In the third episode of the TFS Awards Season Series 2024, Siobhan and Marcelo are joined by past Best Animated Film guest Joey Hamilton. They discuss their favorite Visual Effects and Animated Films of 2024! 

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TFSPod: Best Visual Effects and Best Animated Films of 2024

No, we're not cussin' with you. It's a new episode of Cinema To The Letter! Specifically, the A for Atypical season finale for our Animation season, in which Thomas, Bryan, and returning guest Torrey Depina of [marco polo]: An Adult Swim Podcast, to discuss Wes Anderson's Fantastic Mr. Fox! Together, our trio will answer the crucial questions. Do we take Wes Anderson for granted? Why does Fantastic Mr. Fox evoke the fall season so well? What witchcraft is responsible for making stop-motion puppets have the ability to cry? Well, get in your motorcycle with a sidecar and crank up this podcast to find out!

Make sure to stay until the end of the episode (or skip to 02:24:05) for some important announcements about the future of the show!

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Cinema To The Letter: Fantastic Fox (2009) (A for Atypical Animation)

Elise and Marcelo are here to announce the lineup for Season 2 of Stage to Screen! Plus, more importantly, they interview Rocky Horror creator Richard O'Brien and Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror director Linus O'Brien.

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Stage to Screen Season 2 Overture, Interview with Richard O'Brien and Linus O'Brien

Cinema To The Letter covering... television? These MOOD SWINGS! As the show proper remains on hiatus, hear this special Patreon unlock bonus podcast from last year where Thomas & Bryan discuss Spaced! Hear them discuss both seasons of this acclaimed cult show while answering the crucial questions. How much of the future work of Edgar Wright & Simon Pegg can be seen in Spaced? Does the geeky satire of the turn of the millennium still hold up today? Will this bonus podcast just be bad British accents? Tune in to find out!

Join our Patreon for $1 to hear monthly audio reviews of new releases which you can vote on at patreon.com/cinema2letter! Follow us @cinema2letter on socials! Artwork by Michelle Kyle! Music by Burial Grid! We’re a proud member of the TalkFilmSociety podcast network! 

Cinema To The Letter: Spaced 25th Anniversary Retrospective - Patreon Unlock Bonus Episode

Elise and Marcelo start their new season of Stage to Screen with a look at the stage musical and film adaptation (directed by Clint “Sully” Eastwood) of the Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons musical Jersey Boys. 

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Stage to Screen: Jersey Boys

To celebrate 100 years of Universal Monsters, this Halloween is going with a classic spooky Patreon unlock! Hear Bryan and Thomas celebrate the spooky season back in 2023 with a little drive-in marathon of some classic Universal Monster films! All of which Bryan saw for the first time! Listen to their live reactions to all five films (Dracula, Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, The Wolf Man & Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man) as well as the other entries in the Universal Monster canon.

Join our Patreon for $1 to hear monthly audio reviews of new releases which you can vote on at patreon.com/cinema2letter! Follow us @cinema2letter on socials! Artwork by Michelle Kyle! Music by Burial Grid! We’re a proud member of the TalkFilmSociety podcast network! 

Cinema To The Letter: Universal Monsters Drive-In Special - Patreon Unlock

Elise and Marcelo wish you a Happy Halloween by talking about the cult classic The Rocky Horror (Picture) Show! Featuring Joey Hamilton and special guest Rocky Horror creator Richard O'Brien.

Stage to Screen:The Rocky Horror Show

Elise and Marcelo try something a little different in this episode. First, they talk about Stephen Sondheim’s classical musical Company, how important it is to one of them (guess who), and their experience watching a local production. Then, they talk about the classic documentary Original Cast Album: Company and the fact that there hasn’t been a film adaptation, yet.

Stage to Screen: Company

Elise and Marcelo spend 4 hours and 20 minutes discussing Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In the Heights, from watching the original Broadway run (one of them did that) to the deep connection they have with the film (directed by the Wickedly talented Jon M. Chu).

Stage to Screen: In the Heights

Elise and Marcelo get into a classic on both counts, the musical and the film adaptation of Cabaret. Liza, fascism, queer representation, jazz hands; it’s all here at the Pod Kast Klub!

Stage to Screen: Cabaret

You've got a Full Franchise in me! For Cinema To The Letter's bonus podcast for this month, you can hear Thomas & Bryan's Full Franchise discussion of the Toy Story franchise in honor of the first film's 30th anniversary! Listen as our duo answers the crucial questions. How did Pixar innovate animation by debuting the first computer-animated film? Who is our favorite Toy Story side character? What is up with the Best Original Song Academy Award? Well, put down your Buzz Lightyear & Woody for a second so you can listen to find out!

Join our Patreon for $1 to hear monthly audio reviews of new releases, which you can vote on at patreon.com/cinema2letter! Follow us @cinema2letter on socials! Artwork by Michelle Kyle! Music by Burial Grid! We’re a proud member of the TalkFilmSociety podcast network!

Cinema To The Letter: Toy Story - Full Franchise - Patreon Unlock

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