Little White Lies editor David Jenkins joins Mia and Ella to celebrate the 100th edition of London-based cinema magazine, and chat about the films behind his four favorite illustrated LWL covers: Volver , Attack the Block , Eden and Licorice Pizza . We dig into the magical realism of Pedro Almodóvar, why we’re all so drawn to the thoughtful dramas of Mia Hansen-Løve, a perfectly logical reason as to why Daft Punk and Greta Gerwig should collab, the magnetism of Alana Haim and more. Cheers to 100...
Sep 12, 2023•54 min
Hey Joe, what do ya know? Film critic Robert Daniels (New York Times, LA Times, RogerEbert.com , etc.) is here to chat with Slim and Mitchell about his four favorites: Killer of Sheep , If Beale Street Could Talk , A.I. Artificial Intelligence and Bamboozled . If you think that sounds like a Mount Rushmore of titles, you’d be exactly right! Strap in as Robert takes us on an incredibly insightful tour through the complicated themes and explosive emotions of these gems. Topics include: what it mea...
Aug 29, 2023•1 hr 14 min
On a special musical episode of Best in Show , our crew— Mia Lee Vicino , Gemma Gracewood and Brian Formo unpacks what the fall film festival season has in store for movie lovers and awards voters. It all goes down once Venice kicks off on August 30, so we’re here to hand-pick some highlights from acclaimed directors like Michael Mann, Sofia Coppola, Wes Anderson, Yorgos Lanthimos, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi and David Fincher. Plus, with the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes on our minds, we’ve programmed our ow...
Aug 25, 2023•1 hr 6 min
Karaoke, time travel, screen chemistry and art as activism: As his new, satirical time-travel web series Command Z drops (starring an A.I. Michael Cera and a time-travelling tumble-dryer), Oscar-winning filmmaker Steven Soderbergh tells Gemma Gracewood about activist art, why he loves the reality show Below Deck , how he dealt with being bullied as a child, why governments should give tax credits for doing karaoke and watching comedy, why bad ideas travel faster than good, Steven’s “no assholes”...
Aug 18, 2023•54 min
As we march past Day 100 of the WGA strike, the Best in Show team— Mia Lee Vicino , Gemma Gracewood and Brian Formo —are here to help film fans support both the art of cinema and the rights of the workers who make it. For this episode, we’ve called upon two guests who are deep in the movie biz: filmmaker Steven Soderbergh and actress/SAG-AFTRA strike captain Kate Comer. Come for Sodey’s thoughts on the insidiousness of studios’ hoarding of dark data, stay for Kate’s insider knowledge of the WGA ...
Aug 15, 2023•48 min
On this special episode of The Letterboxd Show, Mitchell Beaupre speaks with filmmaker Ira Sachs about his latest feature Passages , in theaters worldwide now from MUBI. This delicious love triangle follows Tomas (Franz Rogowski), a narcissistic filmmaker whose marriage to Martin (Ben Whishaw) hits the rocks when Tomas starts up an affair with Agathe (Adèle Exarchopoulos). Mitchell and Ira give you a taste of what to expect in Passages, a self-described “very horny film,” while diving deep into ...
Aug 08, 2023•1 hr
It’s Twihard season on The Letterboxd Show! We’re traveling all the way to Forks, Washington to bring on extraordinary Letterboxd member and House of Cinema podcast co-host Claira Curtis , who takes us through their four favorites: The Twilight Saga: New Moon , Eve’s Bayou , Howl’s Moving Castle and Honeymoon . Topics include: the Robert Pattinson masturbating cinematic universe, male protagonists Claira can beat up in a fight, the New Moon breakup montage, the DILF canon, Roger Ebert naming Eve...
Aug 01, 2023•1 hr 7 min
Is it crossing the picket line to go to the cinema? Is it scabbing to write a review on Letterboxd? Will cancelling a streaming subscription help writers and actors? Is this a good time to make that low-budget indie film? The Best in Show team— Mia Lee Vicino , Gemma Gracewood and Brian Formo —is back for a minisode about the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, and what it all means for film fans, fall festivals, awards season, Letterboxd members and creative workers alike. From the arrival of ChatGPT a ...
Jul 28, 2023•33 min
Magic Hour is an occasional Letterboxd series in which perfectly matched filmmakers have a conversation with each other. In this episode, Talk to Me directors Danny and Michael Philippou (of YouTube channel RackaRacka fame) get into the details of directing with Australian legend George Miller, creator of the Mad Max franchise and the Babe films. The trio talk editing, being twins, Buster Keaton, making Babe better, pure film language, building great action sequences, Australia’s film history, g...
Jul 26, 2023•45 min
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to listen to this podcast. OK, sorry that was corny. In this episode we welcome Drew and Charles from the official Mission: Impossible podcast, Light the Fuse ! We asked them to give us four movies they felt relate to the brand new Dead Reckoning: Part One and boy did they deliver. We discussed The Hunt For Red October , The Wrong Trousers , Police Story 3: Supercop , and The Lone Ranger (??). Additional topics include: becoming friends with Tom C...
Jul 18, 2023•1 hr 5 min
On this special episode of The Letterboxd Show, Mia chats with Cheryl Dunye about the Criterion Collection’s new release of her groundbreaking 1996 film The Watermelon Woman , which was the first feature directed by an out Black lesbian. Written, directed and starring Cheryl herself, The Watermelon Woman follows a young Black lesbian who works a day job in a video store while trying to make a film about a Black actress from the 1930s, known for playing the stereotypical “mammy” roles relegated t...
