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#54: Marie Antoinette (2006)
July 01, 2020 22:07 - 1 hour - 77.6 MBThis week’s pick is Sofia Coppola’s 2006 history and period-defying MARIE ANTOINETTE. Ashley fought choosing this cream puff of a film for a long time because, though it is delightful, it just didn’t stick with her the way other films by Coppola have. A story of a privileged woman seemingly oblivious to the pain and suffering of a nation. What does it mean? Does it mean anything? Is it all frivolity, pretty shoes, and macarons or is there some substance after all? Dave and Ashley try to figu...
#53: My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
June 12, 2020 17:26 - 58 minutes - 67.3 MBStephen Frears’ MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE is an odd film. Set in South London during the Thatcher Era, our main character Omar, son of an immigrant from Pakistan, is working for his uncle to make a run-down coin-op laundry profitable again. He enlists his childhood friend Johnny (Daniel Day-Lewis), a recovering fascist punk to help out. Together Omar and Johnny find humor, danger, and improbably, love. It is an interesting ride, join us. Subscribe in iTunes, Android, or Spotify. Follow us on...
#52: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
May 20, 2020 18:42 - 59 minutes - 68.7 MBCan a podcast have an existential crisis? In this case, yes. Spurred by a viewing of 1987’s truly dreadful, sexist Overboard, Ashley decided that the original concept just wasn’t working for her anymore. So we decided to watch a film that both had seen before, but not together, and some balance was restored to the universe. This week we talk Michel Gondry and Charlie Kaufman’s ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND, a film that is beautiful and melancholy and hilarious and thought-provoking. ...
#51: Chop Shop (2007)
April 30, 2020 01:43 - 49 minutes - 57.9 MBGood things come to those who work hard, we’re told. Those who’ll do anything to accomplish their goals will surely succeed because that is the promise of America; freedom, success and a new car. 12-year-old orphan Ale has a plan to earn a life for himself and his sister Izzy in Willets Point, Queens in this week’s pick, CHOP SHOP by director Ramin Bahrani. Symbolizing freedom for Ale is a beat up old food truck he hopes will lead him and Izzy to a better life. Life is a struggle every day, ...
#50: Things That Bring Us Comfort
April 16, 2020 01:47 - 1 hour - 72.1 MBOur 50th episode just happened to fall during a global pandemic that has upended everything everywhere, so we decided to talk about what brings us comfort, hope, and a little laughter in scary times. We’re listing our top five(ish) comforting things, which are *mostly* movies. Spanning from the 1930’s to last Tuesday, Film Noir to YouTube, we hope at least one will soothe your troubled mind, or at least distract you for a while. Subscribe in iTunes, Android, or Spotify. Follow us on Facebo...
#49: Mr. Show (1995) - TV Series
April 02, 2020 22:33 - 54 minutes - 63.6 MBPart of the magic of college is that you get to learn a bunch of new stuff, not just from your professors, but also all the weird stuff that you get introduced to from a jumble of friends, friends of friends, and friends of friends of friends that you meet. A visit to someone’s trashed out apartment can introduce you to something that could change the course of your life. For Ashley that something was David Cross and Bob Odenkirk’s MR. SHOW, which aired on HBO from 1995-1998. This influentia...
#48: Jean de Florette (1986)
March 20, 2020 18:54 - 54 minutes - 63.2 MBWe suddenly have a lot of time on our hands, so why not watch a few epic French films? Dave’s pick this week is Claude Berri’s JEAN DE FLORETTE, a tale of rural betrayal, drought, and broken dreams set in the beautiful Provençal region of France. Ashley is taken with what at first seems to be a simple story about a man who wants to grow flowers, but quickly takes on the weight of a Greek or Shakespearian tragedy. A man plans, and God (and farmers) laugh. Subscribe in iTunes, Android, or Spo...
