Happy Fourth! We have an episode early for you this week, because it's our annual Best Movies of the First Half of the Year list. Both Grierson and Leitch give their favorite six movies of the year. We have two crossovers. We also discuss the next Jurassic Park movie, "Jurassic World Rebirth." There is also that. Also: We have a mailbag show next week. Send us your mailbag questions to [email protected]. Busy times! We hope you are staying safe. Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, b...
Jul 03, 2025•2 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 447
We've only got one show left before our annual Top Six Films of the First Half of the Year show, and we even have time to sneak in a Reboot. First, we discuss the Brad Pitt racing movie "F1." Then it's time for the horror sequel "M3gan 2.0." Then, the reboot! It's the Warren Beatty Oscar-nominated "Heaven Can Wait." Also: We have a mailbag show in two weeks. Send us your mailbag questions to [email protected]. Busy times! We hope you are staying safe. Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend M...
Jun 30, 2025•1 hr 41 min•Season 1Ep. 446
Sorry we were off a week! Travel problems caused all sorts of issues for Leitch getting out of Oklahoma City with his son, so this week, we've got a super-sized mega-show with four big movies. They are: "28 Years Later," the Danny Boyle-Alex Garland sequel. "Materialists," Celine Song's "Past Lives" followup. "Elio," Pixar's latest "The Life of Chuck," the Stephen King adaptation that won the audience award at the Toronto Film Festival. Busy times! We hope you are staying safe. Thanks to Dylan M...
Jun 22, 2025•2 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 445
There is nothing quite like a Wes Anderson movie, except maybe another Wes Anderson movie. We discuss the director's newest effort, "The Phoenician Scheme." We also dig into the John Wick spinoff "Ballerina." Then, in our Reboot section, we look back at 1941's "The Devil and Daniel Webster." Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or [email protected]. As always, give us...
Jun 07, 2025•2 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 444
A24 has a new horror movie out, from the guys who gave you "Talk To Me," but this time they've got Sally Hawkins, with "Bring Her Back." Then we talk about the HBO movie "Mountainhead," from Jesse Armstrong of "Succession." Then, for our Reboot segment, we go back to 1998 with Darren Aronfosky's "Pi." Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or [email protected]. As alway...
Jun 02, 2025•1 hr 40 min•Season 1Ep. 443
Grierson is back from Cannes! He tells us all about what it was like, the best and movies he saw, what it's like to be an American in Europe right now. Then we have some pretty big movies to discuss. First, it's the final Tom Cruise Mission Impossible movie, with "Mission: Impossible -- The Final Reckoning." Then it's the A24 Tim Robinson starrer "Friendship." And hey, it's good to be back. Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. L...
May 26, 2025•2 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 442
Will's new novel, "Lloyd McNeil's Last Ride," is out Tuesday, May 20. You can buy it, and you should! You listen to this podcast: Why would you not buy it? Anyway, to further persuade you, his co-host Tim Grierson speaks to him about the book on this "People Still Read Books" episode of the podcast. Grierson did this interview right before taking off for the Cannes Film Festival: We'll be back when he returns. (Sunday, May 25, to be exact.) And buy the book wherever books are sold....
May 20, 2025•1 hr 43 min•Season 1Ep. 441
In our last full show until Grierson leaves for Cannes, we talk about the newest Marvel movie, "Thunderbolts*," and then we dig into Alex Ross Perry's very odd, very fascinating pseudo-documentary "Pavements." And then Grierson previews the Cannes Film Festival. We'll be discussing Will's new book "Lloyd McNeil's Last Ride" and doing one show while Grierson is in France, but this is the last full show for a while. So enjoy! Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, f...
May 05, 2025•1 hr 54 min•Season 1Ep. 441
The biggest story in movies right now is the smashing success of "Sinners," but we talked about that last week. We've got three new movies this week, two of which are in theaters. The first is Ben Affleck's austic action sequel "The Accountant 2." We also discuss the A24 fantasy "The Legend of Ochi." Then we have Gareth Evans' and Tom Hardy's Netflix actioner "Havoc." Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you thi...
Apr 28, 2025•1 hr 38 min•Season 1Ep. 440
Will is back in Athens after his trip to Los Angeles and Grierson's kitchen. And he saw three movies when he was out there. First, it's the big ambitious "Sinners" from Ryan Coogler. Then it's David Cronenberg's "The Shrouds." And then the remake/reboot/remix "The Wedding Banquet." No big announcements this week. Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or [email protected]...
