Macintosh & Maud Haven't Seen What?!
298 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 months ago - ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsThe podcast where Macintosh & Maud force each other to watch the movies they should've already seen.
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BILLY WILDER: Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
October 10, 2022 05:46 - 51.3 MBCLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of murder, betrayal, infidelity, aging.. Our Billy Wilder series rolls along with probably his most ingenious script yet, adapting a modern mystery masterpiece into a legal drama with outstanding jokes. Billy knew he was working with near-perfect source material from the master of mystery herself, Agatha Christie. He takes nothing away from her taut, captivating thriller and instead just punches in heavy doses of fun...
BILLY WILDER: The Seven Year Itch (1955)
October 03, 2022 05:03 - 42.8 MBCLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: There is a discussion of manipulation and domestic abuse from 31:23-33:15. Please skip this section if you do not want to hear details. Also, discussion of misogyny, sexual harassment, unwanted advances, and sexism. The Billy Wilder series continues with Billy’s first foray into color and broad comedy, adapting a massive Broadway success into…a messy film. Not that it’s bad; in fact, this week’s film is iconic for several reaso...
BILLY WILDER: Sabrina (1954) / Sabrina (1995)
September 26, 2022 05:17 - 75 MBCLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of manipulation, gaslighting, suicide, unrequited love. Our Billy Wilder series (and William Holden mini-series) continues this week with the airiest romantic comedy performed on screen - twice. Because while Billy is a true master of the craft, he also makes films that are worth remaking and updating, and this week we’ve landed on the one film that’s gotten a fresh take. Both films are beautiful, thoughtful, and rea...
BILLY WILDER: Stalag 17
September 19, 2022 04:09 - 45.2 MBCLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of war, Nazis, the Holocaust, antisemitism, death, prisoners of war. We continue our look at Billy Wilder through one of his most under-the-radar films, that somehow straddles the line between slapstick comedy and war drama by adding his own dose of hard-boiled mystery. In fact, this week’s film turns several different genres on its head, though Billy decidedly had great source material to work from. And this cast, a...
BILLY WILDER: Sunset Blvd. (1950)
September 12, 2022 18:52 - 74.4 MBCLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of manipulation, murder, insurance fraud, jealousy, death. Our director series continues this week with a film steeped in Hollywood lore while being utterly disdainful of its treatment of actors. It’s a near masterpiece, but as we talk through it, it’s Billy Wilder’s directing that shines a bit more than his writing. Still, even the last 5 minutes of this film are enough to etch it as an instant classic, and the firs...
BILLY WILDER: Double Indemnity (1944)
September 05, 2022 16:53 - 51.1 MBCLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of manipulation, murder, insurance fraud, jealousy, death. It’s time again for a new series, and this season we’re jumping in to the world of Billy Wilder, a Hollywood legend well ahead of his time. And we’re starting off with one of his earliest masterworks, a film noir with a flair for the melodramatic in the best way. Hollywood had already seen its fair share of hard-boiled detectives, but what about an insurance ...
90'S GRAB BAG: Cruel Intentions (1999)
August 29, 2022 04:41 - 40.6 MBCLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of manipulation, teen sex, drug use, homophobia and homophobic slurs, slut-shaming. We’re wrapping up our 90’s series with a bang of a whimper that, being a teen sex drama, Maud had definitely seen and Macintosh had not. And do we wish we had not, because this is an outright terrible movie. Influence notwithstanding, this is the epitome of shock for shock’s sake, and making a literary classic into utter garbage. It’s...
90'S GRAB BAG: Practical Magic (1998)
August 22, 2022 04:27 - 34.4 MBCLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of grief, witchcraft, loss, death, murder, reanimation, possession. This week we’re tackling a rom-com cult classic that’s as integral to fall as pumpkin spice lattes. And just like those delicious confections, this movie is a little bit sweet, and a little bit spicy. And no, it isn’t perfect by any means; in fact it’s kind of a mess. But when you have two giant movie stars like Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock havin...
