Twin Picks
65 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsTHREE film-loving siblings watch TWO movies and pick which ONE better achieves what it sets out to do!Together, Meg, Noah, and Eliza will watch two films that share some kind of similarity; it might be an obscure connection (did you know 'A Bug's Life' and 'Seven Samurai' have the exact same plot?) or a dumb and obvious one ('Billy Madison' vs. 'Billy Elliot'). Then, they pick apart both films in the kind of funny, faceted discussion that could only occur between twins (and also their other sister ugh).New episodes released every Sunday! Get in touch at [email protected], and subscribe so you never miss out on new episodes!Hosts: Meg Janssen, Noah Janssen, Eliza JanssenSound Engineer/Composer: Anthony CarrArtwork: Cyber ToasterInstagram: twinpicksFacebook: @twinpickspodcastRough Cut: https://www.roughcutfilm.com/
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TWIN PICKS IS DEAD, LONG LIVE MIDNIGHT SCREENING
March 19, 2024 02:21 - 1 minute - 2.74 MBGOT YA!!! sorry, suckers: if u want more janssen chat about movies, head to this link https://rss.com/podcasts/midnightscreeningpodcast – goodbye forever xx Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Greatest Horror Movie Performances
July 25, 2021 00:00 - 53 minutes - 122 MBacting so good, it's almost scary... Noah, Eliza, and Anthony create the ultimate dream-team of towering performances from within the horror genre, from the most loveable and awesome final girls, to hauntingly believable possessions, to transformative villain roles. The gang takes some time to shiver in admiration - and fear!! eeeeeee - at the double header of Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall, Bruce Campbell's terrific clowning, and Barbara Hershey's harrowing work in 'The Entity'. we got...
55. Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert + To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything! Julie Newmar (feat. Molly Ward)
July 17, 2021 23:48 - 1 hour - 189 MBfinally it's happened to me (getting Molly on the podcast) Life was a drag until we got Molly Ward in the studio, to talk about a pair of twin films that see straight actors dragging it up in mirroring road-trip comedies. A longtime listener with a deep love of all things drag, Molly is here to help Noah and Eliza enthuse over the still-legendary and empathetic Aussie classic The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. Then the gang discusses their first time watching To Wong Foo, Tha...
54. Frozen + Frozen
July 11, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 171 MBmake sure u don't accidentally watch Frozen (2010) with ur Disney-loving children... it's our first time tackling films with exactly the same title: Disney's world-conquering, kids'-party-inspiring, show-tune-infested Frozen, and an earlier horror film Frozen, about a trio of skiers stranded on a chair lift. In tone and subject matter, these movies couldn't be more different, catering to totally separate audiences but somehow both involving some silly wolf chase-scenes. Noah and Eliza star...
53. Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen + Confessions of a Shopaholic (feat. Ivana Brehas)
July 04, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 173 MByou've just gotta have no doubt/just believe in your...self .. Less is NOT more in this chick-lit showdown, where one of our favourite recurring guests Ivana Brehas (https://ivanabrehas.com/) makes the discussion bigger, better, and more dramatique. We watched two confessional tales of aspirational femininity, in which two redheaded pathological liars strive towards the glam jobs/high school musical roles of their dreams whilst casually stringing a fantasy brunette along. So who has the be...
52. Dante's Peak + Volcano
June 27, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 146 MBi just want to touch/eat lava okay. tastes like burning :) The studio is HEATING up this week in more ways than one - Noah and Eliza genuinely get quite fiery at each other over their differing takes on two 1997 cinematic eruptions. 'Dante's Peak' and 'Volcano' came out only months apart in the same year, with plenty of the same lava-and-ash-filled setpieces, and dashing scientists trying not to get sizzled like a sausage in the Bunnings car park. But the siblings cannot agree on whether T...
51. Monkey Shines + Link
June 20, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 147 MB'i hate every monkey movie i see/from chimpan-A to chimpan-Z' They're our closest genetic relatives but YIKES are they creepy: this week we checked out two films about evil murderous primate, both awesome 80's horror flicks that reckon with the not-so-slight difference between man and MONQUE. George Romero's "Monkey Shines" focuses on a protective capuchin helper monkey, whose quadriplegic owner finds himself living out the creature's animalistic rage. And "Link" traps Elisabeth Shue in an ...
