Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchQuirky Crime Caper or Bad Tarantino Clone? | THINGS TO DO IN DENVER WHEN YOU'RE DEAD
Episode 89
THINGS TO DO IN DENVER WHEN YOU’RE DEAD (1995) is a time capsule of 1990s crime cinema: strange characters with even stranger nicknames who speak in …
8 months, 3 weeks ago
The Most Misunderstood Fantasy Film of the 2020s | THE GREEN KNIGHT
Episode 88
THE GREEN KNIGHT (2021) is often described as abstract, slow, or confusing, but those labels miss what the film is actually doing. Directed by David …
9 months ago
Pretentious or Profound? Why THE FOUNTAIN Endures
Episode 87
THE FOUNTAIN (2006) is one of the most ambitious, polarizing, and misunderstood films of the 21st century. Directed by Darren Aronofsky, the film wea…
9 months, 1 week ago
Why Robert Redford's Final Film Is Perfect | THE OLD MAN & THE GUN
Episode 86
THE OLD MAN & THE GUN (2018) feels less like a typical crime movie and more like a gentle farewell not just to a character, but to an entire Hollywo…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
The Spy Movie That Gets Spycraft Right | SPY GAME (2001)
Episode 85
SPY GAME (2001) looks like a slick, early-2000s spy thriller, but beneath Tony Scott’s kinetic style is a surprisingly thoughtful film about loyalty,…
10 months ago
The TV Scandal That Changed America Forever | QUIZ SHOW (1994)
Episode 84
QUIZ SHOW (1994) shouldn’t work on paper: a quiet film about a 1950s game-show scandal, congressional hearings, and a rigged trivia show with no viol…
10 months, 1 week ago
The Perfect Con Movie You’ve Never Seen | THE STING (1973)
Episode 83
Robert Redford and Paul Newman reunite for one of the greatest con-artist films ever made and one of the most purely entertaining movies Hollywood ha…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Is Frankenstein Over-Hyped or a Masterpiece?
Episode 82
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is one of the most influential works of horror, science fiction, and gothic literature, but does Guillermo del Toro’s lon…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
The 4 MOST Terrifying Episodes Of The Twilight Zone
Episode 81
Before Black Mirror, before Love, Death & Robots, there was The Twilight Zone: television’s original nightmare machine.
For this special Four Play: …
11 months, 1 week ago
The Most BEAUTIFUL Horror Film Ever Made - Revisited 50 Years Later | SUSPIRIA (1977)
Episode 80
Suspiria is one of the most beautiful and unsettling horror films ever made. Dario Argento’s 1977 masterpiece drenches witchcraft in light and color,…
11 months, 2 weeks ago