Exiting Through The 2010s (Jack Draper)

Wes Muszynski (The Simple Cinephile, Filmera) joins us to talk about Yorgos Lanthimos' revenge thriller. Together, the star making performance of Barry Keoghan as Martin, comparing Lanthimos to Kubrick and how this movies strength is how hysterical it is. 

We welcome Roxana Hadadi (AV Club, Roger Ebert) this week to unpack Jeremy Saulnier's 2016 riveting thriller. Discussing along the way modern-day Nazism, the accurate depiction of the pacific northwest, and the late Anton Yelchin

We're happy to have culture critic Sydney Urbanek with us to revisit Sebastian Lelio's American remake of his original Spanish film in Gloria Bell. Together celebrating the careers of Julianne Moore and John Turturro, how the movie subtly slides right into trump era issues and A24's slate in 2019

We have Jaysen Sneed with us to crack into one of the most culturally relevant event films of the 2010s and possibly the 21st century in Jordan Peele's taught and timely thriller. Touching on how the film has an underrated ensemble, confidently saying its the decades best original screenplay and if this is the greatest decade of all time for Black cinema

Mitchell Beaupre (Letterboxd, The Film Stage) joins us to chat about one of the finest action blockbusters of the 2010s in Doug Liman's Edge of Tomorrow. We unpack why the movie failed to make a sequel, Emily Blunt's career and the film's actual title, Live Die Repeat (should have been All You Need Is Kill all along) 

Wes Muszynski (Film Daze, Simple Cinephile) returns to discuss Guillermo Del Toro's cold war fairytale. Topics including Michael Shannons villain type, Me Too's involvement with the 2018 race and the scores of Alexandre Desplat 

Bryden Doyle and Charlie Nash (Almost Major podcast) are back as they picked Jim Jarmusch’s sensual ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE. Together we talk all things Tom Hiddleston, Detroit on film, Jarmusch going into the 2010s, vampire lore and trip hop

Mary Beth McAndrews (Scarred for life, Dread Central) returns as we dive into James Wan's terrifying THE CONJURING and THE CONJURING 2 with a focus on differing from the real Ed and Lorraine Warren to their on-screen portrayal, why growing up catholic sucks and how Wan rejects the tired trend of jump scares in the early 2010s 

Jim Laczkowsi (Director’s Club podcast) returns for Peter Strickland’s beguiling psychological romance in The Duke of Burgundy. Together we discuss Strickland’s place in 2010s films, how the film compares to the more approachable 50 Shades of Grey films, comparing this relationship to that in 2015’s Carol and monogamy 

We welcome Fran Hoepfner (Bright Wall/Dark Room, law school podcast) this week as we chat about Damien Chazzelle's sophomore effort about how far ambition will brake a person. With topics including Miles Tellers failure from becoming a leading man, the decades best villains and our personal Terrence Fletchers 

Zach Lamplugh (filmmaker, 15 Things You Didn’t Know About Bigfoot) is with us to talk all things doping in sports with 2017's Icarus. Although we see shades of other docs we have covered here like Citizenfour and Inside Job, Icarus has enough going for it to stand out like Bryan Fogel's sly direction, how our first Trump-era oscar-winning doc affects this winning the oscar, and how Netflix pulled one of their first big wins at the academy awards 

Brian Roan (the film stage) joins us to talk Looper, one of the best originalsci fi films of the decade. Together, we breakdown what makes a Rian Johnson movie, the art of makeup and prosthetics and the science of cinematic time travel. Plus JGL career talk!

Chris Feil (This Had Oscar Buzz, Vanity Fair) joins us for Another Year and a bevy of exquisite performances than come with a Mike Leigh movie. Together we'll discuss the 2011 Oscars, the Mike Leigh process, and what Entertainment Weekly. Consider donating to an abortion fund: https://www.thecut.com/article/donate-abortion-fund-roe-v-wade-how-to-help.html

Kendall Cunningham (The Daily Beast) joins us for Yorgos Lanthimos’ 2015 comedy in The Lobster! We dig into the careers of the cast, our interpretations of the ending, and our final thoughts on Lantimos with this being the last of his American films to cover

Alison Herman (Variety) joins us for Paul Thomas Anderson’s beloved dissection into codependency and gender dynamics in 2017’s phenonomal PHANTOM THREAD. Together, we remember how remarkable Vicky Krieps was, showing the film to your partner, Jonny Greenwood’s score which is one of the best of the decade and how this toxic relationship compares best to Gary and Alana of LICORICE PIZZA 

