Exiting Through The 2010s

Logan Kenny (Cinematary) returns as we DJ some sweet pool parties and talk Max Joseph's (yeah, from MTVs Catfish) directorial debut We Are Your Friends. We'll talk about Zac Efron's career, 2015 summer movies, and silicon valley capitalism 

Nia Tucker is back to talk about our first Pixar (!!) with the release of Turning Red recently, we're now going to college and looking back at Monsters University. We touch on the slate of movies for Pixar in the 2010s, what makes a prequel work and how great of guys Mike and Sully are

In honor of The Batman coming out, Emily Jacobson (FIlm Daze) is back with us for Matt Reaves' American remake of Let The Right One In, Let Me In. We touch on the career of Kodi Smit-McPhee, Jack's praise of Reaves' first project as writer-director, Felicity and the absurd amount of remakes that came out in 2010 alone

Marie Bardi (Blank Check podcast) joins us for David Cronenberg's damning portrait of Hollywood in Maps to the Stars. We'll discuss the Evan Child character now being a YouTuber instead of a child actor, what happened to John Cusack, and dinosaur movies. Friend of the show Tyler Harford fills in for cohost while Clay Williams is absent 

Let's dive into the massive career of Ridley Scott with his two prequels returning back into the Alien franchise with Prometheus and Alien: Covenant. Scout Tafoya (author of Cinemaphagy: On the Psychedelic Classical Form of Tobe Hooper ) and Tucker Johnson join us to talk about 2012 blockbusters, why these movies were misunderstood at the time, movies to display on Best Buy TVs, and if Covenan...

Emmy Potter (Crooked Marque, Bright Wall Dark Room) returns as she chats with us about 2016's melancholic Certain Women, the perfect wintertime movie. Together we try to decide what's the best section of the three stories, the brilliance of Michelle Williams and our trips to the midwest. Friend of the show Tyler Harford fills in for cohost while Clay Williams is absent 

Brandon Streussnig (The Playlist) is here this episode as we dig into the career of Michael Mann and his only movie in the 2010s in the cyber-thriller, Blackhat. We couldn't decide if Chris Hemsworth is good in this, why Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close was nominated for best picture and how 2015 and the MCU were a cultural rest for American cinema. Friend of the show Tyler Harford fills in...

Calvin Kemph (Twin Geeks) is here this episode to bring his pick for the best of the 2010s in Jonathan Glazer's mesmerizing Under the Skin. We talk about the career of Scarlett Johansson, 2010s cerebral sci-fi influencing each other and if Mica Levi's score is considered one of the best of the decade. Friend of the show Tyler Harford fills in for cohost while Clay Williams is absent 

Kevin Montes (The Twin Geeks) is here with us to talk about the third installment in the Jackass series, now in 3D! We go over the history of the franchise, our favorite all the stunts in this one, and what Jackass meant to us in 2010. Friend of the show Tyler Harford fills in for cohost while Clay Williams is absent 

We're running lines with Cullen Atchley and Jesse Catherine Webber (Cannes I Kick It podcast) as we look back on Clouds of Sils Maria ! With discussions including Juliette Binoche, Cannes 2013, and comedic actors working with European auteurs. Friend of the show Tyler Harford fills in for cohost while Clay Williams is absent 

Natalia Keogan (Paste, Slash film) joins us in this ep as we unpack Joanna Hogg's memoir to a struggling, young artist in The Souvenir! Getting into the career of Tilda Swinton, Instagram and how the film relates to its sequel  Friend of the show Tyler Harford fills in for cohost while Clay Williams is absent 

Satire is a weird state right now but in 2010, Four Lions is a breath of fresh air as Greg Hill-Turner picks the terrorist comedy as one of their favorite comedies of the 2010s! We talk about the careers of Benedict Cumberbatch and Chris Morris, 2010 in film and how this could only be made in 2010. Friend of the show Tyler Harford fills in for cohost while Clay Williams is absent 

With lots of good cameos and bad wigs to go around, Caro Ribeiro (tiktok) joins us this episode to revisit Adam McKay's celebrated dramedy into the 2008 financial crash. We chat about McKay making a career shift after Anchorman 2, The Big Short's relationship with other movies we've covered like Inside job or Wolf of Wall Street , Christian Bale in the 2010s, and the 2022 oscar season....

