The RomCom Roundtable
Pull up a chair for a seat at the RomCom Roundtable where we chat about all things RomComs! An Original Podcast Hosted by Caitie & Matthieu
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Welcome to The RomCom Roundtable! The quarterfinals of the World Cup are set, and to coincide with the tournament, we thought we had to chat about a film about the beautiful game!
Break out the kit for your favorite team because today we chat about Bend It Like Beckham!
Bend It Like Beckham (2002) is about Jess and her dream to play football professionally and balance the plans her family has for her future.
We discuss in ...
Welcome to The RomCom Roundtable! When the genre of RomCom is mentioned, this film is often at the top of the list. Today we review When Harry Met Sally.
We share our thoughts on the film and its cultural impact as well as its influence in romcom movies and books of today.
We recorded this episode in December 2025. We already had this episode slated on the schedule before the news broke about Rob & Michele Reiner. We ...
Welcome to The RomCom Roundtable! Season 2 is here!!
Today’s episode features a summer classic: Mamma Mia! And we have a guest co-host! Our friend Katie joins us on the podcast!
In today’s episode, we chat about ABBA, their music and impact on culture; tribute concerts to ABBA, including The Concert: A Tribute to ABBA; and our thoughts on Mamma Mia! We’ve got lots of fun facts about ABBA and the film!
Welcome to The RomCom Roundtable! We have an update about Season 2! Our new season starts next week!
Starting next week, we will have a regular schedule for episodes starting on Tuesdays! Stay tuned for later this week for our review preview for the next episode!
We also want to welcome, Steve Angello, who has joined us at The RomCom Roundtable as our audio engineer! Thank you Steve! Check out Steve’s website...
Welcome to The RomCom Roundtable! We have our first interview with an author on today’s episode of the podcast! Today, Christy Schillig joins the podcast!
Congratulations, Christy, on the re-release of Wish You Weren’t Here!!
In this episode, we learn about the inspirations for Wish You Weren’t Here and Lessons in Falling, Christy’s journey as a writer and teacher, her upcoming projects, and ...
Welcome to The RomCom Roundtable! So we had a layover….a literary layover if you will. We’ve got one more stop in our mini series! We talked for a while about Roman Holiday, but how could you not? It’s a classic!
In our previous episode for Roman Holiday Caitie mentioned a book that features the themes and some similar scenes to the film. Today we have a bonus book review episode for you where we discuss Whe...
Welcome to The RomCom Roundtable! It’s been a fun, nostalgic journey in our mini series throughout Italy through the lens of film. We knew from the beginning the mini series should have a grand finale!
The movie that walked so the films of the future could run…..(cue the drumroll).....
….Roman Holiday!
Starring Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck, Roman Holiday (1953) is the story of Princess Ann (Hepburn) ...
Welcome to The RomCom Roundtable! And to our One Year Retrospective!!
It’s been an incredible first year of the pod, and we are so thankful for all of you for being part of the journey!
In this mini episode, we reflect on highlights of the first year of episodes we’ve recorded and published and what’s upcoming for our second season!
Thank you to our guests, sponsors, and to you the listeners! We greatly a...
Hey now! Hey now! This is what dreams are made of!
Welcome to The RomCom Roundtable! We’re back in Italia with our mini series!
And it’s all millennial nostalgia today - we’re chatting about The Lizzie McGuire Movie! Thank you to Fareena for the request!
Starring Hilary Duff, The Lizzie McGuire Movie is based on the hit Disney Channel show. The film had a theatrical release in 2003 and is set at the...
Welcome to The RomCom Roundtable! Today we’re talking about People We Meet on Vacation! We recorded this episode the day after the film’s premiere on Netflix!
Starring Emily Bader and Tom Blyth, People We Meet on Vacation is the story of two friends Alex and Poppy who make a pact to meet for a trip for one week every summer. The film takes place over the course of over a decade of their friendship, their travels, a...
Bonne année tout le monde! Happy New Year everyone! Raise a glass of your favorite bubbly beverage for the new year! Our second holiday episode is a recent Netflix Original Movie: Champagne Problems!