50. The Big Chill + Forrest Gump (feat. Leanne Bartram)
May 23, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 176 MBwith a half-century worth of episodes we r officially going through a MID-LIFE CRISIS On this celebratory 50th Golden Episode, Noah and Eliza show what their mama gave em - some strongly held OPINIONS on boomer cinema!! Joined by legal legend and Janssen family matriarch Leanne Bartram, it's a battle of the generations, centred around two movies that depict and challenge the lofty values and culture of the 1960s, especially when compared to the excess and ruin of the 1980s. Leanne still lo...
49. The Incredibles + Fantastic Mr. Fox
May 16, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 173 MBhoNEY...WHERE's my podcasting SUIT.... We're fangirling over the guest appearance of musical star Karis Oka (@karisoka), who brings us two movies about animated dads trying to relive their glory days. Pixar's The Incredibles definitely comes in hot with Noah, Anthony, and Eliza all scrambling to quote their favourite iconic bits, but don't discount the pure whimsy and surprisingly emotional character storytelling of stop-motion sensation Fantastic Mr Fox. Which film has the more spectacula...
48. The Towering Inferno + The Poseidon Adventure
May 09, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 157 MByou either BURN baby BURN, or you DROWN baby DROWN : ( Eliza, Noah, and Anthony return to the 1970s glory days of the disaster genre, big destructive movies in which an ensemble cast of the era's stars dodge debris, rising waters, and some matching schlocky theme songs by Maureen McGovern. The real life-threatening dilemma is this: which movie actually wins?? We've got a tie for the ages, with the team having mixed feelings on both the sizzling, broader-in-scope star vehicle The Towering I...
Oscars Schmoscars: our thoughts on the 93rd Academy Awards
May 02, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 161 MBid like to thank the podcasting academy and my agent and my manager and Satan and my mom Each year the same showbiz debate rears its ugly head: do we really NEEd the Oscars, to arbitrarily rank hollywood film based on what an academy of ol crusty dusties have to say??? and the answer is YES, purely because Noah, Eliza, and Anthony have some Big Opinions on what movies won and what movies should've won at this year's somewhat stilted ceremony. Going from category to category, the gang analy...
The Ultimate Versus vs Versus Tournament
April 18, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 146 MBthis is the only time we've ever cared about sports To celebrate the release of titan showdown 'Godzilla Vs. Kong', we proudly present to you a tournament bracket of every big movie with a 'versus' in the title; that's right, we're gonna fight out who would win in a fight between, say, 'Kramer Vs. Kramer' and then 'Freddy Vs. Jason'. Here's The original bracket, where we'll use nothing but our own smooth brain logic to find an ultimate champion from all these cinematic showdowns. It doesn'...
47. Drop Dead Gorgeous + Razzle Dazzle
April 11, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 150 MBi can hear the far-off sound of helicopter parenting on the horizon ’Razzle Dazzle’ is a true underdog story, being about an unconventional children’s dance troupe AND being a little-seen Australian mockumentary that Eliza, Noah, and Meg have randomly championed since age 8. ‘Drop Dead Gorgeous’, on the other hand, stars Hollywood comedic talent like Kirsten Dunst, Kirstie Alley, Allison Janney, and even Brittany Murphy and Amy Adams in supporting roles!! But it may be held back by its dark...
46. Panic Room + Room
April 04, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 153 MBthese movies will make you long for the golden days of lockdown In commiseration with Eliza, who is TRAPPED in a CRUEL government's nationally mandated quarantine system (actually an extremely comfy and manageable hotel stay), the gang locks the doors and settles in for a claustrophobic double feature. Or is that 'caustrophobic'?? whatever David Fincher's potboiler 'Panic Room' and Lenny Abrahamson's novel adaptation 'Room' are both stories of motherhood in captivity, taking place over one...
