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If you survived the last miniseries, Cinema Coffee Club invites you to grab your favorite piece of knitwear and get cozy with the new miniseries: “Sweater Weather.” With fall in the air and entering the holiday season, we wanted to capture that atmosphere with the selected films. We encourage you to bundle up and watch along with us! Producer Christian Ubillus joins Hunter for this episode to intr...

"They're coming to get you, Barbara!" - Johnny The last and final night is upon us in the “Survive the Night” miniseries. Hunter and Conner find themselves arguing over whether they should record the podcast about Night of the Living Dead downstairs in the cellar or on the ground level of a barricaded home surrounded by a horde of ghouls. Pour yourself your favorite cup of coffee and listen along...

You could have dinner with us... my brother makes good head cheese! You like head cheese? - Hitchhiker The “Survive the Night” miniseries leaves Hunter and Conner stranded in Texas to discuss Tobe Hooper’s horror masterpiece, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre . This might be the sweatiest and most grueling film to enter Cinema Coffee Club. Say no to the barbecue and gas up to survive this episode. Than...

“We’re Americans.” -Red For the fifth week of the “Survive the Night” miniseries, join hands with Hunter and Conner as they discuss Jordan Peele’s Us . They invited their doppelgängers to come on the show, but the doppelgängers politely declined and stood in the driveway instead. Grab yourself a cup of coffee, and maybe a baseball bat for this thrilling episode. Thank you to Christian Ubillus for...

“Anybody order a kidney or liver, whatever this is? Anybody? It seems like it's kinda important!” - Bryan Get ready to plug in your controllers for this week in the “Survive the Night” miniseries. With the calendar flipping to October, it’s finally time to wade into the depths of horror movies by taking a trip to Raccoon City. Producer Christian Ubillus joins Hunter and Conner to discuss Zach Creg...

"Well, I spent the last 12 years of my life building these rooms specifically to keep out people like us." - Burnham Staying in New York for the third film in the “Survive the Night” miniseries, Hunter and Conner take refuge in David Fincher’s Panic Room . Hopefully they remembered to plug in the landline. It’s going to be an extended night in the panic room, so you might want to throw a second po...

“What do you want from me? What have I done? I'm just a word processor, for Christ sake!” - Paul Hackett In week two of the “Survive the Night” miniseries, Hunter and Conner explore the depths of New York’s streets alongside Martin Scorsese’s After Hours . What appears to be a fun night ahead suddenly twists into a nightmare. Have some spare cash and a coffee handy for this episode! Thank you to C...

“That doesn’t scare you? To think that one day you’ll die. You’ll be over. You won’t be anything, you won’t know anything. Be nothing.” - Nicky For the first film of the “Survive the Night” miniseries, Hunter and Conner join the mob and evade danger on the slick streets of Philadelphia with Mikey and Nicky . Written and directed by Elaine May, this film serves as an excellent entry point into the...

Entering the month of September and with the spooky season right around the corner, Cinema Coffee Club is thrilled to introduce “Survive the Night” as the next miniseries! Over the course of the next seven weeks, we’ll witness different characters in peril over one long night. The first three films of the miniseries are non-horror. When the calendar flips to October, it’s time to unleash the terro...

“No, it’s not a romance, it’s a love story.” - Nikki Using her One Wish Willow, Anna Bowers joins Hunter and Conner for the final episode of the “Subscriber’s Choice Vol. 1” miniseries. Anna is a longtime subscriber and brought the film Obsession discuss! Don’t worry, no cats were harmed in the making of this podcast. Pour yourself a fresh cup of coffee and enjoy the conversation! Thank you to Chr...

“We got a big day out there. Big one. We got a full moon. People are gonna be amped, all right? Let's see what we got on hot tips, all right? Whoa! The new bathmats are in.” - Captain Gene Are the rumors about the guest from The Dark Knight episode returning to Cinema Coffee Club true? No comment… but yes! For the fourth installment of the “Subscriber’s Choice Vol. 1” miniseries, longtime subscrib...

“Let me see... I know how to fence and you don't. Or, I have class and you don't. Take your pick.” - Annie We’ve reached the halfway point of the “Subscriber’s Choice Vol. 1” miniseries, and we’ve got a treat of an episode on hand! Longtime subscriber Brenna Roman, joins Hunter and Conner to discuss a childhood classic, The Parent Trap ! Luckily, Brenna left the Bloody Marys at home, but brought p...

