Jordan and Brooke are joined by writer Kyle Turner for William Friedkin's early foray into directing with a definitive gay classic! We discuss the creation of Mart Crowley's acclaimed and radical play, the theater revival and subsequent Ryan Murphy remake, which exes we'd call in a twisted game of telephone, and Michael's absolutely awful vibes. Follow us on Twitter and IG! (And Jordan's Letterboxd / Brooke's Letterboxd ) Follow Kyle on Twitter, and check out The Queer Film Guide: 100 Films That...
Oct 06, 2023•1 hr 39 min
Jordan and Brooke are joined by writer/director Liz Hannah for 2006's iconiqué fashion filmé. We break down sickening looks, cutting clap-backs, perfect casting, a terrible boyfriend, and a few "oh so 2000s" weight references. Plus a note-perfect Stanley Tucci, gay icon Miranda Priestly, and our pitch for "Drag Becomes Her" – a Meryl Streep-specific drag show. Follow us on Twitter and IG! (And Jordan's Letterboxd / Brooke's Letterboxd ) Follow Liz on Twitter! Donate to the Entertainment Communit...
Sep 22, 2023•1 hr 59 min
Jordan and Brooke are rejoined by Erik Anderson (AwardsWatch) for a delightfully nostalgic romp through high school. We wonder if Romy and Michele will eventually realize that they are each others' true soulmates and actually marry each other, express our deep fondness for Alan Cumming, pick the film's best fashion moments (so hard!), marvel at Mira Sorvino's accent work, and go allllll in on that transcendent dream sequence. Follow us on Twitter and IG! (And Jordan's Letterboxd / Brooke's Lette...
Sep 08, 2023•1 hr 31 min
Jordan and Brooke are rejoined by the one and only Patrick Willems for some good old-fashioned Bayhem! We go long (surprise surprise) on the evolution of Michael Bay as an auteur, mourn the Rock's last great performance, marvel at the fact that these insane crimes actually happened, and hear all about Patrick's trip to the Mission: Impossible 7 premiere :) Follow us on Twitter and IG! (And Jordan's Letterboxd / Brooke's Letterboxd ) Follow Patrick on Twitter and YouTube! This episode is sponsore...
Aug 25, 2023•2 hr 50 min
Jordan and Brooke are rejoined by Vanity Fair's David Canfield (Little Gold Men) for the film that launched Cary Grant into super stardom. We discuss Cary Grant's contentious personal life filled with gay rumors, our favorite sneaky ways around the Hays Code, the joy of screwball comedies and their subversive gender roles, a pitch perfect Irene Dunne performance, and Mr. Smith – a very good boy. Follow us on Twitter and IG! (And Jordan's Letterboxd / Brooke's Letterboxd ) Follow David on Twitter...
Aug 11, 2023•1 hr 31 min
HI, BARBIE! Following its huge opening weekend, Jordan and Brooke think pink and get all dolled up for the movie event of the year. We gush over Kate McKinnon's queer - sorry, *weird* - Barbie, start the Gosling Oscar campaign, discuss the film's themes on individuality, gender roles & social norms (as well as that incredible musical number), and remind you all that you are...Kenough. Follow us on Twitter and IG! (And Jordan's Letterboxd / Brooke's Letterboxd )...
Jul 28, 2023•2 hr 7 min
Jordan and Brooke are joined by sibling of the pod (and noted The Eagle fan) Rette Solomon for the greatest heist in human history. We run down the sizzling eye contact chemistry between Clooney & Pitt (don't deny it), crucial elements of any great heist movie, the pros of Damon's glasses and the cons of Cheadle's accent, and just how many banger lines can fit into 2 hours. Plus, stick around for a VERY special gift for the pod from Rette :) Follow us on Twitter and IG! (And Jordan's Letterb...
