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.
Flatliners (1990): Bad Science, Worse Decisions
Whether you’re in pre-med to save lives or just morbidly obsessed with death, this week on Cozy Quilt Cinema, Beth and Michelle tackle Flatliners (1990), Joel Schumacher’s thriller about five Chicago medical students who stop their hearts to see what lies beyond death. Each one comes back followed b...
The Haunting (1963): The Worst Ghost Hunters in Real Estate History
We’re deep into Supertobertacular, our all-month run of not-so-scary movies, arranged from the not-so-scary to the mostly not-so-scary. This week we’re knocking on the very breathy door of Robert Wise’s classic haunted house film, The Haunting (1963). Dr. Markway wants proof of the supernatural, so ...
Dark Shadows (2012): The Tim Burton Parallelogram
It's week two of our Supertobertacular! All month long, we're celebrating Halloween with our picks of not-so-scary movies, ranging from the least scary to, well, not-so-scary. This week, we're digging up Dark Shadows (2012), Tim Burton's gothic soap opera turned vampire comedy, starring Johnny Depp,...
Teen Witch (1989): Top That, If You Dare
Welcome to week one of Supertobertacular, Cozy Quilt Cinema’s all-month celebration of not-so-scary movies. We start with the least spooky of the spookies and work our way up to the spookiest ones we can tolerate (Michelle is a weenie, and she’s not sorry). First up is Teen Witch (1989), the cult cl...
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991): Love, Chosen Family, and Towanda
It's our 100th episode, and somehow no movie fits that milestone better than Fried Green Tomatoes. This week in the Blanket Fort, Beth and Michelle dig into John Avnet's 1991 classic starring Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker, and Cicely Tyson, the story of a stif...
Blow Dry (2001): Big Hair, Old Wounds, and a Family Restyled
Grab your Nan's afghan and get in the blanket fort, because this week Cozy Quilt Cinema is diving into Blow Dry (2001), the bittersweet British hairdressing comedy you didn't know you needed. Set against the backdrop of the national hairdressing championships in a small Yorkshire town, retired styli...
Clueless (1995): As If Cher Was Actually Clueless
Clueless (1995) is Amy Heckerling's Beverly Hills retelling of Jane Austen's Emma, and it's still changing how we talk. This week in the Blanket Fort, Beth and Michelle take on the question: is Cher Horowitz really clueless, or is she sheltered, sharp, and thoughtful? We follow Cher (Alicia Silverst...
Gypsy 83 (2001): Inside the Blanket Fort with Pat Green
This week we're ditching the usual format and pulling up a pillow inside the Blanket Fort with our friend Pat Green. No Stitch Count this time. Just three people talking about a movie and following the conversation wherever it goes. The movie is Gypsy 83, the 2001 indie about two goth misfits in San...
Muppet Treasure Island (1996): But Also, It’s Tim Curry
This week, we’re heading for the high seas with Muppet Treasure Island (1996), in memory of the brilliant and wonderful, Tim Curry. Tim Curry’s Long John Silver is charming, dangerous, funny, warm, and somehow exactly the person you want Jim Hawkins to stay away from and become best friends with at ...
9 to 5 (1980): Working Women, Rhinestones and Remembering Dolly Parton
This week on Cozy Quilt Cinema, we are taking a quiet moment to remember Dolly Parton with 9 to 5 (1980), the feminist workplace comedy that gave us one of her most iconic songs and one of her most memorable performances. Dolly stars alongside Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin as three women pushed to the ...