Four Favorites with Patrick Willems: Wes Anderson, Evil Dead and a Fast shock

Video essayist and popular Letterboxd member Patrick H. Willems joins hosts Gemma and Slim to “Patrick Explains” his four Letterboxd favorites: Kiki’s Delivery Service , The Matrix , Evil Dead II , and Rushmore , and talk about why he devotes his time to demystifying the art of filmmaking, why he relates to a depressed thirteen-year-old witch, the life-changing energy of The Matrix , Sam Raimi’s extraordinary output, Bruce Campbell’s jaw-dropping jawline, and precocious Wes Anderson characters. Plus: Patrick fills us in on his accidental feature film and his Can’t Get Enough of Keanu Podcast , we get his shocked live reaction to the Fast X director news as it happens, and quickly recover with some deep dives into Josh Hartnett’s best work. Patrick has a bone to pick with High Fidelity , and Slim promises to finally watch the best action scene ever made—the train chase in The Wrong Trousers . Lists mentioned: Warm Hug Cinematic Universe ; Movies where a person who isn’t a love interest enters someone’s life and makes it better ; Sad Bastard and Loser Cinema ; movies where the Romantic Moment™ features profound chasteness instead of making out Reviews mentioned: Patrick’s reviews of Hooper , The Batman , Rear Window , Sara Clement’s review of Kiki’s Delivery Service , Reviews of Evil Dead II by Griffin , Matt Lynch , Hunter’s review of Rushmore Credits : This episode was recorded in Auckland, New York and Pennsylvania, and edited by Slim. Facts by Jack . Booker: Linda Moulton . Transcript by Sophie Shin . Theme: ‘Vampiros Dancoteque’ by Moniker .