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Two smart guys talk dumb about today's great films
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Monday Mar 01, 2021
Monday Mar 01, 2021
This week, it's two films about semi-rejecting American capitalism for a life on the road: fresh Golden Globe winner Nomadland (Chloé Zhao, 2021) and Lost in America (Albert Brooks, 1985).
Monday Feb 15, 2021
Monday Feb 15, 2021
This week, it's two of the many, many films about drinking. First, it's the lovely new full-bodied Danish film Another Round (2020), paired with an insouciant little indie, Smashed (2012).
Monday Feb 01, 2021
Monday Feb 01, 2021
This week, we're talking two movies looking at long-term friendship: The Climb (2020) and Romi and Michelle's High School Reunion (1997). It's good!
Monday Jan 18, 2021
Monday Jan 18, 2021
This week, we look at two surprisingly similar stories born from the #MeToo movement: 2020's Promising Young Woman and 2019's Bombshell.
Tuesday Dec 29, 2020
Tuesday Dec 29, 2020
This week, we look back at some of the truly great films released in this truly awful year. Plus: Caleb finally agrees to talk about I'm Thinking of Ending Things!
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
This week, it's two slice of life films about the UK, (at least partially) dealing with the Black experience there. It's Steve McQueen's Lovers Rock (2020) and Mike Leigh's Secrets and Lies (1996).
Monday Nov 30, 2020
Monday Nov 30, 2020
This week! It's two movies starring the avatar of upper-middle-class anxiety, Jude Law: The Nest (2020) and I Heart Huckabees (2004).
Monday Nov 16, 2020
Monday Nov 16, 2020
This week, two movies about families of scammers fooling others and learning about themselves. It's Kajillionaire (2020, Miranda July) and Paper Moon (1973, Peter Bogdanovich).
Monday Nov 02, 2020
Monday Nov 02, 2020
This week, we talk two new streaming docs, Time and Dick Johnson is Dead, and about the whole idea that suddenly documentaries are huge!
Wednesday Oct 21, 2020
Wednesday Oct 21, 2020
This week, it's two movies about the compromises we seem to have to make to get our creative projects made. It's 2020's Sundance Best Director winner The 40-Year-Old Version (directed by Radha Blank) and 1989's The Big Picture (directed by Christopher Guest).