Film School Trash
Letty Shunn & Tom Child
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2 Film school graduates revisit the films we watched in college 20 years later. Tom and Letty explore life after film school. Not working in the film industry and enjoying it. We share secret film school knowledge so you can sound smart at parties. Reference classics and learn why they are important. Reference cult classics and learn why they should never have been important.
We explore such movies as Female Trouble, Chungking Express, Down By Law, Roma, and many, many more.
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S2E11 Kenneth Anger, Magick Lantern Cycle Part 2
Listen as Tom and Letty focus on whatever they left out the first time. And talk about Aleister Crowley's "Thelema" philosophy through Kenneth Anger invocations. We also touch on missing Kenneth…
S2E10 Kenneth Anger, Magick Lantern Cycle Part 1
Listen as Tom and Letty try to talk about Aleister Crowley's "Thelema" philosophy without talking about Aleister Crowley's "Thelema" philosophy.We dive into a few of Kenneth Angers films and keep you…
S2E9 Mullholand Drive, 2001 - Part 2
Listen as Tom and Letty dive back into Mullholand drive and debate, should we talk about this or should we talk about that. Speculation into Elliot Smith, OJ Simpson and Kenneth Anger. And find out…
S2E8 Mulholland Drive, 2001 - Part 1
Listen at Tom and Letty try to remember the difference between Mulholland Falls and Mulholland Drive. Debate with us on if we should do Mulholland Drive in the end. We also dive deep into this…
S2E7 The Virgin Suicides, 1999
What really happened? Listen as Tom and Letty argue about the true story of the Virgin Suicides of Michigan. Tom is enchanted under the boys spells, meanwhile Letty is convinced that this was all a…
S2E6 Hereditary, 2018 Part 2
Welcome back to Hereditary! Tom and Letty had a lot to say about this Rosemary's baby spin off. Listen as us Ari-A-holes glorify this allegory of family truama.
S2E5 Hereditary, 2018 Part 1
Listen as Tom and Letty criticize King Paimon. Surely this episode is just as dangerous as the Scientology prodding we constantly try to avoid. This is Part 1 of this 2 part Hereditary deep dive.
S2E4 The 400 Blows, 1959
Letty forces Tom to watch this French classic that launched French New Wave. Impress more friends at the French Cinema festival with your bagettes and beret. Hau Hau Hau
S2E3 There Will Be Blood, 2007 - Part 2
Listen as Tom tries to keep Letty on track. She focuses on the inspiration of this movie a little too much. The true crime mystery of Ned Doheny comes to life in this classic film by Paul Thomas…
S2E2 There will Be Blood, 2007 - Part 1
Listen as Tom and Letty dive deep into this 2007 classic Man Story. Openly defies the Bechtel test to become one of the best films of the aughts. We also dive into PTA and QTs working partnerships.…
S2E1 The Devils, 1971
Listen to this riveting review of what Letty calls a snooze fest of a film. But seriously, major trigger warning. The controversial Ken Russel classic dives deep into the frenzy that happened in…
S1E23 Mean Streets, 1973
Listen as Tom and Letty debate Johnny-boys intentions. Cringe board is at 1000! Was Michael LGBTQ+? We also explore pop music in films especially in the 70s. Also question when and why directors make…
S1E22 Adaptation, 2002
Listen as Letty and Tom break down this meta classic before meta was around. This included tales of Hollywood couples and should you wake a drunk person on the plane to France.
S1E21 Onibaba, 1964
Just in time for Scary Season. Listen as Tom and Letty try to not to say Demon Hag over and over. This film is William Dafoe's top favorite and now we know why. This film history classic fits…
S1E20 Midsommar, 2019
Spoilers: Listen as Letty and Tom take sides in the most epic break up of all time. Enjoy this timeless take on Wicker man. We also battle on who was most evil of these Americans. Did Ari Aster…
S1E19 Beau is Afraid, 2023
Listen as we over share to the max… a little like Ari in this. Explore arteur ship in full form.
S1E18 Happiness, 1998
Listen as we compare Happiness, this classic from Todd Solonz to Seinfeld. Pay tribute to Phillip Seymour Hoffman, who was taken too soon from the film world. Explore if this could be made today, or…
S1E17 Being John Malkovich, 1999
Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich MalkovichListen as Tom and Letty totally gush over John Malkovich and we barely get to the puppeteering. We also get into major fandom throughlines.…
S1E16 Happy Together, 1997
Listen as Letty and Tom celebrate queerness abroad and in the 90s. In this raw portrayal of a relationship stuck in a beautiful setting, we actually watched this one in Film School in film theory. As…
S1E15 Chungking Express, 1994
Listen as Tom and Letty discuss why this film sucked when Tom was in high school. Also find out what Mamas and the Papas superfan, Letty thinks of SST records.We also discuss how the step printing…
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Film School Trash has published 35 episodes since February 2025, covering topics in Entertainment News, News.
Film School Trash is currently highly active with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 1h 8m.
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