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March is Women’s History month, and all the movies we cover this month will be directed by women! To kick things off, we’re leaning into the “history” part, and going back to 1953 to cover the most popular film from a truly pioneering director (and prolific actor), the one and only Ida Lupino. It’s The Bigamist, with our special guest, a journalist covering culture and history, Hadley Hall Meares!

What’s Good

Alonso - Stephen Rebello’s new book Hitchcockian Thrillers

Drea - Canada Dry Strawberry Fruit Splash Ginger Ale Zero Sugar

Hadley - Jane Fonda’s My Life So Far (for Vanity Fair’s Old Hollywood Book Club)

Kevin -  Brand new cast iron skillet

ITIDIC

Lost Melies Film Found in the Library of Congress

Alan Cumming, Bowen Yang, Lena Waithe, Adam Goldman Head New LGBTQ Film Initiative

SAG’s Renamed ‘Actor Awards’ Air Live on Netflix

Movie Quiz Letterboxd List: “The [Blank}ist”

Staff Picks

Drea - André is an Idiot

Alonso - Micki & Maude

Hadley - My Favorite Wife

Kevin - Bottoms

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With
Kevin Avery
Drea Clark
Alonso Duralde
Produced by Marissa Flaxbart
Sr. Producer Laura Swisher

The gang's all here to discuss a new black comedy (sorta) where its Glen Powell's Becket Redfellow in a cat and mouse game to the death with his obnoxiously wealthy family -- a modernization of the 1949 Alec Guinness film Kind Hearts and Coronets.

What’s Good?

Alonso - Slow TV walks through snowy Helsinki

Drea - Dog and Pet advocacy from Isabel Klee and the WeRateDogs guy

Kevin - getting really into the last little bit of the Olympics (especially speedskating)

ITIDIC

K-Pop Demon Hunters & GDT Frankenstein Getting Criterion Releases

BAFTA Broadcast Bungles Difficult Slur/Tourette’s Situation

Sony Exec Confirms Plans to Reboot Spider-Man Villain Movies

Check out our list of "Rags to Riches Movies" on Letterboxd.

Staff Picks

Alonso - River (2023)

Drea - The Ladykillers (1955)

Kevin - Top Gun: Maverick

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With
Kevin Avery
Drea Clark
Alonso Duralde
Produced by Marissa Flaxbart
Sr. Producer Laura Swisher

Romance novelist and filmmaker Alys Murray joins us to unpack Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights adaptation, and (perhaps unsurprisingly) opinions are varied! What does the movie have in common with Grease 2? Listen and learn! Plus, we have a Hotline call all about movie characters that need family or couples counseling.

What’s Good

Alonso - Nathan Rabin’s The Fractured Mirror

Drea - Talking Spindle Cove on Reading Smut

Alys - The Artful Dodger TV series

Kevin - Valentine’s Day romance, courtesy of Avengers: Endgame

ITIDIC

Bad Bunny Sets First Lead Movie Role in ‘Porto Rico’ With Norton, Bardem

Remembering a Trio of of Hollywood Greats We Lost this Week

(Tom Noonan • Frederick Wiseman • Robert Duvall)

- Alonso recommends The Store as a Wiseman entry point.

- Tom Noonan’s The Wife is an adaptation of his play, Wifey.

Staff Picks

Drea - Emily

Alonso - A Useful Ghost

Alys - Dangerous Beauty

Kevin - Sliding Doors

Alys Murray’s new book is A Little Buzzed

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With
Kevin Avery
Drea Clark
Alonso Duralde
Produced by Marissa Flaxbart
Sr. Producer Laura Swisher

Have you heard about the new A24 movie from writer/director Harry Lighton that’s almost a romantic comedy about gay BDSM biker culture? That’s PILLION, starring Alexander Skarsgaard and Harry Melling, and we’re thrilled to have our friend Nayland Blake (an influential artist and teacher who’s an authority on queer kink, riding with us!
What’s Good?
Alonso - Trans Girl Scouts you can buy cookies from
Drea - The Milan-Cortina Olympics (also Coach Jackie)
Nayland - Midwest Magic Cleaning on YouTube
Kevin - Casey Abrams at Hotel Cafe (w/surprise Dave Koz); Bobby Brown at the bar
ITIDIC
Letterboxd Op-Ed: Is Streaming Making Movies Less Memorable?
Kristen Stewart Buys Highland Park Theater
Our ‘Sex-Positive Movie Night’ Picks in a Letterboxd List
Staff Picks
Alonso - Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die
Drea - Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie
Nayland - Bloodsisters
Kevin - Secretary
Nayland’s Books:
My Studio Is a Dungeon Is the Studio
No Wrong Holes: Thirty Years of Nayland Blake

 

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Kevin Avery
Drea Clark
Alonso Duralde
Produced by Marissa Flaxbart
Sr. Producer Laura Swisher

Sam Raimi's darkly comedic thriller SEND HELP is a bright spot in the early 2026 movie calendar, and we've got writer and film critic Kristen Lopez with us to discuss it, as well as some of our favorite "Desert Island Movies" -- by which we mean movies set on a remote island, of course.
What's Good
Alonso - Super Bowl festivity & food
Drea - Rainbow Wool
Kristen - good movies in January
Kevin - Twilight Zone fundraiser reading
ITIDIC
IRON LUNG, YouTube Creator’s $3m Indie, Opens #2 at the Box Office
Lake Oswego Theater Loses Rights to Screen ‘Melania’ After Marquee Jokes
MST3K and Rifftrax Plan Crossover
Check out our "Desert Island Movies" List on Letterboxd
Staff Picks
Drea - The Housemaid
Alonso - Office Killer
Kristen - Pillion
Kevin - The Ruins
Read all about Kristen Lopez at her site or on The Film Maven
 
 

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With
Kevin Avery
Drea Clark
Alonso Duralde
Produced by Marissa Flaxbart
Sr. Producer Laura Swisher