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, loving our problematic faves, Clue’s alternate ending gamble, be gay do communism, “MY WIFE”, the delightful messiness, fluidity and evolution of queer representation, Greta Gerwig is White Mother, the beauty in naïveté and the miracle that is The Christmas List. Chapters: Opening credits (00:00:00) Cruising (00:05:45) Clue (00:25:54) The Queer Film Guide (00:34:47) Frances Ha (00:46:41) Spa Night (00:58:08) Closing credits (01:10:41) Credits: Recorded in Newark DE, Los Angeles CA and Brooklyn NY. Edited by Slim. Theme music: “Vampiros Danceoteque” by Moniker. Editorial producer: Brian Formo. Production manager: Sophie Shin. The Letterboxd Show and Weekend Watchlist are TAPEDECK productions. Lists & Links: List of movies mentioned The Queer Film Guide: 100 Great Movies That Tell LGBTQIA+ Stories The Queer Film Guide Letterboxd list The Queer Film Guide: Director’s Cut by Kyle Turner An actor gets the chance to say “MY WIFE” and really makes a meal of it by Angela Ferraguto Reviews mentioned: feat. dante from the dmc series & Persia’s Clue reviews nabeel’s Frances Ha review Darryl James’s Spa Night review

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: Across the Spider-Verse (00:02:20) Past Lives (00:07:05) The Boogeyman (00:11:08) Last week (00:14:23) Watchlists (00:20:09) Letter time (00:28:03) Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned: ⁠Transcripts⁠⁠ of podcast episodes available Jack Facts’ ⁠⁠Top 50 of 2023⁠⁠ Cinemonika & Casey Malone’s Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse reviews Slim’s Past Lives review Brian’s The Boogeyman review Becky Rice’s You Hurt My Feelings review Mike’s Down with Love review Amanda’s In the Cut review Robert’s On the Count of Three review The Letterboxd Show Four Faves episode with Ariela Barer The Letterboxd Show ‘Down with Love’ 20th Anniversary Special with Peyton Reed The Letterboxd Show ‘In the Cut’ 20th Anniversary Special with Jane Campion 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

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 CinemaScore ‘F’ grade on release, with many major critics panning the film. But the Letterboxd average rating has only grown over the years as the misunderstood noir masterpiece finds its audience at last. Now, with a new uncut director’s cut Blu-ray on the market, Gemma reads Campion some thirsty Letterboxd reviews and gets the goods from Jane about her favorite sex scenes, intimacy coordination, earning trust with actors, what it really means to win an Oscar, and why the structures of filmmaking need to change. Credits: Recorded in New Zealand. Edited by Slim. Editorial producer: Brian Formo. Production manager: Sophie Shin. Special thanks to Stuart McKenzie. The Letterboxd Show and Weekend Watchlist are TAPEDECK productions. The songs in this episode are from the soundtrack for In the Cut: Pink Martini’s cover of Que Sera Sera, and Betty Everett’s You’re No Good. Lists & Links: List of movies mentioned In the Cut uncut director’s cut Blu-ray from Mill Creek Entertainment. Reviews of In the Cut by Jeffrey Chen, Jaime Rebenal, Mia Vicino, Kanane and Sophie Shin.

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 Hurt My Feelings (00:06:08) Reality (00:09:49) Last week (00:12:54) Top 50 of 2023 (00:15:03) Watchlists (00:16:56) Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned: ⁠Transcripts⁠⁠ of podcast episodes available Jack Facts’ ⁠⁠Top 50 of 2023⁠⁠ Zoe Rose Bryant & Jamie Jirak’s The Little Mermaid review Jordan Raup’s You Hurt My Feelings review Chris Evangelista & elif308’s Reality reviewAlexandria’s River’s Edge review Alexandria’s River’s Edge review Gary’s Targets review Ben’s Out of Sight review Mitchell’s conversation with Paul Shcrader The Letterboxd Show Four Faves with David Ehrlich The Letterboxd Show Four Faves with Ariela Barer 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.

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 age of Letterboxd”, stealing your mom’s credit card to buy movies, finding meaning in small and invisible acts, Forgetting Sarah Marshall’s controversial marketing campaign and how it’s more quotable than Casablanca, Paul Schrader’s hot dog stains, Mishima as “the most Schrader” movie, David’s alleged personal connection to Titanic and the meditative quality of the DVD menu. PLUS: Find out which of David’s children is his favorite! Chapters: Opening credits (00:00:00) Ikiru (00:07:07) Forgetting Sarah Marshall (00:17:10) Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (00:27:47) Titanic (00:45:00) Cannes 2023 talk (00:55:50) Closing credits (00:59:58) Credits: Recorded in Newark DE, Philadelphia PA and Brooklyn NY. Edited by Slim. Theme music: “Vampiros Danceoteque” by Moniker. Editorial producer: Brian Formo. Production manager: Sophie Shin. The Letterboxd Show and Weekend Watchlist are TAPEDECK productions. Lists & Links: List of movies mentioned IndieWire’s Greatest Romantic Comedies of All-time “Most Fans Per Viewer” Letterboxd list “The Masculine Urge To Ruin Your Own Life” by Janice Reviews mentioned: George Carmi & Chris’s Ikiru reviews Jake Cole & Joe’s Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters reviews Wood’s Titanic review