I Know Movies and You Don't w/ Kyle Bruehl

In the thirty-sixth episode of Season 10: Dealer's Choice, Kyle is joined by screenwriter and post-supervisor Kelcie Gruenberg to discuss the existentialist purgatory that is the wasteland of suicide in Goran Dukić's adaptation of Etgar Keret's thought experiment of the afterlife as a metaphor for relationship grief in Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006).

In the thirty-fifth episode of Season 10: Dealer's Choice, Kyle is joined for a one-on-one conversation with screenwriter Steve Bolia to discuss the optimistic look at human connectivity, desire, and miscommunication in the pseudo-fairy tale of interconnectivity that defines Miranda July's directorial debut Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005).

In the thirty-fourth episode of Season 10: Dealer's Choice, Kyle is joined for a one-on-on conversation with stunt actor and horror aficionado Danny Hernandez to discuss the melancholic undercurrents of grief and the unknowable truths of a person, especially after they're gone from this mortal coil, in the haunting faux-documentary from Joel Anderson, Lake Mungo (2008). 

In the thirty-third episode of Season 10: Dealer's Choice, Kyle is joined for a one-on-one conversation with fellow cinephile Alejandro Etcheagaray to discuss the bitter, visceral, and personal account of a marriage in a ruinous state as it refracts into a commentary on the oppressive roles of the masculine and feminine, the geopolitical divide of west and east, and ideas of self-creation, se...

In the thirty-second episode of Season 10: Dealer's Choice, Kyle is joined for a one-on-one conversation with cinematographer Josh Carter to discuss the delirium of a continuous night of antics and chaos in Joe Carnahan's lost studio comedy filled with his signature style and energy in the blue-collar Hollywood commentary film Stretch (2014).

In the thirty-first episode of Season 10: Dealer's Choice, Kyle is joined for a one-on-one conversation with fellow critic Tyler Harlow to discuss Drew Goddard's ensemble period-piece moral fable about several characters caught in the liminal space between the idealistic 60s and the pragmatic 70s and how they will reconcile the shift in Bad Times at the El Royale (2018).

In the thirtieth episode of Season 10: Dealer's Choice, Kyle is joined for a one-on-one conversation with filmmaker Austin Wood to discuss the troublesome aspects of pop cultural elitism as well as the dangers of letting other artists speak for your emotions in the gender critical examination of masculine insecurity that is Stephen Frears' adaptation of Nick Hornby's novel High Fide...

In the twenty-ninth episode of Season 10: Dealer's Choice, Kyle is joined for a one-on-one conversation with fellow podcaster Lee Charles to discuss the sombre and melancholic road of nostalgia in Edgar Wright's thoughtful reflection on the pitfalls of addiction, the disillusionment of friendship, and the inevitability of gentrification in the final chapter of the Cornetto Trilogy, The W...

In the twenty-eighth episode of Season 10: Dealer's Choice, Kyle is joined for a one-on-one conversation with producer Bryson Pintard to discuss the inventive action sequel continuation on science-fiction mythology and apocalyptic threat in James Cameron's subversion of an existential thriller into a hopeful possibility for human kind in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991). 

In the twenty-seventh episode of Season 10: Dealer's Choice, Kyle is joined for a one-on-one conversation with director Steve Shimek to discuss the fable of Eden, female autonomy, and the parallels to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein in Alex Garland's audacious exploration in the creation of artificial intelligence and the human responsibility that follows in Ex Machina (2014).

In the twenty-sixth episode of Season 10: Dealer's Choice, Kyle is joined for a one-on-one conversation with filmmaker Brandon Rodriguez to discuss the science-fiction fairy tale that blended the clinical detachment of Stanley Kubrick and the sentimental humanity of Steven Spielberg into a bittersweet reflection on what it means to be human in Steven Spielberg's A.I. Artificial Intellige...

In the twenty-fifth episode of Season 10: Dealer's Choice (the halfway mark), Kyle is joined for a one-on-one conversation with novelist Alex Buda to discuss the nuanced portrayal of artificial intelligence that grows beyond a tool and into the dynamics of genuine human interaction in the romantic comedy trappings of Spike Jonze's empathetic and poignant Her (2013).