From the Cows in the Field podcast, we're joined by the Khoo's to reassess Whit Stillman's 2011 comeback Damsels in Distress. We discuss Stillman's career as a whole, how auteurs depict contemporary America during the 2010s and how well the movie has aged since its TIFF and Venice premieres. Friend of the show Tyler Harford fills in for cohost while Clay Williams is absent

It's happening! It happened. One of the best studio comedies of the 2010s in Paul Feig's brilliant Bridesmaids! Maia from Broey Deschanel joins us as we get into the career of Kristen Wiig, so many moments turning into widely used gifs and memes over the years and how much money it made for a comedy. Friend of the show Tyler Harford fills in for cohost while Clay Williams is absent

Gaby Iori returns as we revisit Leslye Headland's delightful comedy that has only grown stronger since its release within the extinction of romantic comedies. We get to talk about if this qualifies as the modern When Harry Met Sally, the whiteness of the romance genre, and how Alison Brie and Jason Sudeikis broke away from TV. Friend of the show Tyler Harford fills in for cohost while Clay William...

We're going gambling. with Carrie Wittmer (The Ringer, Vulture) and talking about 2019's addictive thriller from the Safdie brothers. Topics included how the release was at the time, best performances by athletes in film and unconventional comfort movies. Friend of the show Tyler Harford fills in for cohost while Clay Williams is absent

Brett Wiesenaur (Brettroculture podcast) joins us as we talk Isao Takahata's masterful swan song. Together talking about our own relationship with Studio Ghibli, what makes this one of the genuine greatest animated films of the 2010s how Miyazaki is like Jay-Z in the world of animation. Friend of the show Tyler Harford fills in for cohost while Clay Williams is absent

Considered one of the undeniably great sports movies of the decade, Josh Bradley (Movies I Love and so can you) is back with us to pick the sublime Moneyball . With deep dives into Jonah Hill's career shift, inspiring more sports movies like High Flying Bird and Draft Day and our own personal history with baseball 

Michelle O'Connell (Roger Ebert, The Film Stage) brought us James Gray's haunting The Immigrant this week as his favorite film of the decade with all of us finding the film's greatness undeniable. We talk about The Weinstein's meddling with the release after its premiere at Cannes,  career of Jeremy Renner and that perfect final shot

The lovely Nicole Fegan joins us to talk about one of the very best films by Jim Jarmusch in the poetic Paterson. Once again admiring the talent of Adam Driver throughout the decade, how Paterson inspires us to be better people and the wu-tang clan

Zombie fatigue was very real in the early 2010s but in 2016, Yeon Sang-ho made a movie refreshing enough to have it stand out in the pantheon of great zombie portrayals. Actor Jared Gilman (Moonrise Kingdom, Paterson, Juvie) joins us for one of his favorite horror movies of the decade, we focus on the critique of the class divide in South Korea here and the abhorrent sequel, Peninsula 

Mary Beth McAndrews (Scarred for life, Dread Central) returns as we dive into James Wan's terrifying THE CONJURING and THE CONJURING 2 with a focus on differing from the real Ed and Lorraine Warren to their on-screen portrayal, why growing up catholic sucks and how Wan rejects the tired trend of jump scares in the early 2010s 

2010s horror month continues on in a gnarly debut from witter/director Julia Ducournau with Raw. Orla Smith (Seventh Row) joins us this episode as we talk about the various readings into the film's portrayal of cannibalism, the lively reaction Ducournau sparked at the Toronto International Film Festival, and the future of horror as a genre

Horror month continues as we look back at the underrated Cloverfield sequel in 2016! Guy Dolbey (Film Discussion) picked the movie and we talked mainly about the blossoming career of Mary Elizabeth Winstead and the divisive third act trying to connect it to the first one