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Weekend Watchlist: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Past Lives and the Boogeyman
00:33:17
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:
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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'In the Cut' 20th Anniversary Special with Jane Campion
00:37:36
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: 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. |
May 31, 2023 |
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Weekend Watchlist: The Little Mermaid, Your Hurt My Feelings and Reality
00:28:23
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:
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May 25, 2023 |
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Four Favorites with David Ehrlich: Letterboxd popularity, Forgetting Sarah Marshall and the meaning of life
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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:
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:
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May 23, 2023 |
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Weekend Watchlist: Fast X, Sanctuary and Master Gardener
00:31:09
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:
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May 18, 2023 |
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‘Down with Love’ 20th Anniversary Special with Peyton Reed
00:33:14
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 |
May 16, 2023 |
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Weekend Watchlist: BlackBerry, Fool’s Paradise and The Starling Girl
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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:
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May 11, 2023 |
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Four Favorites with Emilio Estevez: Apocalypse Now, Shawshank, walking in Spain with his dad
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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:
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: 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 |
May 09, 2023 |
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Weekend Watchlist: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, What’s Love Got to Do With It? and Chile ’76
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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:
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May 04, 2023 |
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Weekend Watchlist: Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, Peter Pan & Wendy and Sisu
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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:
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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Four Favorites with Ariela Barer: Blade Runner, conformists, pipelines and Almodóvar
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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:
Credits: Recorded in Philadelphia, Los Angeles and Auckland. Edited by Slim. Theme music: “Vampiros Danceoteque” by Moniker. Facts by Jack. Editorial producer: Brian Formo. Production manager: Sophie Shin. The Letterboxd Show and Weekend Watchlist are TAPEDECK productions. Links: Letterboxd list of movies mentioned Ariela Barer's Letterboxd profile Daniel Goldhaber’s Letterboxd profile Reviews Mentioned: Ariela & Daniel & Karsten & Maddy & Nick & slim's How to Blow Up a Pipeline reviews JXvriel’s Blade Runner review Erin Harrington & scottzelligan & Proto’s The Conformist reviews ReCreation & Eden & CinemaVoid’s Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! reviews Lists mentioned: “Most fans on Letterboxd” by Letterboxd Letterboxd lists based on Plato’s Allegory of the Cave “Horniest Movies” by Brianna “The Degenerates: Horror Movies by Gay Directors” by Liz “Black Comedy” by Mario “Love Melancholy” by Ivan |
Apr 25, 2023 |
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Weekend Watchlist: Beau is Afraid, Evil Dead Rise and Chevalier
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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:
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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Weekend Watchlist: Renfield, The Pope’s Exorcist and Suzume
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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:
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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Weekend Watchlist: The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Air and How to Blow Up a Pipeline
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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:
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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Magic Hour: Mark Jenkin (Enys Men) and Kyle Edward Ball (Skinamarink)
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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:
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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Weekend Watchlist: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, A Thousand and One and Rye Lane
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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:
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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Weekend Watchlist: John Wick: Chapter 4, A Good Person and Tori and Lokita
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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:
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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Best in Show: Season One Finale Mailbag Extravaganza + SXSW Awards
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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 podcasts. Chapters:
Please participate in The Letterboxd Show Feedback Survey! Yah it's the second time we linked to it! Sponsor: MGM: A Good Person Credits: Recorded in Los Angeles, Toronto and Auckland. 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 Show Feedback Survey; the list of films mentioned; Robbie Voisinet & Isabella Spadone & Charlie & Zahra Ahmed & Karl Delossantos & Selome & Steve Sandwich & Brian Pistole & Jeff’s Everything Everywhere All at Once reviews; SXSW 2023 reviews of Raging Grace by Theresa, Parachute by Katie, Flamin’ Hot by LME and Dulce Valencia, Mustache by Cinelove and Geoff McFetridge, Drawing a Life by Dex. The Daniels’ Letterboxd Show Episode; Ella Kemp’s Journal article on Top Gun: Maverick |
Mar 21, 2023 |
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Weekend Watchlist: Shazam! Fury of the Gods, Inside and Boston Strangler
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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:
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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Best in Show goes to the Oscars! And Everything Everywhere All at Once Sweeps!
00:58:45
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:
Credits: Recorded entirely in Los Angeles. 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; Kate Hagen’s Letterboxd Profile; The Black List; The Annual Black List - 2022; Isaac Felberg’s interview with All Quiet on the Western Front’s Christian Goldbeck |
Mar 14, 2023 |
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Weekend Watchlist: Scream VI, 65 and Luther: The Fallen Son
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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
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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Best in Show: Indie Spirit Awards, The Quiet Girl, Paul Mescal, and Movie Spoofs
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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, which takes a surprising turn into spoof flicks. All, this plus the last of the craft guild winners, including a last-second, history-making win from the American Society of Cinematographers. Chapters:
Sponsor: This episode is brought to you by MUBI, a curated streaming service dedicated to elevating great cinema from around the globe. For a limited time, you can try MUBI free for 90 days at MUBI.com/letterboxd. Credits: Recorded in Pasadena, Dublin, and Santa Monica. 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: mubi.com/letterboxd; Chris Pine popping up on your screen to give you and your producer and wife Cleona Ní Chrualaoi the award for Best Film; Willem’s Shoeshine review |
Mar 07, 2023 |
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Weekend Watchlist: Creed III, Operation Fortune and Palm Trees and Power Lines
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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:
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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Best in Show: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio chat, the Bruiser boys, Césars, HCAs and guilds galore!
