The Letterboxd Show Four Favorites with Selome Hailu: Holes, Emile Mosseri, Roe v. Wade and Gemini season
Variety reporter and Austin native Selome Hailu joins hosts Gemma and Slim to discuss why her Letterboxd profile is only for people who support Holes being her number one movie, and to celebrate the finer points of her other favorite films: The Last Black Man in San Francisco, The Young Girls of Rochefort and Saint Frances.
Plus: the perfect rating, the need for a five-star-plus-“unlike” emoji on Letterboxd, Emile Mosseri’s transcendent soundtracks, Gemma’s defense of Geminis, Slim’s religious experience with Last Black Man’s skateboarding scenes, the urgent conversation around incarceration that Holes brings up, the costuming power of the pleat, building community, choosing joy, spending time with those you love, the weird dualities of life, breaking the cinephile bubble, meeting Magic Johnson, and a little chat about Selome’s rating for Babe: Pig in the City.
Links:
- The list of movies mentioned in this episode
- Reviews of Holes by Aydan Nolan, Grace b-p, Nicole and Roman
- Reviews of The Last Black Man in San Francisco by Lily and Karen Han
- Reviews of The Young Girls of Rochefort by Chris and Truman
- Selome’s Babe: Pig in the City review
- Jack’s Journal interview with Joe Talbot
- Selome’s Mark Brown Variety interview
- Selome’s Magic Johnson Variety interview
- Demi’s Four Faves episode
Lists:
I’m Just a Kid and Life is a Nightmare, Movies that destroyed me…; Iguana appearances; DVD menus burned into your brain…; films that remind you you’re alive; film scores that bury themselves into your skin; lighthearted movies with black characters…; can I get a uhhhh hot old man
Credits:
Recorded in Philadelphia, Los Angeles and Raumati Beach. Edited by Slim. Theme music: “Vampiros Danceoteque” by Moniker. Facts by Jack. Booker: Linda Moulton. Transcripts by Sophie Shin. The Letterboxd Show and Weekend Watchlist are TAPEDECK productions.