Stumble Upon Movies

David Mamet's Heist (2001) is as much about what is not being said than what is. This is a movie about the con of the con. Who is playing who and then some. This movie has everything: Patti LuPone, Danny DeVito, and walking in the sunlight while everyone is looking in the shadows. + + + + + + Our movie ⁠⁠Citywide⁠⁠ is now available to ⁠⁠⁠⁠stream on Amazon⁠⁠⁠⁠ !! To learn more about the film, h...

Ron Underwood's Tremors (1990) is a love letter to the craft of practical special effects. And also.... Kevin Bacon. This movie has everything: survivalists, poop jokes, and Kevin Bacon running from giant human-eating underground worms that explode in the most glorious fashion. + + + + + + Our movie ⁠⁠Citywide⁠⁠ is now available to  ⁠⁠⁠⁠stream on Amazon⁠⁠⁠⁠ !! To learn more about the film, how it...

David Mamet's State and Main (2000) is as much about the one-liners as it is about the nightmare of Hollywood producers. This movie has everything: potholes, Patti LuPone, and the chance to make the same mistake twice. + + + + + + Our movie ⁠⁠Citywide⁠⁠ is now available to ⁠⁠⁠stream on Amazon⁠⁠⁠ !! To learn more about the film, how it is the first zero waste movie ever made, watch the trailer,...

Ron Shelton's Bull Durham is all about the vibes. This movie has everything you need in a summer flick: hot sweaty nights, sexual chemistry for days, and baseball. + + + + + + Our movie ⁠⁠Citywide⁠⁠ is now available to ⁠⁠stream on Amazon⁠⁠ !! To learn more about the film, how it is the first zero waste movie ever made, watch the trailer, or listen to the kick ass soundtrack - go to ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠citywi...

Umberto Lenzi's So Sweet, So Perverse was made on a bed of red flags. This movie has everything: toxic masculinity, surprise sapphic romance, and clothes that can't come off fast enough. + + + + + + Our movie ⁠⁠Citywide⁠⁠ is now available to ⁠stream on Amazon⁠ !! To learn more about the film, how it is the first zero waste movie ever made, watch the trailer, or listen to the kick ass sound...

The only female director working in the Hollywood studios in the 1930s + 40s - Dorothy Arzner's Dance Girl Dance (1940) is a saucy exploration of female friendships, the artist in real life, and how the male gaze is every damn where. This movie has everything: besties who beat the crap out of each other over art, a breathtakingly sexy Lucille Ball who has no shits to give, and Fernando. + + +...

The only female director working in the Hollywood studios in the 1930s - Dorothy Arzner's Merrily We Go To Hell (1932) is a wonderful exploration of societal expectations turned on their head. This movie has everything: polyamory, charm for days, and a single word that will have you putting out your cigarettes before you even get a chance to smoke them. + + + + + + Our movie ⁠⁠Citywide⁠⁠ is now av...

Home is where the heart is - until your cousins break down the motel room door. Mira Nair's Mississippi Masala (1991) is a masterful twist of the classic cinematic situationship. This movie has everything: car crashes, litigious neighbors, and a hot summer romance filled with so much spice you'll burn your tongue. + + + + + + Our movie ⁠ ⁠Citywide⁠⁠ is now available to stream on Amazon!!!...

Diamonds are a girl's best friend, until toxic masculinity ruins the party. Luciano Ercoli's Death Walks on High Heels (1971) is a perfect intro to the Giallo genre. This movie has everything: bumbling cops, a 1970s wardrobe to literally die for, and strip tease choreography that will make you feel a lot better about your last embarrassing night at the club. + + + + + + Our movie ⁠ Citywid...

The past is pissed with no choice but to face it head on.  Fortunately, no one has a better bird's eye view than Stevie in director John Carpenter's  The Fog (1980). This movie has everything: hitchhikers that aren't out to murder you, a sultry radio host in the coolest lighthouse studio, and more skeletons in the closet than you might care to meet.  + + + + + + We are so delighted...

Women's bodies are under attack again, so why not have a little fun showing just how badass we can be? And no one has more fun than our two leading ladies in director Jess Franco's  Two Undercover Angels (1969). This movie has everything: bold red lipstick, questionable microphone placement for capturing audio, and two undercover private investigators that are having an absolute blast. + + +...

Hitler has just invaded Warsaw, Poland, and director Ernst Lubitsch decided to rebel in the only way he knew how - with comedy: To Be or Not To Be (1942). This movie has everything: Hitler lookalikes, concentration camp comedy, and false beards demanding to be pulled.  With Russian invading Ukraine, and the US Supreme Court invading our wombs, now seemed the best time to start up our new seri...

