Ethan and Devin dove into the summer box office with 2025's Superman and The Fantastic Four: First Steps. They discuss the films' differing responses to the (potentially, hopefully?) growing superhero exhaustion, liberal technocracy vs. dumb guy morality, and the power of productive incoherence. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, or BlueSky at @youretallpod. Follow Ethan on Twitter at @Mathissippi and Devin on Twitter at @stalecooper. Email us at youretallpod@gmail.com....
Jul 29, 2025•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 30
In this special episode, Ethan and Devin are joined by critic and author Will Sloan to discuss his new book, Ed Wood: Made in Hollywood USA and Wood's iconic "worst film of all time," Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957). They discuss what it means to reinterpret Wood as more than simply a bad director while exploring the film's the outsider aesthetics and prescient politics. Order Ed Wood: Made in Hollywood USA directly from OR Books at https://orbooks.com/catalog/ed-wood/ . Follow Will Sloan at @Wil...
Jul 14, 2025•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 29
Ethan and Devin honor their non-James Cameron fathers in this special Father's Day episode. We watched "Viking Bikers from Hell" (S3E22 of Miami Vice ) and the made-for-TV film The Winter of Our Discontent . Why in the world did they do this? Listen to find out. Featuring a brief interview with Papa Stale. Follow us on Twitter or Instagram at youretallpod. Follow Ethan on Twitter at Mathissippi and Devin on twitter at stalecooper. Email us at youretallpod@gmail.com....
Jun 27, 2025•2 hr 20 min•Ep. 28
Ethan and Devin watched the twin disaster films of 1998: Michael Bay's Armageddon and Mimi Leder's Deep Impact . They discuss these different modes of boomer death dream, the end of the End of History, and why a mile-high tsunami can't melt steel beams. Follow us on Twitter or Instagram at youretallpod. Follow Ethan on Twitter at Mathissippi and Devin on twitter at stalecooper. Email us at youretallpod@gmail.com.
May 14, 2025•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 27
Ethan and Devin watched George Lucas's 90s indie classic, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999). They discuss tariffs, merchandise, and other economic matters. Follow us on Twitter or Instagram at youretallpod. Follow Ethan on Twitter at Mathissippi and Devin on twitter at stalecooper. Email us at youretallpod@gmail.com.
Apr 17, 2025•2 hr 20 min•Ep. 26
This is the pod. We're joined by author Mike Miley to discuss his new book David Lynch's American Dreamscape , the dearly departed Lynch's incomparable Mulholland Dr. (2001), and uh, Sonic the Hedgehog. Find Mike's work at https://www.mikemiley.com/ . He's on Bluesky at mikemiley and Instagram at mikecmiley. Check out David Lynch's American Dreamscape: Music, Literature, Cinema from Bloomsbury Press: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/david-lynchs-american-dreamscape-9798765102893/ Follow us on Twitt...
Mar 18, 2025•2 hr 19 min•Ep. 25
Here's the audio from our 2nd annual Oscars twitch stream (broadcast at twitch.tv/youretallbut). Featuring Dan, Mike B, Catie, Oscar Isaac's right hand man Isaac, Devin's roommates, Devin's girlfriend, Matt "Spooky" Powers, and surprises galore! Donate to the 'No Other Land' Rebuilding Alliance Fundraiser at https://secure.givelively.org/donate/rebuilding-alliance/no-other-land-rebuilding-alliance-fundraiser
Mar 04, 2025•2 hr 50 min•Ep. 24
Hello listeners! We're about to kick start our new season, and we'll be doing so in opulent fashion with our 2nd annual live Oscars twitch stream. We'll be streaming for 2 hours from 8 PM to 10 PM Eastern time (5 PM to 7 PM Pacific) on Sunday, Mar 2. Join us live at https://twitch.tv/youretallbut or catch the audio-only version in your podcast feed soon after. We'll then be back with a lot of exciting episodes, including a regular season opener on Mulholland Dr ., featuring special guest Mike Mi...
Feb 23, 2025•4 min•Ep. 23
Happy holidays from the folks at You're Tall but I'm Standing in Front of You! We celebrate the end of a terrible year and the conclusion of season 4 by finally venturing into one of the few corners of James Cameron's oeuvre we've left untrodden. That's right: we recorded a watchalong discussion of Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), featuring repeated guest Catie and Devin's mysterious new girlfriend Slug. It's a Cameron Christmas! We're now on vacation, but WE'LL BE BACK for the 2nd annual live...
Dec 30, 2024•2 hr 55 min•Ep. 22
From the heart of the Las Vegas Sphere, we discussed Gladiator II and Gladiator, too. Follow us on Twitter or Instagram at youretallpod. Follow Ethan on Twitter at Mathissippi and Devin on twitter at stalecooper. Email us at youretallpod@gmail.com.
