404 – Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, Hedwig and the Angry Inch is a musical like no other. A Off-Broadway smash in 1998 from creators...
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20 of 318 episodes403 – The Homesman (with Richard Lawson!)
We welcome back Richard Lawson this week to discuss Tommy Lee Jones’s final (to date!) directorial effort, 2014’s The Homesman....
402 – The Return
As The Odyssey continues to prove to be a career peak for Christopher Nolan and possible return to the Oscar stage, we’re looking back...
401 – Playing By Heart
Playing by Heart (1998) Directed by Willard Carroll Shown: Angelina Jolie, Ryan Phillippe In the bygone moviegoing trend of “interconn...
400 – Town and Country
It’s our 400th episode this week, so we had to go big. What could be more fitting than a notorious bomb with major star pedigree?! No...
399 – Lovely And Amazing (with Jeff Hiller!)
Emmy winner Jeff Hiller joins us this week to talk about one of our beloved Nicole Holofcener’s earliest films. Lovely and Amazing fol...
398 – Short Term 12
With Spider-Man: Brand New Day arriving in theatres this week, we’re looking back at director Destin Daniel Cretton’s 2013 debut...
397 – The Thin Blue Line (w/ Pamela Ribon!)
We welcome back Oscar-nominated My Year of Dicks filmmaker Pamela Ribon this week for [gasp] our very first documentary episode! In 1988, Er...
396 – The Stepford Wives (with Nicholas Colia!)
We’re back talking about Nicole Kidman’s post-Oscar years this week and Griffin in Summer filmmaker Nicholas Colia is here to jo...
395 – Insomnia
After becoming a critical and arthouse sensation with Memento, Christopher Nolan leaped to studio filmmaking with American remake Insomnia....
394 – Queer (with Mitchell Beaupre!)
Letterboxd head of editorial Mitchell Beaupre returns to us this week to close out Pride month with one of Luca Guadagnino’s most divi...
393 – C’Mon C’Mon
On deck this week is a sentimental recent fav, Mike Mills’ beautiful black-and-white tribute to modern day youngsters and the state of...
392 – Robin Hood (2010)
We’re back to discussing the filmography of director Ridley Scott this week, though this episode was recorded… before the news o...
391 – The BFG (with Kyle Amato!)
With Steven Spielberg returning to theatres with this week’s Disclosure Day, we’re taking the rare opportunity to discuss one of...
390 – Les Miserables (1998)
We’re back after our May Miniseries and it’s Tonys week! Rather than a musical, we’re talking about a movie that disappoin...
CATEGORY IS… – Stunts
CATEGORY IS… comes to a close this week and we’re ending this May Miniseries by looking to the future. Next year’s 100th Academy...
CATEGORY IS… – Choreography
The May miniseries CATEGORY IS… chugs along this week with Choreography! You know we love talking about dance on film, so this was a c...
CATEGORY IS… – Voice Acting
Our 2026 May Miniseries CATEGORY IS… continues this week with a discussion about a dreamed-for category that stirred a lot of conversa...
CATEGORY IS… – Casting
It’s May Miniseries time!! Presenting CATEGORY IS…! We’re in a moment of the Academy Awards introducing new categories for...
389 – The Manchurian Candidate
If you make a remake to a cinema classic (and Oscar nominee), chances are the buzz starts there. But in revamping The Manchurian Candidate t...