Gruncle's Movie Month

Bob?? Dylan?? Bob Dylan??!! Say. Less. The Grunc and his Gruncettes are at it again...again. In the most anticipated podcast return of the century, the film-loving freakazoids turn their attention to a single filmmaker for this batch of slightly more structured discussions. The filmmaker? None other than Gruncle certified GOAT Todd Haynes. Starting off, we share our mutual adoration of his 1996 ma...

🎶 We are the GruUuncle and we are the NeEephew 🎶 What is going on GruncNation? How are you all coping with your internal and external horrors? Us over here at Gruncle's Movie Month are doing great, because we have the supreme power of cinema to keep us happy and healthy. Our dosage this week consists of: 2016's The Handmiaden from director Park Chan-Wook, 1967's Young Girls of Rochef...

In a geographic miracle, Nephew and Gruncle were able to watch the next three films on the same couch! That's right, it was all in Chicago baby! Besides housing some deep dish and gawking at the Art Institute, Gruncle and Nephew did what they do best: watch films! This week we watched Robert Altman's Nashville (1975), Edward Yang's A Brighter Summer Day (1991), and none other than Dann...

Have you heard? The discourse is expanding. Can a single podcast contain the intellect of three film studies powerhouses? I doubt it... We were delighted to have 90s/00s film enthusiast and physical media collector Sophie Siegel on the show this week! It's so refreshing to have a third voice on this godless program. The three of us discussed AI: Artificial Intelligence (2001), Mind Game (2004)...

Fed up with the malaise and paranoia of post-modern living? Boy do I have the solution for you! Simply candy-flip with your Great Uncle and Nephew and devolve until you revert back to the supreme from: Monkey. Or... You can listen to our soothing voices talk about some more movies! To return to Grunke, one must watch the following films: Ken Russel's 1980 sci-fi thriller Altered States, Sofia...

The whispers you hear at night are true! The only film podcast worth listening to is back and just as profoundly and grounbreakingly intellectual as ever. On our epic return to the scene (not like this episode was actually recorded months ago or anything...), the big wretched Gruncle and his whimsical, but ill-tempered Nephew discuss yet another 3 movies (One of which you've probably actually...

God what the hell? There's more of these assholes? In our first of (hopefully) many guest episodes, Gruncle's Movie Month welcomes Casey to the extended Grunc universe. In this one, the trio blab on about another three movies you don't care about: 12 Monkeys (1995), Certified Copy (2010), and Spirit of the Beehive (1973). Big thanks to Casey for coming on! It was lovely to talk to some...

Like Vin Diesel says time and time again: "It's all about family". On this week of Gruncle's Movie Month we honor this hallowed sentiment from Mr. Diesel and apply it to the intellectual masterclass discourse you know and love us for. With this triptych of familial relations we touch on everything from inter-generational trauma to fraternal and national civil war to the composite...

Do you have a hard time staying awake during movies? Is your nerd ass significant other always trying to watch lame-ass long-ass European arthouse sleepers? Well doze off no longer with the first ever energy drink for movie watching: GRUNKL PIZZ! Grunkl Pizz is made from our secret non-organic basement formula that is guaranteed to keep them peepers wide open during all those 3hr+ historical epics...

Ah! Ah! Ahhhhhh! Jesus Christ, do you feel that? Feels like time as we know it is slipping from our meaty mortal fingers! My sense of linear reality is being shattered! Am I in the 90s or the 50s? What's that big black Monolith doing here? Did I just stumble into a colonial war? Hahaha, no you fucking dunce, you're just watching movies with Le Grand Gronc and le Petit Neveu! Why don't you grab you...

Gruncle and Nephew come back for...(Season 2?) of the world's most endearing film podcast. Your drives to work and dish washing sessions shall be boring no longer, as they can now be filled with heavily researched expert takes on films you've totally seen. This week those takes touch upon the equally uncomfortable and inspiring "Crumb" (1995) from Terry Zwigoff, the Love and Hate of "Night of the...

From the sound of things, Gruncle was straight up falling asleep when he recorded this shit. Someone oughta let his Nephew know that he may need to be put in a home soon :0  Despite Gruncle's transition into the dream state, your favorite family duo is back with a fresh batch of movies to talk about, or fall asleep to. This week we discuss Federico Fellini's "Juliet of the Spirits" (1965), Ak...

TW: During the discussion of Ingmar Bergman's "Virgin Spring" we discuss SA. Oh shit. Oh shit. It's finally happening. Gruncle is finally being replaced. And by who other than the immensely talented, totally non-problematic, Tom-fucking-Cruise baby! Hopefully he'll pick nice and enjoyable films unlike that old fart we replaced. This week Tom and Nephew chugged along without stinky Grunc as they ta...