45. The Graduate + Harold and Maude
March 27, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 172 MB'age ain't nothin but a number' - R. Kelly This week the Janssens get seduced by the enduring baby-boomer magic of 'The Graduate', but also Hal Ashby's less successful 1971 cult hit 'Harold and Maude'. Both films take a darkly comedic look at romance, you see, focusing on a lost young guy and his more senior love interest, all soundtracked to the music of a folk-pop troubadour (Simon & Garfunkel in the former, Cat Stevens in the latter). Can we really go past the tremendous final shot of '...
44. Something's Gotta Give + It's Complicated
March 07, 2021 00:55 - 56 minutes - 130 MBWELCOME to the official (unofficial) Nancy Meyers film club!! Noah and returning guest/gf Darcey Eagle have a generous glass of wine at the ready to dive into two Meyers’ classics headfirst. Kicking things off with a beautifully performed tribute to ‘The Parent Trap’ and all things Nancy, Noah and Darcey uplift the canon of this dramedy writing and directing legend. Will they prefer ‘Something’s Gotta Give’, the 2003 Jack Nicholson film about finding love later in life? Or ‘It’s Complicated...
44. Something's Gotta Give + It's Complicated (feat. Darcey Eagle)
March 07, 2021 00:55 - 56 minutes - 130 MBWELCOME to the official (unofficial) Nancy Meyers film club!! Noah and returning guest/gf Darcey Eagle have a generous glass of wine at the ready to dive into two Meyers’ classics headfirst. Kicking things off with a beautifully performed tribute to ‘The Parent Trap’ and all things Nancy, Noah and Darcey uplift the canon of this dramedy writing and directing legend. Will they prefer ‘Something’s Gotta Give’, the 2003 Jack Nicholson film about finding love later in life? Or ‘It’s Complicated...
43. Glitter + Crossroads
February 27, 2021 23:00 - 58 minutes - 135 MBit’s britney bitch. britney? who is she i don’t know her Oops! We Did It Again, and by 'it' I mean watching two pop diva star vehicles and comparing them to each other in this very musical, millennial episode. First we cover Mariah Carey’s regrettable ‘Glitter’, a movie which came out on September 11 2001 (yikes), before moving onto Britney Spear’s well-meaning road-trip movie ‘Crossroads’. With the recent release of ‘Framing Britney Spears’, 2000s-era pop stardom is under a magnifying len...
42. The Hustler + The Gambler
February 20, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 162 MBluck be a lady tonight 💰♥️♦️♠️♣️🎰 Confirmed gambler and degenerate Max Kronick (@MaxerOfDisguise) joins us again to cover TWO movies about the ecstasy and agony of gambling/hustling!! Will Uncut Gems get mentioned a lot? u BET! Which gameplay obsessive will win the day, Paul Newman in ‘The Hustler’ or James Caan in ‘The Gambler’? both characters are in WAY over their head and we couldn’t be happier to join em in this lucky convo!! TRIPLET IN THE ATTIC LINKS Max’s Altman card shark movie ...
41. Southland Tales + Under the Silver Lake (feat. Max Kronick)
February 13, 2021 20:51 - 59 minutes - 137 MBcalifornia dreaming?? more like california NIGHTMARE...ing With Los Angeles now the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic, we present this special episode where Eliza and All American guest Max Kronick (@MaxerOfDisguise) watch two LA movies. Not just any LA movies; big sprawling messes with crazy underground conspiracies, fun misogyny, and somewhat genius musical sequences. We’re talking about Richard Kelly’s incomprehensible ’SOUTHLAND TALES’ and ‘UNDER THE SILVER LAKE’, David Robert Mitc...
Movies To Cry To
February 06, 2021 23:00 - 45 minutes - 103 MBLike Sophie once said...it's okay to cry (it's okay to cry) It's okay to cry (it's okay to cry) It's okay to cry (it's okay to cry) Movie maven and confirmed Pisces Ivana Brehas joins the siblings yet again this week, as we take a therapeutic lil step back from our usual programming and talk about the movies that make us CRY. From Noah's tale of a life Ikiru and the tears Eliza has shed over 'old people movies', to Ivana's fave The Misfits and Meg's seemingly bottomless catalogue of weep-w...
