A deep dive into classics, hidden gems, and new favorites - all found in your Library's stacks!
Join us for a couple of Kelsea's favorites, two 90s flicks that feature queer visibility: Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) and The Birdcage (1996). Want to receive all the Helen Hall Library news that's fit to print? Sign up for our newsletter! If you haven't already, please follow and rate the podcast and check out Emory's blog for movie screening updates, more reviews, and sign up for personalized recommendations by joining the AV Club!
We're here! We promise! It's just been a bit of a rough one! Join us for double-feature of problematic(?) Tom Hanks with Big (1988) and Bonfire of the Vanities (1990). Want to receive all the Helen Hall Library news that's fit to print? Sign up for our newsletter! If you haven't already, please follow and rate the podcast and check out Emory's blog for movie screening updates, more reviews, and sign up for personalized recommendations by joining the AV Club!
Join us for an epic double-feature of a triple threat - Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, and John C. Reilly - in Gangs of New York (2002) and The Aviator (2004). Want to receive all the Helen Hall Library news that's fit to print? Sign up for our newsletter! If you haven't already, please follow and rate the podcast and check out Emory's blog for movie screening updates, more reviews, and sign up for personalized recommendations by joining the AV Club!
Special guest Ryan Edghill, Emergency Management Coordinator, joins us for cutting-edge historical techno-thrillers from yesteryear - The Net (1995) and Hackers (1995). Want to receive all the Helen Hall Library news that's fit to print? Sign up for our newsletter! If you haven't already, please follow and rate the podcast and check out Emory's blog for movie screening updates, more reviews, and sign up for personalized recommendations by joining the AV Club!
What better way to celebrate summer than with some battleyness and extraneous romance subplots? Join us for our conversation on Gladiator (2000) and Braveheart (1995). Want to receive all the Helen Hall Library news that's fit to print? Sign up for our newsletter! If you haven't already, please follow and rate the podcast and check out Emory's blog for movie screening updates, more reviews, and sign up for personalized recommendations by joining the AV Club!
In honor of Women's History Month, Emory, Kelsea, and Meredith discussed a Tarantino trilogy: Jackie Brown (1997), Kill Bill vol. 1 (2003) and Kill Bill vol. 2 (2004). Want to receive all the Helen Hall Library news that's fit to print? Sign up for our newsletter! If you haven't already, please follow and rate the podcast and check out Emory's blog for movie screening updates, more reviews, and sign up for personalized recommendations by joining the AV Club!
We all wanna change the world. Try to dig what we all say as we talk revolution and teen angst with Rushmore (1998) and The Trotsky (2009). Want to receive all the Helen Hall Library news that's fit to print? Sign up for our newsletter! If you haven't already, please follow and rate the podcast and check out Emory's blog for movie screening updates, more reviews, and sign up for personalized recommendations by joining the AV Club!
We're celebrating Black History Month with two biopics featuring famous men of the Civil Rights Movement: Malcolm X (1992) and Marshall (2017). Want to discover more ways to celebrate? Check out our Cultural Heritage guide! Want to receive all the Helen Hall Library news that's fit to print? Sign up for our newsletter! If you haven't already, please follow and rate the podcast and check out Emory's blog for movie screening updates, more reviews, and sign up for personalized recommendations by joining the AV Club!
The 90s were awash with disasters evidently and we have none other than Ryan Edghill, City of League City Emergency Management Coordinator, joining us to cover Alive (1993) and Volcano (1997). Be safe out there, folks, and don't forget to plan, prepare, and plug in! Want to receive all the Helen Hall Library news that's fit to print? Sign up for our newsletter! If you haven't already, please follow and rate the podcast and check out Emory's blog for movie screening updates, more reviews, and sign up for personalized recommendations by joining the AV Club!
Check out our conversation about two holiday comedies from the mid-aughts: Elf (2003) and Just Friends (2005)! Happy Holidays, y'all! Want to receive all the Helen Hall Library news that's fit to print? Sign up for our newsletter! Don't forget to follow and rate the podcast and check out Emory's blog for movie screening updates, more reviews, and sign up for personalized recommendations by joining the AV Club! Find and follow your Helen Hall Library on all the things!
