Tom & Lorenzo’s Pop Style Opinionfest

The Bitter Kitten Movie Club: "The Beguiled" (2017)

T Lo discuss and interpret director Sofia Coppola's take on female desire and repression against the backdrop of the civil war, unpacking whether it succeeds at its feminist goals or collapses under the many cliches it's trying to rewrite or upend.

Dragons and Prudes!

T Lo review the "House of the Dragon" season 3 finale and unpack all of the ways the show has managed to keep its various plotlines clear and easy to understand and why it's better to prioritize that than fidelity to the books. PLUS: "One Night Only" is bafflingly sexless! Is Gen Z to blame?

The Bitter Kitten Movie Club: "Practical Magic" (1998)

T Lo return to an old classic, director Griffin Dunne's "Practical Magic," and unpack how it helped to establish the tropes of modern romantasy, how its aesthetic can reasonably be said to have created an entire genre of television movies, and how different a film like this would be if it were made today. PLUS: Were Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock miscast? 

Should We Talk About Ariana Grande?

T Lo take a look at the rhetoric surrounding Ariana Grande's choice to step out of the public eye and what it says about our culture's need to talk about women's bodies as well as whether celebrities have any responsibility to be honest about their health with their fans. They also tackle the news that the next Met Gala will be celebrating John Galliano and why that's horrifying. PLUS: A recap of the latest "House of the Dragon."

The Bitter Kitten Movie Club: "Blue Moon" (2025)

T Lo take a look at director Richard Linklater's loving(?) homage to legendary musical theater lyricist Lorenz Hart, played by Ethan Hawke. From the theatrical easter eggs and cameos to the film's occasionally questionable choices of what to focus on, they unpack whether this biopic actually does what it set out to do and whether the film is kind to its subject or not.