Film Posers

On this episode of the Film Posers podcast, Josie Meléndez sits down with Emmy Award-winning director Claire Scanlon. They discuss all things the Love Hypothesis, the humorous nature of Tom Bateman's casting in relation to the film's source material, the importance of representation on screen when it comes to sexuality, and female friendships above all.

THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS: After an impulsive kiss, two scientists end up in a fake relationship, testing their theories about love and each other.

It is available to stream on Prime Video on September 23.

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Theme music by LA-based, award-winning Puerto Rican composer René G. Boscio.

Cover art designed by Josie Meléndez (@thejosiemarie)

NOW SHOWING: One Night Only

Join the Film Posers Gabriela Burgos and Josie Meléndez as they review the newest feature and romantic comedy on director Will Gluck's docket: One Night Only (also colloquially known as the sex purge movie).

About One Night Only:

12 hours can change everything. Two love-starved strangers crash into each other on the one night of the year when single people are legally allowed to have sex.

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Theme music by LA-based, award-winning Puerto Rican composer René G. Boscio.

Cover art designed by Josie Meléndez (@thejosiemarie).

FROM THE VAULT SPECIAL!

The Film Posers covered the New York Film Festival for a fifth year!

Film Posers Josie Meléndez and Gabriela Burgos attended the 63rd festival edition in person. Join them as they discuss their thoughts on the films they watched during the festival's run and which ones cracked their top five of the fest overall.

This episode was recorded in November 2025.

You can find a full list of all the films mentioned in this episode on our ⁠Letterboxd⁠.

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Theme music by LA-based award-winning Puerto Rican composer René G. Boscio.

Cover art designed by Josie Meléndez (@thejosiemarie).

NOW SHOWING: Spider-Man: Brand New Day

Join the Film Posers Gabriela Burgos and Josie Meléndez as they review the fourth installment of Tom Holland's Spider-Man. The film will be in theaters on July 31st.

About Spider-Man: Brand New Day:

Peter Parker devotes his life to protecting New York City as a full-time Spider-Man. But as the demands on him intensify, the pressure sparks a surprising physical evolution that threatens his existence, even as a strange new pattern of crimes gives rise to one of the most powerful threats he's ever faced.

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Theme music by LA-based, award-winning Puerto Rican composer René G. Boscio.

Cover art designed by Josie Meléndez (@thejosiemarie).

On this episode of the Film Posers podcast, Josie Meléndez sits down with Emmy Award-winning cinematographer Christian Sprenger. They discuss all things Widow's Bay, working with a tour-de-force cast, and the surprising thing the show has in common with The Sound of Music.

WIDOW'S BAY follows a New England mayor trying to boost tourism on his island who must navigate strange events suggesting it might be cursed.

Season 1 is available to stream on Apple TV+.

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Theme music by LA-based, award-winning Puerto Rican composer René G. Boscio.

Cover art designed by Josie Meléndez (@thejosiemarie)

Join the Film Posers Ana Sofía Cintrón, Juan Mojica, Gabriela Burgos, and Josie Meléndez as they review Christopher Nolan's adaptation of 'The Odyssey', playing in theaters this July 17.

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Theme music by LA-based, award-winning Puerto Rican composer René G. Boscio.

Cover art designed by Josie Meléndez (@thejosiemarie).

Get your headphones ready because we've got another double feature review headed your way. This one is brought to you by NEON (not sponsored).

Tune in to hear Posers Gabriela Burgos and Josie Meléndez as they dive into the worlds of Boots Riley and Genki Kawamura through their audacious and daring films 'I Love Boosters' and 'Exit 8', respectively.

About I Love Boosters:

A group of shoplifters take aim at a cutthroat fashion maven.

About Exit 8:

Strange events plague a young man as he searches for the exit in an endless subway tunnel.

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Theme music by LA-based, award-winning Puerto Rican composer René G. Boscio.

Cover art designed by Josie Meléndez (@thejosiemarie).

THIS EPISODE WAS RECORDED IN SPANISH

On this episode of the Film Posers podcast, Josie Meléndez and Gabriela Burgos sit down with Puerto Rican director Carla Cavina to discuss her second film, Golpe de Agua.

GOLPE DE AGUA (Water Strike) is a documentary exploring the personal and collective experience of Hurricane María's effects on Puerto Rico in 2017.

For more information on the film and Carla Cavina's work, you can visit her website, 3D Corazones.

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Theme music by LA-based, award-winning Puerto Rican composer René G. Boscio.

Cover art designed by Josie Meléndez (@thejosiemarie).

YOU'RE DATING A NARCISSIST!

Or maybe not. Let's find out!

On this episode of the Film Posers podcast, Josie Meléndez sits down with screenwriter and director Ann Marie Allison to discuss her feature directorial debut, 'You're Dating a Narcissist!'

The film is currently in theaters!

ABOUT THE FILM:

A psychology professor who has a knack for spotting narcissists flies across the country to prove that the man her daughter is marrying is a fraud.

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Theme music by LA-based, award-winning Puerto Rican composer René G. Boscio.

Cover art designed by Josie Meléndez (@thejosiemarie).

It's time for a joint review: double or nothing!

Tune in to hear Posers Gabriela Burgos and Josie Meléndez as they are joined by special guest film critic Joselyn Nicole from Nicole's Film Perspective as they discuss their thoughts on both 'Project Hail Mary' and 'Ready or Not 2: Here I Come'.

Both 'Project Hail Mary' and 'Ready or Not 2: Here I Come' are now available only in theaters.

About PROJECT HAIL MARY:

Science teacher Ryland Grace wakes up on a spaceship with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. As his memory slowly returns, he soon discovers he must solve the riddle behind a mysterious substance that's causing the sun to die out. As details of the mission unravel, he calls on his scientific training and sheer ingenuity -- but he may not have to do it alone.

About READY OR NOT 2: HERE I COME:

After surviving an all-out attack from the Le Domas family, Grace discovers she's reached the next level of the nightmarish game, and this time with her estranged sister, Faith, by her side. To survive, Grace must keep Faith alive and claim the High Seat of the Council that controls the world. Four rival families are also hunting her for the throne, and whoever wins will rule it all.

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Theme music by LA-based, award-winning Puerto Rican composer René G. Boscio.

Cover art designed by Josie Meléndez (@thejosiemarie).