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Episode 240
It's incredibly easy to overpraise something like Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist just for its degree of difficulty and the unlikelihood of it even existing, but it’s the real deal: a living Great Ameri…
Published on 6 months, 1 week ago
"Nickel Boys"
Episode 239
This week we review RaMell Ross's Nickel Boys, an adaptation of Colson Whitehead's novel of the same name. The story of two Black boys who form an unshakeable bond at a segregated reform school in th…
Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago
The Most Anticipated Films of 2025
Episode 238
As per tradition, we follow up the best of 2024 with our Most Anticipated Films of 2025 episode as Jeff, Derek, and Amir list what's got them excited going into the new year. Running the gamut of ind…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago
The Best Films of 2024
Episode 237
Another year of cinema in the rear view as we count down our personal top tens of 2024. A year that highlighted the limits of accessibility for some of its best films, 2024 gave us the most varied li…
Published on 7 months ago
"Juror #2"
Episode 236
At 94-years young, Clint Eastwood is still going strong with his latest meat-and-potatoes legal thriller, Juror #2. Featuring a murderers' row of actors and a premise to die for, is Eastwood's latest…
Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago
"Nosferatu"
Episode 235
Happy new year! We ring in 2025 by reviewing podcast favorite filmmaker Robert Eggers' latest historical horror: his grim vision of the vampire classic, Nosferatu. We talk vampires, Dracula, and Egge…
Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago
"Anora"
Episode 234
This week, we review Cannes and awards season darling Anora. Another exploration of director Sean Baker's working class milieus, this story of a fiery stripper who falls in with an immature son of Ru…
Published on 8 months ago
"The Beast"
Episode 233
For better or worse, Bertrand Bonello's The Beast is one of the most memorable movies of 2024. A discombobulating sci-fi trip through time that stars Lea Seydoux and George Mackay, it explodes the ke…
Published on 8 months, 1 week ago
"Gladiator II" and "Wicked"
Episode 232
2024's challenger to last year's "Barbenheimer" phenomenon is here in the form of the Gladiator II and Wicked double feature. We review both highly anticipated films, and our discussion just might su…
Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago
"Conclave"
Episode 231
This week we review Edward Berger's Conclave, a papal conspiracy thriller in the guise of a serious business, hiding a goofed-up B-movie underneath. We talk about its twists and turns, its murderers'…
Published on 9 months ago