110. MOLLI AND MAX IN THE FUTURE (2024) dir. Michael Lukk Litwak

I'm currently bearing a stupid fucking grin as I type. Alex Winkler's soundtrack for MOLLI AND MAX IN THE FUTURE, a bouncy, jazzy number, kicks about, a woman singing about how she may not love you in the present, but maybe in the future, y'all can be more than friends.Michael Lukk Litwak's sci-fi rom-com, following the titular couple Molli (Zosia Mamet) and Max (Aristotle Athari) through 12 years of friendship, romantic tension, uncomfortable conversations about one's insecurities, and tennis (wearing Tron-style suits). Oh, did I mention the MODOK/Krang-looking magical demigod leading his own superpowered cult against a horde of evil actors?Huh, must've slipped my mind.The quickest way to describe this movie is WHEN HARRY MET SALLY in space. A better way, sourced from my press notes, would be an amalgam of '70s-'80s sci-fi and romance movies & the anxieties emerging from a Trump-led COVID pandemic, set in the service of finding the simple joy in connecting, intimately, with another person. Because you might not be able to get over your shit on your own, but with an honest, loving friend to care for you, call you out when necessary? Shit, you both might stand a chance.---Follow The Movies on ⁠⁠Instagram ⁠⁠& ⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠Financially support the podcast via the ⁠⁠tip jar!