We’re deep in politically charged Chicago and talking all things 2018’s provocative WIDOWS! We discuss the careers of the cast, why the movie failed at the box office, Oscars 2018 and how much Clay loves the Liam Neason almost hate crime 

We're joined by Lucy May this episode to chat about Sofia Coppola's celebrity-obsessed crime satire with the topics including Emma Watson's commanding presence, who would the bling ring target seven years later and how the movie compares to real-life events 

We're delighted to be joined by Logan Kenny (Little White Lies, The Film Stage) to breakdown the fourth installment of the Transformers franchise. Looking at the idea of vulgar auteurism, how Michael Bay still manages to be predictable and unpredictable, and Mark Wahlberg career talk 

Nick Gangi and Joe Giordano join me as we chat about Martin Scorsese's tale of excess and greed in 2013's The Wolf of Wall Street. Topics include how Marty perfected the biopic, Leo DiCaprio's career, our first glimpse into the McConaissance and of Scorsese v Marvel

Sally Darr Griffin and Andrew Van Heusden (Club C-47 podcast) are back to chat about Twilight Breaking Dawn Part 2 and the franchise as a cultural phenomenon. Like how Twilight's success inspired a myriad of YA novel adaptations, Kristen Stewart's need to break out of the role of Bella Swan and toxic fandoms

We welcome the wonderful Jonah Koslofsky (The Spool) for his pick in The Master and its elusive nature nine years later. We gave a tribute to the late Phillip Seymour Hoffman, how the oscar failed to celebrate the film and what could just be one of Jack's favorite first time viewing experiences 

Allegra Frank (The Daily Beast) joins us for a rom com parody that was dead on arrival with 2014’s THEY CAME TOGETHER. Together we discuss the careers of the two leads, the movies cruel tones, comparisons to lonely island and Wet Hot American Summer influence  

Marie Bardi (Blank Check podcast) joins us for David Cronenberg's damning portrait of Hollywood in Maps to the Stars. We'll discuss the Evan Child character now being a YouTuber instead of a child actor, what happened to John Cusack, and dinosaur movies 

We have Jesse Hassenger (The AV Club) with us this ep as we reflect on this Will Ferrell/John C Reilly led disastrous comedy. Together sharing past relationships with the Sherlock Holmes character, how Will Farrell and Adam Sandler share career commonalities and the death of the spoof movie 

Returning guests Aaron Casis and Carlee Gomes (Hit Factory podcast) are here to talk the puzzling 15:17 to Paris but more importantly our first foray into Clint Eastwood's 2010s era. Together, we discuss the bizarre gelato scene, audience reaction in real time, and Clint's reputation as a public figure

Alison Piccurro (Boy Movies) and writer Cassidy Olsen return as we revisit Wes Anderson's generationally defining coming of age comedy with MOONRISE KINGDOM! Together we discuss if the movie could've taken place in another decade, the perfect pasting, problems with Wes Anderson post Isle of Dogs

Roxana Hadadi (Roger Ebert, Vulture) returns as we discuss James Gray’s cerebral sci fi odyssey in 2019’s Ad Astra! Together we unpack the haunting Brad Pitt performance, the theme of fathers and sons through Gray’s films, the films view on catharsis and 2010s auteur space films

Sophia Cimenello (Oscar Wild pod) joins us for the beguiling thriller with Lee Chang Dong’s BURNING! Together we chat about the career of Steven Yeun, South Korean cinema at the Oscars, coming up with our own intreptations of the events of the film and how the loneliy protaginst at the center of the film is tiemly as ever

Rebecca Bulnes (Classroom Crush) joins us this week as we decipher Steve McQueen's portrait of a man struggling with a taboo compulsion in 2011's Shame. With the conversation including the implied clues of the backstories of the characters, the career of Michael Fassbender and if this is actually a horror movie in disguise 

We're joined by Leah Carlson-Downie (Fang Club, Oscar's Podcaast) for Joe Cornish's directorial debut in Attack The Block and the love for the film that's grown since. We'll get into John Boyega's career, if this qualifies as a cult classic and selling this with the Edgar Wright brand

Joe Wright's 2010s work is uh, interesting! If you're an apologist of his work like guest Andrew Kendall (Stabroek News) or think he is just another banal, awards season friendly filmmaker, we're starting to talk about his career with his adaptation of Anna Karenina. We'll dissect the career of Kiera Knightly, bringing classic literature to screen and segues into the 2012 oscars and why it was snubbed overall

Mitchell Beaupre (Letterboxd, Paste magazine) is back for 2015’s thriller RUN ALL NIGHT! Together, we talk the underrated Joel Kinnaman, Liam Neeson continual subversion of his archetype and how well the action is directed

Filmmaker Jackson Hendrix joins us as we discuss the force awakens, the last jedi and rise of skywalker. Analyzing toxic fandom, nostalgia utilization and what is the star wars feeling. Much to discuss in the Star Wars Disney era!