90'S GRAB BAG: Gattaca (1997)
August 15, 2022 05:26 - 51.7 MBCLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of suicide and depiction of suicide, eugenics, disability. This week we discuss a film that honestly deserves a better status than cult classic. The sheer ingenuity and thoughtfulness baked into a science fiction parable about eugenics from 1997 is remarkable. Andrew Niccol has made some other great films along the way, but this stands apart as a finely crafted piece; not perfect, but not needing to be. And then you ...
90'S GRAB BAG: The Cable Guy (1996)
August 08, 2022 05:26 - 45.6 MBCLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of stalking, neglect, murder, inappropriate behavior, assault, kidnapping.. This week we’re touching on a VHS classic that was a staple of one of the hosts’ movie-watching days, but not so much for the other. And that’s not unexpected, because this movie was branded a failure pretty much from its inception. Yet even massive studio intervention and an astronomically high budget due to its star can’t fully tank this mo...
90'S GRAB BAG: Heat (1995)
August 01, 2022 06:43 - 77.7 MBCLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of assault weapons, gunfire, tactical weapons, guns, shootouts, robbery, crime, depression, sex workers, murder, grisly death. This is one of those movies that everyone tells you to see, and yet so many people probably haven’t seen it. But wow, was it worth the wait. The maestro of crime dramas, Michael Mann, took nearly 15 years to make his magnum opus, and he barely missed. In fact, our biggest complaint about this...
90'S GRAB BAG: Speed (1994)
July 25, 2022 04:32 - 59.1 MBCLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of terrorism, explosions, murder, bombs, bomb threats, car crashes, gunfire, police, death. By all logistical rights, this movie shouldn’t exist, let alone be a massive hit. The director used a highway in construction to set up massive special effects sequences that quite often had to be done multiple times and reset in different locations to match continuity. And all of this is because the movie is about a bus. A bu...
90'S GRAB BAG: The Pelican Brief (1993)
July 18, 2022 05:04 - 27.3 MBCLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of murder, assassination, political murder, cover-ups, attempted murder, stalking, deception, gaslighting, peril. It’s not too often you get a movie that stars two of the most outstanding and strong actors of a generation that is just plain boring. But this week’s film is more than up to the task, with a political thriller that isn’t very political and is absolutely not thrilling. To be fair, most political cover-up ...
90'S GRAB BAG: My Cousin Vinny (1992)
July 13, 2022 02:38 - 52.9 MBCLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of murder, arguments, Italian stereotypes, strong language. This week we continue our 90’s grab bag with a movie that deals with two “yutes” in a southern town with a big respect for the law. In fact, both the judge and prosecutor in this small town have such respect for legal procedure that the entire comedy of this movie revolves around Vinny Gambini figuring out how to navigate that while still being the mouthy Ne...
90'S GRAB BAG: Pretty Woman (1990)
July 04, 2022 04:55 - 53.9 MBCLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: sex work, drugs, misogyny, sexual assault. We’re back on the movie bit with a new series, catching up on some of the films one or both of us haven’t seen from the 1990’s, and we kick things off with the runaway smash hit rom-com that, well, redefined rom-coms. Julia Roberts makes everything better, but back in 1989 she was still completely unproven on screen and it was impossible to know if she could be a movie star. Enter Rich...
FINALE: The 2022 Academy Awards
March 28, 2022 20:29 - 26.7 MBCLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: This episode discusses the slap between Will Smith and Chris Rock at the Oscars. The awards are done, and wow, do we have a lot to talk about. Not just the biggest, wildest story of the night, but also the ceremony’s absolute dedication to just being bizarre and nonsensical. Everyone was doing their best but it all felt like chaos on stage. And that’s frustrating, because while most of these awards were predictable, the winners...
