Falling in Love Montage

A chick flick podcast

Two Weeks Notice 05/31/2025

Two Weeks Notice We gave you exactly one month's notice that we were going to cover the underrated 2002 cutie vehicle Two Weeks Notice for May ("Sandy summer," we called it, very cleverly). So if this surprised you, I don't know what to say. /episode/index/show/fallinginlovemontage/id/36799750

Miss Congeniality 04/30/2025

Miss Congeniality It's been 25 years since the globally beloved Miss Congeniality came out, and it's been 9 years since this only-just-slightly-less-globally-beloved podcast first started. And I don't really remember where I was going with that, but that's the timeline. Anyway, we're finally bringing you what you really want -- a frank, 2-hour discussion of the Sandra Bullock beauty pageant classic, and eventually, somehow, world peace. /episode/index/show/fallinginlovemontage/id/36381340

Little Women (w/ Shannon Campe) 03/30/2025

Little Women (w/ Shannon Campe) It is March, and we are sisters, and that technically makes us March sisters. So this time the "March sisters" pulled in an extra honorary sister to finally fall into the warm embrace of Greta Gerwig's Little Women (2019). Joining us is Shannon Campe of Little Women: A Modern Audio Drama, whose expertise and contagious fanaticism have helped us realize we were no longer little girls. Check out Shannon's own fabulous Little Women adaptation at /episode/index/show/fallinginlovemontage/id/35929555

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy 03/01/2025

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy When we covered Bridget Jones's Diary for our first-ever episode on Galentine's Day in 2016, we couldn't have known the world would give us the incredible gift of a fourth Bridget Jones movie on our very anniversary nine years later. But that's where fate finds us today, watching Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy -- happy, heartbroken, and humbled that we have gotten to do this for going on ten years now. /episode/index/show/fallinginlovemontage/id/35490785

Cats 01/26/2025

Cats It's a new year and, ugh, a new world, and to celebrate and distract from that, we've brought you the absolutely bonkers bouquet that is Tom Hooper's infamous 2019 masterwork Cats. While taking on this movie was no small feat, it was an incredibly easy choice* -- this episode is dedicated to the memory of James Petrosky, a magnificent person, friend to the show, and the greatest advocate for Cats (2019) this side of the Russell Hotel. *And yes, a Jellicle one as well If so moved, you can donate , or to a hospice local to you. Check out . /episode/index/show/fallinginlovemontage/id/35020370

Our Little Secret (w/ Sarah Norton) 12/31/2024

Our Little Secret (w/ Sarah Norton) As a holiday gift, Netflix brought Lindsay Lohan back -- for, like, a real movie this time. So what choice did we have but to dive back in to the Lohan-iverse, bringing along our fetch-as-heck friend and Lindsay Lohan correspondent Sarah K. Norton for Christmas company? We ate this 2024 Atlanta-set rom-com up like so many chocolate cookies (or some other direct reference you'll only fully get if you watch Our Little Secret and/or listen to this episode). Check out Sarah and her husband’s podcast ! /episode/index/show/fallinginlovemontage/id/34669960

John Tucker Must Die 12/01/2024

John Tucker Must Die We finally discover the secret reason Helen made Valerie wait nine years to cover the very-2006, adapted-from-Shakespeare (?!?) teen revenge comedy John Tucker Must Die -- she has a condition* that makes her call basketball "football," and it's very painful and embarrassing. *being dumb And as promised, here the show note where we ask you to email us at . We looked up our email address, and we're pretty sure this is it! /episode/index/show/fallinginlovemontage/id/34212910

Practical Magic 10/31/2024

Practical Magic This very special Halloween episode delves into the story of two close-but-disparate sisters and how they found themselves shunned by their community because of their unusual background -- they were bitches who had either never before seen Practical Magic, or they thought it was silly, or both. Join us as we come to terms with every wild thing the beloved 1998 rom-com-fantasy-crime-drama-cult-classic-Margo-Martindale-vehicle Practical Magic stands for and find ourselves maybe grabbing our proverbial brooms to join the coven. Do we make ourselves as silly as the film we're discussing? At least. Are we able to keep down these midnight margaritas? Mostly. Will our listeners burn us at the stake for transgressing against the Owens women? Well, that's up to you. /episode/index/show/fallinginlovemontage/id/33710012