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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 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; Hugo’s The Night of the 12th review, so_phiie’s The Night of the 12th review, [Ezra Cubero](Ezra Cubero)’s profile, Zachary Marsh’s profile; Harper & Sam & Kevin & Milo’s Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio reviews, Maria’s Bruiser review, Japidotca’s Bruiser review; Frankie Corio’s four faves video. |
Feb 28, 2023 |
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Weekend Watchlist: Cocaine Bear, The Quiet Girl and Emily
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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. 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! Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list > movies mentioned in this episode. Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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Best in Show: At the BAFTAs, Banshees’ Carter Burwell and a Naatu Naatu afteRRR paRRRty
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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. 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; BAFTA HQ on Letterboxd; the Girls on Tops Michelle Yeoh and Sandy Powell tees; Alison Hammond interview with Harrison Ford and Ryan Gosling; Pixel f*cked—Simon Parkin’s GQ story on Hollywood’s VFX crisis; Carter Burwell’s soundtrack to The Banshees of Inisherin on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Music. |
Feb 21, 2023 |
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Weekend Watchlist: Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Return To Seoul and Of an Age
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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:
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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Best in Show: Academy CEO Bill Kramer, London update, Down with Love and bullying
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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! Sponsor: This episode is brought to you by MUBI, a curated streaming service dedicated to elevating great cinema from around the globe. In preparation for this year’s Academy Awards we recommend diving into MUBI’s Oscar collection “And the Oscar goes to” where you can explore nominated films from various decades. For a limited time, you can try MUBI free for 90 days at MUBI.com/letterboxd. Credits: Lists & Links: The Letterboxd list of movies mentioned; The Golden Screen by Dilys Powell; Cressa Maeve Beer’s Michelle Yeoh-a-thon list; Girls on Tops tees; Oscars HQ Page; Jamie Carrick & Abs & Cassie & the fondest’s Down With Love reviews; Gina Prince-Bythewood on the Oscars Shutout of ‘The Woman King’. |
Feb 14, 2023 |
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Weekend Watchlist: Magic Mike’s Last Dance, Sharper and Baby Ruby
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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:
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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Best in Show: Catherine Martin, To Leslie data-dive, Sundance’s first grand jury winner
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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&A with ‘To Leslie’ Director Michael Morris, Gemma’s interview with Moonage Daydream director Brett Morgen, Matt Smith’s To Leslie review. |
Feb 07, 2023 |
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Weekend Watchlist: Knock at the Cabin, 80 for Brady and Godland
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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:
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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Best in Show: Sundance, making up Ana de Armas, and the first great rom-com
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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 HQ Page, Oscars HQ Page, BAFTAs HQ Page, Mikayla’s Past Lives review, Jessica’s It Happened One Night review, “Mane Attraction” Journal feature story by Tracey Henton, Jaime Leigh’s The Last Looks Podcast. |
Jan 31, 2023 |
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Best in Show: Oscar & BAFTA noms, campaign politics and sexy ghosts
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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 courtesy of Christopher Guest. Lists & Links: The Letterboxd list of films mentioned; the Rotten Tomatoes is Wrong podcast Daily Tomato Trivia, David Sims’s Green Card review, the OSCARS® HQ Page, and our 2023 Oscars lists for All Nominated Films, Best Picture, Best Animated Feature, Best Documentary Feature, Best International Feature , and the Short Categories, plus Letterboxd’s Awards Season 2022—2023 list of winners. |
Jan 25, 2023 |
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Best in Show: Guilds, Globes, Puss in Boots and the 1976 Best Director revisited
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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 Flynn. 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. Thanks to all the studios and publicists! Lists & Links: The Letterboxd list of films mentioned; Selome Hailu on Jerrod Carmichael’s Golden Globes monologue; Puss in Boots: The Last Wish reviews by Joel Haver & Nick; Little Dear’s list of “Himbo thrillers”; vote for the EE BAFTA Rising Star award. |
Jan 17, 2023 |
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Best in Show: Year in Review Special with The Daniels & more
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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. Sponsor: 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 Christopher Guest. Thanks to all the studios and publicists! Lists & Links: The Letterboxd list of films mentioned; the 2022 Year in Review; Letterboxd’s Official Top 250 Narrative Feature Films; reviews of Bones and All by Gemma, The Batman by Tay, Aftersun by J, TÁR by Sophia & Brian, The Quiet Girl by Ian & Theo, Everything Everywhere All at Once by Lily, Bernieandbust, CosmonautMarkie, Jude & blackkiernan, Top Gun: Maverick by Slim. |
Jan 10, 2023 |
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Best in Show: Roger Deakins, Oscar math and the 2001 Best Picture revisited
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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 on what makes an Academy Award-winning original song; Gemma on why you should add Dirty Three to your playlists. Roger Deakins chats about his childhood as a fisherboy, talking movies with Richard Burton and John Hurt, visualizing films before he shoots them, the wonder of working with the Coen Bros, what it means to win awards and what it’s really like in the cinematography club. |
Jan 03, 2023 |
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Weekend Watchlist: Giant-Sized 2023 Preview Spectacular
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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:
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Dec 29, 2022 |
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Weekend Watchlist: Babylon, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery and Women Talking
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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. Sponsor: You can try MUBI free for 90 days at https://mubi.com/letterboxd. With MUBI, each and every film is hand-selected. It’s like your own personal film festival—streaming anytime, anywhere. Kingdom: Exodus streaming now exclusively on MUBI in the UK, US, and other countries. Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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Best in Show: meet the hosts
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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. Sponsor: Lists & Links: Credits: |
Dec 21, 2022 |
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Five Festive Favorites with Letterboxd’s podcast hosts Gemma, Slim, Mitchell, Mia and Brian
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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. Sponsor: Lists & Links: Reviews of Carol by Anna, J, Ryan and Grace; Bridget Jones’s Diary by Phoebe and Clarko; Eyes Wide Shut by Jillian and Demi; Batman Returns by Sam Kirchoff, Adam L and Zherrig; Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer by Kayt. Credits: |
Dec 20, 2022 |
