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94 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsTwo smart guys talk dumb about today's great films
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Petit Maman & Where Is The Friend’s House
May 16, 2022 14:51 - 53 minutes - 73.8 MBThis week, it's two films about the vast, unknowable world of children: Petit Maman and Where Is the Friend's House.
We’re All Going to the World’s Fair & Unfriended
May 02, 2022 18:06 - 53 minutes - 73.7 MBThis week, it's two films valiantly trying to capture the slippery, universal experience of ~~being online~~. It's We're All Going to the World's Fair (2022), and Unfriended (2014).
Apollo 10 1/2 & Dazed and Confused
April 18, 2022 15:13 - 1 hour - 94.3 MBIt's 420! Zone out to two Linklater films: his latest rotoscope cartoon, the '60s nostalgia fest Apollo 10 1/2, and a film you may have seen on VHS 10,000 times, Dazed and Confused.
Deep Water& Body Heat
April 04, 2022 13:59 - 1 hour - 99.9 MBThis week, we're looking at two ~~erotic thrillers~~ !! A much-maligned genre making a small, tentative comeback, in part thanks to this week's movie, Deep Water (2022); we're also talking about one of the genre's foundational texts, 1981's Body Heat.
Turning Red & Eighth Grade
March 21, 2022 23:52 - 51 minutes - 70.1 MBThis week, it's two extremely different movies about almost exactly the same extreme situation: being a 13-year-old girl. It's Turning Red (2022) and Eighth Grade (2018).
After Yang and Alphaville
March 07, 2022 18:04 - 1 hour - 82.7 MBThis week, we're talking about two philosophical science fiction films made by critics-turned-directors: After Yang (2022, Kogonada), and Alphaville (1965, Jean-Luc Godard).
Flee and Summer of Soul
February 21, 2022 04:48 - 1 hour - 88.5 MBThis week, it's two films nominated for Best Documentary Feature: Summer of Soul (Amir Questlove Thompson, 2021), and Flee (Jonas Poher Rasmussen, 2021; also nominated for Best Foreign Language Film and Best International Feature, a first!). Like all great documentaries, these movies make you ask what a documentary really is, anyway.
A Hero & Pickpocket
February 07, 2022 14:46 - 55 minutes - 76 MBThis week, we're looking at two films that untangle the messy web of supposedly criminal acts -- A Hero (Asghar Farhadi, 2021) and Pickpocket (Robert Bresson, 1959).
Bergman Island & Day for Night
January 24, 2022 21:19 - 56 minutes - 77.7 MBThis week, it's two transcendent European movies about Europeans makin' movies: 2021's Bergman Island and 1973's Day For Night.
The Lost Daughter & Night of the Hunter
January 10, 2022 14:49 - 1 hour - 82.8 MBThis week we're looking at a very small category: directorial debuts from actors in which they do not appear as actors. So, we've got The Lost Daughter (2022, Maggie Gyllenhaal), and Night of the Hunter (1955, Charles Laughton).
2021 Best Of
December 28, 2021 17:18 - 53 minutes - 74 MBWe're looking back at the best of 2021 -- shows we talked about on the podcast, and those we didn't (one guess which one of us saw more movies lol). Happy New Year!
Licorice Pizza & After Hours
December 13, 2021 20:01 - 57 minutes - 79.6 MBThis time, it's two loose semi-sprawling good-time movies -- Licorice Pizza (2021) and After Hours (1985).
Power of The Dog & The Assassination of Jesse James
November 29, 2021 17:51 - 1 hour - 88.7 MBThis week, we're talking about Jane Campion's new film, the taught revisionist western The Power of the Dog (2021), and another film about dark psychosexual obsession in the Old West, The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford.
Spencer & The Queen
November 15, 2021 18:31 - 50 minutes - 69.6 MBThis week, it's two sides of the same coin: Spener (2021) and The Queen (2006).
The People Under the Stairs
November 02, 2021 18:53 - 44 minutes - 61.7 MBHow many inequality cannibal survival horror movies starring a 13-year-old have you seen? I'm at ... one. This week, it's Wes Craven's The People Under the Stairs.
Dune & The Fellowship of the Ring
November 01, 2021 19:04 - 1 hour - 68.1 MBThis week, it's two (spoiler alert!) very succesful adaptations of supposedly unfilmable nerd-classic books: Dune (2021) and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001).