40. Get Out + Tyrel
January 30, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 185 MBRacists HATE THEM! local siblings SOLVE RACISM with this ONE WEIRD TRICK Writer/filmmaker/probably a wizard Ivana Brehas joins the podcast once more with another genius combination of films; the horror hit ‘Get Out’, and ‘Tyrel’, a lower-budget drama with some mixed critical reception. There are some truly striking similarities between both movies, what with their Black protagonists being trapped in different micro-aggressing levels of bougie white HELL - so which will win, the huge horror...
40. Get Out + Tyrel (feat. Ivana Brehas)
January 30, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 185 MBRacists HATE THEM! local siblings SOLVE RACISM with this ONE WEIRD TRICK Writer/filmmaker/probably a wizard Ivana Brehas joins the podcast once more with another genius combination of films; the horror hit ‘Get Out’, and ‘Tyrel’, a lower-budget drama with some mixed critical reception. There are some truly striking similarities between both movies, what with their Black protagonists being trapped in different micro-aggressing levels of bougie white HELL - so which will win, the huge horror...
39. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles + Gamera, the Giant Monster
January 16, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 190 MBThis episode is TURTLEY radical, tubular, and mondo!!! also cowabunga We speak with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles expert/film projectionist/good person Zach Karpinellison about his recent infatuation w the sewer-dwelling green freaks, and also revisit the 1990 TMNT film that brought the franchise to global attention. But before that, Noah, Eliza and Zach check out the 1960s kaiju film 'Gamera, the Giant Monster'; another tale of mutant turtles, only this time it's authentically Japanese an...
38. Enter the Dragon + The Crow
January 09, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 153 MBwitness the Lee family legacy ...and TRAGEDY *sadly kicks a bad guy's head off* for eons now, Noah has been obsesst with Bruce Lee and his distinct brand of badass. not just his movies, like 1973's 'Enter The Dragon', but also his tragic early demise, and the eerie on-set death of his son Brandon Lee while filming his breakout 'The Crow'. LISTEN to the stunningly sad true story behind the deaths of both Lee family action stars!!!!! PONDER whether the movies are important and funky in their...
37. Call Me By Your Name + Portrait of a Lady On Fire (feat. Anthony Carr)
January 02, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 156 MBdam i wish i lived back in the olden times!! back when ppl could have super sexy and easy queer lives!!!! holidaying and havin sex in europe!! This romantic, heartbreaking pair of recent queer romances came from the twisted musical mind of Anthony Carr, our podcast's own troubadour. And the gang has plenty of tears to shed over both movies, Luca Guadagnino's portrait of a sexy summer on fire 'Call Me By Your Name' and Celine Sciamma's 'Portrait Of A Lady On Fire', a tale of womens art and w...
36. Twilight + Moonlight
December 26, 2020 21:13 - 53 minutes - 122 MBthe two GREATEST and BLUEST romantic films of all time! and by bluest, i don't mean like 'erotic', they just literally look extremely blue Meg, Noah, and Eliza compare Barry Jenkins' Best Picture-winning, revelatory and intimate portrait of black queer masculinity to uhhhhhh the YA vampire vs. werewolf franchise that is frequently derided as one of the worst love stories of all time. Does Catherine Hardwicke's 'Twilight' stand a chance against 'Moonlight'? Would 'Moonlight' be better if Chi...
35. Bonnie & Clyde + Queen & Slim
December 19, 2020 17:20 - 1 hour - 151 MBThe gang is BACK with the love and support of That's Not Canon Productions, making this podcast a truly sexy til-death-do-us-part romantic affair. Just like the ride-or-die romance in this week's films, the 1967 counterculture classic 'Bonnie and Clyde' and the recent remix of the Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker myth, 'Queen and Slim'. How does the meaning of these sensual getaway stories change over time, and with the changing of the sexie lovers' race and social context? What do the siblin...