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (w/ Angel Kofsky) 09/30/2024

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (w/ Angel Kofsky) You asked for it (we think? It would have been a long time ago; we could be wrong. Someone definitely asked for it, we're pretty sure), and after a mere half-dozen years, we did it -- Michel Gondry's beloved sci-fi dram-rom-com Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. And for the discussion, we brought someone unforgettable -- poet, host of the Ku-Popup Open Art Showcase, and romantic lead to cohost Helen -- Angel Kofsky! Check out the Ku-Popup Open Mic and Art Showcase, Thursdays at 8pm ET on Angel's and/or in their . /episode/index/show/fallinginlovemontage/id/33272527

Untamed Heart 08/29/2024

Untamed Heart For Valerie's ~b i r t h m o n t h~ we are covering the maybe universally beloved but also possibly largely unknown (?? we don't know!) romantic drama classic (???) Untamed Heart. We have a great time talking about this '90s gem that's a little bit urban Nicholas Sparks, a little bit Moulin Rouge/Tarzan/Splash, and all schmaltzy Christian Slater Nature Boy, all the time. /episode/index/show/fallinginlovemontage/id/32799607

Irish Wish (w/ Sarah Norton) 07/31/2024

Irish Wish (w/ Sarah Norton) Dog mom, (cool) Disney adult, and generally fabulous person* Sarah K. Norton joins us as we travel, with Netflix's help, to Ireland for summer vacation. Will Lindsay Lohan's Maddie end up with the European faux Property Brother, or will she end up with Jimmy from Downton Abbey? Will she ever write the great Irish-American novel? Will she fall off the Cliffs of Moher, hit her head, and end up in Falling for Christmas again? *and presumptive new Lindsay Lohan correspondent! Check out Sarah and her husband's podcast ! Donate or learn more about Equality Florida . /episode/index/show/fallinginlovemontage/id/32368372

Connie and Carla 06/29/2024

Connie and Carla Two musical-loving, straight-passing white women extend their lives by wading deep into drag culture in this Pride episode in which Helen and Valerie cover the 2004 romp Connie and Carla, the largely forgotten Nia Vardalos rom-com in which two musical-loving, straight-passing white women extend their lives by wading deep into drag culture. Donate to Fanaticure's June 2024 Pride charity drive for Equality Florida . Since June is almost up, we at FiLM will also be donating $1 to for each July 2024 download of this episode. Thank you for your support! Fanaticure can also be found on , , , and on her podcast . /episode/index/show/fallinginlovemontage/id/31941582

Singles 05/31/2024

Singles Welcome to Debbie Country, where Cameron Crowe is the next Martin Scorceez and the podcast hosts are admittedly pretty biased in their fervent -- albeit grungy and nostalgic -- love of the 1992 romantic comedy Singles. Reach out in the Falling in Love Montage Podcast group on Facebook if you want to be an early investor in our musical adaptation (don't tell Cameron 🤫)! /episode/index/show/fallinginlovemontage/id/31551862

How Stella Got Her Groove Back 04/30/2024

How Stella Got Her Groove Back Cohost Helen has gotten her own groove mostly back after having to skip March, and we are finally here with 1998's How Stella Got Her Groove Back. We haven't covered an adaptation of a work by the iconic and complicated Terry McMillan since we talked Waiting to Exhale in episode six, so if you yourself were waiting until now to exhale, we hope you've been resting peacefully these last eight years. We had a lot of thoughts and feelings about this one, but we still managed to keep this conversation under 90 minutes -- you hear that, everyone involved in bringing How Stella Got Her Groove Back to the screen?? /episode/index/show/fallinginlovemontage/id/31052368

Re-Patreon M.A.S.H 03/29/2024

Re-Patreon M.A.S.H It's March y'all, officially Spring, so in honor of that, we're going to spring a surprise on you and switch up our regularly scheduled programing. We're looking forward to discussing the 1998 McMillan classic How Stella Got Her Groove Back, but in the interim, please enjoy a throwback from August 2019 when we were on our beloved podcast network, Flying Machine. /episode/index/show/fallinginlovemontage/id/30593763

