Four Favorites with Vagabon: Pretty Woman, Fincher, Huppert and Courtney Barnett

Vagabon, AKA musician and Letterboxd member Laetitia Tamko, joins hosts Gemma and Slim for a tour of her four favorite films: Pretty Woman ; The Piano Teacher ; The Worst Person in the World and Seven . Plus: Elden Ring, discovering Prince via Pretty Woman , covering Gen-X hits with Liz Phair, covering Karen Dalton with Courtney Barnett, loving Nancy Meyers, being f—ed up by Michael Haneke, wanting stability and chaos, and the hypothetical psychological rom-com starring Patti Harrison and Vagabon that we deserve. Vagabon plays at Storm King in New Windsor, NY, on June 25, 2022. Links: The Letterboxd list of films mentioned ; Sydney’s list “ Please god don’t make me turn 30 ”; Bethany’s films that destigmatized sex + sexuality for me as a woman ; Silent J’s Films That Got You Addicted To Songs Reviews mentioned: Reviews of Pretty Woman by emma and sophie ; The Piano Teacher by Hari Nef , zachhayes , Dead Ringer ; Se7en by Sean ; The Worst Person in the World by Lily ; Laetitia’s reviews of The Parent Trap , The Northman , Shrek Other links: Vagabon’s NPR Tiny Desk Concert and Bandcamp , You Must Remember This podcast Credits : This episode was recorded in Auckland, Brooklyn and Pennsylvania, and edited by Slim. Facts by Jack . Booker: Linda Moulton . Transcript by Sophie Shin . Theme: ‘Vampiros Dancoteque’ by Moniker .