Melissa McDowell (Letterboxd) is in quarantine (sort of) this week but the Steve Stebbing (Letterboxd, Website), Bill Harris (Letterboxd) and Marina Antunes (Letterboxd, Blusky) still managed to ramble on about a bunch of movies and television they’ve seen lately.

What we’ve been watching:

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00:00:00 – Opening credits & introduction
00:12:10 – What we’ve been watching
01:09:48 – Coming soon
01:19:54 – Closing thoughts & credits

Hot on the heels of the Oscar nominations, the team has put together their list of favourite movies of last year and let’s just say that there are some… discrepancies.

Join Steve Stebbing (Letterboxd, Website), Bill Harris (Letterboxd) and Marina Antunes (Letterboxd, Instagram) as they count down their favourite movies of the year.

Steve’s Top 10:

10. Strange Darling
9. Monkey Man
8. Longlegs
7. A Complete Unknown
6. Challengers
5. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
4. Listen to find out
3. Listen to find out
2. Listen to find out
1. Listen to find out

The rest: Flow, The Wild Robot, Queer, Nosferatu, Maria, The Brutalist, Dune: Part Two, Love Lies Bleeding, Heretic, Late Night with the Devil, Bird, Better Man

Bill’s Top 10:

10. Ghostlight
9. The Substance
8. Anora
7. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
6. Strange Darling
5. A Complete Unknown
4. Listen to find out
3. Listen to find out
2. Listen to find out
1. Listen to find out

The rest: Longlegs, The Brutalist, Better Man, Saturday Night, Late Night with the Devil, Bird, Nosferatu, Conclave, Memoir of a Snail, Sasquatch Sunset

Marina’s Top 10:

10. Memoir of a Snail
9. Monkey Man
8. Nickel Boys
7. The Wild Robot
6. Flow
5. Conclave
4. Listen to find out
3. Listen to find out
2. Listen to find out
1. Listen to find out

The rest: Dune: Part Two, Alien: Romulus, Immaculate, The Order, Black Box Diaries, A Real Pain, I Am: Celine Dion, Ghostlight, The Substance

Melissa’s Top 10:

10. Babygirl
9. Queer
8. The Substance
7. My Old Ass
6. The People’s Joker
5. Secret Mall Apartment
4. Listen to find out
3. Listen to find out
2. Listen to find out
1. Listen to find out

The rest: Strange Darling, Love Lies Bleeding, A Real Pain, Challengers, Dune: Part Two, Flow, Bird, Singing Back the Buffalo, Matt and Mara, Dahomey

Other things mentioned this episode:

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00:00:00 – Opening credits & introduction
00:13:13 – The countdown
02:01:06 – Coming soon
02:06:05 – Closing thoughts & credits

Hello 2025!

We kick off the year with a newly updated opening and closing theme however, the many many movies we talk about remain the same. Join us as Steve Stebbing (Letterboxd, Website), Melissa McDowell (Letterboxd), Bill Harris (Letterboxd) and Marina Antunes (Letterboxd, Instagram) chat about the newly revamped Golden Globes and also dig into a long list of movies, kicking things off with Babygirl.

What we’ve been watching:

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00:00:00 – Opening credits & introduction
00:02:30 – Golden Globes discussion
00:14:01 – Babygirl
00:30:20 – What we’ve been watching
01:39:15 – Coming soon
01:45:45 – Closing thoughts & credits

It’s the final show of the year and we’ve nearly watched all of the things! Those we want to see that is!

Join us for this special Christmas episode as (Letterboxd, Website), Melissa McDowell (Letterboxd), Bill Harris (Letterboxd) and Marina Antunes (Letterboxd, Instagram) fawn over Maria and dig into the The Brutalist.

What we’ve been watching:

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00:00:00 – Opening credits & introduction
00:05:57 – Maria
00:20:58 –The Brutalist
00:36:01 – What we’ve been watching
01:36:58 – Coming soon
01:40:01 – Closing thoughts & credits

It was a bit touch-and-go when it came to selecting this week’s movie but in the end, the team not only came to an agreement but they may have found one of the best films of the year in the process.

Take a listen as Steve Stebbing (Letterboxd, Website), Melissa McDowell (Letterboxd), Bill Harris (Letterboxd) and Marina Antunes (Letterboxd, Instagram) discuss Nickel Boys.