And you thought the holidays with your family would be a nightmare! Join us for our discussion of more men behaving badly with The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) and Goodfellas (1990). Want to receive all the Helen Hall Library news that's fit to print? Sign up for our newsletter! Don't forget to follow and rate the podcast and check out Emory's blog for movie screening updates, more reviews, and sign up for personalized recommendations by joining the AV Club! Find and follow your Helen Hall Library on all the things!
We're celebrating Movember with two films featuring fantastic mustaches on some unhinged men: There Will Be Blood (2007) and The Lighthouse (2019). This episode finds Emory celebrating her birthday by drinking your milkshake, Kelsea surprising us all, Emily giving a 10 out of 10, and Meredith wishing for foreign films with no subtitles. Want to receive all the Helen Hall Library news that's fit to print? Sign up for our newsletter! Don't forget to follow and rate the podcast and check out Emory's blog for movie screening updates, more reviews, and sign up for personalized recommendations by joining the AV Club! Find and follow your Helen Hall Library on all the things!
It's spooky season and we're celebrating with an M. Night Shyamalan double feature: Signs (2002) and The Village (2004). This episode finds Emory championing M. Night as a critically overlooked auteur, Kelsea and Emily reliving their religious upbringings, and Meredith worrying about her lack of survival skills. Want to receive all the Helen Hall Library news that's fit to print? Sign up for our newsletter! Don't forget to follow and rate the podcast and check out Emory's blog for movie screening updates, more reviews, and sign up for personalized recommendations by joining the AV Club! Find and follow your Helen Hall Library on all the things!
We're going back to the 90s and digging into some films for the ladies: A League of Their Own (1992) and Thelma & Louise (1991). This episode finds Emory and Emily unimpressed by Tom Hanks, Kelsea reliving her favorite moments, and Meredith losing her mind over the side of a cliff. Want to receive all the Helen Hall Library news that's fit to print? Sign up for our newsletter! Don't forget to follow and rate the podcast and check out Emory's blog for movie screening updates, more reviews, and sign up for personalized recommendations by joining the AV Club! Find and follow your Helen Hall Library on all the things!
Join us for a very special musical episode featuring a Sondheim double feature: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) and Into the Woods (1991)! This episode finds us celebrating Kelsea's birthday(!!!!) and welcoming Isaak back for another guest appearance. Want to receive all the Helen Hall Library news that's fit to print? Sign up for our newsletter! Don't forget to follow and rate the podcast and check out Emory's blog for movie screening updates, more reviews, and sign up for personalized recommendations by joining the AV Club! Find and follow your Helen Hall Library on all the things!
It's August. It's hot. And we're celebrating Emily's birthday with two of her favorites films featuring (unhinged) men behaving badly: No Country for Old Men (2007) and Taxi Driver (1976)! This episode finds Emily loving some capable men, Emory speculating about the impacts of Marty Scorsese's cocaine addiction, Kelsea researching brain chemistry and sugar, and Meredith problematizing genius killers. Don't forget to follow and rate the podcast and check out Emory's blog for movie screening updates, more reviews, and sign up for personalized recommendations by joining the AV Club! Find and follow your Helen Hall Library on all the things!
We're covering the best and the worst? The good and the ugly? The awful and the mediocre? Of Kevin Costner with Bull Durham (1988) and Waterworld (1995). This episode finds Emory championing a reevaluation of Waterworld, Kelsea grading Costner's on-screen kissing abilities, Emily sharing her love of baseball, and Meredith feeling unconvinced. Don't forget to follow and rate the podcast and check out Emory's blog for movie screening updates, more reviews, and sign up for personalized recommendations by joining the AV Club! Find and follow your Helen Hall Library on all the things!
Nothing screams summer more than shark attacks and sunburns! Join us for our Spielberg double feature of Jaws (1975) and Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977). This episode finds Emory defending Richard Dreyfuss as a leading man, Kelsea agreeing with Emory's mom, Emily recounting Jaws-related childhood trauma, and Meredith sharing her theories on toxoplasmosis. Don't forget to follow and rate the podcast and check out Emory's blog for movie screening updates, more reviews, and personalized recommendations! Find and follow your Helen Hall Library on all the things!
Join us for games of cats and mice with Sneakers (1992) and Die Hard With a Vengeance (1995). This episode finds Emory decrying the underutilization of River Phoenix, Kelsea being pleasantly surprised by a bunch of old men, Emily playing “spot that President,” and Meredith celebrating old age. Don't forget to follow and rate the podcast and check out Emory's blog for movie screening updates, more reviews, and personalized recommendations! Find and follow your Helen Hall Library on all the things!
