Falling in Love Montage
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Every other week, Valerie and Helen will look at a different chick flick (muff film, broad comedy, lady thriller, period movie, whathaveyou) and boil it down to its themes and how those themes affect our tender feminine emotions. Mostly we'll just go off on tangents about Sex and the City. We'll talk about chick flick tropes, like love triangles/squares/pentagons and sisterhood. We'll explore just how strong girl power actually is and if real vampires sparkle in the sunlight, or if that's just movie magic. And we'll reveal our (Helen's) repressed sexual feelings for Hugh Grant. We'll get a dude's opinion, and we'll even listen to it.
Épisodes 171
Vamps
Happy spooky mwa-ha-ha month! It's Halloween! I (Helen) was going to get the episode posted early this month, but I didn't! So it's Halloween! Happy Halloween! For this oops-Halloween-Day episode, we watched …
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Happy spooky mwa-ha-ha month! It's Halloween! I (Helen) was going to get the episode posted early this month, but I didn't! So it's Halloween! Happy Halloween!
For this oops-Halloween-Day episode, we watched and discussed the under-watched and under-discussed Amy Heckerling film Vamps. Yes, it's about vampires, but don't be scared -- they're cute lady vampires! And Wallace Shawn is there to protect you if things get too bitey.
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The Wrong Girls
Y'all, our podcast webhost has a feature that writes AI show notes for us without us asking (this is not them), and I swear to God it's the dumbest, funniest thing ever -- just like the 2026 stoner-com The …
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Y'all, our podcast webhost has a feature that writes AI show notes for us without us asking (this is not them), and I swear to God it's the dumbest, funniest thing ever -- just like the 2026 stoner-com The Wrong Girls, which Podbean's AI assures me is the subject of this "September" episode.
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Romancing the Stone
At long last, we rewatched the 1984 romantic adventure movie Romancing the Stone and found that -- when travelling to a stereotypical 1984 Colombia, there's a lot to pack and unpack. But the good news is this …
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At long last, we rewatched the 1984 romantic adventure movie Romancing the Stone and found that -- when travelling to a stereotypical 1984 Colombia, there's a lot to pack and unpack. But the good news is this: 1) it's still a madcap romp, 2) it's not Milo and Otis, and 3) it's still got sexy leads -- and yes, we're talking about Danny DeVito.
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Fried Green Tomatoes
It's summertime in the American South and the 35th anniversary of the release of Fried Green Tomatoes. What were we to do but watch and discuss the 1991 movie, adapted from Fannie Flagg’s original novel, and …
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It's summertime in the American South and the 35th anniversary of the release of Fried Green Tomatoes. What were we to do but watch and discuss the 1991 movie, adapted from Fannie Flagg’s original novel, and eat its namesake food, in the very place that made it famous?
So pull up a train car and settle in for a story — and if you get peckish, you can always swing by Juliette, Georgia to stop into the real Whistle Stop Cafe.Chapitres
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A New Leaf (w/ Karen Wurl)
To celebrate her birth month, we finally called our mom back to the show -- just in time to talk about a movie that came out 55 years ago. Welcome to Elaine-May June, where we tackle the 1971 classic A New Leaf …
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To celebrate her birth month, we finally called our mom back to the show -- just in time to talk about a movie that came out 55 years ago.
Welcome to Elaine-May June, where we tackle the 1971 classic A New Leaf -- because we love it, because our mom introduced us to it, and because talking about The Heartbreak Kid would have been such a bummer.
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Definitely, Maybe
After covering 158 non-Ryan-Reynolds movies, we owed it to our listeners and ourselves to tag the guy in. So here he is: beloved Canadian leading man Ryan Reynolds in the 2008 "Brooksy" feature Definitely …
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After covering 158 non-Ryan-Reynolds movies, we owed it to our listeners and ourselves to tag the guy in. So here he is: beloved Canadian leading man Ryan Reynolds in the 2008 "Brooksy" feature Definitely, Maybe, a movie that -- if you used only this episode as evidence -- you would swear was maybe* like our favorite movie ever?
