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.
Listen on:
Episodes
Thursday Aug 31, 2023
Thursday Aug 31, 2023
We waited a long time to see our oldest friend grace the silver screen and make it pink, but Barbie is here now, and we are glad to be able to bring our OK-maybe-not-as-objective-as-they-could-be thoughts to you in this, the year of our Lord*, 2023. *Greta Gerwig
Tuesday Aug 01, 2023
Tuesday Aug 01, 2023
It is the dog days of summer and we have dog mom and Atlanta comedian Gloria White joining the pod to discuss the 2006 ultra chick flick, Something New. Bonus: Listeners who imbibe can take advantage of the opportunity to drink every time we crack a title pun. ✨ Check out Gloria on Instagram Find her on all the socials, look for the handle "glow07" ❤️ Listen to Gloria on a recent episode of One Fry Short
Thursday Jun 29, 2023
Thursday Jun 29, 2023
We had such a gay old time covering Pride & Prejudice earlier this year that for Pride month, we wanted to have an even gayer, new time -- so we grabbed our beloved Austen correspondent Tracy Tanoff to talk about the 2022 loose P&P adaptation Fire Island. Does Elizabeth find her Darcy? I don't know who those people are, but I can tell you I've got my eye on Noah and Will. (Hahaha, this is a ruse, as I have watched the movie and actually know what happens! Spoiler alert: lots of beautiful super-queer shit). Check out Gay Austen, per Tracy's recommendation, and then watch Fire Island on Hulu -- twice in a row, if you're cool.
Wednesday May 31, 2023
Wednesday May 31, 2023
It's been 23 years since Bring It On brought its cheer to the world, and it's been something like 6 years since we had our beloved friend and cheerleader-lover* Owen Choules on to talk about a chick flick with us. So do we do a high kick and delight in this classic, or do we give it the spirit finger? Does Owen still tolerate us? What is team captain Torrance's connection to the dad from The Shining? Listen to find out! Rah! *Yeah, he won't object to that descriptor at all, probably
Monday May 01, 2023
Monday May 01, 2023
For better or worse, 1998's Can't Hardly Wait is a quintessential exhibit of 90s High School cinema. A movie with almost as much cringe as it has stars. Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont weave a magical story wherein Kenny Fisher gets the girl, Jenna Elfman gets the cab, and Amanda Beckett gets to stand up for herself, for like, at least a minute. And who knows, there's always a possibility of a sequel with less Smashmouth and F slurs.
Saturday Apr 01, 2023
Saturday Apr 01, 2023
You are all cordially invited to the wedding of us and Maya Erskine (pending her consent) - and surprise - you're the toast master too. We're here to talk about Plus One, which is fresher than diner fish* . *Fish you order at a diner, but why would you do that?!
Tuesday Feb 28, 2023
Tuesday Feb 28, 2023
It is a truth universally acknowledged that two women in possession of a chick flick podcast must eventually cover 2005's Pride & Prejudice. Fan favorite and Jane Austen correspondent Tracy Tanoff joins us for truly the most exemplary podcast she's guested on in in many years. For more Austen fun, check out Tracy's Fine Curated Links! On the autism spectrum and Pride & Prejudice The Lizzie Bennet Diaries The Jane Austen Universe Black Girl Loves Jane Gay Austen Sasha Sienna's Jane Austen Book Club
Tuesday Jan 31, 2023
Tuesday Jan 31, 2023
To start 2023 off on the right route, we wanted to talk about best friends with a best friend. So we brought FiLM fave Malcolm Nygard on to fan-girl out with us over the ultimate road trip movie, Thelma & Louise. Check out Malcolm's thoughtful Letterboxd at https://letterboxd.com/theoscargrouch/ and see if you can spy a chick flick or two in his top ten. Thelma & Louise is currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video, and geez, Louise, do we ever recommend you watch it.
Saturday Dec 31, 2022
Saturday Dec 31, 2022
It's what you were all hoping for, I'll keep telling myself -- for the holiday season, and to close out 2022, we covered a new Christmas classic, Falling for Christmas, starring Lindsay Lohan. We not only talked about it, but we also watched it! And if you don't listen and enjoy, magic Santa will push you down a mountain. We'll be back next year with not this movie. Happy New Year, FiLM buffs! And for no particular reason, here's Ben @palmertrolls on Candace Cameron Bure.
Wednesday Nov 30, 2022
Wednesday Nov 30, 2022
It's November for a few more hours, and we are thankful to be here with you, talking about another problematic (!) fave (?), 1999's Never Been Kissed. We shouldn't say this because we're your teacher hosts, but it's totally rufus. Sorry in advance for Helen's questionable audio -- she was recording on an iPhone from a frilly pink bedroom in South Georgia. Happy N[e]vember Been Kissed! Nailed it.