Our London editor Ella Kemp joins hosts Mia, Brian and Gemma from the BAFTA winners’ circle as we cover the victors and snubs. The Banshees of Inisherin composer Carter Burwell dives deep into his Twilight memories, and ‘Naatu Naatu’ songwriters M.M. Keeravani and Chandrabose join us for an AfteRRR PaRRRty, along with RRR star Ram Charan, to tell us how they celebrated their Oscar nomination and whether we’ll see the hook step at the 95th Academy Awards!
We also hear from Triangle of Sadness star Dolly de Leon on the BAFTA red carpet; the brand new Michelle Yeoh tee collab between Letterboxd and Girls on Tops; a lightning round of guild awards so far; Avatar: The Way of Water has its water much-awarded; a rant about the workers’ crisis inside VFX studios; the Tom Hooper industrial complex; and a little tease of the upcoming lesbian road trip comedy from Ethan Coen.
Credits: Recorded in Los Angeles, Auckland and London. Edited by Slim. Facts by Jack. Transcript by Sophie. Theme: ‘Hyperlight’ by Letterboxd member Trent Walton (AKA Echo Wolf). Best in Show is a TAPEDECK production. Title courtesy of Christopher Guest.
Lists & Links:
The Letterboxd list of films mentioned; BAFTA HQ on Letterboxd; the Girls on Tops Michelle Yeoh and Sandy Powell tees; Alison Hammond interview with Harrison Ford and Ryan Gosling; Pixel f*cked—Simon Parkin’s GQ story on Hollywood’s VFX crisis; Carter Burwell’s soundtrack to The Banshees of Inisherin on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Music.
Best in Show: Guilds, Globes, Puss in Boots and the 1976 Best Director revisited
Best in Show: Year in Review Special with The Daniels & more
Best in Show: Roger Deakins, Oscar math and the 2001 Best Picture revisited
Weekend Watchlist: Giant-Sized 2023 Preview Spectacular
Weekend Watchlist: Babylon, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery and Women Talking
Best in Show: meet the hosts
Five Festive Favorites with Letterboxd’s podcast hosts Gemma, Slim, Mitchell, Mia and Brian
Weekend Watchlist: Avatar: The Way of Water, BARDO and Nanny
Four Favorites with Aaron Yap: Local Hero, The Brainiac and films both strange and gentle
Weekend Watchlist: The Whale, Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio and Empire of Light
Four Favorites with Cory Everett: French New Wave, Giallo, noir and RoboCop
Weekend Watchlist: Violent Night, The Eternal Daughter and Emancipation
Four Favorites with Jamelle Bouie: Black Dynamite, political thrillers, baby’s first art film
Weekend Watchlist: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Strange World and Devotion
Four Favorites with Ryan Connolly: nineties action heroes, Fincher
Weekend Watchlist: Bones and All, The Menu and She Said
Four Favorites with Kier-La Janisse: psychotic women, Matt Dillon, Bee Gees and cockfights
Weekend Watchlist: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, The Fabelmans and Falling for Christmas
Four Favorites with Fran Hoepfner: classical kings, theater queens and kissing socialists
Weekend Watchlist: Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, The Wonder and Causeway
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