*if not definitely
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The Devil Wears Prada
The sequel being imminent, it's become fashionable to revisit The Devil Wears Prada with a 2026 lens. So I guess that's technically what we're doing? I don't know; we watched the original 2006 movie The Devil …
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The sequel being imminent, it's become fashionable to revisit The Devil Wears Prada with a 2026 lens. So I guess that's technically what we're doing? I don't know; we watched the original 2006 movie The Devil Wears Prada, and this podcast episode is us talking about it.
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Pretty in Pink (w/ Amy Pascale)
To celebrate its 40-year anniversary -- and the 10-year anniversary of us somehow not covering the movie already whoops -- we brought back Amy Pascale, pHD (physician[?] on Howard Deutch), to discuss the …
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To celebrate its 40-year anniversary -- and the 10-year anniversary of us somehow not covering the movie already whoops -- we brought back Amy Pascale, pHD (physician[?] on Howard Deutch), to discuss the beloved teen rom-com-dram Pretty in Pink.
Check out Amy's Etsy store, or check out her podcast Ladies Love Paul Rudd!
10th Anniversary Special
After a decade of podcasting together, we take a moment to reflect back on the many things that have transpired since our first episode. From the challenges of audio recording and editing to the joy of …
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After a decade of podcasting together, we take a moment to reflect back on the many things that have transpired since our first episode. From the challenges of audio recording and editing to the joy of rewatching some of our favorite films and the sometimes cringe, sometimes delight of watching new ones. However, nothing has been as impactful as connecting with listeners, having the opportunity to join a network of incredibly talented people, and the privilege of hosting some of the most remarkable guests.
But mostly we just play games and bemoan how after ten years, we still have the same unhinged and mentally feeble sex predator in office. If that interests you, have a listen.
You can find Helen's playlist here: Stand-out songs from every chick flick covered on the (now 10-year-old!) Falling in Love Montage Podcast!Spotify playlist
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A heartfelt thank you to the incredible individuals who have joined our programming over the years. 🫶🏼 You put the Falling in Love in Falling in Love Montage Podcast!
Kat Grier, Karen Wurl, Frances Chang, Hooks Morgann, Jessie Cooper, Nicole Kemper, Malcolm Nygard, Erin Gambril, Owen Choules, E LaStar, MC Williams, Ollie Brady, Tracy Tanoff, Vanessa Riley, Ariel Azzara, Ryan Lynch, Megan Griffin, Bill O'Donnell, Juha Heikkilä, Tara Thoma, Elle Riccardi, Ryan Healey, Nick Wood, Jon Biegen, Whitney Segars, Allyson, Mariela, Lauren DeBlasi Jackson, Brian Flanagan, Amy Pascal, Phil Gonzales, Tim Hulsizer, Millie De Chirico, Dan McCoy, Michael M. Rader, Gena Radcliff, Jan Thrapp, Shane Kearney, Gloria White, Sarah Norton, Angel Kofsky, Shannon Campe, Marisa Macias, Mitchell Anderson, Matthew Mammola, and Matt LaStar.Notting Hill (w/ Marisa Macias)
Valerie and Helen welcome first-time guest Marisa Macias to talk about fifth-time (to the podcast) Richard Curtis classic Notting Hill, gay awakenings, and who the most well-known Welsh person in America is …
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Valerie and Helen welcome first-time guest Marisa Macias to talk about fifth-time (to the podcast) Richard Curtis classic Notting Hill, gay awakenings, and who the most well-known Welsh person in America is. It's nice! Surreal, but nice.
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Sleepless in Seattle
You fell in love with us on the radio* -- you weren't expecting it, and you couldn't help it. It was the sound of our voices, the things we said. And suddenly, you knew -- you weren't satisfied with the chick …
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You fell in love with us on the radio* -- you weren't expecting it, and you couldn't help it. It was the sound of our voices, the things we said. And suddenly, you knew -- you weren't satisfied with the chick flick discourse your other relationships were providing.
From there, you followed us, over the airwaves and across the country, until we finally, finally covered Nora Ephron's 1993 more-than-classic Sleepless in Seattle. It was our second foray into the Tom-Hanks-Meg-Ryan-iverse, and you were destined to hold our hands as we went.
