Falling in Love Montage
Film, TV & Pop Culture
About
Every other week, Valerie and Helen will look at a different chick flick (muff film, broad comedy, lady thriller, period movie, whathaveyou) and boil it down to its themes and how those themes affect our tender feminine emotions.Mostly we'll just go off on tangents about Sex and the City.We'll talk about chick flick tropes, like love triangles/squares/pentagons and sisterhood. We'll explore just how strong girl power actually is and if real vampires sparkle in the sunlight, or if that's just movie magic. And we'll reveal our (Helen's) repressed sexual feelings for Hugh Grant.We'll get a dude's opinion, and we'll even listen to it.
Episodes
- The Devil Wears Prada
The hosts revisit the 2006 film The Devil Wears Prada, discussing it with a contemporary lens ahead of the sequel's release.
- Pretty in Pink (w/ Amy Pascale)
Amy Pascale returns to Falling in Love Montage to discuss the film Pretty in Pink on its 40th anniversary. Pascale's academic credentials and podcast are mentioned.
- 10th Anniversary Special
The 10th Anniversary Special of Falling in Love Montage reflects on the podcast's decade of existence, covering audio production, film reviews, and listener engagement. The hosts also briefly touch upon political commentary and thank numer…
- Notting Hill (w/ Marisa Macias)
On this episode of Falling in Love Montage, Marisa Macias joins hosts Valerie and Helen to discuss the movie Notting Hill. The conversation touches on gay awakenings and identifies the most famous Welsh person in America.
- Sleepless in Seattle
The Falling in Love Montage podcast covers the 1993 film Sleepless in Seattle. The hosts discuss their connection to the movie and its significance.
- A Merry Little Ex-Mas
Have yourself A Merry Little Ex-Mas . Or at least a podcast episode about the 2025 movie of that name, which is what this is.
- Freakier Friday (w/ Sarah Norton)
After going almost a full year without covering a new Lindsay Lohan movie, we were desperate -- and fortunately for us (and you!! wink! 😉!!) the universe gave us Freakier Friday . Nothing was going to stop us from covering it -- not even…
- Lisa Frankenstein
It's mwa-ha-ha season yet again, and if you thought Diablo Cody had mwa'd her last ha with Jennifer's Body , we are like annoyingly excited to correct you by talking about the 2024 "coming-of-rage" dark rom-com Lisa Frankenstein -- a piece…
- Uptown Girls
We are a podcast that often covers peoples' underrated comfort movies, and this time we finally tackle the long neglected Valerie-comfort-watch (and Jesse-Spencer vehicle!) Uptown Girls . If that's not a comfort movie for you, 1) why not,…
- Joe Versus the Volcano
Dear listeners -- some of whose names we know -- thank you for helping us celebrate Valerie's birth month by listening to our episode covering 1990's Joe Versus the Volcano. We forgot how wonderfully bonkers this movie was. Thank you for l…
- High School Musical: The Trilogy
For the month of 'ly in the year of our lord '25, we assigned ourselves some summer school. Kind of a lot of summer school, in fact. Making his first FiLM appearance since we covered Frozen in 2017, Helen's son (and Valerie's nephew!) Elam…
- The Favourite
For June, we really wanted to bring you something queer. Like gay queer. And I believe we've done that, but also, as a fun bonus, it turns out we've brought you something weird queer as well. So this episode -- and this movie -- lives in t…
- 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.
- 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…
- 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 Sh…
- 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 t…
- 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 in…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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 Sun…
- 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…
- 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 sh…
- 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 whic…
- 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 Fa…
- 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 sinc…
- 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 Bac…
- 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-…
- 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…
- 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 holida…
- 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 L…
- 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 brin…
- 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 Lo…
- 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…
- 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 adaptat…
- 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 a…
- 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 gi…
- 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…
- 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 pod…
- 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 thoug…
- 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 watc…
- 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 i…
- Hocus Pocus 2
Years ago, a pair of sisters came together on Halloween to talk about Hocus Pocus . We thought the story ended there. We were wrong. Those lovable sisters are back, making magic, once again, because Disney dug up the past with Hocus Pocus…
- The DUFF
This time Valerie 's just getting over COVID, and she still managed to watch, talk about, and edit an entire podcast episode on the Definitely Underrated Fun Film, 2015's The DUFF .
- The Princess Diaries
Whether we say it directly or not, both of us are still a little bit waiting to see if and when Mary Poppins will fly down to us and reveal we are secretly princesses. What we are in the meantime is chick-flick podcasters, so this month we…
- Sense and Sensibility (w/ Tracy Tanoff)
If you've been spontaneously crying as of late, and want more of that, this is the podcast episode for you. It's the last day of Pride month, and while we have failed to deliver a focused conversation about a piece of queer cinema, we are…
- 10 Things I Hate About You (w/ Jan Thrapp)
We put this month's movie up to a vote, and if the votes told us anything, it's that 1 thing you hated about us is that we hadn't covered the classic '99 teen rom-com 10 Things I Hate About You yet. Well, now we have. Helen's bestie Jan Th…
- Enchanted
It was Helen's birthday this month, so this time, we covered a movie she wanted to cover! ...Just like we pretty much always do, whoops. Anyway, the movie Helen wanted to cover this time was the 2007 Disney spectacular Enchanted . Did we f…
- Turning Red
What do you get when you cross an embarrassment of pandas with embarassing podcasters? This. This is what you get. We had a box full of kittens-like good time discussing Domme Shi's 2022, unapologetically titled Pixar hit, Turning Red.
- Groundhog Day
Here we are again, for the first time, talking about the Harold Ramis 1993 classic Groundhog Day . Does spring come early for the podcast? Listen and let us know if you hear a shadow. Here we are again, for the first time, talking about th…