Biggest Movie Controversies of 2020, Pt. 2
October 17, 2020 23:00 - 1 hour - 229 MBpart 1 was fun wasn’t it! we talked about Sonic the Hedgehog, and Zack Snyder being a silly goof, and so many other funny things hehe! well LISTEN UP PUNK. this is Part 2 and we ain’t playing around anymore. In the hefty conclusion to our discussion of 2020's big movie controversies, Noah and Eliza break down some of the more impactful stories from this year that speak to the current climate of not just the Biz’, but of the world as a whole. let us be your guide through the movie stories tha...
Biggest Movie Controversies of 2020, Pt. 1
October 10, 2020 23:00 - 59 minutes - 137 MBare u up to date on 2020's wildest movie scandals or have you been living under a ROCK??!! Because that's really ok, everyone's been super isolated actually and we thought it would be nice to cover some of that fun n nasty n fascinating news for ur listening pleasure. In a rambling angsty discussion of each of 2020's big movie controversies, one by one, we land on a DEFINITIVË list of the top twelve stories !! from Chris Nolan da Chair Hater to #JusticeforUglySonic, here is the first half of...
34. Clue + Knives Out
August 02, 2020 00:00 - 57 minutes - 131 MBThis week the Janssen siblings and Anthony take the BORED out of BOARD game, by looking at not only the witty ensemble comedy 'Clue' but also 'Knives Out', last year's whodunnit hit that acts as a loving homage of 'Clue' and other retro murder mysteries. Both movies feature a murderer's row (literally!!! lmao!!!) of acting talent, and are set in big ol shambling aristocratic family homes, but is the central murder mystery at the heart of each film satisfying, or just a big stinky pile of red ...
33. Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters + Silence
July 26, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 139 MBIt's our second Marty Scorsese episode and our first ever look into the filmography of Paul Schrader, both New Yorky New Hollywood movie bros who collaborated on 'Taxi Driver' and have here made their own attempts at telling stories of religious agony and ecstasy in historical Japan. The only problem? Both 2016's 'Silence' and 1985's 'Mishima: A Life In Four Chapters' are reeeeeally good n engaging n maybe made Noah have a spiritual moment, so where are we gonna land ??? We argue about the t...
32. The Stanford Prison Experiment + Sky High (feat. Ivana Brehas)
July 19, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 158 MBFilm n culture genius Ivana Brehas brought us this pair of tenuously connected films, so we're all here together to break down their surprising similarities! Both the goofy family superhero 'Sky High' and 'The Stanford Prison Experiment' star Michael Angarano and Nicholas Braun, a real pair of 2000s-era 'oh yeah I know that guy' character actors. But the twindom doesn't end there! Both films also analyse the ways in which institutions (such as high school or uni) can have a power that goes be...
31. Friends With Benefits + No Strings Attached
July 12, 2020 00:00 - 51 minutes - 118 MBIn one of the most prominent recent examples of a bizarre 'twin films' situation, 2011 saw the release of not one but TWO films about one half of the Mila Kunis/Ashton Kutcher power couple enjoying hot, sexy, meaningless sex - ooh yeah baby Shagadelic! But things get even weirder from there, since both 'Friends With Benefits' and 'No Strings Attached' also feature the stars of Darren Aronofsky's 'Black Swan'...and both films feature a second-act plot turn based around sick dads....what's goin...
30. Seven Samurai + A Bug's Life
July 05, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 182 MBLook closely and u shall see that Pixar's 'A Bugs Life' and Akira Kurosawa's sweepingly influential 'Seven Samurai' kinda have the same plot; a band of skilled outsiders prepare to defend a village from being pillaged by sadistic attackers. We could've watched 'Seven Samurai' and 'The Magnificent Seven' OR we could've done 'A Bugs Life' and 'Antz'...but NO, we wanted to get into the tragic chivalry of Kurosawa's ronin AND Pixar's very nineties voice casting and CGI. Noah, Eliza, and Anthony ...
