Chandler & Jacob start with some small talk about Westerns, discuss glaring omissions from the BFI/Sight & Sound list and finally review Casablanca “the most perfect movie ever.”
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Chandler is stuck at home with COVID-19, Jacob watched some Buñuel and they both review the Jury Prize winner at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival: Bacurau.
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Chandler & Jacob jump right into a review of John Cassavetes Husbands (1970). The pair then discuss the shortcomings of Cassavetes's styles and try to come to terms with their mixed reactions to his work.
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Chandler reviews an anime, Jacob talks Yakuza movies, and then we review and analyze Mike Leigh’s 1993 film, Naked.
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The Color of Pomegranates is one of the most avant-garde films of all time and is #84 on the Sight & Sound Greatest Films of All Time list. Chandler & Jacob review the film and pitch the premise to their friend Nick.
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We do a deep dive discussion on the new Spike Lee joint: Da 5 Bloods (2020). But before that we discuss some of the assorted movies we’ve been watching including the massive mistake that is Artemis Fowl (2020).
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Sam Peckinpah’s violent and gritty revisionist western was a sensation when it was first released, now with the proliferation of violence in media does the film still have an impact? We also discuss how The Treasure of the Sierra Madre relates and what movies The Wild Bunch inspired.
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Chandler & Jacob chat about new blu-rays and their favorite seasons of Fargo the TV show and go into a deep-dive review of the classic Hollywood adventure: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
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Chandler & Jacob watch a strange restoration of Greed (1924), which is considered one of the great epic silent films but will it hold up to our irreverent scrutiny?
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Impromptu reviews of What We Do in the Shadows and Uncut Gems precede our discussion of Blindspotting
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We talk about our Blu-ray collections, our favorite Criterions, and then deep dive into Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, and debate its merits.
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A fellow criterion collector from Massachusetts joins the podcast to talk about Weezer of all things, the first movies we remember watching, an in-depth discussion on the amazing J horror film: Cure (1997), and more!
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We’re joined by special guest Daisuke Beppu who is one of our favorite movie review YouTubers. Daisuke skyped in all the way from Tokyo to discuss his channel and review Edward Yang’s 1991 masterpiece: A Brighter Summer Day.
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Guest host Nick returns to discuss American Movie, a 1999 documentary about the trials and tribulations of independent filmmaking. And then we review Jaws, a movie that has thoroughly lodged itself into the collective American psyche.
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An impromptu Pirates of the Caribbean retrospective proceeds a review of Bad Education (2020) starring Hugh Jackman and Los Olvidados (1950), a blistering look at poverty in ‘50s Mexico City.
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As the pandemic rages on, another friend joins us on the podcast to discuss short films by famous directors and the eternally charming British fantasy/romance: A Matter of Life and Death.
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We discuss our history with the Twin Peaks show, review our thoughts on the original series and Fire Walk with Me, and do a deep dive discussion on The Return.
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The Princess Bride (1987) won Chandler’s twitter poll so we’re reviewing that with a special guest. Then Chandler & Jacob suffer through D. W. Griffith’s Intolerance (1916) and discuss the future early cinema.
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It’s time to talk ‘70s movies, Nashville and Opening Night. One is delightful and other is not, can you guess which is which? Our friend Nick Johnson from film school joins us to discuss Nashville.
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We discuss two beautiful movies made across the world from each other that explore two very different time periods and places but may have a bit more in common than you might think: Roma (2018) and Yi Yi (2000).
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