Two Girl Cinema Club

Hannah & Ailish
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A podcast where we talk movies, music, and the pop culture scene. Listen every Friday for our takes on the past, present, and future of the industries, and themed movie reviews. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 2d ago

    Salem-Inspired Films + Mouse Review *Spoilers* (The Scarlet Letter, The Crucible)

    We’re fresh off our trip to Boston which inspires our theme for this week! We give a brief recap of our trip, including our day spent in historic Salem where we toured The House of the Seven Gables, the Peabody Essex Museum, and the controversial Warren Museum. While there, we felt inspired to revisit some of these classic pieces of literature that were adapted into films. The Scarlet Letter missed us in high school, but everyone knows the more modern film, Easy A, which is an adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel. This 1995 film stars Demi Moore, Robert Duval, and Gary Oldman, and it definitely is strong in the sets and costuming. The rest of the film unfortunately falls flat for us and we want to read The Scarlet Letter to see how “freely adapted” this actually was. The Crucible is a play nearly everyone has to read at some point in high school. Unfortunately, when we watched the film version in school, it wasn’t the one with Daniel Day-Lewis and Winona Ryder. This was a very interesting watch because it’s so connected to the real people who were lost in the Salem Witch Trials, and we were able to see the memorials for the people mentioned in the film. We were also given the opportunity to watch Mouse before its wider release today! This was a film that we missed at the Chicago International Film Festival, but it’s been getting some traction since. This film was a lot more heavy and emotional than we initially thought and it really sits with you after. The leads (Sophie Okonedo and Katherine Mallen Kupferer) were so strong and emitted grief in such a real way. Mouse examines how grief can look different for everyone and how it stays with you long after your loved one has passed. This is absolutely something worth seeing if it comes to a theater near you, and we hope it picks up some award buzz! If you love us, leave us comments on social media and YouTube, or write a review with your 5-star rating. If you write us a nice review, DM us and we’ll send you some of our new stickers! Don’t forget to follow our socials, and find us on Spotify, YouTube, and Apple Podcasts. New episodes of Two Girl Cinema Club drop every Friday! TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@twogirlcinemaclubpod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twogirlcinemaclubpod Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/47bRko9RaTTCsPoEUfjrfN?si=6e27a23055884826 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/two-girl-cinema-club/id1672867717 Hannah’s Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/gulpfiction/ Ailish’s Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/ailishmasterson/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  2. Nov 6

    2026 Chicago International Film Festival pt. 2 (Bunker, I Play Rocky, No Hands: The Wild Ride of the Schwinn Bicycle Company, Burgundy, Species)

    On this week’s episode, we have the second part of our Chicago International Film Festival coverage. This episode covers Saturday which was our longest and fullest day of the festival. If you’re wondering how the rest of the weekend went, check out last week’s episode where we cover Friday and Sunday. To begin the day, we saw Bunker which stars Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz. These two work so well together, but we felt the film was trying to cover too much. Next, we saw I Play Rocky which we have to admit, we weren’t excited for. We were very pleasantly surprised, however, and the audience seemed to really enjoy it as well. Unlike last year, we were able to see two documentaries. No Hands: The Wild Ride of the Schwinn Bicycle Company covers an interesting and unfortunate downfall of an iconic brand, but we felt it should have focused more on Schwinn compared to other companies. There was also some very egregious use of AI which really took us out of it. Burgundy on the other hand was a breath of fresh air. This was such an entertaining film that we genuinely couldn’t believe it was a documentary. It also had such a gorgeous look and landscape. Finally, we saw Species which was another After Dark presentation. There were quite a few similarities to The Substance, so that made us feel a little less impressed by this one but it was still an entertaining watch. To wrap things up, we also talk about the films we missed from the festival and what’s still on our watchlist. If you love us, leave us comments on social media and YouTube, or write a review with your 5-star rating. If you write us a nice review, DM us and we’ll send you some of our new stickers! Don’t forget to follow our socials, and find us on Spotify, YouTube, and Apple Podcasts. New episodes of Two Girl Cinema Club drop every Friday! TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@twogirlcinemaclubpod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twogirlcinemaclubpod Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/47bRko9RaTTCsPoEUfjrfN?si=6e27a23055884826 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/two-girl-cinema-club/id1672867717 Hannah’s Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/gulpfiction/ Ailish’s Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/ailishmasterson/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  3. Nov 5 ·  Bonus

