Josh Bradley (Serious Film People) returns for Richard Linklater's magnum opus in Boyhood! Together we chat about the criticisms from the time, the characterization of Ethan Hawke's father figure, the performances, why the descriptor of "universal feeling" is outdated and pop culture influences on the movie
Matt Knost (Settle the Score) join us for 2010s documentary about Banksy (kinda) with Exit Through the Gift Shop! Together we dig into Banksy's place on pop culture, the perspective the doc takes on its main character and the elusive nature of the artist
Olivia Deaton (Intermission podcast) joins us for 2016's horror throwback in The Love Witch. Together we discuss the style of the movie, 2010s horror in general, Samantha Robinson's specific performance and comparisons to Jennifer's Body
Josh Polanski (Boston Hassle) returns as we chat about Jia Zhangke! Together we discuss the anthology film, fav segments, that epilogue and the Chinese restrictions. Friend of the show Tyler Harford fills in for cohost while Clay Williams is absent
Peyton Robinson (Roger Ebert) returns with 2013’s The Double! Together we discuss how the movie is an overlooked comedy, the Jesse Eisenberg leading man appeal, movies we thought of in reference to The Double, the look of the movie and Richard Ayoade’s career. Friend of the show Tyler Harford fills in for cohost while Clay Williams is absent
Sam Herbst returns as we discuss Debra Granik’s superb Leave No Trace. Together we go through the careers of the leads, films we thought of on our rewatch, earning the movies’ rotten tomatoes record and 2018 as a movie year. Friend of the show Tyler Harford fills in for cohost while Clay Williams is absent
We are joined once more by Almost Major pod's Kevin Tudor and Bryden Doyle to discuss 2014's THE GUEST! Together we cover Dan Stevens' career, what happened to Adam Wingard, the horror director, the late Lance Reddick and the memorable score
Abby Monteil returns with us for Claire Denis' space odyssey " High Life" together we discuss the view of assault and violence in the movie, Rob Pattinson, queuer making scifi, using Mia Goth and nihilism
Chris Feil (This Had Oscar Buzz) returns as we discuss 2016's Toni Erdman. Together, we touch on Clay's view on uncomfortable comedy, Sandra Huller's career, the view on capitalism beneath the surface of the movie, and the lingering remake
Josh Spiegel joins us for the fourth installment in the Mission: Impossible franchise with Ghost Protocol! Together we discuss the highest highs of the movie, the Brad Bird of it all, rebooting a franchise, anticitiation for Final Reckoning and lazer tag
Kyle Amato (Hawke Cast) returns for Wes Anderson's stop motion adventure in 2018's Isle of Dogs! Together we discuss the cultural appropriation that surrounds the movie, Bryan Cranston's performance, Kyle's relationship to Wes Anderson and its an animated movie without a quick pace. Clay Williams absent this episode
Hit the slopes! Alexa Heard joins us for the 2014 family drama as we discuss the role that gender plays in the movie, Swedish family dynamics, Ruben Östlund as a cultural filmmaker and role that the kids play in the movie
Marya Gates (Roger Ebert, author of Cinema Her Way) returns as we discuss 2014's BEYOND THE LIGHTS! Together we get into the trademarks of Gina Prine Bythewood, controversies surrounding Nate Parker and why the film successes at ernst melodrama
Orla Smith returns as we discuss 2013's sentimental comedy in The Serret Life of Walter Mitty! Together we discuss the career of Ben Stiller, production history, sincerity as a difficult tone and what it means for the movie to embrace consumerism
Kayleigh Donaldson is back for 2017''s period piece in ZAMA! Together we chat about the state of movies, Martel's short but impressive filmography, how she goes about adapting the novel, and how to make history simplified through movies. Clay Williams absent this episode
Critic Liz Shannon Miller joins us once again for Ridley Scott 2015 space odyssey in THE MARTIAN! Together we chat about scientific inaccuracies, the best cast of the decade, and what we would do with our time in space
Filmmaker Esther Schwartz joins us as we dig into Billy Lynn and how many ideas this anomaly from Ang Lee has. Together, we get into the careers of the ensemble, Ang Lee's power following his second best director Oscar, Bush's America on screen in the 2010s and how the movies tech holds it back from being great
Scout Tafoya and Tuckerson are back again for one of the most infamous blockbuster failures of the 2010s with Gore Verbinski’s The alone Ranger! Together we get into the careers of the leads (yuck!), western influence, who remembers the disasters how, train robberies and pointless criticisms. Clay Williams absent this episode
Leah Carlson (Fang Club podcast) returns as we dive into the provocative thriller in 2013's STOKER! Together, We get into the careers of the 3 leads, the Wentworth Miller of it all, blacklist scripts, the expert characterizations and how the movies sees violence
Emily Jacobson returns as we get into the acclaimed South Korean revenge thriller. Together we discuss the career of Choi Min Sik, the flaws of the movie, and bad vibes on set
Valerie Ettenhoffer returns as we dig into one of the most famous horror films of the 2010s in The Witch. Together, we unpack the career of Anya Taylor Joy, Valerie’s personal connection to the character of Tomansin, Nosferatu, and the a24 of it all
Gillian Oakley returns as we revisit 2012's HOPE SPRINGS! Together we dig into the careers of the two leads, the 2012 box office, forgettable bad movies, and the clever screenplay thats at the heart of the movie. Clay Williams absent this episode
Jen Johans (Film Intuition, Watch with Jen) returns as we chat about 2015's Spy ! Together, we get into the careers of Jason Statham and Melissa McCarthy, Feig's balance of espionage thriller and comedy, the state of comedies and celeb encounters
Logan Kenny returns and helps up conclude our series disusssing the films of Jaume Collet-Sera with 2018’s dynamic THE COMMUTER! together we rank the films from this month, spacial geography within the train, the politics of Die Hard and our brief thoughts on CARRY-ON
Surfs up! We’re going to the beach with Dom Sinacola (Paste magazine) to talk all things THE SHALLOWS! Together we get into the failure of the script, Blake Lively’s mediocrity, survival movies and where Collet-Sera still shows his craft
Mitchell Beaupre (Letterboxd, Paste magazine) is back for 2015’s thriller RUN ALL NIGHT! Together, we talk the underrated Joel Kinnaman, Liam Neeson continual subversion of his archetype and how well the action is directed
We’re not trying to hijack this podcast, we’re trying to save it as Dan Mecca and Conor O’Donell (The B-Side podcast, The Film Stage) are back. We disduss more of Liam Neason, the daring ending and location geography is making thrillers succsesful
Isaac Feldberg (Roger Ebert) returns as we kick off a series of episodes on the on films of Jaume Collet-Serra and we begin with 2011's UNKNOWN. Together we breakdown the significance of JCS, Liam Neeson as an actor star and European schlock
its out first Hong Sang Soo movie as Greg Hill-Turne (Chasing Statham) returns for RIGHT NOW WRONG THEN! Together, we talk about the kinds of movies we’d make as a director, the comforting mood from Hong movies and the affair from Hong Sang Soo and Kim Min Hee
bobbi miller (culture kitsch, the afternoon special) joins us for the iconic TOY STORY 3! together we highlight the performances of the movie, the pixar magic, and the daring ending
