Talk Film Society Network

Hi Ho, Cinema To The Letter here! With a new special coming soon to Disney+, it seemed like the right time to unleash our retrospective on The Muppet Show from last May onto the main feed! Join Thomas, Bryan and special guest star Heather Beattie as they discuss a selection of episodes from the original classic The Muppet Show! Episodes featuring esteemed guest stars like Steve Martin, Rita Moreno...

Siobhan and Marcelo are joined by Formula 1 enthusiast Terra to live commentate over the Oscar nominations announcement! Then, they talk about the Golden Globes and their favorites in the Best Sound and Best Visual Effects categories in film in 2025!

Siobhan and Marcelo are joined by Thomas from Cinema to the Letter in this episode, where they discuss their favorite ensembles in film from 2025. Plus, they talk a lot about the Best Casting Oscar category. This is a good one. You can vote in the 13th Annual Talk Film Society Awards now! Help select the best of film of 2025: TalkFilmSoc.com/Vote. Follow the TFSPod for awards season updates: TalkF...

Siobhan and Marcelo pick their best lenses of the year as they discuss the best cinematography in film in the year 2025! You can vote in the 13th Annual Talk Film Society Awards now! Help select the best of film of 2025: TalkFilmSoc.com/Vote. Follow the TFSPod for awards season updates: TalkFilmSoc.com/TFSAwards.

Siobhan and Marcelo build sets and cut film through conversation as they discuss their favorites and their Oscar predictions for Best Production Design and Best Editing of 2025! You can vote in the 13th Annual Talk Film Society Awards now! Help select the best of film of 2025: TalkFilmSoc.com/Vote. Follow the TFSPod for awards season updates: TalkFilmSoc.com/TFSAwards.

Siobhan and Marcelo welcome back their best Best Animated Film guest, Joey Hamilton, to discuss the best animated films of 2025!

Siobhan and Marcelo welcome back Stage to Screen co-host Elise Poston to the show to discuss the best supporting performances of 2025. And yes, we’re changing the way we do things. No more supporting actress and actor categories; it’s all in one big category now! You can vote in the 13th Annual Talk Film Society Awards now! Help select the best of film of 2025: TalkFilmSoc.com/Vote. Follow the TFS...

You can vote in the 13th Annual Talk Film Society Awards now! Help select the best of film of 2025: TalkFilmSoc.com/Vote. Follow the TFSPod for awards season updates: TalkFilmSoc.com/TFSAwards. Siobhan and Marcelo return to talk about one of their favorite things: AWARDS. And in this episode, they do some awards season 2025 talk, but they mostly talk about their favorite non-2025 watches of the ye...

Nothing says the holiday season like looking back at the good, the bad and the ugly parts of the west! For this brand new bonus podcast, Thomas is joined by Siobhan Irving and Sam Brutuxan to discuss The Dollars Trilogy aka The Man With No Name Trilogy from director Sergio Leone and star Clint Eastwood! Listen in as our trio discusses 60 years of this iconic western trilogy consisting of A Fistful...

Elise and Marcelo close out this season of Stage to Screen by looking back at some musicals they’ve seen recently, then they look ahead to season three, and finally, they review Wicked: For Good!

You've got a Full Franchise in me! For Cinema To The Letter's bonus podcast for this month, you can hear Thomas & Bryan's Full Franchise discussion of the Toy Story franchise in honor of the first film's 30th anniversary! Listen as our duo answers the crucial questions. How did Pixar innovate animation by debuting the first computer-animated film? Who is our favorite Toy Story side character? What...

Elise and Marcelo get into a classic on both counts, the musical and the film adaptation of Cabaret. Liza, fascism, queer representation, jazz hands; it’s all here at the Pod Kast Klub!

Elise and Marcelo spend 4 hours and 20 minutes discussing Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In the Heights, from watching the original Broadway run (one of them did that) to the deep connection they have with the film (directed by the Wickedly talented Jon M. Chu).

