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Kristina Klebe , star of the ensemble horror/ drama Brooklyn 45 , sits down with Becky and Shai to talk about the intensity of shooting an entire movie in one room and the moral questions that haunt every person touched by war. Brooklyn 45 premieres March 12 at the Alamo with follow up screenings on March 14 and 17.  Follow all of the  Friday Night Movie SXSW 2023  coverage and join Becky and Shai...

Friday Night Movie gets punk rock with director Dutch Southern and actor Sidney Flanigan as they us through their gripping, mysterious, beautiful, and non-stop heist film, Only the Good Survive , which also stars D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai (Reservations Dogs, Bloody Hell) and Jon Gries (White Lotus, Napoleon Dynamite).  Follow all of the  Friday Night Movie SXSW 2023  coverage and join Becky and Shai at...

Holly Montgomery (Holly Montgomery, the Boneshakers, Mustangs of the West) and Jenny Langer (the Boneshakers) are taking the SXSW music festival by storm with their soulful vocals and contagious grooves. They sat down with Friday Night Movie to talk about their musical journeys, music in movies, and answer the question: if your band was a movie, which one would it be? Holly is playing in three sho...

Kevin Yee is a writer, director, actor, comedian, and dreamer. He stopped by Friday Night Movie to talk about his pilot, A Guide to Not Dying Completely Alone , a funny and emotional series about mortality, forgiveness, and starting over, all from a gay Asian perspective. We covered everything from Kevin's stand-up career and working in writer rooms for major networks to his acting career beginnin...

Visionary director Ally Pankiw (Schitt's Creek, Shrill, the Great) joined Friday Night Movie to talk about her powerful, insightful, and darkly funny film, I Used to Be Funny , starring Rachel Sennott, premiering at SXSW on March 13. We also jammed on our mutual favorite band - Muna - and Ally's work with them on three epic music videos ( Silk Chiffon , Anything But Me , What I Want ). And we made...

The spirit of Miyazaki is flowing through Zora Kovac and her beautiful animated sci-fi short, Sprout . Zora brought her boundless energy to Friday Night Movie to talk about her process making the entirely hand drawn film and what it says about emerging from your emotional and physical bunkers.   Follow all of the Friday Night Movie SXSW 2023 coverage and join Becky and Shai at the Wonder House Mar...

The cast and crew of the terrific horror comedy, Appendage , dropped by the SXSW Wonder House to talk about the film. We got inspiring life advice from Brandon Mychal Smith (You're the Worst), talked about friendship with Kausaur Mohammed (Mo, the Flash), living with your demons with Anna Zoklovic (Director of the film), the duality success and suffering with Alex Familian, and of course, we talke...

We are thrilled to welcome back our SXSW returning champions, Jude Hope Harris and Krista Fatka for a conversation about their newest film, Funny Face . It's brilliant, it's powerful, and it's funny. We'll let the interview do the talking from here.   Follow all of the  Friday Night Movie SXSW 2023  coverage and join Becky and Shai at the  Wonder House  March 11-14, noon-5pm, at Café Blue Downtown...

Music legend and trailblazer Norwood Fisher previews Fishbone ’s upcoming SXSW showcase - March 17/18 at the Mohawk - and dives into the band’s killer new track, “ All We Have Is Now ,” with more new music on the way from the classic lineup. We also get Norwood's take on which Fishbone records would make the best films. If you know anything about our host, Shai, you know that he regards Fishbone a...

We’re headed back to SXSW in Austin, Texas and couldn’t be more excited to kick off our coverage with the story behind one of Hollywood's greatest oddities. The legendary Star Wars Holiday Special finally gets the documentary film it deserves with A Disturbance in the Force , premiering Saturday March 11th at SXSW . We sit down with directors Steve Kozak (Whose Line is it Anyway?) and Jeremy Coon...

Shai flies solo this week as he interviews Reality TV experts Katie Jones and Amy Redl. Shai attempts to ask Katie and Amy 5 of the “FNM Burning Movie Questions” but they really end up educating Shai on the reality TV genre and what exactly is a “Below Deck Med”.  Sign up for the Friday Night Movie Newsletter  for giveaways, curated episode playlists from the hosts and guests (including our mom),...

After several weeks of wonderful guests, the 3 sibs are back to catch up on hilarious stories ranging from wardrobe malfunctions to colonoscopies. We also discuss the extremely a ton of TV shows, comedy specials and movies we’ve been watching. In this ep: the Resort (Peacock), Lou (Netflix), Don't Worry Darling (HBO Max), the Last of Us (HBO Max), I Love My Dad (Hulu), I’m Totally Fine (Hulu), Pus...

