineer better behaviour in the film industry. Gemma explains why 3.5 (”the Gemma line”) is the perfect rating, and how Down With Love is going up in Letterboxd ratings. What happens to Mia when Ewan McGregor bites into chocolate? And announcing our brand new collab with Girls on Tops!
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Feb 9, 2023
Weekend Watchlist: Magic Mike’s Last Dance, Sharper and Baby Ruby
This week Mitchell and Slim discuss their growing watchlists including Magic Mike’s Last Dance, Sharper and Baby Ruby. Mitchell also demands Panic Room be released on Blu-Ray. After a quick look back at recent releases and community reviews they discuss their watchlists and the brand new blazing Letterboxd Hot 100(tm).
Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list > movies mentioned in this episode.
Sponsor: this episode is brought to you by Of An Age, from Focus Features. In theaters February 17th!
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
* WhensItStreaming Twitter account
* OfAnAgeTickets.com
* Alexie’s Of An Age review
* Brian & Mitchell & David’s Magic Mike’s Last Dance reviews
* Jacob’s Sharper reviews
* Dakota & Logan’s Knock at the Cabin review
* Scott & Esther’s 80 for Brady review
* Slim’s Phenomena review
* Diego’s Pearl review
* Emma’s Marcel the Shell with Shoes On review
* Charith’s A Man Called Otto review
* Baby Daze: An urgen…
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Feb 7, 2023
Best in Show: Catherine Martin, To Leslie data-dive, Sundance’s first grand jury winner
Mia, Brian and Gemma talk with the most Academy Awarded Australian of all-time, Catherine Martin—production and costume designer of Elvis—about tight butts and Baz Lurhmann’s secret dance skills. We examine the Letterboxd data for To Leslie, from the film’s SXSW premiere last year through to its recent Oscar nomination for leading actress. And we revisit the first movie to receive the Sundance Grand Jury prize, Marisa Silver’s Old Enough. Plus: a news recap of the Grammys, ACE and AARP awards, bad moms get noms, the newest EGOT champion, Brian’s secret past as a tambourine-bashing DJ, and how to get the best wiggle out of a pair of pants.
Credits: Recorded in Los Angeles, Auckland and Australia. Edited by Slim. Facts by Jack. Transcript by Sophie. Theme: ‘Hyperlight’ by Letterboxd member Trent Walton (AKA Echo Wolf). Best in Show is a TAPEDECK production. Title courtesy of Christopher Guest.
Lists & Links:
The Letterboxd list of films mentioned, Festiville Q…
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Feb 2, 2023
Weekend Watchlist: Knock at the Cabin, 80 for Brady and Godland
This week Mitchell, Mia and Slim discuss their growing watchlists including Knock at the Cabin, 80 for Brady and Godland. Mitchell also puts out the call for a website that accurately lists out Video On Demand releases. After a quick look back at recent releases and community reviews they discuss how they spent the month of January and reveal the most watchlisted movies of the week on Letterboxd.
Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list > movies mentioned in this episode.
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
* Flynn’s Knock at the Cabin review
* Emma’s 80 for Brady review
* Robert’s Godland review
* Lizzie’s Rye Lane review
* Cody’s Passages review
* Mitchell & Slim’s M3GAN review
* Chantal’s Phantom Thread review
* Robert’s Infinity Pool review
Credits:
* This episode was recorded in Philadelphia, LA, Delaware and edited by Slim.
* Facts by Jack.
* Transcript by Sophie Shin.
* Theme: ‘IZON’ by Trent Walton.
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Jan 31, 2023
Best in Show: Sundance, making up Ana de Armas, and the first great rom-com
In episode five of Letterboxd’s limited series awards season podcast, Mia, Brian and Gemma examine the Sundance-to-Oscars pipeline, chat with John Carney, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Emilia Jones in Park City, assess the Sundance Film Festival’s 2023 winners, chat with Ana de Armas’ hair and makeup team from Blonde—Jaime Leigh McIntosh and Tina Roesler Kerwin—and revisit the first film to win the “big five” Academy Awards: It Happened One Night. Tune in for garbled thoughts about Clark Gable’s shirtless chest, the hitchhiking scene that changed culture, and the stars who made us feel confident as baby red carpet journalists.
Credits: Recorded in Los Angeles, Auckland and Park City. Edited by Slim. Facts by Jack. Transcript by Sophie. Theme: ‘Hyperlight’ by Letterboxd member Trent Walton (AKA Echo Wolf). Best in Show is a TAPEDECK production. Title courtesy of Christopher Guest.
Lists & Links: The Letterboxd list of films mentioned, Sundance Film Festival H…
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Jan 24, 2023
Best in Show: Oscar & BAFTA noms, campaign politics and sexy ghosts
The Oscar nominations are in, as are the BAFTAs, and all is now noisy on the western front as awards season shifts up a gear. Mia, Gemma and Brian look at how the nominees stack up against the Letterboxd community’s favorites, have a rant about snubs, fat-suits and the lack of Black and women directors, and a warm moment for all the tender men. Then we chat with Rotten Tomatoes’ awards editor Jacqueline Coley about what it takes to win an Oscar in campaigning terms, and she reveals Oscar host who ignited her awards season excitement. We also dissect Cate Blanchett’s Critics’ Choice Awards speech, and revisit the 1992 BAFTA original screenplay nominees (Thelma and Louise, The Fisher King, Truly Madly Deeply and Green Card).
Credits: Recorded in Los Angeles, Auckland, Boise, and Playa Del Carmen. Edited by Slim. Facts by Jack. Transcript by Sophie. Theme: ‘Hyperlight’ by Letterboxd member Trent Walton (AKA Echo Wolf). Best in Show is a TAPEDECK production. Title cou…
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Jan 17, 2023
Best in Show: Guilds, Globes, Puss in Boots and the 1976 Best Director revisited
As a flurry of guild nominations land, Mia, Brian and Gemma discuss their fave noms and gongs from the directors’, art directors’ and cinematographers’ unions. A quick look at the Golden Globes leads to a discussion on which awards Letterboxd would love to live-stream. EE BAFTA Rising Star award public voting is open!
And it’s animation time: Turning Red director Domee Shi has a message for the Letterboxd community, and we go deep on Akira Kurosawa, Ingmar Bergman and Sergio Leone with Puss in Boots: The Last Wish director Joel Crawford. Then, we re-evaluate the 1976 Best Director Oscar lineup according to how the Letterboxd community distributes their hearts, and find out why Brian has put forward Marcel the Shell director-star Dean Fleischer Camp as this week’s Player of the Season nominee. Bienvenido, mi casa es su casa, as our amigo Puss would say!
Credits:
Recorded in Los Angeles, Auckland and Philadelphia. Edited by Slim. Facts by Jack. Red carpet interviews by F…
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Jan 10, 2023
Best in Show: Year in Review Special with The Daniels & more
The Daniels read 1-star and 5-star Letterboxd reviews! Jenny Slate, S.S. Rajamouli, Johnny Knoxville, Charlotte Wells and more Year in Review chart-toppers phone in with their thanks to the Letterboxd community! Hosts Mia, Brian and Gemma stare googly-eyed into the bagel to investigate the highest rated films of the past year. This supersized episode also sees Jack’s Facts joining for a deep dive into the themes of the winning films (he’s seen most of them!), and Slim and Mitchell sneak in the back door for the after party, where we find out who they’d love to watch peeling potatoes for three hours. It’s a truly global celebration of films and fanny-packs.
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Credits: Recorded in Los Angeles, Auckland, Philadelphia, Delaware, New York and more. Edited by Slim. Facts by Jack. Red carpet interviews by Flynn. Transcript by Sophie. Theme: ‘Hyperlight’ by Letterboxd member Trent Walton (AKA Echo Wolf). Best in Show is a TAPEDECK production. Title courtesy of Chr…
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Jan 3, 2023
Best in Show: Roger Deakins, Oscar math and the 2001 Best Picture revisited
Does Roger Deakins ever lose his rag? Find out in the first full episode of Letterboxd’s limited series awards season podcast, in which Mia Vicino, Brian Formo and Gemma Gracewood go over the 95th Academy Awards shortlists, praise Kirsten Dunst’s Oscar voting diligence, talk to the G.O.A.T. of cinematography about Empire of Light and his work in animation, and form a fellowship of beautiful minds to revisit the 2001 Academy Awards Best Picture nominees. We love math and we are loose with our hearts!
Credits: Recorded in Los Angeles and Auckland. Edited by Slim. Facts by Jack. Transcript by Sophie Shin. Theme: ‘Hyperlight’ by Letterboxd member Trent Walton (AKA Echo Wolf). Best in Show is a TAPEDECK production. Title courtesy of Christopher Guest.
Lists & Links:
The Letterboxd list of films mentioned; Letterboxd’s Official Top 250 Narrative Feature Films; Byways: Photographs by Roger A. Deakins.
Additional content notes: Plus: Mia’s mathematical skills; Brian…
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Dec 29, 2022
Weekend Watchlist: Giant-Sized 2023 Preview Spectacular
This week _Mitchell_, _Mia_ and _slim_ discuss the most anticipated movies of 2023 according to Letterboxd members. It’s an episode so massive we needed all three hosts! Mitchell also makes shocking revelations about having multiple watchlists. After a deep dive into what the hosts are looking forward to in 2023 releases, they also make some movie-watching predictions for the upcoming year. It’s a different format this week so no refunds, sry. Weekend Watchlist will return in February!
_Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list_ > movies mentioned in this episode.
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
* _Transcripts_ of podcast episodes available
* _Mitchell’s_ list of 52 films they will watch in 2023
Credits:
* This episode was recorded in Philadelphia, Delaware and LA and edited by Slim.
* Facts by _Jack_.
* Transcript by _Sophie Shin_.
* Theme: ‘_IZON’ by Trent Walton_.
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Dec 22, 2022
Weekend Watchlist: Babylon, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery and Women Talking
This week Mia and Slim discuss their growing watchlists including Babylon, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery and Women Talking. Mia also talks about which foreign movie is really her Avatar. After a quick look back at recent releases and community reviews they discuss their Holiday Watchlists and using mind powers to drift into the dreams of poor otters.
Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list > movies mentioned in this episode.
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Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
* Transcripts of podcast episodes available
* Alex’s Babylon review
* Brenna’s Glass Onion review
* Jess’s Women Talking review
* Kev’s Avatar: The Way of Water review
* Jason Still’s Nanny review
* Reel Latino…
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Dec 21, 2022
Best in Show: meet the hosts
A short introduction to Best in Show, Letterboxd’s new limited podcast series covering the 2022–2023 film awards season. Meet your hosts: Mia Vicino, Brian Formo and Gemma Gracewood, as they share what film awards mean to them, reveal the trophies they won in their youth, and call on The Muppets, Todd Field and the LA Dodgers to help contextualize the practice of judging something “the best”. Plus, hear from Brad Pitt on the Babylon red carpet, and a breathless Anna Paquin at the 66th Oscars. Our first full episode drops on January 3, 2023.
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This episode was brought to you by Emily, presented by Bleecker Street. A daring, richly imagined portrait of the brilliant mind behind the novel “Wuthering Heights”, Frances O’Connor’s directorial debut stars Emma Mackey as Emily Brontë, a reclusive and rebellious preacher's daughter with a passion for storytelling. Emily opens in the US in February, only in theaters.
Lists & Links:
Todd Field’s 2022 Gotham Awards sp…
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Dec 20, 2022
Five Festive Favorites with Letterboxd’s podcast hosts Gemma, Slim, Mitchell, Mia and Brian
It’s the great quintuple fist-pump high-five joining of the podcast forces for a yuletide cracker of festive delights. Hosts of The Letterboxd Show, Weekend Watchlist and our soon-to-launch Best in Show awards-season pod gather to get seasonally affected by _Carol_ (_Brian_); _Bridget Jones’s Diary_ (_Mia_); _Eyes Wide Shut_ (_Mitchell_); _Batman Returns_ (_Slim_) and _Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer_ (_Gemma_). Three podcasts, five hosts, five Christmas movies, one gloriously chaotic final episode of The Letterboxd Show Four Favorites for 2022.
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This episode is brought to you by Paramount Pictures’ _Babylon_. Damien Chazelle’s new film opens in theaters December 23 and stars Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie and Diego Calva. Babylon is on 116,000 Letterboxd watchlists. It’s about early Hollywood decadence and depravity—best seen in theaters to be a part of the conversation. Movie lovers love movies about movies with big movie stars, so see it in theaters December 23. Also:…
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Dec 15, 2022
Weekend Watchlist: Avatar: The Way of Water, BARDO and Nanny
This week _Mitchell_ and _Slim_ discuss their growing watchlists including Avatar: The Way of Water, Bardo and Nanny. Slim also talks about doing a weekly watchlist cleanse. After a quick _look back at recent releases_ and community reviews, they shuffle their watchlists and discuss exploding intestines and grimy New York City.
_Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list_ > movies mentioned in this episode.
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
* _Transcripts_ of podcast episodes available
* _Slim_ & _Katie Walsh_’s Avatar: The Way of Water review
* _Ana V_’s Bardo review
* _Robert Daniels_’s Nanny review
* _JoeJazzy_’s Guillermo Del Torro’s Pinocchio review
* _Gemma_’s Puss in Boots: The Last Wish review
* _Justin LaLiberty_ & _Chuck Forsman_’s Alphabet City review
* _Rob_’s Eye’s Wide Shut review
* _Kayla_’s The Shop Around the Corner review
* _DamRoberts744_’s March the Shell with Shoes On
* _Jack’s_ Top 50 of 2022 list
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Dec 13, 2022
Four Favorites with Aaron Yap: Local Hero, The Brainiac and films both strange and gentle
If you follow any of our social channels, you’re about to meet the genius behind the team behind the TikToks. Letterboxd’s head of social, _Aaron Yap_, joins _Gemma_ and _Slim_ to tell us about childhood memories of Malaysian DVD stores, and his four favorites: _The Brainiac_; _Footprints_; _Local Hero_ and _Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession_.
Plus: Aaron’s early memories of bodily reactions to ’80s horrors, Slim’s first DVD player, what Gemma got Aaron from the Criterion closet, Gemma’s memories of buying blank VHS tapes, the obsolete sound of the DVD snapper, why The Brainiac’s logic flaws don’t matter, fighting over Giallo, the restorative magic of Bill Forsyth’s Local Hero and the joys of movies without conflict, the wall calendar in Z Channel and the wild west of life before film recommendation algorithms, and Slim’s Rob Zombie blind-spot when it comes to the Halloween movies.
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Dec 8, 2022
Weekend Watchlist: The Whale, Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio and Empire of Light
This week _Slim_ and _Mia_ discuss their growing watchlists including The Whale, Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio and Empire of Light. Mia also talks about sexy candles and the two different Americas. After a quick _look back at recent releases_ and community reviews, they shuffle their watchlists and discuss Sight and Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time list.
_Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list_ > movies mentioned in this episode.
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
* _Transcripts_ of podcast episodes available
* _Mr Spork_’s The Whale review
* _Jay_ & _Tessa_’s Pinocchio review
* _Zoe Rose Bryant_’s Empire of Light review
* _BurtonMacReady_’s Violent Night review
* _Robert’s_ Roma review
* _Becky’s_ Mad God review
* _Jessica’s_ The Game review
* James Gray’s Four Faves _episode_
* Sight and Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time 2022 _list_
* Gemma’s Sight and Sound Journal _article_
* _Jack’s_ Top 50 of 2022 list
Credits:
*…
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Dec 6, 2022
Four Favorites with Cory Everett: French New Wave, Giallo, noir and RoboCop
Dead or alive, Slim is watching RoboCop. _Cinephile: A Card Game_ creator, author and _Letterboxd member_ Cory Everett joins _Mitchell_ and _Slim_ to tell us all about his new collection of children’s board books, _My First Movie_, curating his four favorites around them: _RoboCop_; _The Bird with the Crystal Plumage_; _Pierrot Le Fou_ and _Murder, My Sweet_.
Plus: Cinephile as a lifeline for social engagement; Cory’s unforgettable encounter with Spike Lee; seeing RoboCop at age five; the 6000 SUX and NUKEM family game; bring in the perverts; movies with that “la la la” score; Tubi ad breaks; is Suspiria considered Giallo?; keeping film culture alive; lovers on the run; nerding out over comics and Batman: The Animated Series; jaw-dropping film techniques of the old days and Cory’s bonkers ratings histogram.
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Dec 1, 2022
Weekend Watchlist: Violent Night, The Eternal Daughter and Emancipation
This week _Mitchell_ and _Mia_ discuss their growing watchlists including Violent Night, The Eternal Daughter and Emancipation. Mia also talks about the sexification of Santa. After a quick _look back at recent releases_ and community reviews, they shuffle their watchlists and discuss watching depressing movies.
_Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list_ > movies mentioned in this episode.
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
* _Transcripts_ of podcast episodes available
* _Servedthendied_ & _Lia_’s Violent Night reviews
* _David Sims_ & _Fran Hoepfner_’s The Eternal Daughter review
* _Marco_’s Glass Onion review
* _Ryan Silberstein_’s Clearcut review
* _Lunchmoney_’s Angst review
* _Jessica_’s When Harry Met Sally… review
* _Gemma_’s Puss in Boots: The Last Wish review
* James Gray’s Four Favorites _episode_
* Katie Rife’s latest Shelf Life _column_
* _Jack’s_ Top 50 of 2022 list
Credits:
* This episode was recorded in LA and Dela…
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Nov 29, 2022
Four Favorites with Jamelle Bouie: Black Dynamite, political thrillers, baby’s first art film
_Podcaster_, _The New York Times__ columnist_ and _Letterboxd member_ Jamelle Bouie joins _Gemma_ and _Slim_ to talk about American political thrillers and his four Letterboxd faves: _Children of Men_; _Black Dynamite_; _The Taking of Pelham One Two Three_ (1974) and _Touch of Evil_.
