Justin and Laura Khoo (Cows in the Field podcast) are back for Asghar Farhadi’s thriller from 2011 with A Separation. Together we touch on Farhadi’s recent controversy, divorce as a bureaucratic crisis, and God’s Not Dead
This episode we start out fourth miniseries on 2010s awards winners! This time, we begin to cover the Best International Feature Oscar winners and In a Better World (Denmark) from Susanne Bier to start us off. Alex Kittle joins us as we touch on the politics of each country having a film to represent them, the gripping performances and how much the film feels like awards bait in hindsight
Former interim cohost Tyler Harford returns for 2017’s dark comedy in Ingrid Goes West. We discussed the career of Aubry Plaza, how the film is ahead of its time in satirizing social media influencer culture, and Yellowstone
Leslye Headland's directorial debut still remains polarizing ten years later. A mix of the trappings found in many early 2010s studio comedies along with an adaptation from Headland's play of the same name, Kevin Tudor, Bryden Doyle and Charlie Nash (Almost Major podcast) brings us the film. Together we discuss Kirsten Dunst in the 2010s, comparisons to The Hangover and Bridesmaids and unconventional 90s music needledrops
We welcome Jim Laczkowski (Director's Club podcast) for 2011's Take Shelter! Together we discuss the ending, Jeff Nichols' thoughtful portrayal of mental illness and dream sequences in film
Morgan Roberts joins us for the romantic comedy Ruby Sparks featuring real-life couple Paul Dano and written by Zoe Kazan and directed by real-life couple Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. Together we praise Kazan's breakdown of the "Manic Pixie Dream Girl," the career of "Steady Eddy" Chris Messina and Sundance films' version of leading men
Cassidy Olsen returns for Joe Wright's overlooked coming-of-age thriller in Hanna. Together we examine Saoirse Ronan's 2010s once more, the score by The Chemical Brothers and that tv adaptation that doesn't exist
Scout Tafoya (author of Cinemaphagy: On the Psychedelic Classical Form of Tobe Hooper ) and Tucker Johnson return for Steven Spielberg's quiet historical drama in 2012's Lincoln. Together we'll go over the sprawling ensemble (aside from JGL), Tony Kushner's winning screenplay and overlooked aspects of Spilberg
We welcome Hit Factory podcast, who covers the films of the 90s and we cover the 2010s, our collab was only a matter of time! Today they bring us Ridley Scott's polarizing The Counselor with the episode including Kenan Thompson, The Rihanna Cut, Michael Fassbender's accent work and the loss of Tony Scott felt throughout the film and Ridley's films proceeding this one
We're podding with Kambole Campbell (Empire, Little White Lies) through multiple universes as we talk Spiderman: Into The Spiderverse from 2018! Discussion includes this being the best superhero film of the 2010s, if this will be a foundational film for this generation filmmakers and the involvement the Sony leaks had in the production
Valerie Ettenhofer (Slash film, Film School Rejects) joins us for Agnes Varda and JR's ode to art and memory in 2017's Faces Places. We get into the moments that made us cry, the legacy of Varda in the 2010s, and that one time Madonna wanted to remake Cleo From 5 to 7
We're joined by Leah Carlson-Downie (Fang Club, Oscar's Podcaast) for Joe Cornish's directorial debut in Attack The Block and the love for the film that's grown since. We'll get into John Boyega's career, if this qualifies as a cult classic and selling this with the Edgar Wright brand
Brett der Wiese (Brettriculture) returns for Shin Godzilla and what the reboot looks like after 2014's Godzilla. We get into the history of the franchise as well as how Godzilla evolved in the 2010s
Marya Gates (The Playlist, Roger Ebert) joins us for Nic Winding Refn's iconic Drive. We dig into Albert Brooks' near oscar nomination, the sound design category at the Oscars, and movie theater audience reactions
We welcome Oscar Goff (Boston Hassle) to the pod and talk about 2016's Hail, Caesar! and the Coen Brothers' interrogation of why they love making movies. Discussing the careers of Josh Brolin and Alden Ehrenreich, how we look at this post-Coen breakup and why this didn't work for audiences at the time
We welcome Vice Victus (Polygon) to the pod for the last episode of our month-long series on action films of the 2010s! We'll unpack 2010s wars films, how this became a box office success in South Korea and turning a historical naval commander into an action star
