Episode 388: 'Emilia Pérez' with Emily St. James

From a fun little Cannes oddity to an Oscar mega-nominee…and (ahem) beyond, EMILIA PÉREZ has had quite the journey. It’s also made the journey into the eyeballs of our three hosts and their esteemed guest, writer (of essays, books, TV, and now a novel!) Emily St. James (bsky.app/profile/emilystjams.bsky.social). Everyone lived to tell the tale, but not in song…but don’t worry, we have musical content in the form of a movie quiz about movie musicals that sound unmakeable.
What’s Good
Alonso - weekly Christmas cookie trials
Drea - Bookshop.org now has e-books (Preorder Woodworking (bookshop.org/p/books/woodworking-emily-st-jame…) by Emily St. James!)
Emily - Woodworking :: Sabrina Carpenter (instagram.com/p/DFnubyGxTH5/?utm_source=ig_web…)
Ify - Being back!
B.J. Colangelo’s Slashfilm article (slashfilm.com/1770328/why-oscars-wrong-about-e…) (referenced by Ify)
Staff Picks
Alonso - I’m Still Here (justwatch.com/us/movie/im-still-here-2025)
Drea - Companion (justwatch.com/us/movie/companion-2025)
Emily - You Are Not Me (justwatch.com/us/movie/you-are-not-me)
Ify - Johanne Sacrebleu (youtu.be/iLT4v3mkrvk?si=WaVmxT6-itMnipZT)
Podcast Like It’s the 2000s (smartlink2.metricool.com/public/smartlink/podc…)

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With
Kevin Avery (instagram.com/kevinaverycomedy)
Drea Clark (twitter.com/thedreaclark)
Alonso Duralde (bsky.app/profile/aduralde.bsky.social)
Produced by Marissa Flaxbart (instagram.com/flaxbart)
Sr. Producer Laura Swisher (twitter.com/swish)