Cry Macho & Richard Jewell
October 18, 2021 19:30 - 59 minutes - 82.4 MBThis week, we're looking at the most recent movies by what I'm going to say without doing any research is the oldest living actor-director in the world: Clint Eastwood. It's Cry Macho (2021) and Richard Jewell (2019).
I‘m Your Man & Her
October 04, 2021 14:51 - 1 hour - 91.6 MBThis week, we're talking about two movies that get at the nature of what it means to share your life with another person, when that person might not really be a person at all -- I'm Your Man (2021) and Her (2013).
The Card Counter & Hard Eight
September 20, 2021 16:38 - 52 minutes - 72.3 MBThis week, it's two strikingly similar movies from strikingly talented directors: The Card Counter (2021, Paul Schrader) and Hard Eight (1996, Paul Thomas Anderson).
Coda & Sound of Metal
August 23, 2021 14:30 - 1 hour - 85.7 MBThis week, we're doing the record-setting Sundance feel-good movie Coda (2021) and the Amazon feel-bad movie The Sound of Metal (2020). Two movies about music and hearing, this week!
The Green Knight & Excalibur
August 09, 2021 14:58 - 1 hour - 86.8 MBThis week, we're talking about The Green Knight (2021) and another big retelling of Arthurian legend, Excalibur (1981). One is definitely way better!
Pig & Joe
July 26, 2021 15:55 - 1 hour - 85.8 MBThis week, we're looking at two late-period Nic Cage masterpieces: Pig (2021) and Joe (2013)
Zola & Ingrid Goes West
July 12, 2021 14:06 - 59 minutes - 81.6 MBTwo movies about the delusions and danger social media exposes us to, and compels us to submit ourselves to: Zola (2021) and Ingrid Goes West (2017).
In the Heights & The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
June 21, 2021 15:31 - 52 minutes - 72.4 MBThis week, we're looking at two very different takes on musicals about life in the city: In the Heights (2021) and The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964).
Plan B & Harold & Kumar
June 07, 2021 17:38 - 58 minutes - 79.9 MBThis week, two buddy road films that subvert the genre in some ways and ... not others. It's Plan B (2021) and Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004).
The Killing of Two Lovers & A Separation
May 24, 2021 16:08 - 56 minutes - 77 MBThis week, we're **back in theaters**! Madness. And we're talking two extremely lighthearted films (lol), 2021's The Killing of Two Lovers and 2011's A Separation.
The Disciple & Inside Llewyn Davis
May 11, 2021 14:08 - 1 hour - 86.8 MBThis week, we're looking at two movies about the quest for musical perfection: new Indian Marathi-language film The Disciple (2020, now on Netflix in the US) and the Coen brothers' Inside Llewyn Davis (2013).
Nobody & Mandy
April 26, 2021 14:03 - 1 hour - 85.5 MBHappy belated 420! This week, we're talking about two stoner action movies (or at least one): Nobody (starring Bob Odenkirk, 2021) and Mandy (starring Nicholas Cage, 2018).
The Father & Philomena
April 12, 2021 22:33 - 48 minutes - 66.4 MBThis week, it's two small British films that unexpectedly took the Oscars by storm: The Father (2020) and Philomena (2013).
I Care a Lot & A Private War
April 01, 2021 19:49 - 52 minutes - 72.6 MBThis week, we're deep in the Pikeaverse. It's two movies starring Rosamund Pike: I Care a Lot and A Private War.
Minari & Judas and the Black Messiah
March 15, 2021 15:38 - 59 minutes - 82.1 MBThis week, it's two movies that just became Oscar-nominated-films: Minari and Judas and the Black Messiah. It's another of our signature awards season catchup episodes!
Nomadland & Lost in America
March 01, 2021 18:53 - 55 minutes - 75.9 MBThis week, it's two films about semi-rejecting American capitalism for a life on the road: fresh Golden Globe winner Nomadland (Chloé Zhao, 2021) and Lost in America (Albert Brooks, 1985).
Another Round & Smashed
February 15, 2021 16:39 - 55 minutes - 76.7 MBThis week, it's two of the many, many films about drinking. First, it's the lovely new full-bodied Danish film Another Round (2020), paired with an insouciant little indie, Smashed (2012).
The Climb & Romi and Michelle's High School Reunion
February 01, 2021 19:42 - 1 hour - 82.5 MBThis week, we're talking two movies looking at long-term friendship: The Climb (2020) and Romi and Michelle's High School Reunion (1997). It's good!
