Episodes

  • Episode 168: Twisters, Janet Planet, Crossing with Lee Isaac Chung
    Jul 21 2024

    This week, Hanna chats all things TWISTERS (11:38) with director Lee Isaac Chung and we review the windy sequel to the 1990s classic (33:15). We also check out Annie Baker's coming of age dramedy JANET PLANET (54:53) and Levan Akin's familial drama CROSSING (01:15:41).

    Plus, in our HOT TAKE (01:32:03), we talk about the Russos return to the MCU for the next two Avengers movies.

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    1 hr and 51 mins
  • Episode 167: Longlegs, Fly Me To The Moon, Sleep, with Osgood Perkins
    Jul 14 2024

    This week, Amon chats all things LONGLEGS with writer-director Osgood Perkins (12:43) and we review the buzziest horror of the year so far (26:55). We also review the space race rom-com FLY ME TO THE MOON (45:34) and stay up all night for SLEEP (01:01:35).

    Plus, in our HOT TAKE (01:13:43), we dissect the first GLADIATOR II trailer.

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    1 hr and 40 mins
  • Episode 166: Maxxxine, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, and Unicorns
    Jul 7 2024

    This week, we touch down in Hollywood for Ti West’s horror trilogy closer MAXXXINE (13:34) and Eddie Murphy’s return in BEVERLY HILLS COP: AXEL F (41:29), while it’s back to London for the queer romance of James Krishna Floyd and Sally El Hosaini’s UNICORNS (01:00:45).

    Plus, in our HOT TAKE (01:20:00), now that we’re halfway through 2024 we look back on the cinematic highlights of the year so far, and tease our excitement for some upcoming titles.

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    1 hr and 40 mins
  • Episode 165: Kinds of Kindness, Fancy Dance, Bye Bye Tiberias
    Jun 30 2024

    This week, we settle in for Yorgos Lanthimos' KINDS OF KINDNESS (11:23), put on our dancing shoes for FANCY DANCE (30:04), and join Hiam Abbass on a trip down memory lane for BYE BYE TIBERIAS (49:27).

    Plus, in our HOT TAKE (1:07:15), we discuss the new Harry Potter series.


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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • Episode 164: The Bikeriders, The Exorcism, and Green Border with Jeff Nichols
    Jun 23 2024

    This week, Clarisse sits down with THE BIKERIDERS (10:31) director Jeff Nichols and we hop on our bikes to review the film (28:25), while saying our Hail Marys for the Russell Crowe-led THE EXORCISM (45:22), and follow the path of refugees trying to reach the European Union in Agnieszka Holland’s GREEN BORDER (1:00:58).

    Plus, in our HOT TAKE (1:13:39), we ask: should there be an Oscar for intimacy coordinators?

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    1 hr and 25 mins
  • Episode 163: Inside Out 2, Arcadian, Freud’s Last Session, with Asif Kapadia and Joe Sabia
    Jun 16 2024

    This week, Amon chats to directors Asif Kapadia and Joe Sabia about their new documentary, FEDERER: TWELVE FINAL DAYS (12:12). Then we get our emotions in check with Pixar’s INSIDE OUT 2 (26:27), join Nicolas Cage in the apocalypse in action horror ARCADIAN (41:27), and witness a meeting of minds in FREUD’S LAST SESSION (55:42).

    Plus, in our HOT TAKE (01:09:36), we discuss this year’s summer box office as well as the fact that BLADE has lost yet another director in Yann Demange. We speculate as to what the problem is - why can’t they figure this out?

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    1 hr and 30 mins
  • Episode 162: Bad Boys: Ride or Die, The Watched, Rosalie, with Viggo Mortensen, Vicky Krieps, and Ishana Night Shyamalan
    Jun 9 2024

    This week, Hanna speaks to Viggo Mortensen & Vicky Krieps about their western THE DEAD DON’T HURT (18:12), while we squad up for BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE (36:19). Then Amon has a chat with Ishana Night Shyamalan about her feature debut, THE WATCHED (51:08), after which the pod team reviews the film (01:03:30) as well as French period drama ROSALIE (01:20:03).

    Plus, in our HOT TAKE (01:39:00), Lupita Nyong’o called movie press junkets a "torture technique." Is she right? We unpack that statement from an actor, PR, and journalist vantage point.

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    1 hr and 59 mins
  • Episode 161: Sting, Bonus Track, The Beast with Jude Christian
    Jun 2 2024

    This week, we get the bug spray out for arachnid horror STING (10:00), put on a mixtape for high school rom-com BONUS TRACK (32:00) and tackle sci-fi romance THE BEAST starring Lea Seydoux (50:00).

    Plus, in our HOT TAKE (1:10:00), we discuss what makes the best Shakespeare adaptation after my interview with director Jude Christian ahead of her staging of The Taming of the Shrew at Shakespeare's Globe theatre.

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    1 hr and 57 mins