Join us for musical stylings and full-throttle Farrell as we explore Step Brothers (2008) and Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006). This episode finds Emory performing every role, Kelsea going solo, and Meredith finding both perfectly serviceable comedies. Don't forget to follow and rate the podcast and check out Emory's blog for movie screening updates, more reviews, and personalized recommendations! Find and follow your Helen Hall Library on all the things!
We're welcoming Kelsea back with two 19th century literary adaptations: Pride and Prejudice (2005) and Little Women (2019). This episode finds Emory loving some women on film, Kelsea dishing out some hot takes on Timothée Chalamet's acting chops, and Meredith wondering if she should have hit the books. Don't forget to follow and rate the podcast and check out Emory's blog for movie screening updates, more reviews, and personalized recommendations! Find and follow your Helen Hall Library on all the things!
We're curling up with two takes on existential crises and modern alienation: Lost in Translation (2003) and her (2013). This episode finds Emory giving a coveted 5, Emily sharing her undying love for Dustin Hoffman, and Meredith visualizing a dystopian future of robot uprisings and no working toilets. Don't forget to follow and rate the podcast and check out Emory's blog for movie screening updates, more reviews, and personalized recommendations! Find and follow your Helen Hall Library on all the things!
Things are getting noir-y in here with Klute (1971) and The Long Goodbye (1973). This episode finds Emory overwhelmed by beauty, Emily pushing moon pies for violence prevention, and Meredith issuing an important correction. Don't forget to follow and rate the podcast and check out Emory's blog for movie screening updates, more reviews, and personalized recommendations! Find and follow your Helen Hall Library on all the things!
It's Black History Month and we're talking alien encounters and FBI informants with Nope (2022) and Judas and the Black Messiah (2021). This episode finds Emory thrilling on the nostalgia, Emily leaning in to conspiracy, and Meredith taking a back seat to her sinuses. Don't forget to follow and rate the podcast and check out Emory's blog for movie screening updates, more reviews, and personalized recommendations! Find and follow your Helen Hall Library on all the things!
We're celebrating V-Day with veterans and covering A Few Good Men (1992) and Full Metal Jacket (1987). This episode finds Emory loving bad John Wayne impersonations, Emily questioning domino theory, and Meredith still can't get it together to find her notes. Don't forget to follow and rate the podcast and check out Emory's blog for movie screening updates, more reviews, and personalized recommendations! Find and follow your Helen Hall Library on all the things!
Who's your Hoffman? We're keeping it all in the family and chatting about The Big Lebowski (1998) and Licorice Pizza (2021). This episode finds Emory identifying with the righteous anger of Walter Sobchak, Emily playing “spot the President,” and Meredith forgetting her notes. Don't forget to follow and rate the podcast and check out Emory's blog for movie screening updates, more reviews, and personalized recommendations! Find and follow your Helen Hall Library on all the things!
We're celebrating JAN-uary with a Jan de Bont double feature: Speed (1994) and Twister (1996). This episode finds Emory exploring eccentricity over just plain crazy, Kelsea reliving childhood fears, and Meredith reveling in the cult of meteorologist Gary England. Don't forget to follow and rate the podcast and check out Emory's blog for movie screening updates, more reviews, and personalized recommendations! Find and follow your Helen Hall Library on all the things!
Listen for our top film picks, favorite TV shows, MVPs, and more from 2022. This episode finds Emory taking the assignment seriously, Kelsea brought to tears by Rat Race, and Meredith forgetting that she has ever read anything. Don't forget to follow and rate the podcast and check out Emory's blog for movie screening updates, more reviews, and personalized recommendations! Find and follow your Helen Hall Library on all the things!
Add a dash of chaos to your Christmas with How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) and Gremlins (1984). This episode finds Emory wishing for more family entertainment that makes children cry, Kelsea hating Gremlins, and Meredith deeply offended by the Grinch. Don't forget to follow and rate the podcast and check out Emory's blog for movie screening updates, more reviews, and personalized recommendations! Find and follow your Helen Hall Library on all the things!
What better way to celebrate a season of good cheer than with some vintage song and dance? Join us for our discussion of A Hard Days Night (1964) and The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964). This episode finds Emory surprised by a Frenchman, Kelsea embittered by a baby name thief, and Meredith not shutting up about The Beatles. Don't forget to follow and rate the podcast and check out Emory's blog for movie screening updates, more reviews, and personalized recommendations! Find and follow your Helen Hall Library on all the things!
