Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review BlacKkKlansman. Directed by Spike Lee. With John David Washington, Adam Driver, and Laura Harrier. Ron Stallworth, an African-American police officer from Colorado, successfully manages to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan with the help of a white surrogate, who eventually becomes head of the local branch. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • BlacKkKlansman The Verdict: • ...
Aug 15, 2018•57 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review Mission: Impossible - Fallout. Directed by Christopher McQuarrie. With Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, and Ving Rhames. Ethan Hunt and his IMF team, along with some familiar allies, race against time after a mission gone wrong. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Mission: Impossible - Fallout The Verdict: • Stephen: Must See • Christopher: Must See Music for this Episode: • Mis...
Jul 31, 2018•1 hr 2 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review Blindspotting. Directed by Carlos López Estrada. With Daveed Diggs, Rafael Casal, and Janina Gavankar. Lifelong friends Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal co-wrote and star in this timely and wildly entertaining story about the intersection of race and class, set against the backdrop of a rapidly gentrifying Oakland. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Blindspotting The Verdic...
Jul 24, 2018•33 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a rebroadcast of their SFFILM Festival 2018 review of Eighth Grade. Directed by Bo Burnham. With Elsie Fisher, Josh Hamilton, and Emily Robinson. A teenager tries to survive the last week of her disastrous eighth-grade year before leaving to start high school. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Eighth Grade The Verdict: • Stephen: Must See • Christopher: Must See Musi...
Jul 24, 2018•46 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review Sorry to Bother You. Directed by Boots Riley. With Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, and Jermaine Fowler. In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success, propelling him into a macabre universe. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Sorry to Bother You The Verdict: • Stephen: Recommend (with Caveat)...
Jul 18, 2018•46 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller are joined by Carson Patrick for a review of Sicario: Day of the Soldado. Directed by Stefano Sollima. With Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, and Isabela Moner. The drug war on the U.S.-Mexico border has escalated as the cartels have begun trafficking terrorists across the US border. To fight the war, federal agent Matt Graver re-teams with the mercurial Alejandro. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller...
Jul 18, 2018•55 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a rebroadcast of their SFFILM Festival 2018 review of Leave No Trace. Directed by Debra Granik. With Ben Foster and Thomasin McKenzie. A father and his 13 year-old daughter are living in a paradisiacal existence in a vast urban park in Portland Oregon when a small mistake derails their lives forever. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Leave No Trace The Verdict: • Ste...
Jul 03, 2018•26 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. Directed by J.A. Bayona. With Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Rafe Spall. When the island's dormant volcano begins roaring to life, Owen and Claire mount a campaign to rescue the remaining dinosaurs from this extinction-level event. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom The Verdict: • Stephen: Must Avoid •...
Jun 29, 2018•1 hr 13 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review Won't You Be My Neighbor? Directed by Morgan Neville. With Joanne Rogers, Betty Aberlin, and McColm Cephas Jr. An exploration of the life, lessons, and legacy of iconic children's television host, Fred Rogers. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Won't You Be My Neighbor? The Verdict: • Stephen: Must See • Christopher: Must See Music for this Episode: • Won't You Be My Nei...
Jun 25, 2018•29 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review Ocean's 8. Directed by Gary Ross. With Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, and Anne Hathaway. Debbie Ocean gathers an all-female crew to attempt an impossible heist at New York City's yearly Met Gala. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Ocean's 8 The Verdict: • Stephen: Recommend (with Caveat) • Christopher: Recommend (with Caveat) Music for this Episode: • Ocean's 8 (Origina...
Jun 22, 2018•24 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review Incredibles 2. Directed by Brad Bird. With Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, and Sarah Vowell. Bob Parr (Mr. Incredible) is left to care for the kids while Helen (Elastigirl) is out saving the world. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Incredibles 2 The Verdict: • Stephen: Must See • Christopher: Must See Music for this Episode: • Incredibles 2 (Original Motion Picture Sound...
Jun 20, 2018•33 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review Solo: A Star Wars Story. Directed by Ron Howard. With Alden Ehrenreich, Woody Harrelson, and Emilia Clarke. During an adventure into the criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his future copilot Chewbacca and encounters Lando Calrissian years before joining the Rebellion. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Solo: A Star Wars Story The Verdict: • Stephen: Wait for Rental • Ch...
Jun 10, 2018•1 hr 4 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a Tribeca Film Festival 2018 review of The Elephant and the Butterfly. Directed by Amélie van Elmbt. With Isabelle Barth, Thomas Blanchard, and Judith Chemla. When the doorbell rings one summer afternoon, Camille, a single mother and architect, answers it, expecting the babysitter for her five-year-old daughter, Elsa. Instead, on the doorstep appears Antoine, Camille’s former partner and Elsa’s father—who Cami...
Jun 03, 2018•30 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a Tribeca Film Festival 2018 review of Duck Butter. Directed by Miguel Arteta. With Alia Shawkat, Laia Costa, and Mae Whitman. Two women, who are dissatisfied with the dishonesty they see in dating and relationships, decide to make a pact to spend 24 hours together hoping to find a new way to create intimacy. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Duck Butter The Verdict:...
May 27, 2018•25 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a Tribeca Film Festival 2018 review of The Miseducation of Cameron Post. Directed by Desiree Akhavan. With Chloë Grace Moretz, Jennifer Ehle, and Sasha Lane. In 1993, a teenage girl is forced into a gay conversion therapy center by her conservative guardians. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • The Miseducation of Cameron Post The Verdict: • Stephen: Pass (with Caveat)...
May 20, 2018•33 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller are joined by Carson Patrick for a review of Avengers: Infinity War. Directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo. With Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, and Mark Ruffalo. The Avengers and their allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Thanos before his blitz of devastation and ruin puts an end to the universe. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Guest: • Carson Pa...