    Theater Thursday - Wicker + Soulm8te

    We have another Theater Thursday episode this week featuring Wicker and Soulm8te. Since we saw the trailer, we’ve been excited to see Wicker, especially coming off the heels of Pillion. Alexander Skarsgard and Olivia Colman have great chemistry and the film actually has a lot more heart than we initially expected. Wicker is definitely worth seeing, but it’s not as naughty as it seemed and could definitely be pushed farther. Soulm8te was a film we weren’t really anticipating to cover this week since it isn’t a new release, but it just came to Hulu and we were curious. Unfortunately, this one doesn’t really do anything we hadn’t seen before. There are so many films that cover AI, humanoid robots, and technology takeovers, so you really have to do something new to make it interesting. Soulm8te just doesn’t make it happen. If you love us, leave us comments on social media and YouTube, or write a review with your 5-star rating. If you write us a nice review, DM us and we’ll send you some of our new stickers! Don’t forget to follow our socials, and find us on Spotify, YouTube, and Apple Podcasts. New episodes of Two Girl Cinema Club drop every Friday! TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@twogirlcinemaclubpod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twogirlcinemaclubpod Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/47bRko9RaTTCsPoEUfjrfN?si=6e27a23055884826 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/two-girl-cinema-club/id1672867717 Hannah’s Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/gulpfiction/ Ailish’s Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/ailishmasterson/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  4. Oct 30

    2026 Chicago International Film Festival (The Debut, Corpus, Tender Loving Care, Animated Shorts)

    Last weekend, we attended the Chicago International Film Festival for the second year. We were thrilled to be back and are excited to share our experience. Since we’re under embargo for the majority of the films, we’ll only be talking about things on a high level, so be sure to follow Two Girl Cinema Club for continuing coverage as films release and embargoes are lifted. In this episode, we discuss Friday and Sunday of the second weekend of the fest. After we watched You Can See Everything (catch yesterday’s Theater Thursday episode!), we watched The Debut. This was so much funnier than we expected and the performances did not disappoint. It was much different from A Real Pain, so we’re interested to see what Jesse Eisenberg does next. To round out Friday, we caught the After Dark showing of Corpus. This is a horror film directed by famed intimacy coordinator Corrin Evans. This is her first feature film, but we felt it was a bit too ambitious overall. On Sunday, we started the day with some Family Friendly Animated Shorts. Unfortunately, we were only about to see 4/8 of the shorts in this selection because we had an overlapping showing, but we were glad we got to squeeze them in. Be sure to keep an eye out for Saba, Land of No Man, Yugen, and ¿Necesitas Ayuda? and add them to your watchlist, especially if you have children. Our last film of Sunday was Tender Loving Care which is the final film by Mike Leigh. It was hard to believe this was a fictional work and not a documentary because of how real these characters and relationships felt. If you love us, leave us comments on social media and YouTube, or write a review with your 5-star rating. If you write us a nice review, DM us and we’ll send you some of our new stickers! Don’t forget to follow our socials, and find us on Spotify, YouTube, and Apple Podcasts. New episodes of Two Girl Cinema Club drop every Friday! TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@twogirlcinemaclubpod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twogirlcinemaclubpod Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/47bRko9RaTTCsPoEUfjrfN?si=6e27a23055884826 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/two-girl-cinema-club/id1672867717 Hannah’s Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/gulpfiction/ Ailish’s Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/ailishmasterson/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  5. Oct 29 ·  Bonus

    Theater Thursday - You Can See Everything

    In addition to attending the Chicago International Film Festival, we also finally caught up with You Can See Everything over the weekend. This has been hugely anticipated and we were so glad we were able to avoid the spoilers for an additional week! This review however, does contain spoilers, so be sure to go see the film before listening. You Can See Everything is a fantastic documentary by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim that blurs the line between reality and fiction. At the end of it all, we were truly left with more questions than answers and wondered who was manipulating who? Over the last few days, we’ve probably spent twice the length of this film thinking about it, listening to podcast reviews, reading articles, and talking about new theories. Listen to our full review to hear a very condensed version of our thoughts, and be sure to let us know yours in the comments! If you love us, leave us comments on social media and YouTube, or write a review with your 5-star rating. If you write us a nice review, DM us and we’ll send you some of our new stickers! Don’t forget to follow our socials, and find us on Spotify, YouTube, and Apple Podcasts. New episodes of Two Girl Cinema Club drop every Friday! TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@twogirlcinemaclubpod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twogirlcinemaclubpod Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/47bRko9RaTTCsPoEUfjrfN?si=6e27a23055884826 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/two-girl-cinema-club/id1672867717 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  6. Oct 23

    Folk Horror Movies + Jonas Brother Concert (Hokum, Gretel & Hansel, The Wicker Man)

