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Cozy Quilt Cinema
Cozy Quilt Cinema is the movie podcast for people who stay in their feelings after the credits roll.
Every week, Beth and Michelle curl up with a movie, whether it's a beloved comfort classic, an overlooked gem, or something entirely new and unpack the hope, heartbreak, humor, and humanity stitched into every story.
Smart, funny, feminist, and unapologetically inclusive, Cozy Quilt Cinema feels like riding home after the movie with your best friends while you're still unpacking everything you…
Episodes
Cozy Quilt CinemaZoolander (2001): Ridiculously Good Looking, Occasionally Problematic
This week we’re strutting down the runway with Zoolander (2001). Ben Stiller directs and stars as Derek Zoolander, a sweet, possibly dim, three-time Male Model…
Cozy Quilt CinemaFlatliners (1990): Bad Science, Worse Decisions
Whether you’re in pre-med to save lives or just morbidly obsessed with death, this week on Cozy Quilt Cinema, Beth and Michelle tackle Flatliners (1990), Joel…
Cozy Quilt CinemaThe Haunting (1963): The Worst Ghost Hunters in Real Estate History
We’re deep into Supertobertacular, our all-month run of not-so-scary movies, arranged from the not-so-scary to the mostly not-so-scary. This week we’re…
Cozy Quilt CinemaDark Shadows (2012): The Tim Burton Parallelogram
It's week two of our Supertobertacular! All month long, we're celebrating Halloween with our picks of not-so-scary movies, ranging from the least scary to…
Cozy Quilt CinemaTeen Witch (1989): Top That, If You Dare
Welcome to week one of Supertobertacular, Cozy Quilt Cinema’s all-month celebration of not-so-scary movies. We start with the least spooky of the spookies and…
Cozy Quilt CinemaFried Green Tomatoes (1991): Love, Chosen Family, and Towanda
It's our 100th episode, and somehow no movie fits that milestone better than Fried Green Tomatoes. This week in the Blanket Fort, Beth and Michelle dig into…
Cozy Quilt CinemaBlow Dry (2001): Big Hair, Old Wounds, and a Family Restyled
Grab your Nan's afghan and get in the blanket fort, because this week Cozy Quilt Cinema is diving into Blow Dry (2001), the bittersweet British hairdressing…
Cozy Quilt CinemaClueless (1995): As If Cher Was Actually Clueless
Clueless (1995) is Amy Heckerling's Beverly Hills retelling of Jane Austen's Emma, and it's still changing how we talk. This week in the Blanket Fort, Beth and…
Cozy Quilt CinemaGypsy 83 (2001): Inside the Blanket Fort with Pat Green
This week we're ditching the usual format and pulling up a pillow inside the Blanket Fort with our friend Pat Green. No Stitch Count this time. Just three…
Cozy Quilt CinemaMuppet Treasure Island (1996): But Also, It’s Tim Curry
This week, we’re heading for the high seas with Muppet Treasure Island (1996), in memory of the brilliant and wonderful, Tim Curry. Tim Curry’s Long John…
Cozy Quilt Cinema9 to 5 (1980): Working Women, Rhinestones and Remembering Dolly Parton
This week on Cozy Quilt Cinema, we are taking a quiet moment to remember Dolly Parton with 9 to 5 (1980), the feminist workplace comedy that gave us one of her…
Cozy Quilt CinemaThe Fifth Element (1997): The Future Is an Advanced Sh*thole
It’s 2263. We have flying cars, restaurants that come directly to your window, apartments the size of closets, and somehow humanity is still a mess. So…
Cozy Quilt CinemaAs Good as It Gets (1997): Learning How to Be a Person Again
In As Good as It Gets (1997), Jack Nicholson’s Melvin Udall is a romance novelist who seems determined to keep the entire world at arm’s length, that is until…
Cozy Quilt CinemaProject Hail Mary (2026): Fist My Bump and the Messiness of Science ft. Allaina Humphreys
We are in the Blanket Fort with our incredible friend Allaina Humphreys to talk about Project Hail Mary (2026), and it completely wrecked us in the best…
Cozy Quilt Cinema10 Things I Hate About You (1999): 10 Ways to Tame a Shrew
Grab your blanket and get cozy. This week Beth and Michelle are curling up with the ultimate 90s teen rom-com, 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), starring…
Cozy Quilt CinemaThe Road to El Dorado (2000): The Horse Was a Surprise
Beth and Michelle are heading to 1500s Spain and beyond for their first ever animated movie on Cozy Quilt Cinema. This week they're unpacking The Road to El…
Cozy Quilt CinemaMy Brilliant Career (1979): A Sam Neill Tribute Episode
