Cozy Quilt Cinema
Cozy Quilt Cinema is the movie podcast for people who stay in their feelings after the credits roll.
Every week, Beth and Michelle curl up with a movie, whether it's a beloved comfort classic, an overlooked gem, or something entirely new and unpack the hope, heartbreak, humor, and humanity stitched into every story.
Smart, funny, feminist, and unapologetically inclusive, Cozy Quilt Cinema feels like riding home after the movie with your best friends while you're still unpacking everything you just watched.
Every episode ends with The Stitch Count, our signature three-part film analysis featuring the Castellini Test, Inclusivity & Gaze, and the Tremors Gold Standard, a thoughtful look at representation, storytelling, and the things that make movies truly memorable.
So grab your favorite quilt, settle into the blanket fort, and join us for the conversations that begin after the popcorn is gone.
10 Things I Hate About You (1999): 10 Ways to Tame a Shrew
Grab your blanket and get cozy. This week Beth and Michelle are curling up with the ultimate 90s teen rom-com, 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), starring Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles, Larisa Oleynik, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Larry Miller. We're breaking down how this loose Taming of the Shrew adapta...
The Road to El Dorado (2000): The Horse Was a Surprise
Beth and Michelle are heading to 1500s Spain and beyond for their first ever animated movie on Cozy Quilt Cinema. This week they're unpacking The Road to El Dorado, the DreamWorks classic starring Kevin Kline and Kenneth Branagh as two con men turned accidental gods. They talk friendship over greed,...
My Brilliant Career (1979): A Sam Neill Tribute Episode
Beth and Michelle revisit My Brilliant Career (1979), Gillian Armstrong’s Australian period drama starring Judy Davis and Sam Neill. Sybylla Melvyn is a headstrong aspiring writer surrounded by people who believe marriage is the only sensible future for a young woman. Then she meets the charming Har...
Sunshine Cleaning (2008): The Art of Repairing What's Broken
This week Beth and Michelle grab their throws for Sunshine Cleaning (2008), the dramedy about two semi-estranged sisters, played by Amy Adams and Emily Blunt, who start a crime scene and biohazard cleanup business in Albuquerque, New Mexico to fix their money troubles. What they end up cleaning up i...
Once: Falling Slowly Into a Quiet Kind of Love
This week on Cozy Quilt Cinema, Michelle and Beth discuss John Carney's 2007 indie darling Once, the quiet, music-drenched story of an Irish busker and a Czech girl who fall into something between friendship and love. They talk Glenn Hansard and Markéta Irglová's real-life history, the ick factor ve...
Ma Vie en Rose (My Life in Pink) 1997: Trans Cinema Ahead of Its Time ft. Polly Schattel
What does it mean to know exactly who you are when the whole world is handing you a beige palette and wondering why you won't use it? This week, Beth and Michelle are joined by award-winning filmmaker and author Polly Schattel, whose new trans-centered novel Crater Girl is out now, to discuss the 19...
The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert: The Love Stories Buried Under All Those Feathers
Three queer people and one gloriously unashamed 1994 film. Beth and Michelle bring returning guest Pat Green back to the blanket fort for a Pride Month deep dive into The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert, the drag road trip that keeps giving the longer you sit with it. We find there are t...
Love, Simon (2018): A Perfect Score, a Ferris Wheel, and the Courage to Be Seen
We finally watched Love, Simon (2018) and gave it our first-ever perfect score, 9 of 9 on the Stitch Count! This week we're curling up with the story of a kid counting down the days to graduation with one big secret, a string of anonymous emails that turn into something like falling in love, and a F...
Boy Meets Girl (2014): The Trans Rom-Com That Cracked My Egg
Some movies entertain you. Some movies find you at exactly the right moment and crack something open. Boy Meets Girl (2014) is both. This week Beth and Michelle curl up with Eric Schaeffer's tender, sex-positive trans romantic comedy set in small-town Kentucky, the story of Ricky Jones, a 21-year-ol...
Pieces of April (2003): The First Pancake, a Broken Oven and I Feel Fine
Pieces of April (2003), written and directed by Peter Hedges on a shoestring budget and two digital camcorders, is a small film that quietly breaks you open and leaves you with the pieces. Katie Holmes plays April, the black sheep, the first pancake, preparing Thanksgiving dinner for an estranged fa...