Moody Movie Club

Moody Movie: Materialists (2025)Welcome back to Mini Mood: a bite-sized episode that focuses on a movie at the top of the zeitgeist. In this episode, Kylie & Elliott feel nervous for a new release, consider the tension between genre reclamation and subversion, and get the vapours for three babely babes.Follow along onInstagram: @moodymovie.clubLetterboxd: kylieburton Letterboxd: ElliottKuss

Moody Movies: Synecdoche, New York (2008), The Worst Person in the World (2021), I Saw the TV Glow (2024)Kylie & Elliott are joined by Elli McDine to discuss three movies that explore identity and what it means to live an authentic life. Along the way, they think about what it means to build a life in a burning house, insist on the necessity of play and curiosity, feel the ambiguity of endings, and recognize the simultaneous pain and power of opening your chest. Follow Elli on Instagram at @elli.mcdine and watch her series Coming HomeFollow along onInstagram: @moodymovie.clubLetterboxd: kylieburton Letterboxd: ElliottKuss

Moody Movies: The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), The Long Walk (2019), The Red Balloon (1956), The Tree of Life (2011)Kylie & Elliott find the origins of a favourite sci-fi subgenre, dive into the layers of time and space that a contemplative ghost movie creates, marvel at the most beautiful balloons in all of cinema, insist that even the shortest of films deserve thought and discussion, and are left cold by a thematic exploration of the universe.Listen to Outcasts of the Earth from our buddy Kenyon PayneFollow along onInstagram: @moodymovie.clubLetterboxd: kylieburton Letterboxd: ElliottKuss

Moody Movie: The Life of Chuck (2025)Welcome back to Mini Mood: a bite-sized episode that focuses on a movie at the top of the zeitgeist. In this episode, Kylie & Elliott appreciate the beauty of an ephemeral life, reflect on the perfect adaptation pairing, and contain multitudes.Follow along onInstagram: @moodymovie.clubLetterboxd: kylieburton Letterboxd: ElliottKuss

Moody Movies: Gaslight (1944), Cinema Paradiso (1988), Working Girls (1986), Rumble in the Bronx (1995)Kylie & Elliott dig into the origins of an idiom, find necessity in honouring places and the people associated with them, appreciate the radicalness of a film portraying boredom at work, and fall (further) in love with silly bananas action movies.Follow along onInstagram: @moodymovie.clubLetterboxd: kylieburton Letterboxd: ElliottKuss

Moody Movies: Encino Man (1992), The Eyes of My Mother (2016), Primal Rage (1988), A Nice Indian Boy (2024)Kylie & Elliott reminisce about watching films recorded off TV and onto VHS tapes, are swept up in a bleakly beautiful indie horror film, have a horror movie blast while admiring some next-level mask work, and watch the sweet balm of a romantic comedy.Follow along onInstagram: @moodymovie.clubLetterboxd: kylieburton Letterboxd: ElliottKuss

Moody Movie: Bring Her Back (2025)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 see an anticipated mystery movie with friends, viscerally react to some gnarly effects, and wish for more (thematically speaking).Follow along onInstagram: @moodymovie.clubLetterboxd: kylieburton Letterboxd: ElliottKuss

Moody Movies: Lilo & Stitch (2002), T Blockers (2023), Chain Reactions (2024), Almost Famous (2000)Kylie and Elliott feel the butterflies for some animated sweeties, get inspired by the punk badassery of a DIY horror film, reflect on a beloved film by listening curiously to people talk about it, and revisit a personally important teen favourite to re-think its place in their lives now.Listen to our episode where we talk about our experience seeing The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.Follow along onInstagram: @moodymovie.clubLetterboxd: kylieburton Letterboxd: ElliottKuss

Moody Movies: Final Destination (2000), Final Destination 2 (2003), Final Destination 3 (2006), The Final Destination (2009), Final Destination 5 (2011), Final Destination Bloodlines (2025)Let’s hop aboard Flight 180 and prepare ourselves to never look at logging trucks on the highway the same way again, as we unpack all six films in the Final Destination series.Welcome to The Rad Wrap: a series on series, where Kylie and Elliott explore films with a common thread. In this episode, they call out the most premature baby they’ve ever seen, never look at a logging truck the same, ride the rollercoaster of love, want a film to get “the” out of its mouth, dig deep for their own theories on the premonitions, and honour the brilliance of Tony Todd in a fresh franchise revival.Follow along onInstagram: @moodymovie.clubLetterboxd: kylieburton Letterboxd: ElliottKuss