Dec 11, 2024•2 hr 25 min•Ep. 21
It's the annual You're Tall but I'm Standing in Front of You Halloween Spooktacular! We're joined, as always, by Matt Powers, this time to watch M. Night Shyamalan's Signs (2002). We discuss paranoid faith, Joaquin Phoenix's on-base percentage, and M. Night's many jobs. Follow us on Twitter or Instagram at youretallpod. Follow Ethan on Twitter at Mathissippi and Devin on twitter at stalecooper. Email us at youretallpod@gmail.com. Find Matt Powers on Instagram at instinct_alley or at instinctalle...
Oct 31, 2024•2 hr 30 min•Ep. 20
It's Megalopolis! Ethan and Devin watched Megalopolis (2024). They discuss Megalopolis, Megalopolis, and Megalopolis. The closing music for this episode is "Idol Hands" by Ethan Palmer and the Ethan Palmer Experience. Listen to it and the rest of the 11th anniversary edition of Ethan's album The Piano Is Louder This Time at https://ethanpalmer.bandcamp.com/album/the-piano-is-louder-this-time-11th-anniversary-edition Follow us on Twitter or Instagram at youretallpod. Follow Ethan on Twitter at Ma...
Oct 07, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 19
Ethan and Devin watched a pair of new releases, Alien: Romulus and Deadpool & Wolverine . They discuss the current state of the blockbuster and the films' contrasting approaches to cinematic nostalgia. Follow us on Twitter or Instagram at youretallpod. Follow Ethan on Twitter at Mathissippi and Devin on twitter at stalecooper. Email us at youretallpod@gmail.com.
Aug 30, 2024•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 18
Ethan and Devin are joined by Kenton Butcher and Catie Denham to discuss Ron Howard's Hillbilly Elegy (2020). Why were liberal elites so primed for JD Vance's anti-worker vision of Appalachia? Does this film secretly reveal that JD Vance is a sociopath? Did Pete Buttigieg rip off Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man" in his memoir? Listen to find out! Follow us on Twitter or Instagram at youretallpod. Follow Ethan on Twitter at Mathissippi and Devin on twitter at stalecooper. Email us at youretallpod...
Aug 18, 2024•2 hr 4 min•Ep. 17
Ethan and Devin are joined by Miles Taylor (@MTisempty) to discuss Paul Thomas Anderson's Punch-Drunk Love (2002). They discuss the collision of PTA's directorial sensibilities with Adam Sandler's on-screen persona, the film's search for love in the informational haze of the new 21st century, and Mormonism as grindset religion. Follow us on Twitter or Instagram at youretallpod. Follow Ethan on Twitter at Mathissippi and Devin on twitter at stalecooper. Email us at youretallpod@gmail.com. You can...
Jul 30, 2024•2 hr 6 min•Ep. 16
Ethan and Devin watched John Badham's Short Circuit (1986). They discuss the nature of sentience, the perils of Artificial Intelligence, and the sexual politics of robotic throuples. Follow us on Twitter or Instagram at youretallpod. Follow Ethan on Twitter at Mathissippi and Devin at stalecooper. Email us at youretallpod@gmail.com
Jul 17, 2024•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 15
Ethan and Devin are joined by Steven Watts ( @stevenwatts ) to discuss FromSoftware's Elden Ring (2022) just in time for the new DLC, Shadow of the Erdtree. They discuss how the game mediates our neoliberal hellscape into a dark fantasy apocalypse, the need to embrace death, and why Margit the Fell Omen should have never been named department chair. Follow us on Twitter or Instagram at youretallpod . Follow Ethan on Twitter at Mathissippi and Devin on twitter at stalecooper . Email us at youreta...
Jun 27, 2024•2 hr 12 min
Ethan and Devin continue their unofficial post-apocalyptic explorations by diving into the Mad Max universe, with a focus on 1981's The Road Warrior and, with returning guest Catie Denham, 2024's newly released Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. They discuss Mad Max's massive aesthetic influence, Furiosa's prequel problems, and why the apocalypse runs on bullets and gasoline. Follow us on Twitter or Instagram at youretallpod . Follow Ethan on Twitter at Mathissippi and Devin on twitter at stalecooper . Em...
Jun 17, 2024•2 hr 53 min
Ethan and Devin dive into the post-apocalyptic, multimedia Fallout universe. First, they're joined by returning guest Mike Opal and first-timer T Thumann to discuss the new Amazon series and test their wasteland wits against Ethan's completely unbiased trivia. Then, Ethan and Devin discuss Ethan's visit to the Hanford B Reactor and the evolving ideology of the Fallout video games. But pod, pod never changes. Follow us on Twitter or Instagram at youretallpod . Follow Ethan on Twitter at Mathissip...
