Moody Movie Club

Moody Movies: White Christmas (1954), Wicked (2024), Babygirl (2024), Excision (2012)Welcome back to Moody Movie Club! In this episode, Kylie and Elliott admire when kindness prevails, celebrate Olivia Hussey with a very special Christmas double feature, question the capitalistic impulse of splitting a movie into parts, change their minds about what movie to see on Christmas night, and revisit the 2010s with an indie horror.Read David Erlich's writing on seeing Wicked.Follow along onInstagram: @moodymovie.clubLetterboxd: kylieburton Letterboxd: ElliottKuss

Moody Movie: Nosferatu (2024)Welcome back to Mini Mood: a bite-sized episode that focuses on a movie at the top of the zeitgeist. For this episode, Kylie and Elliott hack an ideal cinema experience, get hypnotized by the aesthetic, consider the question of adaptation, and wonder about historical accuracy. Follow along onInstagram: @moodymovie.clubLetterboxd: kylieburton Letterboxd: ElliottKuss

Moody Movies: Queer (2024), God's Creatures (2022), Monsters Inc. (2001), Krampus (2015), Eyes Wide Shut (1999)Welcome back to Moody Movie Club! In this episode, Kylie and Elliott consider age gaps in film romance, ask if a person has truly watched a movie if they were on their phone the whole time, complete a mutual crush's (current) filmography, embrace the chaos, and have a theatre experience that alters their previous opinion of a certain Christmas film. Follow along onInstagram: @moodymovie.clubLetterboxd: kylieburton Letterboxd: ElliottKuss

Moody Movies: Sunset Boulevard (1950), What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? (1962), Cabaret (1972), and Paris Is Burning (1990)Welcome to The Rad Wrap: a series on series, where Kylie (not a doctor) and Elliott (not a doctor) explore films with a common thread. In this episode, they are joined by K.D. Burton (a doctor), a professor of history, to discuss their curated series: Queering The Culture. Along the way, the three think about what it means to survive (and how different doctors help us do it), consider just what exactly "camp" is, celebrate post-Hays Code queer revelry, and insist that it isn't enough to celebrate if you're not also fighting for community. Follow along onInstagram: @moodymovie.clubLetterboxd: kylieburton Letterboxd: ElliottKuss

Moody Movies: Totally F***cked Up (1994), Zodiac (2007), You've Got Mail (1998), The Girl With the Needle (2024)Welcome back to Moody Movie Club! In this episode, Kylie and Elliott fall into ennui with James Duval, consider the dangers of obsession, reflect on how the internet has changed since the 90s, and see a gorgeously rendered film that makes them feel awful (in a good way). Follow along onInstagram: @moodymovie.clubLetterboxd: kylieburton Letterboxd: ElliottKuss

Moody Movies: Klaus (2019), My Old Ass (2024), His Three Daughters (2024), Faces (1968)Welcome back to Moody Movie Club! In this episode, Kylie and Elliott weep at an animated Christmas film, consider how targeted audience frames a film, become hollowed out by a brilliant film, and lose all sense of time with Cassavetes and crew.Follow along onInstagram: @moodymovie.clubLetterboxd: kylieburton Letterboxd: ElliottKuss

Moody Movies: Foe (2023), Memoir of a Snail (2024), Us (2019), Tig (2019), Dead Poet's Society (1989), The Blackcoat's Daughter (2015).Welcome back to Moody Movie Club! In this episode, Kylie and Elliott refuse to leave their wife with a robot, question when trauma is "too much", reflect on the trickiness of expectations, discuss what makes a documentary truly great, and feel the English teacher love.Follow along onInstagram: @moodymovie.clubLetterboxd: kylieburton Letterboxd: ElliottKuss

Moody Movies: The Amusement Park (1975), David Byrne's American Utopia (2020), Basquiat (1996), and The Devil's Bath (2024).Welcome back to Moody Movie Club! In this episode, Kylie and Elliott feel that more movies should be bookended by PSAs, get their feet tappin', marvel at a stacked cast, and see a movie that feels so bad but looks so good.Follow along onInstagram: @moodymovie.clubLetterboxd: kylieburton Letterboxd: ElliottKuss

Moody Movies: Gladiator (2000) and Gladiator II (2024)Welcome back to Mini Mood: a bite-sized episode that focuses on a movie at the top of the zeitgeist. For this episode, Kylie and Elliott start thinking about the Roman Empire. Along the way, they prepare to be entertained, consider who Gladiator is for (millennial dads? and their children?), like when the gladiators start gladiating, celebrate a big-brave-beautiful-blockbuster boy, and appreciate the queerness at the edges of the sequel. Follow along onInstagram: @moodymovie.clubLetterboxd: kylieburton Letterboxd: ElliottKuss