Exiting Through The 2010s

Ella Kemp (Little White Lies, Girls On Tops) comes on to discuss Captain Fantastic, a story about outcasts on the outskirts of society. Together breaking down the supportive cinematic dads, child actors and watching movies without highly set expectations Ella's letterboxd entry on Captain Fantastic https://letterboxd.com/ellakemp/film/captain-fantastic/

Eric Zipper (The Completionist) returns to help us examine the Coen Brothers' bitter tale of achieving creative success. Together talking about Oscar Issac as a leading man, great cinematic cats and Coen Brothers specific character actors 

Sally Darr Griffin and Andrew Van Heusden (hosts of Club C-47 podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/0DOSasbzVSgLXFhZJZHNPS?si=73D7QZPhQIGnCcw_qjJgng) join us as we talk Yorgos Lanthimos once again in his costume drama dark comedy, The Favourite. With topics including if Lanthimos is the modern Kubrick, subverting the typical Emma Stone role and if this is 2018's best screenplay  

Katie Boozer chats with Jack and Clay about Shia LaBeouf's vulnerable autobiography, Honey Boy. Together talking about the cycle of child actors mental damage, Noah Jupe's instant likability and struggles with your dad in 2019 movies 

Vinnie Mancuso (Collider) came to hang with us and chat about David Robert Mitchell's divisive neo-noir. Together break down Andrew Garfield as a leading man, ambitious disasters being the best kinds of bad movies and the mishandling of this movie's release 

Dan Brierly joins us to chat about Destin Daniel Cretton's achingly beautiful, Short Term 12. With topics including the career of Bri Larson, the decades most overlooked ensemble and nearly avoiding genre conventions 

Michael Snydel (the film stage) joins us to unpack smoke-filled 70s neo-noir. Together trying to figure out why we don't see Joaquin Pheonix do more comedy, novelist Thomas Pynchon's absurdity and auteur diversity issues 

Robyn Bahr (The Hollywood Reporter) joins us to talk about the beloved Korean thriller from master Bong Joon Ho. With the topics including where we want the Oscars to go in the next decade, the tonal shifts indicative to Bong and rules of rewatching movies 

In the penultimate episode of the best picture winners series, jack and clay talk about Peter Farrelly's road trip buddy comedy. With topics including the white savior movie, if Mahershala Ali is on autopilot here and James Gandolfini would work better in the role of Tony Vallelonga 

Wes Muszynski (Film Daze, Simple Cinephile) returns to discuss Guillermo Del Toro's cold war fairytale. Topics including Michael Shannons villain type, Me Too's involvement with the 2018 race and the scores of Alexandre Desplat 

Josh Bradley joins us for Barry Jenkins coming of age masterpiece. We chat about Florida movies, A24, 2017 Oscars and the serious contender of this being the cinematic achievement of the 2010s

Megan Brady (The Simple Cinephile) returns to talk Tom McCarthy's Spotlight and the real-life journalists that broke the church's pedophilia scandal. Together breaking down unexciting directing, avoiding self-parody and Mark Ruffalo's continuous streak of bad haircuts 

Shea Vassar (Filmdaze, Zora) returns to talk about Alejandro González Iñárritu's meta deconstruction of an aging actor in Birdman. Together, breaking down Michael Keaton's versatility and long takes

Kyle Amato (Hawke Cast, Boston Hassle) joins us to unpack Steve McQueen's harrowing depiction of slavery and the overwhelming true story of Solomon Northup. Exploring the idea of if reachability hurts a movie, the career arc of Lupita Nyong'o and Oscar prejudice

Luke Larson (host of L-Squared podcast) returns to discuss Ben Affleck's foray into awards season, Argo. Is Affleck belong in directors jail? Was the good will hunting screenplay actually written by Damon and Affleck? Do we redeem Chris Terrio after viewing Rise of Skywalker? 

Eric Zipper (The Completionist) joins us to talk about the 2011 silent film. Discussion includes movies about movies, cinematic dogs and how winning best picture changes the reputation of a movie

In our first episode in our best picture series, we discuss Tom Hooper's political drama. Breaking down the missing pieces that could've made this great, brilliance of Geoffrey Rush and Oscar bait 

Gaby Iori returns to chat about Greta Gerwig's directorial debut. Together discussing personal high school experiences, the career of Saoirse Ronan and actors turned directors 

Filmmaker Jackson Hendrix joins us as we discuss the force awakens, the last jedi and rise of skywalker. Analyzing toxic fandom, nostalgia utilization and what is the star wars feeling. Much to discuss in the Star Wars Disney era!

Megan Brady (The Simple Cinephile) talks with us about Todd Haynes' sensual romance, Carol. Together breaking down the brilliance of cinematographer Ed Lachman, idiosyncrasies of Rooney Mara and the relevance of melodrama 

Sally Darr Griffin (Club c-47 podcast) comes on to chat about the Safdie Brothers anxious heist thriller, Good Time. In discussing how to blend actors and non-actors seamlessly, child celebrities and road trips

Nick Gangi and Joe Giordano join me as we chat about Martin Scorsese's tale of excess and greed in 2013's The Wolf of Wall Street. Topics include how Marty perfected the biopic, Leo DiCaprio's career, our first glimpse into the McConaissance and of Scorsese v Marvel

Brian Roan (the film stage) joins us to talk Looper, one of the best originalsci fi films of the decade. Together, we breakdown what makes a Rian Johnson movie, the art of makeup and prosthetics and the science of cinematic time travel. Plus JGL career talk!

Jack and Clay welcome Paul Oyama to unpack Bing Liu's debut documentary. Together, we talk the film joining the pantheon of all-time great docs and the accessibility of the modern documentary distribution 

Wes Muszynski (The Simple Cinephile, Filmera) joins us to talk about Yorgos Lanthimos' revenge thriller. Together, the star making performance of Barry Keoghan as Martin, comparing Lanthimos to Kubrick and how this movies strength is how hysterical it is.