Cinematary

Part 1 : Zach, Alison, and Michael talk about movies they saw at the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival, including Wild Horse Nine, Fjord, Club Kid, All of a Sudden, The Face of Horror and Union Town . Part 2  (43:10): The group continues their TIFF recap with other movies to seek out in the fall. See movies discussed in this episode here . Don't want to listen?  Watch the podcast on our...

Part 1 : Zach, Alison, and Michael talk about movies they saw this week, including:  The End of Oak Street, I Want Your Sex,  and  The Dirties . Part 2  (43:10): The group concludes their summer Patreon Picks series with 2023's  Perfect Days . See movies discussed in this episode here . Don't want to listen?  Watch the podcast on our YouTube channel. Also follow us on: Instagram Letterboxd

Part 1 : Zach, Alison, Grace, and Michael talk about movies they saw this week, including: The Odyssey, The Invite and Maddie's Secret . Part 2  (52:40): The group continues their summer Patreon Picks series with 1928's The Circus . See movies discussed in this episode here . Don't want to listen?  Watch the podcast on our YouTube channel. Also follow us on: Instagram Letterboxd

Part 1 : Zach, Alison and Michael talk about movies they saw this week, including: High Noon, Miami Vice, Maddie's Secret, Mile End Kicks and Operation Avalanche . Part 2  (50:28): The group continues their summer Patreon Picks series with 1997's Dante's Peak . See movies discussed in this episode here . Don't want to listen?  Watch the podcast on our YouTube channel. Also follow u...

Part 1 : Zach, Alison and Michael talk about movies they saw this week, including: Disclosure Day and Blackberry . Part 2  (43:40): The group continues their summer Patreon Picks series with 2017's Lady Bird . See movies discussed in this episode here . Don't want to listen?  Watch the podcast on our YouTube channel. Also follow us on: Instagram Letterboxd

Part 1 : Zach, Swaff and Sam talk about movies they saw this week, including: Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie and PlayTime . Part 2  (20:50): The group continues their summer Patreon Picks series with 1988's The Vanishing . See movies discussed in this episode here . Don't want to listen?  Watch the podcast on our YouTube channel. Also follow us on: Instagram Letterboxd

Part 1 : Zach, Swaff, Grace, and Michael talk about movies they saw this week, including:  Obsession  and  Backrooms . Part 2  (50:30): The group kicks off their summer Patreon Picks series with 1995's  Heat . See movies discussed in this episode here . Don't want to listen?  Watch the podcast on our YouTube channel. Also follow us on: Instagram Letterboxd

Welcome to Internet Movies. You've logged into the seventh, and final, episode. Films that depict the livestreaming era and the earliest forms of generative AI. Note: The clips featured in this episode are not owned by Cinematary and are being used for educational purposes, not for sale. All rights owned by their respective companies. We're All Going To The World's Fair: (2:50) Charli...

Welcome to Internet Movies. You've logged into the sixth episode. Violent genre films that explore surreal scenarios of internet brain poisoning: trendy social media challenges, deepfakes, targeted advertising, cancel culture, and going viral. Note: The clips featured in this episode are not owned by Cinematary and are being used for educational purposes, not for sale. All rights owned by thei...

Welcome to Internet Movies. You've logged into the fifth episode. Four films about using the internet to skirt the law – and enact it. Note: The clips featured in this episode are not owned by Cinematary and are being used for educational purposes, not for sale. All rights owned by their respective companies. The Bling Ring: (4:20) Zola: (34:40) Blackhat: (1:06:00) Eye in the Sky: (1:40:10)

Welcome to Internet Movies. You've logged into the fourth episode. It's now entering real life. These are four documentaries that capture the early 21st century’s evolving concerns about what the internet is doing to us: empowering fraudsters, obliterating our privacy, rotting our brains, destroying truth, and – eventually – emboldening fascists. Note: The clips featured in this episode ar...

Welcome to Internet Movies. You've logged into the third episode. Be careful what you open. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Japanese filmmakers saw the horrors of the internet first – namely, Kiyoshi Kurosawa and Satoshi Kon. The latter understood the internet perhaps more deeply than any filmmaker of his time, and it’s a pity he didn’t live to help us understand it for much longer. Note: The clips fe...

Welcome to Internet Movies. You've logged into the second episode. Click "Windows '95." The cinematically crystalized moment in 1995 when computer tech thoroughly becomes a  cool thing  for  cool dudes  who  surf the net  and  hack the system , maaaaan. Note: The clips featured in this episode are not owned by Cinematary and are being used for educational purposes, not for sale....

