I Love You But - latchkey sisters talk movies and tv
Some weeks, the Davis sisters, Heather and Rian, revisit relics of their childhoods to critically evaluate the crap that consumed their misspent youth. Overeducated, lazy feminists, the sisters examine how their identities were informed by media while making fun of everything.
Episodes
96 episodes
Those Jeans are Doing God's Work [West Side Story (1961) (2021)]
A final Alt Shakespeare double feature! We watch/rewatch WEST SIDE STORY from 1961 and 2021. Listen to the end for a preview of our fall season's theme. Discussion topics include Elliot, the burgeoning f-boy; the trans teac...
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I Forgot About Flea! [My Own Private Idaho (1991)]
The Davis Sisters' different approach to entertainment makes this a fun listen. Pushing Alt Shakespeare to its limit, they watch My Own Private Idaho (1991), the indie film that kicked off the New Queer Cinema movement. This is on...
Terrarium People Need Not Apply (Shakespeare Metafiction)
Only a couple more Alt Shakespeare episodes remain, while Rian and Heather tackle Shakespeare Metafiction. Fiction about fiction. Specifically, they revisit television episodes from DOCTOR WHO, "The Shakespeare Code" (2007, S...
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Those Aren't American Trees [Anyone But You (2023)]
Continuing their exploration of Alt Shakespeare, Heather and Rian give ANYONE BUT YOU (2023) a second chance and find it is not "as merry as the day is long." Topics include Rian's personality is bitter coffee grounds; MANDALORIAN AND...
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Uncle-Daddy [Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead (1990)]
In this short and sweet Alt Shakespeare episode, Heather and Rian reconsider ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD (1990). Topics include, Heather watched WEAPONS (2025) and Rian is gardening; this movie could be p...
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We Don't Need Theater Kids Reading Shakespeare [10 Things I Hate About You (1999)]
Continuing their Alt Shakespeare summer series, this week, Heather and Rian revisit 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU (1999), the meme-able nostalgia romcom. Topics include emotions living under your double chin; teaching is like a reality TV s...
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Paul Rudd is an Adorable Dork [Romeo + Juliet (1996)]
In this PRIDE episode, Rian and Heather revisit Baz Lurhmann's iconic, excessive, messy ROMEO + JULIET (1996) to continue their summer series, Alt Shakespeare. Apologies for the issues with Heather's audio. ...
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The Price is Right Until the Soap Operas Started [Chimes at Midnight (1965)]
Welcome to Season 5 of the I LOVE YOU BUT Davis Sisters Podcast! Heather and Rian celebrate summer with an Alt Shakespeare theme, starting with Orson Welles' bloated opus, CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT (1965). In this Mother...
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FMK: Auteurs (bonus)
In a hiatus bonus episode, Heather quizzes Rian on famous auteurs (aka directors), trivializing their work with the classic FMK game (fornicate, marry, unalive).Directors subjected to their whimsy include John Waters, David Lynch, Mike N...
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What Do You Want From Me? Go Away.
Finally Heather and Rian found a fever dream in EMPIRE RECORDS (1995), a mid-90s time capsule of white middle-class American teens! Topics include Easter Plans, Heathens, and Buddhism; ethical debates of social media; IMPERFECT WOMEN<...
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Stupid Human Emotions
Upon rewatch, Heather and Rian found the 90s fever dream of DROP DEAD GORGEOUS (1999) to be a super problematic. Topics include fragile white feelings and no kings; the Other Heather (and Kyle); Rian hiding money from herself like...
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Have You Met America?
Upon rewatch, Heather and Rian found the 90s fever dream of CAN'T HARDLY WAIT (1998) to be a nightmare. Topics include a crumpled frog and witchy business; Wally Pleasant; wifi (the fifth element); using up all ...
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I Love Your 3rd Anniversary Soundbites But
Hey, can you believe we've kept this crap up for three years?* To celebrate you and us, we put together this brief compilation of different soundbites from seasons one, two, and three. For your reference:SEASON 1 EPISODES...
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When a Size 6 Was Fat and Women Weren't Funny
Heather and Rian give themselves over to the 90s fever dream of ROMY AND MICHELE'S HIGH SCHOOL REUNION (1997). Topics include apologizing to Ireland; fighting with an ISP; DARK WINDS; BEETLEJUICE; THE BRIDE!; ONE BATT...
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Harry's Been Doing Some Therapy!
Heather and Rian wrap up the series on vintage capitalism and throw all their whiteness at the legendary SET IT OFF (1996). Topics include THE NIGHT MANAGER and ÉTOILE and Timothée Chalamet; The Harry Style...
Flirt with Everyone All of the Time
The I LOVE YOU BUT podcast presents LASTING IMPRESSIONS: A MODERN PRIDE & PREJUDICE, the audio book, written and read by co-host, Heather, under her pen name, Heather Denton. Following a brief intro and a five-minute sa...
The Seduction Begins
Heather and Rian continue the series on vintage capitalism and giggle about I ❤️HUCKABEES (2004). Topics include THE BEAUTY and ironic advertising; THE NIGHT MANAGER and the undeniable straightness of Tom Hiddlest...
In My Feelings All the Time (Bonus)
Heather and Rian present a bonus episode after a beating of a week. Topics include trips to the ER, the Y, and Cracker Barrel, oh my!; emergency contacts; super quick fun, super depressing bonus; Elliot's hot takes on the I HEART HUCKABE...
Funny But Inaccurate
Heather and Rian continue the series on vintage capitalism and have a lot to say about Terry Gilliam's Brazil (1985). Topics include mourning Catherine O'Hara and celebrating the genius of Schitt's Creek; a te...
A Real Box of Cereal
Heather and Rian continue the series on vintage capitalism and are not that into Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), but their teenaged babysitter wasn't allowed to watch it when they did. Topics include Winterpocalypse 2026; h...
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Mixed Tapes for the Modern Age
Heather and Rian continue the series on vintage capitalism and gush about Gene Wilder in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971). Topics include making friends as an adult; dairy-related conversations; Rain and her ROBH
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An Office Kimono; or, Target, Take the Wheel
Heather and Rian continue the series on vintage capitalism and try to solve the plot holes of 9 TO 5 (1980). Topics include it was Rian's birthday!; talking sht after soup parties; shout out to the haters; two-hour therapy ...
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The Nostalgia of the Anti-Piracy Warning
In the season four premiere, Heather and Rian kickoff a series on vintage capitalism and relish the millennial excess of JOSIE & THE PUSSYCATS (2001). Topics include scrolling to the end of Netflix; Matthew Rhys,...
