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Monday May 04, 2020
Monday May 04, 2020
This week, stay home and relax with these two movies about abortion!
Two very different takes on abortion, and abortion access: the 2020 neo-realist drama Never Rarely Sometimes Always and the 2014 Jenny Slate comedy Obvious Child.
Title music is "Life Story" by Kevin Hairs, who has a GREAT NEW EP! More info here: https://kevinhairs.bandcamp.com/releases
Monday Apr 20, 2020
Monday Apr 20, 2020
This week, it's two tragic tales of love set in mid-century Asia (at least partially): Alan Yang's Tigertail (2020) and Wong Kar-wai's In the Mood for Love (2000).
Title music is "Life Story" by Kevin Hairs, who has a GREAT NEW EP! More info here: https://kevinhairs.bandcamp.com/releases
Monday Apr 06, 2020
Monday Apr 06, 2020
This week, we're talking two films where small bands of people have to fend off mysterious, murderous attackers: Bacurau (2020,Kleber Mendonça Filho, Juliano Dornelles dir.) and Assault on Precinct 13 (1976, John Carpenter dir).
Title music is "Life Story" by Kevin Hairs. Learn more here: https://kevinhairs.bandcamp.com/releases
Monday Mar 23, 2020
Monday Mar 23, 2020
This week, two movies which are sadly extremely topical: Contagion (2011) and This Is The End (2013). Watch fake people deal with deadly viral outbreaks and the end of the world instead of dealing with it yourself!!c
Title music is "Life Story" by Kevin Hairs. Learn more here: https://kevinhairs.bandcamp.com/releases
Monday Mar 09, 2020
Monday Mar 09, 2020
This week, it's two smoldering period romances: Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) and Call Me By Your Name (2017). Also we have a guest! AOL Build's Ricky Camilleri. Also Chris's mic is a little echoy for some reason, sorry about that!
Title music is "Life Story" by Kevin Hairs. Learn more here: https://kevinhairs.bandcamp.com/releases
Monday Feb 24, 2020
Monday Feb 24, 2020
This week, it's two mental illness dramadies co-written by their stars. Wait don't go!! They're actually both pretty interesting: Horse Girl (2020), starring Alison Brie, and Welcome to Me (2014), starring Kristen Wiig.
Title music is "Life Story" by Kevin Hairs. Learn more here: https://kevinhairs.bandcamp.com/releases
Monday Feb 10, 2020
Monday Feb 10, 2020
This week, it's two movies about women being victimized by monstrous authorities at work: The Assistant (2020) and Compliance (2012).
Title music is "Life Story" by Kevin Hairs. Learn more here: https://kevinhairs.bandcamp.com/releases
Monday Jan 27, 2020
Monday Jan 27, 2020
This week, it's two extremely different takes on filmmaking and filmmakers. First, it's Pedro Almodóvar's 2020 double Oscar nominee Pain & Glory (2019); next, it's Robert Altman's big commercial comeback, the cynical Hollywood thriller The Player (1992).
Title music is "Life Story" by Kevin Hairs. Learn more here: https://kevinhairs.bandcamp.com/releases
Monday Jan 13, 2020
Monday Jan 13, 2020
This week, we're talking about two movies co-starring Meryl Streep and Chris Cooper where writers struggle to put their lives on the page. It's Little Women (2019) and Adaptation (2002). Plus, we talk to the world's foremost Little Women expert: Chris's Mom!
Title music is "Life Story" by Kevin Hairs. Learn more here: https://kevinhairs.bandcamp.com/releases
Sunday Dec 29, 2019
Sunday Dec 29, 2019
This week, Caleb is so excited about Uncut Gems he basically can't form a coherent sentence. Plus we talk about what's wrong with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, and what was right in cinema in the 2010s.
Title music is "Life Story" by Kevin Hairs. Learn more here: https://kevinhairs.bandcamp.com/releases