Grierson & Leitch

It's time for another Grierson and Leitch: Conversations. This time it's another annual tradition: Talking with Tommy Craggs, former editor of Deadspin and current editor at Mother Jones. Will and Tommy talk about the end of Deadspin, unions and what it means to work in media in 2019. It's our penultimate show of the year. It's a sad one. Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are...

It's our bi-annual "Star Wars" episode! If you just got out of "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker," we have the podcast ready for you. A whole hour-long episode dedicated just to this movie. Warning: SPOILERS BEWARE. Seriously, do not listen to this if you have not seen the movie. But if you have: We're here for you. Opening song, per tradition, is Wilco's "Random Name Generator," off their "Star W...

It's our 200th episode! Which would be more exciting except we have way too many movies to discuss to have any time for celebration. Thus! We just plow through, lightning round style, five big movies in our last show before our annual year-end episodes about the new Star Wars movie and the great Dorkfest. You may even hear some movies discussed this week come Dorkfest time. Strap in, all: We're al...

It's our big end-of-the-decade show! These are our two Top Ten lists for this past decade. This was very hard to do! Also, no movies from 2019 were eligible. We're saving those for Dorkfest. But these are our Tens. Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or griersonleitch@gmail.c...

Rian Johnson is back! Hopefully people will be a lot more chill about his new film than they were his last one. We discuss Johnson's "Knives Out." We also dig into the road drama "Queen & Slim" and then talk about a coupla Popes in "The Two Popes." And get excited: Our big end-of-the-decade show is next week. Timestamps (approximate): 10:01 "Knives Out" 32:16 "Queen & Slim" 52:36 "The Two Popes" T...

Two big ones this week. The first is Noah Baumbach's highly acclaimed divorce drama "Marriage Story," with Adam Driver and Scarlett Johannson, which will be available on Netflix next week. Then we dig into Marielle Heller's "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood," with Tom Hanks as Mr. Rogers. Also, Grierson saw "21 Bridges" and "Frozen 2," if you're into that. Timestamps: 10:43 "Marriage Story" 38:...

Hey, Grierson & Leitch listeners! We have another Grierson & Leitch Conversations show. For several years, Will and writer/podcaster Jeb Lund have done an annual Thanksgiving podcast where they talk about ... well, the state of the planet as it currently exists. It's philosophical, it's nonsensical, it's metaphysical, it's metatarsal. It's a Thanksgiving tradition unlike any other. This year's sho...

The big hit of the weekend, and possible Oscar nominee, is James Mangold's "Ford v Ferrari." One of us likes it a lot more than the other. Grierson and Leitch agree on Elizabeth Banks' "Charlie's Angels," though. Grierson solos on "The Report" and "Waves," and at the end, they have a discussion of "Jojo Rabbit," which Leitch has finally seen. Timestamps (approximate): 11:00 "Ford v Ferrari" 34:43...

The listeners have spoken, and they want us to discuss "Last Christmas" over "Midway." OK! Grierson debriefs us on "Midway" anyway, and then we talk about the "Shining" pseudo-sequel "Doctor Sleep." Timestamps (approximate): 8:11 "Doctor Sleep" 32:27 "Last Christmas" 55:19 "Midway" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know...

Timestamps (approximate): 8:28 "The Irishman" 35:33 "Terminator: Dark Fate" 55:33 "The King" 1:12:33 "Motherless Brooklyn" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or griersonleitch@gmail.com. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review,...

Hey, Grierson & Leitch listeners! We have another Grierson & Leitch Conversations show. It's a throwback to Will's old The Will Leitch Experience podcast, when we used to preview the college basketball season with CBS Sports' Matt Norlander. If you do not like or care about college basketball, this is a very skippable show! We barely talk about movies at all! But we always liked doing this show, s...

It's our annual mailbag show! You had so many great questions. It was way too much fun to answer them. But first! We have to discuss the Eddie Murphy Netflix vehicle "Dolemite Is My Name," and then the long-delayed "The Current War." Timestamps (approximate): 8:28 "Dolemite Is My Name" 28:00 "The Current War" 40:50 Mailbag! Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for...

There are two movies in limited release this week, so Grierson's soloing on them. They're Toronto favorite "Jojo Rabbit," and Robert Eggers' scary "The Lighthouse." Then we dig into Steven Soderbergh's "The Laundromat," which we're split on, and the sequel "Zombieland: Double Tap." Timestamps (approximate): 8:20 "Jojo Rabbit" 15:34 "The Lighthouse" 20:15 "The Laundromat" 43:33 "Zombieland: Double...