What we’ve been watching:

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00:00:00 – Opening credits & introduction
00:01:47 – Nickel Boys
00:21:35 – What we’ve been watching
01:14:38 – Coming soon
01:22:31 – Closing thoughts & credits

The marketing gurus were onto something. While this isn’t exactly “Barbenheimer,” the releases of Gladiator II and Wicked certainly got people out to the theatres… even us.

This week, Steve Stebbing (Letterboxd, Website), Melissa McDowell (Letterboxd), Bill Harris (Letterboxd) and Marina Antunes (Letterboxd, Instagram) dig into Gladiator II – and we’re still not convinced it was the “better” choice.

What we’ve been watching:

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00:00:00 – Opening credits & introduction
00:7:10 – Gladiator II
00:23:01 – What we’ve been watching
01:25:10 – Coming soon
01:33:27 – Closing thoughts & credits

In that weird time between the end of festival season and the beginning of holiday movie season occasionally brings with it some interesting titles – case in point: Heretic.

Steve Stebbing (Letterboxd, Website) wasn’t able to catch this week’s movie but join Melissa McDowell (Letterboxd), Bill Harris (Letterboxd) and Marina Antunes (Letterboxd, Instagram) as they dig into a spoiler free discussion of the movie.

What we’ve been watching:

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00:00:00 – Opening credits & introduction
00:01:19 – Heretic
00:19:05 – What we’ve been watching
01:08:15 – Coming soon
01:14:10 – Closing thoughts & credits

How did we end up here? At a show that runs just over two hours? Well, it’s been over a month since the team has come together to talk about what they’ve been watching and hence, we’ve ended up with this super sized episode.

Join Melissa McDowell (Letterboxd, X), Steve Stebbing (Letterboxd, X, Website), Bill Harris (Letterboxd, X) and Marina Antunes (Letterboxd, Instagram) as they dig into The Substance as well as a long (long) list of other films.

We can also be contacted via email – [email protected]

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00:00:00 – Opening credits & introduction
00:01:16 – The Substance
00:24:31 – What we’ve been watching
01:50:16 – Coming soon
01:56:24 – Closing thoughts & credits

The 2024 edition of the Vancouver International Film Festival has come and gone. The team took a week to recover (and editor Marina took an additional week to edit – oops) but here we are: a final wrap on this year’s festival.

Join Steve Stebbing (Letterboxd, X, Website), Bill Harris (Letterboxd, X), Melissa McDowell (Letterboxd, X), Marina Antunes (Letterboxd, Instagram) and special guest Chloe Stebbing, as we the team counts down their festival favourites.

For more fun, check out:

Marina’s Top 3:

3. Listen to find out
2. Listen to find out
1. Listen to find out

Steve’s Top 5:

5. Presence
4. A Different Man
3. Listen to find out
2. Listen to find out
1. Listen to find out

Melissa’s Top 5:

5. Fréwaka
4. Matt and Mara
3. Listen to find out
2. Listen to find out
1. Listen to find out

Chloe’s Top 5:

5. Conclave
4. A Different Man
3. Listen to find out
2. Listen to find out
1. Listen to find out

Bill’s Top 5:

5. Happyend
4. The Girl with the Needle
3. Listen to find out
2. Listen to find out
1. Listen to find out

The rest:
6. Saturday Night
7. The Seed of the Sacred Fig
8. Secret Mall Apartment
9. Conclave
10. Universal Language

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00:00:00 – Opening credits & introduction
13:36:00 – Top 5’s
01:19:20 – Closing thoughts & credits

The Vancouver International Film Festival is in full swing and while the ATC team has been seeing movies, we haven’t managed to connect for an update.

But not to worry, that all changes now as Bill Harris (Letterboxd, X) and Marina Antunes (Letterboxd, Instagram) return to the old days of on-the-fly recordings with this VIFF catch up session where we talk about some of the films we’ve seen including a few highlights – Anora, The Girl with the Needle, The Seed of the Sacred Fig – and a few lowlights. But you’ll need to listen to the show for those

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00:00:00 – Opening credits & introduction
00:04:13 – The VIFF Movies
00:32:15 – Closing thoughts & credits