This episode we're getting festive with a Tim Burton² + Johnny Depp² + Ed² feature² - Ed Wood (1994) and Edward Scissorhands (1990). Are you Team Wood or Team Scissorhands? Don't forget to follow and rate the podcast and check out Emory's blog for movie screening updates, more reviews, and personalized recommendations! Find and follow your Helen Hall Library on all the things!
We're celebrating Emory's birthday with two of her favorites - Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019) and 20th Century Women (2016)! This episode finds Emory feeling warm and cozy, Kelsea wishing she were watching Hitler being gunned down instead, and Meredith leaning in to old mom status. Don't forget to follow and rate the podcast and check out Emory's blog for movie screening updates, more reviews, and personalized recommendations! Find and follow your Helen Hall Library on all the things!
We're celebrating the spooky season with two 80s cult classics - An American Werewolf in London (1981) and Little Shop of Horrors (1986)! This episode's clear MVP: the phenomenal make up on an undead Griffin Dunne. Don't forget to follow and rate the podcast and check out Emory's blog for movie screening updates, more reviews, and personalized recommendations! Find and follow your Helen Hall Library on all the things!
Season two starts off with a bang and two celebrated documentaries - Paris is Burning (1990) and Grey Gardens (1976)! This episode finds Kelsea identifying with Big Edie, Meredith speculating on mummification, and Emory loving New York - the sights, the sounds, and even the stink of it. Don't forget to follow and rate the podcast and check out Emory's blog for movie screening updates, more reviews, and personalized recommendations! Find and follow your Helen Hall Library on all the things!
We're flying high in our season one finale with Top Gun (1986) and Con Air (1997). This episode finds Emory championing Tom Cruise's star power, Kelsea talking about Tom Cruise's face, and Meredith discovering the Tom Cruise unibrow. Don't forget to follow and rate the podcast and check out Emory's blog for movie screening updates, more reviews, and personalized recommendations! Find and follow your Helen Hall Library on all the things!
We're having a baby!?! and chatting about motherhood, grief, family, and the search for more with Away We Go (2009) and Juno (2007). This episode finds Emory describing her worst fear, Emily feeling nostalgic, and Meredith aspiring to Earth Mother but ending up John Wayne. Don't forget to follow and rate the podcast and check out Emory's blog for movie screening updates, more reviews, and personalized recommendations! Find and follow your Helen Hall Library on all the things!
In these dog days of summer, we're cooling off with Blades of Glory (2007) and Fargo (1996). This episode finds Emory sharing her love for comedies of the early aughts, Kelsea missing a classic film moment because there is never enough sleep, and Meredith attempting a "triple axel to Carl's face" for the win. Don't forget to follow and rate the podcast and check out Emory's blog for movie screening updates, more reviews, and personalized recommendations! Find and follow your Helen Hall Library on all the things!
We're celebrating Kelsea's birthday with Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) and The Princess Bride (1987). This episode finds Kelsea reliving her childhood, Emory misunderstanding a British accent, and Meredith missing key plot points. Don't forget to follow and rate the podcast and check out Emory's blog for movie screening updates, more reviews, and personalized recommendations! Find and follow your Helen Hall Library on all the things!
We're diving deep into two films that explore the intersection of water as a resource and as a commodity - Chinatown (1974) and Erin Brockovich (2000). This episode finds Emory overwhelmed by Jack Nicholson's beauty, Meredith making Faye Dunaway puns, and Kelsea feeling completely over 70s-era heartthrobs. Don't forget to follow and rate the podcast and check out Emory's blog for movie screening updates, more reviews, and personalized recommendations! Find and follow your Helen Hall Library on all the things!
We're combing the past with two Depression-era tales of law and order - Bonnie and Clyde (1967) and The Untouchables (1987). This episode finds Emory sharing her love of Briana De Palma, Kelsea defending Kevin Costner's acting on horseback, and Meredith confusing famous Italian designers. Don't forget to follow and rate the podcast and check out Emory's blog for movie screening updates, more reviews, and personalized recommendations! Find and follow your Helen Hall Library on all the things!