*podcasts are sort of like radio, whatever, leave me aloneA Merry Little Ex-Mas
Have yourself A Merry Little Ex-Mas. Or at least a podcast episode about the 2025 movie of that name, which is what this is.
Freakier Friday (w/ Sarah Norton)
After going almost a full year without covering a new Lindsay Lohan movie, we were desperate -- and fortunately for us (and you!! wink! 😉!!) the universe gave us Freakier Friday. Nothing was going to stop us …
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After going almost a full year without covering a new Lindsay Lohan movie, we were desperate -- and fortunately for us (and you!! wink! 😉!!) the universe gave us Freakier Friday. Nothing was going to stop us from covering it -- not even the fact that we haven't covered Freaky Friday. Beloved Lindsay-Lohan-correspondent Sarah Norton joins us as we gush about -- but don't fully spoil -- this highly relatable tale about waking up in your mother's body just two days before she is due to marry this really handsome British chef guy. Just like we did when we were kids.
Check out Part 1 of Sarah's hit (and Ari-approved) TikTok on Wicked!Lisa Frankenstein
It's mwa-ha-ha season yet again, and if you thought Diablo Cody had mwa'd her last ha with Jennifer's Body, we are like annoyingly excited to correct you by talking about the 2024 "coming-of-rage" dark rom-com …
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It's mwa-ha-ha season yet again, and if you thought Diablo Cody had mwa'd her last ha with Jennifer's Body, we are like annoyingly excited to correct you by talking about the 2024 "coming-of-rage" dark rom-com Lisa Frankenstein -- a piece seemingly made exactly for our '80s-minted eyes, and a movie that is, if Lisa Frank should somehow be reading these show notes, really just a straightforward remake of Weird Science and nothing to do with her intellectually property in any way ha ha
Uptown Girls
We are a podcast that often covers peoples' underrated comfort movies, and this time we finally tackle the long neglected Valerie-comfort-watch (and Jesse-Spencer vehicle!) Uptown Girls. If that's not a comfort …
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We are a podcast that often covers peoples' underrated comfort movies, and this time we finally tackle the long neglected Valerie-comfort-watch (and Jesse-Spencer vehicle!) Uptown Girls. If that's not a comfort movie for you, 1) why not, it's sweet and fun, and 2) we hope you take some comfort in the knowledge that we'll talk about a different movie next month.
Probably.
OK, there's a non-zero chance this will just be an Uptown Girls podcast moving forward.
Joe Versus the Volcano
Dear listeners -- some of whose names we know -- thank you for helping us celebrate Valerie's birth month by listening to our episode covering 1990's Joe Versus the Volcano. We forgot how wonderfully bonkers …
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Dear listeners -- some of whose names we know -- thank you for helping us celebrate Valerie's birth month by listening to our episode covering 1990's Joe Versus the Volcano. We forgot how wonderfully bonkers this movie was. Thank you for listening.
High School Musical: The Trilogy
For the month of 'ly in the year of our lord '25, we assigned ourselves some summer school. Kind of a lot of summer school, in fact. Making his first FiLM appearance since we covered Frozen in 2017, Helen's son …
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For the month of 'ly in the year of our lord '25, we assigned ourselves some summer school. Kind of a lot of summer school, in fact.
Making his first FiLM appearance since we covered Frozen in 2017, Helen's son (and Valerie's nephew!) Elam joined us, this time to discuss three whole movies -- if you consider the High School Musical movies to be movies. We truly are all in this together -- and by "this," we mean High School Musical, High School Musical 2, and High School Musical 3: Senior Year. Was this the most fun we've had in a while? BET ON IT (bet on it) bet on it (bet on it)!The Favourite
For June, we really wanted to bring you something queer. Like gay queer. And I believe we've done that, but also, as a fun bonus, it turns out we've brought you something weird queer as well. So this episode …
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For June, we really wanted to bring you something queer. Like gay queer. And I believe we've done that, but also, as a fun bonus, it turns out we've brought you something weird queer as well. So this episode -- and this movie -- lives in that cozy, perfect, Venn-diagram-intersection of good queer things.
