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April 19, 2022 Four Favorites: Karina Longworth on erotic ’80s, Richard Gere, and Kevin's denim
You Must Remember This podcast creator and reformed movie critic Karina Longworth joins hosts Gemma and Slim for a steamy conversation about erotic American cinema of the 1980s via four of her ’80s faves related to the new season of her show: Paul Schrader’s American Gigolo, Brian De Palma’s Body Double, Adrian Lyne’s Nine 1/2 Weeks and Roger Donaldson’s No Way Out.
Plus: how to become an American gigolo, the sex appeal of venetian blinds and ankle bracelets, De Palma’s movie alter-ego, Kim Basinger’s Nine 1/2 Weeks experiences, Kevin Costner’s denim fit, Melanie Griffith’s comic smarts, Richard Gere’s… everything, and, yes… In the Cut.
Links:
The Letterboxd list of films mentioned in this episode; You Must Remember This podcast; Film School Rejects’ No Way Out commentary; Fatal Attractions podcast
Lists mentioned:
These films have the D.; Male Frontal Nudity; Psychosexual dramas; Actually Sexy Films; Help! I Got Too Horny and Now Everything’s Bad; Cocaine Noir; Stoner canon; Illegal to watch before 9PM; Man Ass; When you have to investigate a murder you committed or one where the evidence points to you; You Must Remember This master list
Reviews mentioned:
Wood’s American Gigolo review, Joe Carson’s Body Double review, Nora’s Nine 1/2 Weeks review
Credits:
This episode was recorded in Auckland, Los Angeles and Pennsylvania, and edited by Slim. Facts by Jack. Booker: Linda Moulton. Transcript by Sophie Shin. Theme: ‘Vampiros Dancoteque’ by Moniker.
1 hr 7 min
April 14, 2022 Weekend Watchlist: The Secrets of Dumbledore, Dual and Paris: 13th District
Weekend Watchlist is Letterboxd’s weekly show focused on new movies dropping in theaters and streaming. Join us every Thursday as we discuss our growing watchlists. We’ll get through this. Together. This week Mitchell and Slim talk about Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, Dual, Paris: 13th District and look back at Ambulance, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, All the Old Knives, and Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off, We also peep some physical releases including RoboCop and C’mon C’mon. Finally, we shuffle our watchlists and Mitchell tells us their thoughts on Ghost of Mars.
Our thanks to NEON for sponsoring this episode. Add Petite Maman to your watchlist if it isn’t there already, follow the neonrated HQ account on Letterboxd, and make plans to see the movie as soon as you can.
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
Transcripts of podcast episodes available; Slim and Mitchell’s Petite Maman review; reyzando’s Dual review; Alicia’s Paris: 13th District review; dathnome’s Memoria review; Jeffrey and Proto’s Sonic 2 review; Mitchell’s interview with Mike Mill; Phil’s Fearless Hyena review; Kev’s Switchblade Sisters review; Jack’s Top 50 of 2022 list
Credits:
This episode was recorded in Delaware and Philadelphia, and edited by Slim. Facts by Jack. Transcript by Sophie Shin. Theme: ‘IZON’ by Trent Walton.
30 min
April 12, 2022 Everything Special: Daniels on Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, kindness and crying
Everything Everywhere All at Once writer-directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert join hosts Gemma and Slim for an unabashed conversation about love, empathy, crying, dopamine, their movie’s stars, and whether “this butt-plug action movie is better than The Godfather”.
Plus: time travel logic, anime adoration, Yuen Woo Ping, Kurt Vonnegut Jr’s The Sirens of Titan, imposter syndrome, how they filmed the rock scene, how music videos helped get their new film made, Scheinert’s wild Indiana Jones pitch, the joy of movies that take big swings, The White Stripes, fanny-pack supremacy, Cloud Atlas, the real enemy of EEAAO, and what it feels like to suddenly have the highest-rated film on Letterboxd (only the third-ever film to hold the number-one spot in Letterboxd history).
Links:
The Letterboxd list of films mentioned in this episode; Michelle Yeoh’s GQ interview; the movies of Yuen Woo Ping and the Shaw brothers; reviews of EEAAO by Bowen Yang, David Chen and Jeremy
Lists:
Gemma’s Fanny Pack Supremacy, Jared’s Movies where Ke Huy Quan kicks ass with a Fanny pack , Letterboxd Top 250; Megan’s Twitter thread on the EEAAO VFX crew; the films of animator Kirsten Lepore
Credits:
This episode was recorded in Auckland, Los Angeles and Pennsylvania, and edited by Slim. Facts by Jack. Booker: Linda Moulton. Transcript by Sophie Shin. Theme: ‘Vampiros Dancoteque’ by Moniker.