Jul 14, 2023•2 hr 6 min
Jordan and Brooke are rejoined by film and TV professor Kyle Stevens for Mike Nichols' 1996 masterpiece. Is this the best ratio of jokes per minute ever put to screen? How is every performance so pitch-perfect? How did Nichols & May's backgrounds inform the American adaptation? And why wasn't Nathan Lane immediately given an Oscar for this? Follow us on Twitter and IG! (And Jordan's Letterboxd / Brooke's Letterboxd ) Follow Kyle on Twitter , and check out Mike Nichols: Sex, Language, and the...
Jun 30, 2023•1 hr 26 min
Jordan and Brooke are joined by film journalist Linda Codega for this 1969 Best Picture winner! We all let out some sad yeehaws, Jordan digs into the crux of masculine yearning, Brooke talks fan fiction and the insane cowboy lineup of this year's Oscars, and Lin reveals how they're actually the mastermind behind the pod covering both this and Channing Tatum's "The Eagle" (seriously). Follow us on Twitter and IG! (And Jordan's Letterboxd / Brooke's Letterboxd ) Follow Lin on Twitter and io9! In c...
Jun 16, 2023•1 hr 40 min
Jordan and Brooke are joined by Phil Iscove (Podcast Like It's 1992) for this 2001 underrated masterpiece, packed with quality pop songs, aggressively Y2K outfits, and the best use of product placement...ever? We dig into directors Deborah Kaplan & Harry Elfont's careers, bisexual icon Alan Cumming, and why this is a film for the girls, gay and theys (and therefore a box office flop, tragically...). DU JOUR MEANS GAY RIGHTS! Follow us on Twitter and IG! (And Jordan's Letterboxd / Brooke's Le...
Jun 02, 2023•1 hr 59 min
On the weekend of its release, Jordan and Brooke return to the roads of Q Fast Q Furious for the family's latest adventure. Vroom vroom along as we talk behind the scenes shake-ups, iffy CGI, off the grid Black Ops prisons, and the greatest, gayest villain of the entire franchise!! Follow us on Twitter and IG! (And Jordan's Letterboxd / Brooke's Letterboxd )...
May 19, 2023•1 hr 44 min
Jordan and Brooke are joined by Mia Vicino (Letterboxd) for 2003's absolutely perfect, no notes screwball rom-com! If you haven't joined the "Down With Love" army, now's the time. There's chocolate! There's beautiful mod 60s outfits! There's Ewan McGregor in adorable glasses! We discuss how Peyton Reed's underseen classic is a takedown of patriarchal gender roles, the unexpected lavender marriage it sets up, "Know" vs. "Now," and how our best comedies can be both funny and insightful – what a co...
May 05, 2023•1 hr 42 min
Jordan and Brooke are joined by writer, podcaster, and LOVER OF CINEMA Emily St. James for a great film made by a great guy. Listen along as we become "Sammy Fabelman is a queer icon" truthers, dissect this film as a pushback against traditional American ideals, talk the instant camp (and camping) classic that is Michelle Williams' performance and, as always, have a Taylor Swift sidebar. Follow us on Twitter and IG! (And Jordan's Letterboxd / Brooke's Letterboxd ) Folly Emily on Twitter! This ep...
Apr 21, 2023•2 hr 8 min
Jordan and Brooke are joined by wives and co-hosts BJ & Harmony Colangelo for Clive Barker's 1990 fantasy/horror flick. We dive into the incredible queerness of this film both textual and subtextual, David "Daddy" Cronenberg's villain performance, goopy and great practical effects, and how much we love to be a hoe for lore. Follow us on Twitter and IG ! (And Jordan's Letterboxd / Brooke's Letterboxd ) Follow BJ & Harmony on Twitter and IG !...
Apr 07, 2023•1 hr 37 min
Jordan and Brooke are joined by writer Kristen Lopez (The Wrap) for this 1995 classique! We talk the ins and outs of classics adaptations, Amy Heckerling's undersung talent, Mona May's incredible costumes, quotes quotes quotes, and the politics of kissing your sort-of stepbrother. Follow us on Twitter and IG ! (And Jordan's Letterboxd / Brooke's Letterboxd ) Follow Kristen on Twitter and get "But Have You Read the Book?" here!...
