I Love You But - latchkey sisters talk movies and tv

In the last of the Holidaze theme, Heather and Rian celebrate their whiteness with WHITE CHRISTMAS (1954). Topics include Little Debbie Christmas Tree snack cakes, eating disorders, and food planning; more Grinch stuff; QUEER and John Waters and please take a shower, sir; a BARBIE rewatch; the whitest Christmas movie ever made; policing Christmas; Mom commentary; Edith Head!; minstrel shows; not the half-naked Abercrombie & Fitch guys from the 90s; Don Draper in the Carousel Club; clever ...

In the penultimate of the Holidaze theme, Heather and Rian go off about RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER (1964), A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS (1965), and DR. SUESS'S HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS (1966). Topics include having no time for emotions and yet making time for holiday emotional labor; a parenting win; rotating a karate costume like hot dogs in a gas station; cash me outside, the cleaner; cannibalistic marshmallow snow people as art; HARRY POTTER and THE LAWRENCE WELK SHOW; a RUDOLPH mac...

Continuing the Holidaze theme, Heather and Rian wax nostalgic about A CHRISTMAS STORY (1983). Topics include ADHD Home Depot holiday shopping; hobbling with a tree cane; Sky Mall; bacchanalias, baby; the romance of a white christmas; sumptuous writing and complicated narratives; all those spitty teeth; shiny cowboy costumes; we will never not talk about gender inequity; shouting christmas carols; profanity as an art form; grading with a crayon; the gluttonous joy of unwrapping gifts...

Continuing the Holidaze theme, Heather and Rian call shenanigans on MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (1947). Topics include baking shows and decorating; loving a skeptical child; naming reindeer; going to Denny's after the musical; putting an asterisk next to French Canadians; the uneasy marriage of Christmas and capitalism; fat-shaming; holding space for sneezes; lying to children and old people (and everyone); charitable billionaires: the real miracle of this movie; making our stuff someone else's pr...

In the first of the Holidaze theme, Heather and Rian relish MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (1944). Topics include sleep and gifts; Costco on Saturdays; fun, awkward interactions; just call your mom a sloppy b!tch; HOT FROSTY; the vat of ketchup; a man of many fun hats; showering before dinner; dads and phones; Judy Garland Sad Facts; Pitch Perfect but with old songs; Was Gen X the last interesting generation?; Is this the whitest movie ever made?; the first coming of kale; Halloween History; ...

In the final of the Fairytale Fall theme, Heather and Rian revisit SLEEPING BEAUTY (1959) on perhaps the worst week to watch a fairy tale. Topics include indispensable kittens; voting as a waste of time; GBBO (we love you, Nelly!); RIVALS; 53% of white women; Brené Brown; depressing and secret conversations; Heather is ready to be informed on; SLEEPING BEAUTY, a story of three middle-aged, unmarried witches; would you invite Maleficent to your party?; Jane magazine; not the white lady kindnes...

In the penultimate of the Fairytale Fall theme, Heather watched LABYRINTH (1986) and THE NEVERENDING STORY (1984). Topics include we went on vacation!; the two-T butt; Rian hates Halloween but loves you; Heather Gone Girled; love a jeans reveal; we were all robbed of a LABYRINTH with Kevin Kline as Jareth; Sir Didymus and Lord Flashheart; the Mom backstory blows Rian's mind; Bowie's tight pants; why is LABYRINTH so ugly?; your childhood was trying to teach you something; your Mom died: get ov...

In the third in the Fairytale Fall theme, Heather and Rian can't believe FAERIE TALE THEATRE (1982-1987). Topics include cat-based bribes; Roomba fears; Hulk-like reactions; another ER trip; y'all, these fairy tales are wild and entertaining; and even more! Follow us on IG and Threads @iloveyoubutpod. More at our LinkTree.

In the second in the Fairytale Fall theme, Heather and Rian argue about THE PRINCESS BRIDE (1987). Inconceivable! Topics include hiding feelings with cookies; a campaign for a release of a single of Maya Rudolph's "Mother"; adding insult to injury at the pool; being an incident; crying in the shower like a normal person; is THE PRINCESS BRIDE a Christmas movie??!; who can convince Rian that Wallace Shawn is a lovely actor?; rewatching with captions and high def is the best; dumb boy sh*t; and...

In the first in the Fairytale Fall theme, featuring a guest intro with Elliot, a serious kindergartener, Heather and Rian go all feminist on THE LITTLE MERMAID (1989). Topics include a fake ER and Heather's vertigo; Seth Cohen, all grown up; the characters on THE TERROR should have listened to THE DOLLOP; three white boys talking at each other; LITTLE MERMAID memories; we have logistical questions and the genetics of merpeople; we want Ursula's back story; a pirate's life, indeed: queer and f...

