Four Favorites with Claira Curtis: Twilight, menstruation, DILFs and Miyazaki

It’s Twihard season on The Letterboxd Show! We’re traveling all the way to Forks, Washington to bring on extraordinary Letterboxd member and House of Cinema podcast co-host Claira Curtis, who takes us through their four favorites: The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Eve’s Bayou, Howl’s Moving Castle and Honeymoon. Topics include: the Robert Pattinson masturbating cinematic universe, male protagonists Claira can beat up in a fight, the New Moon breakup montage, the DILF canon, Roger Ebert naming Eve’s Bayou the best film of 1997, talking about periods, Miyazaki the antiwar king, gender is everywhere, redhead discrimination and Mia brings back #HoleHorror.

Chapters:

• Opening credits (00:00:00)
• The Twilight Saga: New Moon (00:05:05)
• Eve’s Bayou (00:22:29)
• Howl’s Moving Castle (00:40:20)
• Honeymoon (00:48:24)
• Closing credits (01:05:20)

Credits: Recorded in Newark DE, Los Angeles CA and Seattle WA. Edited by Slim. Theme music: “Vampiros Danceoteque” by Moniker. Editorial producer: Brian Formo. Production manager: Sophie Shin. The Letterboxd Show is a TAPEDECK production.

Lists & Links:

• House of Cinema Podcast
• List of movies mentioned
• “Good For Her” Cinematic Universe, Movies Where There Are No Men, This is my meal. I call this Girl Dinner, The Robert Pattinson Masturbating Cinematic Universe, Male Protagonists that I Could Easily Beat Up in a Fight, My Dad Would Have Loved That, Let’s Talk About Periods! by claira curtis
• 100 Most Obsessively Rewatched Love Stories by Letterboxd
• The Dilf Canon by Heather
• Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon: First Periods on Film by Vanina
• whatever the trans guy version of chick flicks is by charlie
• Mumblegore by Blake

Reviews mentioned:

• sree & my vi’s New Moon reviews
• Brian Sweeney & claira’s Eve’s Bayou review
• Holli’s Howl’s Moving Castle review
• Charlie Nash’s Honeymoon review