Mar 24, 2023•1 hr 38 min
Jordan and Brooke are joined by film critic Zoë Rose Bryant for the delightful hangout vibes of 2021's "Luca." We discuss how this movie was fated to be gay from the get-go, thoughts on the evolution of Pixar, casual romance in family films, and how much we'd love to see movies like this on the big screen. Bonus: some very questionable Italian accents! Follow us on Twitter and IG! (And Jordan's Letterboxd / Brooke's Letterboxd ) Follow Zoe on Twitter and YouTube! This episode is sponsored by Sup...
Mar 10, 2023•1 hr 34 min
Jordan and Brooke are rejoined by fellow Channing Tatum enthusiast Fran Hoepfner for Mike Lane's "final tease." How does this film stack up to the magic of XXL? Are we in a new era of chill Soderbergh? How delightfully unhinged is Salma Hayek in this? And how the HELL does Channing Tatum manage to do all of that? Follow us on Twitter and IG ! (And Jordan's Letterboxd / Brooke's Letterboxd ) Subscribe to Fran Magazine !...
Feb 24, 2023•1 hr 39 min
Jordan and Brooke take on the apocalypse and cover M. Night Shyamalan's latest film on the week of its release. They talk Movie Star Dave Bautista, how queer rep and the moral dilemma inform each other here, Rupert Grint's bad Boston accent, and general thoughts on ritual sacrifice. Follow us on Twitter and IG ! (And Jordan's Letterboxd / Brooke's Letterboxd )...
Feb 10, 2023•1 hr 38 min
Jordan and Brooke are joined by Caitlin Durante and Jamie Loftus (The Bechdel Cast) to discuss the biggest and best blockbuster of them all. Jimmy C's 1997 epic is one of the greatest love story ever told – but is it also secretly queer? We dive into filmmaker Celine Sciamma's love for this film's freeing subtext, Leo's androgynous look that awakened us all, Rose defying gender norms, Cal's campy villain performance, and gay icon Kathy Bates (aka the Unsinkable Molly Brown). Follow us on Twitter...
Jan 27, 2023•1 hr 54 min
Jordan and Brooke are rejoined by entertainment critic Rachel LaBonte (ScreenRant) to discuss Angela Robinson's criminally underseen film. They discuss canonically queer origins of Wonder Woman, how bad on-screen depictions of BDSM culture usually are, the film's hot polyamarous throuple, and, somehow, the Muppets. Follow us on Twitter and IG ! (And Jordan's Letterboxd / Brooke's Letterboxd ) Follow Rachel on Twitter and Letterboxd !...
Jan 13, 2023•1 hr 53 min
It's the inaugural year of the QQ Qualifier Awards – aka the Quallies! Listen along as Jordan and Brooke award the coveted "Rainbow Prism" to their favorite performances and films of the 2022 cinematic year. Follow us o n Twitte r! (An d Jordan's Letterbo xd / Brooke's Letterbo xd)
Dec 23, 2022•2 hr 7 min
Jordan and Brooke are joined by culture writer Jihane Bousfiha to finish the year strong with David Fincher's 2011 "feel bad movie of Christmas." Although it's a pretty heavy watch, they discuss this film's absolute casting masterclass, cinematic gender norms and how to flip them, Rooney Mara's missing Oscar, some spicy Fincher rankings, and how f-ing COLD Sweden looks. Follow us o n Twitte r! (An d Jordan's Letterbo xd / Brooke's Letterbo xd) Follow Jihane on Twitter , IG , and Letterboxd !...
Dec 16, 2022•2 hr 10 min
Jordan and Brooke return to the semi-cursed land of Christmas rom-coms for this 2005 curio. It's part romance, part screwball comedy, part cancer drama (yes, really), with some very well-drawn gay characters and a truly deranged SJP performance. Plus they cover hits and misses of past AARP Movies for Grown-Ups Awards, how Rachel McAdams is somehow *still* underrated, when to avoid politics at the dinner table, and why we should all "LOVE THE GAYS!!!" Follow us o n Twitte r! (An d Jordan's Letter...