Apr 20, 2025•1 hr 40 min•Season 1Ep. 439
Your two heroes are together in Los Angeles, the annual (or so) in-person show, at Grierson's home. It's good to see each other! We discuss two new movies: Alex Garland's "Warfare" and the "thriller" movie "The Amateur." And we have a Reboot, and it's a good one: It's the Coens brothers classic "Inside Llewyn Davis." Also, Will has a very special announcement, with news that actually broke DURING the podcast. Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. W...
Apr 15, 2025•1 hr 53 min•Season 1Ep. 438
Next week, we'll be doing an in-person show. But this week, Will's in Florida, and Tim is just back from the HANDS OFF protests. Lots going on! Two new movies! First, we talk about the Naomi Watts-Bill Murray dog drama "The Friend." Then it's the game show comedy "The Luckiest Man in America." Also, what a cool Reboot you made for us this week: Alfred Hitchcock's "North by Northwest." Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us ...
Apr 06, 2025•1 hr 57 min•Season 1Ep. 437
We really love doing this podcast. Just wanted you to know that. This week, two new movies. First, the Paul Rudd-Jenna Ortega horror comedy "Death of a Unicorn." Then, the Jason Statham-starrer "A Working Man." Then a fun reboot from 1998: Will Smith and Gene Hackman together in "Enemy of the State." Also, a little Easter egg for you at the end. Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on T...
Mar 31, 2025•1 hr 52 min•Season 1Ep. 436
We're back from our week off and we've got four movies to discuss from the last fortnight. First, it's the star-crossed Disney adaptation "Snow White." Then we've got a Steven Soderbergh jam -- another one! -- with the Cate Blanchett-Michael Fassbender-starring "Black Bag." Also! The A24 media satire "Opus" and the long-delayed (for obvious reasons) Jonathan Majors-starting "Magazine Dreams." Also, please don't tell Will who won the Illini game. Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of ...
Mar 24, 2025•1 hr 41 min•Season 1Ep. 435
Grierson is at South by Southwest, but he had time to catch up with Leitch and talk about three pretty fascinating new movies. First, Bong Joon-Ho finally has his "Parasite" follow-up: It's the big-budget sci-fi satire "Mickey 17" with Robert Pattinson. Also, Errol Morris has a new movie, about the Manson murders. And then we slow things down with the baseball tone poem comedy "Eephus." Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let u...
Mar 09, 2025•1 hr 37 min•Season 1Ep. 434
Was that the best Oscar show in years? We think it might have been! Conan O'Brien was an outstanding host, "Anora" won everything and there was the right amount of politics without it being overwhelming. We recap the show, directly after it ended. And nobody got slapped! We talk about movies too! We finally got to Don Hertzfeldt's "ME," the short by one of our favorite filmmakers. And we rebooted 1993's "A Bronx Tale." Fun show! Scary time. But fun show! Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary,...
Mar 03, 2025•2 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 433
You have no idea how close we came to you not hearing this show at all. It's one of the longest non-Dorkfest shows we've done, and we almost lost it when Leitch's file vanished right after recording. Mercifully, he found it, and now you have a show. Late! But it made it. Whew. So, this week! We start with Osgood Perkins' follow-up to his hit "Longlegs," the Stephen King adaptation "The Monkey." Then it's the Hulu Questlove documentary "Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)," about Sly Ston...
Feb 24, 2025•2 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 432
Sorry about our extra week off! It was the Super Bowl, and Leitch was sick. We're back, with three new movies ... all sequels, of course. First, it's Marvel's "Captain America: Brave New World." Then, hey, how's that bear doing? Let's find out in "Paddington in Peru." And we finish with the presumably final Bridget Jones movie, "Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy." We hope you are holding up all right. Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope yo...
Feb 16, 2025•1 hr 38 min•Season 1Ep. 431
Grierson is back from Sundance, and, uh, things have gotten a little crazy since he left. We talk about his Sundance experience, and then talk two new movies: "Companion" and the Steven Soderbergh film "Presence." Then, we have a reboot! It's Wim Wenders' "Perfect Days," from 2023. We hope you are holding up all right. Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or griersonleitch@g...
Feb 03, 2025•1 hr 54 min•Season 1Ep. 430
The first two movies of 2025 are out! Well, the first ones we've seen, anyway. The first is the horror remake/reboot/whatever "Wolf Man." And then there's the quintessential Netflix film "Back in Action," with Jamie Foxx and the return of Cameron Diaz. Then Grierson previews the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, which he'll be attending and which is not in Cincinnati. Yet. Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you thi...
Jan 20, 2025•1 hr 45 min•Season 1Ep. 429
Hello! We're back! Grierson is safe in Los Angeles, but it has been an awful week for the city and the area. In our first show of 2025, we talk about that and then each pick the four movies we're both looking forward to in 2025. Then we make predictions on the Oscar nominations, which will be out Sunday morning. We hope you are safe, and we are very happy to be back with you. Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what...