BONUS: Oscar Picks 2022
March 26, 2022 03:07 - 27.6 MBCLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER It’s finally time to lock in ballots, prep our tuxes, and get ready to hit the red carpet. We’ve got a full bonus episode with our Oscar Picks before the big night on Sunday night. Will The Power of the Dog rack up a ton of awards on its 12 nominations? Will Dune sandblast its way to a ton of technical awards? Or will another surprise contender find its way to the top of our lists? Find out on our penultimate picks episode of this season of Maci...
BONUS: Oscar Music Nominees
March 24, 2022 15:35 - 24.9 MBCLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER It’s almost Oscar time and that means we need to talk about the nominees for Best Score and Best Original Song! We give snap judgments on a stacked crew of incredible composers and a fairly predictable Best Original Song category. But who will surprise us, and who will our picks be? Find out on this bonus episode of Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?! You can email us with feedback at [email protected], or you can connect with us on I...
OSCARS '82: The 55th Academy Awards
March 21, 2022 04:34 - 61.2 MBCLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER We’ve watched all the movies, seen all the nominations, formed our opinions, and now it’s finally here. And after steeping deeply in the year that was 1982, we can say, for sure, that this was a really great year for movies. Heck, one of the biggest movies of the year isn’t anywhere in our archives because it’s such a classic we’d already seen it. But with all these movies, who will be the big winner? Will Gandhi sweep the nominations? Will The ...
OSCARS '82: The Verdict
March 14, 2022 03:55 - 41.4 MBCLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of vegetative states, ambulance chasing, right-to-die laws, sexual harassment, lying, manipulation. Our final film of this series takes us into the courtroom in a way few films rarely do. The courtroom drama can be wild, fantastic, and even a bit haughty. But this movie dares to go into the grit and grime of medical malpractice and expose the cost of justice. There’s no frills on this movie, no wasted moments, and wh...
OSCARS '82: Sophie's Choice
March 07, 2022 14:12 - 42.1 MBCLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of the Holocaust, death of a child, genocide, concentration camps, Auschwitz, mental illness, antisemitism, fascism, war. This week’s film has been seared into the collective moviegoing memory based on a single, powerful, heartbreaking scene. And yet that scene is meant solely as the culmination of what is, in all honesty, a soap opera romance. In fact, if it weren’t for some incredible acting, this movie would be pu...
OSCARS '82: Gandhi
February 28, 2022 06:36 - 56.9 MBCLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of colonialism, racism, the Holocaust, repression, rebellion, conflict, nationalism, fascism.. It’s near impossible for any biopic to capture the true story of anyone’s life, but it’s even more daunting talking about the figure at hand this week. A man took on the weight of a nation of hundreds of millions to stare down the British Empire, and in doing so created an entire philosophy of activism that took decades to ...
OSCARS '82: Frances
February 21, 2022 16:11 - 35.2 MBCLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of gaslighting, mental illness, emotional instability, alcoholism, institutional abuse, lobotomy, sexual harassment, misogyny. There was bound to be one rotten movie in this bunch, and it looks like we’ve found it. It’s pretty inconceivable that Hollywood, who loves making movies about itself, could miss a prime opportunity to show the life of one of its most tragic casualties. And yet this film is bound and determin...
BONUS: Oscar Nominations
February 18, 2022 23:43 - 23.2 MBCLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER The nominations were announced, and we have our opinions already. From a few glaring omissions to pleasant surprises, we’re here to talk about all the major nominations from last week. And give ourselves a pat on the back for having seen so many of these movies already. Join us for an Oscar Nomination bonus episode of Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?! You can email us with feedback at [email protected], or you can connect with us on...
OSCARS '82: Tootsie
February 14, 2022 17:54 - 63.6 MBCLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of crossdressing, sexism, gender, sexual harassment. This week, we’re tackling a movie that’s so recognizable it might be a trope now. Yet somehow, some way, this movie was bound and determined to subvert expectations of an 80’s movie about a man impersonating a woman. It’s doubly impressive that known manipulative, controlling jerk Dustin Hoffman is the central figure of this film. But Sydney Pollack, a man notable ...
