The Seventh Reel

This week we're back in the arms of the master. Enjoy!!

Get, set, ball! They don't actually say that in the movie but this week we visit another James Caan classic. Dystopia! *Subtle* social commentary! Rollerball!

This week we're living dangerous with Michael Mann's directorial debut. James Caan is tha maaaan!

This week we skid across the beautiful shores of Napoli in Paolo Sorrentino's The Hand of God.

This week we savor the prettiest reds and blues cinema has to offer. Dumbledore is in this, no for real that's him beating his wife. Come join the feast!

This week we delve into the two biggest films of the summer. One is a thoughtful critique on how the true impact of women are often diminished and the other is about a dumb doll or something.

This week Youssef pioneers our dive into the murky world of Chinatown. Man. What. A. Bummer of a movie huh? It's kinda amazing. Join us this week and find out why!

This week we take a look at an inventive Whodunnit. So many twists, so many turns! Join us as we try to unravel them all!

This week we re-visit the quintessential "oh you got that poster in your dorm" movie: Fight Club Does it hold up now that we are ravaged by time and supposed jobs and careers? Listen and find out!

This week we watch another road trip movie where very little happens. But that's kinda the point! We discuss cultural barriers with different time periods, Jack Nicholson's career as well as whether these road movies are really all just painfully dull.

This week we discuss Rear Window! Oh to return to Hitchcock, who knew thrillers could hold substance?

This week we learn how greed doesn't pay unless it totally does! Also the health benefits of quaaludes. Man, we used to have it all.

This week we're talking about a whole lotta landscape. It's Paris, Texas! Leave it to a German director to capture the most beautiful images of America, oh, and the movie's pretty great too. Come find out why!

This week we discuss how if you're surrounded by singing hippies on a remote island you may be in some danger. It's the Wicker Man! No not the Bees! Not the Nick Cage one, the OG, good one!

This week, so much Simon and Garfunkle! Join us as we discuss The Graduate, a film centred around how hopelessly directionless a guy can feel in his 20's during the 70's. Gee I'm sure glad that miasma of doubt is like, totally 70's thing, we definetly know what we're doing now!

This week we're taking on our first PTA. It's Phantom Thread, a sexy movie containing lots of fashion and lots of uhhh...healthy relationship advice? Join us and find out what!

This week we get into our first Pixar film! Youssef introduces a new segment. It's a right hoot!!

This week we're taking a look at Sexy Hitchcock, I mean Brian De Palma's Dressed to Kill! Potentially the greatest tracking shots in cinematic history?? But also super problematic, but its heart is in the right place. Come check it out!

This week we're back in body horror...or is it body philosophy? Two Cronenberg movies that are more fun to talk than to watch. So why not listen to us talk about it?

This week we take two recommendations from Tarantino. Two movies about guys being guys and the inevitable bloodbath that stems from guys just being guys. Have a listen!!!

This week we watch a movie that Youssef and Michelle just can't dig, Trey Edward Shults please don't watch this.

This week we're taking on the biggest cinematic event of all time! Sharknado!! Oh yeah and the Oscars as well. Join us this week, alongside special guest Hannah as we dissect this very terrible movie and then go on to guess who wins the Oscars! Spoiler Alert: We called a lot of it!!

This week we watch and Jonathan Glazer's Birth! A movie about a very healthy relationship between a woman and a child.

This week we're delving through Jane Campion's an Angel at My Table. It's like, the Anti-Elvis.

This we're taking a look at the King baby. It's the extravagant film of last year. Youssef hated it, Arvin wouldn't shut up about it. Give it a listen, ah-hem thank you very much.