Beth and Michelle revisit My Brilliant Career (1979), Gillian Armstrong’s Australian period drama starring Judy Davis and Sam Neill. Sybylla Melvyn is a…
Cozy Quilt CinemaSunshine Cleaning (2008): The Art of Repairing What's Broken
This week Beth and Michelle grab their throws for Sunshine Cleaning (2008), the dramedy about two semi-estranged sisters, played by Amy Adams and Emily Blunt…
Cozy Quilt CinemaOnce: Falling Slowly Into a Quiet Kind of Love
This week on Cozy Quilt Cinema, Michelle and Beth discuss John Carney's 2007 indie darling Once, the quiet, music-drenched story of an Irish busker and a Czech…
Cozy Quilt CinemaMa Vie en Rose (My Life in Pink) 1997: Trans Cinema Ahead of Its Time ft. Polly Schattel
What does it mean to know exactly who you are when the whole world is handing you a beige palette and wondering why you won't use it? This week, Beth and…
Cozy Quilt CinemaThe Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert: The Love Stories Buried Under All Those Feathers
Three queer people and one gloriously unashamed 1994 film. Beth and Michelle bring returning guest Pat Green back to the blanket fort for a Pride Month deep…
Cozy Quilt CinemaLove, Simon (2018): A Perfect Score, a Ferris Wheel, and the Courage to Be Seen
We finally watched Love, Simon (2018) and gave it our first-ever perfect score, 9 of 9 on the Stitch Count! This week we're curling up with the story of a kid…
Cozy Quilt CinemaBoy Meets Girl (2014): The Trans Rom-Com That Cracked My Egg
Some movies entertain you. Some movies find you at exactly the right moment and crack something open. Boy Meets Girl (2014) is both. This week Beth and…
Cozy Quilt CinemaPieces of April (2003): The First Pancake, a Broken Oven and I Feel Fine
Pieces of April (2003), written and directed by Peter Hedges on a shoestring budget and two digital camcorders, is a small film that quietly breaks you open…
Cozy Quilt CinemaMoonrise Kingdom (2012): Outcasts and Found Family with Pat Green & Allaina Humphreys
What does it cost to be truly seen by another person and what does the world do when it doesn't know what to do with you? This week, Beth and Michelle climb…
Cozy Quilt CinemaBridget Jones's Diary (2001) Retrospective: More Than a Caricature
This week we're curling up with a film that, we believe, has been misread by its own trailers for twenty-five years. Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), directed by…
Cozy Quilt CinemaSam Raimi's Send Help (2026): The Office Was Always the Horror
What happens when the woman who's been doing everyone else's job for seven years finally finds herself in her element? Sam Raimi's Send Help (2026) answers…
Cozy Quilt CinemaEvolution (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…
Cozy Quilt CinemaBridesmaids (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…
Cozy Quilt CinemaSo 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…
Cozy Quilt CinemaBedazzled (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…
Cozy Quilt CinemaFour 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…
Cozy Quilt CinemaMean 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…
Cozy Quilt CinemaAustralia (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…
Cozy Quilt Cinema28 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…
Cozy Quilt CinemaWild 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…
Cozy Quilt CinemaLake 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…
Cozy Quilt CinemaDark Harbor (1998): A Slow Burn with Very Familiar Smoke
In Dark Harbor (1998), Alan Rickman, Polly Walker, and a young Norman Reedus drift through a rain-soaked psychological thriller about a bitter marriage, an…
Cozy Quilt CinemaA Mighty Wind (2003): A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow
Beth and Michelle reunite with A Mighty Wind, Christopher Guest’s affectionate 2003 mockumentary about three nearly famous folk groups gathering for one…
Cozy Quilt CinemaLittle Shop of Horrors (1986): The American Dream Has Teeth
Beth and Michelle go downtown, where the guys are drips, the rent is overdue, and nearly everyone dreams of escaping Skid Row. This week, they revisit Little…
Cozy Quilt CinemaDeath Becomes Her (1992): Patriarchy Is the Trap, Beauty Is the Bait
Beth and Michelle revisit Death Becomes Her, the 1992 dark comedy where two lifelong rivals drink a potion promising eternal youth, only to discover that…
Cozy Quilt CinemaEurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020): Joy Is More Important Than Winning
