Cozy Quilt Cinema
Cozy Quilt Cinema is a warm, emotionally-driven movie podcast hosted by Beth and Michelle, a couple who explore films through personal vibes, feminist frameworks, and heartfelt conversation. From horror classics to indie gems, we stitch together cinematic stories with wit, warmth, and real talk. We often apply the Castellini Test, a tongue-in-cheek feminist film metric created by Bri Castellini, to examine how movies measure up in terms of representation, agency, and nuance. Learn more about Bri and the test Here.
Episodes
Beth and Michelle shlep their quilts from the blanket fort to the ice shanty to keep cozy with the curmudgeonly winter film, Grumpy Old Men. Like a stoic Scandinavian uncle, Wabasha Minnesota has perfected the art of small-town banter, ice fishing, and the kind of neighborly squabbles that are really love stories in disguise.
Don't forget our friend of the show and guest, Pat Green is hosting the launch of his new Hearts of Glass...
There are many Cinderella stories, some use magic as a catalyst for change others use suffering to push the narrative. Beth and Michelle discuss how in this film progress is its own magic and how suffering can inform kindness. Join us in the Blanket Fort for a comforting and hopeful retelling of a fairytale classic.
Please join us in the blanket fort as we talk about the 2000 film “Where the Heart Is”. Beth and Michelle lean in for a story of found family, finding self-worth and a few tears along the way. We talk about a movie which never seems to lose its smile, even through the hard times.
In our first live stream watch-along of The Exorcist 1973 Beth and Michelle share a living room with you, in spirit, on Halloween. We do some crafts, talk about things and sometimes we remember there is a movie happening right in front of us.
Apologies to the sound quality, as we are remodeling a 1950’s den to studio standards and had a lot of reflective surfaces. Things are changing here at the PeaPod and hopefully going forwar...
Our fourth movie for the Octobertastic Ghostathon, Beth and Michelle bring in our spirited friend of the show, Pat Green, to discuss the 1982 horror movie Poltergeist. Nostalgia did not prepare us for the nuance between the relationships and particularly to the women in the film. While the remake in 2015 exists, I believe the original still holds up despite the special effects.
Don’t forget that we will be doing a Podbean Live R...
I want you to pretend you're in a theatre. A movie theatre, You're the only one there. It's one of those great old movie palaces... Beth and Michelle find themselves digging into the hauntingly cozy, suspense film, Stir of Echoes, Our 3rd film in the Octoberween, not so ascendingly scary, films.
Life itself is a maze (or labyrinth if there is a minotaur). Sometimes it is built for you and sometimes the maze is something you made yourself. Beth and Michelle follow the trail of origami cranes and red yard to find a group of people that have gotten lost among the many twist and turns but may yet find freedom in understanding.
Beginning our Supertobertacular month of progressively but not so scary movies, Beth and Michelle survive the mayhem of school yard zombie attacks. So take a bite of your chicken nuggies and get ready for that brain rot, because you have Cooties!
Please check out our friend, Pat Greens new book, mentioned in the episode, Hearts of Glass: Living in the Real World. You can find all of his links here
Pat Green, author of Hearts of Glass: Living in the Real World and Editor-in-Chief of Gen X Watch joins Beth and Michelle virtually in the studio to discuss his emotional movie pick, Benny & Joon. This 1993 film remained unwatched by both Beth and Michelle, until now. We discuss all the things about this film that make it a must see for those who haven't.
Beth and Michelle take some time in the country, amongst the simple, salt of the earth folk of Redbud. And we realize that nostalgia has drastically altered our perception of a film that would have been better centered upon Elizabeth Farmer and the good eclectic and well portrayed townsfolk rather than upon Andy Farmer. This is a movie which ends suddenly without resolution to the issue but an acceptance that the issues mean nothin...
Beth pulls on her single bespangled white glove and Michelle dons her blue denim jacket, it's a nice day for a white wedding. We take a time slip into the 80s to discuss The Wedding Singer. It's all about the music, the clothes, friendship and love. This film is a classic that stands the test of time by having timeless themes.
Beth and Michelle travel to Ireland and visit the delightfully cluttered and haunted Dromore Castle. We searched the crypts for some emotional discourse and came away with so much gossamer. But a film is not measured in emotion alone, this tale is a fun romp with little consequence for true emotional depths, it simply doesn't have the time. Come for the ghosts, stay for Peter Plunkett and his staff which I think make the movie not ...
We don't do anything normally, so happy belated or early Rex Manning Day! Beth and Michelle hunt for some fresh beats in the coolest music store in all of Bexley, Delaware. It's 1995 and the music is tight, the weed is wicked and I'm running out of remembered 90s phrasing to shove into a sentence. This cult classic is one of the few times we get a "win" against big box stores but as we know sometimes the win is the battle, not the ...
Beth and Michelle bring the Peanut Butter Falcon into the ring and wrestle with their emotional turmoil. This is ultimately a movie about overcoming the bigotries of intellectual disabilities, living in grief and love in a found family, wrapped in a southern gothic hero's journey. Listen to our discussion, but you should also watch this movie. And I did not, in fact, edit the cats intermittently slow-falling down loose blankets in...
We promo our new podcast, Folkloric
Beth and Michelle become entangled in the nostalgia trap with eyes wide open. This iconic film was likely misunderstood by many, even the writer, John Hughes. Lay against the wall on your mattress on the floor, bring up some Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, maybe just the one song that makes you cry. And join us in a conversation about a film that is nuanced in spite of itself.
I ran across ...
Beth and Michelle tackle the environmental and personal drama, Erin Brockovich. We will tell you about the events that lead to the movies motivation and Erin's journey to become the hero who started out already a hero, trying to keep her children fed. Personal empowerment, civic duty, building a community, holding corporations accountable for their actions, these are all worthy goals.
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Beth and Michelle talk about the fur baby they added to their family, Dame Edwina Alice Poe, or "Poe". We discussed "The Spine" from Steam Powered Giraffe, you can find their link below. Mel Brooks turned 99 this year, Beth shares some facts about his life. The movie Spaceballs isn't really a rich emotional starscape but it has a few solar systems worthy of exploration. Put on your ring, rev up your "Winnenium Falcon" and may the ...
This comedy hits home for both Beth and Michelle, who learned to love this film at different times in their perspective lives. They sit down and have an emotional and thoughtful discussion about the themes flowing through the movie. It is as funny as it is heart-wrenching, as cringe as it is illuminating, there are many layers to this Birdcage cocktail.
Beth and Michelle sit down to a deep discussion about the themes within Drop Dead Fred. We talk about abuse in it's many forms and how this movie may or may not inform our own stances on how to deal with them. We talk about what nuances may have been lost and perhaps gain a better understanding of each other in the process.
Beth and Michelle sit down for a romantic movie in which the assumed protagonist doesn't win the man, but manages to win herself. They share their song, "Maggie May" by Rod Stewart, a deeply odd song for a couples song but you don't pick the song, the song picks you. And Beth has a teapot filled with wishin' and hopin' but mostly Earl Grey tea, because it's arguably the best tea.
Link to Balloon Fest '86 as mentioned in the episod...
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