Our annual Super Bowl Commercial Special is back with guest Mark Aronson, advertising expert and overall wonderful human. We talk about the best and worst ads of the bowl, that Jesus commercial, and just how many celebrities is too many (66, the answer is 66!). We also get a report from Shai's once-in-a-lifetime trip to the Super Bowl with our Dad.  Sign up for the Friday Night Movie Newsletter  f...

Actor, writer, and hilarious comedian Ester Steinberg cracks us up this week as we talk about her Amazon Prime special Burning Bush , the joys of motherhood and Jewish sexiness. We ask some signature FNM desert island questions and laugh until we almost pee. https://www.instagram.com/ester.steinberg   Sign up for the Friday Night Movie Newsletter  for giveaways, curated episode playlists from the...

Actor, musician, writer, podcaster and producer Rivkah Reyes (Gianna, Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls) joins the pod to talk about their upcoming short film Gianna, which explores the “inner saboteur” we all have lurking inside us. We discuss Rivkah’s inspiration for writing and producing Gianna, a film that comments on mental health and how we manage the darker, sexier, more extreme...

Actor, director, and producer Louis Ozawa (Hunters, Predators, The Bourne Legacy, Jack Ryan) joins the FNM family to talk about the newly released Hunters second season (Amazon Prime). We talk about the depths his character, Joe, has to go to this season, the experience playing opposite "Hitler" and working with Al Pacino. We also play some signature FNM games, of course. Sign up for the Friday Ni...

Straight from ground at the Sundance Film Festival, visionary filmmaker, Tari Wariebi, joined the FNM fam to talk about  We Were Meant To , his beautiful and powerful short that is making waves at its world premiere. We Were Meant To takes place in a world where black men have wings and their first flight is a rite of passage; 16 year-old Akil (Tim Johnson Jr.) must defy societal barriers to disco...

The sibs celebrate winning 2 Signal Awards and review Avatar: The Way of Water. But most important, hear the stunning conclusion to Becky's family drama about frame blending, 3D movies, and blue people.  Sign up for the Friday Night Movie Newsletter  for giveaways, curated episode playlists from the hosts and guests (including our mom), and at MOST one email per month (and probably fewer).  Closed...

FNM is kicking off the new year with a new segment - 5 Questions. These are 5 scientifically (not really) chosen questions that are guaranteed (not really) to help you understand a person's movie taste.  Sign up for the Friday Night Movie Newsletter  for giveaways, curated episode playlists from the hosts and guests (including our mom), and at MOST one email per month (and probably fewer).  Closed...

It's 2023 and the sibs are excited about a lot of new movies coming out in Q1. But first we review our parents' New Year's party and Shai's campaign maintain his favorite child status. Then we talk Ant Man and Wasp Quantumania, John Wick 4, Shazam Fury of the Gods, Creed 3, Magic Mike’s Last Dance, Dungeons and Dragons, Winnie the Pooh (the horror movie version) Cocaine Bear, Scream 6,  Plane, 80...

The sibs close 2022 out reviewing their favorites of the year across a range of made-up categories, including "Funniest," "Best Music Moment on Screen," and "Jewishest." They also award their MVPs and MIPs for the year and pack this ep with a bunch of shoutouts. Who needs the Oscars or Spotify Wrapped when you have Friday Night Movie's 2022 recap? (And for those of you who don't care about the pop...

Bad Christmas Movie Bingo - the holiday movie game of the year - has arrived at Friday Night Night Movie and we got to play live with creators, Kiwi and Matt Callahan. Bring your favorite multiple Vanessa Hudgens star vehicle and pull up bingo card, while discuss what makes a bad Christmas movie and play some jolly Buy / Rent / Meh with other holiday classics.  Buy the game here:  https://www.badc...

In part 1 of our Catstravaganza crossover, we’re joined by Cats historian Mike Abrams, host of the Broadway Podcast Network’s The Wrong Cat Died. Mike’s fascination with the 1980’s masterpiece that is Cats is only paralleled by our love for the musical which leads us to play some hilarious games, including recasting the White Lotus residents as different Cats. We also reevaluate our White Lotus pr...

The Mediterranean sun is setting on season 2 of The White Lotus (HBO) and we’re making our season finale predictions. Who’s floating in the ocean? Will Harper and Ethan’s marriage survive Italy? Are we secretly rooting for Lucia? Why are Cameron and Daphne Lily's favorites?!?! Tune in for our thoughts on how S2 might end and who we’d like to see reappear in season 3. Ciao! Friday Night Movie has b...

Friday Night Movie has been nominated for two Signal Awards , including for best co-hosts in a category where it's Shai, Lily, and Becky head-to-head with Conan O'Brien! Help support the fam by voting in both of the categories below and sharing: LIMITED SERIES & SPECIALS - BEST CO-HOST TEAM Friday Night Movie - The Infertility Special - VOTE HERE https://vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting#/2022/lim...