Let the Movie Speak!

Travis and Annie are joined by co-hosts Alec and Megan for one final trip through the 1960s, celebrating the season with an evening of completely unnecessary awards and highly questionable judgment. Along the way, they hand out dubious honors, play a game of Two Truths and a Lie, check in with a few friends of the show, and once again venture into the lawless wasteland of Bad Letterboxd Reviews. T...

Travis and Annie drift into 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), where the dialogue is sparse, the silences are expensive, and the giant black rectangle somehow ends up doing most of the talking. As they bring their tour of the 1960s to a close, they admire Kubrick's meticulous craftsmanship, reflect on a film that reshaped science fiction, and discover that appreciating a movie and fully understandi...

Returning guest Megan joins Travis and Annie for Night of the Living Dead (1968), where a quiet trip to the countryside quickly turns into a case study in panic, poor communication, and aggressively bad group projects. Between discussions of Barbara's usefulness, the film's lasting legacy, and several inexplicably excellent segues, they explore how a tiny independent horror movie became a...

Travis and Annie crash-land on Planet of the Apes (1968), where the atmosphere is questionable, the existential questions arrive in bulk, and Charlton Heston’s butt somehow becomes part of the discourse. They wrestle with a film that keeps asking enormous questions without always waiting around for answers, admire its audacity, and inevitably arrive at that twist. It’s ambitious, slightly unhinged...

Travis and Annie, with guest Alec, crash Oscar’s apartment and discover a world where chaos has furniture, laundry grows legs, and Felix’s neat freak energy threatens to implode reality. The Odd Couple (1968) is full of laughs, surprisingly tender friendship moments… and enough random horse references to make you question your own sanity. It’s messy, it’s ridiculous, and somehow the horses are the...

In this episode of Let the Movie Speak! , Travis and Annie open the file on Torn Curtain (1966), a Cold War thriller that quietly slips past expectations and starts playing its own game. Paul Newman, Julie Andrews, and Hitchcock all seem to be operating with information we don’t have yet, and that’s half the fun. We talk cover identities, controlled chaos, and why this mission works better than it...

In this episode of Let the Movie Speak! , Travis and Annie slog their way through Mirage (1960), a Cold War paranoia thriller that’s far more confusing than clever. Gregory Peck spends the movie being handsomely lost, the plot is so baffling it feels like it’s actively dodging explanation, and the fight scenes play out like two guys gently asking each other to stop. We talk shady corporations, dia...

Frank Sinatra plays a Manhattan bachelor whose life is basically a cautionary tale in leisure suits. His naïve little brother moves in, bad decisions multiply, and there’s a painfully stupid song that somehow made it into a Hollywood movie. Travis and Annie revel in the sibling chaos, mock the hollow fantasy of bachelorhood, and silently judge Sinatra for aging like a legend while making life choi...

Travis and Annie ride into Sergio Leone’s dusty, dangerous world, but have no fear. They’ve brought along their secret weapon: a guest whose jokes hit harder than Eastwood’s stare. They break down ponchos, power plays, and why silent men with squinty eyes always seem to win. Can you really trust a town with two crime families and one coffin guy?

Annie and Travis find themselves prisoners in need of escape of a classic movie's massive reputation. Does a movie that tackles this material have any right to evoke laughs? Why does everyone love that darned motorcycle jump so much? Tune in while they dig into it.

In this episode, Annie and Travis trek into Kurisowa's sweaty crime thriller to see if they can find the kidnapped child, attempt to decipher the precise blocking, and get to the bottom of what really makes a terrible shoe. Listen in, share, subscribe, and comment wherever you get your podcasts!

Ah, the soothing snaps and whistles of an American classic. Broadway meets Hollywood in this brand new double-episode. That's right, double the movies means double the takes and double the viewing exhaustion from the hosts. Is the original an undeniable cinematic juggernaut? Did Spielberg do something close to the impossible half a century later? If Tony sings the word "Maria" one more time will s...

Travis and Annie continue to see the 60's cinema they've shared from slightly different lenses. This one is a supposedly groundbreaking French New Wave classic that features an insufferable protagonist, jump cuts galore, and a story that reveals more on a rewatch than a first time viewing. Listen in and let us know whether Annie, in fact, has a point.

Travis and Annie begin an unlucky number of episodes exploring what 60's cinema has to offer. This week, they're staring into the (black and white) baby blues of a young Paul Newman in a story that includes pool, broken relationships, even more broken thumbs (and dreams), and yes, more pool. Listen in and leave a rating, review or comment!

Travis and Annie dive into the unsettling world of a party turned nightmare, where buried secrets and mounting tension lead to a shocking revelation. Together they pick at the last bites of the Dinner Party series in order to dissect Karyn Kusama's gripping thriller and decide whether or not it is, in fact, a vampire movie.

Travis and Annie take in the salty air of a remote village and sit down with a group of pious individuals to sample the gourmet delicacies of an Oscar-winner. Show Notes: In this episode, Travis and Annie, our adventurous cinephiles, set the table for "Let the Movie Speak," focusing on their gourmet approach to reviewing films from different decades. They express a hearty appetite for th...

Travis and Annie invite an old friend over for a funeral dinner of catfish casserole and the three of them attempt to answer the age old question that has plagued critics for decades: Is Meryl Streep good?

Travis and Annie bring a guest to eavesdrop on a conversation that includes: beehives, teddy bears, violet-eyed monsters, and the Holocaust a few times.

Travis and Annie join a crowded table of Brits to sample the Oscar winning script of a sort-of murder-mystery.

Travis and Annie set the table for the Dinner Party Movies miniseries by venturing into the Rom-Com that dares to engage in the conversation on civil rights.

An aspirational man who is arguably obsessed with mid-life crises and a word nerd test their fear of cinematic heights while diving head first into Hitchcock's Masterpiece. Show Notes: 1/20/23 Let the Movie Speak! "Vertigo" (1958) Season 5, Episode 12 After discussing their week of watching, including Frances Ha (2012), & The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), the duo of Travis and guest host Annie...

Two dudes sort of talk about "Some Like it Hot" (1959), but really use the episode as an excuse to catch up on what they've been watching.  Show Notes: 1/11/22 Let the Movie Speak! "Some Like it Hot" (1959) Season 5, Episode 11 After breezing right through the unremarkable entry from 1959, Travis and Justin shoot the breeze about what they've been watching lately and why you should check out...

Les amis discover this: if style over substance were a virtue, this film would still be a few francs short of a euro. Show Notes: 12/16/22 Let the Movie Speak! "Elevator to the Gallows" (1958) Season 5, Episode 10 After discussing their week of watching, including Spencer (2021), & Frankenstein (1931), the boys hop on a plane to the seedy, black and white streets of Paris, France to delve into...

What’s the point?: Nihilism, neo-gore, and popcorn drive the pair’s discussion of Howard Hawk’s “The Thing From Another World” and John Carpenter’s “The Thing.” Rest assured: Dog Agency is thoroughly dissected.  Richard Newby’s Hollywood Reporter article regarding the potential saving grace of Marvel’s horror properties: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/werewolf-by-night-comic...

Vegetables with a regrettable tendency to plant their seeds and lay waste to the human race dominate the duo’s discussion.  Show Notes:  10/23/22   Let the Movie Speak!   "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (1956)  Season 5, Episode 9   After discussing their week of watching, including The Sixth Sense (1999), The Adventures of Tintin (2011), the pals jour...