We are back in the Bayou to discuss Kasi Lemmons' masterpiece: Eve's Bayou (1997). This movie has everything: voodoo magic, terrifying fortune tellers, and enough sibling squabbles to squash the childhood nostalgia buildup that has been festering in your delusional brain. + + + + + + We also promised a secret link to our own films .  Some of our work is presently on the indie film festival ci...

In this episode we head to the Bayou.  It's salty. It's sweaty. And there are plenty of ghosts.  This film may be flawed, but there is a lot to chew on and we do just that with Bill Condon's Sister, Sister (1987). This movie has everything: a relentlessly damp bayou, chompy alligators, and a ghost support staff who are most useful when trying to escape your deranged new boyfriend. The tr...

Rebellious women come in all forms.  Sometimes horror, sometimes romance, sometimes poetry. This episode we discuss the great poet of cinema Lynne Ramsay, and one of her earlier films: Morvern Callar - starring the incomparable Samantha Morton. This movie has everything: mix tapes, Scottish + Spanish landscapes, and the dismembering of your lover so you can go in search of yourself. We also p...

Let's spend Valentine's Day with the romantic af film Desert Hearts directed by Donna Deitch.  This movie has everything: landscape porn, sexual tension you could mold with a pottery wheel, and cowboy boots to drool over. We also promised a secret link to our own films .  Some of our work is presently on the indie film festival circuit (Berlin Independent Art Film Festival - check out Se...

What better way to spend the first blizzard of 2022 than with Smithereens directed by Susan Seidelman. This movie has everything an aspiring influencer could dream of: vanlife, polaroid selfies, and stealing a stranger's toothbrush followed by double dipping in their peanut butter jar.  We also promised a secret link to our own films .  Some of our work is presently on the indie film fes...

Welcome to 2022 !  We can't think of a better way to wrap up yet another quarantine-centric holiday season than with rebellious women and an exploitation prison film... Shun'ya Itô's Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion. This movie has everything: toxic masculinity, theatrical flashbacks that don't minimize the trauma, and the most incredible shade that you hope never gets thrown your way.  We...

It's time to ring in the New Year and what better way to start 2022 than with Billy Wilder's The Apartment.   This movie has everything: toxic masculinity, all of the fuck bois, and bed sheets that clearly haven't been washed recently. We also promised a secret link to our own films .  Some of our work is presently on the indie film festival circuit (Berlin Independent Art Film Festival...

'Tis the season for some fabulous Holiday Movies. There are the classics (Muppet's Christmas Carol, Elf, Christmas Story...), there are some of our favorites (Black Christmas, Die Hard...), but today we decided to keep our focus on Holiday movies with one specific thing in common: LIES. While You Were Sleeping, About a Boy and Last Christmas all have deception at their core, whether it's about a m...

The absurdity of the holidays has descended upon us and so we present Part II of FAMILY DINNERS featuring the masterful mashup of melodrama and screwball comedy by Director Pedro Almodóvar in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.   Women on the Verge has everything: 80s fashion, drug laced gazpacho, and oh so many fuck bois. We also promised a secret link to our own films .  Some of...

In honor of the holiday season now firmly upon us - Part I of FAMILY DINNERS features the master of the surreal, Director Luis Buñuel's The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie .   What could be more appropriate for the month of November than celebrating the fine art of dinner parties, even if you are never actually able to eat?  In this episode we discuss surrealism, Luis Buñuel's wor...

Happy Halloween! This episode is a glorious bloodbath!  Indie filmmakers Austin and Emily of Fishtown Films will be discussing the effortlessly murderous, yet devilishly charming The Guest (2014) directed + edited by Adam Wingard. Movie streaming algorithms suck. This podcast takes you back to the days of wandering through the video store, looking to be inspired for your next movie night. Ind...

In the spirit of the season, this episode is all about witches.  Indie filmmakers Austin and Emily of Fishtown Films will be discussing the effortlessly stylish 1973 Season of the Witch written and directed by the master of the macabre George A. Romero.  Grab some popcorn, put on something comfy, and settle in for a long chat about witches, indie films, and 70s fashion. Movie streaming a...

Movie streaming algorithms suck. This podcast takes you back to the days of wandering through the video store, looking to be inspired for your next movie night. Independent filmmakers Austin + Emily, of Fishtown Films , will help you stumble upon movies you've never heard of, or rediscover ones you've long forgotten. Any film you can dream of, eventually these two indie filmmakers will discuss wit...