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Weekend Watchlist: Avatar: The Way of Water, BARDO and Nanny
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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:
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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Four Favorites with Aaron Yap: Local Hero, The Brainiac and films both strange and gentle
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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. Sponsor: Lists & Links: Reviews of: Credits: |
Dec 13, 2022 |
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Weekend Watchlist: The Whale, Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio and Empire of Light
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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:
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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Four Favorites with Cory Everett: French New Wave, Giallo, noir and RoboCop
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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. Sponsor: You can try MUBI free for 90 days at https://mubi.com/letterboxd. With MUBI, each and every film is hand-selected. It’s like your own personal film festival—streaming anytime, anywhere. Decision to Leave streaming exclusively on MUBI in the UK, US, and other countries starting December 9. Credits: This episode was recorded in Los Angeles, Delaware and Philadelphia, and edited by Slim. Facts by Jack. Booker: Brian Formo. Transcript by Sophie Shin. Art by Samm. Theme: ‘Vampiros Dancoteque’ by Moniker. The Letterboxd Show is a TAPEDECK production. Lists & Links: The Letterboxd list of films mentioned in this episode; Cinephile’s HQ Page; A is for Auteur; Letterboxd vs. The Film Stage at Cinephile Game Night; “Movies with whispery female “la-la” vocal soundtrack cues” by laird; “Top 200 Italian Giallo Films as Rated by the Letterboxd Community” by Paul D; Cinephile’s lists for “My First Giallo Horror”, “’My First Film Noir” and “’My First French New Wave”; “movies where white hetero couples do wild shit” by anna Reviews of: RoboCop by Cory, brando and ScreeningNotes; Murder, My Sweet by Mitchell and Sally Jane Black; Emily the Criminal by Cory |
Dec 06, 2022 |
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Weekend Watchlist: Violent Night, The Eternal Daughter and Emancipation
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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:
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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Four Favorites with Jamelle Bouie: Black Dynamite, political thrillers, baby’s first art film
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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: Credits: |
Nov 29, 2022 |
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Weekend Watchlist: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Strange World and Devotion
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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. Sign up for Letterboxd Pro/Patron membership at 20% off the normal price and be sure to check out our FAQ about the sale here if you have questions. Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list > movies mentioned in this episode. Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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Four Favorites with Ryan Connolly: nineties action heroes, Fincher
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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: Credits: |
Nov 22, 2022 |
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Weekend Watchlist: Bones and All, The Menu and She Said
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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:
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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Four Favorites with Kier-La Janisse: psychotic women, Matt Dillon, Bee Gees and cockfights
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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). Sponsor: Lists & Links: Reviews of: Over the Edge by MandrakeGray and JRK; Cockfighter by Adam Robertson Credits: |
Nov 15, 2022 |
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Weekend Watchlist: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, The Fabelmans and Falling for Christmas
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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:
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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Four Favorites with Fran Hoepfner: classical kings, theater queens and kissing socialists
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“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: Reviews: Credits: |
Nov 08, 2022 |
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Weekend Watchlist: Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, The Wonder and Causeway
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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:
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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Four Favorites with James Gray: Armageddon Time, The 400 Blows and the misery of school
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“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: Reviews of Two Lovers by Evan and Nathan; Ad Astra by Levi; We Own the Night by Ed, Paddy and Francesco; Armageddon Time by Tony and Oliver; Killer of Sheep by Graham. Credits: |
Nov 01, 2022 |
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Weekend Watchlist: Armageddon Time, Wendell & Wild and Holy Spider
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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:
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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Four Favorites with Kevin from Waxwork Records: The Exorcist, House and hanging with Glenn Danzig
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“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: Reviews of Tetsuo: The Iron Man by Hoyden42, Alee55, Black Christmas by Alex, Mag, The Exorcist by Lucy, Matt Brown, Hausu by Ayo Edebiri. Credits: |
Oct 25, 2022 |
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Weekend Watchlist: Banshees of Inisherin, Aftersun and Black Adam
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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:
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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Four Favorites with Ana Lily Amirpour: sad cinema, hungry babies, Keanu Reeves and American Psycho
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“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 there are snacks in the story, walking red carpets with your dog, the genius of Robert Zemeckis, peak Rossellini, and is Gizmo a symbol of consumerism or cinephile pin-up? #hopefordweebs Lists & Links: Reviews: Credits: |
Oct 18, 2022 |
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Weekend Watchlist: Decision to Leave, Halloween Ends and Till
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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:
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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Four Favorites with Scott Derrickson: Suspiria, Poltergeist, The Black Phone and America’s appetite for revenge
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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 Phone by jude!, ZaraGwen, abbie and alex; Carrie by Noah and Lil Jake; I Saw the Devil by Supreme Lemon and james Credits: This episode was recorded in Los Angeles and Pennsylvania, and edited by Slim. Facts by Jack. Booker: Brian Formo. Transcript by Sophie Shin. Art by Samm. Theme: ‘Vampiros Dancoteque’ by Moniker. The Letterboxd Show is a TAPEDECK production. |
Oct 11, 2022 |
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Weekend Watchlist: Triangle of Sadness, TÁR and Hellraiser
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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:
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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Four Favorites with Ti West: Bad Taste, Indy, Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Pearl insider secrets
