Four Favorites: Brian Formo on Cannes, Eyes Wide Shut, Almodóvar and more

This episode, we get high and turn the Yo-Yo Ma up to eleven with Letterboxd’s Cannes correspondent Brian Formo, whose four favorites (Eyes Wide Shut; Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World; Darkman; The Skin I Live In) all feature surgeons of some sort. Plus: Cannes applause explained, bad movie dates, Russell Crowe’s luscious locks, how much we love Sally Jane Black, and Pig—the spiritual sequel to Babe: Pig in the City.

Related links:
The Letterboxd list of films mentioned in this episode
Letterboxd’s Festiville HQ
Brian’s review of Eyes Wide Shut
Festival de Cannes 2021 lineup and winners
The Criterion Collection on Letterboxd
Russell Crowe (as Russ Le Roq) 1982 single ‘I Just Wanna be Like Marlon Brando’
Lists featuring The Skin I Live In: Evan’s horror movies by gay directors list; High art genre movies; Sally Jane Black’s Transgender list; Sarah’s dysphorroria list
Ella Kemp’s content consideration essay
Sally Jane Black’s surgery fundraiser

Credits:
This episode was recorded in Cannes, Philadelphia and Auckland, and edited by Slim. Our theme music is ‘Vampiros Dancoteque’, by film and television composing trio Moniker. Transcript by Sophie Shin.