Jordan Crucchiola (Disaster Girls, Vulture) is back to be the ambassador for the maligned legacy sequel, Terminator: Dark Fate. We'll discuss the career of Mackenzie Davis, the trouble production between creative differences with Tim Miller and Jim Cameron and how Dark Fate failed at the box office in the fall of 2019
Action month continues as we're joined by Alex Rallo (One Perfect Headshot) joins us for Peter Chan's 2011 thriller Dragon. We talk about the career of Donnie Yen, what makes the great modern action star and hard to track down/forgotten films
WIlliam Goodman (Complex) joins us to chat about the most recent output from the Mission Impossibles and when we saw Chris McQuarrie become the overseer of the franchise. As well as getting into the career of Rebecca Ferguson, how the action sequences hold up so well since 2015 and 2018 and comparing Rogue Nation to other 2015 sequels we've covered like Mad Max: Fury Road or Magic Mike XXL
Jen Johans (Film Intuition, Watch with Jen podcast) returns to kick off our collection of episodes apart of action month! Very excited to bring a genre-themed month within these next five weeks; first up is Phillip Noyce's Salt! We talk about Angelina Jolie in the 2010s, cloak and dagger thrillers that exist exclusively on cable, and the film's needless alternate ending
Peyton Robinson (JumpCut, Roger Ebert) is back for the defense of the NYSM duology we've been waiting for and why they should be remembered as better action comedies than their reputation suggests. We'll also get into the career of Woody Harrelson in the 2010s, best versus favorite films, the perspective and tone in making a heist film
Bailey Herdè (Bright Wall Dark Room, Flip Screen) joins us for 2018's marvelous Game Night. Along with Jason Bateman in the 2010s, why this studio comedy stands out from the others and comedies that feel timeless like this does
We couldn't repeat the past though Greg Hill-Turner (Chasin' Statham podcast) returns for Baz Luhrmann's polarizing adaption of the classic American novel The Great Gatsby. Together we go over the career of Tobey Maguire and Joel Edgerton, the infamous hip-hop-inspired soundtrack, books we read in the high school and the 3D of it all
Paul Oyama (Movie Trivia Schmoedown) is back for Steven Soderbergh's whip-smart and overlooked High Flying Bird. We'll talk about the career of Andre Holland, relations to other films we've covered like OJ Made in America and Moneyball, how fast the NBA is changing, and Soderbergh's partnership with streamers
Chris Feil (This Had Oscar Buzz, Vanity Fair) joins us for Another Year and a bevy of exquisite performances than come with a Mike Leigh movie. Together we'll discuss the 2011 Oscars, the Mike Leigh process, and what Entertainment Weekly. Consider donating to an abortion fund: https://www.thecut.com/article/donate-abortion-fund-roe-v-wade-how-to-help.html
Saffron Maeve (Paste, Little White Lies) is back for Shane Black's latest buddy comedy in 2016's The Nice Guys. We'll get into Russell Crowe in the 2010s, how Black's Los Angeles differs from other films we've covered like Inherent Vice and Under The Silver Lake, Nicolas Winding Refn's random streaming service: ByNWR and going back to see movies we first saw at 17 Consider donating to an abortion fund: https://www.thecut.com/article/donate-abortion-fund-roe-v-wade-how-to-help.html
Broey Deschanel returns as we meet in Greece for the conclusion (?) of Richard Linklater's Before trilogy on its ninth anniversary! We get into the career of Ethan Hawke, how ranking the trilogy is didactic and how Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke contribute to the screenplays in the trilogy
Allison Picurro (TV Guide) joins us for the deeply human Enough Said. Together we remember Jim Gandolfini, the career of Nicole Holofcener, why HBO's The Staircase isn't more popular, how cool Michael Imperioli is and fake rom-com jobs Consider donating to an abortion fund: https://www.thecut.com/article/donate-abortion-fund-roe-v-wade-how-to-help.html
Clint Worthington (The Spool, Roger Ebert, Consequence) is here with us for Michael Bay's testosterone-fueled black comedy Pain and Gain, in honor of the release of Ambulance . We talk about the career of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Bay's admiration for the Coen Brothers, and the depiction of American capitalism in 2013 movies Consider donating to an abortion fund: https://www.thecut.com/article/donate-abortion-fund-roe-v-wade-how-to-help.html
Jihane Bousfiha (Vulture, Paste magazine) is here on the pod to talk about 2017's The Florida Project. We'll end up talking about the incredible career of Willem Dafoe and push back to Sean Baker's depiction of poverty Consider donating to an abortion fund: https://www.thecut.com/article/donate-abortion-fund-roe-v-wade-how-to-help.html