29. Fatal Attraction + Basic Instinct (feat. Max Kronick)
June 28, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 187 MBwe're back back back back back again!!! And we're so excited to discuss the two most influential erotic thrillers of the late eighties/early nineties with lovely American guest Max Kronick (https://twitter.com/MaxerOfDisguise), returning for another round of blockbuster comparisons. Noah has some long-gestating thoughts about how 'Fatal Attraction' loses all its respect n tension in Glenn Close's star-making performance as Alex, and the pulpy thrill of 'Basic Instinct' is compared to the seed...
28. The Lizzie McGuire Movie + Roman Holiday
April 12, 2020 00:00 - 48 minutes - 111 MBIn Memoriam of Meg's thwarted travel plans to Italy, we watched the celebrated 'Lizzie McGuire Movie' and a weird old timey ripoff off it starring Audrey Hepburn??? 'Roman Holiday' and 'The Lizzie McGuire Movie' both make audiences swoon with their stories of a young girl finding love and escapism in Italy's capital city, including flirty Vespa riding and mistaken identity shenanigans. But will Noah, Meg, and Eliza be able to get past their own bias for the Lizzie McGuire Cinematic Universe ...
27. Outbreak + Contagion (feat. Max Kronick)
April 05, 2020 00:00 - 59 minutes - 135 MBStop worrying about that pesky coronavirus and watch some fictional pandemics instead!!!! Noah, Meg and Anthony are joined by Eliza and writer/film buff Max Kronick over in da USA to discuss a pair of films which depict mass sickness and hysteria; the goofy, overblown 'Outbreak' starring the 'Avengers of sexual harassment', versus Steven Soderbergh's terrifyingly clinical 'Contagion'. Come on yall, get down with the sickness!! And keep your eyes peeled for special social-distancing friendly ...
26. Lost In Translation + Her (feat. Darcey Eagle)
March 28, 2020 23:00 - 57 minutes - 133 MBStay self-isolated with two of the MOST feely, introspective, romantic movies of the past few decades, both of which spend a lot of time in bedrooms - just like you rn !!!! The mega-talented Darcey Eagle gives us her own insight into appearing in a Japanese Suntory commercial just like Bill Murray did in Sofia Coppola's 'Lost In Translation', and then everyone almost cries while talking about 'Her', a soulful, sci-fi look towards the future of lurv. Listen to this episode then go and reconne...
25. The Big Sleep + The Big Lebowski
March 21, 2020 23:00 - 59 minutes - 109 MBWhether you're a hard-boiled detective or just some Dude, Los Angeles is the perfect setting for iconic film noir mysteries, and we had a great time watching two of the very best! Howard Hawks' 'The Big Sleep' is disarmingly kinky and ambiguous, while the Coen's goofy noir hybrid 'The Big Lebowski' has the same Raymond Chandler story beats in a sillier package. If it seems like our discussion of the movie is aimless and meandering and doesn't come to a satisfying conclusion, then guess what,...
24. The Great Escape + Chicken Run (feat. Anthony Carr)
March 14, 2020 23:00 - 1 hour - 141 MBClaymation versus true history of the Holocaust - it should seem like 'The Great Escape' is the obvious victor, right? Luckily we have Anthony Carr, our podcast's Sound Daddy and resident 'Chicken Run' expert on mic as a very special guest this episode! Together, the siblings and their sound engineer toss up between the innate coolness of Steve McQueen and the sheer loveableness of Bunty the thicc chicken mommy, all leading to a surprisingly deep discussion of whether escape is most powerful...
23. Pumping Iron + Pain & Gain
February 29, 2020 23:00 - 1 hour - 109 MBThis week's episode is like normal Twin Picks on steroids....literally!!!!! We looked at the 1977 documentary that brought the then-niche world of bodybuilding to the mainstream, 'Pumping Iron', and a 2013 action-comedy about three knucklehead bodybuilders trying to pull off a murderous get-rich-quick scheme in Michael Bay's 'Pain and Gain'. Both films are totally JACKED and NATTY explorations of American ambition and power, and both exist somewhere between fact and fiction, with the doco be...
