Episode #441: 'Pillion' with Nayland Blake

Have you heard about the new A24 movie from writer/director Harry Lighton that’s almost a romantic comedy about gay BDSM biker culture? That’s PILLION, starring Alexander Skarsgaard and Harry Melling, and we’re thrilled to have our friend Nayland Blake (bsky.app/profile/naylandblake.bsky.social) (an influential artist and teacher who’s an authority on queer kink, riding with us!
What’s Good?
Alonso - Trans Girl Scouts you can buy cookies from (erininthemorning.com/p/2026-trans-girl-scouts-…)
Drea - The Milan-Cortina Olympics (also Coach Jackie (tiktok.com/@jcubedhax/video/7604277699888090381))
Nayland - Midwest Magic Cleaning on YouTube (youtube.com/@MidwestMagicCleaning)
Kevin - Casey Abrams at Hotel Cafe (w/surprise Dave Koz); Bobby Brown at the bar
ITIDIC
• Letterboxd Op-Ed: Is Streaming Making Movies Less Memorable? (letterboxd.com/email/crowd-pleaser/2026-02-04-cp)
• Kristen Stewart Buys Highland Park Theater (architecturaldigest.com/story/kristen-stewarts…)
Our ‘Sex-Positive Movie Night’ Picks in a Letterboxd List (boxd.it/Sxikw$yAVq8j1OW4WkILwp)
Staff Picks
Alonso - Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die (justwatch.com/us/movie/good-luck-have-fun-dont…)
Drea - Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie (justwatch.com/us/movie/nirvanna-the-band-the-s…)
Nayland - Bloodsisters (kanopy.com/en/product/12764573)
Kevin - Secretary (justwatch.com/us/movie/the-secretarty)
Nayland’s Books:
My Studio Is a Dungeon Is the Studio (dukeupress.edu/my-studio-is-a-dungeon-is-the-s…)
No Wrong Holes: Thirty Years of Nayland Blake (theicala.org/en/shop/products/no-wrong-holes-n…)

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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)