    This week on Two Girl Cinema Club, we’re preparing to go to Chicago for the Chicago International Film Festival! We’re so excited to attend again this year and provide festival coverage. Stay tuned to our socials for updates over the weekend and for next week’s episode where we break down our experience! This week, we had some unexpected changes to our schedule which made us miss the opening weekend of You Can See Everything and Whalefall. We’re hoping to add these into next week’s episode and have been avoiding any and all spoilers online! We also attended the Jonas Brothers concert in Cleveland on Monday which was a callback to our first concert together in 2008. The guys still sounded amazing (and looked even better) and we had a great time with a packed house. Listen to the full episode for more details on their performance! Keeping with the season, we focus on folk horror this week. To start, we have the original The Wicker Man from 1973. This shouldn’t be confused with Wicker that released soon, although both films involve free love. The Wicker Man has an unsettling tone from the very start. There’s just something about a horror film that’s primarily staged in the daytime that really makes you feel uneasy and the slow burn doesn’t pay off until the very end. Gretel & Hansel is a film by Osgood Perkins and we, unfortunately, have to say this is another miss for us. We’ve tried the majority of his films at this point, and they just aren’t paying off. While we love the fairytale lore of Hansel and Gretel, this puts a strange spin on it and makes it more complicated than it really needs to be. Finally, we have Hokum which is the newest release. We’d been looking forward to this and missed out on it when it was in theaters. Maybe we made fools of ourselves once we looked up the definition of the title, but we felt this was nonsense in the worst way. If you love us, leave us comments on social media and YouTube, or write a review with your 5-star rating. If you write us a nice review, DM us and we’ll send you some of our new stickers! Don’t forget to follow our socials, and find us on Spotify, YouTube, and Apple Podcasts. New episodes of Two Girl Cinema Club drop every Friday! TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@twogirlcinemaclubpod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twogirlcinemaclubpod Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/47bRko9RaTTCsPoEUfjrfN?si=6e27a23055884826 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/two-girl-cinema-club/id1672867717 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  7. Oct 16

    Horror Movies that Traumatized Us (The Ring, The Descent, The Hills Have Eyes, Sinister)

    Since we’re halfway through October, we thought it would be only right that we watch some films that still freak us out. As we prepare for the Chicago International Film Festival and try to keep up with the new releases, we stuck to the theme this week. Hannah did add Scary Movie 3 to her rewatch list as a palate cleanser after watching this week’s four films. That movie made light of some top horror films from the early 2000s and still made Hannah laugh while watching it today. We know we probably watched most of these films a little too early and without knowing exactly what we were getting into. The Ring left us terrified for weeks after watching it for the first time when we were in middle school and it still gives us the chills today. The same thing goes for Sinister. We went right to the theater to see this one when it came out and hid behind our popcorn boxes for most of the time. Even watching that film in the safety of our own homes today gave us a freaky feeling. We both agree that The Descent is probably the best made film out of the four. Even though this one is over 20 years old, it still really holds up and looks great. Finally, we have the 2006 remake ofThe Hills Have Eyes. We are curious about Wes Craven’s original, but this version ages like milk and was disappointing on many levels on the rewatch. If you love us, leave us comments on social media and YouTube, or write a review with your 5-star rating. If you write us a nice review, DM us and we’ll send you some of our new stickers! Don’t forget to follow our socials, and find us on Spotify, YouTube, and Apple Podcasts. New episodes of Two Girl Cinema Club drop every Friday! TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@twogirlcinemaclubpod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twogirlcinemaclubpod Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/47bRko9RaTTCsPoEUfjrfN?si=6e27a23055884826 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/two-girl-cinema-club/id1672867717 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  8. Oct 9

    Tom Cruise Week + Digger and Verity Reviews (Cocktail, The Firm, American Made)

    You couldn’t keep us out of the theater this week! October is full of new releases, and we were excited to catch Digger and Verity on their opening weekend. The reviews for Digger were definitely mixed, but we were looking forward to judging for ourselves. Unlike the majority of critics, we enjoyed it and found humor throughout. Tom Cruise gives a great performance and there are a couple twists in the film that surprise you upon first watch. In an earlier episode, Hannah discussed how she read Verity and what she thought of it being made into a film. To prep for its release, Ailish listened to the audiobook so she could have the full Colleen Hoover experience. Unfortunately, we were both left disappointed by many aspects of the film. One positive is that Anne Hathaway is certainly giving it her all even though she hardly moves through the whole film. To go along with the release of Digger, we thought we’d have a Tom Cruise Week. We’ve watched some of his films for other episodes and tried to get selections spanning multiple decades. Cocktail is from 1988 and to say this takes an unexpected turn is an understatement. We could watch Cruise throw drinks around all day long, so we’re not sure why some choices were made as they were in the second half of this one. The Firm was a film we’ve heard about, but never seen over the years. We both agreed that this was thrilling and fun, and it was great to see Cruise and Gene Hackman working beside each other. It’s amazing how many iconic stars Cruise has worked with throughout his career! Lastly, we have American Made. We don’t know about you, but we can confidently say we had never heard of this 2017 film. While it was an interesting story based on the real life of Barry Seal, there were some odd choices with the cinematography and editing. Nevertheless, it’s always fun to see Cruise flying airplanes. If you love us, leave us comments on social media and YouTube, or write a review with your 5-star rating. If you write us a nice review, DM us and we’ll send you some of our new stickers! Don’t forget to follow our socials, and find us on Spotify, YouTube, and Apple Podcasts. New episodes of Two Girl Cinema Club drop every Friday! TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@twogirlcinemaclubpod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twogirlcinemaclubpod Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/47bRko9RaTTCsPoEUfjrfN?si=6e27a23055884826 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/two-girl-cinema-club/id1672867717 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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A podcast where we talk movies, music, and the pop culture scene. Listen every Friday for our takes on the past, present, and future of the industries, and themed movie reviews. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  • Creator
    Hannah & Ailish
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    202
  • Rating
    Clean
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