Jacob talks about his Godard binge from August 2020 and his new respect for Godard as a director, and then we gush over Mike Leigh’s charming and criminally under-seen period drama: Topsy Turvy (1999).
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Chandler confronts Jacob about his favorite movies and we review Palm Springs (2020).
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Chandler & Jacob review the classic Spanish film, made in Spain during the final years of the Franco government, The Spirit of the Beehive (1973).
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A film school buddy joins Chandler & Jacob to get existential and review one of the most unique animated films, Don Hertzfeldt’s It’s Such a Beautiful Day (2012)
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A friend from film school joins us to talk college filmmaking stories, discuss some of the worse movies we’ve ever seen, and some of the most comforting films.
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Continuing to discuss the themes from their Code Unknown review, Chandler & Jacob tackle Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s tender and simple film about finding love in the face of prejudice: Ali: Fear Eats the Soul.
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Chandler & Jacob review Michael Haneke’s aesthetically unique film: Code Unknown, a frighteningly relevant two-decade-old film that attempts to explore and unearth the underlying issues at the heart of social dysfunction in modern Europe.
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Tune in for another installment of Chandler’s COVID quarantine watchlist, Jacob shares some podcast updates, and they impromptu review The Tree of Life and Do the Right Thing.
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Chandler mispronounces Kestral, Jacob rages against the system, and along the way we review Kes, Ken Loach’s 1969 film about a boy and his bird.
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Chandler watched the Naked Gun, Jacob recommends Studio Ghibli movies not by Hayao Miyazaki, and they review one of the most critically controversial Miyazaki movies: Howl’s Moving Castle (2004).
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Chandler updates us on everything he’s been watching during quarantine, Jacob gives his thoughts on Luis Buñuel as a director and shares his initial blu-ray purchases during the July 2020 Criterion Barnes and Noble sale.
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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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