Andy Germuga and Emilo Diaz (Cannes I Kick It podcast) return for the compelling Steve Jobs! Together we chat about the career of Michael Fassbender, Sorkin talk, youtube movies and the movies growing reputation

Would it help if we podcasted? Emily Diaz and Andy Germuga (Cannes I Kick It podcast) join us for 2015’s Bridge of Spies! We talk for the first time Tom Hanks (!) and his interesting 2010s, Mark Rylance’s Oscar win, Spielberg’s dad cinema trilogy this decade, what could “Bulit” looks like and how we took the movie for granted at the time 

Jen Johans (Film Intuition, Watch With Jen) is here as we use James Mangold's globe-trotting thriller as an in to talk the action stars as an endangered brand in the 2010s. With looking at the careers of Cruise and Diaz and movies that are destined to play on FX

We’re not trying to hijack this podcast, we’re trying to save it as Dan Mecca and Conor O’Donell (The B-Side podcast, The Film Stage) are back. We disduss more of Liam Neason, the daring ending and location geography is making thrillers succsesful

We welcome Kevin Smets this week as we talk about the westernized X-Men finale. Talking primarily about alternative casing decisions, the second chance reading given from the lukewarm acceptance of 2013's The Wolverine and adapting comic books

The delightful Carrie Wittmer (The Cut, GQ, The Ringer) joins us to celebrate what's now considered beacons of kindness and manners- that's just disguised as another "CGI animals interacting with human actors" in Paul King's Paddington series. We touch on Paddington 2's well-timed release regarding other world events, crying during movies and what Paul King did to make them as perfect as they are

Arlin Golden (Wiseman podcast, Video Project) joins us to reflect on the sensation of Rodigeuiz in "Searching for Sugar Man", a movie that reveals itself to be a love letter to a musician in a bygone era more than anything else. We all agreed in the ep this would make a perfect episode on "Documentary Now" and the specific stigma that comes with winning best doc feature 

In our 35th episode, we're talking about what could be considered one of the best sequels of all time. With Josh Bradley (movies I love on youtube) returning, the conversation includes box office successes importance, Ryan Gosling's bottled rage and expertly navigating gender politics 

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We welcome Vice Victus (Polygon) to the pod for the last episode of our month-long series on action films of the 2010s! We'll unpack 2010s wars films, how this became a box office success in South Korea and turning a historical naval commander into an action star 

Michael Snydel (The Film Stage) returns as we reflect on the makings of the evolution of the found-footage horror genre in a series of desktop set horror movies. Breaking down the evolution and legacy of Blumhouse, considering these as 2010s Blair Witch Project and Dark Web's alternate endings

Paul Oyama returns as we revisit Paul Danos's delicate directorial debut in Wildlife. We'll cover the quietly powerful and career-best performance from Carey Mulligan and a kind of validation from earning a criterion release 

Valerie Keaton returns for another episode in horror month as she picks the remake of the classic Black Christmas! Together we unpack the urgency and frustration the film contains, Imogen Posts’ performance, more talk about the rise of Blumhouse and why the film failed at the time critically and financially 

Let's dive into the massive career of Ridley Scott with his two prequels returning back into the Alien franchise with Prometheus and Alien: Covenant. Scout Tafoya (author of Cinemaphagy: On the Psychedelic Classical Form of Tobe Hooper) and Tucker Johnson join us to talk about 2012 blockbusters, why these movies were misunderstood at the time, movies to display on Best Buy TVs, and if Covenant is the last of the franchise 

Zombie fatigue was very real in the early 2010s but in 2016, Yeon Sang-ho made a movie refreshing enough to have it stand out in the pantheon of great zombie portrayals. Actor Jared Gilman (Moonrise Kingdom, Paterson, Juvie) joins us for one of his favorite horror movies of the decade, we focus on the critique of the class divide in South Korea here and the abhorrent sequel, Peninsula 