#47: Zodiac (2007)
February 26, 2020 18:34 - 1 hour - 75.6 MBMuch like Titanic, we all know how this one is going to end. So as with most films based on real events, David Fincher’s ZODIAC (2007) is all about the journey. But also a little bit about the unreliability of handwriting analysis, how communication amongst law enforcement agencies is hard, and that the press isn’t always so good at supporting the public interest. Part police procedural, part journalism film, and part one of those films where a regular citizen is obsessed with uncovering the...
#46: Exotica (1994)
February 12, 2020 19:54 - 59 minutes - 68.8 MBSometimes the marketing people get it all wrong and they do it on purpose. Case in point is this week's film, Atom Egoyan's EXOTICA (1994). No, it's not a grade B mid-nighties erotic thriller, but a quiet, introspective film about several emotionally damaged people, the tenouous threads that connect them, and the complicated ways in which they heal and hurt each other. This week Dave introduces Ashley to the beautiful, sad world of Canadian independent director Atom Egoyan, the exotic strain...
#45: Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
January 22, 2020 18:47 - 1 hour - 73.1 MBWerner Herzog’s BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL NEW ORLEANS, or BL:POCNO as we like to call it (no one calls it that), is a very weird movie. It is also a pretty good movie. A good-weird film that somehow Dave missed despite his film school education and fondness for New German Cinema directors. There is plenty for us to unpack here from the highs and lows of Nicolas Cage’s varied career to Herzog’s unique talent for portraying the darkness and folly of the human condition with a relatively lig...
#44: Paris, Texas (1984)
January 08, 2020 20:15 - 1 hour - 72.9 MBTake almost any state highway in Texas and you’ll find a trail of little towns, each with a square of brick buildings arranged around a courthouse, or just a row of storefronts in older towns. Towns like Goldwaithe, Zephyr, Santa Ana, Archer City, Paris, and the roads between them. Wim Wender’s 1984 film PARIS, TEXAS explores what is lost and found in these little places and the spaces between; what is between a man and woman, father and son, mother and child. Dave and Ashley are along for t...
#43: Idiocracy (2006)
December 11, 2019 18:34 - 55 minutes - 63.3 MBThis week we discuss Ashley’s pick, Mike Judge’s little seen cult film IDIOCRACY. In 2016, much of the independent press made comparisons between Idiocracy and the current political situation in the United States. Find out why they are wrong. Plus, we’ll answer questions like: Does Ashley even like this film? What IS the most nuanced stoner film of the mid-oughts? And...just what was 20th Century Fox trying to hide when they buried this film? Subscribe in iTunes, Android, or Spotify. Follo...
#42: 8 1/2 (1963)
November 27, 2019 18:55 - 1 hour - 75.5 MBConveniently this week’s episode is about a man suffering from creative block, and I’m currently too drifty to be able to write this blurb. I may need some time at an Italian spa to get going again. If you hadn’t guessed, Dave and I are talking Fellini’s 8½ (1963), Dave’s pick. This film is madcap and chaotic, but also nostalgic and deeply meaningful. Join us for one of our best conversations as we discuss the creative process, Jungian archetypes, Lynchian dreamscapes, and how the essence of...
#41: Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
November 13, 2019 18:22 - 1 hour - 71.9 MBWhat criteria defines a classic film? An advancement in film technology? A technically flawless script? A unique blend of genre? For Ashley the criteria has to include some expression of humanity. The depth of humanity on display in Guillermo del Toro’s dark fantasy, PAN’S LABYRINTH (2006) made it an instant classic in Ashley’s mind. Dave started watching years ago, but he never saw the whole film. A hard watch in parts, the rewards of this masterful blend of fantasy and cruel reality are w...
#40: The Fly (1986)
October 23, 2019 17:28 - 52 minutes - 60.2 MBYou know the feeling when you meet a really great guy at a press/scientist mixer and he takes you back to his warehouse and shows you his teleporting machine? And then your ex-boyfriend/boss starts stalking you and making veiled threats via science magazine covers? So you go to deal with ex-guy and then new guy gets sad and drunk-teleports himself, accidentally fusing his DNA with a house fly. You know that feeling? Geena Davis surely does in this week’s pick, David Cronenberg’s body horror ...
