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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Chandler explains how to use DVD covers as toilet paper. Jacob consults the internet about movies to watch while you’re sick, and we discuss Charlie Chaplin’s misleadingly titled: The Gold Rush (1925).
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In a particularly smashing episode of Split Take, Chandler & Jacob discuss two of the best movies they’ve ever seen, Portrait of a Lady on Fire and The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp. Come for the lesbian love story and stay for the ultimate British boomer movie.
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We review an old French short film mistakenly put on the BFI top 100 movies of all time list, Jacob gets some new blu-rays, and Chandler figures out Twin Peaks: The Return with the help of the internet.
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War, what is it good for? Good movies, that’s for sure. Chandler & Jacob discuss two very different war movies this week, the 2019 best picture nominee 1917 and The Deer Hunter (1978).
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Part 2 of our retrospective on the movies of the 2010s decade. Join us and our friends as we realize movies are as awesome as ever and fail to properly express how much we love some of the best ones from the past decade.
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Join Chandler, Jacob, and a whole host a wacky characters and friends as they review their favorite movies of the decade in a super sized, mega stuffed, action packed episode. Part 1 of 2.
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We discuss Greta Gerwig’s new film Little Women (2019), disagree (but not really) about L’argent (1983)., and Jacob comes up with a chart to visually categorize movies, but has he gone too far this time?
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Chandler examines the madness of Jacob’s movie excel spreadsheet, we review Uncut Gems (2019) and are baffled by the existence of Imitation of Life (1959).
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Chandler and Jacob discuss their favorite holiday movie traditions including The Star Wars Holiday Special and they review The Rise of Skywalker (2019). But wait, there’s more! Listen now and we’ll also discuss The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976).
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