Film School Trash

Starring Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway, this classic take on the film noir genre leave us almost speechless. Never worry, we will always have something to say. Listen as Tom and Letty relive trauma of college and rat surgery.

Just in time for National Pride Month, Letty and Tom explore this queer coded classic brought to you by Hitchcock. Based on the play, Rope delves into the world of privilege, repressions, and the budding of horror franchise, the purge. Listen as we describe how this UCSC alumni hit a home run with this film.

Hailed as Kurt Cobain’s and Elliot Smith’s favorite film, Paris, Texas, takes Letty and Tom on a wild ride of emotions. We talk Wim Winders, long films, love song to America, and when the plot happens. We both watch this German director open his heart and challenge Tom to cry. Watch as 80s sex symbol, Harry Dean Stanton as Travis, becomes a vacant person to a man of action. Trying to correct his w...

Listen while Tom and Letty get you to watch this Fellini classic. The best in male centric 60s Italian cinema. We also discuss Greta Van Fleet, Meta, meta in film and Pier Paolo Pasolini. Listen as woman take the lead and fight back against the male gaze.

Another cult classic filmed in Los Angeles. Listen how this film changed the realm of sci-fi comedy. A musical for the ages with Circle Jerks. All the while Tom and Letty contemplate the 2019 divorce of Christina Hendricks and Geoffrey Arend.

Check out this cult classic film we actually watched in film school. Listen while Letty worships Christine Vachon, meanwhile Tom goes on and on about Jared Harris.

Tom & Letty go over Female Trouble, 1977 John Waters classic. Listen as we try and remember why we watched this whimsical trashy film. One of the 3 dreamland trilogy, John Waters captures what it means to be celebrity for all the right reasons.

Listen to Tom and Letty try to make up a reason to watch this in film school. Ghost world is a cult classic from 2001. An early Scarlett Johansson film with Thora Birch and Steve Buscemi. Terry Zwigoff captures teenage angst in its truest form.

Down by Law is a 1986 American black-and-white independent neo-beat noir comedy film. It was written and directed by Jim Jarmusch , and stars Tom Waits , John Lurie , and Roberto Benigni .

Tom and Letty explore " Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" In this episode, they try to recollect all Taylor’s marriages and films. This 1966 American drama film directed by Mike Nichols in his directorial debut. The screenplay by Ernest Lehman is an adaptation of Edward Albee 's 1962 play of the same name. It stars Elizabeth Taylor as Martha, Richard Burton as George, George Segal as Nick, and Sand...

A deep look into "Pierrot the Fool", a 1965 French New Wave romantic crime drama road film written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard . Tom and Letty banter about the first time watching in film school in 2000 and rewatch in 2024.

A new podcast hosted by 2 film school graduates from early 2000s. We rewatch movies from our college days and see how they have changed over the years and how we have changed.