It's On The List

With the recent release of The Fabelmans (which will be discussed in our next episode), it's our second Spielberg winter in a row, so the boys decided to return to "creeps on the streets" territory with this week's double-bill of both West Side Story film adaptations - Robert Wise's and Jerome Robbins' 1961 smash-hit, and Steven Spielberg's 2021 reimagining. Will...

We're getting contemporary and feminist with it, tackling Alex Garland's searing indictment of the British (and maybe misogyny, perhaps??), Men (2022), and Jane Campion's erotic thriller deconstruction, In the Cut (2003). Sammy and Gerry dive into how these films use genre elements to explore social themes, and why one is so much more successful at this than the other. Contains spoi...

Death and wishes and creeps, oh my! Sammy and Gerry are talking 1980s street youth flicks today - Francis Ford Coppola's Rumble Fish (1983) and Michael Winner's Death Wish 3 (1985). Take a shot every time we say “German Expressionism” or “fascistic”. Contains spoilers for both films.

"Why does it look so weird?" your friend asks. "Dude, it's a famous auteur experimenting with digital cinematography in a feature film," you explain. We have a doozy of an episode today in which we break down two films from 2006 that were shot entirely digitally: Inland Empire and Miami Vice. Will Mai stopped by to talk all things Michael Mann, David Lynch, go-fast boats,...

Welcome to the first episode of It's On The List! Gerry and Sammy dive into Jordan Peele's latest film Nope (2022), and Clint Eastwood's drama White Hunter, Black Heart (1990) - two films that reckon with spectacle and filmmaking in unique ways. Contains spoilers for both films.