Dec 09, 2022•1 hr 28 min
Jordan and Brooke kick off their annual unhinged holiday movie watch with this stop-motion classic – but might this movie actually make the Rainbow Standard?! We dig into the plethora of queer characters present in this TV special, the enduring read of Rudolph's story in regards to oppression and capitalism, a Rankin/Bass deep dive (Heat Miser & Snow Miser 4ever), and why anyone would voluntarily want to be a dentist. Follow us o n Twitte r! (An d Jordan's Letterbo xd / Brooke's Letterbo xd)...
Dec 02, 2022•1 hr 41 min
Jordan and Brooke are joined by writer William Goodman (Complex, GQ) for one of the gayest and more under-seen flicks of the 2010s. They talk everything from meticulously tailored suits to mod 60s influences, why this great movie was such a flop, Guy Ritchie's rat-a-tat humor, Henry Cavill's incredible charm and how we must see more of it, and the beauty of homoerotic bathroom fights. Follow us on Tw itter! ( And Jordan's Letter box d / Brooke's Letter boxd) Follow William on Twitter!...
Nov 25, 2022•1 hr 49 min
Jordan and Brooke are joined by Trace Thurman and Joe Lipsett (Horror Queers) for 1997's "anti rom-com." They discuss Julia Roberts' career and recent comeback, how this film doesn't work without the wonderful Rupert Everett, the case for theatrical rom-coms, evolution of the gay best friend trope, and some controversial thoughts on karaoke. Follow us on Twitter! (An d Jordan's Letterbo xd / Brooke's Letterbo xd) Follow Joe & Trace on Twitter and Instagram!...
Nov 18, 2022•1 hr 41 min
Jordan and Brooke are joined by Drew Mackie (Gayest Episode Ever) for the absolute camp masterclass that is this move. They discuss the film's razor sharp breakdown of the American nuclear family, the fact that Gary Cole could totally get it, innuendos galore, and a surprisingly sweet "gay best friend" trope. Follow us o n Twitte r! (An d Jordan's Letterbo xd / Brooke's Letterbo xd) Follow Drew o n Twitt er, and fin d "Gayest Episode Ever" her e! This episode is sponsored by Super Ya ki! Use cod...
Nov 11, 2022•1 hr 27 min
Jordan and Brooke are rejoined by hardcore Wildcat / writer and critic Ella Kemp for an epic conclusion to the HSM trilogy. It's the return of Kenny Ortega auteur theory, all the things an $11M budget can do for your high school, a request for more Sharpay spin-offs, Ryan and Kelsi's iconic mutual bearding situation, and how we'll always all be in this together <3 Follow us o n Twitte r! (An d Jordan's Letterbo xd / Brooke's Letterbo xd) Follow Ella on Twitter ! HSM1 Episode / HSM2 Epis ode...
Nov 04, 2022•1 hr 48 min
Jordan and Brooke are joined by horror writer Cory McCullough (The Scream Teens) to discuss 2022's *debatable* slasher flick. We wonder why writer/director John Logan is so reticent to just let the gay characters get their revenge, discuss the Blumhouse influence, trauma bond over film school trauma, envision what a proper slasher set at conversion camp might look like, and promote another case to #FreeTheBacon. Follow us o n Twitte r! (An d Jordan's Letterbo xd / Brooke's Letterbo xd) Follow Co...
Oct 28, 2022•1 hr 31 min
Jordan and Brooke are joined by Slim (The Letterboxd Show, 70MM) for a seasonally appropriate Shirley Jackson double bill. We discuss the enduring queerness of the Hill House (Hill HAUS?!) story through its book and adaptations, perks of letting the audience actually use their imagination in horror, some real life haunted house stories, the wonderful world of Letterboxd, and Catherine Zeta-Jones in Prada boots. Follow us o n Twitte r! (An d Jordan's Letterbo xd / Brooke's Letterbo xd) Follow Sli...
Oct 21, 2022•1 hr 52 min
