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!
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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.
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Magic Hour: Mark Jenkin (Enys Men) and Kyle Edward Ball (Skinamarink)
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Weekend Watchlist: John Wick: Chapter 4, A Good Person and Tori and Lokita
Best in Show: Season One Finale Mailbag Extravaganza + SXSW Awards
Weekend Watchlist: Shazam! Fury of the Gods, Inside and Boston Strangler
Best in Show goes to the Oscars! And Everything Everywhere All at Once Sweeps!
Weekend Watchlist: Scream VI, 65 and Luther: The Fallen Son
Best in Show: Indie Spirit Awards, The Quiet Girl, Paul Mescal, and Movie Spoofs
Weekend Watchlist: Creed III, Operation Fortune and Palm Trees and Power Lines
Best in Show: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio chat, the Bruiser boys, Césars, HCAs and guilds galore!
Weekend Watchlist: Cocaine Bear, The Quiet Girl and Emily
Best in Show: At the BAFTAs, Banshees’ Carter Burwell and a Naatu Naatu afteRRR paRRRty
Weekend Watchlist: Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Return To Seoul and Of an Age
Best in Show: Academy CEO Bill Kramer, London update, Down with Love and bullying
Weekend Watchlist: Magic Mike’s Last Dance, Sharper and Baby Ruby
Best in Show: Catherine Martin, To Leslie data-dive, Sundance’s first grand jury winner
Weekend Watchlist: Knock at the Cabin, 80 for Brady and Godland
Best in Show: Sundance, making up Ana de Armas, and the first great rom-com
Best in Show: Oscar & BAFTA noms, campaign politics and sexy ghosts
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