Jul 11, 2023•28 min
On this special episode of The Letterboxd Show, Slim chats with filmmaker Patrick Wilson about his directorial debut Insidious: The Red Door , in theaters now courtesy of Sony. The horror movie follows the Lambert Family 10 years after the events of Insidious Chapter 2 . They decided to completely block out those events…. BUT those forgotten memories have caused unforeseen problems over the years and their family life now kinda sucks... and Josh is off to college unable to find common ground wit...
Jul 07, 2023•20 min
With Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny out in cinemas, the Letterboxd Show crew mounts a Four Favorites debate to determine once and for all which of the previous four Indy crusades is the best overall, which one has the best puzzles, and which is the horniest! Slim punts for Raiders of the Lost Ark (“No one has ever lost a debate speech by saying they love seeing Nazis explode”). Gemma is all in for the PG-13 horror-show that is Temple of Doom (“It’s freaky!”). Mia has only love for Last Cr...
Jul 04, 2023•1 hr 5 min
On this special episode of The Letterboxd Show, Mia Lee Vicino chats with filmmaker Celine Song about her directorial debut Past Lives , in theaters now courtesy of A24. The romantic drama stars Greta Lee as Nora and Teo Yoo as Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, who are wrest apart after Nora’s family emigrates from South Korea. 20 years later, they are reunited for one fateful week as they confront notions of love and destiny. Mia and Celine talk about bridges both literal and fig...
Jun 27, 2023•24 min
Happy Pride Month, folks! On this episode, writer and director Georgia Oakley joins Gemma and Ella to discuss her debut feature Blue Jean , now in theaters across the US. We unspool the past and present queer–and unintentionally political–histories in the UK via Oakley’s film, while also celebrating four more striking female performances in her four favorites: Three Colors: Blue , Safe , A Woman Under the Influence and Morvern Callar . Topics include: coming out as a daily thing, Juliette Binoch...
Jun 20, 2023•1 hr 5 min
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 audio episode, actress-writer-director Zoe Lister-Jones ( Slip, Beau Is Afraid ) chats with Emma Seligman ( Bottoms, Shiva Baby ). They discuss the difficult jump from indie to studio films, some words of advice from Ron Howard, Adam McKay and Elizabeth Banks, and sticking up...
Jun 14, 2023•1 hr 10 min
Ahoy sexies! Self-described “writer person” Kyle Turner joins Mitchell and Mia to discuss his new book, The Queer Film Guide: 100 Great Movies That Tell LGBTQIA+ Stories , available now online and in bookstores. We take a deep dive into Kyle’s chronicling of over a century in queer film, while also exploring his four favorites: Cruising , Clue , Frances Ha and Spa Night . Topics include: Gregg Araki’s unique autograph style, sleeveless shirts are gay rights, Al Pacino dancing in an S&M bar, ...
Jun 06, 2023•1 hr 9 min
This week Slim and Mia discuss their growing watchlists including Weekend Watchlist: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Past Lives and the Boogeyman. They also discuss not being NYC experts. After a quick look back at recent releases and community reviews they discuss their watchlists including one last look at their progress so far this year. Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list > movies mentioned in this episode. Chapters: Opening credits (00:00:00) Spider-Man: Acros...
Jun 01, 2023•33 min
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...
May 31, 2023•38 min
This week Slim and Mitchell discuss their growing watchlists including The Little Mermaid, Your Hurt My Feelings and Reality. They also discuss this show’s impending summer vacation. After a quick look back at recent releases and community reviews they discuss their watchlists including thinking your Jesus and also evil Sean Penn. Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list > movies mentioned in this episode. Chapters: Opening credits (00:00:00) The Little Mermaid (00:02:50) You Hu...
May 25, 2023•28 min
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...
May 23, 2023•1 hr 1 min
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 (00:14:1...
May 18, 2023•31 min
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, ...
May 16, 2023•33 min
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 , ...
May 11, 2023•31 min
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...
May 09, 2023•53 min
This week Slim and Mia discuss their growing watchlists including Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, What’s Love Got to Do With It? and Chile ’76. Maybe even a movie where a Texas Ranger goes to London, too. After a quick look back at recent releases and community reviews they discuss their watchlists and how Bull Durham isn’t even Kevin Costner’s name in that movie. #traumaracoon Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list > movies mentioned in this episode. Chapters: Opening credits (00...
May 04, 2023•29 min
This week Slim and Mitchell discuss their growing watchlists including Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, Peter Pan & Wendy and Sisu. Maybe even Polite Society , too. After a quick look back at recent releases and community reviews they discuss their watchlists and Dennis Hopper being everywhere. RIP bluecheck. Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list > movies mentioned in this episode. Chapters: Opening credits (00:00:00) Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret (00:01:34) Pet...
Apr 27, 2023•31 min
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...
Apr 25, 2023•1 hr 7 min
This week Slim and Mia discuss their growing watchlists including Beau if Afraid , Evil Dead Rise and Chevalier. Mia also talks about her love of gore. After a quick look back at recent releases and community reviews they discuss their watchlists and watching Batman for the first time. Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list > movies mentioned in this episode. Chapters: Opening credits (00:00:00) Beau is Afraid (00:01:14) Evil Dead Rise (00:09:07) Chevalier (00:13:42) Last week (...
Apr 20, 2023•30 min
This week Slim and Mitchell discuss their growing watchlists including Renfield, The Pope’s Exorcist and Suzume. (Maybe Mafia Mamma , too.) Mitchell also finally watched 65 and their thoughts may shock you. After a quick look back at recent releases and community reviews they discuss their watchlists and creepy Kiefer Sutherland. Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list > movies mentioned in this episode. Chapters: Opening credits (00:00:00) Renfield (00:02:33) The Pope’s Exorcist...
Apr 13, 2023•34 min