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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 Shin. Art by Samm. Theme: ‘Vampiros Dancoteque’ by Moniker. The Letterboxd list of films mentioned; Andrea’s movies that got us into movies list; Wesley’s The Basics of Cinema Starter Pack; Gemma’s Maggots in Movies list and Holli’s “nothing happens” yeah but the vibes. Reviews of Raiders of the Lost Ark by Naughty aka Juli Norwood, Ciara, Josh Larsen; Janica’s Two-Lane Blacktop review. Cinemonster’s Hoop-tober challenge. |
Oct 04, 2022 |
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Weekend Watchlist: Blonde, Smile and Bros
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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:
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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Four Favorites with Jordan Raup: NYFF, gorgeous redheads, Terrence Malick and Blow Out
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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 Bad by Tommy; Jordan’s Blow Out essay for The Film Stage; Sub 2K by Jordan Raup Reviews of Canyon Passage by Ziglet_mir, The Tree of Life by Daniel, Plaid Flannel and Muriel, The Heartbreak Kid by Ella Kemp, Brianna, sydney and Melissa Tamminga, Blow Out by Brian Tallerico, Evan Eaton and comrade_yui, Top Gun: Maverick by Jordan Raup Credits: This episode was recorded in Los Angeles, Delaware and New York, and edited by Slim. Facts by Jack. Booker: Brian Formo. Transcript by Sophie Shin. Art by Samm. Theme: ‘Vampiros Dancoteque’ by Moniker. |
Sep 27, 2022 |
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Weekend Watchlist: Don’t Worry Darling, Avatar and Athena
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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:
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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Four Favorites with K. Austin Collins: crosswords, vampires, Elaine May and Bill Paxton
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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 trash; Samuel Fuller is fucked up; beating your pimp’s ass; being a “Superstation ass kid”; the truth of Power Rangers and we’re starting the Bill Paxton fan club. Lists and links: The Letterboxd list of films mentioned; Kameron’s crossword puzzles at The New Yorker; Mia Vicino’s Four Faves episode; Mitchell’s Mikey and Nicky essay for Paste Magazine; Wet Streets on Film by John Frankensteiner; movies that are actually gay rom-coms but are advertised as men being Cool by alva; soft horror by Liam; “nothing happens” yeah but the vibes by holli; Samuel Fuller’s Letterboxd page; abusers die, suffer, or rot in prison by Madison; List of Movies From My Childhood by K. Austin Collins; A24’s crossword book Reviews of Vampires by DallasFrance, Mikey and Nicky by KYK, Atlantics by Sarah and demi adejuyigbe, The Naked Kiss by Cole and Chris, My Brother’s Wedding by K. Austin Collins Credits: This episode was recorded in Los Angeles, Delaware and New York, and edited by Slim. Facts by Jack. Booker: Brian Formo. Transcript by Sophie Shin. Art by Samm. Theme: ‘Vampiros Dancoteque’ by Moniker. |
Sep 20, 2022 |
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Weekend Watchlist: Pearl, See How They Run and The Woman King
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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. Sponsor: A24 presents Pearl, an origin story from Ti West’s world of X, starring Mia Goth and critics are calling it a “blood soaked & unforgettable” technicolor slasher. Add it to your watchlist! Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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Four Favorites with Julian Higgins: mythic storytelling, Foxcatcher, Orson Welles and father figures
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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 the same rules if this is gonna work”; Julian being afraid of reading reviews from writers he loves; Mitchell watching Foxcatcher in the heart of du Pont country; rich people can get away with anything; ornithologist, philatelist, philanthropist; nostalgia for HD DVD and how they made Slim’s dad cry, and Julian’s childhood hero Basil Rathbone. Credits: This episode was recorded in Los Angeles, Delaware and Pennsylvania, and edited by Slim. Facts by Jack. Booker: Brian Formo. Transcript by Sophie Shin. Art by Samm. Theme: ‘Vampiros Dancoteque’ by Moniker. Lists and links: The Letterboxd list of films mentioned; The Emperor and the Wolf: The Lives and Films of Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune by Stuart Goldbraith IV; The Criterion Collection’s HQ page; Julian’s Instagram, Winter Light by James Lee Burke; New Novel, New Wave, New Politics: Fiction and the Representation of History in Postwar France by Lynn A. Higgins—Julian’s mother Reviews of Rashomon by Esther Rosenfield and DallasFrance, Chimes at Midnight by Alyssa Heflin, God’s Country by Brian Tallerico, The Return by Marcissus |
Sep 13, 2022 |
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Weekend Watchlist: Barbarian, Pinocchio and Speak No Evil
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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:
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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Four Favorites with Chandler Levack: her TIFF premiere, Almost Famous, The Apartment, Canadian schlock
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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 yes. Did Steven Spielberg make The Fabelmans in homage to I Like Movies? Maybe. See both films at TIFF (8—18 September) to find out! Credits: This episode was recorded in Auckland, Toronto and Pennsylvania, and edited by Slim. Facts by Jack. Booker: Brian Formo. Transcript by Sophie Shin. Art by Samm. Theme: ‘Vampiros Dancoteque’ by Moniker. Lists and links: The Letterboxd list of films mentioned; Fat Girls on Film by Kate Hagen; Conversations with Wilder by Cameron Crowe; Jack Facts’ interview with Owen Kline; ‘Stillwater Runs Deep’—William Miller’s $1000 essay for Rolling Stone; When you’re feeling a little lost by yazz!; Coming-of-age movies by andrea; Films that took an already amazing and well-known song by starboy; Movies that are like I Like Movies by Chandler Levack; Male Protagonists that I Could Easily Beat Up in a Fight by Claira Curtis; Manic Pixie Dream Girl by Melissa; Punk by Sally Jane Black; Weirdo Watchlist by Tyler; Chandler’s Movies I can’t wait to see at TIFF. |
Sep 06, 2022 |
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Weekend Watchlist: Saloum, Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul. and Jaws
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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:
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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Four Favorites with Jay Bennett: Face/Off, The Lighthouse, sweater weather and movie posters
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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, Cannes you believe it, Who let Matt Damon into the studio, Saw ranked based on how morally right the jigsaw killer is, My parents reviewing films, Film Posters Don’t Feel So Good; IndieWire’s 25 Best Movie Performances of the ’90s Reviews of Saw by Amaya, The Lighthouse by Esther Rosenfield, When Harry Met Sally… by Amanda, Sophie and Olivia Credits: This episode was recorded in Auckland, London and Pennsylvania, and edited by Slim. Facts by Jack. Booker: Brian Formo. Transcript by Sophie Shin. Theme: ‘Vampiros Dancoteque’ by Moniker. |
Aug 30, 2022 |
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Weekend Watchlist: Three Thousand Years of Longing, Funny Pages and The Good Boss
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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. Sponsor: Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
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Aug 25, 2022 |
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Four Favorites with Karen Han: Bonghive, Ping Pong, DePalma and Michael Shannon
