Cozy Quilt Cinema
Cozy Quilt Cinema is a feminist movie podcast hosted by Beth and Michelle, a queer couple who review films through an emotional, inclusive lens. From beloved horror classics to hidden indie gems, they bring their wit, heart, and real conversation.
Each episode closes with The Stitch Count, a three-part feminist film analysis covering: the Castellini Test (a tongue-in-cheek metric created by filmmaker Bri Castellini), Inclusivity & Gaze, and The Tremors Gold Standard. It's movie criticism that actually cares.
Whether you're a longtime cinephile or just someone who loves a good cozy watch, climb into the blanket fort and settle in.
Evolution (2001): Skyance, Cloaca Shampoo & Orlando Jones
It's 2001 and Y2K didn't end the world, so Ivan Reitman sent aliens to finish the job. One rapidly evolving cloaca at a time. Beth and Michelle cozy in with Evolution (2001), the Ghostbusters-adjacent sci-fi comedy starring David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Julianne Moore, and Dan Aykroyd doing the mos...
Bridesmaids (2011): A Comedy About Grief and Self-Worth
It’s a rainy weekend so why not curl up on the couch with us and watch Bridesmaids (2011) and you’ll see why this movie has been living rent-free in our hearts for over a decade. Yes, there's a woman shitting in the street in a wedding gown. Yes, someone pukes on the back of someone's head. But here...
So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993): This Poem Sucks, But the Romance Doesn't
Beth and Michelle pull a worn, half-forgotten quilt from the top shelf and shake out the dust — because So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993) has been sitting up there for thirty years, and it is absolutely still warm and cozy. Mike Myers plays Charlie Mackenzie, a San Francisco beat poet with a talen...
Bedazzled (2000) – Brendan Fraser, Elizabeth Hurley & the Fine Print
Beth and Michelle turned the air conditioning on for this hellish comedy. Harold Ramis' Bedazzled (2000) is the Y2K fever dream where Brendan Fraser sells his soul seven times over seeming more doomed but likeable with every wish. They dig into Elliot Richards's spectacularly bad attempts to shortcu...
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994): Rain, Hugh Grant, and One Perfect Eulogy
Michelle grabbed the blanket and Beth poured a cup of Earl Grey for this one. Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) is the quintessential British RomCom that managed to make a funeral the most romantic thing in the film. They wade through the charmingly wet world of Hugh Grant’s Charles and his eccentr...
Mean Girls (2004): The Burn Book, the Broken Crown & the Generational Trauma
Get in, loser, we’re going podcasting. This week on Cozy Quilt Cinema, we’re wearing pink and revisiting the 2004 cult classic, Mean Girls. Written by Tina Fey and starring Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, and Amy Poehler, this film is a mosaic of early 2000s nostalgia and sharp social commentary. We’...
Australia (2008): Baz Luhrmann’s G’Day to Epic Melodrama
Pack your kitbags, this week on Cozy Quilt Cinema, we’re heading down under to dust off Baz Luhrmann’s 2008 epic, Australia. Starring Nicole Kidman as Lady Sarah Ashley and Hugh Jackman as the rugged "Drover," this film is a cinematic patchwork quilt, stitching together a Western, a wartime drama, a...
28 Days (2000): A Story About Surviving Yourself
Beth and Michelle talk about being into proximity of and dealing with addiction. Sometimes the coziest stories aren't about perfect lives, easy endings or passionate romances. They are about broken moments and the people who help stitch us back together. There is no easy answer, and no one gets cure...
Wild Wild West (1999): Buddy Cops and that Giant Spider
Beth and Michelle ride into the Wild Wild West, a bizarre Western-steampunk mashup starring Will Smith and Kevin Kline that somehow turns buddy-cop charm, Civil War styled gadgetry, and a giant mechanical spider into one of the strangest major box office flops of the late ’90s. For fans of the class...
Lake Placid (1999): A Creature Feature With a Meat Cute
Within Black Lake there lurks a predator, it glides silently through calm, dark water. Beth and Michelle do a flailing back‑roll entry into Lake Placid, which is what they wanted to call it but the name was taken. They dog‑paddle frantically through a creature feature that can’t decide if it’s a hor...