December 6, 2022
Four Favorites with Cory Everett: French New Wave, Giallo, noir and RoboCop
The Letterboxd ShowAbout this episode
Dead or alive, Slim is watching RoboCop . Cinephile: A Card Game creator, author and Letterboxd member Cory Everett joins Mitchell and Slim to tell us all about his new collection of children’s board books, My First Movie , curating his four favorites around them: RoboCop ; The Bird with the Crystal Plumage ; Pierrot Le Fou and Murder, My Sweet . Plus: Cinephile as a lifeline for social engagement; Cory’s unforgettable encounter with Spike Lee; seeing RoboCop at age five; the 6000 SUX and NUKEM family game; bring in the perverts; movies with that “la la la” score; Tubi ad breaks; is Suspiria considered Giallo?; keeping film culture alive; lovers on the run; nerding out over comics and Batman: The Animated Series ; jaw-dropping film techniques of the old days and Cory’s bonkers ratings histogram. Sponsor : You can try MUBI free for 90 days at https://mubi.com/letterboxd . With MUBI, each and every film is hand-selected. It’s like your own personal film festival—streaming anytime, anywhere. Decision to Leave streaming exclusively on MUBI in the UK, US, and other countries starting December 9. Credits : This episode was recorded in Los Angeles, Delaware and 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. Lists & Links: The Letterboxd list of films mentioned in this episode; Cinephile’s HQ Page ; A is for Auteur ; Letterboxd vs. The Film Stage at Cinephile Game Night; “ Movies with whispery female “la-la” vocal soundtrack cues ” by laird; “ Top 200 Italian Giallo Films as Rated by the Letterboxd Community ” by Paul D; Cinephile’s lists for “ My First Giallo Horror ”, “ ’My First Film Noir ” and “ ’My First French New Wave ”; “ movies where white hetero couples do wild shit ” by anna Reviews of: RoboCop by Cory , brando and ScreeningNotes ; Murder, My Sweet by Mitchell and Sally Jane Black ; Emily the Criminal by Cory