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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. You can upgrade to Pro/Patron at 20% off the normal price using this special URL: https://letterboxd.com/pro/redeem/paradise/. Upgrade to Pro/Patron to get rid of ads, customize your streaming services, view detailed movie-watching stats computed from your account history, and much more. That URL automatically adds our special discount code “Paradise” to get 20% off an upgrade. You can alternatively add that word manually into the Enter Code section on the bottom left of our Pro page if you want, no big deal. Also: Karen recalls the dawn of the #Bonghive, we discuss the sexual energy of songwriter Paul Williams, why rock operas should come back, the Meatloaf of it all, why one of Slim’s favorite pastimes is reading Letterboxd reviews aloud, living in the mystery, Jeff Nichols’ superlative relationship skills, Gemma’s rage at ambiguous sci-fi endings, cooking manga, and Michael Shannon, step on us, please. Use the code ‘PARADISE’ for an exclusive 20% discount on Pro and Patron memberships in the week of this episode’s release. Credits: This episode was recorded in Auckland, Los Angeles and Pennsylvania, and edited by Slim. Facts by Jack. Booker: Brian Formo. Transcript by Sophie Shin. Theme: ‘Vampiros Dancoteque’ by Moniker. Lists and links: The Letterboxd list of films mentioned; Anxiety-Inducing Cinema list by Jack; Simon Ramshaw’s They aren’t films; they’re experiences list; Essential Depressioncore list by Obsolete; Kermit chats to Paul Williams, Karen’s first #Bonghive tweet. Reviews of Nope by Karen Han; Phantom of the Paradise by COBRARocky and feat. dante from the dmc series; Take Shelter by Lauren and Lucy; Ping Pong by Dan P and Ali; The Host by Hollie and Oppie. |
Aug 23, 2022 |
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Weekend Watchlist: Orphan: First Kill, Beast and Spin Me Round
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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:
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Aug 18, 2022 |
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Four Favorites with Rebekah McKendry: absurd horror, Hedwig, Suspiria, The ’Burbs
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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: Reviews: Credits: |
Aug 16, 2022 |
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Weekend Watchlist: Emily the Criminal, Inu-oh and Day Shift
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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. Sponsor: You can try MUBI free for 90 days at www.mubi.com/letterboxd. With MUBI, each and every film is hand-selected. It’s like your own personal film festival -- streaming anytime, anywhere. And don’t forget to subscribe to their acclaimed audio-documentary series: MUBI PODCAST. Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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Four Favorites with Paul Scheer: time traveling and ghostbusting with 1980s American men
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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. You can upgrade to Pro/Patron at 20% off the normal price using this special URL: https://letterboxd.com/pro/redeem/mcfly/. Upgrade to Pro/Patron to get rid of ads, customize your streaming services, view a customized stats page just for your own account, and much more. That URL automatically adds our special discount code “mcfly” to get 20% off upgrading. You can also add that word manually into the Enter Code section on the bottom left of our Pro page if you want, no big deal. 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 truck; Gemma’s love for BH Cop’s Jenny; why Back to the Future II stacks up; our appreciation for Bronson Pinchot; what Ghostbusters can teach us about running a small business; Paul upgrades to Patron level live on the show (without even using our limited-time discount offer—see details above); and why won’t our damn kids love The Muppets as much as we do? Lists and links: Reviews: Credits: |
Aug 09, 2022 |
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Weekend Watchlist: Bodies Bodies Bodies, Bullet Train and Prey
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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:
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Aug 04, 2022 |
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Weekend Watchlist: Resurrection, Not Okay and Vengeance
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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. Pro/Patron Upgrade: Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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Weekend Watchlist: Nope, The Gray Man and Anything’s Possible
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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. Sponsor: You can try MUBI free for 90 days at www.mubi.com/letterboxd. With MUBI, each and every film is hand-selected. It’s like your own personal film festival -- streaming anytime, anywhere. And don’t forget to subscribe to their acclaimed audio-documentary series: MUBI Podcast. Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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Weekend Watchlist: Where the Crawdads Sing, Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris and Don’t Make Me Go
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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:
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Jul 14, 2022 |
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Weekend Watchlist: Thor: Love and Thunder, Both Sides of the Blade and Murina
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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:
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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Four Favorites with Jack’s Facts: Dog Day, Mike Leigh, La La Land and the midway Top 25
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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, and could “It was fine” be the worst movie-critic burn ever? Here’s to the ones who dream! Lists and links Tsai’s Films I would like to show to my mom, Steve G’s movies where a family gathering starts with subtle tension and then everything goes completely to shit, Tori’s If you like (American film) watch (foreign film) and Sour Dee’s films that are even more damaging to think of than to actually see. Reviews mentioned Credits |
Jul 05, 2022 |
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Weekend Watchlist: Minions: The Rise of Gru, The Forgiven and Clara Sola
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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:
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Jun 30, 2022 |
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Weekend Watchlist: Elvis, The Black Phone and Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
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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:
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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Four Favorites with So Yun Um: Fellini, Wong Kar-Wai, Justin Lin and Keanu
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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: Reviews mentioned: Credits: |
Jun 21, 2022 |
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Weekend Watchlist: Lightyear, Cha Cha Real Smooth and Mad God
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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:
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Jun 16, 2022 |
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Four Favorites with Elizabeth Purchell: Trans menaces, Chocolate Babies, mulleted lesbians and radical cinema
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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: Reviews: Other Links: Bruno Araujo on Letterboxd (the one fan of Drive); Austin Film Society; Interview magazine feature on Stephen Winter and Lee Daniels Credits: |
Jun 14, 2022 |
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Weekend Watchlist: Jurassic World Dominion, Hustle and The Janes
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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:
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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Four Favorites with Lucy May: Portrait Nation, Amélie, Maika Monroe and Parker Posey
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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: Reviews of Amélie by Lucy, Vee, Lily, Dirk, Issy. Reviews of It Follows by Lucy, Lucy, Lucy, Lucy, and Slim. Reviews of Portrait of a Lady on Fire by Todd, Stephanie and James. Josie and the Pussycats reviews by Muriel, Joe Lynch and Gemma. Lucy’s Dad’s Parasite and Tenet reviews. Lucy’s Dad’s LB profile, Lucy’s niece’s profile, Lucy on Vimeo, Lucy’s 90s teen movie video retrospective, Dominic Corry’s Céline Sciamma Q&A. Credits: |