#39: The Good Girl (2002) / Enlightened (2011)
October 02, 2019 17:28 - 1 hour - 72.6 MBPeople are complicated, neither wholly bad nor good; they make bad decisions, they hurt people they love, and yet they are also capable of great kindness and laughter. They long for things: to be better, to be different, for connection with others. Writer Mike White is able to capture that humanity in characters that are simultaneously the best and worst of us. Ashley’s picks, THE GOOD GIRL (2002) starring Jennifer Aniston and HBO's ENLIGHTENED (2011) with Laura Dern, showcase White’s unique...
#38: All the President's Men (1976)
September 18, 2019 17:23 - 55 minutes - 64.1 MBAshley has a major gap in her knowledge of American history, and it is shaped like the modernist Watergate Hotel in Washington DC. This week, Dave’s pick, ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN (1976) seeks to fill that gap with intrigue, secret parking lot meetings, inappropriate nicknames for anonymous sources, and a whole lot of phone calls. For Dave this is a flashback to film school and one of his favorite screenwriting books by William Goldman. A good time for all involved, except perhaps the US demo...
#37: Pride and Prejudice (1995)
September 04, 2019 17:18 - 57 minutes - 66.5 MBSome films become so much a part of who you are that you can’t remember a time that they were not part of your life, and so it is for Ashley with this week’s pick, the 1995 BBC miniseries PRIDE AND PREJUDICE. Staring Jennifer Ehle as Elizabeth Bennet and Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy, this is the definitive adaptation of Jane Austen’s 1813 novel, and it has been beautifully restored for the Blu-ray release. Dave was too busy with fencing lessons, brooding near fireplaces, and other man things to ...
#36: Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
August 21, 2019 18:31 - 42 minutes - 49.7 MBThis week we’re going back to 1984 to review BEVERLY HILLS COP. What could possibly go wrong for a street smart detective from Detroit who heads to Beverly Hills for an unauthorized investigation into his friend’s murder? Apparently, much less than one might expect from that sort of set up. This fun, breezy film featuring a star-making turn by Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley, was one of teen Dave’s favorites. Ashley is a little astounded by how this film seems to be from another era entirely, cer...
#35: My Man Godfrey (1936)
August 07, 2019 18:06 - 51 minutes - 59.8 MBSometimes you just need to watch something delightful and frivolous. Screwball comedies like Gregory LaCava’s MY MAN GODFREY (1936) are just the thing. Fueled by a major crush on William Powell, this is one of Ashley’s favorite films. She’s tried to show it to Dave before on a few occasions, but due to circumstances and sleepiness, he’s never made it through until now. On this episode we talk the joys of escapism, the talents of Carole Lombard and finding the right time to introduce your par...
#34: Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
July 24, 2019 18:06 - 1 hour - 75.9 MBAshley HATES westerns, generally speaking, which is why Dave has been reluctant to make Sergio Leone’s restored 1968 classic ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST required viewing. Then our local art cinema happened to have a showing, and Dave couldn’t resist the urge to see it on the big screen once again. This film has everything: saloons, vengeful sharpshooters, corrupt railroad entrepreneurs, a retired lady of the evening with requisite gold heart, and XCUs, which are that thing where the camera ...
#33: Hands on a Hardbody (1997)
July 10, 2019 18:11 - 53 minutes - 62.1 MBThis week we finally review HANDS ON A HARDBODY: THE DOCUMENTARY (1997) thanks to a tip from Ashley’s brother about streaming options. This surprisingly moving film by S.R. Bindler documents the human drama surrounding an endurance competition to win a Nissan Hardbody pickup where 24 contestants stand with their hands on the truck until only one is left standing. This was Ashley’s introduction to the wonderful world of independent documentaries. Somehow Dave never managed to see it even thou...
