Exiting Through The 2010s

We're joined by Leah Carlson-Downie (Fang Club, Oscar's Podcaast) for Joe Cornish's directorial debut in Attack The Block and the love for the film that's grown since. We'll get into John Boyega's career, if this qualifies as a cult classic and selling this with the Edgar Wright brand

Brett der Wiese (Brettriculture) returns for Shin Godzilla and what the reboot looks like after 2014's Godzilla. We get into the history of the franchise as well as how Godzilla evolved in the 2010s 

Marya Gates (The Playlist, Roger Ebert) joins us for Nic Winding Refn's iconic Drive. We dig into Albert Brooks' near oscar nomination, the sound design category at the Oscars, and movie theater audience reactions 

We welcome Oscar Goff (Boston Hassle) to the pod and talk about 2016's Hail, Caesar! and the Coen Brothers' interrogation of why they love making movies. Discussing the careers of Josh Brolin and Alden Ehrenreich, how we look at this post-Coen breakup and why this didn't work for audiences at the time

We welcome Vice Victus (Polygon) to the pod for the last episode of our month-long series on action films of the 2010s! We'll unpack 2010s wars films, how this became a box office success in South Korea and turning a historical naval commander into an action star 

Jordan Crucchiola (Disaster Girls, Vulture) is back to be the ambassador for the maligned legacy sequel, Terminator: Dark Fate. We'll discuss the career of Mackenzie Davis, the trouble production between creative differences with Tim Miller and Jim Cameron and how Dark Fate failed at the box office in the fall of 2019

Action month continues as we're joined by Alex Rallo (One Perfect Headshot) joins us for Peter Chan's 2011 thriller Dragon. We talk about the career of Donnie Yen, what makes the great modern action star and hard to track down/forgotten films 

WIlliam Goodman (Complex) joins us to chat about the most recent output from the Mission Impossibles and when we saw Chris McQuarrie become the overseer of the franchise. As well as getting into the career of Rebecca Ferguson, how the action sequences hold up so well since 2015 and 2018 and comparing Rogue Nation to other 2015 sequels we've covered like Mad Max: Fury Road or Magic Mike XXL

Jen Johans (Film Intuition, Watch with Jen podcast) returns to kick off our collection of episodes apart of action month! Very excited to bring a genre-themed month within these next five weeks; first up is Phillip Noyce's Salt! We talk about Angelina Jolie in the 2010s, cloak and dagger thrillers that exist exclusively on cable, and the film's needless alternate ending

Peyton Robinson (JumpCut, Roger Ebert) is back for the defense of the NYSM duology we've been waiting for and why they should be remembered as better action comedies than their reputation suggests. We'll also get into the career of Woody Harrelson in the 2010s, best versus favorite films, the perspective and tone in making a heist film 

Bailey Herdè (Bright Wall Dark Room, Flip Screen) joins us for 2018's marvelous Game Night. Along with Jason Bateman in the 2010s, why this studio comedy stands out from the others and comedies that feel timeless like this does

We couldn't repeat the past though Greg Hill-Turner (Chasin' Statham podcast) returns for Baz Luhrmann's polarizing adaption of the classic American novel The Great Gatsby. Together we go over the career of Tobey Maguire and Joel Edgerton, the infamous hip-hop-inspired soundtrack, books we read in the high school and the 3D of it all

Paul Oyama (Movie Trivia Schmoedown) is back for Steven Soderbergh's whip-smart and overlooked High Flying Bird. We'll talk about the career of Andre Holland, relations to other films we've covered like OJ Made in America and Moneyball, how fast the NBA is changing, and Soderbergh's partnership with streamers  

Chris Feil (This Had Oscar Buzz, Vanity Fair) joins us for Another Year and a bevy of exquisite performances than come with a Mike Leigh movie. Together we'll discuss the 2011 Oscars, the Mike Leigh process, and what Entertainment Weekly. Consider donating to an abortion fund: https://www.thecut.com/article/donate-abortion-fund-roe-v-wade-how-to-help.html

Saffron Maeve (Paste, Little White Lies) is back for Shane Black's latest buddy comedy in 2016's The Nice Guys. We'll get into Russell Crowe in the 2010s, how Black's Los Angeles differs from other films we've covered like Inherent Vice and Under The Silver Lake, Nicolas Winding Refn's random streaming service: ByNWR and going back to see movies we first saw at 17 Consider donating to an abortion...

Broey Deschanel returns as we meet in Greece for the conclusion (?) of Richard Linklater's Before trilogy on its ninth anniversary! We get into the career of Ethan Hawke, how ranking the trilogy is didactic and how Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke contribute to the screenplays in the trilogy 

Allison Picurro (TV Guide) joins us for the deeply human Enough Said. Together we remember Jim Gandolfini, the career of Nicole Holofcener, why HBO's The Staircase isn't more popular, how cool Michael Imperioli is and fake rom-com jobs Consider donating to an abortion fund: https://www.thecut.com/article/donate-abortion-fund-roe-v-wade-how-to-help.html

Clint Worthington (The Spool, Roger Ebert, Consequence) is here with us for Michael Bay's testosterone-fueled black comedy Pain and Gain, in honor of the release of Ambulance . We talk about the career of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Bay's admiration for the Coen Brothers, and the depiction of American capitalism in 2013 movies  Consider donating to an abortion fund: https://www.thecut.com/arti...

Jihane Bousfiha (Vulture, Paste magazine) is here on the pod to talk about 2017's The Florida Project. We'll end up talking about the incredible career of Willem Dafoe and push back to Sean Baker's depiction of poverty  Consider donating to an abortion fund: https://www.thecut.com/article/donate-abortion-fund-roe-v-wade-how-to-help.html

Brianna Zigler (Paste Magazine) returns for the beloved sophomore feature with Robert Eggers' The Lighthouse! We chat about if this will end up being a horror classic, a24 comedies and Cannes 2019. Consider donating to an abortion fund: https://www.thecut.com/article/donate-abortion-fund-roe-v-wade-how-to-help.html

Sam Herbst (The Kidmanifesto podcast) joins us to discuss Andrew Haigh's exquisite 45 Years but more importantly NOT Star Wars and Suicide Squad. We get into it all like best actress 2015, movies that don't exist and the career of Charlotte Rampling

Mitchell Beaupre (Letterboxd, The Film Stage) joins us to chat about one of the finest action blockbusters of the 2010s in Doug Liman's Edge of Tomorrow. We unpack why the movie failed to make a sequel, Emily Blunt's career and the film's actual title, Live Die Repeat (should have been All You Need Is Kill all along) 

Phillip Iscove ( Sleepy Hollow , Podcast Like Its 1999) is here to talk about the last David Fincher we have left to cover in the 2010s with the masterful The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. We get into it all here talking about the career of Daniel Craig, casting Lisbeth Salander, Netflix, why didn't get any sequels and why this is the perfect thriller

We welcome Lena Wilson (New York Times) to the pod as talk one of the most iconic romance/coming of age stories of the 2010s in Luca Guadagnino's Call Me By Your Name. We get into it all, the peach scene, the downfall of Armie Hammer, the 2018 oscar season, how this is in relation to other queer cinema of the decade and why the movie is so popularity 

We now talk about our first film from Mia Hansen Love in the addictive Eden. We'll discuss the great French films of the 2010s, Daft Punk, 2013 Cannes, how much Mia Hansen Love and Celine Sciamma are in parallel careers