A24 On The Rocks

Ever wonder what Burt Reynolds would do if he went to an amateur film festival in Nashville while being chauffeured around by a young goth chick? Well, The Last Movie Star gives you that insight. Starring Burt Reynolds and Ariel Winter, Reynolds plays washed up actor Vic Edwards (who basically is Burt Reynolds). Edwards is conned into attending an amateur film festival in Nashville, and he is not...

The A24 rocks crew begins their fifth season of A24 vibe discussions talking about the 2024 Netflix mini-series sensation "Baby Reindeer." They delve into what makes Baby Reindeer unique from other portrayals of stalking in media, and debate the tough questions that viewers have proposed after receiving the mini-series. They also discuss the origin story of Richard Gadd's black comed...

The A24 Rocks crew kicks off the 2018 year of review's with the first film A24 distributed in 2018, and that is: The Vanishing of Sidney Hall starring Logan Lerman, Elle Fanning, Kyle Chandler, and Michelle Monaghan. This film is about a writer named Sidney Hall and follows three different points of his life: before he released his first book, directly after he released he first book, and seve...

The A24 Rocks crew has finished watching and reviewing every film from the 2017 year of A24 and is now tasked with giving out the golden coveted Oscar Isaac awards. They'll be picking from 7 categories including: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Screenplay (Original or Adapted). What film will take home the most Osc...

In the last A24 film of 2017, Bill Pullman plays a mousey-sounding sidekick named Lefty Brown in this Montana-based Western film. After his partner is murdered over a few horses, Lefty is hell-bent on revenge but with limited resources and a powerful Governor (portrayed by Jim Caviezel) against him. What will the A24 Rocks crew think of the 60th A24 film they've reviewed in the A24 catalog? Ca...

Due to the success of Oppenheimer, the A24 Rocks crew wanted to go back in Christopher Nolan's filmography and check out a Nolan film with an "A24 vibe," and they landed on the neo-noir mind-bender Memento. Released in 2000, Memento was Christopher Nolan's second film, it's since become a cult classic and is widely-respected amongst all film fans. Starring Guy Pearce, Carrie-...

Oh... hi Mark! The Disaster Artist is a 2017 film starring James Franco and Dave Franco, about the making of one of the worst films of all time: Tommy Wiseau's "The Room." Based on a true story, it centers around Tommy Wiseau (portrayed by James Franco) and Greg Sestero (portrayed by Dave Franco), two aspiring actors that meet in acting class. Tommy, a mysterious man with deep pockets, offers to t...

The Iraq War, the start of social media, the first African-American elected president, smart phones, 9/11, and Spider-Man 3 with emo Tobey Maguire... what do all these things have in common? They all happened between 2000-2009! The A24 Rocks crew shares their top 10 films from 2000-2009 while discussing the most formative years of their lives in true millennial fashion. Who will get the number 1 s...

Before Barbie, there was Lady Bird, Greta Gerwig's solo-directorial debut. Lady Bird is a semi-autobiographical film written and directed by Greta Gerwig about a girl named "Lady Bird" (portrayed by Saoirse Ronan) as she battles her senior year of high school and an all-consuming mother (portrayed by Laurie Metcalf). It takes place in Sacramento, California at the fictional Immaculat...

Dress up in your fanciest pajamas, grab a glass of champagne, and turn on your favorite podcast streaming app as Eric and Kevin preview the 2024 Oscars with podcast friend Brandon Johnston aka "The Martini Shot." Who will win all the major categories? What films were snubbed? What were the top A24 films of 2023? And what were the top films of 2023, in general? Why do we watch the Academy...

I love my spaghetti boy. The Killing of a Sacred Deer is a 2017 psychological thriller directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and starring Colin Farrell, Barry Keoghan, and Nicole Kidman. Based off the greek myth "The Tragedy of Iphigenia," this film follows a surgeon that is having mysterious meetings with a teenage boy. What does the boy want? Look at the boy, look at the way he eats spaghetti....

In summer of last year, a sweeping phenomenon took the world by storm, the epic event that brought filmgoers back to theatre's post-pandemic... BARBENHEIMER! Many months and several cocktails later: the A24 Rocks crew reviews the Oscar nominated/Best Picture favorite "Oppenheimer," directed by Christopher Nolan, and starring Cillian Murphy. The film centers around J. Robert Oppenheimer, the physic...

