Meg Brady (I’m Screaming podcast) is back for the 2019’s Hustlers! Together we discuss the Jennifer Lopez of it all, period accurate detail of the movie, comparisons to other movies we’ve covered like The Big Short and Uncut Gems and how underrated the screenplay is
We're joined by Matt Zoller Seitz (Roger Ebert, author of Sopranos Session, The Wes Anderson Collection) to revisit Rogue One and its place in the Disney Star Wars era. Together we look back at the movie's faults, the cast performances, unfair criticisms, the daring ending, and how the movie improves with the existence of Andor
Sam Bodrojan joins us for Andrew Bujalski's overlooked comedy with RESULTS! Together, we look at the career of the three leads, the state of mumblecore at the time, and how little success the movie had portraying such uncinematic relationships
Justin and Laura Khoo (Cows in the Felid podcast) return for 2011’s prescient CONTAGION! Together we discuss Soderbergh and Burns’ well researched approach, the great ensemble and of course, the novel coronavirus which gave the movie a second life
Andy Germuga and Emilo Diaz (Cannes I Kick It podcast) return for the compelling Steve Jobs! Together we chat about the career of Michael Fassbender, Sorkin talk, youtube movies and the movies growing reputation
We welcome Melanie Shannon to the pod as we discuss the enigmatic Neon Demon! Together, we discuss why the movie was dismissed at the time, how obviously creepy the modeling industry is and if the movie is really a horror movie. Clay Williams absent this episode
Returning guests Aaron Casis and Carlee Gomes (Hit Factory podcast) are here to talk the puzzling 15:17 to Paris but more importantly our first foray into Clint Eastwood's 2010s era. Together, we discuss the bizarre gelato scene, audience reaction in real time, and Clint's reputation as a public figure
Kevin Tudor (Almost Major podcast) is back as we chat about Fede Álvarez' directorial debut and in the conversation for best horror of the decade, Evil Dead. Together we talk Alien: Romulus, state of current horror, the underrated cast, and 2010s remakes
We’re seeing double this week as Sonya Robinson discusses Us (2019)! Together we talk the performances from the cast, the sizemic work from Jordan Peele with just three movies, the movies reception from the time, the movie’s eerie look and Trap
Bilge Ebiri and Brandon Streussnig (Vulture) are back for 2017’s harrowing ONLY THE BRAVE! Tgether we discuss the secret genius with Joe Kosinski, the career of Miles Teller and comparisons we see to Michael Bay
Sophia Cimenello (Oscar Wild pod) joins us for the beguiling thriller with Lee Chang Dong’s BURNING! Together we chat about the career of Steven Yeun, South Korean cinema at the Oscars, coming up with our own intreptations of the events of the film and how the loneliy protaginst at the center of the film is tiemly as ever
Alison Piccurro (Boy Movies) and writer Cassidy Olsen return as we revisit Wes Anderson's generationally defining coming of age comedy with MOONRISE KINGDOM! Together we discuss if the movie could've taken place in another decade, the perfect pasting, problems with Wes Anderson post Isle of Dogs
Soraya Sebghati (Night Talks band) joins us for Ben Wheatly's horror/thriller (John Wicker man for short) with KILL LIST! Together, we let Clay cook about Michael Smiley, the scariness of folk horror and Wheatly being overrated or underrated
Jonah Koslofsky (The Spool) is back as we reexamine 2014's epic GODZILLA! Together we talk all things film career of Bryan Cranston, the flaws of Gareth Edwards, criticisms of the film when it came out, and if this is in the conversation for the best blockbuster of the 2010s
Culture writer Daniella Mazzio joins us to discussing the singular work of Don Hertzfeldt with the legacy of It's Such a Beautiful Day. Together we talk about the zillennial bridge Don Hertzfeldt builds from viral videos to cinema, influence from Rejected and adult swim
We revisit the Ocean’s 7/11 as Sarah Welch Larsen (Bright Wall Dark Room) joins us! Together we discuss the careers of Daniel Craig and Riley Keough, Soderbergh’s retirement, Clay’s West Virginia hatred and how well the movie has aged since 2017
Allegra Frank (The Daily Beast) joins us for a rom com parody that was dead on arrival with 2014’s THEY CAME TOGETHER. Together we discuss the careers of the two leads, the movies cruel tones, comparisons to lonely island and Wet Hot American Summer influence
Mitchell Beaupre (Letterboxd, Paste magazine) is back to discuss 2015’s Tomorrowland! Together we talk about the career of Brad Bird, optimistic blockbusters and why the movie didn’t connect with audiences
Comedian Jon Gabrus is back and joins us to take a look back at the prescient thriller in SICARIO. Together we discuss the careers of the three leads, Denis Villeneuve’s significance in the 2010s and the unique tension captivated by Taylor Sheridan
Clint Worthington returns as we discuss the profound moral dilemmas Josh Oppenheimer’s The Act of Killing and Look of Silence ! Together we unpack the suppression of Indonesian history from the genocide, the difference in form from the first documentary to the follow up and the striking ending in Act of Killing
Morgan Roberts (Film Gaze podcast) is back as we revisit 2015’s Room! Together we look at the careers of Brie Larson and Jacob Tremblay’s careers, mid 2010s adaptations, 2015 Oscars and the tonal balance risked by Abrahamson in the movie
Noah Gittell (The Ringer, The Guardian, author "Baseball: The Movie") joins us for one of the best comedies of the decade with Richard Linklater's Everybody Wants Some!! Together we go through the breakout Glen Powell performance, the Dazed and Confused connections and Linklater baseball references
Aramide Tinubu (Variety) is here to revisit how hard it is to leave behind the sad irish life with Brooklyn! We unpack Saris Ronan’s. Second Oscar nom, movies made for the elderly and love triangles
Guy Dolby (Polygon, Gawker) returns for somehow after four and a half years the first Wes Anderson we’ll be covering with THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL! Together we discuss the Wes Anderson reputation circa 2014, the 2015 Oscars, Ralph Fiennes in the 2010s and how it ranks among the best comedies of the decade
In a decade filled with homogeneous comic book movies, none is quite like 2018’s Venom! Fletchers Peters (Daily Beast) returns for all things Tom Hardy career talk, the bizarre origin of the movie, journalists that could be infected with venom and improvements in the movie made by the sequel
Lyvie Scott (Slash film) returns for 2017's disastrous KING ARTHUR adaptation. Together we discuss 2010s failed fantasy, Game of Thrones influence over the movie, the troubled production and Charlie Hunam career talk
We escaped a cult to pod about Martha Marcy May Marlene as Tyler Harford is back! Together we touch on the career of Sean Durkin, the films Oscar buzz, career of Sarah Paulson and Durkin's haunting writting
Why I outta! Jesse Catherine Webber and Cullen Atchley (Cannes I Kick It podcast) are back to discuss the failure and reclamation of 2012’s THE THREE STOOGES! Together, we come up with MANY recastings, the development hell the movie found itself in, how the movie was doomed to fail and the sincerity that makes the movie work 12 years later
Alex Kittle(Pan and Scan illustrations) joins us for 2013’s industry romantic comedy as well as Lake Bell’s directorial debut with In a World! Together we discuss Bell’s career, her chemistry with Demetri Martin, the movies poignant ending, careers that Hollywood doesn’t know what to do with and how well the movie has aged since 2013
Matt Singer (Screencrush, Opposable Thumbs book) joins us for the mo-cap era and the Adventures of Tintin! Together we talk all the odd visual choices of Tintin’s design, comparison to the Robert Zemeckis motion capture films, Spielberg comedies and uses of 3D
