Falling in Love Montage
Every other week, Valerie and Helen will look at a different chick flick (muff film, broad comedy, lady thriller, period movie, whathaveyou) and boil it down to its themes and how those themes affect our tender feminine emotions. Mostly we'll just go off on tangents about Sex and the City. We'll talk about chick flick tropes, like love triangles/squares/pentagons and sisterhood. We'll explore just how strong girl power actually is and if real vampires sparkle in the sunlight, or if that's just movie magic. And we'll reveal our (Helen's) repressed sexual feelings for Hugh Grant. We'll get a dude's opinion, and we'll even listen to it.
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Episodes
Monday Dec 25, 2017
Monday Dec 25, 2017
And with this, Titanic part 2, we gleefully (and finally) finish all our wrapping. We wrap our six-episode (okay, seven) theme-song series, we wrap our first-ever 2 part episode, and we wrap our 2017 calendar. Special thanks to Emily Bennett for proposing the brilliant and collaborative theme song you hear in this episode. The warmest thank yous to our talented contributors, our beloved podcast family: Intro Singers: Emily Bennett, Ollie Brady/Jason Statham, Laura B., Frances Chang, Malcolm Nygard, Vanessa Riley Finnish translation and recitation: Juha Heikkil Electric guitar: Bill O'Donnell Outro Bass: Ryan Lynch Piano: Bill O'Donnell As we bid adieu to this year we take with us, hold dearly, and will never let go of the beautiful friendships we've made. Happy New Year, friends! *This episode is lovingly dedicated to the memory of GiGi
Monday Dec 18, 2017
Monday Dec 18, 2017
20 years ago tomorrow, people poured into theaters to see James Cameron's epic romance-disaster film, Titanic. Just last week, Helen, Valerie, and two fellas named Matt shelled out a ton of cash, donned some serious 3D shades, and relaxed into their reclining movie theater seats for 195 minutes of Helen preciously reciting every line of Titanic. For the record, this is the preferred way to see Titanic. What happens now is part 1 of a very special 2 part episode, closing out FiLM's six-episode theme-song series, and our 2017 schedule. Don't let go!
Monday Nov 27, 2017
Monday Nov 27, 2017
The penultimate episode of our six-episode theme-song series has arrived and—if you're looking at your DVD packaging—its got a freaking bow on it. You're welcome! Best Acquaintances Podcast co-host and greatest person currently alive, Emily Bennett, joins us for a jovial conversation about one of the most irritating and (yet somehow) endearing of all romantic holiday films. And if that didn't give it away, it's Love Actually folks. We're talking about Love Actually.
Monday Nov 13, 2017
Monday Nov 13, 2017
While this episode is the fourth in a series of like episodes, i.e. our six-episode theme-song series, it is the first of its kind in many ways. 1996's Jerry Maguire is both our first 'sports' film and our first time welcoming two guests. FiLM favorite, Ariel brings charm, wit, and also her fiance, Ryan Lynch of We'll Get it Right Next Year: An Adventure in Cinema, and Comrade Radio's own Divisive Issues and Oops, I Talked Politics to this decades-old tale of being a better person than you were yesterday while still making a shit ton of money for yourself and other people. It's a classic.
Tuesday Oct 31, 2017
Tuesday Oct 31, 2017
We now interrupt our regularly scheduled six-episode theme-song series to bring you this special holiday message: "Hell is a teenage girl". No tricks, just treats for our devoted listeners. Happy bonus episode day/Jennifer's Body day/Halloween(?) Stay salty!
Sunday Oct 29, 2017
Sunday Oct 29, 2017
Third in our six-episode theme-song series is 2004's Mean Girls. Joining us in this almost completely on topic, never meandering discussion is Vanessa Riley of the Square Roots podcast. I know you expect me to now work in some memorable lines from the film, but relax Glen CoCo, we do that plenty in the episode.
Monday Oct 16, 2017
Monday Oct 16, 2017
Be silent. Be still. Be silent. Be still. Be silent. Be still. For the second episode in our theme-song series, we took on the archetypical teen rom-com, She's All That. For this one we've returned to our classic format -- meaning it's just Helen and Valerie and a Matt, and the episode itself is at least 20% longer than the movie we were talking about. Check out Matt LaStar's podcast, Bill and Matt are Losing It, on iTunes, Stitcher, and Facebook!
Monday Oct 02, 2017
Monday Oct 02, 2017
If you've ever wondered what the hell Helen is singing about in her original Falling in Love Montage theme song, then be buggin' no longer. Starting with episode 45, Clueless, we will tackle all six movies referenced in the theme song. It's going to be Phat! We've called a truce and brought Val's Matt back (after he was totally wiggin' on Bridesmaids). Also joining us is our *official* Jane Austen correspondent, Tracy Tanoff!
Monday Sep 18, 2017
Monday Sep 18, 2017
For our first (but not last) time covering a Jane Austen adaptation, we knew we needed to rope in someone better read, smarter, and generally superior to us -- so we nabbed Superfan Tracy Tanoff! We rode through the rain* to tell you about the Gwyneth Paltrow Emma, easily the second-best adaptation of the novel Emma made in 1995-1996. *metaphorically.** **No, not even.
Monday Sep 04, 2017
Monday Sep 04, 2017
Ladies' man, man's man, man about town, Ollie Brady (one-half of the Best Acquaintances Podcast) joins Helen and Valerie for a double dose of *'60s sex comedies. They talk the Pillow Talk and walk the Down With Love **walk. Tune in 'a la carte' for this v. v. good time. *in theory (1959/2003) **basically walking with an erection