Four Favorites with Jamelle Bouie: Black Dynamite, political thrillers, baby’s first art film

Podcaster , The New York Times columnist and Letterboxd member Jamelle Bouie joins Gemma and Slim to talk about American political thrillers and his four Letterboxd faves: Children of Men ; Black Dynamite ; The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) and Touch of Evil . Plus: why is filmmaker David Lowery starstruck by Jamelle, the two faces of Harrison Ford, the days of loafing around watching TBS and TNT, why the world needs more star-driven, character-actor-saturated, mid-budget thrillers, why movies with people in meetings shouting at each other is Jamelle’s sweet spot, baby’s first art film, the many talents of direct-to-video king Michael Jai White, why we need more Blaxploitation spoofs, the intoxication of a dirty city, how it’s too easy to do stuff these days, bring back foot chases, subway-tunnel nightmares, will The Rock ever be in a good movie? And a great holiday double-feature to watch with the family. Lists, Reviews & Links: The Letterboxd list of films mentioned in this episode; WMcGinty’s “ First Seen During Covid ”, Silent Dawn’s “ Effortlessly Cool ”, Jamelle’s Unclear and Present Danger Podcast . Reviews of White Sands by Sammypants69 , Children of Men by Matthew , Luke Hicks , Black Dynamite by Branson , Sally Jane , and The Taking of Pelham One Two Three by Will Menaker . Credits: This episode was recorded in Charlottesville, Auckland and greater Philadelphia, and edited by Slim . Facts by Jack . Booker: Brian Formo . Transcript by Sophie Shin . Art by Samm . Theme: ‘Vampiros Dancoteque’ by Moniker . The Letterboxd Show is a TAPEDECK production.