OSCARS '82: MY Favorite Year
February 07, 2022 06:25 - 25.2 MBCLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of alcoholism, shame, abandonment. This film is both incredibly highly regarded and somehow lost to time, because neither of us knew a single thing about this movie other than some Oscar trivia. But what was originally a Mel Brooks tale of his wild days at Your Show of Shows transforms into a tight, funny, and remarkably poignant movie about the perils of fame and the hard work of redemption. All in a 90 minute farce...
OSCARS '82: The World According to Garp
January 31, 2022 07:15 - 32.9 MBCLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of losing a parent, death of a child, grief, suicide, mental illness, transgender representation, transphobia, death. Robin Williams’ breakout film performance wasn’t Popeye, and it wasn’t Good Morning, Vietnam. It was this small, oddball tragicomedy that landed just around the time Mork from Ork waved goodbye to TV audiences. It’s a strange movie, because the very literary novel it’s based off of feels like it’s fig...
OSCARS '82: Annie
January 24, 2022 05:34 - 47.3 MBCLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of child confinement, child abuse, threats, adoption, orphans, poverty. It’s rare when an iconic movie musical also happens to be one of the more bizarre watching experiences in our show, and then even more rare when the movie kind of works. Which this movie does…kind of. Look, this was a pretty legendary failure, and yet with every single thing going against it, this movie is so consistently bonkers it actually mana...
OSCARS '82: Missing
January 17, 2022 06:43 - 36 MBCLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of kidnapping, political murder, military, genocide, disappearance, family strife, military dictatorship. It's a rare chance we get to watch a ripped-from-the-headlines movie that's as much a family drama as a political thriller. But Greek director Costa-Gavras loves complicating our expectation of a political movie, and he's willing to defy conventional movie wisdom to try and make us feel like we're in the middle o...
OSCARS '82: Diner
January 10, 2022 06:21 - 46.8 MBCLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of war, underwater, explosions, Nazis, death, drowning. There’s still a good amount of debate between Macintosh & Maud as to whether or not this is a good movie. Which, in most cases, would be a pretty good indication it isn’t, but this movie is a bit of an exception. There’s not a lot happening in this movie other than idiot, barely-adult men behaving horribly in 1959 and cracking jokes. Yet the directing is so smar...
BONUS: 2021 in Review
January 07, 2022 06:14 - 29 MBCLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of war, underwater, explosions, Nazis, death, drowning. As a bonus, we’re taking a look back at the really, really bad and amazingly good movies of 2021, and touching on some of the themes of movies this past year. We might even make some 2022 resolutions, so join us for this extra bonus episode of Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?! You can email us with feedback at [email protected], or you can connect w...
OSCARS '82: Das Boot
January 03, 2022 05:58 - 47.4 MBCLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of war, underwater, explosions, Nazis, death, drowning. A new year brings a new series, and we’re kicking off a new Oscars year, this time films of 1982. It’s a fairly diverse group of candidates with a bit of a common theme, but because of release order, our first movie happens to be one that isn’t from America. But it might as well have been, because this submarine film made a gigantic splash when it sailed over fr...
BONUS: Oops, All Movies 2021!
January 01, 2022 06:39 - 34.3 MBCLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER So…we were so invested in musicals the past few weeks, we forgot to mention that we’ve watched sixteen (SIXTEEN?!??!) movies and we wanted to share our reviews with you! So strap in for a whirlwind review of our past month and a half in movies to ring in 2022 this week on Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?! You can email us with feedback at [email protected], or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Also please s...
BOND PART IV: No Time to Die (2021)
December 28, 2021 17:25 - 83.3 MBCLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER BIG SPOILER WARNING: This episode extensively discusses spoilers for No Time to Die, so please skip this episode if you do not want spoilers at all. CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of murder, grief, kidnapping, child endangerment, death, poison, biological warfare, injuries . We’ve done Bond therapy on this show before, but wouldn’t you know it, a year and a half after our review of Spectre, after viewing al of the films in the Bond canon (and non...