40 min
April 07, 2022 Weekend Watchlist: Ambulance, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and All the Old Knives
Welcome to Weekend Watchlist; Letterboxd’s weekly show focused on new movies dropping in theaters and streaming. Join us every Thursday as we discuss our growing watchlists. We’ll get through this. Together. This week Mia and Slim talk about Ambulance, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, All the Old Knives, Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off and look back at Everything Everywhere All at Once, Morbius, The Bubble, and Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood, We also spotlight the movers and shakers on Jack’s weekly Top 50 of 2022 list including Mad God, and the new champion of Dave’s Letterboxd Top 250 Narrative Feature Films. Also Mia tells us her thoughts on Scanners.
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
Transcripts of podcast episodes available; Rafael’s Ambulance review; Alex’s Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off review; bbanks2121’s Everything Everywhere All at Once review; Ry’s Morbius review; Robin’s The Bubble review; slim’s All the Old Knives review; Dave’s Letterboxd Top 250 Narrative Feature Films
Credits:
This episode was recorded in LA and Philadelphia, and edited by Slim. Facts by Jack. Transcript by Sophie Shin. Theme: ‘IZON’ by Trent Walton.
26 min
April 05, 2022 Four Favorites: Oscars Fever with Kate Hagen and Matt Neglia
The Black List’s Kate Hagen and Next Best Picture’s Matt Neglia join hosts Gemma and Slim to send off awards season once and for all with our four favorite Oscar-nominated movies of the 94th Academy Awards, whether or not they won (most of them didn’t): Spencer, CODA, Nightmare Alley and Cyrano.
Plus: Kate has has a word with Jane Campion in the Oscars press room, Slim rates CODA thirty stars, Matt is all over Kristen Stewart’s work as Diana, Princess of Wales, Gemma is obsessed with the production of Joe Wright’s Cyrano, our pitch to Netflix and Apple for Troy Kotsur’s next starring role, Bradley Cooper brings full-frontal back, and just how many corgis can the Queen fit into her car?
Links:
The Letterboxd list of films mentioned in this episode; Next Best Picture, Next Best Picture Podcast, Next Best Picture ‘happiest nomination’ poll; Brian Formo’s awards season story; Business Insider story on Netflix’s awards campaign; Letterboxd Most Picture 2022; Letterboxd 2021 Year in Review; Dune Pod; 70mm Pod; Isaac Feldberg’s Letterboxd Q&A with Nightmare Alley’s Production Designer Tamara Deverell
Letterboxd lists mentioned:
Male Frontal Nudity In Cinema; Man Ass
Reviews mentioned:
Reviews of Spencer by Allison and Jay
Credits:
This episode was recorded in Auckland, Brooklyn, Los Angeles and Pennsylvania, and edited by Slim. Facts by Jack. Booker: Linda Moulton. Transcript by Sophie Shin. Theme: ‘Vampiros Dancoteque’ by Moniker.
1 hr 7 min
March 31, 2022 Weekend Watchlist: Morbius, The Bubble and Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
Welcome to Weekend Watchlist; Letterboxd’s weekly show focused on new movies dropping in theaters and streaming. Join us every Thursday as we discuss our growing watchlists. We’ll get through this. Together. This week Mitchell and Slim talk about Morbius, The Bubble, Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood, and look back at Everything Everywhere All At Once, The Lost City, and Memoria. We also spotlight the movers and shakers on Jack’s weekly Top 50 of 2022 list. Maybe a little watchlist shuffle, too.
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
Transcripts of podcast episodes available; Mitchell and Matt’s Apollo 10 ½ review; Annie’s interview; Jay, Kev’s The Lost City review; David’s Everything Everywhere All At Once review; Mitchell’s interview with Apichatpong Weerasethakul; Dave’s Letterboxd Top 250 Narrative Feature Films
Credits:
This episode was recorded in Delaware and Pennsylvania, and edited by Slim. Facts by Jack. Transcript by Sophie Shin. Theme: ‘Izon’ by Trent Walton.
30 min
March 29, 2022 Four Favorites: Blank Check Pod’s Griffin & David on Star Wars, Sully, Hulk and robots
Griffin Newman and David Sims—two Letterboxd members who are well known to any serious lover of podcasts about movies—join hosts Gemma and Slim to lower the average rating of films on our Four Favorites seasons. From their renowned Blank Check Podcast, they select four of the best talking-point films: Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, Hulk, A.I. Artificial Intelligence and, in a Letterboxd Show exclusive, a long-awaited Blank Check Pod Sully discussion.
Plus: Vin Diesel—our weirdest living movie star? David’s four-faves behaviors; the boys have a soft spot for sad, existential robot movies; will Griff ever upgrade to Letterboxd Patron? How has David completed so many collections? Gemma performs the podcast equivalent of a forced water landing, Slim wants a whole movie of just pod-racing, and a shout out to our personal Oscar favorites.

“We nerds don’t have much, Gemma! Let us nerds have Star Wars!”