Jun 07, 2022 |
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Weekend Watchlist: Crimes of the Future, Watcher and Fire Island
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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:
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Jun 02, 2022 |
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Four Favorites with Mitchell Beaupre: Horny nerds in suits, Agnès Varda, David Lynch, ’80s cinema
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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: Reviews of After Hours by Amaya; Blue Velvet by Colin the dude; The Conversation by Slim and Mia; Le Bonheur by Jack, Raul, Kambole and theriverjordan. Acting Out Podcast, Mitchell’s Paste Magazine story on Dennis Hopper, Inside The Actors Studio—Dennis Hopper; The B-Side – Gene Hackman episode (with Mitchell Beaupre); Mitchell’s interview with Céline Sciamma; Jenni Olson’s Four Faves episode Credits: |
May 31, 2022 |
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Weekend Watchlist: Top Gun: Maverick, The Bob’s Burgers Movie and RRR
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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:
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May 26, 2022 |
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Four Favorites with Vagabon: Pretty Woman, Fincher, Huppert and Courtney Barnett
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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: Reviews mentioned: Other links: Credits: |
May 24, 2022 |
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Weekend Watchlist: Men, Emergency and Chip ’n Dale: Rescue Rangers
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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:
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May 19, 2022 |
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Four Favorites with The Bechdel Cast: Titanic, Jack Black and the Paddington mafia
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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: Reviews mentioned: Credits |
May 17, 2022 |
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Weekend Watchlist: Pleasure, On the Count of Three and The Innocents
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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:
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May 12, 2022 |
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Four Favorites with Selome Hailu: Holes, Emile Mosseri, Roe v. Wade and Gemini season
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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:
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May 10, 2022 |
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Weekend Watchlist: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Happening and The Twin
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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:
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May 05, 2022 |
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Four Favorites with Patrick Willems: Wes Anderson, Evil Dead and a Fast shock
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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: Reviews mentioned: Credits: |
May 03, 2022 |
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Weekend Watchlist: Vortex, Hatching and Memory
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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:
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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Weekend Watchlist: The Northman, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent and Petite Maman
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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:
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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Four Favorites: Karina Longworth on erotic ’80s, Richard Gere, and Kevin's denim
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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: Lists mentioned: Reviews mentioned: Credits: |
Apr 19, 2022 |
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Weekend Watchlist: The Secrets of Dumbledore, Dual and Paris: 13th District
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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: Credits: |
Apr 14, 2022 |
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Everything Special: Daniels on Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, kindness and crying
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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: Lists: Credits: |
Apr 12, 2022 |
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Weekend Watchlist: Ambulance, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and All the Old Knives
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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: Credits: |
Apr 07, 2022 |
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Four Favorites: Oscars Fever with Kate Hagen and Matt Neglia
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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: Letterboxd lists mentioned: Reviews mentioned: Credits: |
Apr 05, 2022 |
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Weekend Watchlist: Morbius, The Bubble and Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
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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: Credits: |
Mar 31, 2022 |
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Four Favorites: Blank Check Pod’s Griffin & David on Star Wars, Sully, Hulk and robots
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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. Links: Letterboxd lists mentioned: Reviews mentioned: Credits: |
Mar 29, 2022 |
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Weekend Watchlist: Everything Everywhere All At Once, The Lost City and Infinite Storm
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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: Credits: |
Mar 24, 2022 |
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Four Favorites: The Mank Couple on Moonstruck, Billy Wilder and the Before trilogy
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“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 threads between films. Links: Lists mentioned: Reviews mentioned: Credits: |
Mar 22, 2022 |
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Weekend Watchlist: X, Deep Water and Umma
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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: Credits: |
Mar 17, 2022 |
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Four Favorites: Mia Vicino on Elaine May, Ewan McGregor, stoner movies and Kill Bill
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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: Letterboxd lists mentioned: Reviews mentioned: Credits: |
Mar 15, 2022 |
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Weekend Watchlist: Turning Red, The Adam Project and Ultrasound
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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. Sponsor: Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned: Credits: |
Mar 10, 2022 |
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Four Favorites: Gemma & Slim on Pee-Wee, Austin Powers and machismo
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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: Letterboxd lists mentioned: Reviews mentioned: Credits: |
Mar 08, 2022 |
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2021 Year in Review Roundtable
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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 Credits |
Jan 10, 2022 |
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Director Commentary: The Beta Test with Jim Cummings and PJ McCabe
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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. |
Dec 23, 2021 |
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Four Favorites: Joe Dante and Josh Olson on the Christmas Movies that Made Us
