Haven't Seen It

Skip to 0:37:45 for the discussion of Wake Up Dead Man (2025). We discuss the pros and cons of being AN ONLINE HATER up until then. This may be our last episode for a while. xoxoPlease send us hate mail:EMAIL: hello@haventseenitpod.comINSTA: haventseenpodWe are on youtube, spotify, and apple podcasts! Josh's links:▶️⁠Find me on youtube⁠: https://www.youtube.com/@josh_from_xboxlive🌐Request sto...

How does one navigate the treacherous waters of auto-biography in a movie? Is it possible to do it well, with dignity, without straying into narcissism? In this episode we compare Malcolm and Marie (2021) with other autobiographical films, including the works of Malick, Spielberg, Cassavetes, etc. Please send us hate mail:EMAIL: hello@haventseenitpod.comINSTA: haventseenpodWe are on youtube, spoti...

Is East side the best? Or is West side the best? Does Steven Spielberg's remake of the classic musical have a purpose? What can we learn from all the changes from the original? Please send us hate mail: EMAIL: hello@haventseenitpod.com INSTA: haventseenpod We are on youtube, spotify, and apple podcasts! Josh's links: ▶️⁠Find me on youtube⁠: https://www.youtube.com/@josh_from_xboxlive 🌐Req...

What are the great religious films? Is there a spiritual capacity unique to film? Do we will live in secular times? What does it mean to be a "spiritual" filmmaker during secular times? Is it an act of rebellion, or an act of self-preservation? Can an industrial, collective art-form like cinema actually work as a devotional art? Please send us hate mail:EMAIL: hello@haventseenitpod.comIN...

Do you have a reactive dog? Are you a fan of reaction videos? Do you use the phrase "reactionary" to describe things you don't like? Why is it that "reactionary" is associated with right-wing politics? Why is it that my reactive dog is right-wing? Why is it so fun to just kill the bad guy???Please send us hate mail:EMAIL: hello@haventseenitpod.comINSTA: haventseenpodWe are...

Are we all Materialists? Dialectical Materialists? Or are we souls caught in samsara, with many Past Lives? In this episode about Celine Song's two films, we do not ask those questions. Not really. We ask these ones: Is it possible that being too smart can actually be a problem when it comes to writing films? Why is conflict so important, and why do films fail when you don't have enough co...

Where all the voyeurs at? Are we all voyeurs in the digital era? Or are we all exhibitionists? Or is there a third term, somewhere in between the two? How does our new digital, late-capitalist ideology influence this regime of "the gaze"? Is there such thing as a "female gaze"? And who the hell is Laura Mulvey? All this and more in this week's episode. Please send us hate m...

What are the Sins of modern cinema? How many of these Sins does Sinners commit? Is Ryan Coogler a cinema Sinner? Are we all cinema Sinners, or just USC grads? When will the cinema Messiah return to save our souls? Please send us hate mail:EMAIL: hello@haventseenitpod.comINSTA: haventseenpodWe are on youtube, spotify, and apple podcasts! Josh's links: ▶️ ⁠Find me on youtube⁠ 🌐 ⁠Request story n...

In this very special episode, we are joined by legendary youtuber and screenwriter Hartwell (Local (previously known as LocalScriptMan). We discuss Superman (2025), the future of the superhero film, the future of film in general, and the great animated film The Prince of Egypt (1998), among many (many) other things. Allow us to wax poetic in your ear. Please send us hate mail:EMAIL: hello@haventse...

What is the unique power of the B film? What makes it so special? Why can it get away with more than the A film? Why are we not seeing as many B films these days? Why must everything take itself so damn seriously? Have you ever heard of Angel (1984)? Me neither. Please send us hate mail:EMAIL: hello@haventseenitpod.comINSTA: haventseenpodWe are also on spotify and apple podcasts!#filmpodcast #film...

What is the secret to a good adaptation? Is it all about fidelity to the source material, or is there more to it? Should artists NOT express their own ideas when doing an adaptation? Is the real problem with contemporary adaptations merely their lack of respect for the source material, or are there deeper problems? And why is Raymond Chandler the best writer ever? Please send us hate mail:EMAIL: h...

Michael Bay. We all know him. We have all hated him. But is it time for us all to love him? What can Michael Bay do that no other filmmaker can? What are his politics (if any)? What can he teach us? What is his signature apart from flashy visuals? What innovations has he contributed to the medium and the artform? Find out here. Please send us hate mail:EMAIL: hello@haventseenitpod.comINSTA: havent...