We had a time crunch this week, but we hope it's worth it. So! First, we dig into "Gemini Man," which is bad. But then: Good movies! First, "Parasite," which might win some Oscars this year, and then the "Breaking Bad' culmination, "El Camino." Timestamps: 5:18  "Gemini Man" 24:10 "Parasite"" 43:13 "El Camino" Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We...

The world can now go back about its business: "Joker" has finally been released. Grierson saw it back in August in Venice; Will just saw it this weekend. Does the distance make a difference? We dig in (very) deep on Todd Phillips' and Joaquin Phoenix's "Joker." Then Grierson solos on Pedro Almodovar's "Pain and Glory" and Noah Hawley's "Lucy in the Sky."  Also, we're doing a mailbag show in two we...

There's only one new movie this week, the big Renee Zellweger Oscar play "Judy," about Judy Garland.  But the real fun is in the Reboots, in which we discuss Michael Bay's "Bad Boys 2" and the 2009 Spike Lee joint "Passing Strange."  Also, we're doing a mailbag show in a few weeks. Email us griersonleitch@gmail.com with any and all questions. Timestamps: 12:25 "Judy" 35:46 "Bad Boys 2" 55:20 "Pass...

Brad Pitt is not named Ad Astra in "Ad Astra," so stop thinking that. That's not true! His name is Roy. He is dealing with Dad stuff in outer space. We discuss James Gray's new movie, as well as Sylvester Stallone trotting out Rambo one more time in "Rambo: Last Blood." Then, in our Reboot movie, we look at 2007's Pixar film "Ratatouille." How does it hold up?  12:22 "Ad Astra" 36:09 "Rambo: Last...

Grierson's back! After a two-plus-week absence while traveling to the Venice Film Festival and the Toronto Film Festival, Grierson has returned to us! He gives us the best and worst films from each festival, and then dives right back in with discussions of two movies out this weekend. First, it's the Jennifer Lopez stripper-crime-drama "Hustlers," and then it's the adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize...

Hello! Grierson still is not back from the Toronto Film Festival, so our fill-in guest with Will is the great Bilge Ebiri, film critic for Vulture and New York Magazine. He is the best. Together, Will and Bilge discuss the horror sequel/part two "It, Chapter Two," with bigger actors this time. Then, in our Reboot segment, we look at the 1988 Nicolas Cage cult "classic," "Vampire's Kiss." Apologies...

New concept alert! We proudly introduce "Grierson and Leitch Conversations," in which we sit down with someone OTHER than each other to talk movie stuff, or culture stuff, or sports stuff, or whatever stuff! It'll be fun. We can't just talk to each other FOREVER. We introduce the occasional, sporadic series with Jessica Pressler, a longtime writer for New York Magazine whose 2015 story "The Hustle...

Grierson is about to head to Venice and then Toronto for the biggest film festivals of the fall, so we preview both of 'em: There's some good stuff coming out. Then we talk about the Evil 1 Percenter movie "Ready Or Not." And none of that prepares us for the insanity of returning to 1997 and watching Luc Besson's unhinged "The Fifth Element." That movie is nuts. Timestamps (approximate): 9:03 Film...

Richard Linklater having a new movie coming out is usually cause for celebration in Grierson & Leitch land, but "Where'd You Go Bernadette" is a major disappointment. We also discuss "Blinded by the Light," which is about Bruce Springsteen, kind of. Also, in our Reboot, we dig into Joel Schumaker's 1987 teen vampire flick "The Lost Boys." Timestamps (approximate): 9:39 "Where'd You Go Bernadette"...

Strange week! Hard week. Relax with us with some movie talk. First, it's the odd Women Gangster movie "The Kitchen." Then the Guillermo Del Toro-produced "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark," or, as Grierson puts it, "Tonka's My First Horror Movie." Then it's Reboot time, with Panos Cosmatos' wild 2012 head trip "Beyond the Black Rainbow." Timestamps (approximate): 10:50 "The Kitchen" 30:12 "Scary...

Yep, there's another Fast and the Furious movie. This now makes nine. This one has The Rock and Jason Statham, and it's "Hobbs & Shaw." It's directed by a man named Leitch, but not our co-host. We also have two reboots: The 2013 rom-com (kinda) "About Time," and the 1997 Japanese animation classic "Perfect Blue." 9:3327:3648:44 Timestamps (approximate): 10:33 "Hobbs & Shaw" 29:16 "About Time" 50:4...

Yep, here's our big Tarantino episode. First, we go long on Quentin Tarantino's fascinating "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood." Honestly, we could have talked even longer. Then we, because it's the law, each give our Top 10 Tarantino Movies. They're different, but not as different as we thought. And if that weren't enough ... then, in our Reboot segment, we talk about a little movie called "The Shini...