Writer, director, hopeful romantic and Letterboxd member Jonah Feingold chats about how Jurassic Park influenced his rom-com feature debut Dating & New York, and his four Letterboxd favorites: Hook; When Harry Met Sally…; The Lion King; and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Also: Meg Ryan’s glorious back-lit hair, filming New York with a Pro-Mist filter, cold-emailing Hans Zimmer for a job, being filmmaking besties with Aneesh Chaganty, and the emotional rollercoaster of being on Letterboxd with a new movie out (“I celebrate all the reviews of my film. Some of the five star ones made me cry, some of the three star ones made me cry…”).
Dating & New York stars Jaboukie Young-White and Francesca Reale and is in select US theaters and everywhere films are rented from September 10, 2021, via IFC Films.

Links:

The Letterboxd list of films mentioned in this episode
Dating & New York inspo
Kicked in the Balls: A Cinematic History of Testicular Trauma
Movies where a character says “Jack” in an emotional way
The Jupiter Ascending Stigma
Men get pegged
The City is a Character
The Good Dads Cinematic Universe
Anna Swanson’s review of Hook
Cowboy Like Eely’s review of The Curse of the Black Pearl

Credits:
The Letterboxd Show is hosted by Slim (of 70mm podcast infamy) and Gemma, Letterboxd’s editor-in-chief. This episode was recorded in New York, Pennsylvania and Auckland, and edited by Slim. Facts by Jack. With thanks to our booker, Linda Moulton, and transcripts by Sophie Shin. Our theme music is ‘Vampiros Dancoteque’, by film and television composing trio Moniker.