All The Right Movies

Back to the jungle for the second half. John, Westy, and Matt continue the story of Lean's epic, turning to the people who built it and the explosive finale that brings the bridge down. We dig into the crew behind the film — the screenplay and the blacklisted writers who couldn't be credited at the time, the iconic score, and the cinematography — before breaking down the climax, the seven Academy...

Madness, madness. John, Westy, and Matt begin the story of David Lean's sweeping war epic, the film that took the director from intimate British drama into the world of the grand-scale blockbuster. In Part 1 we cover the film's opening, director David Lean, the cast, and the second act — including Alec Guinness's towering performance and the gruelling Ceylon shoot that nearly defeated everyone. Pa...

We've done the hard work so you don't have to - sifting through the first six months of ATRM Classic in 2025 to bring you some of the best bits. This highlights compilation features our best moments of insight, funniest fails, and the conversations that somehow made sense at the time. From January' to June we've curated the cream of the crop (and a few disasters that were too good...

Back across the border for the second half. Luke, Westy, and Matt continue the story of Villeneuve's thriller, turning to the people who built it and the ending that leaves a mark. We dig into the crew behind the film — the screenplay, Jóhann Jóhannsson's pounding score, and Roger Deakins's cinematography, including that extraordinary border convoy and night-vision sequence — before breaking down...

The border has its own rules, and Kate Macer is about to learn them. Luke, Westy, and Matt begin the story of Denis Villeneuve's tense, morally murky thriller about the war on drugs. In Part 1 we cover the film's opening, director Denis Villeneuve, the cast, and the second act — including Emily Blunt's way into a man's world, Benicio del Toro's enigmatic operative, and the dread Villeneuve cranks...

We’re talking to writer and director Daniel Myrick. Daniel started his career in the industry in the mid 90s, before being thrust into the limelight when he and his colledge buddy, Eduardo Sanchez, wrote, directed and edited the gamechanging horror movie classic, The Blair Witch Project. Talking to us live from Seattle, Daniel takes us behind the scenes on The Blair Witch Project with some incredi...

Back to Andy's room for the second half. John, Westy, and Matt continue the story of Pixar's groundbreaking debut, turning to the people who built it and the rescue mission that brings it home. We dig into the crew behind the film — the screenplay and the writers who reshaped it, Randy Newman's songs and score, and the pioneering animation and technical innovation — before breaking down the finale...

The first fully computer-animated feature film, and it almost fell apart more than once. John, Westy, and Matt begin the story of how Pixar changed cinema forever and very nearly didn't. In Part 1 we cover the film's opening, director John Lasseter, the cast, and the second act — including the technology nobody had attempted at feature length, the voice casting of Tom Hanks and Tim Allen, and the...

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Back on the case for the second half. Luke, Westy, and Matt continue the story of Stone's epic, turning to the people who built it and the climactic courtroom summation that pulls it all together. We dig into the crew behind the film — the screenplay, the score, and the dazzling, Oscar-winning editing and cinematography that splice fact and supposition together — before breaking down the finale, t...

Back, and to the left. Luke, Westy, and Matt begin the story of Oliver Stone's sprawling, controversial, three-hour interrogation of the Kennedy assassination. In Part 1 we cover the film's opening, director Oliver Stone, the cast, and the second act — including Kevin Costner as Jim Garrison, the enormous ensemble, and the firestorm the film provoked before it had even been released. Part 2, cover...

The whole film builds to a night everyone thinks they know, then rewrites it into something cathartic and bonkers in equal measure. John, Westy, and Matt continue the story, heading for that final act. We dig into the crew behind the film — Tarantino's original screenplay, the period-perfect soundtrack, and the meticulous recreation of 1969 Hollywood — before breaking down the explosive finale, th...

A fading TV star and his stunt double drift through a Los Angeles that's slipping away from them. John, Westy, and Matt begin the story of Quentin Tarantino's wistful love letter to a vanishing era. In Part 1 we cover the film's opening, director Quentin Tarantino, the cast, and the second act — including Leonardo DiCaprio's insecure Rick Dalton, Brad Pitt's easy-going Cliff Booth, and the dread b...

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It was savaged and celebrated in equal measure on release, and the argument never really stopped. Luke, Westy, and Matt continue the story, picking up at the unsettling final act. We dig into the crew behind the film — Lynch's screenplay, Angelo Badalamenti's dreamlike score, and the cinematography that makes suburbia feel poisoned — before breaking down the finale, that divided reception, and its...

A studio gave David Lynch final cut on the condition he took a pay cut and worked cheap. The result is one of the most disturbing films ever made by a major distributor. Luke, Westy, and Matt begin the story. In Part 1 we cover the film's opening, director David Lynch, the cast, and the second act — including the severed ear in the grass, Kyle MacLachlan's curious everyman, and the menace Dennis H...

The technology that put Julie Andrews inside a cartoon was years ahead of its time, and it swept the technical Oscars. John, Westy, and Matt continue the story, picking up as the Banks family comes back together. We dig into the crew behind the film — the screenplay, the Sherman Brothers' beloved songs, and the pioneering live-action-and-animation effects work — before breaking down the finale, th...

Walt Disney spent twenty years trying to convince a deeply reluctant author to let him make this film at all. John, Westy, and Matt begin the story. In Part 1 we cover the film's opening, director Robert Stevenson, the cast, and the second act — including Julie Andrews's screen debut, Dick Van Dyke's much-discussed accent, and the groundbreaking blend of live action and animation. Practically perf...

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The father-son double act was so good it rescued the entire film, and a lot of that was Connery and Ford riffing on the page. Luke, Westy, and Matt continue the story, picking up on the road to the Grail. We dig into the crew behind the film — the screenplay and its much-discussed story credit, John Williams's score, and the stunt and effects work behind the tank chase and beyond — before breaking...

After one beloved adventure and one notoriously darker sequel, the brief for the third was simple: send the series out on a high. Luke, Westy, and Matt begin the story. In Part 1 we cover the film's opening, director Steven Spielberg, the cast, and the second act — including the masterstroke of casting Sean Connery as Indy's father, the young River Phoenix prologue, and the chemistry that powers t...

Everything the film is really about is hidden in plain sight until a single reveal rearranges it. John, Westy, and Matt continue the story, picking up at that turn. We dig into the crew behind the film — Eric Heisserer's screenplay adapted from Ted Chiang, Jóhann Jóhannsson's haunting score, and Bradford Young's cinematography — before breaking down the finale, the reception, and the film's lastin...

Most alien-invasion films reach for the missiles. This one reaches for a linguist and a whiteboard, and it's all the more gripping for it. John, Westy, and Matt begin the story. In Part 1 we cover the film's opening, director Denis Villeneuve, the cast, and the second act — including Amy Adams's extraordinary lead performance, the constructed alien writing system, and Villeneuve making translation...

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