We talked about Yorgos Lanthimos's gorgeous dark/etc. comedy, The Favourite. To make an otherwise unsettling Pride month better. But still kind of unsettling. But, like, unsettling in a cool way. Happy Pride.
Two Weeks Notice
We gave you exactly one month's notice that we were going to cover the underrated 2002 cutie vehicle Two Weeks Notice for May ("Sandy summer," we called it, very cleverly). So if this surprised you, I don't …
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We gave you exactly one month's notice that we were going to cover the underrated 2002 cutie vehicle Two Weeks Notice for May ("Sandy summer," we called it, very cleverly). So if this surprised you, I don't know what to say.
Miss Congeniality
It's been 25 years since the globally beloved Miss Congeniality came out, and it's been 9 years since this only-just-slightly-less-globally-beloved podcast first started. And I don't really remember where I was …
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It's been 25 years since the globally beloved Miss Congeniality came out, and it's been 9 years since this only-just-slightly-less-globally-beloved podcast first started. And I don't really remember where I was going with that, but that's the timeline.
Anyway, we're finally bringing you what you really want -- a frank, 2-hour discussion of the Sandra Bullock beauty pageant classic, and eventually, somehow, world peace.Little Women (w/ Shannon Campe)
It is March, and we are sisters, and that technically makes us March sisters. So this time the "March sisters" pulled in an extra honorary sister to finally fall into the warm embrace of Greta Gerwig's Little …
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It is March, and we are sisters, and that technically makes us March sisters.
So this time the "March sisters" pulled in an extra honorary sister to finally fall into the warm embrace of Greta Gerwig's Little Women (2019). Joining us is Shannon Campe of Little Women: A Modern Audio Drama, whose expertise and contagious fanaticism have helped us realize we were no longer little girls.Check out Shannon's own fabulous Little Women adaptation at www.littlewomenpodcast.com.
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
When we covered Bridget Jones's Diary for our first-ever episode on Galentine's Day in 2016, we couldn't have known the world would give us the incredible gift of a fourth Bridget Jones movie on our very …
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When we covered Bridget Jones's Diary for our first-ever episode on Galentine's Day in 2016, we couldn't have known the world would give us the incredible gift of a fourth Bridget Jones movie on our very anniversary nine years later. But that's where fate finds us today, watching Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy -- happy, heartbroken, and humbled that we have gotten to do this for going on ten years now.
Cats
It's a new year and, ugh, a new world, and to celebrate and distract from that, we've brought you the absolutely bonkers bouquet that is Tom Hooper's infamous 2019 masterwork Cats. While taking on this movie …
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It's a new year and, ugh, a new world, and to celebrate and distract from that, we've brought you the absolutely bonkers bouquet that is Tom Hooper's infamous 2019 masterwork Cats.
While taking on this movie was no small feat, it was an incredibly easy choice* -- this episode is dedicated to the memory of James Petrosky, a magnificent person, friend to the show, and the greatest advocate for Cats (2019) this side of the Russell Hotel.
*And yes, a Jellicle one as well
If so moved, you can donate to the wonderful hospice where James spent his last months and days, or to a hospice local to you.
Check out James's blog, including just some of his thoughts about Cats.
Our Little Secret (w/ Sarah Norton)
As a holiday gift, Netflix brought Lindsay Lohan back -- for, like, a real movie this time. So what choice did we have but to dive back in to the Lohan-iverse, bringing along our fetch-as-heck friend and …
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As a holiday gift, Netflix brought Lindsay Lohan back -- for, like, a real movie this time. So what choice did we have but to dive back in to the Lohan-iverse, bringing along our fetch-as-heck friend and Lindsay Lohan correspondent Sarah K. Norton for Christmas company? We ate this 2024 Atlanta-set rom-com up like so many chocolate cookies (or some other direct reference you'll only fully get if you watch Our Little Secret and/or listen to this episode).
Check out Sarah and her husband's podcast Never Grow Up!
John Tucker Must Die
We finally discover the secret reason Helen made Valerie wait nine years to cover the very-2006, adapted-from-Shakespeare (?!?) teen revenge comedy John Tucker Must Die -- she has a condition* that makes her …
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We finally discover the secret reason Helen made Valerie wait nine years to cover the very-2006, adapted-from-Shakespeare (?!?) teen revenge comedy John Tucker Must Die -- she has a condition* that makes her call basketball "football," and it's very painful and embarrassing.