Comedian Jon Gabrus is back and joins us to take a look back at the prescient thriller in SICARIO. Together we discuss the careers of the three leads, Denis Villeneuve’s significance in the 2010s and the unique tension captivated by Taylor Sheridan 

We couldn't repeat the past though Greg Hill-Turner (Chasin' Statham podcast) returns for Baz Luhrmann's polarizing adaption of the classic American novel The Great Gatsby. Together we go over the career of Tobey Maguire and Joel Edgerton, the infamous hip-hop-inspired soundtrack, books we read in the high school and the 3D of it all

Jack and Clay welcome Paul Oyama to unpack Bing Liu's debut documentary. Together, we talk the film joining the pantheon of all-time great docs and the accessibility of the modern documentary distribution 

It's happening! It happened. One of the best studio comedies of the 2010s in Paul Feig's brilliant Bridesmaids! Maia from Broey Deschanel joins us as we get into the career of Kristen Wiig, so many moments turning into widely used gifs and memes over the years and how much money it made for a comedy 

We’re just trying to get our boys back with Ricky Camilleri (BULID series, 30 Years Later podcast) as we cover 2017’s Dunkirk as we consider it the defining war picture of the 2010s. Together, we return to examine Christopher Nolan in the 2010s, the career of Hans Zimmer, comparisons to 2019’s 1917 and our favorite performances 

We welcome Jordan Crucchiola (Vulture) this episode and delve into Indonesian action cinema. The conversation leads to the blend of horror and action, the star appeal of Iko Uwais and styling a movie like a video game

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In the penultimate episode of the best picture winners series, jack and clay talk about Peter Farrelly's road trip buddy comedy. With topics including the white savior movie, if Mahershala Ali is on autopilot here and James Gandolfini would work better in the role of Tony Vallelonga 

Clint Worthington returns as we discuss the profound moral dilemmas Josh Oppenheimer’s The Act of Killing and Look of Silence! Together we unpack the suppression of Indonesian history from the genocide, the difference in form from the first documentary to the follow up and the striking ending in Act of Killing 

Gaby Iori returns as we revisit Leslye Headland's delightful comedy that has only grown stronger since its release within the extinction of romantic comedies. We get to talk about if this qualifies as the modern When Harry Met Sally, the whiteness of the romance genre, and how Alison Brie and Jason Sudeikis broke away from TV

We're podding with Kambole Campbell (Empire, Little White Lies)  through multiple universes as we talk Spiderman: Into The Spiderverse from 2018! Discussion includes this being the best superhero film of the 2010s, if this will be a foundational film for this generation filmmakers and the involvement the Sony leaks had in the production 

Bailey Herdè returns to help us discuss the clever Jump Street duology. Along with Tatum and Hill’s career and missed potential, how Phill Lord and Chris Miller weaponize nostalgia to their advantage and how the movie has a longer shelf life online through gifs and meme

Jonah Koslofsky (The Spool) is back as we reexamine 2014's epic GODZILLA! Together we talk all things film career of Bryan Cranston, the flaws of Gareth Edwards, criticisms of the film when it came out, and if this is in the conversation for the best blockbuster of the 2010s

We're joined by Matt Zoller Seitz (Roger Ebert, author of Sopranos Session, The Wes Anderson Collection) to revisit Rogue One and its place in the Disney Star Wars era. Together we look back at the movie's faults, the cast performances, unfair criticisms, the daring ending, and how the movie improves with the existence of Andor

Matt Cipolla (The Spool, The Film Stage) joins us this week for Brady Corbet’s Twenty-First Century Portrait with Vox Lux, Corbet’s response to America in the perspective of a pop star after he had an impressive run in the 2010s as an actor. Together, we look at our memories of iconic American moments of the 00s, imaginative biopics, and how the movie was neglected in 2018

Andrew Kendall returns for 2018’s phenomenon in Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma! Together we get into why it lost best picture, our favorite Netflix original films, and how it began a trend of auteur auto fiction in the years following

Bilge Ebiri and Brandon Streussnig (Vulture) are back for 2017’s harrowing ONLY THE BRAVE! Tgether we discuss the secret genius with Joe Kosinski, the career of Miles Teller and comparisons we see to Michael Bay

Matt Singer (Screencrush, Opposable Thumbs book) joins us for the mo-cap era and the Adventures of Tintin! Together we talk all the odd visual choices of Tintin’s design, comparison to the Robert Zemeckis motion capture films, Spielberg comedies and uses of 3D