Plus: why is filmmaker David Lowery starstruck by Jamelle, the two faces of Harrison Ford, the days of loafing around watching TBS and TNT, why the world needs more star-driven, character-actor-saturated, mid-budget thrillers, why movies with people in meetings shouting at each other is Jamelle’s sweet spot, baby’s first art film, the many talents of direct-to-video king Michael Jai White, why we need more Blaxploitation spoofs, the intoxication of a dirty city, how it’s too easy to do stuff these days, bring back foot chases, subway-tunnel nightmares, will The Rock ever be in a good movie? And a great holiday double-feature to watch with the family.
Lists, Reviews & Links:
The _Letterboxd list of…
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Nov 24, 2022
Weekend Watchlist: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Strange World and Devotion
This week _Mia_ and _Slim_ discuss their growing watchlists including Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Strange World and Devotion. Mia also does her best Norah Jones impression and we talk about our upcoming _Black Friday sale on Pro/Patron_. After a quick _look back at recent releases_ and community reviews, they shuffle their watchlists and discuss why watching duds can be a good thing.
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_Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list_ > movies mentioned in this episode.
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
* _Transcripts_ of podcast episodes available
* _Jay_’s Glass Onion review
* _Ash_’s Strange World review
* _Tessa Smith_’s Devotion review
* _Darthnome_’s Spirited review
* _Flynn_’s Bones and All review
* _Eric_’s The Menu review
* _Emma Hodge_’s She Said review
* _Taylor_’s Quiz Show review…
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Nov 22, 2022
Four Favorites with Ryan Connolly: nineties action heroes, Fincher
Filmmaker and YouTuber _Ryan Connolly_ of _Film Riot_ joins _Gemma_ and _Slim_ to throw some Dutch angles on his four Letterboxd faves, which all happen to be action films of the 1990s: _Speed_; _Die Hard with a Vengeance_; _The Game_ and _The Matrix_.
Plus: why Speed has the greatest film score of all time, how did that bus jump that gap, Jeff Daniels and Dennis Hopper cheek-to-cheek, how Keanu reinvented the masculine action hero, how Michael Douglas reinvented it right back, sequels that are better than originals, being able to smell the stink on John McClane through the screen, why ’90s practical action stunts just rule, why The Game is a great holiday movie, why Spielberg is the GOAT at the “moving master”, believing in yourself, the importance of working with nice people, the supremacy of Jefferson Airplane’s ‘White Rabbit’, and why Ryan doesn’t rate anything on Letterboxd (except _Jurassic Park_).
Lists & Links:
The _Letterboxd list of films_ mentioned in this e…
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Nov 17, 2022
Weekend Watchlist: Bones and All, The Menu and She Said
This week _Mitchell_ and _slim_ discuss their growing watchlists including Bones and All, The Menu and She Said. There is also a discussion about a topless Dennis Quaid so YMMV. After a quick _look back at recent releases_ and community reviews, they shuffle their watchlists with witchy camping trips gone wrong and Jackie Earle Haley in a wig.
_Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list_ > movies mentioned in this episode.
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
* _Transcripts_ of podcast episodes available
* _Cory Everett_’s Bones and All review
* _movie enjoyer_’s The Menu review
* _shoji_’s The Menu review
* _Flynn_’s The Menu review
* _Gemma_’s She Said review
* _fran hoepfner_’s She Said review
* _Ella Kemp_’s EO review
* _Joe Reid_’s The Inspection review
* _Kev_’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever review
* _Aeon_’s Falling for Christmas review
* _scott17_’s The Fabelmans review
* _Ian_’s The Game review
* _Angel_’s Smile revie…
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Nov 15, 2022
Four Favorites with Kier-La Janisse: psychotic women, Matt Dillon, Bee Gees and cockfights
Author and filmmaker _Kier-La Janisse_ joins _Slim_ and _Mitchell_ to discuss the tenth-anniversary expanded edition of her book _House of Psychotic Women: An Autobiographical Topography Of Female Neurosis In Horror And Exploitation Films_, as well as taking a dive through her four favorite films: _Over the Edge_; _Melody_; _Cockfighter_ and _The Last Wave_.
Plus: Kier-La’s trick to seeming so productive; Matt Dillon’s iconic outfits; knife fights in the woods; twelve year olds on acid; parents just don’t understand; Jack Wild’s preternaturally youthful looks; the dulcet sounds of the Bee Gees; the masterpiece that is _Little Darlings_; Kier-La’s work with _Severin Films_ restoring underground classics; taking vows of silence; the amount of cockfighting in Cockfighter; our shared adoration for physical media; cosmic horror; the absolute legend Peter Weir; and Kier-La’s super-top-secret Letterboxd account (no we won’t share it, don’t ask).
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Nov 10, 2022
Weekend Watchlist: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, The Fabelmans and Falling for Christmas
This week _Mia_ and _slim_ discuss their growing watchlists including Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, The Fabelmans and Falling for Christmas. Mia also makes some shocking Best Picture predictions. After a quick _look back at recent releases_ and community reviews, they shuffle their watchlists with sexy eyebrow man and sexy vampire man.
_Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list_ > movies mentioned in this episode.
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
* _Transcripts_ of podcast episodes available
* _GeegklyGoods_ and _slim’s_ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever review
* _Brian Formo_’s The Fabelmans review
* _LG_’s Falling for Christmas review
* _Luke Hicks_’ Is That Black Enough For You?! Review
* _Emma Hodge_’s Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
* _SarahMae_’s The Wonder review
* _Charith’s_ Hope Springs review
* _Amanda Wheeler’s_ From Durk Until Dawn review
* _Robin’s_ Ticket to Paradise review
* _Rowan Hulsman’s_ Marcel the Shell With Shoes On…
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Nov 8, 2022
Four Favorites with Fran Hoepfner: classical kings, theater queens and kissing socialists
“I am fed up to the teeth with all these old, dead legends.” Writer and classical music fan _Fran Hoepfner_ joins _Gemma_ and _Mia_ to talk us through her four favorite films on Letterboxd: Miloš Forman’s _Amadeus_; Merchant-Ivory’s _A Room With a View_; Mike Leigh’s _Topsy-Turvy_ and Kelly Reichardt’s _Certain Women_.
Plus: why we can’t stop talking about _TÁR_ (and what Fran would love to hear Lydia conduct next); the political and economic realities of creating art; why the world needs more pink; what cinephilia owes to The Simpsons; Daniel Day-Lewis’s finest underdog; our love for Simon Callow; Helena Bonham-Carter on all the kissing in A Room With a View; being unapologetic period-film fans; our favorite Mike Leigh players; the community of theater; when will we enter the Lily Gladstone rom-com-lead era?; the joys of Magic Mike XXL; and a brief meeting of the Jude Law thirst society.
Lists & Links:
The _Letterboxd list of films_ mentioned in this episode; “_…
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Nov 3, 2022
Weekend Watchlist: Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, The Wonder and Causeway
This week _Mitchell_ and _slim_ discuss their growing watchlists including Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, The Wonder and Causeway. Is it time to look back on the Don’t Look Up discourse? (No.) After a quick _look back at recent releases_ and community reviews, they shuffle their watchlists with weird stylish gibberish, assorted quaaludes, and maybe hear from the Scream King (tm) Justin Long.
_Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list_ > movies mentioned in this episode.
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
* _Transcripts_ of podcast episodes available
* _AmandaTheJedi_ & _Gemma_’s Weird: The Al Yankovic Story review
* _Nicole Ackman_ & _Paul Oyama_’s The Wonder review
* _Mitchell_’s Causeway review
* _Ella_’s Causeway review
* _Mitchell_’s Don’t Look Up review
* _Emma Hodges_’s Wendell & Wild review
* _SignsofLight_’s All Quiet on the Western Front review
* _Justin LaLiberty_’s Convoy review
* _Ian Pratt_’s Dark Night of the Scarecrow revi…
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Nov 1, 2022
Four Favorites with James Gray: Armageddon Time, The 400 Blows and the misery of school
“The spirit is filled by cinema; our dreams rendered tangible.” Filmmaker and inspirational-quote master James Gray joins _Gemma_ and _Slim_ to talk about the 1980s New York childhood that underpins his new drama, Armageddon Time, and four films that strongly relate to it—Francois Truffaut’s The 400 Blows; Jean Vigo’s Zero for Conduct; John Cassavetes’ A Woman Under the Influence and Federico Fellini’s Amarcord.
Plus: this “salesman for old cinema” on why students should be forced to watch obscure films; the trauma of the classroom; how teachers can change lives; James’s morning ritual for waking his teenagers; American power structures; why cinema is not compatible with angry tweeters; magic sauce; Anthony Hopkins; Times Square in the ’80s; making waves and fitting in.
Lists & Links:
The _Letterboxd list of films_ mentioned in this episode; Marsh Boy’s list of “_films that are even more damaging to think of than to actually see_”; _Ella Kemp’s feature…
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Oct 27, 2022
Weekend Watchlist: Armageddon Time, Wendell & Wild and Holy Spider
This week _Mia_ and _slim_ discuss their growing watchlists including Armageddon Time, Wendell & Wild, and Holy Spider. Succ-heads and The Last of Us fans, this might be the episode for you. After a quick _look back at recent releases_ and community reviews, they shuffle their watchlists and discuss tragic real-life stories and sensual vampiric kisses.
_Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list_ > movies mentioned in this episode.
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
* _Transcripts_ of podcast episodes available
* _Tony_, _Oliver_, and _Nathan’s_ Armageddon Time reviews
* _David_ and _Kristina’s_ Wendell & Wild reviews
* _Jack_ and _Afra’s_ Holy Spider reviews
* _Kev’s_ Vampire’s Kiss review
* _Freya’s_ Banshees of Inisherin review
* _theriverjordan’s_ Aftersun review
* _Austin’s_ Climax review
* _Jeff Kycek’s_ His House review
* _Bryce X Chapman’s_ The Witches of Eastwick review
* _Jack’s_ Top 50 of 2022 list
Credits:
* This episod…
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Oct 25, 2022
Four Favorites with Kevin from Waxwork Records: The Exorcist, House and hanging with Glenn Danzig
“No derivative shit.” Spooky season concludes with _Waxwork Records_ co-founder Kevin Bergeron, who talks to _Gemma_ and _Slim_ about his four favorite films—Black Christmas; Hausu; Tetsuo: The Iron Man and The Exorcist—and the craft and care that goes into Waxwork’s vinyl reissues of great horror soundtracks. Watch Hausu before 30 November 2022, tag your review with “waxwork”, and you’re in the draw to win a copy of the brand new soundtrack to the 1977 horror-fantasy classic (est. $35 value).
Plus: never use a ouija board in your own home, the original hot priest, the feminist horror of Black Christmas, psychiatry versus spirituality in 1970s America, the curse of being a single mom, finding your tribe, stealing White Zombie cassettes, hanging out with Glenn Danzig, building a record plant and shooting your shot, the genius of horror-soundtrack composers, and William Friedkin is a boss.
Lists & Links:
The _Letterboxd list of films_ mentioned in this episode; Milo’…
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Oct 20, 2022
Weekend Watchlist: Banshees of Inisherin, Aftersun and Black Adam
This week _Mia_ and _Mitchell_ discuss their growing watchlists including Banshees of Inisherin, Aftersun and Black Adam. They also debate the importance of having a movie posters in your Zoom backdrop. After a quick _look back at recent releases_ and community reviews, they shuffle their watchlists and discuss banning space trucking and nerdy record store dweebs. Also Mia name-drops talking with Barry Koeghan like a boss.
_Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list_ > movies mentioned in this episode.
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
* _Transcripts_ of podcast episodes available
* _Soph’s_ list of Blu-Rays Mitchell owns but has never watched
* _Clint Worthington_, _Katie Walsh_, and _Modern Lights’_ Banshees of Inisherin reviews
* _Brian Tallerico_, _Paul Oyama_, _Rafa Sales Ross_, _Josie Marie_, and _Ella Kemp_’s Aftersun reviews
* _Matt Goldberg_ and _Chris Aguilar_’s Black Adam reviews
* _Justmiaslife_’s Ticket to Paradise review
* _Josh Larsen_ and…
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Oct 18, 2022
Four Favorites with Ana Lily Amirpour: sad cinema, hungry babies, Keanu Reeves and American Psycho
“It’s so fun to be bad.” Spooky season continues with filmmaker Ana Lily Amirpour, who talks to _Gemma_ and _Slim_ about her four favorite films—_American Psycho_; _Death Becomes Her_; _Gremlins_; _The NeverEnding Story_—and the makings of her latest feature _Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon_ and her episode of Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities.
Plus: how Ana Lily got Keanu Reeves to sport a ’stache (and why he paid for his own wig in _The Bad Batch_), the saddest scene in all of cinema history, the deep and psychedelic qualities of Everything Everywhere All at Once, crushing on Atreyu, how to care for your psychic health when you are a filmmaker, how Mary Harron nailed her American Psycho adaptation, the story behind the gorgeous poster for _A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night_, Gemma’s love for Kate Micucci, Slim’s love for Kate Hudson, Ana Lily’s love for hard lighting, why we’ve been watching movies all wrong, the intelligence of comedians, making sure the…
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Oct 13, 2022
Weekend Watchlist: Decision to Leave, Halloween Ends and Till
This week _Mia_ and _slim_ discuss their growing watchlists including Decision to Leave, Halloween Ends, and Till. Mia also coins a new terrible phrase for a certain type of scary movie; “Hole Horror”. After a quick _look back at recent releases_ and community reviews, they shuffle their watchlists and discuss banning creep jocks and re-animating the dead.
_Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list_ > movies mentioned in this episode.
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
* _Transcripts_ of podcast episodes available
* _Mitchell_ and _Andy’s_ Decision to Leave reviews
* _Robert Daniels_’ Till review
* _KK Slider’s_ Triangle of Sadness review
* _Ev’s_ Hellraiser review
* _Jack_ and _Mitchell’s_ Marcel the Shell With Shoes On reviews
* _Diegoberto’s_ Smile review
* _Jack’s_ Top 50 of 2022 list
Credits:
* This episode was recorded in Philadelphia and LA, and edited by Slim.
* Facts by _Jack_.
* Transcript by _Sophie Shin_.
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Oct 11, 2022
Four Favorites with Scott Derrickson: Suspiria, Poltergeist, The Black Phone and America’s appetite for revenge
This week, spooky season continues so we picked up _The Black Phone_ and called in a sinister filmmaker known for raising hell. Writer and director _Scott Derrickson_ talks to _Gemma_ and _Slim_ about growing up at the drive-in, and how his four favorite films (_Poltergeist_; _Suspiria_; _Carrie_ and _I Saw the Devil_) have influenced his filmmaking career.
Plus: that Sinister jump-scare, being too scared to go on ghost hunts, learning about horror films from episodes of Community and The Simpsons, how Poltergeist is Spielberg’s raciest story, why the first act of Suspiria is the best cinema ever made, why the last act of Carrie is the best cinema ever made, the Letterboxd community’s thirst for Ethan Hawke as a serial killer, America’s problem with revenge (and Korea’s answer to it).
The Letterboxd list of films mentioned in this episode. Forbes’ article “_What Is The Scariest Movie Ever?”_. Reviews of Poltergeist by _Willow Maclay_; Suspiria by _Proftonks_; The Black…
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Oct 6, 2022
Weekend Watchlist: Triangle of Sadness, TÁR and Hellraiser
This week _Mitchell_ and _slim_ discuss their growing watchlists including Triangle of Sadness, TÁR, and Hellraiser. Mitchell also discusses who would play them in their Dover, Delaware biopic. After a quick _look back at recent releases_ and community reviews, they shuffle their watchlists and discuss banning vampiric movie-goers and depressing morning movie viewings.
_Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list_ > movies mentioned in this episode.
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
* _Transcripts_ of podcast episodes available
* _Flynn_, _Cory_, and _Joe’s_ Triangle of Sadness reviews
* _Mia_ and _Brian’s_ TÁR reviews
* _Liz’s_ Hellraiser review
* _Bianca’s_ Blonde review
* _Kaden’s_ Smile review
* _Ismael’s_ Deep Red review
* _Kayla’s_ Poltergeist review
* _Zacky’s_ Marcel the Shell with Shoes On review
* _Georgia Carson’s_ Vanilla Sky review
* _Jack’s_ Top 50 of 2022 list
Credits:
* This episode was recorded in Philadelphia and…
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Oct 4, 2022
Four Favorites with Ti West: Bad Taste, Indy, Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Pearl insider secrets
It is spooky season and our first Hallowe’en month guest is _X_ and _Pearl_ writer-director and cinema devotee Ti West, who joins hosts _Gemma_ and _Slim_ to talk about four films that influenced his moviemaking career: _Bad Taste_, _Raiders of the Lost Ark_, _Two-Lane Blacktop_, and _The Texas Chain Saw Massacre_. We also attempt to squeeze Ti for details on _MaXXXine_, and he tells us some Pearl tales, including how that final shot came about.