MUSICALS!: Rock of Ages (2012)
December 21, 2021 05:25 - 46.9 MBCLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of slut-shaming, stripping, sexism, sexual harassment, violence, gratuitous sex. We’re still scratching our head about what happened here. Because with apologies to Tom Cruise and Catherine Zeta-Jones, this movie is an exercise in taking a cult success, dumping a truck full of money on it, and lighting it all on fire. This film cost 75 million dollars, and is so cheap that they filmed the Hollywood sign on a Florida ...
MUSICALS!: Victor/Victoria (1982)
December 13, 2021 18:19 - 48.2 MBCLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of homophobia, gay panic, drag, queer representation, spying. This week we’re taking on “Gay Paree” with a movie that’s absolutely delightful, if just a tad dated. We’ve always been fans of Julie Andrews, but we’ve never seen her like this - tough, clever, sly and in drag. Couple that with a story that’s not afraid to be loudly and proudly queer, and it’s a wonder this did as well as it did. But when you look at the ...
MUSICALS!: Cabaret (1972)
December 07, 2021 05:18 - 95.5 MBCLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of antisemitism, the Holocaust, homophobia, queerphobia, Nazism, racism, genocide. M.L. Earheart of The LaFresian Chronicles is back this week for the prettiest mess of a movie we’ve seen in a little while. Bob Fosse was truly a groundbreaking choreographer and director, and was able to create sinister, tragic worlds using nothing more than bodies. But his directing choices for this film seemed destined to undercut w...
MUSICALS: Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
November 30, 2021 05:52 - 77.2 MBCLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of pogrom, antisemitism, Holocaust, ethnic cleansing, genocide. Our bestieKristin Devine from Dice Up Games and Christmastide, Ohio returns to the show this week for one of the greatest movies ever made. No joke. I mean, yes, that kind of spoils the episode a little bit, but let’s be honest here - this movie transcends into American culture deeper than any of the movies we’ve discussed in this series. You’re guarante...
MUSICALS!: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
November 23, 2021 17:54 - 74.6 MBCLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of rwar, trauma, heartbreak, mention of bulimia and self-harm during discussion of Spencer. The Lady Dame returns to the show this week to watch one of the greatest musicals ever made, specifically because it’s an anti-musical. Of course, a film that wins a Palme d’Or doesn’t really need us to gush over it, but upon first seeing this, it’s so against every musical trope you’ve ever known that it might turn you off en...
MUSICALS!: West Side Story (1961)
November 15, 2021 06:18 - 77.8 MBCLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of racism, brownface, abuse, knives, injury, dance injuries. Klaudia Amenábar of RuPalp’s Podrace and Mystery Spotcast joins us this week to discuss one of the most iconic films of all time. It’s a 10-time Oscar winner with a soundtrack that might have outsold the Beatles and has spurned hundreds of performances in revivals and in high school theaters across America. Unfortunately, it’s also kind of a hot mess, espec...
MUSICALS!: Guys and Dolls (1955)
November 08, 2021 06:27 - 66.8 MBCLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of sexism, mind games, manipulation. AJ Ganaros of Christmastide, Ohio and Shattered Worlds RPG joins us this week to talk about a weird movie. This time, it’s not the script (which is outstanding, funny, and thoughtful) or the directing (bold, energetic, gorgeous). For once, it’s the cast that just doesn’t make any sense, because Marlon Brando doesn’t belong in this movie, and he knows it. Worse yet, Frank Sinatra a...
MUSICALS!: A Star is Born Double Feature (1954 & 1976)
November 01, 2021 05:30 - 98.2 MBCLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of alcoholism, suicide, drug abuse, workplace abuse, workplace mistreatment, financial ruin, drowning, death in car accident, racism, sexism. This week, we’re tackling a double feature for a story that’s almost as old as Hollywood itself. This movie’s such a Hollywood tragedy, it’s been made 4 different times in this title, and a good number of times as different scripts. But as we get into in this episode, we’re dis...
