Actor, writer and director Jim Cummings joins Letterboxd’s editor-in-chief Gemma Gracewood to talk about his brand new film The Wolf of Snow Hollow, Robert Forster’s final role, toxic masculinity, tears, montages, werewolves, Fight Club, Finche

4: Lockdown Thirst

Apr 27th, 2020 1h 10m

Has lockdown got you thirsty? This is the episode you need. Inspired by film writer Justine Peres Smith’s popular ‘Best Horny Movies for Quarantine’ list, Letterboxd editor Gemma Gracewood, Montreal-based Smith, and The Black List’s Kate Hagen

Weekend Watchlist: Pearl, See How They Run and The Woman King

Sep 15th, 2022 29m 58s

This week Mia and slim discuss their growing watchlists including Pearl, See How They Run and The Woman King. Is it time to crown our very first “Scream King.” After a quick look back at recent releases and community reviews, they shuffle their

2021 Year in Review Roundtable

Jan 10th, 2022 1h 58m

It’s a 2021 Year in Review extravaganza! Hosts Gemma and Slim open the Letterboxd Hotline to experts on the three highest-rated films of the year: Matt Singer (Spider-Man: No Way Home), Juan Barquin (Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time) and

Four Favorites: Marya E. Gates on Little Women, Jane Campion and denim butts

Aug 18th, 2021 58m 48s

Classic film enthusiast, writer, California native, and prog rock fan Marya E. Gates discusses her four favorites: Little Women (the Winona Ryder one); Bright Star; Under the Tuscan Sun; and Crossing Delancey. Also: the joys of a nice ass in a

Four Favorites: Grace Spelman on West Side Story, Bob Fosse, Whiplash

Aug 11th, 2021 1h 2m

Comedian, musician and The Ringer Music Show podcast host Grace Spelman discusses her four Letterboxd faves (West Side Story; All That Jazz; In the Loop and Whiplash) with hosts Slim and Gemma. Also: party bangers, scary music teachers, bad mov

Four Favorites: Isabel Sandoval on sensual cinema, Punch-Drunk Love and blue balls

Jul 28th, 2021 49m 48s

This episode, quadruple-threat filmmaker Isabel Sandoval talks to Slim and Gemma about cinematic edging, sensual slapstick, nuns on screen, modern Filipino cinema, Verhoeven’s camp supremacy, audience blue balls, and, of course, her four Letter

Four Favorites: Demi Adejuyigbe on I, Tonya, Lady Bird and the true meaning of love

1 Jul 6th, 2021 1h 6m

This episode, we do a f—kin’ triple with Demi Adejuyigbe; screenwriter, comedian and, quote, “not a critic”. Demi runs hosts Slim and Gemma through his four Letterboxd favorites: I, Tonya (“every scene is like candy to me”), Ocean’s Eleven (the

9: Alex Winter

Aug 30th, 2020 1h 3m

Actor, documentarian and excellent human Alex Winter joins Letterboxd’s Gemma Gracewood and Jack Moulton to talk about his three new films: Showbiz Kids, Zappa and the long-awaited Bill & Ted Face the Music. Films mentioned by Alex:Bill & T

7: Ghibli Magic Moments

Jul 1st, 2020 1h 17m

Since the roll-out of Studio Ghibli films on Netflix and HBO Max this year, there’s been an explosion of Letterboxd activity around the famed studio’s films. Our Ghibli-loving guests couldn’t be happier. David Jenkins (Little White Lies), Tasha

6: Black Life on Film

Jun 10th, 2020 1h 6m

This episode is dedicated to films about the Black experience. Our guest is Letterboxd member Adam Davie, creator of the extensive Black Life on Film list. Adam explains why he has spent three years creating the list and why it includes “the go

Four Favorites: Gemma & Slim on Pee-Wee, Austin Powers and machismo

Mar 8th, 2022 1h 21m

The Letterboxd Show returns with more movie-lovin’ conversations about our four favorite films. In this season 3 premiere, hosts Gemma and Slim discuss their childhood faves: Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery,

Four Favorites: Joe Dante and Josh Olson on the Christmas Movies that Made Us

Dec 23rd, 2021 1h 2m

It’s a Christmas crossover episode with Joe Dante and Josh Olson from The Movies that Made Me podcast, and Gemma and Slim from The Letterboxd Show! Four hosts, four festive favorites: We’re No Angels; Scrooge; National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacat

Four Favorites: Sean Baker on Austrian moralism, Red Rocket and Keanu’s best role

Dec 15th, 2021 50m 6s

Letterboxd member and filmmaker Sean Baker talks Red Rocket, and his four current Letterboxd favorites Paradise: Faith; River’s Edge; Oasis; and The Sugarland Express. Plus: Sean chats with hosts Gemma and Slim about casting Suzanna Son and Sim

Four Favorites: Our 2021 faves Titane, Campion, Wan and Kong

Dec 9th, 2021 1h 16m

Letterboxd crew members Aaron Yap and Mitchell Beaupre join hosts Slim and Gemma for a chat about their four favorite new films of 2021, including: Titane; The Power of the Dog; Malignant; and Godzilla vs. Kong, along with the best ‘new to us’

Four Favorites: Chvrches on The Exorcist, Wes Craven, Carrie and ’90s teens

Oct 13th, 2021 1h 20m

“You find a lot out about yourselves from watching films.” Lauren, Martin (aka Dok) and Iain from Chvrches talk about the horror movies that influenced their new album Screen Violence, why they dropped album hints on their Letterboxd profile, a

Billie Piper Special: Rare Beasts and rom coms

Aug 23rd, 2021 28m 24s

Actor, writer and director Billie Piper talks to Gemma Gracewood about the filmic influences behind her ‘anti-rom-com’ directorial debut, Rare Beasts, a black comedy about dysfunction, misogyny, grief and tap-dancing also starring Leo Bill, Ker

Four Favorites: Jim Cummings on Children of Men, Tom Hanks and indie cinema

Aug 4th, 2021 53m 10s

“I should have never agreed to this podcast,” says indie filmmaking champion Jim Cummings as he sobs his way through his four Letterboxd faves (Inside Out; Krisha; Children of Men; and The ’Burbs) with hosts Slim and Gemma. Also: arm wrestling,

Four Favorites: Gemma Gracewood & Slim on Strictly Ballroom, Robocop and human nipples

Jun 30th, 2021 1h 3m

A podcast hosted in fear is a podcast half-hosted—so now we have two hosts! Slim and Gemma introduce a new format, in which we interrogate a guest about their four Letterboxd favorites. First in the hot seat: the hosts themselves. Slim makes Ge

18: Nomads and Forgeries

Mar 14th, 2021 1h 2m

Nomadland author and “newbie cinephile” Jessica Bruder joins host Gemma Gracewood for a chat about her favorite films, working night-shifts at Starbucks with Christina Ricci’s brother, Chloé Zhao’s unique directing magic, and why Shaun the Shee

17: Year in Review 2020

Jan 18th, 2021 1h 35m

In this bumper episode, Letterboxd mutuals Demi Adejuyigbe and Mia Vicino (AKA Brat Pitt) join Gemma Gracewood to talk about the top films in the 2020 Year in Review, their favorite Letterboxd features, the highs and lows of being ‘Letterboxd f

16: Shitlists and Bangers

Dec 23rd, 2020 1h 5m

Host Gemma Gracewood and guests Slim (70mm Podcast), Hannah Woodhead (Little White Lies’ Truth & Movies podcast) and Tim Batt (The Worst Idea Of All Time podcast) gather on the first Catsiversary of Tom Hooper’s mewsical misfire to look back at

14: Make the Yuletide Gay!

Dec 6th, 2020 55m 39s

In this episode the yuletide gets gayer with Happiest Season’s favorite sister, Jane—AKA the film’s co-writer Mary Holland—and Dana Nachman, director of a documentary love letter to the US Postal Service, Dear Santa (and crowd-pleasers Pick of

13: Sound of Metal

Nov 20th, 2020 30m 35s

Tears flow as writer-director Darius Marder and actor and ASL rocker Paul Raci join Letterboxd’s editor-in-chief Gemma Gracewood to talk about their new film Sound of Metal, in which Ruben (Riz Ahmed), a punk-rock drummer suffering hearing loss

12: Shithouse, Fall Festival Roundup

Nov 7th, 2020 1h 7m

Our London correspondent Ella Kemp joins Letterboxd’s editor-in-chief Gemma Gracewood to talk about their highlights from the fall festival season. Later they’re joined by actor, writer and first-time feature director Cooper Raiff and his Shith