#32: The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
June 25, 2019 22:43 - 1 hour - 77.7 MBDave’s been sitting on this one for awhile, a little hesitant about Ashley’s reaction. This week’s pick, THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE AND HER LOVER (1989) is definitely not for everyone. Peter Greenaway’s film is visually and structurally bold. It is shocking in it’s portrayal of violence and barbarism, and the titular Thief is perhaps one of the worst humans to ever appear on screen. Yet there is something about it, a teetering balance, like a waiter carrying an overloaded tray. Will Ashle...
Extra #2: The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019)
June 14, 2019 22:21 - 44 minutes - 51.6 MBHome is one of the most powerful words in any language. It is not simply a place, but a symbol of something more, a visceral feeling of safety, of belonging, of community. So what happens to a person when that place, that community, that belonging is slowly but surely dismantled? In this week’s extra episode, we review THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO. This film confronts the effects of gentrification on identity and belonging through the eyes of tragic hero Jimmie Fails. This film is a s...
#31: Woman on the Run (1950)
June 12, 2019 02:16 - 51 minutes - 59.6 MBWhen Ashley first saw WOMAN ON THE RUN at the Noir City Film festival in 2015, she just knew her good friend Dave, a proud San Francisco native, would absolutely love it. It only took four years for him to see it, partly because Ashley couldn’t remember what it was called. Shot on location in mid-century San Francisco, this noir thriller by director Norman Foster features great visuals, an outstanding lead performance by Ann Sheridan as a woman searching for her husband after he witnesses a ...
#30: Chungking Express (1994)
May 29, 2019 18:23 - 45 minutes - 52.3 MBAs it turns out, this week’s pick is not a hardboiled modern noir set on a train, as Ashley expected. Instead Dave’s pick, Wong Kar-wai’s CHUNGKING EXPRESS (1994), features the stories of two lovelorn policemen as they try to move on from their past relationships. Equal parts sweet and quirky with a good mix of interesting camera work, a pretty killer soundtrack, and thirty cans of pineapple, Chungking Express is miles away from Ashley’s expectations, and has her wanting to see more of Wong’...
#29: Parenthood (1989)
May 15, 2019 19:17 - 51 minutes - 60.2 MBThis week Ashley’s pick is Ron Howard’s 1989 ensemble comedy/drama PARENTHOOD. Supported by some fine performances by the likes of Dianne Wiest, Steve Martin, and even Keanu Reeves, this film does a pretty good job of representing the ups and downs of parenthood from the viewpoint of a large, multigenerational family. Ashley is pleasantly surprised that this childhood favorite seems to stand the test of time with a few notable exceptions. And Dave is ultimately charmed despite some initial m...
#28: Notorious (1946) - Hitchcock
May 01, 2019 18:34 - 51 minutes - 59.4 MBA US government agent (Cary Grant), the daughter of a convicted spy (Ingrid Bergman), and a scheming Nazi in Brazil (Claude Rains). Add a whole lot of repressed emotions and you have the makings of this love-triangle thriller, Alfred Hitchcock's 1946 masterpiece NOTORIOUS. Ingrid Bergman is luminous as Alicia, a patriot who risks everything for love and country. Cary Grant as Dev is…..kind of a dick, though a charming one. This is a top ten film for Dave, one of those seminal films that reve...
#27: Much Ado About Nothing (2012) - Joss Whedon
April 04, 2019 22:15 - 40 minutes - 28.6 MBThis week we have committed false report; moreover, we have spoken untruths, secondarily, we are slanders; sixth and lastly we have belied a lady; thirdly, we have verified unjust things; and, to conclude, we are lying knaves. All this is true, except the lady bit, as we did not watch Hands on a Hardbody as promised. Instead we watched Joss Whedon’s adaptation of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. This is Ashley’s favorite Shakespeare play due largely to the spirited banter of Beatrice and Benedick. Da...
