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One Battle After Another brings together Leonardo DiCaprio and Paul Thomas Anderson for a long-awaited collaboration. Art & Zach try to contain their excitement for what might be the best movie of 2025. Letterboxd list of every movie mentioned in this episode - https://letterboxd.com/intercutpod/list/one-battle-after-another/ TIMECODES... 00:00 - One Battle After Another General Thoughts 02:39...

Art & Zach debate whether the new Michael Angelo Covino & Kyle Marvin comedy Splitsville is a step up from their previous collaboration, The Climb , or if that's just the added presence of Dakota Johnson , Adria Arjona , and Nicholas Braun . If you like this podcast, share it and leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify! Music: Green Lightning by Calsendry - ⁠⁠https://calsendr...

TIFF 2025 was packed with so many notable movies that we wanted to highlight some more, so we invited on a rotating panel of friends of the podcast to let us know what movie was their favorite in the Toronto International Film Festival, which movies there surprised them the most, and what's the one movie that not enough people are talking about! Catch up with the movies we mentioned on this episod...

Intercut previews October 2025 releases and reveals their Picks of the Month. TIMECODES... 00:00 - Intro 00:07 - Week of October 1st - Play Dirty, Charlotte’s Web, Bone Lake, Killing Faith, Avatar: The Way of Water 3D Re-Release, The Lost Bus, Anemone, Coyotes, Good Boy, Shell, The Smashing Machine, Orwell: 2+2=5, Steve, Monster: The Ed Gein Story 01:49 - Week of October 10th - Tron: Ares, Roofman...

Intercut responds to comments and discusses several August 2025 Film & TV releases in rapid fire. TIMECODES... 00:00 - Intro 17:19 - War of the Worlds 22:04 - The Bad Guys 2 25:59 - Sketch 28:32 - Freakier Friday 34:16 - The Naked Gun 39:47 - Nobody 2 41:43 - Americana 42:42 - Splitsville 46:28 - Honey Don’t! If you like this podcast, share it and leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or...

TIFF held its 50th edition, featuring over 200 movies from quiet dramas to gory midnight madness movies. Amanda the Jedi , Chase Azarian , and Zach are back from Toronto to highlight their favorite films from the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival, discuss if they think anything they've seen is an awards contender, and complain about 9 am press screenings. TIMECODES... 00:00 - Intro 10:2...

Documentarian David Osit ( Thank You For Playing , Mayor ) rocked Sundance with his latest film, Predators , which takes on the complicated legacy of the To Catch a Predator phenomenon. Zach speaks with the filmmaker about interviewing Chris Hansen , choosing subjects like Skeeter Jean (aka Skeet Hansen), and making a film that confronts its audience. Check out our thoughts on Predators and our ot...

Two decades after a foundational year for us all, we take a look back at our adolescent selves and count down our Top 10 Favorite Films of 2005 to ring in their 20-year anniversaries. TIMECODES... 00:00 - Intro 07:24 - Everything Is Illuminated 09:24 - Cursed 10:50 - Pride and Prejudice 12:39 - The Puffy Chair 14:32 - Lords of Dogtown 16:17 - Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 17:3...

Michael Strassner co-stars in The Baltimorons , a hilarious and tragic new romantic comedy he co-wrote with director Jay Duplass . One of Intercut's Best Films of SXSW 2025, now in theaters nationwide, The Baltimorons is based on Strassner's own life. Following a 6-month-sober ex-improv comic after he loses a tooth on Christmas, Cliff takes his dentist, Didi ( Liz Larsen ), on a series of...

Hollywood has a new generation of actors ready to become the next A-lister, but who has the chops and the resume to become the next icon? Our latest Movie Star Bracket takes a look at the brightest talents under 34 years old to see which star starred the hardest. Amanda, Art & Zach compare careers, grade talents, and pick their favorites on our newest Movie Bracket episode. Download the full q...

Intercut previews September 2025 releases and reveals their Picks of the Month. TIMECODES... 00:00 - Intro 00:11 - Week of September 1st (The Runarounds, Driver,  Wednesday Season 2 Part 2, Beavis and Butthead Season 11, TIFF 2025, The Paper, 2025 NFL Season) 02:22 - King of the Hill 04:23 - Weekend of September 5th (The Conjuring: Last Rites, Highest 2 Lowest, Hamilton: An American Musical, The T...

Intercut reviews the new Zach Cregger film, Weapons . The film stars Julia Garner , Josh Brolin , Amy Madigan , Benedict Wong , Austin Abrams , and Alden Ehrenreich . TIMECODES... 00:00 - Intro 00:51 - The lore of Weapons 09:38 - Comparisons to Magnolia and other films 12:37 - Weapons camerawork 13:26 - Is Weapons scary? 18:10 - Standout cast 29:00 - Movie witches 29:58 - Best of 2025? If you like...

Intercut reviews the new Ari Aster film, Eddington . The film stars Joaquin Phoenix , Pedro Pascal , Emma Stone , Austin Butler , Luke Grimes , and Michael Ward . If you like this podcast, share it and leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify! Music: Green Lightning by Calsendry - ⁠⁠https://calsendry.bandcamp.com/⁠⁠ Join Intercut on YouTube as a member to get access to perks: ⁠ https:...