Links:
The Letterboxd list of films mentioned in this episode; The Reddit “inevitable” Blank Check Pod list; Brian Formo’s awards season story; Letterboxd collections for: Bad Boys, Austin Powers, Captain America, Bill & Ted, Before Trilogy, Crocodile Dundee, Blade, Friday the 13th, Halloween
Letterboxd lists mentioned:
Humanity’s Greatest Achievements, every Oscars Best Picture winner. Also: Jeff’s list of every film covered by the podcast Blank Check, including their Patreon content.
Reviews mentioned:
Truman’s review of Phantom Menace; K. Austin Collins’ Hulk review; Mia’s A.I. review
Credits:
This episode was recorded in Auckland, Brooklyn and Pennsylvania, and edited by Slim. Facts by Jack. Booker: Linda Moulton. Transcript by Sophie Shin. Theme: ‘Vampiros Dancoteque’ by Moniker.
1 hr 18 min
March 24, 2022 Weekend Watchlist: Everything Everywhere All At Once, The Lost City and Infinite Storm
Welcome to Weekend Watchlist; Letterboxd’s weekly show focused on new movies dropping in theaters and streaming. Join us every Thursday as we discuss our growing watchlists. We’ll get through this. Together. This week Mia and Slim talk about Everything Everywhere All At Once, The Lost City, Infinite Storm and look back at X, Deep Water, and Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy. We also spotlight the movers and shakers on Jack’s weekly Top 50 of 2022 list. Maybe a little Wolf Guy, too.
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
Transcripts of podcast episodes available; Mitchell and Anna’s Deep Water reviews; Matt’s Everything review; Mikey P’s Lost City review; Nick and Areino’s X reviews; Bat & Spider’s Wolf Guy episode;
Credits:
This episode was recorded in LA and Pennsylvania, and edited by Slim. Facts by Jack. Transcript by Sophie Shin. Theme: ‘IZON’ by Trent Walton.
24 min
March 22, 2022 Four Favorites: The Mank Couple on Moonstruck, Billy Wilder and the Before trilogy
“Movies give us a love language of our own.” Romance is the theme on this episode, in which Letterboxd’s Mank Couple—film aficionado Erica Marquis and documentary filmmaker Ben Crew—join hosts Gemma and Slim to talk through their four romantic Letterboxd favorites: Before Sunrise, Moonstruck, WTC View and The Apartment, with a side-serving of Hitch and Love & Basketball. CW for mention of suicide.
Plus: wild opinions on Wong Kar-Wai’s In the Mood for Love, what has happened since Erica and Ben originally hooked up, seeing Linklater’s Before trilogy in theaters, Cher’s best hair, food as a character, New York as a character, getting the tone of 9/11 movies right, Brian Sloan’s play-to-film success, portrayals of PTSD, the things we take for granted, Fred MacMurray as a smarmy a-hole, The Apartment’s incredible production design, making space and time for “big films”, movies as life, Slim’s love for Shirley MacLaine, and the invisible threads between films.
Links:
The Letterboxd list of films mentioned in this episode; Ben’s screenplay for Muppets Great Gatsby; Slate interview and Big Picture podcast episode with Ben and Erica; Ben’s 9/11 documentary archive and video essay
Lists mentioned:
The Absolute Beauty in Everyday’s Mundanity; what a difference a day makes; Two Lost Souls Find Comfort; Films so lovely; People Walking Idly through European Cities; Movies with the best pasta/noodle scenes
Reviews mentioned:
Reviews of Moonstruck by Chris Feil, Jarod; reviews of WTC View by KimW and JoshuaMinh, review of The Apartment by K. Austin Collins.
Credits:
This episode was recorded in Auckland, Chicago and Pennsylvania, and edited by Slim. Facts by Jack. Booker: Linda Moulton. Transcript by Sophie Shin. Theme: ‘Vampiros Dancoteque’ by Moniker.
1 hr 1 min
March 17, 2022 Weekend Watchlist: X, Deep Water and Umma
Welcome to Weekend Watchlist; Letterboxd’s weekly show focused on new movies dropping in theaters and streaming. Join us every Thursday as we discuss our growing watchlists. We’ll get through this. Together. This week Mia and Slim talk about X, Deep Water, Umma and look back at Turning Red and The Adam Project. We also spotlight Marvelous and the Black Hole which has jumped into Jack’s new weekly Top 50 of 2022 list.
Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned:
Transcripts of podcast episodes available; Soph and JibShoo’s Turning Red reviews; Christian and Ron’s The Adam Project reviews; and Bat & Spider’s Wolf Guy episode
Credits:
This episode was recorded in LA and Pennsylvania, and edited by Slim. Facts by Jack. Transcript by Sophie Shin. Theme: ‘Izon’ by Trent Walton.
24 min