MUSICALS!: An American in Paris (1951)
October 25, 2021 16:17 - 71 MBCLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of underage romance, sexism, war, trauma. We continue our musical series with a movie that some consider the worst Best Picture winner of all time. And while we might not go that far, the fact that this beat out A Place in the Sun and A Streetcar Named Desire for top honors in both production AND writing at the Oscars is near-highway-robbery. To be clear - this film is a technical marvel, and its historical and artis...
MUSICALS!: On the Town (1949)
October 18, 2021 14:38 - 55.1 MBCLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of sexism, workplace abuse, homophobia, sexual harassment, slut-shaming, misogyny. This week we’re joined by Newt Schottelkotte (Where the Stars Fell! Inkwyrm!) to discuss the wildest ride of a musical we’ve ever seen. I mean, there’s a lot going on in this movie, mostly fun, sometimes boring, and sometimes beyond cringeworthy. That seems to just be the 1940’s though, especially with just how simple this musical’s pr...
MUSICALS!: 42nd Street (1933)
October 11, 2021 12:27 - 51 MBCLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of sexism, workplace abuse, homophobia, sexual harassment, slut-shaming, misogyny. We’ve got a new series this week to talk about the spectacle and grandeur of the movie musical! And we’re starting with the movie that saved the entire genre, and one that’s refreshing and surprising. Tied for the oldest film we’ve watched for this series, we braced ourselves for cheesiness, dated references, and problematic subject ma...
THE ANDERSONS: The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
October 04, 2021 06:10 - 62.2 MBCLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of the f-slur, homophobia, sex, immigration, war, fascism. It’s rare that a movie comes along and surprises us so much that we can’t help but swoon, but Wes Anderson really hit us with this movie. I mean where else are you going to see the grand sweeping design of 1930’s Eastern Europe with a rakish Ralph Fiennes, a delightfully deadpan Tony Revolori, and a super-Irish and adorable Saorsie Ronan? And that’s just the ...
THE ANDERSONS: The Master (2012)
September 27, 2021 05:13 - 53 MBCLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of alcoholism, drinking fuel, military, war, isolation, mental illness, murder, sexual addiction, sexual obsession, violence, incest, cults, Scientology, manipulation. We were so excited for this week. A film we’d had built up in our heads from the trailers, the mystery, the Scientology connections. So it was a major bummer to see Paul Thomas Anderson pull a Kubrick on this film and miss the point entirely for this s...
THE ANDERSONS: Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
September 20, 2021 04:28 - 55.9 MBCLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of childhood neglect, child romance, infidelity, running away from home, social services, orphanages. We’re traveling back in time to New Penzance this week as we’re meeting up with Wes Anderson again, this time in a tale of childhood romance, confusion, and hope set among some incredibly dysfunctional adults. While it’s clear why this might be a fan favorite for many fans of Wes’ work, his style really outdoes the s...
THE ANDERSONS: Magnolia (1999)
September 13, 2021 05:26 - 73.1 MBCLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of murder, suicide, assault, grief, cancer, loss of a loved one, child molestation, anxiety, depression, police, power in relationships, sexism, seduction science, misogyny, death, drug abuse, child neglect, child abuse, trauma. This week brings perhaps the most polarizing movie in our series - you either love this movie, flaws and all, or you don’t like it. But at 3 hours and change of a twisting, winding story of i...
THE ANDERSONS: Bottle Rocket (1996)
September 06, 2021 04:33 - 40.8 MBCLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: mental illness, robbery, gunplay, violence. This week, we’re actually going back a year earlier to the feature debut of a director who was clearly figuring some things out still. Wes Anderson was a University of Texas graduate with a short film that did well enough at a Dallas film festival to get noticed by, of all people, James L. Brooks, and get him and his unknown buddy, Owen Wilson, a chance to make a movie for Columbia Pi...