Petit Maman & Where Is The Friend’s House
This week, it's two films about the vast, unknowable world of children: Petit Maman and Where Is the Friend's House.
May 16, 2022•54 min•Ep. 90
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We’re All Going to the World’s Fair & Unfriended
This week, it's two films valiantly trying to capture the slippery, universal experience of ~~being online~~. It's We're All Going to the World's Fair (2022), and Unfriended (2014).
May 02, 2022•54 min•Ep. 89
Apollo 10 1/2 & Dazed and Confused
It's 420! Zone out to two Linklater films: his latest rotoscope cartoon, the '60s nostalgia fest Apollo 10 1/2, and a film you may have seen on VHS 10,000 times, Dazed and Confused.
Apr 18, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 88
Deep Water& Body Heat
This week, we're looking at two ~~erotic thrillers~~ !! A much-maligned genre making a small, tentative comeback, in part thanks to this week's movie, Deep Water (2022); we're also talking about one of the genre's foundational texts, 1981's Body Heat.
Apr 04, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 87
Turning Red & Eighth Grade
This week, it's two extremely different movies about almost exactly the same extreme situation: being a 13-year-old girl. It's Turning Red (2022) and Eighth Grade (2018).
Mar 21, 2022•51 min•Ep. 86
After Yang and Alphaville
This week, we're talking about two philosophical science fiction films made by critics-turned-directors: After Yang (2022, Kogonada), and Alphaville (1965, Jean-Luc Godard).
Mar 07, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 85
Flee and Summer of Soul
This week, it's two films nominated for Best Documentary Feature: Summer of Soul (Amir Questlove Thompson, 2021), and Flee (Jonas Poher Rasmussen, 2021; also nominated for Best Foreign Language Film and Best International Feature, a first!). Like all great documentaries, these movies make you ask what a documentary really is, anyway.
Feb 21, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 84
A Hero & Pickpocket
This week, we're looking at two films that untangle the messy web of supposedly criminal acts -- A Hero (Asghar Farhadi, 2021) and Pickpocket (Robert Bresson, 1959).
Feb 07, 2022•55 min•Ep. 83
Bergman Island & Day for Night
This week, it's two transcendent European movies about Europeans makin' movies: 2021's Bergman Island and 1973's Day For Night.
Jan 24, 2022•57 min•Ep. 82
The Lost Daughter & Night of the Hunter
This week we're looking at a very small category: directorial debuts from actors in which they do not appear as actors. So, we've got The Lost Daughter (2022, Maggie Gyllenhaal), and Night of the Hunter (1955, Charles Laughton).
Jan 10, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 81
2021 Best Of
We're looking back at the best of 2021 -- shows we talked about on the podcast, and those we didn't (one guess which one of us saw more movies lol). Happy New Year!
Dec 28, 2021•54 min•Ep. 80
Licorice Pizza & After Hours
This time, it's two loose semi-sprawling good-time movies -- Licorice Pizza (2021) and After Hours (1985).
Dec 13, 2021•58 min•Ep. 79
Power of The Dog & The Assassination of Jesse James
This week, we're talking about Jane Campion's new film, the taught revisionist western The Power of the Dog (2021), and another film about dark psychosexual obsession in the Old West, The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford.
Nov 29, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 78
Spencer & The Queen
This week, it's two sides of the same coin: Spener (2021) and The Queen (2006).
Nov 15, 2021•51 min•Ep. 77
Dune & The Fellowship of the Ring
This week, it's two (spoiler alert!) very succesful adaptations of supposedly unfilmable nerd-classic books: Dune (2021) and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001).
Nov 01, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 76
Cry Macho & Richard Jewell
This week, we're looking at the most recent movies by what I'm going to say without doing any research is the oldest living actor-director in the world: Clint Eastwood. It's Cry Macho (2021) and Richard Jewell (2019).
Oct 18, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 75
I‘m Your Man & Her
This week, we're talking about two movies that get at the nature of what it means to share your life with another person, when that person might not really be a person at all -- I'm Your Man (2021) and Her (2013).
Oct 04, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 74
The Card Counter & Hard Eight
This week, it's two strikingly similar movies from strikingly talented directors: The Card Counter (2021, Paul Schrader) and Hard Eight (1996, Paul Thomas Anderson).
Sep 20, 2021•53 min•Ep. 73
Coda & Sound of Metal
This week, we're doing the record-setting Sundance feel-good movie Coda (2021) and the Amazon feel-bad movie The Sound of Metal (2020). Two movies about music and hearing, this week!
Aug 23, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 72
The Green Knight & Excalibur
This week, we're talking about The Green Knight (2021) and another big retelling of Arthurian legend, Excalibur (1981). One is definitely way better!
Aug 09, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 71
Pig & Joe
This week, we're looking at two late-period Nic Cage masterpieces: Pig (2021) and Joe (2013)
Jul 26, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 70
Zola & Ingrid Goes West
Two movies about the delusions and danger social media exposes us to, and compels us to submit ourselves to: Zola (2021) and Ingrid Goes West (2017).
Jul 12, 2021•59 min•Ep. 69
In the Heights & The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
This week, we're looking at two very different takes on musicals about life in the city: In the Heights (2021) and The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964).
Jun 21, 2021•53 min•Ep. 68
Plan B & Harold & Kumar
This week, two buddy road films that subvert the genre in some ways and ... not others. It's Plan B (2021) and Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004).
Jun 07, 2021•58 min•Ep. 67
The Killing of Two Lovers & A Separation
This week, we're **back in theaters**! Madness. And we're talking two extremely lighthearted films (lol), 2021's The Killing of Two Lovers and 2011's A Separation.
May 24, 2021•56 min•Ep. 66
The Disciple & Inside Llewyn Davis
This week, we're looking at two movies about the quest for musical perfection: new Indian Marathi-language film The Disciple (2020, now on Netflix in the US) and the Coen brothers' Inside Llewyn Davis (2013).
May 11, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 65
Nobody & Mandy
Happy belated 420! This week, we're talking about two stoner action movies (or at least one): Nobody (starring Bob Odenkirk, 2021) and Mandy (starring Nicholas Cage, 2018).
Apr 26, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 64
The Father & Philomena
This week, it's two small British films that unexpectedly took the Oscars by storm: The Father (2020) and Philomena (2013).
Apr 12, 2021•48 min•Ep. 63
I Care a Lot & A Private War
This week, we're deep in the Pikeaverse. It's two movies starring Rosamund Pike: I Care a Lot and A Private War.
Apr 01, 2021•53 min•Ep. 62
Minari & Judas and the Black Messiah
This week, it's two movies that just became Oscar-nominated-films: Minari and Judas and the Black Messiah. It's another of our signature awards season catchup episodes!
Mar 15, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 61
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