Elise and Marcelo try something a little different in this episode. First, they talk about Stephen Sondheim’s classical musical Company, how important it is to one of them (guess who), and their experience watching a local production. Then, they talk about the classic documentary Original Cast Album: Company and the fact that there hasn’t been a film adaptation, yet.

Elise and Marcelo wish you a Happy Halloween by talking about the cult classic The Rocky Horror (Picture) Show! Featuring Joey Hamilton and special guest Rocky Horror creator Richard O'Brien.

To celebrate 100 years of Universal Monsters, this Halloween is going with a classic spooky Patreon unlock! Hear Bryan and Thomas celebrate the spooky season back in 2023 with a little drive-in marathon of some classic Universal Monster films! All of which Bryan saw for the first time! Listen to their live reactions to all five films (Dracula, Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, The Wolf Man & Fr...

Elise and Marcelo start their new season of Stage to Screen with a look at the stage musical and film adaptation (directed by Clint “Sully” Eastwood) of the Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons musical Jersey Boys. Catch up on the show: TalkFilmSoc.com/StagetoScreen

Cinema To The Letter covering... television? These MOOD SWINGS! As the show proper remains on hiatus, hear this special Patreon unlock bonus podcast from last year where Thomas & Bryan discuss Spaced! Hear them discuss both seasons of this acclaimed cult show while answering the crucial questions. How much of the future work of Edgar Wright & Simon Pegg can be seen in Spaced? Does the geeky satire...

Elise and Marcelo are here to announce the lineup for Season 2 of Stage to Screen! Plus, more importantly, they interview Rocky Horror creator Richard O'Brien and Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror director Linus O'Brien. Catch up on the show: TalkFilmSoc.com/StagetoScreen

No, we're not cussin' with you. It's a new episode of Cinema To The Letter! Specifically, the A for Atypical season finale for our Animation season, in which Thomas, Bryan, and returning guest Torrey Depina of [marco polo]: An Adult Swim Podcast, to discuss Wes Anderson's Fantastic Mr. Fox! Together, our trio will answer the crucial questions. Do we take Wes Anderson for granted? Why does Fantasti...

What's that gliding into your podcast feeds? It's a new episode of Cinema To The Letter! Join Thomas and Bryan as they discuss the M for Masterpiece choice for their animation season: Hayao Miyazaki's Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind! Together, our duo will answer the crucial questions. Why is this such an underrated work in the Hayao Miyazaki canon? Can the great anime debate of subs or dubs fi...

Mars Needs Moms, but does Cinema To The Letter need Mars Needs Moms? No. The answer is no. To explain why, hear Bryan, Thomas and special guest Adam Sirdoreus of the Films for Breakfast podcast discuss a disastrous flop that was so E for Egregious it destroyed an entire form of animation! Together, our trio will answer the crucial questions. Why is director/writer Simon Wells the most unique nepo...

A new episode of Cinema To The Letter? AWOOOGA! Our animation season continues as Thomas & Bryan discuss the N for New choice of the Pixar film Turning Red! Together, they'll answer the crucial questions. How have Pixar films evolved into the 2020s? Why does this Chinese Canadian story of female coming of age set in 2002 feel so universal? Which dawn of the millennium boy band is the stand out of...

Don't scurry too far away from the super intelligent rats of CINEMA To The Letter! As their animation season continues, Thomas & Bryan welcome animation enthusiast Joey Hamilton to discuss Don Bluth's debut feature The Secret of NIMH! Together, our trio will answer the crucial questions. Why is the story of Don Bluth filled with tragic irony? How has The Secret of NIMH helped influence modern anim...

Cinema To The Letter: A Symphony of Sight and Sound... well mainly just sound. To kick off the animation season, Bryan, Thomas, and returning guest Jael Peralta discuss the Walt Disney anthology musical film Fantasia in the longest regular episode of the show yet! Together, they'll answer the crucial questions. How much of a diva is Mickey Mouse on set? Has our understanding of dinosaurs really ch...