In the twenty-fourth episode of Season 10: Dealer's Choice, Kyle is joined for a one-on-one conversation with filmmaker Jeff Keller to discuss the birth, inspiration, and connected relationships of hip-hop as it gives texture to the formula of the romantic comedy in Rick Famuyiwa's infectiously charming and culturally unique Brown Sugar (2002).

In the twenty-third episode of Season 10: Dealer's Choice, Kyle is joined for a one-on-one conversation with podcaster Claire White from Why the Flick to discuss the layers of character as it relates to mental illness, societal constraints, and personal discovery in Jeremiah S. Chechik's quirky and thoughtful romantic comedy Benny & Joon (1993).

In the twenty-second episode of Season 10: Dealer's Choice, Kyle is joined for one-on-one conversation with musical stand-up comedian JJ Tyson to discuss the prescient cynicism of Richard O'Brien's loose sequel to The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the goofy and critical concept album assessment of America's media obsessions, allegiance to figure heads, and the desperation of fame...

In the twenty-first episode of Season 10: Dealer's Choice, Kyle is joined for a one-on-one conversation with musician Nick Earl to discuss the jubilant bubblegum pop songs of Abba and how they infused a sense of female autonomy, camaraderie, and choice in Phyllida Lloyd's jukebox musical adaptation of Mamma Mia! (2008).

In the twentieth episode of Season 10: Dealer's Choice, Kyle is joined for a one-on-one conversation with fellow podcaster Zax Protzmann to discuss the wondrous 80s nostalgia and inadvertently hilarious underdog sports movie that makes up the earnest fabric of character, community, and competition in Hal Needham's Rad (1986).

In the nineteenth episode of Season 10: Dealer's Choice, Kyle is joined for a one-on-one conversation with screenwriter Gio Maldonado to discuss one of the most influential comic adaptations that weaves together its hyper-stylized violence, meditative character morality, and a bleak assessment of Japan through Edo feudal corruption in Kenji Misumi's first installment of the Lone Wolf and...

In the eighteenth episode of Season 10: Dealer's Choice, Kyle is joined for a one-on-one conversation with artist Anna Cullado to discuss the surrealist rabbit hole of night encounters, youthful indulgence, and plenty of drinks in Masaaki Yuasa's adaptation of Tomihiko Morimi's novel that contemplates the flexibility of time, the difference between choice and fate. and the deconstru...

In the seventeenth episode of Season 10: Dealer's Choice, Kyle is joined for one-on-one conversation with actress Thurlene Williams to discuss the expansive history, troubled production, and exquisite animation of the unfinished masterpiece from animator Richard Williams, the legendary hand-drawn expression of an Arabian Nights fantasy that is known in most circles as The Thief & The Cobb...

In the sixteenth episode of Season 10: Dealer's Choice, Kyle is joined for a one-on-one conversation with filmmaker Daniel Lopez to discuss the pseudo-autobiographical exploration of stilted adulthood, parental disappointment, and masculinity as a prison in Vincent Gallo's personal and experimental directorial debut Buffalo 66' (1998).

In the fifteenth episode of Season 10: Dealer's Choice, Kyle is joined for a one-on-one conversation with filmmaker and podcaster Michael Willer to discuss the divide between idealistic intentions and the harsh realities of circumstance as it relates to a nomadic drifter, his nostalgic yet damaged past, and the parallels it takes to the vast landscape of America itself in Wim Wenders' me...

In the fourteenth episode of Season 10: Dealer's Choice, Kyle is joined for a one-on-one conversation with musician Ben Childs to discuss the hopeless disillusionment of the 1970s that was translated into a cut-to-the-bone, mean-spirited vengeance story that followed a Vietnam POW molded and informed by violence and isolated by normalcy in John Flynn's Rolling Thunder (1977).

In the thirteenth episode of Season 10: Dealer's Choice, Kyle is joined for a one-on-one conversation with filmmaker Mario Ruiz discuss the melancholic and lyrical adaptation of Thomas Pynchon's bitter novel that recollects the disillusionment and lost opportunity of the 70s as interpreted through a personal investigation of mystery, memory, and discovery in Paul Thomas Anderson's h...

In the twelfth episode of Season 10: Dealer's Choice, Kyle is joined for a one-on-one conversation with performer and screenwriter Reagan Osborne to discuss the serendipitous trifecta union of director Richard Linklater's natural rhythms, screenwriter Mike White's character driven screenplay, and actor Jack Black's exceptional performative energy that defined the inclusive, mat...