This Movie Changed Me podcast

This Movie Changed Me

Movies create space to explore some of life’s biggest questions. This Movie Changed Me features conversations about how they teach, connect, and transform us. In each episode, host and lifelong movie fanatic Lily Percy guides guests to explore and celebrate the transformative role movies play in their lives.

Movies create space to explore some of life’s biggest questions. This Movie Changed Me features conversations about how they teach, connect, and transform us. In each episode, host and lifelong movie fanatic Lily Percy guides guests to explore and celebrate the transformative role movies play in their lives.

 

#50

Bonus: Farewell From the TMCM Team

For this special bonus episode, we gathered everyone on the This Movie Changed Me team to ... more

23 Mar 2021

26 MINS

26:44

23 Mar 2021


#49

Liara Tamani — Love & Basketball

Gina Prince-Bythewood’s Love & Basketball tells the story of two talented athletes who wea... more

23 Mar 2021

40 MINS

40:41

23 Mar 2021


#48

Selena — Shea Serrano

Selena tells the true story of the iconic Tejano singer, played by Jennifer Lopez, who bro... more

16 Mar 2021

40 MINS

40:02

16 Mar 2021


#47

Blockers — Emily VanDerWerff

Blockers tells the story of three teenage girls determined to lose their virginity on prom... more

09 Mar 2021

41 MINS

41:55

09 Mar 2021


#46

The Fly — Tony Banout

David Cronenberg’s The Fly tells the story of one man’s quest to develop teleportation — a... more

02 Mar 2021

30 MINS

30:23

02 Mar 2021


#45

Real Women Have Curves — Virgie Tovar

Real Women Have Curves tells the story of a young Mexican American woman walking between t... more

23 Feb 2021

43 MINS

43:46

23 Feb 2021


#44

The Way We Were — Sophie Krueger

The Way We Were is a quintessential breakup movie. Told across decades, it stars Barbra St... more

16 Feb 2021

36 MINS

36:08

16 Feb 2021


#43

The Color Purple — Danez Smith

The Color Purple is about the traumas and triumphs of a Black woman named Celie. Set in th... more

09 Feb 2021

42 MINS

42:02

09 Feb 2021


#42

Lady Bird — Kyle Turner

As much as it is a coming-of-age story, Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird is also about the complic... more

02 Feb 2021

38 MINS

38:38

02 Feb 2021


#41

This Movie Changed Me — Season 3 Trailer

Our podcast about how movies teach, connect and transform us will be back for its final se... more

26 Jan 2021

03 MINS

03:47

26 Jan 2021


#40

This Movie Changed Me: What would you like to hear next?

Season 2 of This Movie Changed Me is a wrap! Before we go away to work on our next season,... more

17 Dec 2019

01 MINS

01:00

17 Dec 2019


#39

The Wiz — Michael Strautmanis

“The Wiz” is a reimagining of the classic “Wizard of Oz” tale, complete with an all-black,... more

10 Dec 2019

23 MINS

23:49

10 Dec 2019


#38

The Wizard of Oz — Seth Godin

“The Wizard of Oz” is one of the most watched films of all time. When a tornado whisks Dor... more

10 Dec 2019

26 MINS

26:05

10 Dec 2019


#37

The Namesake — Nishta Mehra

The Namesake, an adaptation of Jhumpa Lahiri’s novel, is a moving exploration of the immig... more

03 Dec 2019

33 MINS

33:54

03 Dec 2019


#36

Auntie Mame — Justin Sayre

“Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death!” So declares the title ch... more

26 Nov 2019

30 MINS

30:52

26 Nov 2019


#35

Malcolm X — Andrea Jenkins

Spike Lee’s “Malcolm X” paints a nuanced portrait of a historical icon — as a human being ... more

19 Nov 2019

36 MINS

36:26

19 Nov 2019


#34

A League of Their Own — Jessica Mendoza

“A League of Their Own” is a fictionalized account of the real-life All-American Girls Pro... more

12 Nov 2019

33 MINS

33:04

12 Nov 2019


#33

Kes — June Thomas

Set in a coal mining community in Yorkshire, the movie “Kes” tells the story of 15-year-ol... more

05 Nov 2019

24 MINS

24:39

05 Nov 2019


#32

Coco — Monica Castillo

Coco is a heartwarming tribute to the spirit of El Día de Los Muertos, the Mexican celebra... more

29 Oct 2019

30 MINS

30:42

29 Oct 2019


#31

The Exorcist — Mark Kermode

The Exorcist is known for being absolutely terrifying, but film critic Mark Kermode argues... more

22 Oct 2019

32 MINS

32:48

22 Oct 2019


#30

Amadeus — Sue Phillips

What does it mean to be good? What does it mean if we aren’t good? Whose fault is it? Thes... more

15 Oct 2019

31 MINS

31:54

15 Oct 2019


#29

Career Girls — Karen Corday

Career Girls is a love letter to the friendships that shape us in our formative years, and... more

09 Oct 2019

28 MINS

28:29

09 Oct 2019


#28

Brown Sugar — Nick George

The movie Brown Sugar is, at its heart, a tribute to hip-hop — complete with a soundtrack ... more

01 Oct 2019

33 MINS

33:12

01 Oct 2019


#27

Contact — Drew Hammond

Contact takes the sometimes opposing forces of science and religion and puts them in conve... more

24 Sep 2019

32 MINS

32:48

24 Sep 2019


#26

Black Panther — Zahida Sherman

Black Panther made all sorts of history — as the first Marvel production to feature a prim... more

17 Sep 2019

31 MINS

31:26

17 Sep 2019


#25

Ratatouille — A.O. Scott

Ratatouille is a Pixar feast. The tale of Remy, a rat who dreams of becoming an excellent ... more

10 Sep 2019

26 MINS

26:33

10 Sep 2019


#24

Groundhog Day — Naomi Alderman

Groundhog Day is a classic movie for two groups of people: Bill Murray fans and anyone who... more

03 Sep 2019

27 MINS

27:34

03 Sep 2019


#23

This Movie Changed Me — Season 2 Trailer

Our podcast This Movie Changed Me is coming back with a new season of movie magic, featuri... more

16 Aug 2019

02 MINS

02:53

16 Aug 2019


#22

The Joy Luck Club — Amy S. Choi

![The Joy Luck Club — Amy S. Choi] (https://onbeing.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/1500x15... more

30 Oct 2018

30 MINS

30:13

30 Oct 2018


#21

Kill Bill: Volume 2 — Lauren Wilford

![Kill Bill: Volume 2 — Lauren Wilford] (https://onbeing.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/15... more

16 Oct 2018

28 MINS

28:20

16 Oct 2018