We're celebrating Pride with two cult classics - But I'm a Cheerleader (1999) and My Own Private Idaho (1991). In this episode the group welcomes guest panelist Isaak, who brings academic insight, while Emory falls in love all over again with River Phoenix, Kelsea suffers from the brightness of traditional pastels, and Meredith worries she'll accidentally join a cult. Don't forget to follow and rate the podcast and check out Emory's blog for movie screening updates, more reviews, and personalized recommendations! Find and follow your Helen Hall Library on all the things!
We're kicking off summer in style with Dazed & Confused (1993) and Tremors (1990). This episode finds Emory providing more recommendations of films with men in short shorts, Meredith repeatedly confusing Ben Affleck with Matt Damon, and Kelsea wondering how exactly she got stuck with the two of us. Don't forget to follow and rate the podcast and check out Emory's blog for movie screening updates, more reviews, and personalized recommendations! Find and follow your Helen Hall Library on all the things!
What better way to celebrate [redacted] than to talk presidential conspiracies with All the President's Men (1976) and JFK (1991)? This episode finds Emory [redacted], Kelsea [redacted], and Meredith [redacted]. Don't forget to follow and rate the podcast and check out Emory's blog for movie screening updates, more reviews, and personalized recommendations! Find and follow your Helen Hall Library on all the things!
We're celebrating Mother's Day with Rosemary's Baby (1968) and Mommie Dearest (1981). This episode finds Emory identifying her future self in Ruth Gordon, Kelsea consulting the DSM5, and Meredith recalling satanic panic. Don't forget to follow and rate the podcast and check out Emory's blog for movie screening updates, more reviews, and personalized recommendations! Find and follow your Helen Hall Library on all the things!
We're wishing Jack Nicholson a happy birthday and discussing Terms of Endearment (1983) and The Departed (2006). This episode finds Emory (Debra) Wing(er)ing it, Kelsea updating her continual diagnoses of Matt Damon, and Meredith missing important plot points. Don't forget to follow and rate the podcast and check out Emory's blog for movie screening updates, more reviews, and personalized recommendations! Find and follow your Helen Hall Library on all the things!
We're diving in with both feet to William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (1996) and Titanic (1997)! This episode finds Emory reenacting Titanic class conflicts, Kelsea representing for all those Titanic-lovers out there, and Meredith still mispronouncing the names of famous people. Don't forget to follow and rate the podcast and check out Emory's blog for movie screening updates, more reviews, and personalized recommendations! Find and follow your Helen Hall Library on all the things!
We're celebrating Women's History Month with 9 to 5 (1980) and Lady Bird (2017)! This episode finds Emory and Kelsea loving some Timothée Chalamet and Meredith wishing for a work kimono. Don't forget to follow and rate the podcast and check out Emory's blog for movie screening updates, more reviews, and personalized recommendations! Find and follow your Helen Hall Library on all the things!
Join us for our discussion of The Room (2003) and Road House (1989)! This episode finds Emory loving Johnny Knoxville, Kelsea performing dramatic readings from The Room, and Meredith pumping iron. Don't forget to follow and rate the podcast and check out Emory's blog for movie screening updates, more reviews, and personalized recommendations! Find and follow your Helen Hall Library on all the things!
Drop in for our discussion of Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window (1954) and Strangers on a Train (1951)! This episode finds Emory correlating the lows in society with the length of men's shorts, Kelsea sharing her love of Encanto, and Meredith standing as alone as the cheese. Don't forget to follow and rate the podcast and check out Emory's blog for movie screening updates, more reviews, and personalized recommendations! Find and follow your Helen Hall Library on all the things!
Join us for a Spike Lee double feature of Do the Right Thing (1989) and BlackkKlansman (2018)! This episode finds Kelsea inventing the word dramatacize, Meredith mispronouncing the name of yet another famous person, and Emory getting a jump on all of us this tax season. Don't forget to follow and rate the podcast and check out Emory's blog for movie screening updates, more reviews, and personalized recommendations! Find and follow your Helen Hall Library on all the things!
Listen in to our conversation about The Truman Show (1998) and The Shawshank Redemption (1994)! This episode finds Emory describing her perfect man, Kelsea looking at the glass half full, and Meredith reluctantly giving a movie five stars. Don't forget to follow and rate the podcast and check out Emory's blog for movie screening updates, more reviews, and personalized recommendations! Find and follow your Helen Hall Library on all the things!
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