Episode 69: 1997 with Tomris Laffly
A podcast about the great movie years.
Film critic and journalist Tomris Laffly was just starting to figure out who she was as a filmgoer in 1997, so she joins us to share some of her favorite memories of that year: the heartache of Good Will Hunting, the dark humor of The Ice Storm, and the majesty of Titanic.
Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Google Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
The Wings of the Dove is streaming on Hoopla and is available for digital rental or purchase. The Ice Storm is available for digital rental or purchase.
Good Will Hunting is streaming on Max and is available for digital rental or purchase. Taste of Cherry is streaming on the Criterion Channel and Max and is available for digital rental or purchase or on Blu-ray from Criterion.
And Titanic is streaming on Amazon Prime and Paramount+, and is available for digital rental or purchase or on 4K UHD Blu-ray.
You can follow Tomris on Twitter here, on Blusky here, and on Instagram here. You can follow Jason on Blusky, Instagram, and Letterboxd - where you'll find his lists of all the movies on every episode of the show (including this one). And you can follow Mike on Blusky and Twitter/X/whatever. AND, here’s the video Mike mentioned about Zak Foster and his burial quilts.