#26: Seven Samurai (1954)
March 21, 2019 15:27 - 59 minutes - 41.6 MBPeople are complicated, at once noble and cowardly. We laugh at inappropriate times and cry over morning tea; find beauty and terror in the wind and rain. And somehow Akira Kurosawa captures all of this humanness in a film that is somehow both epic and intimate all at once. That’s right, this week we tackle Kurosawa’s 1954 film SEVEN SAMURAI. This film shaped Dave’s understanding of cinema and probably life in general. It is an exercise in vulnerability to show such an important film to some...
#25: Party Down (2009) - TV Series
March 07, 2019 00:00 - 39 minutes - 27.5 MBAre there times in your life when you’re more open to a particular show or movie? We find out when we revisit a series that Dave just couldn’t get into the first time Ashley brought it up, long before they ever started dating. PARTY DOWN was Rob Thomas’s (the writer-director, not the singer of “Smooth”) follow-up to VERONICA MARS. The series follows Adam Scott as a washed-up actor and his co-workers at a second-rate catering company in LA as they work disastrous parties and events, while try...
#24: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy / Gallifrey One 2019
February 17, 2019 04:40 - 58 minutes - 41.2 MBThis week we’re talking Slartibartfast, Zaphod Beeblebrox, and Ford Prefect. No, we aren’t advertising for some weird diet shake, an odd new laundry detergent, or a car that ceased production in 1961…it’s just a few of the interestingly named characters from the 1981 BBC TV adaptation of THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY. Ashley, a huge fan of the book series, wonders if one needs a live action version of a near perfect story. For Dave, who knew the story from books, radio and the series,...
Extra #1: ROMA (2018)
February 04, 2019 23:09 - 32 minutes - 22.9 MBDave and I saw a truly outstanding film this weekend, and although it breaks the rules for our podcast, we really wanted to talk about it. The film was ROMA. Director Alfonso Cuarón takes us into his childhood in the Colonia Roma neighborhood of Mexico City. Told from the perspective of the beloved nanny who helped raise him and his siblings, this film is gorgeous from first shot to last, and it is all the things a film should be: engaging, evocative, deeply moving, and most of all profoundl...
#23: Anne of Green Gables (1985)
January 30, 2019 23:41 - 47 minutes - 33.3 MBIt seems everything gets a gritty remake these days, but did LM Montgomery’s classic book series ANNE OF GREEN GABLES really need the Batman Begins treatment? Disapproving of the recent remakes, this week Dave and Ashley review the original, Kevin Sullivan’s 1985 adaptation of Anne of Green Gables (yes we realize there is a 1934 film as well). Ashley tries and (perhaps) fails to be somewhat objective about her pick and one of her childhood favorites. And Dave waxes poetic about the joys of w...
#22: Fanny and Alexander (1982)
January 15, 2019 23:19 - 46 minutes - 31.8 MBIt’s a Bergman bonanza as Dave and Ashley review FANNY AND ALEXANDER (1982). This portrait of a large family seen through the eyes of young Alexander is both joyful and devastating. Ashley is drawn in by the powerful and grounded female characters, and the wonderful, terrible portrayals of characters coping (or not) with their own mortality. Dave finds some connection to his past, and is inspired by the contrast of Alexander’s Christmas spent with a large, warm family versus time spent in th...
#21: The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
December 08, 2018 04:31 - 43 minutes - 30.7 MBA listener poll of Ashley’s Christmas related picks decided our next film. By a landslide listeners chose THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, an actual Christmas/Halloween classic, over some lesser known and less well respected films (MIXED NUTS has a 10% Rotten Tomatoes rating). Dave is on the record as having complicated feelings about Tim Burton films. And Ashley was a little hesitant to revisit a childhood favorite, considering how mainstream Nightmare has become. Will they be charmed by the...