Valentine's Day 02/29/2024

Valentine's Day Leap year only comes around every four years, and this year -- our 8th anniversary -- marks the second leap year we've experienced as a podcast. We couldn't think of a better time to finally bring you an enthusiastic discussion of the oft-mentioned 2010 rom-com Leap Year -- but we didn't do that. Instead, we're here with an enraged dialog about the best-forgotten 2010 rom-bomb Valentine's Day. The movie about the holiday Valentine's Day. The one that happens every year. Enjoy. ❤️ /episode/index/show/fallinginlovemontage/id/30178278

The Notebook 01/30/2024

The Notebook It's the 20th anniversary of the beloved film adaptation of Nicholas Sparks's The Notebook, and that means we and our podcast are really old, and that means it's time to finally cover this movie. Join us as we ascend the figurative ferris wheel that is this 2004 romance. Do our pants get pulled down? Do we fall in love? Has this metaphor already worn itself out? /episode/index/show/fallinginlovemontage/id/29722243

The Christmas House 12/30/2023

The Christmas House For a podcast that has never covered a Hallmark movie in its 7+ years of existence, our fans sure love to throw Hallmark holiday movie memes and articles our way. Now it's our turn -- see how much you like it* when we throw Hallmark holiday movie content at you, haha! Yes, for this holidaymonth, we are talking about the holly-jolly, gay-appareled, made-for-TV stone-cold Hallmark masterpiece, The Christmas House. Is it destined to be a holiday classic, or is it merely a 90-minute makeover montage? Unwrap this gift and find out! *we hope a lot /episode/index/show/fallinginlovemontage/id/29280933

Legally Blonde (w/ Vanessa Riley) 12/02/2023

Legally Blonde (w/ Vanessa Riley) Aristotle and Holland Taylor once said, "The law is reason, free from passion." Valerie and Helen once said, "Oh man, we really should cover Legally Blonde at some point." And six or so years later, here we are -- covering 2001's beloved Legally Blonde with long-overdue repeat guest, beloved Vanessa Riley from . Habeas corpus! /episode/index/show/fallinginlovemontage/id/28898413

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (w/ Tracy Tanoff) 10/30/2023

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (w/ Tracy Tanoff) To round out our whirlwind 2023 sampling of various Bennet and Darcy types (a Darcuterie, if you will), we've brought back our bestie and official Austen correspondent Tracy Tanoff for the third time/adaptation this year. Spooky month brings us to our likely last Pride and Prejudice for the foreseeable future -- the 2016 action-comedy-horror-chick-flick Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Will Charlotte become a zombie? Will love conquer all? Is Helen a dirty Wickham apologist?? Find out on this month's exciting episode! Find Tracy on Bluesky at @haveloved.bsky.social, and hear more Tracy on this year's episodes on Pride & Prejudice (2005) and Fire Island, or our other classic Austen episodes, Emma (1996) and Sense and Sensibility. Our spooky theme song was put together by the very talented Jon Biegen -- you can find him at @jonbiegen on all socials. /episode/index/show/fallinginlovemontage/id/28468151

Barbie 08/31/2023

Barbie We waited a long time to see our oldest friend grace the silver screen and make it pink, but Barbie is here now, and we are glad to be able to bring our OK-maybe-not-as-objective-as-they-could-be thoughts to you in this, the year of our Lord*, 2023. *Greta Gerwig /episode/index/show/fallinginlovemontage/id/27907167

Something New (w/ Gloria White) 08/01/2023

Something New (w/ Gloria White) It is the dog days of summer and we have dog mom and Atlanta comedian Gloria White joining the pod to discuss the 2006 ultra chick flick, Something New. Bonus: Listeners who imbibe can take advantage of the opportunity to drink every time we crack a title pun. ✨ Check out Find her on all the socials, look for the handle "glow07" ❤️ Listen to Gloria on a recent episode of /episode/index/show/fallinginlovemontage/id/27619824