May 07, 2018•2 hr 19 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a Tribeca Film Festival 2018 review of All These Small Moments. Directed by Melissa B. Miller-Costanzo. With Brendan Meyer, Sam McCarthy, and Jemima Kirke. A teenage boy's infatuation with a woman he sees on the bus further complicates his already tumultuous adolescence. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • All These Small Moments The Verdict: • Stephen: Recommend (with...
May 02, 2018•24 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a Tribeca Film Festival 2018 review of Untogether. Directed by Emma Forrest. With Jemima Kirke, Jamie Dornan, and Lola Kirke. Andrea is a recently sober writer whose career has stalled since she published her debut novel several years ago. She strikes up an affair with Nick, a doctor-turned-writer who is hailed for his wartime memoir. At the same time, her sister Tara, a massage therapist dating an aging rock ...
May 01, 2018•22 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a Tribeca Film Festival 2018 review of Zoe. Directed by Drake Doremus. Stars: Léa Seydoux, Ewan McGregor, and Rashida Jones. Two colleagues at a revolutionary research lab design technology to improve and perfect romantic relationships. As their work progresses, their discoveries become more profound. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Zoe The Verdict: • Stephen: Pass...
Apr 29, 2018•31 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a Tribeca Film Festival 2018 review of All About Nina. Directed by Eva Vives. With Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Common, and Chace Crawford. Nina Geld (Winstead) is a bracingly funny and blisteringly provocative stand-up comedian whose career is taking off, but whose personal life is a near-complete disaster. To escape a difficult ex and to prepare for a prospectively life-changing audition, Nina flees to Los Angel...
Apr 28, 2018•30 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a Tribeca Film Festival 2018 review of The Party's Just Beginning. Directed by Karen Gillan. With Karen Gillan, Lee Pace, and Matthew Beard. When her best friend takes her own life, Liusaidh has to deal with stresses of such a situation. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • The Party's Just Beginning The Verdict: • Stephen: Recommend (with Caveat) • Christopher: Pass (w...
Apr 27, 2018•26 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a Tribeca Film Festival 2018 review of Disobedience. Directed by Sebastián Lelio. With Rachel Weisz, Rachel McAdams, and Alessandro Nivola. A woman returns to the community that shunned her for her attraction to a childhood friend. Once back, their passions reignite as they explore the boundaries of faith and sexuality. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Disobedience ...
Apr 26, 2018•35 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a Tribeca Film Festival 2018 review of State Like Sleep. Directed by Meredith Danluck. With Katherine Waterston, Michael Shannon, and Luke Evans. A woman grapples with the consequences of her celebrity husband's double life after he commits suicide. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • State Like Sleep The Verdict: • Stephen: Must See • Christopher: Must See Music for t...
Apr 25, 2018•19 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a Tribeca Film Festival 2018 review of The Seagull. Directed by Michael Mayer. With Saoirse Ronan, Elisabeth Moss, and Annette Bening. An aging actress named Irina Arkadina pays summer visits to her brother Pjotr Nikolayevich Sorin and her son Konstantin on a country estate. On one occasion, she brings Trigorin, a successful novelist, with her. Nina, a free and innocent girl on a neighboring estate, falls in l...
Apr 24, 2018•26 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a Tribeca Film Festival 2018 review of Blue Night. Directed by Fabien Constant. With Sarah Jessica Parker, Renée Zellweger, and Taylor Kinney. A singer in New York gets a grim diagnosis that puts her life and dreams into perspective. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Blue Night The Verdict: • Stephen: Wait for Rental • Christopher: Wait for Rental Music for this Epis...
Apr 23, 2018•25 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a Tribeca Film Festival 2018 review of Tully. Directed by Jason Reitman. With Charlize Theron, Mackenzie Davis, and Mark Duplass. The film is about Marlo, a mother of three including a newborn, who is gifted a night nanny by her brother. Hesitant to the extravagance at first, Marlo comes to form a unique bond with the thoughtful, surprising, and sometimes challenging young nanny named Tully. Show Notes Hosts: ...
Apr 22, 2018•44 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you an SFFILM Festival 2018 review of Alex Strangelove. Directed by Craig Johnson. With Daniel Doheny, Madeline Weinstein, and Antonio Marziale. While on a quest to lose his virginity to his girlfriend, Alex takes a detour to make a journey of self discovery. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Alex Strangelove The Verdict: • Stephen: Wait for Rental • Christopher: Must Se...
Apr 21, 2018•27 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you an SFFILM Festival 2018 review of Eighth Grade. Directed by Bo Burnham. With Elsie Fisher, Josh Hamilton, and Emily Robinson. A teenager tries to survive the last week of her disastrous eighth-grade year before leaving to start high school. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Eighth Grade The Verdict: • Stephen: Must See • Christopher: Must See Music for this Episode: ...
Apr 20, 2018•43 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you an SFFILM Festival 2018 review of Leave No Trace. Directed by Debra Granik. With Ben Foster and Thomasin McKenzie. A father and his 13 year-old daughter are living in a paradisiacal existence in a vast urban park in Portland Oregon when a small mistake derails their lives forever. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Leave No Trace The Verdict: • Stephen: [Gentle] Must ...
Apr 19, 2018•22 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review Gemini. Directed by Aaron Katz. With Lola Kirke, Zoë Kravitz, and John Cho. A heinous crime tests the complex relationship between a tenacious personal assistant and her Hollywood starlet boss. As the assistant unravels the mystery, she must confront her own understanding of friendship, truth, and celebrity. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Gemini The Verdict: • Stephe...
Apr 18, 2018•28 min