Plus: being a Hollywood outsider; the movies that give us permission to be filmmakers; our demands for a Pearl-trilogy theme park; Ti’s defence of Spielberg’s West Side Story; rubbing shoulders with Peter Jackson; the best moment in cinema ever (involving Indiana Jones); the greatest tagline in cinema ever; why Gemma is obsessed with maggots; and what made Slim cry this week.
Credits: This episode was recorded in Auckland, Los Angeles and Pennsylvania, and edited by Slim. Facts by _Jack_. Booker: _Brian Formo_. _Transcript_ by _Sophie S…
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Sep 29, 2022
Weekend Watchlist: Blonde, Smile and Bros
This week _Mia_ and _slim_ discuss their growing watchlists including Blonde, Smile, and Bros. Mia also discusses the sexiest hands on the planet. After a quick _look back at recent releases_ and community reviews, they shuffle their watchlists and discuss banning certain words from the English language and questioning our friends' assumptions.
_Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list_ > movies mentioned in this episode.
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
* _Transcripts_ of podcast episodes available
* _Marya_ and _Brian’s_ Blonde reviews
* _Joe’s_ Smile review
* _Alex_ and _Jocey’s_ Bros reviews
* _Tosh’s_ Don’t Worry Darling review
* _Robin’s_ Athena review
* _Kweekwegg’s_ Confess, Fletch review
* _Matty J’s_ Jurassic World Dominion review
* _Kate Rose’s_ Do Revenge review
* _Jack’s_ Top 50 of 2022 list
Credits:
* This episode was recorded in Philadelphia and LA, and edited by Slim.
* Facts by _Jack_.
* Transcript by _Sophie S…
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Sep 27, 2022
Four Favorites with Jordan Raup: NYFF, gorgeous redheads, Terrence Malick and Blow Out
Get your _60th New York Film Festival_ watchlists ready! _Gemma_ and _Mitchell_ are joined by _Film at Lincoln Center_’s (and NYFF) assistant director of marketing _Jordan Raup_, who is also the co-founder and editor-in-chief of _The Film Stage_. We get you all ready with everything you need to know for this year’s NYFF, but most importantly Jordan takes us on the ride through his four favorite films: _Canyon Passage_, _The Tree of Life_, _The Heartbreak Kid_ (the good one) and _Blow Out_.
Lists and links: The _Letterboxd list of films mentioned_; _Film at Lincoln Center_’s Letterboxd HQ page; the _full NYFF60 lineup_; _Gorgeous Technicolor Masterworks That Prominently Feature a Redhead_ by Alyssa Heflin; _The Tree of Life __trailer_; _movies where jessica chastain gets fed up with the useless men around her so she decides to save the world herself_ by Wes; _Jordan’s interview with Gus Lanzetta_ on his AI-upscale of Heartbreak Kid; _Help! I Got Too Horny and Now Everything’s…
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Sep 22, 2022
Weekend Watchlist: Don’t Worry Darling, Avatar and Athena
This week _Mia_ and _Slim_ discuss their growing watchlists including Don’t Worry Darling, Avatar and Athena. Mia also angles for a Snapple sponsorship, she’s out of control. After a quick _look back at recent releases_ and community reviews, they shuffle their watchlists and discuss luscious man-hair and obscure watches.
_Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list_ > movies mentioned in this episode.
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
* _Transcripts_ of podcast episodes available
* _Katie Walsh’s_ Don’t Worry Darling review
* _Soph’s_ Avatar review
* _Matt Neglia’s_ Athena review
* _Brent’s_ Pearl review
* _Kayla’s_ See How They Run review
* _Emma Hodge’s_ The Woman King review
* _Tripp Burton’s_ Elevator to the Gallows review
* _Ocean’s_ Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris review
* _JoJo Wild’s_ Marcel the Shell With Shoes On review
* _Dave’s_ Confess, Fletch review
* _Jack’s_ Top 50 of 2022 list
Credits:
* This episode was recorde…
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Sep 20, 2022
Four Favorites with K. Austin Collins: crosswords, vampires, Elaine May and Bill Paxton
By the end of this episode, we promise you’ll be better at cracking those crosswords. _Slim_ and _Mitchell_ are joined by _K. Austin Collins_, film critic for Rolling Stone (heard of it?) and former writer for hotshot places like Vanity Fair, Slate, The Ringer and Reverse Shot. In his spare time, Kameron also moonlights as a crossword creator for _The New Yorker_ and _The New York Times_. No big deal. Once we’re finished grilling him for his tips to make us smarter, we discuss Kameron’s four favorite films (for now): John’s Carpenter’s _Vampires_; _Mikey and Nicky_; _Atlantics_ and _The Naked Kiss_.
Plus: the impossibility of picking your favorite film (theme of the show, woops); letting go of crossword anxiety; putting your taste to the test; Kameron (maybe) sells Slim on Vampires; Slim regrets lapsing his Catholicism; women making the best movies about male friendship; these are not Kameron’s legally binding four favorites; not being prepared for The Naked Kiss; men are…
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Sep 15, 2022
Weekend Watchlist: Pearl, See How They Run and The Woman King
This week _Mia_ and _slim_ discuss their growing watchlists including Pearl, See How They Run and The Woman King. Is it time to crown our very first “Scream King.” After a quick _look back at recent releases_ and community reviews, they shuffle their watchlists and discuss Kyle MacLachlan’s a-cheeks and working for a newspaper. Also _Brian_ and _Flynn_ call to give us a TIFF wrap-up!
_Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list_ > movies mentioned in this episode.
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Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
* _Transcripts_ of podcast episodes available
* _Matt Neglia_ and _BlazBad_’s Pearl reviews
* _Tyler_’s See How They Run review
* _Sarah_ and David Sims’ The Woman King reviews
* How to Blow Up a Pipeline _acquired_ by NEON
* _Proto’s_ Blue Velvet review…
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Sep 13, 2022
Four Favorites with Julian Higgins: mythic storytelling, Foxcatcher, Orson Welles and father figures
We’re all Golden Eagles here. _Gemma_ is away on festival assignment, so filling in for her we’ve got Letterboxd senior editor and Weekend Watchlist co-host _Mitchell Beaupre_! _Slim_ and Mitchell are joined by _Julian Higgins_, director and co-writer of _God’s Country_—his neo-Western debut feature which premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and is hitting theaters September 16 from IFC Films. We also dive deep into Julian’s four favorite films: _Rashomon_; _Chimes at Midnight_; _The Return_ and _Foxcatcher_.
Plus: Julian growing up with college professor cinephile parents; why he’s never seen a single Star Wars movie (hint: those two things are related); why is everyone in Rashomon sweating so much?; Toshiro Mifune is the last 30 seconds of a bag of Skittles; Slim (still) isn’t a Shakespeare person; the relentless pursuit of making a juicy period epic; going “full-on Orson Welles”; Thandiwe Newton having bigger balls than Slim; “We all gotta play by t…
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Sep 8, 2022
Weekend Watchlist: Barbarian, Pinocchio and Speak No Evil
This week _Mia_ and _slim_ discuss their growing watchlists including Barbarian, Pinocchio and Speak No Evil. Ever get a tattoo while watching a movie with friends? Mia has a story that may shock you. After a quick _look back at recent releases_ and community reviews, they shuffle their watchlists and discuss Smart Person Movies and Edgar Allen Poe. Also _Brian Formo_ calls in one final time from Venice.
_Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list_ > movies mentioned in this episode.
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
* _Transcripts_ of podcast episodes available
* _Brenna_ and _Hanny_’s Barbarian reviews
* _David Erlich_ and _Justin LaLiberty_’s Speak No Evil reviews
* _Brian Ly’s_ Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. review
* _Diddy Rose’s_ Jaws review
* _Liam’s_ First Reformed review
* _Bola’s_ Marcel the Shell with Shoes On review
* _Justin L’s_ Ran review
* _Cassi’s_ Emily the Criminal review
* _David’s_ Films to be Avoided at All Costs by C…
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Sep 6, 2022
Four Favorites with Chandler Levack: her TIFF premiere, Almost Famous, The Apartment, Canadian schlock
Movies are sex! Toronto movie critic and filmmaker _Chandler Levack_ joins hosts _Gemma_ and _Slim_ ahead of the _world premiere_ of _I Like Movies_—her debut indie dramedy about a narcissistic teenage cinephile that had Slim weeping-laughing and Gemma hoping it’ll win the TIFF People’s Choice Award—to talk about four films she loves: _Almost Famous_; _Fat Girl_; _The Apartment_ and _Crime Wave_.
Plus: Chandler and Slim reminisce about their glittering careers in the video store industry; everything Cameron Crowe means to us; Catherine Breillat and her brutal realism; the joys of making a film about an insufferable cinephile; how to nail an audition (hint: wear a t-shirt for _The Lighthouse_); we’re all in love with Shirley MacLaine; why Gemma wants to live in old movies; John Paizs’ absurdist brilliance and his lasting legacy—that you can make anything you want!; Funny Pages’ sweaty basement apartment; is this the greatest year for cinema made just for Slim? Possibly…
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Sep 1, 2022
Weekend Watchlist: Saloum, Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul. and Jaws
This week _Mia_ and _Slim_ discuss their growing watchlists including Saloum; Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul. and Jaws in IMAX. Does your friend group have a communal Possession Blu-ray? If not, maybe they should. After a quick _look back at recent releases_ and community reviews, they shuffle their watchlists and discuss setting movie-watching records and not liking Cary Grant. Also Tilda Swinton, Idris Elba and Brian Formo call into the show. 👀
_Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list_ > movies mentioned in this episode.
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
* _Transcripts_ of podcast episodes available
* _Mitchell_ and _Marya_’s Saloum reviews
* Mitchell _chatting with Jean Luc Herbulot_
* _Selome_ and _Jourdain_’s Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. reviews
* _Silent Dawn_’s Jaws review
* _Austin_’s Three Thousand Years of Longing review
* _Donal_’s Marcel the Shell with Shoes On review
* _Brian Ly_’s Possession review
* _Jack_’s Top 50 of 2022…
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Aug 30, 2022
Four Favorites with Jay Bennett: Face/Off, The Lighthouse, sweater weather and movie posters
Get out the knitwear, it’s When Harry Met Sally… season. Movie-poster designer and Londoner _Jay Bennett_ joins hosts _Gemma_ and _Slim_ to discuss his four Letterboxd favorites: _Saw_; _The Lighthouse_; _Face/Off_ and Rob Reiner and Nora Ephron’s _iconic rom-com_.
Plus: Jay’s very specific Letterboxd lists, why he holds right back on five-star ratings, why Danny Glover is a terrible detective in Saw, the power of negative space on a film poster, the scourge of floating heads, getting DMs from A24, was 2019 the greatest year in cinema ever?, The Lighthouse as a lockdown favorite, how bad posters happen, how Jay designed The Cow’s key art, John Woo and his doves, why Joan Allen is the real MVP of Face/Off, the Letterboxd members who defend Billy Crystal as Harry, justice for _Hannah Montana: The Musical_, and Clippy from Microsoft makes a brief appearance.
Lists and links: The _Letterboxd list of films_ mentioned; Jay’s lists: _Tom Hardy invents an accent_, _Mac and Cheese…
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Aug 25, 2022
Weekend Watchlist: Three Thousand Years of Longing, Funny Pages and The Good Boss
This week _Mia_ and _Slim_ discuss their growing watchlists including Three Thousand Years of Longing, Funny Pages and The Good Boss. Slim accidentally suggests an idea for a list and then quickly regrets it, sry everyone. After a quick _look back at recent releases_ and community reviews, they shuffle their watchlists and discuss watching Chinatown mysteries unfold and also making wine.
_Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list_ > movies mentioned in this episode.
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Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
* _Transcripts_ of podcast episodes available
* _Elle_ and _Bryan’s_ Three Thousand Years of Longing reviews
* _Iana’s_ Funny Pages review
* _Jack’s_ The Good Boss review
* _Bian…
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Aug 23, 2022
Four Favorites with Karen Han: Bonghive, Ping Pong, DePalma and Michael Shannon
Bonghive, rise! We have cinema disease and _Karen Han_ has the cure. The cultural critic, scriptwriter and Bong Joon-ho expert joins hosts _Slim_ and _Gemma_ to talk about her four Letterboxd faves: _Phantom of the Paradise_; _Take Shelter_; _Ping Pong_ and _The Host_. Karen’s new book, _Bong Joon-ho: Dissident Cinema_, is out in November from Abrams Books and Little White Lies.
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Also: Karen recalls the dawn of the #Bonghive, we discuss the sexual energy of songwriter Pau…
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Aug 18, 2022
Weekend Watchlist: Orphan: First Kill, Beast and Spin Me Round
This week _Mia_ and _Mitchell_ discuss their growing watchlists including Orphan: First Kill; Beast and Spin Me Round. Who doesn’t love a good bonus psychosexual plot? Unrelated but we also hear from Aubrey Plaza herself in this episode nbd. After a quick _look back at recent releases_ and community reviews, they shuffle their watchlists and discuss watching sad movies maybe forever.
_Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list_ > movies mentioned in this episode.
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
* _Transcripts_ of podcast episodes available
* _Mitchell chatting_ with our Queen Aubrey Plaza
* _Reyna_’s Orphan: First Kill review
* _Justin_ and _Allison_’s Spin Me Round reviews
* _Claira_ and _Robert_’s The Territory reviews
* _Mrs. Darcy_’s Inu-Oh review
* _Brandon_’s Day Shift review
* _Brian_’s E.T. review
* _Kayla_’s Thirteen Lives review
* _Jack_’s Top 50 of 2022 list
Credits:
* This episode was recorded in Delaware and LA, and edite…
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Aug 16, 2022
Four Favorites with Rebekah McKendry: absurd horror, Hedwig, Suspiria, The ’Burbs
Never tumble-dry a bra! Film professor, director, _Colors of the Dark_ podcaster and absurdist horror-comedy fan _Rebekah McKendry_ joins hosts _Slim_ and _Gemma_ to gleefully dig into her four Letterboxd favs: _Hedwig and the Angry Inch_; _The ’Burbs_; _Suspiria_ and _Survive Style 5+_. Plus: the download on _Glorious_, her new “classy glory-hole movie” for Shudder, starring Ryan Kwanten and JK Simmons.
Also: soap-opera amnesia, rewatching _Old_, the perfect horror rating, terrible neighbors, why Letterboxd’s Suspiria reviews are the best reviews, our thirst for Jessica Harper, important choreography chat, how to make a $50K movie, how to get JK Simmons in your film, how to get your glory hole the right size, why Rebekah always shows Hedwig to all her film students, and why you haven’t truly lived until you have seen Survive Style 5+.
Lists and links:
The _Letterboxd list of films_ mentioned; Rebekah and David Ian McKendry’s _25 favorite absurdist cult and horror films_…
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Aug 11, 2022
Weekend Watchlist: Emily the Criminal, Inu-oh and Day Shift
This week _Slim_ and _Mitchell_ discuss their growing watchlists including Emily the Criminal, Inu-oh and Day Shift. Ever credit card scam a vampire? That could be the key. After a quick _look back at recent releases_ and community reviews, they shuffle their watchlists and discuss giving 5 stars to sex, violence, gore, debauchery.
_Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list_ > movies mentioned in this episode.
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Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
* _Transcripts_ of podcast episodes available
* _Tyler_ and _Paul’s_ Emily the Criminal reviews
* _Esther_ and _Alicia’s_ Inu-Oh reviews
* _FakeRobHunter’s_ Day Shift review
* _Marya’s_ Girl Picture review
* _Bianca’s_ BODIES BO…
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Aug 9, 2022
Four Favorites with Paul Scheer: time traveling and ghostbusting with 1980s American men
Beware the ectoplasmic residue! Comedian, actor, podcaster and _Letterboxd member Paul Scheer_ joins hosts _Slim_ and _Gemma_ to celebrate American men of the 1980s via his four Letterboxd favorites: _Beverly Hills Cop_; _Ghostbusters_; _Back to the Future_ and _Planes Trains and Automobiles_.
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Plus: the curious psychology of choosing your four Letterboxd faves; what Paul has learned about movies from hosting the _How Did This Get Made_ and _Unspooled_ podcasts; Slim’s dream of owning Marty McFly’s t…
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Aug 4, 2022
Weekend Watchlist: Bodies Bodies Bodies, Bullet Train and Prey
This week _Slim_ and _Mia_ discuss their growing watchlists including Bodies Bodies Bodies, Bullet Train and Prey. Can you guess Brad Pitt’s height? Your own answer may shock you. After a quick _look back at recent releases_ and community reviews, they shuffle their watchlists and discuss erotic cinema and Dennis Hopper.
_Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list_ > movies mentioned in this episode.
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
* _Transcripts_ of podcast episodes available
* _Ayo Edebiri_ and _Josh Ruben_’s Bodies Bodies Bodies review
* _David Erhlich_’s Bullet Train review
* _Slim’s_ Prey review
* _Brian Formo_ and _Bianca’s_ Resurrection review
* _NeonGhostWolf_’s Not Okay review
* _Emma Hodge’s_ Vengeance review
* _BurtonMacReady’s_ Woman in the Dunes review
* _Kev’s_ Being There review
* _Liam’s_ Re-Animator review
* _Matthew Lyon’s_ Adventures of TinTin review
* Listen to the _Bat & Spider_ podcast
* _Jack’s_ Top 50 o…
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Jul 28, 2022
Weekend Watchlist: Resurrection, Not Okay and Vengeance
This week _Slim_ and _Mitchell_ discuss their growing watchlists including Resurrection, Not Okay and Vengeance. They also sneak in some big time praise for A Love Song. After a quick _look back at recent releases_ and community reviews, they shuffle their watchlists and discuss how odd it is to say the word “Catwomen” out loud.
_Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list_ > movies mentioned in this episode.
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Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
* _Transcripts_ o…
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Jul 21, 2022
Weekend Watchlist: Nope, The Gray Man and Anything’s Possible
This week _Slim_ and _Mitchell_ discuss their growing watchlists including Nope, The Gray Man, and Anything’s Possible. No spoilers in here don’t worry oh kay? Also we chat about Chris Evans’ tight pantaloons. After a quick _look back at recent releases_ and community reviews, they shuffle their watchlists and discuss living in thinning hair and dancing in the rain soaked streets of the West Side.
_Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list_ > movies mentioned in this episode.
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Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
* _Transcripts_ of podcast episodes available
* _Frazier_ and _Chris’s_ Nope reviews
* _Slim’s_ The Gray Man review
* _Matt_, _Emma_, and _Jack’s_ Anything’s Pos…
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Jul 14, 2022
Weekend Watchlist: Where the Crawdads Sing, Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris and Don’t Make Me Go
This week _Slim_ and _Mia_ discuss their growing watchlists including Where the Crawdads Sing, Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris and Don’t Make Me Go. Also is this the year for nice-core? (Yes) After a quick _look back at recent releases_ and community reviews, they shuffle their watchlists and discuss living in purgatory with Boyhood and Albert Brooks.
_Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list_ > movies mentioned in this episode.
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
* _Transcripts_ of podcast episodes available
* _2022 Midyear Report_ on Journal
* _Brian Formo_ and _Anthony’s_ Where The Crawdads Sing reviews
* _Chris Feil_ and _Alexa’s_ Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris reviews
* _Flynn_ and _Samm’s_ Don’t Make Me Go reviews
* _Emma_ and _Robert’s_ Thor: Love and Thunder reviews
* _Luke’s_ Both Sides of the Blade review
* _Slim’s_ Boyhood review
* _Donal’s_ Le Jetee review
* _Donal’s_ Mad God review
* _Paul’s_ Le Samurai review
* _Soph’s_ Women…
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Jul 7, 2022
Weekend Watchlist: Thor: Love and Thunder, Both Sides of the Blade and Murina
This week _Mitchell_ and Mia discuss their growing watchlists including Thor: Love and Thunder, Both Sides of the Blade and Murina. Also who wouldn’t thirst-watch for Cate Blanchett? After a quick _look back at recent releases_ and community reviews, they shuffle their watchlists and discuss the insane combination of framing a cartoon rabbit while buckerooing through the banzai.
_Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list_ > movies mentioned in this episode.
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
* _Transcripts_ of podcast episodes available
* _2022 Midyear Report_ on Journal
* _David Chen’s_ Thor: Love and Thunder review
* _Robert Daniels_ and _Alicia Haddick’s_ Both Sides of the Blade review
* _Liam_, _Monab_ and _Guy Montgomery’s_ Murina reviews
* _Best of Sundance 2022_ on Journal
* _Best of the Fall Fests 2021_ on Journal
* _Ella’s_ Fire of Love review
* _Paul’s_ review of Before Sunrise
* _Tripp Burton’s_ review of Diving Bell and the Butterfl…
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Jul 5, 2022
Four Favorites with Jack’s Facts: Dog Day, Mike Leigh, La La Land and the midway Top 25
Give us a cuddle, Maurice! Letterboxd head of platform content _Jack Moulton_, the man behind The Letterboxd Show’s “Jack’s Facts”, joins hosts _Slim_ and _Gemma_ for a chat about our favorites of the _Top 25 films of 2022 so far_ and Jack’s four Letterboxd faves: Sidney Lumet’s _Dog Day Afternoon_, Mike Leigh’s _Secrets and Lies_, Matthieu Kassovitz’s _La Haine_, and the movie that did not win the 2017 Oscar for Best Picture, Damien Chazelle’s _La La Land_.
Plus: attractive sweaty Al Pacino, how lockdown helped Jack complete several film circles, long film runtimes, heist movies, what our hostage demands would be (fried chicken all the way), the healing power of a cup of tea, the “Mike Leigh Phase” of every British boy, can La Haine’s Hubert be our boyfriend, Amelie’s boyfriend’s directorial career, love across an ocean, queuing for a movie with a small bladder, musicals for people who don’t like musicals, why everyone should see Blinded by the Light, an…
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Jun 30, 2022
Weekend Watchlist: Minions: The Rise of Gru, The Forgiven and Clara Sola
This week _Mitchell_ and _Slim_ discuss their growing watchlists including Minions: The Rise of Gru, The Forgiven and Clara Sola. There is also talk about trademarking “Simmering Cinema” just FYI. After a quick _look back at recent releases_ and community reviews, they shuffle their watchlists and discuss questionable deaths in 4K UHD.
_Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list_ > movies mentioned in this episode.
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
* _Transcripts_ of podcast episodes available
* _Mitchell_’s top 2022 list
* _Matt Neglia_’s Minions review
* _Chris Evangelista_, _Stephen Miller_ and _Modern Lights_’ The Forgiven reviews
* _Claira Curtis_ and _Darren Carver-Balsiger_’s Clara Sola reviews
* _Hanna_ and _Kate Rose_’s Elvis reviews
* _Alex Kaplan_’s Beavis and Butt-head Do the Universe review
* _Zach Pope_’s The Black Phone review
* _Kev_ and _Scott_’s Marcel the Shell with Shoes On reviews
* _Emma Hodge_’s Memoria review
*…
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Jun 23, 2022
Weekend Watchlist: Elvis, The Black Phone and Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
This week _Mia_ and _Slim_ discuss their growing watchlists including Elvis, The Black Phone and Marcel the Shell with Shoes On. Mia also shares details of her Tribeca trip and finally reveals her fear of seeing bike rides in film. After a quick _look back at recent releases_ and community reviews, they shuffle their watchlists and discuss direct-to-video ninja movies.
_Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list_ > movies mentioned in this episode.
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
* _Transcripts_ of podcast episodes available
* _Ella_’s Elvis review
* _Brian_’s The Black Phone review
* _Selome_ and _Michell_’s Marcel the Shell reviews
* _MikeyP_’s Lightyear review
* _Emma_’s Cha Cha Real Smooth review
* _Bryce_ and _Soph_’s Mad God reviews
* _Kingston_’s Spiderhead review
* _Ev_’s Fat Girl review
* _Jane_’s the Beguiled review
* _Ryan_’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire review
* _PotatoButler_’s Father of the Bride review
* _Jack_’s…
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Jun 21, 2022
Four Favorites with So Yun Um: Fellini, Wong Kar-Wai, Justin Lin and Keanu
Filmmaker and Letterboxd member So Yun Um joins hosts Slim and Gemma for a chat about her new Tribeca sell-out documentary Liquor Store Dreams, and her four Letterboxd faves: Wong Kar Wai’s In the Mood for Love; Justin Lin’s Better Luck Tomorrow; Federico Fellini’s 8½ and the Wachowski Sisters’ The Matrix.
Plus: throwing caution to the wind and becoming a filmmaker, the fleeting moments that give us life, getting around Netflix’s screenshot ban, sexy noodles, who we would date from the Better Luck Tomorrow cast, So’s Johnny Tran prequel pitch (are you listening, Justin Lin?), making dads proud, neo-realism vs French New Wave, all our fave Keanu movies, small businesses, neighborhoods, high grades, parents who just want you married off, how The Matrix broke down barriers at high school and the Danny-from-Liquor Store Dreams spinoff we want to see.
Lists and links:
The Letterboxd list of films mentioned; So’s Ten Underrated AAPI movies for Letterboxd Journal; So’s Ree…
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Jun 16, 2022
Weekend Watchlist: Lightyear, Cha Cha Real Smooth and Mad God
This week _Mitchell_ and _Slim_ discuss their growing watchlists including Lightyear, Cha Cha Real Smooth and Mad God. Can Kosinski save cinema again with Spiderhead? The answer may surprise you. After a quick _look back at recent releases_ and community reviews, they shuffle their watchlists and discuss Sly Stallone hanging above dangerous-looking cliffs for our enjoyment.
_Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list_ > movies mentioned in this episode.
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
* _Transcripts_ of podcast episodes available
* _Rachel Wagner_’s Lightyear review
* _Brian_ and _Robert_’s Cha Cha Real Smooth reviews
* _Mia_’s Mad God review
* _Kate_ and _Gabb_’s Jurassic World Dominion reviews
* _Mitch_’s Hustle review
* _Liam_’s Pleasantville review
* _Kyle_’s The Art of Racing in the Rain review
* _Jack_’s Top 50 of 2022 list
Credits:
* This episode was recorded in Delaware and Philadelphia, and edited by Slim.
* Facts by _Jack_.…
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Jun 14, 2022
Four Favorites with Elizabeth Purchell: Trans menaces, Chocolate Babies, mulleted lesbians and radical cinema
Film historian and Letterboxd “adult task force” member _Elizabeth Purchell_ joins hosts Slim and Gemma to unearth four absolutely under-seen historic favorites on The Letterboxd Show for Pride Month: Rosa Von Praunheim’s _City of Lost Souls_, Jack Deveau’s _Drive_, Stephen Winter’s _Chocolate Babies_ and Juliet Bashore’s _Kamikaze Hearts_, along with a chat about her _Ask Any Buddy_ film and podcast.
Plus: radical cinema, radical portraits, radical activism, the prolific Rosa Von Praunheim, the best mullet ever seen on film, wangs in jars, trans icons, adult films about Jesus, the endless joys of Jess Franco movies, and the film that has just one fan on Letterboxd. This episode contains plentiful discussion of adult cinema. P.S. “Watch _Lady Terminator_ as fast as you can.”
Lists:
The _Letterboxd list of films mentioned_; JF’s _Turn the gaze around_ list; Saige’s _queer films that are *chef’s kiss*_; Sam P’s _Solo Blasters: Directors Who Made One Film in Th…
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Jun 9, 2022
Weekend Watchlist: Jurassic World Dominion, Hustle and The Janes
This week _Mia_ and _Slim_ discuss their growing watchlists including Jurassic World Dominion, Hustle and The Janes. We are living in Pratt-aissance whether we like it or not. After a quick _look back at recent releases_ and community reviews, they shuffle their watchlists and drift into _Dave’s Letterboxd Top 250_ for the first time. Also ninjas.
_Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list_ > movies mentioned in this episode.
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
* _Transcripts_ of podcast episodes available
* _South Fellini_’s Philly merch
* _David Erlich_’s Hustle review
* _Ella_ and _Ian_’s The Janes review
* _Slim_’s low-fi sci-fi list
* _Dave_, _Sarah_, _Thomas_ and _KK_’s Crimes of the Future reviews
* _Alexandria_’s Watcher review
* _DiddyRose_’s In the Mood for Love review
* _Phillip_’s All Monster’s Attack review
* _Jack_’s Top 50 of 2022 list
Credits:
* This episode was recorded in LA and Philadelphia, and edited by Slim.
*…
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Jun 7, 2022
Four Favorites with Lucy May: Portrait Nation, Amélie, Maika Monroe and Parker Posey
Video editor, writer and Letterboxd member _Lucy May_ joins hosts Gemma and Slim for a MegaSound 8000 influencer session on her four favorite films: Amélie; It Follows; Portrait of a Lady on Fire and Josie and the Pussycats.
Plus: Why Lucy’s dad is the best Letterboxd dad. Glass men and brittle bones. Getting serious about It Follows, for once. Opinions about elevated horror. Slim’s boys’ night out at Portrait. The power of Parker Posey. The best present Lucy ever received. The best band managers in movies. Modern Archie comics. Why Saw V is saw-ly underrated. An apology to the Letterboxd moderators. Does Slim even know what Björk looks like? And Lucy’s top five lesbian film hits for Pride month.
The _Letterboxd list of films_ mentioned.
Links:
Lucas’ _weird girl rights!!!_ list, Megan’s _films for the lonely_, Hayley’s _snuggly wuggly flicks for anxiety driven chicks_, Lucy’s _most peculiar list of comfort movies_, _comedies that are ahead of their time_, and _mo…
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Jun 2, 2022
Weekend Watchlist: Crimes of the Future, Watcher and Fire Island
This week _Mia_ and _Slim_ discuss their growing watchlists including Crimes of the Future, Watcher and Fire Island. Special shout-out to all the Cronen-babes out there. After a quick _look back at recent releases_ and community reviews, they shuffle their watchlists and drift into potential cannibalism.
This episode is brought to you by _Kino Lorber’s __Neptune Frost_; in theaters this weekend and expanding wide next week.
_Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list_ > movies mentioned in this episode.
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
* _Transcripts_ of podcast episodes available
* Slim’s _Interview with the Podcast Vampire: a Tom Cruise podcast_
* _Mitchell_’s Acting Out podcast
* _Marya_’s Neptune Frost review
* _Dave_ and _Scorgie_’s Crimes of the Future reviews
* _Lucy_ and _Josh Ruben_’s Watcher reviews
* _Bowen Yang_ and _Slim_’s Fire Island reviews
* _Ella_’s Benediction review
* _Gemma_’s Phantom of the Open review
* _Zach_ and _…
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May 31, 2022
Four Favorites with Mitchell Beaupre: Horny nerds in suits, Agnès Varda, David Lynch, ’80s cinema
Get the Letterboxd Show disease in you as film quiz queen, gritty essay king, Letterboxd Journal senior editor and Weekend Watchlist co-host _Mitchell Beaupre_ joins hosts Gemma and Slim for a conversation about their favorite films: Martin Scorsese’s After Hours, David Lynch’s Blue Velvet, Francis Ford Coppola’s The Conversation and Agnès Varda’s Le Bonheur.
Plus: missing the pre-Covid days of all-night wacky shenanigans, gritty New York films, life below 14th Street, the family viewing potential of Blue Velvet (hear us out), video-store nostalgia, dad films, men movies, the joys of pants-down noodling, The Slumber Party Massacre, and why Hot Tub Time Machine has a very, very special place in Mitchell’s heart and the rest of us are all going to Letterboxd jail. “This is a cocaine-free podcast.”
Lists, Reviews and Links mentioned:
The _Letterboxd list of films_ mentioned; Steph’s _Horny Nerd in a Suit’s Worst Night_; Tommy’s _Help! I Got Too Horny_; Jamal’s _I…
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May 26, 2022
Weekend Watchlist: Top Gun: Maverick, The Bob’s Burgers Movie and RRR
This week _Mitchell_ and _Slim_ discuss their growing watchlists including _Top Gun: Maverick_, _The Bob’s Burgers Movie_, _RRR_ and _yet another podcast_ about Tom Cruise. They also _look back at recent releases_ and community reviews. Finally, we shuffle our watchlists to learn maybe too much about Harrison Ford.
_Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list_ > movies mentioned in this episode.
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
* _Transcripts_ of podcast episodes available
* Slim’s _Interview with the Podcast Vampire: a Tom Cruise podcast_
* _Slim_, _Dom_ and _Dawson_’s Top Gun: Maverick review
* _Dan_ and _FakeRobHunter_’s The Bob’s Burgers Movie reviews
* _Gemma_, _Brandon_, and _slim_’s RRR reviews
* _Ben_ and _TeeTonyTone_’s Men reviews
* _PotatoButler_ and _El_’s Chip ’n Dale reviews
* _Mitchell’s_ Wild Things review
* Journal links: _Rory Kinnear (__Men__)_ from Isaac Feldberg, _Kevin Doyle (__Downton Abbey__)_ from Gemma, and _the ca…
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May 24, 2022
Four Favorites with Vagabon: Pretty Woman, Fincher, Huppert and Courtney Barnett
Vagabon, AKA _musician_ and _Letterboxd member_ Laetitia Tamko, joins hosts Gemma and Slim for a tour of her four favorite films: Pretty Woman; The Piano Teacher; The Worst Person in the World and Seven.
Plus: Elden Ring, discovering Prince via Pretty Woman, covering Gen-X hits with Liz Phair, covering Karen Dalton with Courtney Barnett, loving Nancy Meyers, being f—ed up by Michael Haneke, wanting stability and chaos, and the hypothetical psychological rom-com starring Patti Harrison and Vagabon that we deserve. _Vagabon plays at Storm King_ in New Windsor, NY, on June 25, 2022.
Links:
_The Letterboxd list of films mentioned_; Sydney’s list “_Please god don’t make me turn 30_”; Bethany’s _films that destigmatized sex + sexuality for me as a woman_; Silent J’s _Films That Got You Addicted To Songs_
Reviews mentioned:
Reviews of Pretty Woman by _emma_ and _sophie_; The Piano Teacher by _Hari Nef_, _zachhayes_, _Dead Ringer_; Se7en by _Sean_; The Worst Person in the Wo…
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May 19, 2022
Weekend Watchlist: Men, Emergency and Chip ’n Dale: Rescue Rangers
This week _Mia_ and _Slim_ discuss Margot Robbie's alleged Letterboxd account, their growing watchlists including _Men_, _Emergency_, _Chip ’n Dale: Rescue Rangers_ and dead-doving bad movies. They also _look back at recent releases_ and community reviews. Finally, we shuffle our watchlists to find true love with Colin Farrell.
_Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list_ > movies mentioned in this episode.