Kevin Tudor (Almost Major podcast) is back for John Erick Dowdle’s The Poughkeepsie Tapes. We get into it all such as the future for the found footage genre, the films botched release and how we judge the inconsistent performances 

Meg Brady (I'm Screaming podcast) returns as we revisit the fourth remake of the classic romantic drama. Together talking about Bradley Cooper's career arc, the movies botched oscar campaign and what makes this the best trailer of the decade 

Brandon Streussnig (The Playlist, Vulture) returns for Oliver Assayas’ haunting portrait of grief and loneliness in 2017’s Personal Shopper. Together will breakdown texting on film in the mid 2010s and believing in ghosts 

Scout Tafoya and Tucker Johnson (End of History video essay series) return to the pod for the forgotten but brilliant Sherlock Holmes sequel and its importance on getting blockbuster action. Together, we discuss RDJ’s and Jude Law’s careers, the relation Guy Ritchie has to Tony and Ridley Scott, lack of this era of London in cinema, and why we saw a third film made despite the first two film’s success 

The amazing Jaimie Rebanal (Cinema from the spectrum) is here for all things rocking climbing and toxic boyfriends in Alex Honnold's achievement we witnessed with Free Solo. We dig into the academy awarding this the oscar on behalf on National Geographic docs and our fascination with an ahelettes obessions with perfection

Soraya Sebghati (Night Talks band) joins us for Ben Wheatly's horror/thriller (John Wicker man for short) with KILL LIST! Together, we let Clay cook about Michael Smiley, the scariness of folk horror and Wheatly being overrated or underrated

Oscar Goff (Boston Hassle) is back for Adam Wingard’s You’re Next! We go into his mixed output in the 2010s, the filmmakers acting in the film, how the film is compared to the last time we talked about Winged (Blair Witch) and how 2010s horror can be compared to the 70s in horror

Action month continues as we're joined by Alex Rallo (One Perfect Headshot) joins us for Peter Chan's 2011 thriller Dragon. We talk about the career of Donnie Yen, what makes the great modern action star and hard to track down/forgotten films 

Luke Larson (host of L-Squared podcast) returns to discuss Ben Affleck's foray into awards season, Argo. Is Affleck belong in directors jail? Was the good will hunting screenplay actually written by Damon and Affleck? Do we redeem Chris Terrio after viewing Rise of Skywalker? 

Ella Kemp (Little White Lies, Girls On Tops) comes on to discuss Captain Fantastic, a story about outcasts on the outskirts of society. Together breaking down the supportive cinematic dads, child actors and watching movies without highly set expectations

Ella's letterboxd entry on Captain Fantastic https://letterboxd.com/ellakemp/film/captain-fantastic/

It's the finale of our Oscar-winning documentaries series and closing us out is an investigation into late 2010s era capitalism in American Factory. Fiona Underhill (Jumpcut Online) joins us for the tenth doc to win the oscar in the decade and we talk about the issues with Obama's involvement with serving as producers here and our love for the editing, as it brings moments of unexpected comedy. Plus, Jack and Clay give their rankings!

Scout Tafoya (author of Cinemaphagy: On the Psychedelic Classical Form of Tobe Hooper) and Tucker Johnson return for Steven Spielberg's quiet historical drama in 2012's Lincoln. Together we'll go over the sprawling ensemble (aside from JGL), Tony Kushner's winning screenplay and overlooked aspects of Spilberg

Kevin Tudor (Almost Major podcast) is back as we chat about Fede Álvarez' directorial debut and in the conversation for best horror of the decade, Evil Dead. Together we talk Alien: Romulus, state of current horror, the underrated cast, and 2010s remakes

Jen Johans (Film Intuition, Watch with Jen podcast) returns to kick off our collection of episodes apart of action month! Very excited to bring a genre-themed month within these next five weeks; first up is Phillip Noyce's Salt! We talk about Angelina Jolie in the 2010s, cloak and dagger thrillers that exist exclusively on cable, and the film's needless alternate ending

Brett der Wiese (Brettriculture) returns for Shin Godzilla and what the reboot looks like after 2014's Godzilla. We get into the history of the franchise as well as how Godzilla evolved in the 2010s 

Sally Darr Griffin and Andrew Van Heusden (hosts of Club C-47 podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/0DOSasbzVSgLXFhZJZHNPS?si=73D7QZPhQIGnCcw_qjJgng) join us as we talk Yorgos Lanthimos once again in his costume drama dark comedy, The Favourite. With topics including if Lanthimos is the modern Kubrick, subverting the typical Emma Stone role and if this is 2018's best screenplay  