Jan 13, 2025•2 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 428
It's Dorkfest! Dorkfest 2024 is here! This is our annual countdown of our favorite 10 movies of 2024. It was a great, GREAT movie year. We can't wait to talk to you about it. Have a great holiday, everyone. We'll see you in 2025. Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. And to John Dog at johndog.org for the intro music. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or [email protected]. As always, give us a review o...
Dec 19, 2024•3 hr 28 min•Season 1Ep. 427
It's Dorkfest Eve, which means it's time for our annual lightning round show, when we go through as many movies as we can before our end of the year "Top Movies of 2024" Dorkfest show. That episode closes the year and will be up Wednesday, December 18. For now, though: It's Lightning Round. Six movies! Timestamps: 9:24 "A Complete Unknown" 24:43 "Nosferatu" 43:02 "Nickel Boys" 1:03:23 "Babygirl" 1:24:04 "The Seed of the Sacred Fig" 1:41:23 "The Order" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, bo...
Dec 16, 2024•1 hr 47 min•Season 1Ep. 426
It's Dorkfest Eve Eve, with three big movies before our lightning round show next week. We start with Luca Guadagnino's "Queer," with Daniel Craig. Then it's Amy Adams as "Nightbitch." (Not a Marvel movie.) And we close with the OTHER Oppenheimer's movie, the apocalyptic musical "The End." Timestamps: 15:29 "Queer" 48:23 "Nightbitch" 1:19:02 "The End" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitc...
Dec 09, 2024•1 hr 43 min•Season 1Ep. 425
Just three episodes left, counting this one, until Dorkfest. We've got three high-profile releases this week, starting with the massive swing that is Brady Corbet's "The Brutalist." Then we discuss Angelina Jolie doing the Pablo Lorrain thing in "Maria." And we close with the journalism thriller "September 5." Timestamps: 12:23 "The Brutalist" 49:03 "Maria" 1:15:56 "September 5" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know w...
Dec 02, 2024•1 hr 40 min•Season 1Ep. 424
Can you believe we only have four episodes, counting this one, until Dorkfest? It's true! We've got a holiday Barbenheimer sort of thing going this week, with the dual release of the musical "Wicked" and the Oscar sequel "Gladiator II." We also discuss the Netflix August Wilson adaptation "The Piano Lesson." And happy Thanksgiving, everyone. Timestamps: 13:12 "Wicked" 44:11 "Gladiator II" 1:06:56 "The Piano Lesson" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the mu...
Nov 25, 2024•1 hr 47 min•Season 1Ep. 423
We are in a rather final countdown for end-of-the-year stuff. And we've got three very, VERY different movies this week. We start with the Netflix Oscar contender "Emilia Perez." Then it's The Rock, Chris Evans and Santa Claus in "Red One." And we close with the Mumbai drama "All We Imagine As Light." Lots of things! Timestamps: 12:42 "Emilia Perez" 43:02 "Red One" 1:11:56 "All We Imagine As Light" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you ...
Nov 17, 2024•1 hr 44 min•Season 1Ep. 422
Well ... here we are, folks! We, obviously, talk about the election last week, but we try not to go too far down the road: We understand you might enjoy some distraction just as much as we will. Fortunately, we have three meaty movies to talk about this week. Sean Baker's "Anora," Steve McQueen's "Blitz" and the Hugh Grant horror film "Heretic." We have you are staying safe and all right this week. Timestamps: 12:22 "Anora" 44:11 "Blitz" 1:07:11 "Heretic" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary...
Nov 11, 2024•1 hr 49 min•Season 1Ep. 421
We have two movies to talk about, and we get into both of them, the Oscar hopeful Vatican drama "Conclave" and then the end (?) of the Venom trilogy, "Venom: The Last Dance." But this episode is really about our conversation at the end, when we do a brain download of all our election thoughts and anxieties. It's OK if you skip that part. But we found it helpful. We're off next week because Leitch is running the NYC Marathon. We'll see you all on the other side. Timestamps: 12:22 "Conclave" 37:33...
Oct 28, 2024•1 hr 51 min•Season 1Ep. 420
Right before the deluge of Oscar movies, we get three curios, one good, two bad. First we discuss the Cate Blanchett satire "Rumours." Then it's Netflix's Anna Kendrick-directed "Woman of the Hour." And we close with Josh Brolin, Peter Dinklage and Glenn Close in "Brothers," which is on Amazon Prime, like football. Timestamps: 11:11 "Rumours" 39:22 "Woman of the Hour" 1:02:01 "Brothers" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let u...
Oct 20, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 419