What's your favorite cereal huh? If it's Trix, I will find out where you live and do unthinkable things to your abode. Just kidding! I'll just have you arrested. But what does cereal have to do with movies anyway? Well for starters, both are enjoyed by your favorite fun-loving family duo: Gruncle and Nephew. The two of which get up to their usual shenanigans on this week's episode, which features...

Hankering for some historical epics and morally outraged fathers from Michigan? Well you've come to the right place, because this week Gruncle and Nephew return with August Movie Month! This week we discuss Luchino Visconti's 1954 tale of Italian independence and aristocratic manipulation in "Senso", and two joints from 1979: Paul Schrader's Michigan sex-thriller "Hardcore" and veteran friend-of-t...

June is over folks! Pack it up and get yourself over to the couch, or theater, and watch some Gruncle approved bangers. You'll have time to catch up because, DISCLAIMER: There will not be a July Movie Month, we are taking the time off so that we can return bigger and better than ever. But, please do enjoy the last installment o June, in which we discuss: The 1964 concert film "TAMI Show" from Stev...

This is madness! No, you dullard, this is the Gruncle Movie Month podcast! The best in the god damn biz. Hosted and created by superstar duo, Gruncle and Nephew, this episode tackles the high, the low, and the in-between. For this week, we watched the 2009 high-octane action race film "Red Line" from Takeshi Koike, the 2006 ab-fest epic "300" from Zack "Boy Toy" Snyder, and the 2017 collage-like m...

Bleak Russian fiction and the evils of colonialism? Sounds like a great time to me. This week on Nephew's Film Time, we watched differing takes on colonial narratives with Terence Malick's 2005 film "The New World" and Ciro Guerra's 2015 "Embrace of the Serpent". In-between the two, we talk Uncle Vanya in Louis Malle and Andre Gregory's 1994 theater-film synthesis "Vanya on 42nd Street". Give us m...

We're back and we're live baby! Tell your friends and family that June Movie Month has officially begun! Gather 'round the living room, watch some movies, and then listen to your Gruncle and Nephew spew genius take after genius take about said movies. For the first week of the month we watched: Terry Gilliam's 1991 Arthurian Rom-Com "The Fisher King", Melvin Van Peeble's 1971 radical protest film...

Can your favorite family duo finally destroy the absolute evils of fascism? Of course we can! Through our groundbreaking discussions on film we can achieve anything. This week we achieved the impossible and finished March Movie Month with our final four films. On this episode we discuss the 1959 family melodrama "Imitation of Life" from director Douglas Sirk, Sean Baker's continuation of his Ameri...

What do you glean from this podcast? From life? From the wrinkled hands of Agnes Varda? From Harambe's Death? Well, we here at Gruncle's Headquarters glean that y'all can't get enough of our familial shenanigans. That's why we bring to you the perfectly curated film discussions you're begging for. This week we watched Greta Gerwig's 2017 smash-indie-hit "Lady Bird", from the same year, Abbas Kiaro...

What does the word "arthouse" mean to you? Is it a useless marketing label, or a legitimate identifier for a certain style of filmmaking? Or is it somewhere in-between? Maybe you'll obtain the answers you desire in this week's installment of Gruncle's Movie Month: The Greatest Film Podcast of All Time. This week we ravenously consumed our healthy dose of 4 films: Lars Von Trier's 2011 cosmic-depre...

Does all art manipulate? Is Gruncle losing it? Is Dennis Hopper worthy of anything? Is Pabst Blue Ribbon better than Heineken? As always, get your answers on this week's episode of Gruncle's Movie Month as we discuss our next four films. This week we watched the much discussed 1988 Studio Ghibli film "Grave of the Fireflies", the 2008 Sion Sono epic "Love Exposure", the 1995 camp extravaganza Show...

I can't believe we were able to get Richard Linklater on the show! I must be dreaming! This week we watched, or maybe dreamt of watching, Jacques Demy's vibrant "Donkey Skin" (1970), Fritz Lang's silent-epic "Die Nibelungen: Siegfried" (1924), Rainer Werner Fassbinder's anxiety-inducing take on class in "Fox and His Friends" (1975), and Guest Host, Richard Linklater's "Waking Life" (2001).  A...

Wow, what a surprise, Gruncle and Nephew watched some bleak and emotionally draining cinema to kick off March Movie Month. At least the duo's playful buffoonery is able to keep things from getting too dark. For the first week of the new month, Gruncle and Nephew discuss Takashi Miike's samurai bloodfest "13 Assassins" (2010), Ingmar Bergman doing Ingmar Bergman with "Through a Glass Darkly" (1961)...