Welcome to Internet Movies. You've logged into the first episode. Here, we enter "real life." This episode features movies from across five different decades that depict the oldest forms of computing (way back when it was considered clerical “women’s work”), the birth of blogging/vlogging, and the way the internet technologies have impacted ordinary people’s day-to-day lives. Note: T...

Cinematary is back ! After nearly a year of being dormant following our 500th episode, the gang is back with our new series: Internet Movies. Here's what to expect: A vision for our first post-500 series: seven episodes, each centered around a particular aspect of the internet and loosely grouped by historical time period to trace the evolution of both the internet itself and its differing cin...

On this bonus episode, the group recaps their recent trip to the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival . (45:12): Grace's picks The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo If I Had Legs, I'd Kick You Maddie's Secret (59:22): Andrew's picks Sacrifice Hamnet (1:18:07): Zach's picks It Was Just An Accident Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery The Christophers (1:39:21): Michael's picks Sentimental Value...

Zach, Andrew, Grace and Michael celebrate the 500th episode of Cinematary with a live podcast about 2014's The Grand Budapest Hotel at Central Cinema in Knoxville, Tennessee. In part two, they are joined by Darren Hughes to reflect on 11 years and 500 episodes of the podcast. See movies discussed in this episode here . Don't want to listen?  Watch the podcast on our YouTube channel. Also follow us...

Part 1 : Zach and Andrew talk about movies they saw this week, including: Sinners, Eephus and Baby Invasion . Part 2  (54:00): The group continues their Cinematary Re-Do series with 1939's Stagecoach . See movies discussed in this episode here . Don't want to listen?  Watch the podcast on our YouTube channel. Also follow us on: Instagram Letterboxd

Part 1 : Zach, Grace, Michael, and Ryan talk about movies they saw this week, including: The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie, Black Bag, and The Insider . Part 2  (35:50): The group continues their Cinematary Re-Do series with 2001's Mulholland Drive . See movies discussed in this episode here . Don't want to listen?  Watch the podcast on our YouTube channel. Also follow us on: Instagr...

Part 1 : Zach talks about movies he saw this week, including: The Conversation, The Heroic Trio and La Chimera . Part 2  (27:00): The group continues their Cinematary Re-Do series with 1943's The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp . See movies discussed in this episode here . Don't want to listen?  Watch the podcast on our YouTube channel. Also follow us on: Instagram Letterboxd

Part 1 : Zach, Michael, and Grace talk about movies they saw this week, including: Mickey 17, No Other Land, The Monkey, Ne Zha 2 and Black Bag . Part 2  (40:70): The group continues their Cinematary Re-Do series with 1933's Duck Soup . See movies discussed in this episode here . Don't want to listen?  Watch the podcast on our YouTube channel. Also follow us on: Instagram Letterboxd

Part 1 : Zach, Michael, Andrew and Sam talk about movies he saw this week, including: The Innocents, A Grand Day, The Wrong Trousers and Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl . Part 2  (24:50): The group continues their Cinematary Re-Do series with 1994's Chungking Express . This portion was recorded live on Feb. 16 at the Independent Picture House in Charlotte, North Carolina. See movies discusse...

Part 1 : Zach, Michael, Andrew, and Grace talk about movies he saw this week, including: Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime show, Silents Synched: Sherlock Jr. and R.E.M., and Dog Man . Part 2  (35:26): The group continues their Cinematary Re-Do series with 2015's The Witch . See movies discussed in this episode here . Don't want to listen?  Watch the podcast on our YouTube channel. Also follow...

Part 1 : Zach, Michael, Andrew, and Reid talk about movies he saw this week, including: The Brutalist and Presence . Part 2  (44:50): The group continues their Cinematary Re-Do series with 1929's Man with a Movie Camera . See movies discussed in this episode here . Don't want to listen?  Watch the podcast on our YouTube channel. Also follow us on: Instagram Letterboxd

Part 1 : Zach, Grace, and Andrew talk about movies he saw this week, including: A Complete Unknown, Nosferatu, and Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird . Part 2  (34:00): The group begins their Cinematary Re-Do series with 1952's Singin' in the Rain . See movies discussed in this episode here . Don't want to listen?  Watch the podcast on our YouTube channel. Also follow us on: Instagram Letter...