A look at the upcoming slate at the Toronto International Film Festival with Zach, Amanda the Jedi , and Chase Azarian . What are you most anticipating? TIMECODES... 00:00 - Intro 02:41 - Advice for first-time TIFF goers 05:29 - Reddit for Ticket Trades and Sales 09:57 - Our 31 Most Anticipated TIFF Films 10:43 - Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie 12:43 - If I Had Legs I’d Kick You 13:35 - Train...

Talking Superman , The Fantastic Four: First Steps , and more! TIMECODES... 00:00 - Intro 04:22 - Superman 46:03 - The Fantastic Four: First Steps 1:17:05 - The state of Marvel vs. DC 1:36:52 - July Rapid-Fire (Kpop Demon Hunters, Happy Gilmore 2, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Cloud, Oh Hi!, 2000 Meters to Andriivka, Folktales, Together, South Park) 2:12:27 - Tribeca Festival Recap (A Tree Fell...

Adam Sandler has evolved from cinema’s preeminent manchild to unaffected cool guy to surprising thespian over the course of his storied movie career. He’s been making audiences laugh since before his first appearance on SNL in 1990, but across decades of comedies, what movie rises to the top? Amanda, Arturo & Zach look at the best Adam Sandler movies to determine the winner of the latest Inter...

Top 10 Movies of the Year so far looking back on the first 6 months of 2025. Amanda, Zach, & Art select their favorite blockbusters and indie gems to highlight from this year in film. TIMECODES... 00:00 - Intro 06:21 - Secret Mall Apartment 08:27 - The Phoenician Scheme 12:54 - Thunderbolts 15:53 - Mickey 17 18:04 - A Normal Family 19:45 - F1 23:41 - 28 Years Later 35:42 - Pavements 41:15 - Ma...

Top 10 TV Shows of the Year countdown to look back on the first 6 months of television shows from 2025. Amanda, Art, & Zach highlight what we loved, what we liked, and what we wished we had the time to finish so far this year. TIMECODES... 00:00 - Is there a dominant TV show on right now? 03:55 - Are binge-style releases out of fashion? 05:24 - Shows We Didn’t See 11:17 - Adults 13:55 - Shrink...

Talking Materialists , 28 Years Later , The Bear , The Rehearsal , and more! TIMECODES... 00:00 - Intro 09:11 - 28 Years Later 29:09 - Materialists 51:14 - The Rehearsal 1:04:47 - The Bear 1:18:27 - June Rapid-Fire (Final Destination Bloodlines, Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, Lilo & Stitch, Bring Her Back, The Phoenician Scheme, How to Train Your Dragon, Elio, The Old Guard 2, M3GA...

If all you knew about a movie was the person starring in it, who would be at the top of your list? These are our 2025 Actor Power Rankings, not a list of our all-time favorite silver screen stars, but instead, who has the title belt right now and who is at the peak of their powers. TIMECODES... 00:00 - Intro 06:04 - Josh O’Connor 08:26 - Tim Robinson 09:20 - Jason Schwartzman 10:48 - Florence Pugh...

Nic Cage has evolved from dark and mysterious bad boy to action movie hero to straight-to-DVD headliner to hardworking thespian, all while staying true to his Kabuki theater-style theatrics on screen. With a career full of iconic performances and even more iconic freakouts, we're flipping the Declaration of Cagependence to figure out the best Nicolas Cage movie. Download the full quality brack...

A decade removed from an incredible movie year, we’re looking back to our lives a decade ago and counting down our Top 10 Favorite Films of 2015 to celebrate their 10-year anniversaries. TIMECODES... 00:00 - Intro 08:38 - Sicario 11:28 - It Follows 16:10 - Straight Outta Compton 18:47 - The Duke of Burgundy 21:03 - Brooklyn 22:27 - Son of Saul 24:59 - The Stanford Prison Experiment 26:23 - What We...

Tom Cruise has been synonymous with the movies for 5 decades. In the 2020s, he’s one of the last movie stars standing. Now, Art & Zach sort through a filmography full of iconic films to pick Cruise’s career best. Download the full quality bracket at the following link - https://www.theatzshow.com/intercut-podcast-episodes/tom-cruise-movie-bracket TIMECODES... 00:00 - Who is Tom Cruise 10:26 -...

Talking Thunderbolts , Chicago Critics Fest & more!  TIMECODES... 00:00 - Intro 03:17 - Thunderbolts* 38:16 - May Rapid-Fire (Sharp Corner, Vulcanizadora, The Ugly Stepsister, Summer of 69) 48:01 - Chicago Critics Fest (The Baltimorons, It Ends) 1:00:50 - Coming Attractions (Stick, Ginny & Georgia Season 3, Tires Season 2, From the World of John Wick: Ballerina, Dangerous Animals, The Ritu...

On Part 2 of our April Monthly Must-Watch, we look ahead to the most exciting movies playing the Cannes Film Festival, and preview upcoming releases for the month of May before selecting our Picks for the Month. Catch up with the movies we mentioned on this episode with our lists on Letterboxd - ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://boxd.it/Guhk2⁠ TIMECODES... 00:00 - Cannes Film Festival Lineup Preview (The Phoenician Sc...