The final film in the nostalgia fest 80s Teens to the Max theme, Heather and Rian find it hard to digest BETTER OFF DEAD (1985). Topics include Better Off Dead AKA healthcare in America; penny pinching; useless massages and pop music; we wanna dance!; THE PENGUIN and taking away the pretty; trigger warnings abound; sorry if you are here for the memes; the 1980s weirdo best friend trope; laughing at bullies; matching outfits!; spastic nerve bags; leave the Fake French girl alone; key...

The penultimate in the nostalgia fest 80s Teens to the Max theme, Heather, and actual film and television professional/guest star, Reneau, crap all over that prom dress in PRETTY IN PINK (1986). Topics include "why do you want so badly to believe that people are eating cats and dogs?"; this episode of I Love You But is called Vacation; ice washing; Frida Kahlo's love diseases; Mexican big head drag; boob tape; a DRIVE drive!; our first guest, Reneau!; sad dads; Povos & Richies; trolling f...

The third in the nostalgia fest 80s Teens to the Max theme, Heather and Rian get hairy with TEEN WOLF (1985). Topics include Fridge scaping and the darkest part of the timeline; Trigger Warning: Suicides; Is Ryan Gosling America’s Canadian National Treasure?; bad crushes; Roger Corman's Teen Wolf; Tom Hanks: movie star or actor?; another Dr. Who reference; ugh, this soundtrack; Hollywood: it doesn't really make sense, but it looks cool; these high school party games; first hangovers; $6 hairc...

The second in the nostalgia fest 80s Teens to the Max theme, Heather and Rian skip school on FERRIS BEULLER'S DAY OFF (1986). Topics include Hello Fitness! and cold-hot rotation routines; lol at our mother's ADHD but shiny happens; eccentricities at the YMCA; Save Falstaff: the love child of Cameron's depression and Ferris' narcissism; Wayne Newton and John Mulaney and the dwarf from Twin Peaks and Neil Diamond; Rian and Radiohead and Steve Nicks; Matthew Broderick's mouth; the male gaze...

The first in the nostalgia fest 80s Teens to the Max theme, Heather and Rian literally go to The Max with SAVED BY THE BELL (1989-1993) and revisit the smart kids in HEAD OF THE CLASS (1986-1991). Topics include health stuff; chaotic podcasting; Saw 300; weighted blanket updates; bullet points are not Ms. Davis; AI pedagogy tools; things we did in high school to entertain ourselves; Jessie is/not our feminist icon; the most hated man on Saved by the Bell; oh the studio audience; AP curious; D...

Finishing up the Summer Bullsh*t theme, Heather and Rian discuss BACK TO SCHOOL (1986). Topics include perimenopause and sleep; civics fact b0mbs; our mariachi era; a Heather tether; er0tic handholding; Kim-demption; Rian drops the Dangerfield knowledge; Gilmore Guys; someone please AI Rodney Dangerfield doing Alex's Flashdance audition; actors are such nerds; and more. Follow us on IG and Threads @iloveyoubutpod. More at our LinkTree.

Continuing the Summer Bullsh*t theme, Heather and Rian discuss SUMMER SCHOOL (1987). Topics include Denton has a cvlt? (allegedly); Goldilocks and the search for headphones; I am an enrichment activity; F0x News Sports B.S.; FALLOUT is a lesson on how late-stage capitalism will end the world; dolphins are canceled?; wasting time in the Facebook comments section; TWIN PEAKS, BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, OR MELROSE PLACE?; achieving balance with the stripper kid; Dave and Chainsaw n...

In a detour from our brief Summer Bullsh*t theme, Heather and Rian discuss FUNNY FACE (1957). Topics include Edith Head and Oklahoma City and neurodivergent museum docents; the pod goes rogue; new rule: save it for the pod; attempted hostile makeovers; Rory Gilmore energy; beatniks vs. hippies: who was the worst?; artistic masturb@tion; toxic positivity; who is Betty Garland?; and more. Follow us on IG and Threads @iloveyoubutpod. More at our LinkTree.

This week, in the first of a brief Summer Bullsh*t theme, Heather and Rian discuss NATIONAL LAMPOON'S VACATION (1983). Topics include a brunch rant; nostalgia for the hipster heyday of 2005-2015; making fun of something; I love you but why do you open cereal like a psychopath? and other conditional love stories; Richard Armitage looking bedazzled; shout out to I Saw Pod; Heather's sociopathic tendencies; too much white woman energy; we are the country cousins; is the misogyny rampant?; ugh th...

This week, in the last of the Musicals! theme, Heather and Rian discuss MY FAIR LADY (1964). Topics include Canadians are really nice!; there are no time zones in the ocean; physical divergence and anxiety; book chat; lots of silence for a musical; Higgins and Pickering's meet-cute and queer text; colonialism as a romance; who's this creep?; Falstaff aka Frank Gallagher aka Mark Davis; eaters and non-eaters; hats and costumes and choreography; that social theory crap; why people don't re...