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
* _Transcripts_ of podcast episodes available
* _Mia_ and _Slim_’s Men reviews
* _Mitchell_, _Jack_, and _Justin_’s Emergency reviews
* _Gemma_’s rating-less and heart-less Downton Abbey review
* _KK Slider_ and _Phillip_’s On the Count of Three reviews
* _Kingston_’s Boogie Nights review
* _Steven_’s St Elmo’s Fire review
* _DiddyRose_’s The Duke review
* _David_’s Films to be Avoided at All Costs by Cat Lovers list
* _Jack_’s Top 50 of 2022 list
* _Dave’s Official Top 250 Narrative Feature Film…
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May 17, 2022
Four Favorites with The Bechdel Cast: Titanic, Jack Black and the Paddington mafia
_The Bechdel Cast_’s Jamie Loftus and Caitlin Durante joins hosts _Gemma_ and _Slim_ to discuss four favorite films: Paddington 2; Titanic; School of Rock and I, Tonya. Note: this episode is a safe space for Jack Black fans.
Plus: why Paddington will always pass the Bechdel Test, ranking Nicole Kidman’s wigs, terrifying Paddington mafia logic, whether the Poddington podcast will ever come to life, Sally Hawkins, Titanic tourism, Jamie’s hole-punch era, the two-part Titanic VHS, our Billy Zane anecdotes, Phantom merch, horny ’90s women, Fabrizio, why Jack Black needs to be kissing in more movies, Joan Cusack’s iconic monologue, Jamie’s MoviePass addiction to I, Tonya, Caitlin’s cult, and movie teams that could beat Thanos.
Lists mentioned:
The _list of movies mentioned_ in this episode. Member lists: _most obsessively rewatched Paddington film_; _green flags_; _when ur on ur period_; _the straights get me every goddamn time_; _Movies my cat has paid attention to_; _team…
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May 12, 2022
Weekend Watchlist: Pleasure, On the Count of Three and The Innocents
This week _Mitchell_ and _Slim_ discuss their growing watchlists including _Pleasure_, _On the Count of Three_, _The Innocents_, and the No-Slims LB Survivor Club. They also _look back at recent releases_ and community reviews. Finally, we shuffle our watchlists but not before one host finally revealing their thoughts on _The Sacrifice_.
_Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list_ > movies mentioned in this episode.
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
* _Transcripts_ of podcast episodes available
* _Mitchell_ and _Slim_’s Pleasure reviews
* _Claira_ and _Mitchell_’s On the Count of Three reviews
* _Slim_’s The Innocents review
* _Jeremy_’s Happening review
* _Andy_, _Rowan_ and _Kingston’s_ Doctor Strange 2 reviews
* _Mia_’s Men review
* _Jack_’s Top 50 of 2022 list
* _Gemma_’s Leonor Will Never Die review
* _Dave’s Official Top 250 Narrative Feature Films list_
* _Ross_’s Blood for Dracula review
* _Liam_’s Sorry We Missed You revie…
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May 10, 2022
Four Favorites with Selome Hailu: Holes, Emile Mosseri, Roe v. Wade and Gemini season
Variety reporter and Austin native _Selome Hailu_ joins hosts _Gemma_ and _Slim_ to discuss why her Letterboxd profile is only for people who support Holes being her number one movie, and to celebrate the finer points of her other favorite films: The Last Black Man in San Francisco, The Young Girls of Rochefort and Saint Frances.
Plus: the perfect rating, the need for a five-star-plus-“unlike” emoji on Letterboxd, Emile Mosseri’s transcendent soundtracks, Gemma’s defense of Geminis, Slim’s religious experience with Last Black Man’s skateboarding scenes, the urgent conversation around incarceration that Holes brings up, the costuming power of the pleat, building community, choosing joy, spending time with those you love, the weird dualities of life, breaking the cinephile bubble, meeting Magic Johnson, and a little chat about Selome’s rating for Babe: Pig in the City.
Links:
* The _list of movies_ mentioned in this episode
* Reviews of Holes by _Aydan Nolan_, _Grace…
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May 5, 2022
Weekend Watchlist: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Happening and The Twin
This week _Mia_ and _Slim_ discuss their growing watchlists including _Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness_, _Happening_, _The Twin_ and some Wawa jawns. They also _look back at recent releases_ and community reviews. Finally, we shuffle our watchlists to find out What Ever Happened to Baby Jane.
_Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list_ > movies mentioned in this episode.
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
* _Transcripts_ of podcast episodes available
* _Ryan McQuad’s_ Doctor Strange 2 review
* _Gemma_ and _Mitchell’s_ Happening reviews
* _Mia_’s Men review
* _Michelle Grondine_’s AKA Tediously Brief’s Hatching review
* _Gemma_’s Downton Abbey review
* _Diddy Rose’s_ The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent review
* _Ellie_ and _Phillip_’s Rothaniel reviews
* _Dave’s Official Top 250 Narrative Feature Films List_
* _Ben Jessup_’s The Sacrifice review
* _Jack_’s Top 50 of 2022 list
Credits:
* This episode was recorded in…
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May 3, 2022
Four Favorites with Patrick Willems: Wes Anderson, Evil Dead and a Fast shock
_Video essayist_ and popular Letterboxd member _Patrick H. Willems_ joins hosts Gemma and Slim to “Patrick Explains” his four Letterboxd favorites: _Kiki’s Delivery Service_, _The Matrix_, _Evil Dead II_, and _Rushmore_, and talk about why he devotes his time to demystifying the art of filmmaking, why he relates to a depressed thirteen-year-old witch, the life-changing energy of The Matrix, Sam Raimi’s extraordinary output, Bruce Campbell’s jaw-dropping jawline, and precocious Wes Anderson characters.
Plus: Patrick fills us in on his _accidental feature film_ and his _Can’t Get Enough of Keanu Podcast_, we get his shocked live reaction to the _Fast X_ director news as it happens, and quickly recover with some deep dives into Josh Hartnett’s best work. Patrick has a bone to pick with High Fidelity, and Slim promises to finally watch the best action scene ever made—the train chase in The Wrong Trousers.
Lists mentioned:
_Warm Hug Cinematic Universe_; _Movies where a pe…
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Apr 28, 2022
Weekend Watchlist: Vortex, Hatching and Memory
Welcome to Weekend Watchlist; Letterboxd’s weekly show focused on new movies dropping in theaters and streaming. Join us every Thursday as we discuss our growing watchlists. This week _Mitchell_ and _Slim_ talk about _Vortex_, _Hatching_, and _Memory_. They also _look back at recent releases_ and community reviews. Finally, we shuffle our watchlists once again. Maybe just one of us, anyway.
_Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list_ > movies mentioned in this episode.
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
* _Transcripts_ of podcast episodes available
* Gaspar’s _Film Stage_ interview
* _Justin’s_ Hatching review
* _Omar’s_, _Bryce’s_, and _Kev’s_ The Northman reviews
* _Jess’_ Paris, 13th District review
* _Mia’s chat_ with Anya Taylor-Joy
* _Charlie_ and _Brett’s_ Joe vs the Volcano reviews
* _Ismael’s_ The Hunt review
* _Robin’s_ White Hot: The Rise and Fall of Abercrombie and Fitch
* _Mitchell's new pod "Acting Out"_
* _Jack’s_ Top…
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Apr 21, 2022
Weekend Watchlist: The Northman, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent and Petite Maman
Welcome to Weekend Watchlist; Letterboxd’s weekly show focused on new movies dropping in theaters and streaming. Join us every Thursday as we discuss our growing watchlists. We’ll get through this. Together. This week _Mia_ and _Slim_ talk about _The Northman_, _The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent_, _Petite Maman_ and look back at _Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore_, _Dual_, and _Paris: 13th District_. Finally, we shuffle our watchlists once again.
_Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list_ > movies mentioned in this episode.
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
* _Transcripts_ of podcast episodes available
* _Popcorn Fodder’s_ The Northman review
* _Slim_ and _Mitchell’s_ Petite Maman review
* _Andy’s_ The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent review
* _Ella’s_ Journal interview
* _Austin’s_ Dual review
* _Gemma’s_ All the Old Knives review
* _Jared’s_ We’re All Going to the World’s Fair review
* _Yun’s_ Sonic 2 review
* _…
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Apr 19, 2022
Four Favorites: Karina Longworth on erotic ’80s, Richard Gere, and Kevin's denim
_You Must Remember This_ podcast creator and reformed movie critic _Karina Longworth_ joins hosts _Gemma_ and _Slim_ for a steamy conversation about erotic American cinema of the 1980s via four of her ’80s faves related to the new season of her show: Paul Schrader’s _American Gigolo_, Brian De Palma’s _Body Double_, Adrian Lyne’s _Nine 1/2 Weeks_ and Roger Donaldson’s _No Way Out_.
Plus: how to become an American gigolo, the sex appeal of venetian blinds and ankle bracelets, De Palma’s movie alter-ego, Kim Basinger’s Nine 1/2 Weeks experiences, Kevin Costner’s denim fit, Melanie Griffith’s comic smarts, Richard Gere’s… everything, and, yes… In the Cut.
Links:
The _Letterboxd list of films_ mentioned in this episode; _You Must Remember This podcast_; _Film School Rejects’ __No Way Out__ commentary_; _Fatal Attractions podcast_
Lists mentioned:
_These films have the D._; _Male Frontal Nudity_; _Psychosexual dramas_; _Actually Sexy Films_; _Help! I Got Too H…
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Apr 14, 2022
Weekend Watchlist: The Secrets of Dumbledore, Dual and Paris: 13th District
Weekend Watchlist is Letterboxd’s weekly show focused on new movies dropping in theaters and streaming. Join us every Thursday as we discuss our growing watchlists. We’ll get through this. Together. This week _Mitchell_ and _Slim_ talk about _Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore_, _Dual_, _Paris: 13th District_ and look back at _Ambulance_, _Sonic the Hedgehog 2_, _All the Old Knives_, and _Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off_, We also peep some physical releases including _RoboCop_ and _C’mon C’mon_. Finally, we shuffle our watchlists and Mitchell tells us their thoughts on _Ghost of Mars_.
Our thanks to _NEON_ for sponsoring this episode. Add _Petite Maman_ to your watchlist if it isn’t there already, _follow the neonrated HQ account_ on Letterboxd, and make plans to see the movie as soon as you can.
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
_Transcripts_ of podcast episodes available; _Slim_ and _Mitchell’s_ Petite Maman review; _reyzando’s_ Dual review; _Alic…
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Apr 12, 2022
Everything Special: Daniels on Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, kindness and crying
_Everything Everywhere All at Once_ writer-directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert join hosts _Gemma_ and _Slim_ for an unabashed conversation about love, empathy, crying, dopamine, their movie’s stars, and whether “this butt-plug action movie is better than _The Godfather_”.
Plus: time travel logic, anime adoration, Yuen Woo Ping, Kurt Vonnegut Jr’s The Sirens of Titan, imposter syndrome, how they filmed the rock scene, how music videos helped get their new film made, Scheinert’s wild Indiana Jones pitch, the joy of movies that take big swings, The White Stripes, fanny-pack supremacy, _Cloud Atlas_, the real enemy of EEAAO, and what it feels like to suddenly have the highest-rated film on Letterboxd (only the third-ever film to hold the number-one spot in Letterboxd history).
Links:
The _Letterboxd list of films_ mentioned in this episode; _Michelle Yeoh’s __GQ__ interview_; the movies of _Yuen Woo Ping_ and the _Shaw brothers_; reviews of EEAAO by _Bowen Yang_, _Dav…
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Apr 7, 2022
Weekend Watchlist: Ambulance, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and All the Old Knives
Welcome to Weekend Watchlist; Letterboxd’s weekly show focused on new movies dropping in theaters and streaming. Join us every Thursday as we discuss our growing watchlists. We’ll get through this. Together. This week _Mia_ and _Slim_ talk about _Ambulance_, _Sonic the Hedgehog 2_, _All the Old Knives_, _Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off_ and look back at _Everything Everywhere All at Once_, _Morbius_, _The Bubble_, and _Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood_, We also spotlight the movers and shakers on Jack’s weekly _Top 50 of 2022 list_ including _Mad God_, and the new champion of _Dave’s_ Letterboxd Top 250 Narrative Feature Films. Also Mia tells us her thoughts on _Scanners_.
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
_Transcripts_ of podcast episodes available; Rafael’s Ambulance review; _Alex’s_ Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off review; _bbanks2121’s_ Everything Everywhere All at Once review; _Ry’s_ Morbius review; _Robin’s_ The Bubble review; _slim’s_ All t…
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Apr 4, 2022
Four Favorites: Oscars Fever with Kate Hagen and Matt Neglia
_The Black List_’s _Kate Hagen_ and _Next Best Picture’s Matt Neglia_ join hosts _Gemma_ and _Slim_ to send off awards season once and for all with our four favorite Oscar-nominated movies of the 94th Academy Awards, whether or not they won (most of them didn’t): _Spencer_, _CODA_, _Nightmare Alley_ and _Cyrano_.
Plus: Kate has _has a word with_ Jane Campion in the Oscars press room, Slim rates CODA thirty stars, Matt is all over Kristen Stewart’s work as Diana, Princess of Wales, Gemma is obsessed with the production of Joe Wright’s Cyrano, our pitch to Netflix and Apple for Troy Kotsur’s next starring role, Bradley Cooper brings full-frontal back, and just how many corgis can the Queen fit into her car?
Links:
The _Letterboxd list of films_ mentioned in this episode; _Next Best Picture_, _Next Best Picture Podcast_, _Next Best Picture ‘happiest nomination’ poll__; _Brian Formo’s _awards season story__; __Business Insider_ story on Netflix’s awards campaign; _Le…
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Mar 31, 2022
Weekend Watchlist: Morbius, The Bubble and Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
Welcome to Weekend Watchlist; Letterboxd’s weekly show focused on new movies dropping in theaters and streaming. Join us every Thursday as we discuss our growing watchlists. We’ll get through this. Together. This week _Mitchell_ and _Slim_ talk about _Morbius_, _The Bubble_, _Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood_, and look back at _Everything Everywhere All At Once_, _The Lost City_, and _Memoria_. We also spotlight the movers and shakers on Jack’s weekly _Top 50 of 2022 list_. Maybe a little watchlist shuffle, too.
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
_Transcripts_ of podcast episodes available; _Mitchell_ and _Matt’s_ Apollo 10 ½ review; _Annie’s_ interview; _Jay_, _Kev’s_ The Lost City review; _David’s_ Everything Everywhere All At Once review; _Mitchell’s interview_ with Apichatpong Weerasethakul; _Dave’s_ Letterboxd Top 250 Narrative Feature Films
Credits:
This episode was recorded in Delaware and Pennsylvania, and edited by Slim. Facts by _Jack_. _Tran…
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Mar 29, 2022
Four Favorites: Blank Check Pod’s Griffin & David on Star Wars, Sully, Hulk and robots
_Griffin Newman_ and _David Sims_—two Letterboxd members who are well known to any serious lover of podcasts about movies—join hosts _Gemma_ and _Slim_ to lower the average rating of films on our Four Favorites seasons. From their renowned _Blank Check Podcast_, they select four of the best talking-point films: _Star Wars: The Phantom Menace_, _Hulk_, _A.I. Artificial Intelligence_ and, in a Letterboxd Show exclusive, a long-awaited Blank Check Pod _Sully_ discussion.
Plus: Vin Diesel—our weirdest living movie star? David’s four-faves behaviors; the boys have a soft spot for sad, existential robot movies; will Griff ever upgrade to Letterboxd Patron? How has David completed so many collections? Gemma performs the podcast equivalent of a forced water landing, Slim wants a whole movie of just pod-racing, and a shout out to our personal Oscar favorites.
“We nerds don’t have much, Gemma! Let us nerds have Star Wars!”
Links:
The _Letterboxd list of films_ mentioned in thi…
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Mar 24, 2022
Weekend Watchlist: Everything Everywhere All At Once, The Lost City and Infinite Storm
Welcome to Weekend Watchlist; Letterboxd’s weekly show focused on new movies dropping in theaters and streaming. Join us every Thursday as we discuss our growing watchlists. We’ll get through this. Together. This week _Mia_ and _Slim_ talk about _Everything Everywhere All At Once_, _The Lost City_, _Infinite Storm_ and look back at _X_, _Deep Water_, and _Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy_. We also spotlight the movers and shakers on Jack’s weekly _Top 50 of 2022 list_. Maybe a little _Wolf Guy_, too.
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
_Transcripts_ of podcast episodes available; _Mitchell_ and _Anna’s_ Deep Water reviews; _Matt’s_ Everything review; _Mikey P’s_ Lost City review; _Nick_ and _Areino’s_ X reviews; Bat & Spider’s_ Wolf Guy episode_;
Credits:
This episode was recorded in LA and Pennsylvania, and edited by Slim. Facts by _Jack_. _Transcript_ by _Sophie Shin_. Theme: ‘_IZON’ by Trent Walton_.
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Mar 22, 2022
Four Favorites: The Mank Couple on Moonstruck, Billy Wilder and the Before trilogy
“Movies give us a love language of our own.” Romance is the theme on this episode, in which Letterboxd’s Mank Couple—film aficionado _Erica Marquis_ and documentary filmmaker _Ben Crew_—join hosts _Gemma_ and _Slim_ to talk through their four romantic Letterboxd favorites: _Before Sunrise_, _Moonstruck_, _WTC View_ and _The Apartment_, with a side-serving of _Hitch_ and _Love & Basketball_. CW for mention of suicide.