*being dumb
And as promised, here the show note where we ask you to email us at [email protected]. We looked up our email address, and we're pretty sure this is it!
Practical Magic
This very special Halloween episode delves into the story of two close-but-disparate sisters and how they found themselves shunned by their community because of their unusual background -- they were bitches who …
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This very special Halloween episode delves into the story of two close-but-disparate sisters and how they found themselves shunned by their community because of their unusual background -- they were bitches who had either never before seen Practical Magic, or they thought it was silly, or both.
Join us as we come to terms with every wild thing the beloved 1998 rom-com-fantasy-crime-drama-cult-classic-Margo-Martindale-vehicle Practical Magic stands for and find ourselves maybe grabbing our proverbial brooms to join the coven.
Do we make ourselves as silly as the film we're discussing? At least.
Are we able to keep down these midnight margaritas? Mostly.
Will our listeners burn us at the stake for transgressing against the Owens women? Well, that's up to you.Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (w/ Angel Kofsky)
You asked for it (we think? It would have been a long time ago; we could be wrong. Someone definitely asked for it, we're pretty sure), and after a mere half-dozen years, we did it -- Michel Gondry's beloved …
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You asked for it (we think? It would have been a long time ago; we could be wrong. Someone definitely asked for it, we're pretty sure), and after a mere half-dozen years, we did it -- Michel Gondry's beloved sci-fi dram-rom-com Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. And for the discussion, we brought someone unforgettable -- poet, host of the Ku-Popup Open Art Showcase, and romantic lead to cohost Helen -- Angel Kofsky!
Check out the Ku-Popup Open Mic and Art Showcase, Thursdays at 8pm ET on Angel's Twitch channel and/or in their Discord.
Untamed Heart
For Valerie's ~b i r t h m o n t h~ we are covering the maybe universally beloved but also possibly largely unknown (?? we don't know!) romantic drama classic (???) Untamed Heart. We have a great time talking …
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For Valerie's ~b i r t h m o n t h~ we are covering the maybe universally beloved but also possibly largely unknown (?? we don't know!) romantic drama classic (???) Untamed Heart.
We have a great time talking about this '90s gem that's a little bit urban Nicholas Sparks, a little bit Moulin Rouge/Tarzan/Splash, and all schmaltzy Christian Slater Nature Boy, all the time.Irish Wish (w/ Sarah Norton)
Dog mom, (cool) Disney adult, and generally fabulous person* Sarah K. Norton joins us as we travel, with Netflix's help, to Ireland for summer vacation. Will Lindsay Lohan's Maddie end up with the European faux …
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Dog mom, (cool) Disney adult, and generally fabulous person* Sarah K. Norton joins us as we travel, with Netflix's help, to Ireland for summer vacation. Will Lindsay Lohan's Maddie end up with the European faux Property Brother, or will she end up with Jimmy from Downton Abbey? Will she ever write the great Irish-American novel? Will she fall off the Cliffs of Moher, hit her head, and end up in Falling for Christmas again?
*and presumptive new Lindsay Lohan correspondent!
Check out Sarah and her husband's podcast Never Grow Up!
Donate or learn more about Equality Florida here.Connie and Carla
Two musical-loving, straight-passing white women extend their lives by wading deep into drag culture in this Pride episode in which Helen and Valerie cover the 2004 romp Connie and Carla, the largely forgotten …
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Two musical-loving, straight-passing white women extend their lives by wading deep into drag culture in this Pride episode in which Helen and Valerie cover the 2004 romp Connie and Carla, the largely forgotten Nia Vardalos rom-com in which two musical-loving, straight-passing white women extend their lives by wading deep into drag culture.
Donate to Fanaticure's June 2024 Pride charity drive for Equality Florida here. Since June is almost up, we at FiLM will also be donating $1 to Equality Florida for each July 2024 download of this episode. Thank you for your support!
Fanaticure can also be found on Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, and on her podcast Two Lacquered Ladies.
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