The Seventh Reel

This week we watched Babylon! An epic about how sometimes, you just don't have what it takes. 

This week we finally return to our namesake, back into the uhh...welcoming (?) arms of Ingmar Bergman. It's The Hour of the Wolf, Bergman's most nightmarish output. We think it's rather brilliant. Listen and find out why!

This week we're delving into Spielberg's sorta true sorta made up movie about himself! You're telling me he was THIS good at making movies at that age? Sure, why not. Join us for as we delve into this legacy filmmaker's legacy!

This week we're watching movies that we cannot pronounce!!! It's...ahem...Beau Travail and White Material! Both set in Africa, both dissecting the aftershocks of colonialism, but one has killer dance scenes and the other has Isabelle Huppert being very unreasonable. Listen and enjoy!!

This week it's all about the rule of cool. It's Pulp Fiction! Join us as Arvin and Youssef spend too much time instead fawning over Jackie Brown while Michelle attempts to put up with that nonsense. It's fun, I swear!

This week it's back to Arvin's favorite filmmaker (oh no)! It's Andrei Rublev! We return to Tarkovsky's glaci- I mean measured embrace. Fun? Well....listen and find out!

This week we're slipping into the wild, wild mind of Pedro Almodovar. A filmmaker whose work defies genre classification but always remains fun and engaging. How? Listen and find out!

This week we're soaring through the clouds with The Aviator and Hell's Angel's. A film about Howard Hughs paired with a film by Howard Hugh's. This guy is wow...a piece of work. And as it turns out, his movie actually has something to say! Genuinely shocking. Join us this week and find out what!

This week we're taking a look at one of the best films of the year. Nick Nightin- I mean Todd Field's razor sharp epic of one woman's downfall ascends the trappings of "just another Me Too movie" into, well...something else. Listen and find out what! 

This week we messed up again and watched the wrong films...again! It's okay though, they're all about cars. One even has one of the most gorgeous American creations in it. No not Steve Mcqueen, I'm still talking about the car!

This week we take a look at two Disney classics. Did you know that the Rescuers 2 was the first sequel Disney made? But like...why? Tune in as we ponder why!! Links in our bio

This week we watch two films where Boris Karloff struggles to get a date. To whacky results!!

This week we delve into the whirlwind mind of Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

This week we're sinking our fangs back into the vampire genre, and it's the OG himself! Dracu- I mean Nosferatu! No it's actually the same thing! How did they get away with this? Is it any good? Listen and find out!! Links in our Bio!

This week we take on one of the year's most controversial films! Maybe this one is better off not being made. Nevertheless, listen to one of us make futile efforts at defending its artistic merit. Fun times for all!! Links in our Bio!

This week it's all about da blood baby. We watch two vampire movies where the vampires deliberately never address themselves as vampires. What's with that? Tune in and find out!!

This week we're watching films that got their directors in hot water. Well, just one director in this case. Did you know you can insert a moral message within a story? Well this guy does! 

This week it's all about the need for speed baby. It's Top Gun 1 & 2! Does 2 Top 1? Don't you want to know? Join us this week as we ponder life's big questions. Links in our bio!

This week we watch two comedy writers make movies! Both are about things in the clouds! Well, not really, just one, but the other has clouds in it so… anyways! Listen!

This week we watch two obsessions unravel creative people! It’s really entertaining but we talk about how one doesn’t really hold up and why! Listen up, Phillip! And anyone else whatever your name is, I don’t care.

This week we watch two powerfully brutal performances in spooky stories about women going through a terrible time. Listen to us talk about it!

This week we watch two films that deceptively market Marilyn Monroe as being in them for longer than a few scenes. Anyways, listen to us talk about it!

This week we watch a film selected by Yehia, or as he is otherwise known, Youssef’s brother. We talk about how the film explores Egyptian identity and why yehia picked it! Listen up!

This week we're looking at you kid! This week we watch the motion picture Casablanca and Woody Allen watches it too! Find out how we feel about it and about Woody Allen’s bachelor lifestyle!

This week we watch two movies about a young lady finding her way and exploring the world! Or, at least, I think… because of a certain mix up. Well, listen and you’ll find out what or why.