#20: Bagdad Cafe (1987)
November 21, 2018 18:54 - 40 minutes - 28.5 MBA stranger walks into a small town cafe somewhere in the California desert and proceeds to change the lives of everyone connected to said cafe. Interesting how so many American stories start in nearly the same way and end up in very different places. This week we’re talking about BAGDAD CAFE (1987), a charming indie by German director Percy Adlon. This movie has Dave nostalgic for the Mojave Desert of his youth, and sends Ashley on a tangent about American idealism, interstates, and the slow...
#19: Halloween (1978)
October 31, 2018 17:56 - 35 minutes - 24.8 MBWe’re finishing off a very eventful October by reviewing John Carpenter’s 1978 horror classic HALLOWEEN…on Halloween! Dave has somehow never seen this film due to his general disdain for the dead teenager/slasher genre. Ashley thinks he’ll love this homage to Hitchcock’s genre-defining PSYCHO, or at least enjoy watching her jump a foot and a half off the couch with every jump scare. So let’s watch the film that launched a thousand horror movie cliches and at least as many sequels. Turn on th...
#18: Don't Look Now (1973)
October 07, 2018 15:33 - 49 minutes - 34.7 MBOctober’s here and we, like the rest of the western world, have gone into spooky mode. This week we're talking about obscure psychological thriller, DON’T LOOK NOW (1973) directed by Nicolas Roeg. A portrait of grief with a bit of the supernatural mixed in, Dave’s pick stars Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie as a couple coping with the loss of their young daughter. A fan of late 60s and 70s psychological horror, Ashley finds plenty to love here, especially in the abandoned, labyrinthine ...
#17: Citizen Ruth (1996)
September 16, 2018 19:18 - 38 minutes - 26.9 MBAs an actor, how does one follow a performance in a record breaking blockbuster like JURASSIC PARK? If one is Laura Dern, you star in a controversial indie film by a first-time director about the abortion debate, of course. This week it’s her movie, her choice as we discuss Ashley’s pick, dark comedy CITIZEN RUTH (1996) by Alexander Payne. Ashley and Dave marvel at Laura Dern’s ability to render a character with virtually no redeemable qualities as vaguely loveable, and the fact that this fi...
#16: Mad Max Edition
August 26, 2018 22:07 - 45 minutes - 31.9 MBGather your gas cans, canteens and studded leather chaps, this week we go traveling through a post-apocalyptic Australian wasteland with a very unlucky but ultimately heroic man named Max. On this episode we are watching not one, but two films from the Max Max series, namely 1981’s THE ROAD WARRIOR (MAD MAX 2) and MAD MAX: BEYOND THUNDERDOME (1985). Dave saw Thunderdome when he was 14 and has been a fan of the series ever since. Ashley has only seen the latest installment, FURY ROAD. What wi...
#15: The Jerk (1979)
August 05, 2018 17:43 - 41 minutes - 29.4 MBThis week Ashley introduces Dave to the delightful silliness of Steve Martin and THE JERK, a movie that was not only one of her dad’s favorite comedies, but also a constant source of quotes and in-jokes around the house when she was growing up. Will Dave be able to look past some of the more problematic aspects of this movie to see the pathos in this madcap story about the rise and fall of simple, sheltered Navin Johnson and his love for a girl named Marie (Bernadette Peters)? Subscribe in ...
#14: The Remains of the Day (1993)
July 22, 2018 23:16 - 41 minutes - 29 MBThis week Dave and Ashley discuss THE REMAINS OF THE DAY, based on Kazuo Ishiguro's novel about the life and regrets of Stevens (Anthony Hopkins), dutiful butler of Darlington Hall, who values housekeeper Miss Kenton (Emma Thompson) a great deal. Dave discusses some of his own regrets, which may extend to selecting a film for the show that no longer resonates the way it once did. Curious thing, looking back on one's life. Nevertheless, Ashley welcomes the opportunity to carry on her acquaint...
