Podcast Episodes

"Racetrack" (1985, Dir: Frederick Wiseman)

Frederick Wiseman made a movie about a horse racing track in New York State. That's all it is. But then what? We discuss. 

Watch the movie here, it rocks. Interview with  Wiseman here. You can also …

Published on 10 hours ago

"Earth" (1930, Dir: Alexander Dovzhenko)

Corbin plays a flu game for "Earth," early Soviet filmmaker Alexander Dovzhenko's weird mashup of Soviet Propoganda and Art Film. Topics include: Soviet Cinema: what's up with that, Lenin's role in c…

Published on 1 week ago

"Nouvelle Vague" (2025, Dir: Richard Linklater)

Why did a great American director who doesn't speak French make a movie about one of the most famous French movies of all time? What was the French new wave all about? Why does Zoey Deutch resemble J…

Published on 2 weeks ago

THE DARK CRYSTAL (1982, Dir: Jim Henson and Frank Oz)

'The Dark Crystal' is a monument to craft, a movie made entirely with puppets, primative robots, strings, fog machines, lighting rigs, and spit. A true monument to analog filmmaking. But is it any go…

Published on 3 weeks, 1 day ago

"Eddington" (2025, Dir: Ari Aster) w/ John Wilmes

Earlier this year Ari Aster released a movie About Now that some people liked and some people didn't like. Corbin and Matt and friend of the program John Wilmes DID like it and we get into it! Feelin…

Published on 4 weeks ago

"Cobra Verde" (1987, Dir: Werner Herzog) w/ Ryder Canepa

Werner Herzog deals in ecstatic truths. But are they truthful enough to deal with the brutal legacy of slavery and colonialism? We discuss COBRA VERDE, Herzog's last collaboration with Klaus Kinski, …

Published on 1 month ago

"Metallica: Some Kind of Monster" (2004, Dir: Joe Berlinger Bruce Sinofsky)

Since we started this show we've known that, someday, we would sit down to talk about Metallica: Some Kind of Monster, a movie about Metallica, and the world, going to therapy for the first time.

Top…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

"The Shrouds" (2025, Dir: David Cronenberg) w/ Nathan Lee

Happy Halloween! To celebrate spooky season, Corbin and Matt are joined by NATHAN LEE, a film academic and critic whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Film Comment, The Village Voice, and N…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

A Lil' One Battle After Another Chat

Matt's working on this week's episode still, so we excerpted the beginning, where we talk about OBAA. I saw it again after this and loved it more

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

"Tokyo Drifter" (1968, Dir: Seijun Suzuki)

Hey! We are joined here by ANDY MORSE, the host of REKINDLING OUR BONDS, a podcast about the motion pictures regarding the life and career of JAMES BOND (available on: iTunes! Youtube! Spotify!) to…

Published on 1 month, 4 weeks ago