Exiting Through The 2010s

We escaped a cult to pod about Martha Marcy May Marlene as Tyler Harford is back! Together we touch on the career of Sean Durkin, the films Oscar buzz, career of Sarah Paulson and Durkin's haunting writting

Why I outta! Jesse Catherine Webber and Cullen Atchley (Cannes I Kick It podcast) are back to discuss the failure and reclamation of 2012’s THE THREE STOOGES! Together, we come up with MANY recastings, the development hell the movie found itself in, how the movie was doomed to fail and the sincerity that makes the movie work 12 years later 

Alex Kittle(Pan and Scan illustrations) joins us for 2013’s industry romantic comedy as well as Lake Bell’s directorial debut with In a World! Together we discuss Bell’s career, her chemistry with Demetri Martin, the movies poignant ending, careers that Hollywood doesn’t know what to do with and how well the movie has aged since 2013

Matt Singer (Screencrush, Opposable Thumbs book) joins us for the mo-cap era and the Adventures of Tintin! Together we talk all the odd visual choices of Tintin’s design, comparison to the Robert Zemeckis motion capture films, Spielberg comedies and uses of 3D

We’re deep in politically charged Chicago and talking all things 2018’s provocative WIDOWS! We discuss the careers of the cast, why the movie failed at the box office, Oscars 2018 and how much Clay loves the Liam Neason almost hate crime 

Roxana Hadadi (Roger Ebert, Vulture) returns as we discuss James Gray’s cerebral sci fi odyssey in 2019’s Ad Astra! Together we unpack the haunting Brad Pitt performance, the theme of fathers and sons through Gray’s films, the films view on catharsis and 2010s auteur space films

William Goodman (GQ, Complex) returns for 2011’s WW2 adventure romp in CAPTAIN AMERICA THE FIRST AVENGER! Together we talk casting would ifs, MCU state of the union, Joe Johnston and Hayley Atwell being taken for granted and what MCU phase one

Hanna Phifer is here for 2019’s horror comedy with MA! We dig into why Octavia Spencer’s filmography needs fixing, how the movie is such a joke online, Blumhouse in 2019 and how bullying is a hidden theme of horror thriller in the 2010s

Bailey Herdè returns to help us discuss the clever Jump Street duology. Along with Tatum and Hill’s career and missed potential, how Phill Lord and Chris Miller weaponize nostalgia to their advantage and how the movie has a longer shelf life online through gifs and meme

Kambole Campbell (Empire Magazine) returns to the pod to help us cover Hayao Miyazaki’s magnum opus with THE WIND RISES. Together we go over the dubbed American cast, disproving how Ghibli isn’t similar to Pixar and similarities to Oppenheimer 

Veronica Phillips (Film Daze) returns to the pod as we discuss the psychological horror sensation in It Follows! Together we discuss what makes us unsettled about the film being teens when we first saw it, the career of Make Monroe, our interpretations of the monster and horror at Cannes 

Bryden Doyle and Charlie Nash (Almost Major podcast) are back as they picked Jim Jarmusch’s sensual ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE. Together we talk all things Tom Hiddleston, Detroit on film, Jarmusch going into the 2010s, vampire lore and trip hop

Sam Herbst is back for 2019’s Her Smell and how it fits into the 2018/2019 fictional musician character studies. Together, we discuss the careers of Alex Ross Perry and Elizabeth Moss, the excellent sound design, seeing the movie at TIFF, and the movies reputation now

Alison Herman (Variety) joins us for Paul Thomas Anderson’s beloved dissection into codependency and gender dynamics in 2017’s phenonomal PHANTOM THREAD. Together, we remember how remarkable Vicky Krieps was, showing the film to your partner, Jonny Greenwood’s score which is one of the best of the decade and how this toxic relationship compares best to Gary and Alana of LICORICE PIZZA 

Scout Tafoya and Tucker Johnson (End of History video essay series) return to the pod for the forgotten but brilliant Sherlock Holmes sequel and its importance on getting blockbuster action. Together, we discuss RDJ’s and Jude Law’s careers, the relation Guy Ritchie has to Tony and Ridley Scott, lack of this era of London in cinema, and why we saw a third film made despite the first two film’s suc...

Sophie Shin (Letterboxd) joins us as we unravel the mystery of 2016’s ARRIVAL! Together we talk the unique screenplay, best actress 2017 and the infamous Amy Adams snub, seeing it in theaters, Denis Villeneuve’s 2010s run and the haunting score from the late Johann Johannsson

Eric Zipper is back as we revisit 2016’s Swiss Army Man! Together we unpack the career of Daniel Radcliffe, the films brave ending, 2016 in film and how the film compares to the Daniels’ EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

Soraya Sebghati (Night Talks band) joins us for Paul Schrader’s haunting and prescient First Reformed and how we see the film aging after 2018. Together we zero in on Ethan Hawke’s remarkable performance, Clay and Jack seeing the film at 18, how Schrader evolves the Travis Bickle character and how the film speaks to America’s helplessness

We conclude a month of covering 2010s Scorsesse by having video essayist and filmmaker Taylor Williams chat with us about the eerie Shutter Island! We get into all, like mindfuck cinema, Leo DiCaprio in 2010, comparisons to The Shining and the films cultural legacy

Gillian Oakley joins us for Triple Frontier, which has been reevaluated since 2019 for being more about the fragility of contemporary veterans than just a typical military drama. Together we zero in on the careers of the leading men in the film, Pedro Pascal fandom, alternative castings and the commentary on the military-industrial complex 

Michelle O’Connell (The Film Stage) is back as we continue going through Martin Scorsesse’s work in the 2010s. This time with The Irishman, which has us zeroing on Robert De Niro’s excellent turn, the de-aging of it all, best-supporting actor line up from this year and how Scorsese looks at the friendship of Hoffa and Sheeran

Josh Polanski is back for all things 2016’s Silence! Together we take the journey to the movie getting made, our own views on the emotional conflict and Liam Neasons’ 2010s career

Marya Gates (The Playlist, Roger Ebert) is back as we discuss Hugo and how well its aged since 2011. Together, we touch on Scorsesse’s mistake in capturing the history of silent films, films on streaming, 123movies, Babylon’s comparison to Hugo and Asa Butterfield 

Valerie Keaton returns for another episode in horror month as she picks the remake of the classic Black Christmas! Together we unpack the urgency and frustration the film contains, Imogen Posts’ performance, more talk about the rise of Blumhouse and why the film failed at the time critically and financially. Clay Williams absent this episode 

Kevin Tudor (Almost Major podcast) is back for John Erick Dowdle’s The Poughkeepsie Tapes. We get into it all such as the future for the found footage genre, the films botched release and how we judge the inconsistent performances