4: Lockdown Thirst

The Letterboxd Show

Has lockdown got you thirsty? This is the episode you need. Inspired by film writer Justine Peres Smith’s popular ‘Best Horny Movies for Quarantine’ list, Letterboxd editor Gemma Gracewood, Montreal-based Smith, and The Black List’s Kate Hagen dive deep into several erotic thrillers from the past two decades: Jane Campion’s In The Cut, Park Chan-wook’s The Handmaiden and Yann Gonzalez’s Knife + Heart. And we ask: where’s all the hot sex in Western film these days? Plus: Cronenberg, PTA, Roeg, Marilyn Monroe and more.

Links

Horny movies:

• Kate’s Essential Erotic Thrillers and 365 Sex Scenes
• The Black List
• In The Cut
• Justine’s 2018 re-examination of In The Cut for Little White Lies
• God’s Own Country
• The Handmaiden
• Knife + Heart
• Crash
• Don't Look Now
• Inherent Vice
• Damage
• Bound
• Kate’s Playboy article

Quarantine recommendations:

• Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Justine)
• Peggy Sue Got Married (Kate)
• Ratatouille (Gemma)

Filmmakers on social:

• K. Austin Collins’ Shut-in Movie Club and Letterboxd profile (Justine)
• Vidiots and video stores everywhere (Kate)
• Joss Ackland’s #ReadaLetter (Gemma)

Edited by Morgan Avery. Podcast artwork by Ann Davenport. Theme music: ‘Hitchcock’ by The Phoenix Foundation. Leave a voice message telling us your favorite Steven Spielberg film for our next episode.