“Which would be worse - to live as a monster, or to die as a good man?” - Teddy Daniels It’s time for week two of “Subscriber’s Choice Vol. 1”! For this episode, Hunter and Conner are joined by the very first subscriber of Cinema Coffee Club , Victoria Williams! She’s the brains behind the themed coffee beverages showcased in the early Cinema Coffee Club miniseries. For her pick, Victoria suggeste...

“I guess the question is do these stories convince us of a lie? Or do they resonate with something deep inside us that’s profoundly true?” - Father Jud Duplenticy For the first installment of “Subscriber’s Choice Vol. 1”, Hunter and Conner are joined by a Day One subscriber, Katelynn Roman! She made a cameo on The Odyssey episode a couple of weeks ago. This time around, Katelynn joins us for the w...

It’s officially time to kick off the sixth miniseries of this Substack! In an effort to live out the “club” aspect of Cinema Coffee Club , Hunter and Conner wanted to center a miniseries around bringing subscribers on the show and allowing them to pick a film of their choice to talk about! This time around, they selected five of the first-ever subscribers of Cinema Coffee Club ! The duo recorded a...

“A face... a fleet... a war... a man... a thought... a trick... a trick to break the walls of Troy... and burn it screaming to the ground!” - Bard It’s finally time! After 13 episodes and 12 films, Hunter and Conner arrive at their final destination in the “Road to The Odyssey” miniseries with Christopher Nolan’s newest film, The Odyssey. This is a jam-packed episode featuring discussions about se...

“Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.” - J. Robert Oppenheimer In the final stop before the epic conclusion of the “Road to The Odyssey” miniseries, Hunter and Conner are joined by Dr. Logan Williams to break down Christopher Nolan’s Best Picture winner, Oppenheimer. With his PhD in nuclear engineering, Dr. Williams brings a wealth of knowledge to the conversation. It’s an episode you d...

“Don't try to understand it. Feel it.” - Barbara To deploy the temporal pincer movement, Hunter and Conner are joined by Scott Lentz to help navigate Nolan’s time-bending Tenet . Scott drops some exciting news before diving into Tenet and trivia. This marks the eleventh film in the “Road to The Odyssey” miniseries. We’re so close to The Odyssey , one of the most anticipated films of the year! As a...

“Well, there won't be any home if we allow a slaughter across the Channel. There's no hiding from this.” - Mr. Dawson In the tenth installment of the “Road to The Odyssey” miniseries, Hunter and Conner experience Nolan’s anxiety-inducing Dunkirk . While this is one of Nolan’s shorter films in his filmography, there isn’t much time to catch your breath during this evacuation. Make sure you have you...

“We're still pioneers, we barely begun. Our greatest accomplishments cannot be behind us, cause our destiny lies above us.” - Cooper Hunter and Conner’s next stop in the “Road to The Odyssey” miniseries takes us through cornfields and black holes. That’s right, we’re discussing Nolan’s ninth feature film, Interstellar . Hop aboard the Endurance and listen to this otherworldly discussion. Listener...

"Oh, you think darkness is your ally? But you merely adopted the dark. I was born in it. Molded by it. I didn't see the light until I was already a man. By then, it was nothing to me but blinding! The shadows betray you because they belong to me!" - Bane With one last foe to face, Hunter and Conner return to Gotham for the final time in the “Road to The Odyssey” miniseries with The Dark Knight Ris...

“What is the most resilient parasite? Bacteria? A virus? An intestinal worm? An idea. Resilient... highly contagious. Once an idea has taken hold of the brain it’s almost impossible to eradicate. An idea that is fully formed - fully understood - that sticks; right in there somewhere.” - Dom Cobb We are officially at the halfway point in the “Road to The Odyssey” miniseries! This week, Hunter and C...

“You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.” - Harvey Dent The path in the “Road to The Odyssey” miniseries returns to Gotham with The Dark Knight. Answering the Bat-Signal, Daniel Roman makes his podcast debut by joining Hunter and Conner on Cinema Coffee Club . They have a great conversation about growing up together, showing movies to their kids, and The D...

For the fifth film in the “Road to The Odyssey” miniseries, Hunter and Conner are joined by Christian Ubillus to discuss The Prestige. The guys have a great conversation about film festivals, life in LA, movies so far in 2026, and Christopher Nolan. Also, thank you to Christian for editing the audio for this episode. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscriber...

Hunter and Conner stop in Gotham City in the “Road to The Odyssey” miniseries to discuss Christopher Nolan’s fourth feature film, Batman Begins. The duo also has a conversation about the history of Batman on screen before Nolan’s trilogy. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cinemacoffeeclub.substack.com