#13: Pushing Daisies (2007) - TV Series
July 08, 2018 17:07 - 42 minutes - 30 MBWhen Ashley was 26 years, 51 weeks, 3 days, 6 hours and 26 minutes old she discovered a delightfully dark new television series. Ten years, 36 weeks, 6 days, 4 hours and 2 minutes later, after a chance encounter in the DVD section of a used-book store, Ashley shared this same series with her new beau. Dave and Ashley continue to explore cult TV with Ashley’s pick, psychedelic twee fantasy, PUSHING DAISIES (2007-2009). What will Dave make of the day-glo colors and dark comic sensibility? And ...
#12: The Prisoner (1967) - TV Series
June 23, 2018 14:19 - 41 minutes - 29.4 MBThis week Dave and Ashley wander into a brave new world: cult TV. First up is Dave’s pick, psychedelic/spy/sci-fi classic THE PRISONER (1967-1968). This genre-defying series about a kidnapped former spy (Patrick McGoohan), who awakens in a seemingly idyllic coastal enclave called The Village, has Ashley looking for information, information, information. Dave counters with “that would be telling,” while attempting to explain what makes this bewildering series a cult phenomenon. To give Ashley...
#11: The Incredibles (2004)
June 07, 2018 01:08 - 34 minutes - 24.1 MBIt’s nearly Summer, and you know what that means….superhero movies. So many superhero movies... This week Dave and Ashley take on the Disney industrial complex in the form of Ashley’s pick 2004 Pixar film THE INCREDIBLES. Listen as Dave confronts his aversion to all things superhero, and Ashley geeks out over the mid-century production design. Does THE INCREDIBLES soar above the competition to be a classic or are we doomed to yet another basic hero film? Find out this week on Shut Up and Wat...
#10: Reservoir Dogs (1992)
May 07, 2018 23:00 - 43 minutes - 30.5 MBThis week Dave and Ashley may have stumbled on a previously unknown life defining event. Did you come of age before Tarantino or after Tarantino? Dave was a film student at UCSD when his pick, cinematic earthquake RESERVOIR DOGS was released. Ashley was…..in middle school. There’s a lot to unpack here as Dave describes how shocking this film was when he saw it in the theater, and Ashley reveals the ice that flows through her veins having grown up in a post-Tarantino world. All this plus spec...
#9: The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
April 23, 2018 01:00 - 36 minutes - 25.4 MBFind out what happens when Elrond the Elf King (Hugo Weaving), a British Gangster (Terence Stamp), and that guy from MEMENTO (Guy Pearce) take a drag show on the road across the Australian desert in a ramshackle bus. We’re talking great characters, small towns, and nordic pop music when we cover Ashley’s pick, PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT. This 1994 Australian cult film has great performances, stunning photography, and manages to find a balance between very silly and very dramatic. Subscr...
#8: Naked (1993)
April 09, 2018 17:59 - 46 minutes - 32.3 MBOn this week’s very special episode of Shut Up and Watch This, differing viewpoints lead to one of our most interesting, and certainly longest, discussions. Dave’s pick is NAKED, a 1993 film by Mike Leigh, a favorite director of both Dave and Ashley. Does Dave accurately express what this film meant to a young man out in the world for the first time? Will Ashley be able to look past her visceral reaction to the violence to truly appreciate the manic magnetism of Johnny? Yes! No! Maybe?! Plu...
#7: Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
March 25, 2018 20:44 - 36 minutes - 25.4 MBAshley and Dave are proud to review COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER, the story of country singer Loretta Lynn (Sissy Spacek). Along the way, they confront Dave's country music blind spot and argue over the correct pronunciation of the word "biopic." Subscribe in iTunes or Android Follow us on Facebook Visit our site: shutupwatchthis.wordpress.com Send your feedback to [email protected] Please consider leaving a review or a star rating on iTunes, so other folks can find us. © 2018 Ashley ...