22. In the Mood For Love + In the Mouth of Madness (feat. Hersh Nevgi)
February 22, 2020 23:00 - 59 minutes - 95.1 MBFrom the woozy height of romance in 1960s Hong Kong, to the depths of demonic depravity in one of Sutter Kane's pulp horror stories, this episode will have you In The Mood For uhhhh movies!! We succumb to madness with special guest Hersh Nevgi who's been meaning to watch Wong Kar Wai's celebrated 'In The Mood For Love' for ages, and then revisit the wildly entertaining but anti-climactic 'In The Mouth of Madness', from Noah's boyfriend John Carpenter. In the end, isn't all love some form of ...
21. Breakfast at Tiffany's + The Breakfast Club
February 15, 2020 23:00 - 1 hour - 110 MBCOCK A DOODLE DOOOO it's breakfast time! Get dressed and sit down at the kitchen table for your choice of Meal A; 'Breakfast At Tiffany's', an airy retro confection powered by Audrey Hepburn's innate charisma, or Meal B; the passionate yet flawed 'The Breakfast Club', John Hughes' teen ensemble drama about a bunch of mismatched kids either learning to love each other and themselves, or learning how to fake that empathy even more. The first is like a delicate Parisian omelette that kinda melt...
20. 10 Things I Hate About You + How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (feat. Emily Cinnamon)
February 08, 2020 23:00 - 53 minutes - 86 MBIt's Valentine's Day this week, and we're noticing tens tens tens across the board in both of our romantic-comedy classic picks. First, Noah challenges Heath Ledger's dreamy/clumsy performance in nineties teen Shakespeare remix '10 Things I Hate About You', then our special guest Emily SURNAME REDACTED walks us through more than ten things she loves about 'How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days', potentially her favourite movie of all time. Listen to this episode before making some pesky Valentine's D...
19. The Devil Wears Prada + Phantom Thread (feat. Marty Alix)
February 01, 2020 23:00 - 57 minutes - 91.9 MBThe family hits the runway with their very first special guest, musical theatre star Marty Alix (https://www.instagram.com/martyalixx/), and he’s brought two haute couture films with him! First we cast a withering, Streep-esque look at the feather-light but quotable chick flick ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ before delving into the kinky relationship between Alma and Reynolds in Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘Phantom Thread’. Each film stars a three-time Oscar winner as a perfectionist fashion mogul, but ...
19. The Devil Wears Prada + Phantom Thread
February 01, 2020 23:00 - 57 minutes - 91.9 MBWalk walk fashion baby work it move that Streep crazy
18. Dr. Strangelove + Fail Safe
January 25, 2020 23:00 - 52 minutes - 84.1 MBUS/USSR relations are getting strange, love, and the Janssens are here to probe behind the red curtain in their analysis of Stanley Kubrick's 'Dr Strangelove' and Sidney Lumet's 'Fail Safe', a pair of twin films from 1964 both based on a terrifying cold war 'what if'. The only problem is, one is a revered satire of power and impotence, and the other plays its plot of mutually assured destruction totally straight. But maybe the 'boring' movie deserves some attention, too - can 'Fail Safe' be ...
17. Cats + Cat People
January 18, 2020 23:00 - 1 hour - 111 MBPut your paws up for the CATFIGHT of the century: Tom Hooper's musical failure 'Cats', and Jacques Tourneur's horrifying tale of repressed desire 'Cat People'. Let's be real Jellicles, only one of these movies has a chance at winning the siblings' vote this episode, BUT! The value of 'Cats' deserves to be seriously investigated, and Meg, Noah, and Eliza are brave enough to do it. Both of these films feature cats as highly sexual and death-obsessed beings, but we can only choose one, so don't...
16. Picking Apart 2019, Pt. 2
January 11, 2020 23:00 - 1 hour - 165 MBWe got 2020 vision, and this year's lookin so bright we gotta wear shades. To wrap up the last year in film and life, though, we first need to count down our top 5 films of 2019, as well as singling out the year's worst and most forgotten movies and best performances. There's some very special guest picks and Meg saying 'I'm back on my shit' approximately 400 times - don't head into the next terrifying decade of life on this bitch of an earth without listening. The full list of our 2019 pi...