Plus: wild opinions on Wong Kar-Wai’s In the Mood for Love, what has happened since Erica and Ben _originally hooked up_, seeing Linklater’s Before trilogy in theaters, Cher’s best hair, food as a character, New York as a character, getting the tone of 9/11 movies right, Brian Sloan’s play-to-film success, portrayals of PTSD, the things we take for granted, Fred MacMurray as a smarmy a-hole, The Apartment’s incredible production design, making space and time for “big films”, movies as life, Slim’s love for Shirley MacLaine, and the invisible thre…
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Mar 17, 2022
Weekend Watchlist: X, Deep Water and Umma
Welcome to Weekend Watchlist; Letterboxd’s weekly show focused on new movies dropping in theaters and streaming. Join us every Thursday as we discuss our growing watchlists. We’ll get through this. Together. This week _Mia_ and _Slim_ talk about _X_, _Deep Water_, _Umma_ and look back at _Turning Red_ and _The Adam Project_. We also spotlight _Marvelous and the Black Hole_ which has jumped into Jack’s new weekly _Top 50 of 2022 list_.
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
_Transcripts_ of podcast episodes available; _Soph_ and _JibShoo’s_ Turning Red reviews; _Christian_ and _Ron’s_ The Adam Project reviews; and Bat & Spider’s _Wolf Guy episode_
Credits:
This episode was recorded in LA and Pennsylvania, and edited by Slim. Facts by _Jack_. _Transcript_ by _Sophie Shin_. Theme: _‘Izon’ by Trent Walton_.
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Mar 15, 2022
Four Favorites: Mia Vicino on Elaine May, Ewan McGregor, stoner movies and Kill Bill
Scriptwriter and film columnist Mia Vicino (aka _Brat_) joins hosts _Gemma_ and _Slim_ to discuss her four Letterboxd favorites: _Mikey and Nicky_, _Down with Love_, _Smiley Face_, _Kill Bill Volume 1_. Mia also talks about reality vs perception in being a high-profile Letterboxd member, and her role as a co-host of our new weekly show, Weekend Watchlist.
Plus: Elaine May’s Hollywood battles, everybody’s crush on Ewan McGregor, our severe screwball rom-com drought, stoner movies, handheld ’90s camcorder vibes, being gay and doing crime, Adam Brody with dreadlocks, getting a contact high from watching movies, feminist buzzkill vibes, ‘She Did That’ and ‘Good For Her’ cinema, and our pent-up excitement for The Northman.
Links:
The _Letterboxd list of films_ mentioned in this episode, episode transcripts
Letterboxd lists mentioned:
_guys being dudes_, _Hate to Love_, _b-movies for the GIRLS_, _Films about people who don’t have their shit together_, _comedies that are…
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Mar 10, 2022
Weekend Watchlist: Turning Red, The Adam Project and Ultrasound
Welcome to Weekend Watchlist, brought to you by The Letterboxd Show! A brand new weekly show focused on new movies dropping in theaters and streaming. Join us every Thursday as we discuss our growing watchlists. We’ll get through this. Together. This week _Mitchell_ and _Slim_ talk about Turning Red, The Adam Project, Ultrasound, and look back at The Batman and After Yang. We also spotlight _The Last Farmer_ which has jumped up Jack’s new weekly _Top 50 of 2022 list_.
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Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
_Transcripts_ of podcast episodes available; _BRATT’s_ Batman review; _Corey’s_ After Yang review; Isaac’s _After Yang Journal article_; _Jack’s Top 50 of 2022 list_; Rolling Stone’s _article on 1980s movies_; _list version_ of the Rolling Stone article.
Credits:
This…
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Mar 8, 2022
Four Favorites: Gemma & Slim on Pee-Wee, Austin Powers and machismo
The Letterboxd Show returns with more movie-lovin’ conversations about our four favorite films. In this season 3 premiere, hosts _Gemma_ and _Slim_ discuss their childhood faves: _Pee Wee’s Big Adventure_, _Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery_, _Superman the Movie_ and _Bloodsport_. Was Christopher Reeve the most handsome human in history? How many times can Slim say “machismo” in one episode? Why does Bloodsport fall into Gemma’s female-gaze good books?
Plus: our hosts’ nanogenre personalities, journalistic ethics in action movies, the missing contours of The Batman, ’80s movie censorship, and Letterboxd Twitter poll winner _Lewis_ on his two childhood faves (_Toy Story 2_, _The Dark Knight_).
Links:
The _Letterboxd list of films_ mentioned in this episode
Letterboxd lists mentioned:
_Best Blazin’ Films_, _letterboxd trans femme vibes_, _movies which searching their titles will result in porn_, _movies where the protagonist looks directly in the camera at…
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Jan 10, 2022
2021 Year in Review Roundtable
It’s a 2021 Year in Review extravaganza! Hosts Gemma and Slim open the Letterboxd Hotline to experts on the three highest-rated films of the year: Matt Singer (Spider-Man: No Way Home), Juan Barquin (Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time) and Bintang Lestada (Yuni)—all of whom take a moment to plead for justice for Barb & Star, woefully ignored in the Letterboxd 2021 Year in Review. Senior editor Mitchell Beaupre and London correspondent Ella Kemp also join for discussion of Year In Review favorites. Topics include: unabashed crowd-pleasers, rethinking Andrew Garfield, how to comfort a hedgehog, movies and mental health, recency bias, the power of stills photographers, the 2021 film that bypasses Slimfluence, an update on Ella’s dating status, feelings as a genre, our love for Mike Mills, the influence of The Beatles on 2021 fashion, Gemma’s favorite George Harrison moments, and how Summer of Soul saved us all.
Links
The Letterboxd list of films mentioned in this episode; Ma…
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Dec 22, 2021
Director Commentary: The Beta Test with Jim Cummings and PJ McCabe
We’re ecstatic to present this exclusive 90-minute audio commentary for The Beta Test. Rewatch the film with this playing in your ear and it’ll be just like having PJ and Jim in your living room! (Jim presses play on the movie at the 28-second mark, following a short intro.)
Read more on Journal.
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Dec 22, 2021
Four Favorites: Joe Dante and Josh Olson on the Christmas Movies that Made Us
It’s a Christmas crossover episode with Joe Dante and Josh Olson from The Movies that Made Me podcast, and Gemma and Slim from The Letterboxd Show! Four hosts, four festive favorites: We’re No Angels; Scrooge; National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation; and Elf (with a side of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer). Also: Joe’s reaction to our Gremlins Easter egg, the odious proliferation of Christmas movies, cinema’s secret weapon Alastair Sim, the Scrooge blooper you can’t unsee, Chevy Chase’s superciliousness, Will Ferrell’s innocence, Humphrey Bogart’s comedy, the gift to cinema that was Dick Miller, what happened to Billy’s mom in an earlier Gremlins script, and the best 2021 films Josh and Joe have seen. Note: This is the last episode for 2021—we’ll be back after a short break with a special Year in Review show.
Links
The Letterboxd list of films mentioned in this episode; Julie’s _Neverending Christmas_ list; lists mentioned: the gdcu (good dads cinematic univers…
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Dec 15, 2021
Four Favorites: Sean Baker on Austrian moralism, Red Rocket and Keanu’s best role
Letterboxd member and filmmaker Sean Baker talks Red Rocket, and his four current Letterboxd favorites Paradise: Faith; River’s Edge; Oasis; and The Sugarland Express. Plus: Sean chats with hosts Gemma and Slim about casting Suzanna Son and Simon Rex, unconventional movie merch ideas, Goldie Hawn, filming people on foot, Tangerine’s place in the Christmas canon, Sean’s time as a cycle courier and taxi driver, filming without permits during Covid, how to deal when the cops turn up to shut down your film, exploring moral grey areas, casting ideas for Sean’s next films, Keanu Reeves’ best performance, watching movies on fifth-generation VHS tapes, Ryan Reynolds as comfort food, and being tongue-tied in front of Gary Oldman.
Credits
This episode was recorded in Los Angeles, Pennsylvania and Auckland, and edited by Slim. Facts by Jack. Booker: Linda Moulton. Transcript by Sophie Shin. Theme: ‘Vampiros Dancoteque’ by Moniker.
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Dec 9, 2021
Four Favorites: Our 2021 faves Titane, Campion, Wan and Kong
Letterboxd crew members Aaron Yap and Mitchell Beaupre join hosts Slim and Gemma for a chat about their four favorite new films of 2021, including: Titane; The Power of the Dog; Malignant; and Godzilla vs. Kong, along with the best ‘new to us’ films we saw this year. Also: fetish objects, physical-media collections, the 3.9 club, torture by banjo, Mitchell’s love for Julia Ducournau, Gemma’s thirst for Issey Takahashi, Slim’s ongoing ‘Slimfluence’ issues, Aaron’s horror joys, everyone’s adoration of Pig, and the reassurance that life truly begins at 30.
Links:
The Letterboxd list of films mentioned in this episode; Gemma’s interview with film composer Tom Holkenborg (AKA Junkie XL); Reviews of Malignant by Patrick and Josh; and Hellbender by Justin.
Credits:
This episode was recorded in Delaware, Pennsylvania and Auckland, and edited by Slim. Facts by Jack. Booker: Linda Moulton. Transcript by Sophie Shin. Theme: ‘Vampiros Dancoteque’ by Moniker.
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Dec 1, 2021
Four Favorites: Will Collins on Aliens, Wolfwalkers and wonderful lives
Irish scriptwriter and Letterboxd member Will Collins dives into his four Letterboxd favorites: Jaws; Fargo; Aliens; and, because it’s holiday season, It’s a Wonderful Life. Also in this chatty episode: how to use the Letterboxd heart; Gemma fangirls over Will’s work on Cartoon Saloon films Song of the Sea and Wolfwalkers; Will fanboys over Letterboxd (“I love the lists!”); Slim fanboys over graphic novels and slips in a li’l Tom Cruise; Will gets Fargo’s Mike Yanagita scene off his chest; and the best synopsis of the season so far (“There’s a shark at the beach but nobody believes it”). Plus: How the Coens reveal character, how Frank Capra’s Christmas classic makes visible the unseen emotional labour of women; is Gemma starting a podcast segue workshop?; playing ukulele for Sigourney Weaver; Muppet enthusiasm; and supreme Irish heartthrob Cillian Murphy.
Links:
The Letterboxd list of films mentioned in this episode; Will’s Best Bits Podcast; reviews of Jaws b…
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Nov 24, 2021
Four Favorites: The National’s Bryce Dessner and Carin Besser on romance and musicals
To sign off Mr November, two of The National’s creative minds, lyricist Carin Besser and musician Bryce Dessner, dive deep into their four favorite films: The Green Ray and Singin’ in the Rain for Carin, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Harold and Maude for Bryce. Plus! Bryce shares all about three new films landing this holiday season with his musical stamp on them: Mike Mills’ C’mon C’mon, Clint Bentley’s Jockey, and Joe Wright’s take on the story of Cyrano de Bergerac, with lyrics by Carin and her husband, Matt Berninger. And there’s more! Romance! Peter Dinklage thirst! MGM musicals! Debbie Reynolds, badass! The joy and pain of touring, and the joy and pain of not touring.
Links:
The Letterboxd list of films mentioned in this episode; Reviews of Cyrano by David Ehrlich, Eternal Sunshine by katie and juulindonkeyboy; Letterboxd lists mentioned: Typically comedic actors play dramatic roles and smash the f—king shit out of them; Movies where the Romantic M…
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Nov 17, 2021
Four Favorites: Lars Nilsen on Weird Wednesdays, Switchblade Sisters and Buster Keaton
Noirvember continues with Austin Film Society lead programmer and exploitation genre fan Lars Nilsen, who dives into the muck and the grime, the farts and the fights, the stunts and the songs of his four Letterboxd favorites: Touch of Evil; The Switchblade Sisters, The General; and Phantom of the Paradise. Lars chats with hosts Gemma and Slim about his new memoir of the Alamo Drafthouse’s Weird Wednesday series—Warped & Faded: Weird Wednesday & The Birth Of The American Genre Film Archive—on sale now from Mondo. Also in the conversation: tiny men doing huge stunts, the cult of Jessica Harper, old folks and young folks partying together, the best genre film of 2021, shout-outs to Shudder and Kier-La Janisse, and aiming for that ‘car-crash experience’ with cinema audiences.
Links:
The Letterboxd list of films mentioned in this episode; reviews from Wood on Touch of Evil, Timcop on The Switchblade Sisters, Wes on The General, COBRARocky on Phantom of the Paradise; Letterboxd l…
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Nov 10, 2021
Four Favorites: Sean Fennessey on Orson Welles, Tupac, Kurosawa, Keanu
Noirvember continues with podcaster and new dad Sean Fennessey, whose four favorites feature “a lot of powerful men who are f—kin’ idiots”: The Third Man; Throne of Blood; The Candidate; and Juice. Sean also chats with hosts Slim (of 70mm podcast infamy) and Gemma (Letterboxd editor-in-chief) about Harry Lime’s cuckoo speech, the zither as a weapon of war, best cat in a movie?, Mifune the supreme performer, Noh theater, judging Macbeth adaptations by the ‘out, damned spot!’ scene, his hip-hop obsession, how a profound soundtrack can create a movie audience, gateway Ghibli for newborns, how actors build mythologies, handsome men, men in overalls, men in sneakers, men with accents, and dudes being dudes, generally. Sean is head of content at The Ringer, co-host of The Big Picture, and a frequent guest on The Rewatchables.
Links:
The Letterboxd list of films mentioned in this episode; Litterboxd—a list of cats in movies; Official list of gay subtext in film; Ghos…
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Nov 3, 2021
Four Favorites: Angelica Jade Bastién on Possession, neo-noir, rage, and beautiful men
For Noirvember, we celebrate the new 4K release of Possession with Vulture film critic and spooky dame Angelica Jade Bastién, who joins hosts Gemma (Letterboxd editor-in-chief) and Slim (of 70mm podcast) to discuss her four favorites, which also include Le Samouraï; The Passionate Friends; and The Handmaiden. Plus: the ‘Feminine Grotesque’, that subway scene, “Possession pink socks meaning”, Keanu Reeves, the people on Angelica’s time-travel f—k-list, why directors should make shorter films, mental health in movies, neo-noir shortcomings, saying what you really think, and her cat’s fave Paul Newman film.
Links:
The Letterboxd list of films mentioned in this episode; Andrzej Żuławski interview; Angelica’s writing at Vulture, her newsletter and her Twitter profile; Rudi’s review of Possession; Angelica’s episode of Blank Check Podcast; Slim’s man ass list (again); Matthewcutchen’s review of Le Samouraï; Reviews of The Handmaiden from Joan, Aaron and Sree
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Oct 27, 2021
Four Favorites: Ella Kemp on Moulin Rouge!, Magnolia, CMbYN and Marmite movies
Letterboxd’s London film correspondent Ella Kemp joins hosts Gemma (Letterboxd editor-in-chief) and Slim (of 70mm podcast) to discuss her four favorites: Moulin Rouge!; Magnolia; Call Me by Your Name; and Singin’ in the Rain. Plus: Ella’s top picks from the BFI London Film Festival, making peace with problematic favs, what your favorite films reveal about you on dates, Slim’s Luhrmann aversion, Tom Cruise’s tighty whities, Debbie Reynolds’ gruelling dance classes, Gene Kelly the sadist, jukebox musicals, Marmite movies, how Gerwig and Guadagnino created a Letterboxd tipping point, Ella’s many theories about CMbYN, and the long wait for Paddington 3.
Related links:
The Letterboxd list of films mentioned in this episode, The Quietus, ReadMe, Ella’s Moulin Rouge! story for Letterboxd, the Most Fans list by she/her members, and he/him members, reviews of Moulin Rouge! by scoobert doo (aka mo) and Timcop, Ella’s friends Joe, Tony and Jack, Aimee Mann’s Magnolia soundtr…
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Oct 20, 2021
Four Favorites: Kate Hagen on cinematic sex, David Lynch and 80s vampire Westerns
Cinematic-sex sleuth, Kate Hagen (director of community for The Black List) discusses her four favorites—Near Dark; Baby It’s You; Wild at Heart; and Morvern Callar—with hosts Gemma (Letterboxd editor-in-chief) and Slim (of 70mm podcast). Also: the genius of how Bigelow stages action; Verhoeven’s kink for unisex shower scenes; the unacceptable decline of sex scenes in American movies; an awkward conversation about David Lynch’s films; the worst movies with the best sex scenes; Oscar Isaac thirst; the rarity of male frontal nudity; why you should get a region-free Blu-ray player. And, Kate unpacks Hollywood’s “cult of perfection” and what that means for fat actresses on and off screen (her essay for Letterboxd is publishing soon).
Links:
The Letterboxd list of films mentioned in this episode; The Black List; Kate’s long-form sex essay for Playboy; Shudder on Letterboxd; Brendan’s review of Morvern Callar; Kate’s lists of Essential Erotic Thrillers; 365 Sex Scene…
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Oct 13, 2021
Four Favorites: Chvrches on The Exorcist, Wes Craven, Carrie and ’90s teens
“You find a lot out about yourselves from watching films.” Lauren, Martin (aka Dok) and Iain from Chvrches talk about the horror movies that influenced their new album Screen Violence, why they dropped album hints on their Letterboxd profile, and their five (!) favorite films: The Exorcist (“you can still get people with that film”); A Nightmare on Elm Street; Scream; Carrie and Get Out. Plus, they tell hosts Gemma (Letterboxd editor-in-chief) and Slim (of 70mm podcast) about remixing John Carpenter, Lauren’s career as a multiplex employee, Kevin Williamson and ’90s teen supremacy, watching movies on tour, the secret etching on their new vinyl, the new Candyman, “The Wire effect”, and why He’s All That is all that.