Fire Island (w/ Tracy Tanoff) 06/29/2023

Fire Island (w/ Tracy Tanoff) We had such a gay old time covering Pride & Prejudice earlier this year that for Pride month, we wanted to have an even gayer, new time -- so we grabbed our beloved Austen correspondent Tracy Tanoff to talk about the 2022 loose P&P adaptation Fire Island. Does Elizabeth find her Darcy? I don't know who those people are, but I can tell you I've got my eye on Noah and Will. (Hahaha, this is a ruse, as I have watched the movie and actually know what happens! Spoiler alert: lots of beautiful super-queer shit). Check out , per Tracy's recommendation, and then watch Fire Island on Hulu -- twice in a row, if you're cool. /episode/index/show/fallinginlovemontage/id/27328998

Bring It On (w/ Owen Choules) 05/31/2023

Bring It On (w/ Owen Choules) It's been 23 years since Bring It On brought its cheer to the world, and it's been something like 6 years since we had our beloved friend and cheerleader-lover* Owen Choules on to talk about a chick flick with us. So do we do a high kick and delight in this classic, or do we give it the spirit finger? Does Owen still tolerate us? What is team captain Torrance's connection to the dad from The Shining? Listen to find out! Rah! *Yeah, he won't object to that descriptor at all, probably /episode/index/show/fallinginlovemontage/id/27006576

Can't Hardly Wait 05/01/2023

Can't Hardly Wait For better or worse, 1998's Can't Hardly Wait is a quintessential exhibit of 90s High School cinema. A movie with almost as much cringe as it has stars. Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont weave a magical story wherein Kenny Fisher gets the girl, Jenna Elfman gets the cab, and Amanda Beckett gets to stand up for herself, for like, at least a minute. And who knows, there's always a possibility of a sequel with less Smashmouth and F slurs. /episode/index/show/fallinginlovemontage/id/26700009

Plus One 04/01/2023

Plus One You are all cordially invited to the wedding of us and Maya Erskine (pending her consent) - and surprise - you're the toast master too. We're here to talk about Plus One, which is fresher than diner fish* . *Fish you order at a diner, but why would you do that?! /episode/index/show/fallinginlovemontage/id/26410428

Pride & Prejudice (w/ Tracy Tanoff) 02/28/2023

Pride & Prejudice (w/ Tracy Tanoff) It is a truth universally acknowledged that two women in possession of a chick flick podcast must eventually cover 2005's Pride & Prejudice. Fan favorite and Jane Austen correspondent Tracy Tanoff joins us for truly the most exemplary podcast she's guested on in in many years. For more Austen fun, check out Tracy's Fine Curated Links! /episode/index/show/fallinginlovemontage/id/26083407

Thelma & Louise (w/ Malcolm Nygard) 01/31/2023

Thelma & Louise (w/ Malcolm Nygard) To start 2023 off on the right route, we wanted to talk about best friends with a best friend. So we brought FiLM fave Malcolm Nygard on to fan-girl out with us over the ultimate road trip movie, Thelma & Louise. Check out Malcolm's thoughtful Letterboxd at and see if you can spy a chick flick or two in his top ten. Thelma & Louise is currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video, and geez, Louise, do we ever recommend you watch it. /episode/index/show/fallinginlovemontage/id/25785171

Falling for Christmas 12/31/2022

Falling for Christmas It's what you were all hoping for, I'll keep telling myself -- for the holiday season, and to close out 2022, we covered a new Christmas classic, Falling for Christmas, starring Lindsay Lohan. We not only talked about it, but we also watched it! And if you don't listen and enjoy, magic Santa will push you down a mountain. We'll be back next year with not this movie. Happy New Year, FiLM buffs! And for no particular reason, /episode/index/show/fallinginlovemontage/id/25471680

Never Been Kissed 11/30/2022

Never Been Kissed It's November for a few more hours, and we are thankful to be here with you, talking about another problematic (!) fave (?), 1999's Never Been Kissed. We shouldn't say this because we're your teacher hosts, but it's totally rufus. Sorry in advance for Helen's questionable audio -- she was recording on an iPhone from a frilly pink bedroom in South Georgia. Happy N[e]vember Been Kissed! Nailed it. /episode/index/show/fallinginlovemontage/id/25177287

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