Where is the experimental cinema of the 21st century? Why does Paul Schrader love I Saw the TV Glow so much? Is the classical screenplay dying? Is it cool to have blank slate protagonists? What is happening to mise-en-scene in the current era of filmmaking? Please send us hate mail:EMAIL: hello@haventseenitpod.comINSTA: haventseenpod#filmpodcast #film #podcastshows

Is love inherently violent? Does romance require an act of violence? Are humans inherently violent? Are they inherently romantic? Do we always glamorous violence? Are there different kinds of violence? When will MK Ultra leave us alone? Is Adolescence state propaganda advocating for further surveillance? Do we need more surveillance? Can you smell what the Rock is cooking? Please send us hate mail...

Does Yorgos Lanthimos hate cinema? Does he hate this medium? And why? Is his shtick surface level antics, or is there more going on besides a vulgar self-reflexivity? How do his early films compare to his later ones? How do people feel about his work back home in Greece? Why is it important to be true to where you're from? Will Josh ever do the slightest bit of research, or will he insist on g...

In this episode, we get to the bottom of WHAT MAKES DAVID'S FILMS SO SPECIAL. We advance a vaguely Jungian reading of his work, while also advancing a vaguely Shamanistic reading of his work, while also grappling with Mark Frost's claim that David is "anti-psychological." What did he mean by this? Join us in celebrating one of America's greatest artists in any medium. Rest in...

In this rapid-fire episode, we tackle every film that listeners have suggested we cover, INCLUDING: Quills (2000) dir Philip KaufmanMr. Klein (1976) dir Joseph LoseyA Matter of Life and Death (1946) dir Emeric Pressburger, Michael PowellIt's Always Fair Weather (1951) dir Gene Kelly, Stanley DonenShanghai Express (1932) dir Josef von SternbergMephisto (1981) dir István SzabóFearless (1993) dir...

Does Nosferatu 2024 have a unique perspective compared to the 1922 and the 1979 versions? Is Eggers' the best young auteur of the 21st century? Are his films too reliant on art direction vs theme? Are they just more "elevated horror" or is there something deeper going on here? And who the hell is Van Helsing!??! Some might see the stylized but stilted approach of Nosferatu (2024) and call it "mann...

Is Barbie (2023) a feminist film? Is Oppenheimer (2023) a masculinist one? Or is it possible that they both inadequately explore the feminine side of our psyches? Is it possible that Barbie is not feminist *enough*? What would Marie-Louise von Franz think of the corporate feminism of Barbie? Is it cool to be a stereotypical male feminist on a podcast in 2024? Probably not. FYI the book we called "...

Auteur cinema is in shambles. We have few filmmakers out here, creating personal visions and dream projects. We need more art and less content. We need auteur cinema! But we also need honest and brutal criticism. We need to hold ideas accountable; we need to demand better execution. Because... We will get what we tolerate! Damien Chazelle, we believe in you man! Please send us hate mail: EMAIL: he...

“The death of a social machine has never been heralded by a disharmony or a dysfunction; on the contrary, social machines make a habit of feeding on the contradictions they give rise to, on the crises they provoke, on the anxieties they engender, and on the infernal operations they regenerate. Capitalism has learned this, and has ceased doubting itself, while even socialists have abandoned belief...

The boys are joined by fellow filmmaker/podcaster Ernesto Sandoval to talk about their repressed Pokémon memories. They answers questions like: Did you cry? How much did you cry? Is the worldbuilding in Pokémon woke or broke? Why did you cry? Why did everyone and their mom get obsessed with Pokémon back in the day? Stop crying. What does the writing get right and wrong in this film? Are you still...

Why? What is going on with Francis Ford Coppola? Why is this the film he's dreamed about for decades? What is the role of the artist in the future? Does the artist create the future? What the hell is going on in this screenplay? What is Megalon? Is "All You Need Is Love" still true? In this follow-up episode (no need to hear the previous Megalopolis episode) the boys delve into these questions. Pl...

Is Joker 2 an inside job? Why are studios committing seppuku? Is this a deliberate attempt to destroy the film industry? Why do you think Todd Phillips is attacking the fans of his film, rather than interrogating his own storytelling? Do we really need another anti-film film? Another anti-superhero superhero? Do we need to deconstruct the deconstruction of the deconstruction? Or should we just gro...

Is techno-utopianism the answer? Is the auteur self-insert still cool? Is the future of cinema big budget TikToks? Is THIS the legendary director's magnum opus? Or just a big budget fart? Or something in the middle? It seems like Francis Ford Coppola's newest work is polarizing to say the least. Watch the boys struggle to put to words how they feel about the beautiful mess that is Megalopolis.