Links:
The Letterboxd list of films mentioned in this episode; Video Nasties on Letterboxd; In Search of Darkness list; Artists Johnny Dombrowski and Jamie McKelvie; Robert Englund on Nickelodeon; Stephen King’s memoir On Writing; John Carpenter and Chv…
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Oct 6, 2021
Four Favorites: Letterboxd founders Matthew & Karl on Arnie, Edgar and turning 10
“We love doing this.” Letterboxd’s co-founders Matthew and Karl take hosts Slim (of 70mm podcast infamy) and Gemma (Letterboxd editor-in-chief) through two each of their four favorites (Commando; Short Circuit; Shaun of the Dead and Badlands), on the occasion of their creation turning ten. Also: how Letterboxd Easter eggs get made. Why Arnie is the ultimate movie dad. Celebrating Rae Dawn Chong. Is Edgar Wright on Letterboxd? Karl’s complicated relationship with his watchlist. Rethinking brown-face. American men and guns in movies. Rating films purely on enjoyment.
Links:
The Letterboxd list of all films mentioned in this episode; Cormac’s review of Commando; Blottopreminger’s list of Disillusionment in Sun-drenched 1970s American New Wave Cinema.
Credits:
This episode recorded in Pennsylvania and Auckland. Edited by Slim. Facts by Jack. Booker: Linda Moulton. Theme music: ‘Vampiros Dancoteque’ by Moniker. Transcript by Sophie Shin.
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Sep 29, 2021
Four Favorites: Jenni Olson on lesbian spies, Eddie Murphy and LGBT film history
“I never learned how to make movies, I learned how to watch them,” says non-fiction filmmaker and film historian Jenni Olson as she talks lesbian runaways, spy spoofs and radical acts of love via her four Letterboxd faves: D.E.B.S.; Times Square; News from Home and Tongues Untied. Also: lesbian film tourism; men and their feelings; the joys of 16mm; Tim Curry as a New York DJ; Gemma drops some hot Letterboxd stats; what to watch for LGBT History Month; Slim re-thinks Eddie Murphy; our plans for a D.E.B.S. spin-off series (Amazon, Netflix, call us); and Times Square 4K when?
Links:
The Letterboxd list of films mentioned in this episode; Reviews of D.E.B.S. by Caleb, Brat and Emily; Review of News From Home by CinemaVoid; Jenni’s lists of 101 Must-See Movies for Lesbians, and Good LGBT Movies on Tubi (Free).
Credits:
This episode recorded in San Francisco, Pennsylvania and Auckland. Edited by Slim. Facts by Jack. Booker: Linda Moulton. Theme music: ‘Vampiros Dancoteque’ by…
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Sep 22, 2021
Four Favorites: Ghibliotheque’s Michael & Jake on Totoro, Indy and Roger Rabbit
We discuss the eternal charms of Hayao Miyazaki’s My Neighbor Totoro with Jake Cunningham and Michael Leader, the co-hosts of the famed Ghibliotheque podcast, who have a delightful new book out about the Studio Ghibli universe. Plus: thirsting for Bob Hoskins and being terrified by Judge Doom in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Is Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade a better sequel-prequel than The Godfather: Part II? Also: Soot sprite crafting tips; Totoro cream puffs; are Slim and Jake “basic boys”? And Bluey feature film when?
Links:
The list of films mentioned in this episode. Ghibliotheque: Unofficial Guide to the Movies of Studio Ghibli. Ghibliotheque podcast on Spotify. Reviews of My Neighbor Totoro from Brendan, Aliyah, Willow and David Jenkins. Lists of Harrison Ford films ranked by how much he wants you to get off his plane; hit ’80s movies that should be remake with all-female casts in order to f—k with cinebros, the cineRATic universe and Jake’s Spielberg Ranked list.…
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Sep 15, 2021
Four Favorites: Karsten Runquist on Fantastic Mr. Fox, Kaufman, Reichardt and Climax
YouTuber, filmmaker and Letterboxd member Karsten Runquist takes hosts Slim (of 70mm podcast infamy) and Gemma (Letterboxd’s editor-in-chief) through his four Letterboxd favorites. Karsten’s top four change often, but his all-time faves are: Fantastic Mr. Fox; Synecdoche, New York; Wendy and Lucy; and Gaspar Noé’s Climax. Also: queuing for the wrong movie at film festivals, turning off Letterboxd comments for your mental health, being overcome by the A24 fog, the importance of dogs, and revisiting “before-Letterboxd” ratings.
Links:
* The Letterboxd list of films mentioned in this episode
* Karsten’s Fantastic Mr. Fox video essay
* Reviews of Fantastic Mr. Fox by Jay and Laura
* Autumnal Harvest list
* People are dancing and it’s not great but that doesn’t matter because they’re happy list
* Films which end with a f—king kick-ass song which multiplies the greatness of the film
* Review of Synecdoche, New York by Cait
* Kasten’s video essay about…
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Sep 8, 2021
Four Favorites: Jonah Feingold on rom coms, Robin Williams and sweater weather
Writer, director, hopeful romantic and Letterboxd member Jonah Feingold chats about how Jurassic Park influenced his rom-com feature debut Dating & New York, and his four Letterboxd favorites: Hook; When Harry Met Sally…; The Lion King; and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Also: Meg Ryan’s glorious back-lit hair, filming New York with a Pro-Mist filter, cold-emailing Hans Zimmer for a job, being filmmaking besties with Aneesh Chaganty, and the emotional rollercoaster of being on Letterboxd with a new movie out (“I celebrate all the reviews of my film. Some of the five star ones made me cry, some of the three star ones made me cry…”).
Dating & New York stars Jaboukie Young-White and Francesca Reale and is in select US theaters and everywhere films are rented from September 10, 2021, via IFC Films.
Links:
* The Letterboxd list of films mentioned in this episode
* Dating & New York inspo
* Kicked in the Balls: A Cinematic History of Testicular Tr…
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Aug 25, 2021
Four Favorites: Justin LaLiberty on Breathless, Dolph Lundgren and Snoop Dogg horror
On this episode, film archivist and adult-movie enthusiast Justin LaLiberty (of Vinegar Syndrome) unleashes the Dogg for his four Letterboxd faves: Showdown in Little Tokyo; Bones; Breathless (the Richard Gere remake); and SexWorld. We also discuss the wildly underrated action star Dolph Lundren, the wildly underrated director Ernest R. Dickerson, why it’s stupid that remakes get a bad rap, the experience of seeing Cronenberg’s Crash far too young, working in video stores and movie theaters, Justin’s recent curatorial work on Letterboxd’s adult titles, and—again!—why Babe: Pig in the City is a five-star film.
Related links:
* The Letterboxd List of Films mentioned in this episode
* Justin’s How I Letterboxd
* Letterboxd lists of Anti-Capitalist horror, Male Frontal Nudity in Cinema, Man Ass, Los Angeles Plays Itself
* Josephkidney’s review of Breathless
* Rob’s review of SexWorld
Credits:
This episode was recorded in New York, Pennsylvania and Auckland,…
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Aug 22, 2021
Billie Piper Special: Rare Beasts and rom coms
Actor, writer and director Billie Piper talks to Gemma Gracewood about the filmic influences behind her ‘anti-rom-com’ directorial debut, Rare Beasts, a black comedy about dysfunction, misogyny, grief and tap-dancing also starring Leo Bill, Kerry Fox, Toby Woolf, David Thewlis and Lily James. Plus: the movies that got Piper’s family through multiple lockdowns, the chaotic splendour of Paul Thomas Anderson, her love of Busby Berkeley and Pina Bausch, plus Cassavetes, Curtis, Dunham, Beyoncé, and the only celebrity she has ever been starstruck by. Rare Beasts is now in select US theaters and on demand, as of August 20, 2021.
Related links:
* Letterboxd list of films mentioned
* The films of Mike Leigh, Todd Solondz, Ken Loach, Pina Bausch, Paul Thomas Anderson, John Cassavetes, Busby Berkeley, Judd Apatow and Richard Curtis
* Pixar films
* Reviews of Rare Beasts from Letterboxd members Timothy Evans, h and Leonie
* Split-diopter shots
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This episode was reco…
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Aug 18, 2021
Four Favorites: Marya E. Gates on Little Women, Jane Campion and denim butts
Classic film enthusiast, writer, California native, and prog rock fan Marya E. Gates discusses her four favorites: Little Women (the Winona Ryder one); Bright Star; Under the Tuscan Sun; and Crossing Delancey. Also: the joys of a nice ass in a pair of tight denim (“I firmly believe that almost anybody’s butt looks good in a nicely fitted pair of jeans”), 4K butts, Pickle Man appreciation, Jane Campion’s mastery of chaste eroticism and the hotness of Gabriel Byrne.
Related links:
* The Letterboxd list of films mentioned in this episode
* Marya’s Letterboxd story on denim in cinema
* Letterboxd lists of Ladies Getting Head, Walking idly through European cities, Cottagecore, Noirvember Written by Women, man ass and Women have superior taste
* Gemma’s story on the Letterboxd rankings of Little Women
Credits:
This episode was recorded in Los Angeles, Pennsylvania and Auckland, and edited by Slim. Facts by Jack. Booker: Linda Moulton. Theme music: ‘Vampiros Dancot…
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Aug 11, 2021
Four Favorites: Grace Spelman on West Side Story, Bob Fosse, Whiplash
Comedian, musician and The Ringer Music Show podcast host Grace Spelman discusses her four Letterboxd faves (West Side Story; All That Jazz; In the Loop and Whiplash) with hosts Slim and Gemma. Also: party bangers, scary music teachers, bad movie dates, unapologetic laptop movie-watching, Alan Partridge, and Steven Spielberg’s upcoming West Side Story remake. Plus: why is All That Jazz so hard to find? And, who would win in a dance battle between theater kids and A24 nerds?
Related Links:
* The Letterboxd list of films mentioned in this episode
* Grace’s People dancing to Steely Dan Twitter account
* White people jazz list
* Secretly A24 list
* Good movie dads list
* Boys crying list
* Homoerotic? list
* Pissbaby list
* Real Groovy Records
Credits:
This episode was recorded in Los Angeles, Pennsylvania and Auckland, and edited by Slim. Facts by Jack. Booker: Linda Moulton. Theme music: ‘Vampiros Dancoteque’ by Moniker. Transcript by Sophie Shin.
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Aug 4, 2021
Four Favorites: Jim Cummings on Children of Men, Tom Hanks and indie cinema
“I should have never agreed to this podcast,” says indie filmmaking champion Jim Cummings as he sobs his way through his four Letterboxd faves (Inside Out; Krisha; Children of Men; and The ’Burbs) with hosts Slim and Gemma. Also: arm wrestling, humiliating characters, being an actor-director, DILFs, a Halloween Kills scoop, Tom Hanks’ comedy chops, exploding plates, and Jim’s next feature film, The Beta Test, which is coming out this fall via IFC Films.
Related links:
The Letterboxd list of films mentioned in this episode
Ugly Cry! list
Demi’s review of Thunder Road
Subverting the studio logo list
List of films that anticipated the notion of being too online
Credits:
This episode was recorded in Los Angeles, Pennsylvania and Auckland, and edited by Slim. Facts by Jack. Booker: Linda Moulton. Theme music: ‘Vampiros Dancoteque’ by Moniker. Transcript by Sophie Shin.
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Jul 28, 2021
Four Favorites: Isabel Sandoval on sensual cinema, Punch-Drunk Love and blue balls
This episode, quadruple-threat filmmaker Isabel Sandoval talks to Slim and Gemma about cinematic edging, sensual slapstick, nuns on screen, modern Filipino cinema, Verhoeven’s camp supremacy, audience blue balls, and, of course, her four Letterboxd favorites: Hiroshima Mon Amour, Jeanne Dielman, In the Mood for Love and Punch-Drunk Love. Slim, meanwhile, googles “French New Wave” while Gemma pours yet another coffee. Isabel wrote, directed, edited and starred in Lingua Franca, and more recently the sensual short Shangri-La.
Related links:
* The Letterboxd list of films mentioned in this episode
* Isabel’s Sensual Cinema essay
* French New Wave
* Criterion on Letterboxd
* Criterion’s list of Questioning Love
* Lists featuring Hiroshima Mon Amour: 90 minutes or less / Directors visit Japan / Conversations on Film / Memory and Yearning / Socialism and leftism / Atomic weapons / Horny
* Ave’s review of Lingua Franca
* Adam Kempenaar’s review of Jeanne Dielma…
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Jul 21, 2021
Four Favorites: Brian Formo on Cannes, Eyes Wide Shut, Almodóvar and more
This episode, we get high and turn the Yo-Yo Ma up to eleven with Letterboxd’s Cannes correspondent Brian Formo, whose four favorites (Eyes Wide Shut; Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World; Darkman; The Skin I Live In) all feature surgeons of some sort. Plus: Cannes applause explained, bad movie dates, Russell Crowe’s luscious locks, how much we love Sally Jane Black, and Pig—the spiritual sequel to Babe: Pig in the City.
Related links:
The Letterboxd list of films mentioned in this episode
Letterboxd’s Festiville HQ
Brian’s review of Eyes Wide Shut
Festival de Cannes 2021 lineup and winners
The Criterion Collection on Letterboxd
Russell Crowe (as Russ Le Roq) 1982 single ‘I Just Wanna be Like Marlon Brando’
Lists featuring The Skin I Live In: Evan’s horror movies by gay directors list; High art genre movies; Sally Jane Black’s Transgender list; Sarah’s dysphorroria list
Ella Kemp’s content consideration essay
Sally Jane Black’s surgery fun…
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Jul 13, 2021
Four Favorites: Josh Ruben on Jaws, Darkman, Werewolves Within and Patrick Wilson’s ass
This episode, we hit the sweet spot with actor, writer, director and Letterboxd member Josh Ruben, whose new comedy-horror Werewolves Within is out now on video on demand. Josh takes hosts Slim and Gemma through his four favorites: Darkman, Jaws, Little Children and Planes, Trains and Automobiles. We praise Steve Martin’s dramatic roles, Spielberg’s “little mumblecore fish movie”, the secret to directing horror-comedy and why Ghost gets a “five all round” from Josh.
Related links:
The Letterboxd list of films mentioned in this episode
Chopper Fireball’s exploding helicopter megalist
The highest-rated, most obsessively rewatched club 2020 list
List of sunlit horror films
Rebecca Henderson’s Instagram
Janicza Bravo’s filmography
Mike Nichols’ filmography
Movies where the sex scene is necessary
‘Help i got too horny’ list
Slim’s man ass list
Trans Lifeline
Credits:
This episode was recorded in Philadelphia, Auckland and Josh Ruben’s house, and ed…
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Jul 6, 2021
Four Favorites: Demi Adejuyigbe on I, Tonya, Lady Bird and the true meaning of love
This episode, we do a f—kin’ triple with Demi Adejuyigbe; screenwriter, comedian and, quote, “not a critic”. Demi runs hosts Slim and Gemma through his four Letterboxd favorites: I, Tonya (“every scene is like candy to me”), Ocean’s Eleven (the Soderbergh one), Hot Rod (“the last truly great American goofball comedy”), and Lady Bird (“it literally changed my life”). Plus: the joy of Mary Poppins, the fear of rating movies in public, and the pleasure of watching F9, in costume, with 34 of your closest friends.
Related links:
The Letterboxd list of films mentioned in this episode
Malcolm Campbell, comedy editing legend
The Fast and the Furious collection
The Jackass collection
“The Refined Nothing of Hot Rod” via Bright Wall/Dark Room
Malin Åkerman on her figure-skating past
Petfurniture’s tweet on the currency of love
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Credits: This episode was recorded in Philadelphia, Los Angeles and Auckland and edited by Slim. Theme music: ‘Vamp…
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Jun 29, 2021
Four Favorites: Gemma Gracewood & Slim on Strictly Ballroom, Robocop and human nipples
A podcast hosted in fear is a podcast half-hosted—so now we have two hosts! Slim and Gemma introduce a new format, in which we interrogate a guest about their four Letterboxd favorites. First in the hot seat: the hosts themselves. Slim makes Gemma watch Vanilla Sky, while Gemma puts Slim through his bago-pago with Strictly Ballroom. Plus: Daniel Day-Lewis’s most surprising role, Paul Verhoeven’s normalization of the nipple, and Mark Ruffalo can be anything you want. Finally, the pressing question: are you Team Tom or Team Nicole?
Related links:
The Letterboxd list of films mentioned in this episode
The Official Letterboxd Top 250
Edgar Wright’s 100 Favorite Comedies
“Being tasteless paid off”: the Mank couple in Slate
Gemma’s A Room with a View review
Slim’s Robocop review and North by Northwest review
70mm Podcast
Slim’s stats
Gemma’s stats
Slim’s Man Ass list
Jill Bilcock: Dancing the Invisible—the documentary about Australia’s legendary film ed…
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Mar 13, 2021
18: Nomads and Forgeries
Nomadland author and “newbie cinephile” Jessica Bruder joins host Gemma Gracewood for a chat about her favorite films, working night-shifts at Starbucks with Christina Ricci’s brother, Chloé Zhao’s unique directing magic, and why Shaun the Sheep Movie is way too stressful. The Last Vermeer star Guy Pearce drops by to talk about the intoxicating joys of interrogation scenes, the greatest Australian film ever made, and Letterboxd reviews of Memento. And, our Hollywood correspondent Dominic Corry on the Golden Globes, canapés, Coming 2 America, and the gender inclusivity of Interstellar fandom on Letterboxd. Plus, our NEON-Letterboxd 2021 Awards Bundle.
