Four Favorites with Vagabon: Pretty Woman, Fincher, Huppert and Courtney Barnett

Vagabon, AKA musician and Letterboxd member Laetitia Tamko, joins hosts Gemma and Slim for a tour of her four favorite films: Pretty Woman; The Piano Teacher; The Worst Person in the World and Seven.

Plus: Elden Ring, discovering Prince via Pretty Woman, covering Gen-X hits with Liz Phair, covering Karen Dalton with Courtney Barnett, loving Nancy Meyers, being f—ed up by Michael Haneke, wanting stability and chaos, and the hypothetical psychological rom-com starring Patti Harrison and Vagabon that we deserve. Vagabon plays at Storm King in New Windsor, NY, on June 25, 2022.

Links:
The Letterboxd list of films mentioned; Sydney’s list “Please god don’t make me turn 30”; Bethany’s films that destigmatized sex + sexuality for me as a woman; Silent J’s Films That Got You Addicted To Songs

Reviews mentioned:
Reviews of Pretty Woman by emma and sophie; The Piano Teacher by Hari Nef, zachhayes, Dead Ringer; Se7en by Sean; The Worst Person in the World by Lily; Laetitia’s reviews of The Parent Trap, The Northman, Shrek

Other links:
Vagabon’s NPR Tiny Desk Concert and Bandcamp, You Must Remember This podcast

Credits:
This episode was recorded in Auckland, Brooklyn and Pennsylvania, and edited by Slim. Facts by Jack. Booker: Linda Moulton. Transcript by Sophie Shin. Theme: ‘Vampiros Dancoteque’ by Moniker.