Beth and Michelle return to Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, the 2020 musical comedy where two lifelong performers from a small Icelandic town…
Cozy Quilt CinemaKnives Out (2019): The Hole Inside the Doughnut
Beth and Michelle enter the Thrombey mansion for their first viewing of Knives Out, the 2019 mystery where an enormously wealthy crime novelist dies after his…
Cozy Quilt CinemaThe Mummy (1999): Romance, Resurrection, and Questionable Archaeology
Beth and Michelle return to 1920s Egypt for The Mummy, the 1999 adventure where a brilliant librarian, a world-weary gunslinger, one extremely lucky brother…
Cozy Quilt CinemaGhostbusters II (1989): Mood Slime and the Work of Staying Connected
Beth and Michelle talk about Ghostbusters II, the strange, slimy, emotionally contagious 1989 sequel where New York has forgotten its former heroes, the team…
Cozy Quilt CinemaTrading Places (1983): Privilege for a Dollar
Beth and Michelle revisit Trading Places, the 1983 comedy where two wealthy brothers wager one dollar that privilege and deprivation can be exchanged as easily…
Cozy Quilt CinemaThe Princess Bride (1987): As You Wish, Rob and Michele Reiner
In this impromptu and deeply personal episode, Beth and Michelle discuss The Princess Bride in memory of Rob and Michele Reiner. Their deaths have left an…
Cozy Quilt CinemaScrooged (1988): A Work in Progress with Ghosts
Beth and Michelle watch Scrooged, the 1988 Christmas satire where Bill Murray’s ruthless television executive discovers that capitalism, cruelty, and an…
Cozy Quilt CinemaHappiest Season (2020): Gaslit Under the Twinkle Lights
Beth and Michelle revisit Happiest Season, the queer holiday rom-com where a Christmas visit becomes an exhausting journey back into the closet. Abby arrives…
Cozy Quilt CinemaClue (1985): It’s About the Cheese, Not the Holes
Beth and Michelle revisit Clue, the 1985 murder mystery where six suspicious guests, one frantic butler, several conveniently placed weapons, and three…
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Grumpy Old Men (1993): Insults Are Their Love Language
Beth and Michelle return to snowy Minnesota for Grumpy Old Men, the 1993 comedy in which Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau turn insults, pranks, ice fishing, and…
Cozy Quilt CinemaEver After (1998): A Cinderella Story About Dignity and Class
Beth and Michelle settle beneath the quilt with Ever After, the warm and fiercely feminist Cinderella retelling where Leonardo da Vinci fills in for the fairy…
Cozy Quilt CinemaWhere the Heart Is (2000): Found Family After the Walmart
Beth and Michelle discuss Where the Heart Is, the 2000 drama about a pregnant seventeen-year-old abandoned at an Oklahoma Walmart and the community that slowly…
Cozy Quilt CinemaLive Watch-Along: The Exorcist (1973) — Crafts, Faith, and One Spicy Demon
Supertobertacular reaches its unholy conclusion with a live Halloween watch-along of The Exorcist. Start the 1973 horror classic with Beth and Michelle’s…
Cozy Quilt CinemaPoltergeist (1982) ft. Pat Green: Suburban Safety Was Always a Lie
Supertobertacular continues as Beth and Michelle welcome Pat Green back to confront the suburban nightmare of Poltergeist. What begins with television static…
Cozy Quilt CinemaStir of Echoes (1999): A Cozy Ghost Story About Human Monsters
Supertobertacular continues with Stir of Echoes, a supernatural mystery in which one reckless act of hypnosis opens Tom Witzke to a world he was never prepared…
Cozy Quilt CinemaDave Made a Maze (2017): He Thought of Everything but a Way Out
Supertobertacular continues as Beth and Michelle enter the beautifully constructed cardboard labyrinth of Dave Made a Maze. What begins as another unfinished…
Cozy Quilt CinemaCooties (2014): Zombie Children at Fort Chicken Elementary
Beth and Michelle launch their first annual Supertobertacular, an October progression of increasingly (but not excessively) scary movies, with the 2014 horror…
Cozy Quilt CinemaBenny & Joon (1993) ft. Pat Green: You Need Me to Be Broken
Beth and Michelle welcome writer, artist, activist, and GenX Watch founder Pat Green for his first visit to the show and a deeply personal conversation about…
Cozy Quilt CinemaFunny Farm (1988): Elizabeth Wrote the Better Story
Beth and Michelle return to the deceptively idyllic world of Funny Farm, where a writer and his increasingly exasperated wife abandon the city for a beautiful…