Jun 04, 2024•2 hr 45 min
We're joined by Erik Baker to discuss John Woo's Face/Off (1997). We rank the performances and the performances within the performances, grapple with the power of Evil Howie Mandel, and ask what it means to swap faces at the end of history. Follow Erik on Twitter at erikmbaker and check out his work at The Drift. Find more of his writing at https://www.erikmbaker.com . Read Devin's piece on Face/Off, co-written with Kimberly Quiogue Andrews, at https://post45.org/2021/12/between-the-rock-and-a-h...
May 22, 2024•2 hr 2 min
In which we are contractually obligated to watch Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver (2024). We unpack how Zack Snyder's new star war represents the infinite expandability of content-hours that Netflix craves, and how if you Snyder Cut a liberal a fascist bleeds.
May 07, 2024•2 hr 6 min•Season 4Ep. 4
We're joined by Samuel Catlin to discuss William Friedkin's Cruising (1980). We discuss the film's exploration of desire, identification, and homophobia; its complex conditions of production; and cruise ships. That's right, cruise ships. Follow Sam on Twitter at lint_ax and read his work in Parapraxis Magazine (https://www.parapraxismagazine.com/). Follow us on Twitter or Instagram at youretallpod. Follow Ethan on Twitter at Mathissippi and Devin on twitter at stalecooper. Email us at youretallp...
Apr 11, 2024•2 hr 45 min
Here's the unedited audio feed from our live twitch stream on Sunday, 3/10, at 7 PM Eastern. the Oscars, long live the pod, free Palestine.
Mar 11, 2024•3 hr 40 min
We're back, baby! And we're talking Dune: Part Two (2024). Spoilers abound. On Sunday, March 10 at 7 PM EST, join us for the 2024 You're Oscars but We're Live Podcasting in Front of You Twitch Spectacular: https://www.twitch.tv/youretallbut Follow us on Twitter or Instagram at youretallpod. Follow Ethan on Twitter at Mathissippi and Devin on twitter at stalecooper. Email us at youretallpod@gmail.com.
Mar 07, 2024•1 hr 58 min
Ethan and Devin watch Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire (2023). They discuss Snyder's strange career, the movie's cookie cutter plot, and ask why everything is intentionally out of focus. follow the pod on twitter @youretallpod or email us at youretallpod@gmail.com . Follow Devin @stalecooper and Ethan @Mathissippi. This episode marks the end of season 3 and will be followed by a hopefully brief hiatus. See you in season 4!...
Jan 11, 2024•1 hr 25 min
Happy Life Day! Do you hate your family? We spent three hours talking about the Star Wars Holiday Special, Chewbacca as absentee father, and whether or not Max Rebo should be tried at the Hague. follow the pod on twitter @youretallpod or email us at youretallpod@gmail.com . Follow Devin @stalecooper and Ethan @Mathissippi.
Dec 24, 2023•2 hr 42 min
It's been 60 years since Lee Harvey Oswald proved that one man can make a difference, and Ethan and Devin celebrate by watching Oliver Stone's JFK (1991). They discuss Stone's outsider politics, the film's rampant homophobia, and whether literally any political issue could unite the forces of Hollywood like this film did. follow the pod on twitter @youretallpod or email us at youretallpod@gmail.com . Follow Devin @stalecooper and Ethan @Mathissippi....
Nov 22, 2023•2 hr 37 min
Ethan and Devin bring The Wooder Series to a close with James Cameron's The Abyss (1989). They discuss fictional divorce, real divorce, and why the only way to end the Cold War is to NOT get divorced. follow the pod on twitter @youretallpod or email us at youretallpod@gmail.com. Follow Devin @stalecooper and Ethan @Mathissippi.
Nov 14, 2023•1 hr 50 min
We watched Sphere.
Oct 27, 2023•1 hr 14 min
Ethan and Devin continue The Wooder Series with Wes Anderson's The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), joined by resident Wes and water experts Mary Alcaro and Aylin Malcolm. They discuss daddy issues, twee, the universal relatability of water, and experience one of the greatest moments in You're Tall game history. follow Mary @m2alc and follow Aylin @Malentendre. check out Mary's work at the Rosenbach's Sherlock Mondays: https://www.youtube.com/live/0_WfU3WRzr0?si=6ZRFwC7cOQiGQuHF hear Aylin...
Sep 15, 2023•2 hr 48 min
