Episodes

  • THE END
    Dec 27 2022

    Join our Patreon for bonus episodes, and thank you to our Patreon subscribers for supporting the show! This week we talk about Avatar The Way of Water.

    We say goodbye to our wonderful listeners and revisit some of our past opinions and favorite episodes. We also thank all of our guests and talk about what we got out of this project.

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    1 hr and 58 mins
  • 2019 A HIDDEN LIFE
    Nov 22 2022

    With violent right-wing movements around the world in the 2010s, there's never been a better time to visit Terrence Malick's A Hidden Life.  In proper Malick fashion, we jump from point to point, ranging from the director's career, his unique filming style, the Disney-Fox merger, and the end of our podcast. Join us for our last official film discussion of A Century in Cinema.

    • For our final Patreon exclusive: If we were to do a 2020 episode...
    • Where to watch A Hidden Life
    • Christopher Plummer recounts working with Malick
    • The cast of A Hidden Life talk about the filming process
    • Top Letterboxd review of A Hidden Life
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    1 hr and 34 mins
  • 2018 MANDY
    Nov 15 2022
    What is the cult-classic Nicolas Cage film Mandy actually about? We discuss the masculinity and religious overtones of this insane film from director Panos Cosmatos.

    • In our Patreon episode, we talk way too much about Neon Genesis Evangelion
    • Where to watch Mandy
    • The Vulture review / thinkpiece
    • Where to watch A Hidden Life (2019)
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    59 mins
  • 2017 A GHOST STORY
    Nov 8 2022

    A Ghost Story offers us a remedy to nihilistic thoughts as we discuss the isolation and depression of our modern age, we also talk about A24 as a brand, what a $100,000 film looks like, as well as Red Letter Media and film criticism on the internet, . We also talk about the #metoo movement that marks a cultural shift in the entertainment industry.

    • Join us on Patreon as we read Redbox reviews for other films
    • Where to watch A Ghost Story
    • Red Letter Media's review
    • Where to watch Mandy (2018)
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    1 hr and 23 mins
  • 2016 THE HANDMAIDEN
    Nov 1 2022

    Worldwide political extremism has a lot of us turning to film and entertainment in 2016. We talk about Park Chan-wook's The Handmaiden, a South Korean film that Andrew has been looking forward to discussing since the beginning of the podcast. Topics include LGBTQ cinema, how to conduct sex scenes, and the Japanese colonization of Korea in the 1930s.

    • Join our Patreon for our FRESH theater lobby report of Decision to Leave
    • Where to watch The Handmaiden
    • New Yorker review of The Handmaiden
    • Where to watch A Ghost Story (2017)
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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • 2015 BONE TOMAHAWK
    Oct 25 2022

    According to the NYT, the racial politics of Bone Tomahawk are "abysmal", and it may not be a film we enjoyed, but it makes for an episode packed with great discussions. We talk about what role western films have in contemporary Hollywood, the digital look of modern films, how we try to watch a movie we don't like, as well as the career and potential problems you might have with the director, S. Craig Zahler.

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    • Where to watch Bone Tomahawk
    • The NYT review
    • The Ringer article on the problematic politics of Zahler's films
    • Where to watch The Handmaiden (2016)
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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • 2014 NOAH
    Oct 18 2022

    What (if anything) does Darren Aronofsky's reinterpretaion of the biblical flood myth have to say about environmentalism in today's world? How does a $160 million blockbuster fit into the career of an indie director like Aronofsky? We discuss these questions and more as we talk about Noah.

    • Join our Patreon for more Bible talk!
    • Where to watch Noah
    • Kermode's Pope review
    • Fantasia 2000's adaptation
    • Where to watch Bone Tomahawk (2015)
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • 2013 THE DANCE OF REALITY
    Oct 11 2022

    40 years after The Holy Mountain, we revisit famed director Alejandro Jodorowsky with his surreal autobiographical film, The Dance of Reality. What is it like for a midnight cult director to return to the world of cinema after so many years? We talk about what makes this film more approachable than Jodorowsky's other works, while still going into detail about the scene where someone urinates on someone else's face.

    • Join our patreon
    • Where to watch The Dance of Reality
    • YourMovieSucks review
    • Where to watch Noah (2014)
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    1 hr and 1 min