Sally Darr Griffin (Club c-47 podcast) comes on to chat about the Safdie Brothers anxious heist thriller, Good Time. In discussing how to blend actors and non-actors seamlessly, child celebrities and road trips

Peyton Robinson and Emily Jacobson (Filmdaze) return for Sam Levinson’s polarizing satire with 2018’s Assassination Nation! Together we talk generational differences with looking at the internet as cuspers, movies our parents like, Euphoria and The Idol 

Its the end of high school with the decade's last great coming of age story in Olivia Wilde's directorial debut and Nia Tucker is here to breakdown the movie's relatability at its core. Diving deep into cinematic sincerity, the promising young careers of Feldstein and Dever and why the movie ultimately failed at the box office

Jen Johans (Film Intuition, Watch with Jen) returns as we chat about 2015's Spy! Together, we get into the careers of Jason Statham and Melissa McCarthy, Feig's balance of espionage thriller and comedy, the state of comedies and celeb encounters

Logan Kenny returns and helps up conclude our series disusssing the films of Jaume Collet-Sera with 2018’s dynamic THE COMMUTER! together we rank the films from this month, spacial geography within the train, the politics of Die Hard and our brief thoughts on CARRY-ON

Roxana Hadadi (Vulture, Crooked Marquee) returns for Asgar Farhadi’s tense thriller and second winner in the 2010s for Best International Feature Oscar winner with THE SALESMAN! Together we get into Farhadi’s central obsession with living with ambiguity, GLASS ONION corner and the movies Clay saw over Christmas vacation

Friend of the pod Joe Giordano is back to talk the first of a handful of auteur-driven space epics with Christopher Nolan's Interstellar. With pondering if Nolan is the next Kubrick, how the movie's appreciation has evolved since 2014, and Jack and Joe's possibly oldest first-time viewing experience talked about on the show!

Mitchell Beaupre (Letterboxd, Paste magazine) is back to discuss 2015’s Tomorrowland! Together we talk about the career of Brad Bird, optimistic blockbusters and why the movie didn’t connect with audiences 

Let's think back to one of the decade's most unique genre pictures in Ana Lily Amirpour's directorial debut. The delightful Kayleigh Donaldson (IGN, Slash film, Screen Rant) is here to rattle off past and 2010s vampire movie knowledge, the film's fierce soundtrack, and short films being adapted into features 

bobbi miller (culture kitsch, the afternoon special) joins us for the iconic TOY STORY 3! together we highlight the performances of the movie, the pixar magic, and the daring ending 

Mitchell Beaupre (Paste, Letterboxd) is back and brought 2010’s and 2015’s HOT TUB TIME MACHINE and HOT TUB TIME MACHINE 2 to us to examine a surprisingly heartfelt studio comedy, an abhorrent one. Together we once again look at our favorite 2010s comedies, Marion Cotillard, how the film was labeled with comparisons to THE HANGOVER and what makes a comedy sequel so difficult to match with their first outing

Logan Kenny (Cinematary) returns as we DJ some sweet pool parties and talk Max Joseph's (yeah, from MTVs Catfish) directorial debut We Are Your Friends. We'll talk about Zac Efron's career, 2015 summer movies, and silicon valley capitalism 

Wes Muszynski (Filmdaze) returns for Pedro Almodovar’s personal melodrama in 2019’s Pain and Glory! Together we rank the best foreign language Oscar winners of the 2010s, Antonio Banderas in the 2010s and Oscar clips

Kyle Amato (Boston Hassle, Hawke Cast) returns to talk Andrew Bujalski's dramedy. Together we tackle what is mumblecore, if Regina Hall delivers one of the best comedic performances of the decade and what the movies of 2018 tell us about making it in America 

Valerie Complex (The Playlist, IGN) joins us we share our thoughts about Abdellatif Kechiche's coming of age romance, blue is the warmest color. We talk about Kechiche's mistakes with the lack of understanding of the original graphic novel, the controversy surrounding Léa Seydoux's onset recountings and diversity in storytelling  

Brianna Zigler (Film School Rejects) returns as we unpack the movie star-driven sketch comedy, Movie 43. We champion the "Homeschooled" sketch, try to figure out why this failed compared to other Peter Farrelly comedies, and just what is Richard Gere doing here?