The film premiered this past December and stars Minka Kelly, Tom Wozniczka, Sean Amsing, Flula Borg, Astrid Whettnall, and Thibault de Montalembert. Sydney (Minka Kelly) travels to Paris during the holidays prior to acquire a champagne ...
Happy Holidays everyone! We hope you’re enjoying the holiday season! One of our two holiday films this year is The Holiday! We also have a guest co-host!
Today, Cassie joins us on the pod to chat about the film!
Cassie is the owner of Tinker & Trade and the co-owner of The Broken Spine, one of our podcast sponsors!
Based in the Brewerytown neighborhood of Philadelphia, The Broken Spine is Philly&rsqu...
Ciao a tutti! Our next review of the miniseries The RomCom Roundtable Goes to Italy is here! Today, we travel to Verona & Siena! The city of Romeo and Juliet.
In this episode, we talk about Letters to Juliet. This film is inspired by the real life Secretaries of Juliet (known as the Juliet Club (Club di Giulietta)), which began nearly a century ago. Volunteers are from around the world, responding to letters ...
“Can you *69 Genovia?”
Ciao a tutti! Our next review of the miniseries The RomCom Roundtable Goes to Italy is here! We’ve got a special guest! Today, Kelly joins the pod! Caitie and Kelly have been long-time friends since high school and went to college and grad together!
In this episode, we talk about Under the Tuscan Sun. Kelly studied in Florence, and Under the Tuscan Sun is one of her favorite films....
Sorpresa! We have a bonus episode for you in our miniseries, The RomCom Roundtable Goes to Italy!
We’re reviewing Hallmark’s Villa Amore, starring Kevin McGarry and Eloise Mumford.
Set in Capena near Rome, Villa Amore tells the story of Liara who travels to Italy after a breakup and she purchases a 1 Euro villa in Italy. When she arrives at her new home, she meets Leo, an American ex-pat, who helps her renovate the...
Ciao a tutti! Our next review of the miniseries #TheRomComRoundtableGoestoItaly is here! Today we’ll be reviewing Netflix’s La Dolce Villa, starring Scott Foley, Violante Placido, and Maia Reficco.
Set in Tuscany, La Dolce Villa tells the story of culinary consultant Eric (Scott Foley) who travels to Italy to stop his daughter (Maia Reficco) from buying and restoring a historic villa.
La Dolce Villa is available on ...
Ciao a tutti! It's our first film review for our miniseries, The RomCom Roundtable Goes to Italy!
Today, we’ll be reviewing Two Scoops of Italy, starring Hunter King and Michele Rosiello.
Set in Ostia Antica near Rome, Two Scoops of Italy tells the story of Danielle, a chef from Santa Monica working on a new menu to save her restaurant. She travels to Ostia Antica and meets Giancarlo who is trying to create a new, innova...
Ciao a tutti! We begin our Italy Miniseries! Benvenuti! In this series, we’ll be featuring reviews of RomComs set in Italy!
But first, we set the scene. The Antipasti Episode is the appetizer.
We’ll not only reveal the movies that we’ll be reviewing in the series, but also we’ll be talking about our travels to Italy from our People to People trip. Our itinerary included Venice, Jesolo, Pisa, Siena,...
Welcome to the RomCom Roundtable! In this episode, we have our first book review: Falling In Love at the Movies by Esther Zuckerman. It’s a history of the RomCom, themes, archetypes, actors and actresses, the writers, and directors of the genre. But even more than that, the book considers how RomComs reflect the times we live in and express our values, hopes, and dreams.
In this episode we get to add more movies t...
Welcome to the RomCom Roundtable! Listeners, we hope you enjoyed our recent Hallmark Highlights episode about A Machu Picchu Proposal and My Norwegian Holiday.
We are really fortunate to have a special interview with one of the stars of A Machu Picchu Proposal to chat about the film, Hallmark, and RomComs. In this episode we welcome to The RomCom Roundtable, Alec Santos!
We chat with Alec about RomComs, filming Hal...
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