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CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of murder, attempted sexual assault, theft, robbery, guns, police, misogyny, neglect, suicide. We’re continuing our Oscars ‘91 series with a groundbreaking major studio movie in its willingness to put women front and center as our heroines. Although, these two aren’t the perfect protagonists by any measure, but they are tru...

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of murder, serial killers, torture, graphic murder, transphobia, Nazi symbology, horror, terror, darkness, mental illness, body mutilation. It’s time for our Oscars series, and we’re kicking our review of the Oscar movies of 1991 with a horror film unlike any other. In fact, this movie really isn’t a serial killer or slashe...

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of gaslighting, theft, lying, sexism, misogyny. As a special bonus, we’re discussing all the movies we saw in 2022, including a few last minute additions! Will we share the same disdain for our worst movies of 2022? Will he agree on all of the greatest movies this year? Check in and find out! You can email us with feedback...

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of gaslighting, theft, lying, sexism, misogyny. We’re wrapping up our History Lessons series with an episode about two young, everyday reporters at the Washington Post that just happened to stumble on the greatest political coverup in United States history. But while Watergate became a national disgrace, it started off with...

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: war, terrorism, guerilla war, torture, death, execution, bombing, violence, colonialism, racism. This week we’re headed to North Africa, for a story of will and determination for freedom that’s unlike any other. From 1954 to 1962, Algeria fought a tough, complicated war for independence from colonial rule from France, a war that upend...

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of a suicide from 31:20-31:44 and abuse and torture of prisoners from 33:19-34:08. Also, discussion of mass murder, antisemitism, alcoholism, execution, mass killings, death, grief. We move out of the fog of war to a much weirder and funnier moment of history this week as we dive into the power vacuum of Soviet power in 195...

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of prisoners of war, execution, war crimes, torture, concentration camps, Nazis, the SS and Gestapo, war, death, imprisonment. We’re moving on to World War II this week with a film that more prison break than war movie. Though in this case, it also happens to be 100% real, and the real story might even be more wild than the...

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of suspected sexual assault during prison torture from 25:33-26:44, and a brief mention of suicide from 43:02-43:15. Also, discussion of torture, racism, brownface, racist portrayals in movies, homophobia, war, death, grief, murder. Our next history lesson takes us on a journey across the desert through the longest film to...

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of Nazi Party reaction to the film, including antisemitism and antisemitic statements from Nazi leaders from 16:49 to 19:16. Also, discussions of war, dismemberment, mass death, post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD), “shell shock”, gruesome death and injury, fear, grief, murder. Our next History Lesson takes us to the Great...

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of slavery, racism, flogging and whipping, war, death, violent death, Civil War, Confederacy, white savior tropes. Our next history lesson comes from the Civil War, told through the perspective of one of the first black regiments to fight against the Confederacy. And as far as history movies go, this one actually manages to...

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of royal incest, religious zeal, religion, Catholicism, execution, scatological references. We’re starting a new series of historical films with one of the classics of the genre, long revered as one of the gold standards of historical cinema. Though, to be quite honest, this would be better served as historical fiction, and...

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of sex work, pimps, misogyny, mistreatment, abuse, physical abuse, emotional abuse, murder, death. Our final entry into the Billy Wilder series is, well, a real dud. Mostly because no one grabbed a hold of Billy and his new collaborator, I.A.L. Diamond to tell them this movie was overlong and telling far too much story. In...

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of drag, impersonating women, misogyny, harassment. We’re continuing the Billy Wilder series this week with what might be the greatest comedy of all time. It’s regarded as such by most American critics, and it’s hard to argue the point. Because this isn’t a simple comedy about two men in drag, nor is it a mere farce. Billy,...

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of murder, betrayal, infidelity, aging.. Our Billy Wilder series rolls along with probably his most ingenious script yet, adapting a modern mystery masterpiece into a legal drama with outstanding jokes. Billy knew he was working with near-perfect source material from the master of mystery herself, Agatha Christie. He takes...

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: There is a discussion of manipulation and domestic abuse from 31:23-33:15. Please skip this section if you do not want to hear details. Also, discussion of misogyny, sexual harassment, unwanted advances, and sexism. The Billy Wilder series continues with Billy’s first foray into color and broad comedy, adapting a massive Broadway succ...

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of manipulation, gaslighting, suicide, unrequited love. Our Billy Wilder series (and William Holden mini-series) continues this week with the airiest romantic comedy performed on screen - twice. Because while Billy is a true master of the craft, he also makes films that are worth remaking and updating, and this week we’ve l...

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of war, Nazis, the Holocaust, antisemitism, death, prisoners of war. We continue our look at Billy Wilder through one of his most under-the-radar films, that somehow straddles the line between slapstick comedy and war drama by adding his own dose of hard-boiled mystery. In fact, this week’s film turns several different genr...

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of manipulation, murder, insurance fraud, jealousy, death. Our director series continues this week with a film steeped in Hollywood lore while being utterly disdainful of its treatment of actors. It’s a near masterpiece, but as we talk through it, it’s Billy Wilder’s directing that shines a bit more than his writing. Still,...

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of manipulation, murder, insurance fraud, jealousy, death. It’s time again for a new series, and this season we’re jumping in to the world of Billy Wilder, a Hollywood legend well ahead of his time. And we’re starting off with one of his earliest masterworks, a film noir with a flair for the melodramatic in the best way. Ho...

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of manipulation, teen sex, drug use, homophobia and homophobic slurs, slut-shaming. We’re wrapping up our 90’s series with a bang of a whimper that, being a teen sex drama, Maud had definitely seen and Macintosh had not. And do we wish we had not, because this is an outright terrible movie. Influence notwithstanding, this i...

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of grief, witchcraft, loss, death, murder, reanimation, possession. This week we’re tackling a rom-com cult classic that’s as integral to fall as pumpkin spice lattes. And just like those delicious confections, this movie is a little bit sweet, and a little bit spicy. And no, it isn’t perfect by any means; in fact it’s kind...

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of suicide and depiction of suicide, eugenics, disability. This week we discuss a film that honestly deserves a better status than cult classic. The sheer ingenuity and thoughtfulness baked into a science fiction parable about eugenics from 1997 is remarkable. Andrew Niccol has made some other great films along the way, but...

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of stalking, neglect, murder, inappropriate behavior, assault, kidnapping.. This week we’re touching on a VHS classic that was a staple of one of the hosts’ movie-watching days, but not so much for the other. And that’s not unexpected, because this movie was branded a failure pretty much from its inception. Yet even massive...

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of assault weapons, gunfire, tactical weapons, guns, shootouts, robbery, crime, depression, sex workers, murder, grisly death. This is one of those movies that everyone tells you to see, and yet so many people probably haven’t seen it. But wow, was it worth the wait. The maestro of crime dramas, Michael Mann, took nearly 15...

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of terrorism, explosions, murder, bombs, bomb threats, car crashes, gunfire, police, death. By all logistical rights, this movie shouldn’t exist, let alone be a massive hit. The director used a highway in construction to set up massive special effects sequences that quite often had to be done multiple times and reset in dif...