Related links
* The Letterboxd list of films mentioned in this episode
* Dom’s essay on Interstellar
* The NEON-Letterboxd 2021 Awards Bundle
* IndieWire’s interview with Tom Quinn of NEON
* Philbert Dy’s review of Coming 2 America
* Truman’s review of Memento
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This episode was recorded in Brookly…
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Jan 18, 2021
17: Year in Review 2020
In this bumper episode, Letterboxd mutuals Demi Adejuyigbe and Mia Vicino (AKA Brat Pitt) join Gemma Gracewood to talk about the top films in the 2020 Year in Review, their favorite Letterboxd features, the highs and lows of being ‘Letterboxd famous’, and why jobs are stupid. This episode also features a load of butt-talk, courtesy of The Kid Detective writer-director Evan Morgan and star Adam Brody (who also appears Promising Young Woman—both titles feature in 2020’s highest-rated crime films). And, McKenna drops in to tell us what she learned from her 366-day Twilight odyssey.
Related links
* The Letterboxd list of films mentioned in this episode
* Russ le Roq and his band Roman Antix perform their 1985 song ‘What’s the Difference?’
Credits
This episode was recorded in Los Angeles, Toronto and Auckland and edited by Tony Stamp. Theme music: ‘Vampiros Dancoteque’ by Moniker. Podcast artwork: Ann Davenport.
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Dec 22, 2020
16: Shitlists and Bangers
Host Gemma Gracewood and guests Slim (70mm Podcast), Hannah Woodhead (Little White Lies’ Truth & Movies podcast) and Tim Batt (The Worst Idea Of All Time podcast) gather on the first Catsiversary of Tom Hooper’s mewsical misfire to look back at the so-bad-it’s-good films that got us through 2020, plus: our favorite “5-Bangers” of the year.
Highlights include: Slim’s The New Mutants nightmare, Tim’s 2020 trophies, Hannah’s … Has Fallen spree, Gemma’s mum’s Cats commentary, Kyle McLachlan’s Showgirls stand-in’s very nice ass-cheeks, a Tom Hooper in New Zealand rumor, and the celebrity animals that got us through 2020.
Related links
* The Letterboxd list of all the films mentioned in this episode
* Hannah’s Catsiversary romp through Letterboxd’s most-loved, lowest-rated films
This episode was recorded in Sheffield, Philadelphia and Auckland and edited by Tony Stamp. Our theme music is ‘Vampiros Dancoteque’ by Moniker. Podcast artwork by Ann Dave…
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Dec 15, 2020
15: Animators and Wolfwalkers
Letterboxd editor-in-chief Gemma Gracewood hosts animation heads Toussaint Egan and Kambole Campbell, together at last, for a ramble through their all-time animation faves. Wolfwalkers director Tomm Moore on myths, hallucinogens, Wes Anderson and the joys of the Frozen soundtrack. Highlights include: all the love for Akira and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse; Kambole’s short-lived stop-motion career; is Ghibli “basic”?! Should Arendell have fallen? The small matter of Disney and cultural imperialism; and Toussaint Egan’s best Mickey Mouse-as-the-banker-from-Network impression! Plus: a news exclusive on the Puffin Rock feature film.
Links
* The Letterboxd list of all the films mentioned in this episode
* AV Club article mentioned by Toussaint
* Kambole’s Letterboxd animation preview
* There’s a Monster in my Kitchen, Tomm’s film for Greenpeace
Credits
This episode was recorded in London, Paris, Chicago and Auckland and edited by Tony Stamp. Theme music: ‘Va…
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Dec 6, 2020
14: Make the Yuletide Gay!
In this episode the yuletide gets gayer with Happiest Season’s favorite sister, Jane—AKA the film’s co-writer Mary Holland—and Dana Nachman, director of a documentary love letter to the US Postal Service, Dear Santa (and crowd-pleasers Pick of the Litter and Batkid Begins). Plus: Love Actually’s missing lesbians, our spooky new theme music, and Die Hard or Die Hard 2? It’s the battle of the Christmas voice messages.
Films mentioned:
* What We Do in the Shadows
* Love Actually
* The Family Stone
* Home Alone
* “Christmas movie posters with white heterosexual couples wearing red and green” list
* Make the Yuletide Gay—Christmas films with LGBTQ+ representation
* E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
* Top Gun
* Dirty Dancing
* It’s a Wonderful Life
* Toni Collette comedies and Hereditary
* Enchanted
* Drop Dead Gorgeous
* Grease
* The Addams Family
* Serendipity
* Elf
* A Christmas Story
* The Trial of the Chicago 7
* The films of Adam M…
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Nov 19, 2020
13: Sound of Metal
Tears flow as writer-director Darius Marder and actor and ASL rocker Paul Raci join Letterboxd’s editor-in-chief Gemma Gracewood to talk about their new film Sound of Metal, in which Ruben (Riz Ahmed), a punk-rock drummer suffering hearing loss, turns to adult deafness coach Joe (Raci, the son of deaf parents). We talk disability representation in movies, the Serenity Prayer as film structure, heavy-metal sign language, making producers’ brains hurt, and releasing your debut feature at the worst time in human history. Plus: other music movies for you to soak up before 2020 crawls back into its hole.
Films mentioned
* The Place Beyond the Pines
* Blue Valentine
* Sound of Metal
* Run
* Wonderstruck
* The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?
* Bruce Springsteen’s Letter to You
* Zappa (and the Letterboxd Show episode with Alex Winter)
* The Shawl
The Letterboxd Show is recorded in Los Angeles, Brooklyn and Auckland, and edited by Tony Stamp. The theme tun…
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Nov 6, 2020
12: Shithouse, Fall Festival Roundup
Our London correspondent Ella Kemp joins Letterboxd’s editor-in-chief Gemma Gracewood to talk about their highlights from the fall festival season. Later they’re joined by actor, writer and first-time feature director Cooper Raiff and his Shithouse co-star Dylan Gelula to talk college, crying, comfort films, and Dylan’s Letterboxd habits.
Films and links mentioned:
* Synchronic
* David Byrne’s American Utopia
* Lovers Rock
* I Carry You With Me
* Shiva Baby
* Shithouse
* Portrait of a Lady on Fire
* Kajillionaire
* I Used to Go Here
* Revenge of the Nerds
* St Elmo’s Fire
* Right Now, Wrong Then
* Lost in Translation
* On the Rocks
* Vanya on 42nd Street
* Bridge to Terabithia
* 13 Going on 30
* Wolfwalkers
* Perfect Blue
* Millennium Actress
* Paprika
* Inside Out
* It’s Such a Beautiful Day
* The Red Shoes
* The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
* The Young Girls of Rochefort
* The Social Dilemma
* The work of Jay Duplass.…
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Oct 11, 2020
11: Jim Cummings
Actor, writer and director Jim Cummings joins Letterboxd’s editor-in-chief Gemma Gracewood to talk about his brand new film The Wolf of Snow Hollow, Robert Forster’s final role, toxic masculinity, tears, montages, werewolves, Fight Club, Fincher, turning shorts into features, his Letterboxd favorites, and the enduring emotional power of Inside Out’s Bing Bong.
Films and lists mentioned:
* Rope
* Rear Window
* Beast Beast
* Greener Grass
* The Social Network
* Zodiac
* Fight Club
* Thunder Road
* The Robbery (short)
* Blue Valentine
* Rebel Without a Cause
* Shithouse
* What We Do in the Shadows
* Napoleon Dynamite
* An American Werewolf in London
* The Howling
* Dirty Dancing
* Jamaica Inn
* The Great Dictator
* Inside Out
* Seduced and Abandoned
* Children of Men
* The ’Burbs
* Obvious Child (short) / Obvious Child
* Two Cars One Night (short) / Boy
* Whiplash (short) / Whiplash
* Lights Out (short) / Lights Out
* Saw (…
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Sep 15, 2020
10: The Realness
Letterboxd’s editor in chief Gemma Gracewood and lists editor Jack Moulton discuss their favorite docs of 2020 so far. Letterboxd members call in with their own top-doc picks, and we’re joined by Eli Despres and Elyse Steinberg, two-thirds of the directing team behind The Fight, which follows ACLU lawyers as they argue for major social justice issues including trans rights in the military and abortion access. Elyse also reveals she once acted in a Todd Haynes film. (We’ve kept in interruptions by children for pandemic documentary realness!)
Films and lists mentioned:
* Official Letterboxd Top 100 Documentaries
* Welcome to Chechnya
* For Sama
* Boys State
* Disclosure
* Crip Cramp: A Disability Revolution
* Mucho Mucho Amor
* The Painter and the Thief
* Coronation
* The documentaries of Agnès Varda
* He Dreams of Giants
* The Ghost of Peter Sellers
* Father Soldier Son
* Making a Murder (and Knives Out)
* The Last Dance
* Showbiz Kids
* Miss A…
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Aug 29, 2020
9: Alex Winter
Actor, documentarian and excellent human Alex Winter joins Letterboxd’s Gemma Gracewood and Jack Moulton to talk about his three new films: Showbiz Kids, Zappa and the long-awaited Bill & Ted Face the Music.
Films mentioned by Alex:
* Bill & Ted Face the Music
* Showbiz Kids
* Zappa
* Land Without Bread
* The films of Stan Brakhage and Chris Marker
* The Rolling Stones: Cocksucker Blues
* Leaving Neverland
* Close Encounters of the Third Kind
* Raiders of the Lost Ark
* The Lost Boys
* The Empire Strikes Back
* Superman
* Jaws
* The films of Charlie Chaplin and Fred Astaire
* Once Upon A Time... in Hollywood
* Monty Python and the Holy Grail
* The Painter and the Thief
* Capone
* Vitalina Varela
* First Cow
Links
* Alex’s 50 B-Sides and Rarities list
* The Letterboxd list for this episode.
* Alex’s Letterboxd profile
This episode was recorded in Los Angeles and Auckland, and edited by Morgan Avery. Podcast artwork by Ann Dave…
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Aug 15, 2020
8: Lockdown Filmmaking
From pitching to studios via video to filming in confined spaces, the filmmakers behind found-footage favorites Searching (Aneesh Chaganty) and new browser-horror Host (Rob Savage, Jed Shepherd and Gemma Hurley) share their best tips for making movies in quarantine. Plus, Rob and Aneesh reveal their heavy-duty Letterboxd habits, Aneesh talks about casting his next film, Run, and his roommate Blake pops in to explain their elaborate method for how to choose what film to watch.
Films mentioned by Jed, Rob and Gemma
* As Above, So Below
* Ghostwatch
* Night of the Comet
* Your Name. (君の名は。)
* The Innocents
Films mentioned by Aneesh
* The Sixth Sense
* The Mission Impossible franchise
* “When Shyamalan was a major, major deal, making hit after hit”
* Buried
* Minority Report
* Ocean’s 11
* Inception
* Step Brothers
* Sense and Sensibility
* Anvil! The Story of Anvil
* Slumdog Millionaire
* (500) Days of Summer
* Memento
* Lagaan: On…
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Jul 1, 2020
7: Ghibli Magic Moments
Since the roll-out of Studio Ghibli films on Netflix and HBO Max this year, there’s been an explosion of Letterboxd activity around the famed studio’s films. Our Ghibli-loving guests couldn’t be happier. David Jenkins (Little White Lies), Tasha Robinson (Polygon) and Adam Kempenaar (Filmspotting) share their Ghibli obsessions and discuss whether to “sub or dub”. Letterboxd members phone in with their favs. Plus: Little White Lies turns 15.
Links
* David Jenkins’ review of My Neighbor Totoro
* Polygon’s best Studio Ghibli scenes survey
* @c0mmunicants’ Ghibli tweet
* The Official Letterboxd Top 250
* Letterboxd members’ top 20 favorite comfort films
* Adam’s daughter Sophie on Letterboxd
* Mami Sunada’s The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness
* Our Q&A with the hosts of Ghibliotheque
This episode was recorded in Chicago, London and Auckland and edited by Morgan Avery. Podcast artwork by Ann Davenport. Theme music is ‘Hitchcock’ by The Phoenix Found…
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Jun 10, 2020
6: Black Life on Film
This episode is dedicated to films about the Black experience. Our guest is Letterboxd member Adam Davie, creator of the extensive Black Life on Film list. Adam explains why he has spent three years creating the list and why it includes “the good, the bad and the ugly as it relates to the Black experience”.
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* Driving Miss Daisy (Bruce Beresford, 1989)
* The Story of a Three-Day Pass (Melvin Van Peebles, 1968)
* Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Rodney Rothman/Peter Ramsey/Bob Persichetti, 2018)
* Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee, 1989)
* I Am Not Your Negro (Raoul Peck, 2016)
* 13th (Ava DuVernay, 2016)
* Get Out (Jordan Peele, 2017)
* LA 92 (T.J. Martin/Daniel Lindsay, 2017)
* Support The Girls (Andrew Bujalski, 2018)
* The High Note (Nisha Ganatra, 2020)
* Beyond the Lights (Gina Prince-Bythewood, 2014)
* The Wound (John Trengove, 2017)
* Rafiki (Wanuri Kahiu, 2018)
* Attack the Block (Joe Cornish, 2011)
* I Am Legend (Francis Lawrence, 2007)…
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Apr 27, 2020
4: Lockdown Thirst
Has lockdown got you thirsty? This is the episode you need. Inspired by film writer Justine Peres Smith’s popular ‘Best Horny Movies for Quarantine’ list, Letterboxd editor Gemma Gracewood, Montreal-based Smith, and The Black List’s Kate Hagen dive deep into several erotic thrillers from the past two decades: Jane Campion’s In The Cut, Park Chan-wook’s The Handmaiden and Yann Gonzalez’s Knife + Heart. And we ask: where’s all the hot sex in Western film these days? Plus: Cronenberg, PTA, Roeg, Marilyn Monroe and more.
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Horny movies:
* Kate’s Essential Erotic Thrillers and 365 Sex Scenes
* The Black List
* In The Cut
* Justine’s 2018 re-examination of In The Cut for Little White Lies
* God’s Own Country
* The Handmaiden
* Knife + Heart
* Crash
* Don't Look Now
* Inherent Vice
* Damage
* Bound
* Kate’s Playboy article
Quarantine recommendations:
* Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Justine)
* Peggy Sue Got Married (Kate)
* Ratatouil…
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Apr 13, 2020
3: Big Cities, Empty Streets
Nostalgic for recent life, Letterboxd editor Gemma Gracewood, our West Coast editor Dominic Corry and New York-based freelance film critic Susannah Gruder celebrate movies set in big cities while we stay home to save lives. We discuss how directors like Michael Mann, Susan Seidelman and Richard Linklater move through cityscapes, and we see New York through newcomers’ eyes in Eliza Hittman’s stunning new film.
P.S. Join our L.A. Showdown: nominate your favorite films set in the City of Angels.
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City films for empty streets:
* Crossing Delancey
* Vanilla Sky, The Quiet Earth and Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
* Desperately Seeking Susan
* Heat, Collateral
* Before Sunset
* Never Rarely Sometimes Always
* The Omega Man, Woodstock
* Light Sleeper, Three Days of the Condor
* Miracle Mile
* Bright Wall/Dark Room’s list of obscure recommendations
* Babylon incl. the engagement-party scene
* Art House Online
Quarantine recommendations:
* Fre…
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Apr 3, 2020
2: Feeling Good
Locked down and looking for comfort, Letterboxd editor Gemma Gracewood, London-based film and music writer Ella Kemp and LA-based musician and writer Demi Adejuyigbe explore why Paddington Bear, Donald O’Connor and Talking Heads are deeply uplifting in these strange times, nominate their favorite actors-doing-things-on-the-internet, and find film-watching solutions to the attention-span issues that come with staying home.
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Pixar director recommendations for children:
* All Ages
* 7 to 12 Years
* 12 Years and Over
The Letterboxd Feel-Good Showdown
Our interview with Paddington and Paddington 2 writer-director Paul King
Edgar Wright’s 100 favorite comedies
Rian Johnson’s favorite 70s movie musicals
Bright Wall/Dark Room’s crowd-sourced list of most obscure movie recommendations. Our panel’s picks:
* Angel (Ella)
* The Castle (Demi)
* Wham! in China: Foreign Skies (Gemma)
Patrick Stewart’s Sonnets
Sam Neill’s therapeutic Twitter and Instagram feed…
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Feb 6, 2020
1: 2020 Oscar Pre-Show
A panel discussion ahead of the 2020 Oscars, hosted by Letterboxd editor Gemma Gracewood with guests Kate Hagen, Demi Adejuyigbe and Dominic Corry. We revisit our favorite films of 2019, figure out why we still love the Oscars, award some additional trophies, and talk maybe a little too much about Portrait of a Lady on Fire.
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Letterboxd’s downloadable Oscars Ballot: JPEG or PDF
Letterboxd 2019 Year in Review
2020 Oscars — All nominated films
2019–2020 awards season winners
The best years for Best Picture nominees, ranked (thanks to Jack Moulton)
Kate Hagen’s list of Essential Erotic Thrillers
Demi Adejuyigbe’s lists of Movies whose full titles can be perfectly sung to the rhythm and cadence of “Moon River, wider than a mile” and Movies whose entire titles can be comfortably sung to the tune and rhythm of “Little Red Corvette”
Dominic Corry’s lists of Yuppies in Peril and Films that Poetically Capture the Experience of Living in Los Angeles
Ford v Ferr…
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