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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 Credits |
Dec 23, 2021 |
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Four Favorites: Sean Baker on Austrian moralism, Red Rocket and Keanu’s best role
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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 |
Dec 15, 2021 |
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Four Favorites: Our 2021 faves Titane, Campion, Wan and Kong
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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: Credits: |
Dec 09, 2021 |
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Four Favorites: Will Collins on Aliens, Wolfwalkers and wonderful lives
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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: Credits: |
Dec 01, 2021 |
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Four Favorites: The National’s Bryce Dessner and Carin Besser on romance and musicals
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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: Credits: |
Nov 24, 2021 |
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Four Favorites: Lars Nilsen on Weird Wednesdays, Switchblade Sisters and Buster Keaton
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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: Credits: |
Nov 17, 2021 |
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Four Favorites: Sean Fennessey on Orson Welles, Tupac, Kurosawa, Keanu
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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: Credits: |
Nov 10, 2021 |
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Four Favorites: Angelica Jade Bastién on Possession, neo-noir, rage, and beautiful men
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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: Credits: |
Nov 03, 2021 |
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Four Favorites: Ella Kemp on Moulin Rouge!, Magnolia, CMbYN and Marmite movies
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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: Credits: |
Oct 27, 2021 |
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Four Favorites: Kate Hagen on cinematic sex, David Lynch and 80s vampire Westerns
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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: Credits: |
Oct 20, 2021 |
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Four Favorites: Chvrches on The Exorcist, Wes Craven, Carrie and ’90s teens
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“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: Credits: |
Oct 13, 2021 |
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Four Favorites: Letterboxd founders Matthew & Karl on Arnie, Edgar and turning 10
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“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: Credits: |
Oct 06, 2021 |
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Four Favorites: Jenni Olson on lesbian spies, Eddie Murphy and LGBT film history
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“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: Credits: |
Sep 29, 2021 |
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Four Favorites: Ghibliotheque’s Michael & Jake on Totoro, Indy and Roger Rabbit
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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: Credits: |
Sep 22, 2021 |
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Four Favorites: Karsten Runquist on Fantastic Mr. Fox, Kaufman, Reichardt and Climax
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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:
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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Four Favorites: Jonah Feingold on rom coms, Robin Williams and sweater weather
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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.
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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Four Favorites: Justin LaLiberty on Breathless, Dolph Lundgren and Snoop Dogg horror
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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.
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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Billie Piper Special: Rare Beasts and rom coms
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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.
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Aug 23, 2021 |
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Four Favorites: Marya E. Gates on Little Women, Jane Campion and denim butts
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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.
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Aug 18, 2021 |
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Four Favorites: Grace Spelman on West Side Story, Bob Fosse, Whiplash
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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:
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Aug 11, 2021 |
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Four Favorites: Jim Cummings on Children of Men, Tom Hanks and indie cinema
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“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: Credits: |
Aug 04, 2021 |
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Four Favorites: Isabel Sandoval on sensual cinema, Punch-Drunk Love and blue balls
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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:
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Jul 28, 2021 |
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Four Favorites: Brian Formo on Cannes, Eyes Wide Shut, Almodóvar and more
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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. Credits: |
Jul 21, 2021 |
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Four Favorites: Josh Ruben on Jaws, Darkman, Werewolves Within and Patrick Wilson’s ass
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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. Credits: |
Jul 14, 2021 |
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Four Favorites: Demi Adejuyigbe on I, Tonya, Lady Bird and the true meaning of love
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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. |
Jul 06, 2021 |
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Four Favorites: Gemma Gracewood & Slim on Strictly Ballroom, Robocop and human nipples
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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? |
Jun 30, 2021 |
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18: Nomads and Forgeries
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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
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Mar 14, 2021 |
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17: Year in Review 2020
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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
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Jan 18, 2021 |
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16: Shitlists and Bangers
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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
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 Davenport. On the next episode: the Letterboxd Year in Review, with a panel of Letterboxd superstars (we usually publish about a week into January, and our episode will follow). Leave a voice message about the very best film you saw in 2020. |
Dec 23, 2020 |
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15: Animators and Wolfwalkers
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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
Credits This episode was recorded in London, Paris, Chicago and Auckland and edited by Tony Stamp. Theme music: ‘Vampiros Dancoteque’ by Moniker. Podcast artwork: Ann Davenport. On the next episode: Slim (70mm Podcast), Hannah Woodhead (Little White Lies), Tim Batt (The Worst Idea Ever) on 2020’s shitters and five-bangers. Leave a voice message about the good-bad movies that got you through 2020. |
Dec 15, 2020 |
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14: Make the Yuletide Gay!