What is life like in "The Shadow of the Mouse?" This 2017 A24 film, directed by Sean Baker, attempts to answer that question. The Florida Project takes an in-depth look at the residents of The Magic Castle Inn & Suites, a motel about 6 miles from Walt Disney World in Kissimmee, Florida. It centers around a six-year-old girl named Moonee (portrayed by Brooklynn Prince), her mother Halley (portrayed...

As the film community prepares for the 2024 Oscars: these A24 nerds review a Best Picture nominated film from a previous A24 director in Yorgos Lanthimos. Poor Things is a Sci-Fi Black Comedy Odyssey about Bella Baxter (portrayed by Emma Stone), a woman who has had her baby brain inserted into her mother's dead corpse after her mother died. Bella's creator is Godwin (portrayed by Willem Da...

Woodshock is a 2017 psychological drama starring Kirsten Dunst, about a depressed woman named Theresa who euthanizes her mother and inherits her house in northern California. Things don't get much better for Theresa from there, as she has to deal with grief while being bombarded by her logger boyfriend Nick and a cowboy botanist named Keith that runs a legal weed dispensary. YEEHAW! Caution: m...

With the 2024 Oscar nominees being released yesterday, the A24 rocks crew looks back at a previous Best Picture winner and a film that inspired many A24 films: No Country For Old Men. Written and directed by the Coen Brothers, and based off a Cormac McCarthy book: No Country For Old Men won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (for Javier Bardem), and Best Adapted Screenplay. It foll...

Before the memes of Adam Sandler in Uncut Gems flooded the internet, there was another Safdie brother directed film that flooded the internet with memes, and that's the 2017 crime-thriller "Good Time." After the Twilight saga, Robert Pattinson was looking to break from the pretty boy role he was typecasted as. Many say that "Good Time" was his breakout performance that made...

For this week's A24 vibe discussion, the A24 rocks crew brings on special guest and anime enthusiast CapiTanceTV for a Mt. Rushmore draft of animated films. As they draft their films, these cinephiles reminisce on some of their favorite childhood animated films and some animated films that aren't meant for children. Who will have the best Mt. Rushmore draft? Find "A24 On The Rocks&quo...

Menashe is a 2017 film loosely based off the real life of its lead actor: Menashe Lustig. It follows his struggles to regain custody of his child while adhering to the laws of his religion. Filmmaker Joshua Weinstein wanted to make a documentary film about the Hasidic Jewish community in the Borough Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY, but due to reticence from the community, Weinstein pivoted from...

A24 just released one of their biggest films of the year: The Iron Claw. It has a star studded cast of Zach Efron, Jeremy Allen White, and Lily James. When wrestling fans heard that this was going to be a film, they knew they were in for a doozy. The Iron Claw is about the Von Erich wrestling family who infamously had a generation of siblings die from either a drug overdose or suicide. A24 rocks c...

Looking for a holiday film that may be a bit darker, more savory, combined with a little bite in the eggnog? Don't worry, the A24 Rocks crew has just the list for you. Kelley, Eric, Cole, and Kevin each give you recommendations of holiday films to disturb your family with around the Christmas tree. Or maybe: you don't like your family and want to lock yourself in your room and binge a few...

A Ghost Story is a 2017 supernatural drama starring Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara. Written and Directed by David Lowery: this movie focuses on a man and a woman stuck in a stagnant relationship before the man dies in a car crash and becomes a ghost wrapped in the same sheets he was covered in at the morgue. As a ghost does: he becomes a voyeur of his partner, and the house that his energy is tied...

Ho-ho-ho, time to grab an eggnog, cozy up around the fire, and listen to the A24 Rocks crew reminisce on some of the best Christmas films that were ever made. As each film reviewer gives their list, each film will enter into a point system that will decide a collaborative Top 10 Christmas film list. So in the end: there will be one film knighted Emperor of the Mistletoe, President of the North Pol...

It Comes At Night is an apocalyptic horror film written and directed by A24 darling Trey Edward Schultz. It stars Joel Edgerton, Carmen Ejogo, Christopher Abbott, Riley Keough, and Kelvin Harrison Jr. and is about a family living in a remote cabin after a plague has seemingly caused a deadly pandemic. When a new family arrives at the cabin, it challenges the trust and paranoia of everyone involved...

On this A24 Vibe Discussion, these A24 reviewers have a Mt. Rushmore draft of their favorite Apocalyptic films. Zombies, deadly pandemics, nuclear war, climate disasters... what way will the world end in your favorite dystopian film? For this episode, Eric invited on his sister Caitlin Kiska, AKA "The Sultan of Cybersecurity." After they choose the four faces of their Mt. Rushmore, you d...