Promising Young Woman & Bombshell
January 18, 2021 14:57 - 1 hour - 89.9 MBThis week, we look at two surprisingly similar stories born from the #MeToo movement: 2020's Promising Young Woman and 2019's Bombshell.
2020 Year-End
December 30, 2020 01:05 - 40 minutes - 55.4 MBThis week, we look back at some of the truly great films released in this truly awful year. Plus: Caleb finally agrees to talk about I'm Thinking of Ending Things!
Lovers Rock & Secrets and Lies
December 15, 2020 18:06 - 51 minutes - 71.1 MBThis week, it's two slice of life films about the UK, (at least partially) dealing with the Black experience there. It's Steve McQueen's Lovers Rock (2020) and Mike Leigh's Secrets and Lies (1996).
The Nest & I Heart Huckabees
November 30, 2020 19:38 - 55 minutes - 76.6 MBThis week! It's two movies starring the avatar of upper-middle-class anxiety, Jude Law: The Nest (2020) and I Heart Huckabees (2004).
Kajillionaire & Paper Moon
November 16, 2020 20:37 - 54 minutes - 74.8 MBThis week, two movies about families of scammers fooling others and learning about themselves. It's Kajillionaire (2020, Miranda July) and Paper Moon (1973, Peter Bogdanovich).
Time & Dick Johnson is Dead
November 02, 2020 21:36 - 55 minutes - 76.5 MBThis week, we talk two new streaming docs, Time and Dick Johnson is Dead, and about the whole idea that suddenly documentaries are huge!
The 40-Year-Old Version & The Big Picture
October 21, 2020 13:58 - 49 minutes - 68.1 MBThis week, it's two movies about the compromises we seem to have to make to get our creative projects made. It's 2020's Sundance Best Director winner The 40-Year-Old Version (directed by Radha Blank) and 1989's The Big Picture (directed by Christopher Guest).
The Devil All the Time & Wise Blood
October 05, 2020 18:48 - 48 minutes - 89.6 MBThis week, it's two stories of despair and failure (and Jesus) in the South: The Devil All the Time (2020) & Wise Blood (1979).
First Cow & Wendy and Lucy
September 09, 2020 21:27 - 59 minutes - 82.4 MBThis week, it's two films by the totally singular Kelly Reichardt: First Cow (2020) & Wendy and Lucy (2008). Longtime listeners know this one is very emotionally important for the show (especially Chris)!!
She Dies Tomorrow & It Follows
August 25, 2020 13:46 - 47 minutes - 65 MBThis week, it's two movies about inescapable, transmittable horror: She Dies Tomorrow (2020) and It Follows (2014).
Palm Springs & Edge of Tomorrow
August 10, 2020 16:13 - 54 minutes - 75.4 MBThis week, we're stuck in a loop! Stuck in a loop. It's Palm Springs (2020) and Edge of Tomorrow (2014). We're stuck in loop!
Young Ahmed & Four Lions
July 27, 2020 19:52 - 47 minutes - 65.2 MBThis week, it's two different looks at extremism in film: the drama Young Ahmed (2020, Best Director at 2019 Cannes for Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne); and the comedy Four Lions, (2010, Chris Morris).
The Truth & The Lobster
July 15, 2020 02:21 - 56 minutes - 104 MBThis week, we're talking about two acclaimed directors' first movies not in their native language. It's Hirokazu Kore-eda's The Truth (2020, French and English), and Yorgos Lanthimos' The Lobster (2015, English).
Shirley & American Splendor
June 29, 2020 17:29 - 55 minutes - 76.5 MBThis week, it's two (mostly fictional) looks at (totally real) writers as they work on their (also totally real) books: Shirley (2020, Josephine Decker) and American Splendor (2003, Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini).
Da 5 Bloods & Do The Right Thing
June 15, 2020 23:47 - 56 minutes - 77.8 MBThis week, it's two movies about race, America, violence and our own minds -- both from visionary director Spike Lee. They're the new Netflix original Da 5 Bloods (2020) and the stone-cold classic Do The Right Thing (1989).
Spaceship Earth & Bio-Dome
June 01, 2020 15:37 - 49 minutes - 90 MBThis week, it's two extremely different looks at life in the biosphere: the documentary Spaceship Earth (2020) and the Pauly Shore vehicle Bio-Dome (1996). Title music is "Life Story" by Kevin Hairs, who has a GREAT NEW EP! More info here: https://kevinhairs.bandcamp.com/releases