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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:
This episode was recorded in Los Angeles, Joshua Tree and Auckland and edited by Tony Stamp. Theme music is ‘Vampiros Dancoteque’ by Moniker. Podcast artwork by Ann Davenport. On the next episode, we’ve got Wolfwalkers director Tomm Moore and animation heads Kambole Campbell and Toussaint Egan—leave us a voice message regarding your favorite animated film. |
Dec 06, 2020 |
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13: Sound of Metal
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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 Letterboxd Show is recorded in Los Angeles, Brooklyn and Auckland, and edited by Tony Stamp. The theme tune is ‘Hitchcock’ by The Phoenix Foundation (new album The Friend Ship out now!). Podcast artwork by Ann Davenport. On the next episode: festive feelings with Happiest Season’s Mary Holland! Leave us a voice message about your favorite festive film at letterboxd.show. |
Nov 20, 2020 |
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12: Shithouse, Fall Festival Roundup
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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:
This episode recorded in London, Los Angeles and Dunedin and edited by Morgan Avery. Podcast artwork by Ann Davenport. Our theme music is ‘Hitchcock’ by The Phoenix Foundation. Our next episode features Wolfwalkers co-director Tomm Moore, and animation fans Kambole Campbell and Toussaint Egan. To be in to win a Pro membership, leave us a voice message about your favorite animated film or sequence of all time. |
Nov 07, 2020 |
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11: Jim Cummings
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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:
This episode recorded in Los Angeles and Auckland and edited by Morgan Avery. Podcast artwork by Ann Davenport. Theme music: ‘Hitchcock’ by The Phoenix Foundation. Our next episode features Cooper Raiff and Dylan Gelula of Shithouse. To be in to win a Pro membership, leave us a voice message about your favorite college film. |
Oct 11, 2020 |
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10: The Realness
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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:
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Fantasia Fest: This episode was recorded in Los Angeles, New York and Auckland and edited by Morgan Avery. Podcast artwork by Ann Davenport. Theme music: ‘Hitchcock’ by The Phoenix Foundation (their new single ‘Landline’ is out now). Our next episode features Irish animator Tomm Moore. To be in to win a Pro membership, leave us a voice message about your favorite animated film of all time. |
Sep 15, 2020 |
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9: Alex Winter
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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:
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This episode was recorded in Los Angeles and Auckland, and edited by Morgan Avery. Podcast artwork by Ann Davenport. Our theme music is ‘Hitchcock’ by The Phoenix Foundation. Our next episode is also about documentaries, with the directors of The Fight. Leave us a voice message about your favorite doc of 2020. |
Aug 30, 2020 |
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8: Lockdown Filmmaking
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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 Films mentioned by Aneesh
Links On Letterboxd: Jed Shepherd; Aneesh Chaganty; Aneesh’s roommate Blake. This episode was recorded in London, Los Angeles and Auckland, and edited by Morgan Avery. Podcast artwork by Ann Davenport. Theme music is ‘Hitchcock’ by The Phoenix Foundation. Our next episode is about documentaries, with writer-director and Bill & Ted star Alex Winter, and the directors of The Fight. Leave a voice message with your question for Winter. |
Aug 15, 2020 |
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7: Ghibli Magic Moments
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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
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 Foundation. Leave a voice message for Aneesh Chaganty, our next guest, or tell us the ‘so bad it’s good’ film you’ve been rewatching in isolation for an upcoming episode. We recorded this episode as the news of George Floyd’s death by police brutality was emerging, and held it back in order to amplify Black voices and stories. Racism has no place on Letterboxd. Here are some ideas for activism; here are more; and more. We are donating all proceeds from screenings of Josephine Decker’s Shirley via our virtual screening link (available to US members only) to BIPOC film non-profit Firelight Media. Black Lives Matter. |
Jul 01, 2020 |
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6: Black Life on Film
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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”. Links
This episode was recorded in Pittsburgh, PA and Auckland, NZ and edited by Morgan Avery. Our podcast artwork is by Ann Davenport and our theme music is ‘Hitchcock’ by The Phoenix Foundation. Leave a voice message telling us your favorite Studio Ghibli film, or a ‘so bad it’s good’ film you’ve been rewatching in isolation for our upcoming episodes. Listeners in the US can watch Josephine Decker’s Shirley via our virtual screening room—we’re donating all proceeds to film non-profit Firelight Media. For other links, resources and places to donate in the fight for justice, here are some anti-racism resources for white people. This Letterboxd review of I Am Not Your Negro also contains useful links. Black Lives Matter. |
Jun 10, 2020 |
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4: Lockdown Thirst
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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. Links Horny movies:
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Edited by Morgan Avery. Podcast artwork by Ann Davenport. Theme music: ‘Hitchcock’ by The Phoenix Foundation. Leave a voice message telling us your favorite Steven Spielberg film for our next episode. |
Apr 27, 2020 |
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3: Big Cities, Empty Streets
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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. Links City films for empty streets:
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Edited by Morgan Avery. Podcast artwork by Ann Davenport. Leave a voice message telling us your favorite erotic thrillers for the next episode. |
Apr 13, 2020 |
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2: Feeling Good
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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. Links Pixar director recommendations for children: 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:
Patrick Stewart’s Sonnets Sam Neill’s therapeutic Twitter and Instagram feeds Demi’s food-bank donation drive Richard E. Grant on Twitter Art House Online—help us support art house cinemas by renting these new, recent and re-released films, and read Ella’s interview with Levan Akin, director of And Then We Danced The panel’s feel-good picks for this week:
This podcast was recorded in Los Angeles, London and Auckland and edited by Morgan Avery. Our podcast artwork is by Ann Davenport. Leave a voice message telling us your favorite films set in big cities for our next episode, in which our West Coast editor Dominic Corry and New York correspondent Susannah Gruder will remember the recent past through movies. |
Apr 04, 2020 |
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1: 2020 Oscar Pre-Show
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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. Links 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 Ferrari (aka Le Mans ’66): What really happened at the end? Watch: La La Land, sorry Moonlight wins Best Picture Letterboxd’s Top 10 Sundance 2020 World Premieres |
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