Movie Food

It's the 2025 Movie Food Awards Show! Hear which 2025 film took home Best Kiss, Best Needle Drop, Best Action Sequence, Best Hat, Worst Twist, and so many more!  5:00 Appetizers: Rob Reiner and Andy Rehfeldt’s Radio Disney "Break Stuff" 11:00 Minor Observations of Film in 2025 14:00 the 2025 Movie Food Awards 16:00 Ken Jeong “Try Hard” Award 20:30 Worst Twist Award 25:00 Best Kiss 28:30 Best Kill...

JR joins Carlo & Steve to discuss Jackie Chan's Fearless Hyena II (1983). We break down Lazy Guy, the incoherence of this narrative, and where this ranks in our Jackie Chan rankings. All with an episode of Filipino Time mixed in. Weird movie, weird pod! Check out Steve talking Interview with the Vampire on That's Da Bomb, Yo! Follow Carlo on Letterboxed: https://letterboxd.com/karlokino/ Follo...

WATCH THIS EPISODE HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UoV8V2X99s Lots of fun extra in the YouTube version. It's the 2024 Movie Food Awards Show & our podcast finale! Hear which 2024 (or 1984) film took home Best Kiss, Best Needle Drop, Best Action Sequence, Best Hat, Worst Twist, and so many more! We also hear from past guests, including Bill Scurry, Martin Kessler & Petros Papadakis,...

We cap off our 1984 Season w/ a Winter Buffet of ’84 films! The great Martin Kessler (The Pink Smoke Podcast) helps Carlo dig into a large number of movie appetizers and bring this season to a (near) close. This pod has it all… including: 12:00 Martin’s cameo in Boondock Saints 22:00 Amadeus 29:00 Yellow Earth 33:00 The Killing Fields 38:00 Choose Me 46:00 Dune 58:00 Muppets Take Manhattan 1:01:00...

Amanda (WMassLiberty) is back for our final 1984 deep dive! She joins Carlo to discuss Streets of Fire, from director Walter Hill. But first in our Appetizers (7:30), Carlo & Amanda discuss Yasujirō Ozu, Criterion's fall off, The Beast (2024), Sometimes I Think about Dying (2023), She is Conann (2023), Get Away (2024), and Dinner in America (2020). 18:30 The Main Course: Streets of Fire (1984,...

CP2 is back!!! In today's ep, Cristina Politano (CP2) joins Carlo (CP1) to discuss 1984's The Pope of Greenwich Village (starring Mickey Rourke, Eric Roberts and Geraldine Page). But first in our Appetizers (2:45), they discuss Bram Stoker's Dracula, giallo cinema, and Leos Carax. 11:00 The Main Course: a discussion of The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984, directed by Stuart Rosenberg) 1:14:00 Is t...

Bill Scurry is BACK!!! Carlo is joined by Bill to discuss the 1984 John Sayles classic "The Brother from Another Planet". But first in Appetizers, Bill and Carlos discuss Satoshi and Shohei Ohtani, the I Don’t Get It Podcast, blazers... 16:30 BSS: The Bill Scurry Special 25:00 Reverse Scott Take: Sean Baker   1:01:00 Main Course: The Brother from Another Planet (1984, director John Sayles) 2:22:30...

Our 1984 journey continues with what is arguably the crown jewel of such an excellent movie year: Jim Jarmusch’s Stranger Than Paradise. Karlokino couldn’t have found a better guest discuss the film with, the eloquent Marcus Pinn, who matches his admiration for Jim Jarmusch. They also touch upon his other work and the journey of discovery, and they bring up Ghost Dog a few times. In our Appetizers...

Glorious Day! We are back to discuss another 1984 banger in John Cassavetes’ Love Streams. This was a film we had been planning to discuss but then the recent event of Gena Rowlands’ passing made it timely. We are joined by first time guest, Felicia Maroni. In the apps, we discuss her Letterboxd Top Four, the Toronto Film Scene, and talk about Cassavetes’ body of work and what characterizes his fi...

We celebrate our 50th episode with best friend of the show, Jacob Rivera, as we honor & breakdown 2004's epic documentary: Metallica: Some Kind of Monster. James vs. Lars. Bob Rock vs. Time. Therapist Phil vs. the Viewer. This doc has it all. But first in our Appetizers, we reminisce on 50 episodes of Movie Food, find out what films Jacob is watching w/ his family (9:30), and Steve breakdowns...

Cristina Politano returns!!! Along w/ Carlo & Steve, we discuss 1984's Body Double from Brian De Palma. A celebration of artistic direction, atmosphere, LA locales, and pathetic-ness.  But first in our Appetizers (6:15): an Italian lesson, La Chimera (2024) discussion, and did Steve give The Land Before Time 1-star on Letterboxd?!? 26:15 The Main Course: a discussion of Brian De Palma's Body D...

In this episode we welcome Madeline Burg, not only making her Movie Food debut, but her first ever appearance on any podcast, ever. (Spoiler Alert: She did quite well!) Follow Madeline on Letterboxd @mgallantb For our Apps, we get to know Madeline a little better and what’s behind her compulsion to review every movie she logs on Letterboxd, her Top 4 Directors (of that current moment), defining 'L...

Carlo & Steve dig into renowned documentary Crumb (1994, Terry Zwigoff) and discuss the sketchy world of cartoonist Robert Crumb. Unpleasant is right. Meet the Crumbs... or don't!!! After some 1994 nostalgia and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix talk... Appetizers 10:30 Summer of Anger update on the Kendrick Lamar/Drake beef and Harry Potter? 21:30 Movie Food News on Steve Albini R.I.P...

Tis' the season for the Appetizer Buffet. Carlo & Steve dig into an epic all-appetizer episode, featuring some of Carlo's favorites at this point in 2024, including discussions of Lisandro Alonso, Harry Potter, Denis Villenueve, Yuen Woo Ping, Luca Guadagnino, Zendaya, Sydney Sweeney and more. Help yourself to a long one! 4:00 News on Quentin Tarantino’s The Critic 16:00 Summer of Anger 2024 U...

Brandon Boozer returns to discuss Clint Eastwood and his 1984 film Tightrope. We discuss Clint's career, why the movie is set in New Orleans, Clint's parenting style, and why Clint's so damn rambunctious in this film (32:00).  But first in our Appetizers (5:00): we discuss Clint Eastwood's social media accounts, True Detective Season 4 and giving up on TV shows. Also, Corrections & Retractions...

Will Hayes (Tech CEO & expert in A.I. powered-search) joins Carlo & Steve to breakdown The Terminator (1984). How likely is the Terminator-scenario? Is it already happening? Should we just chill out? Is Reese No-Fap? We explore all scenarios and MORE!  9:00 The Main Course: The Terminator (directed by James Cameron, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger) and the current state of A.I. 1:22:30 Wine...

Film critic Keith Uhlich (Slant, Time Out New York) joins Carlo & Steve to breakdown Swing Shift (1984, directed by Jonathan Demme, starring Goldie Hawn) and why the Custom Workprint Edit is superior to the theatrical release. Keith describes how we got from Demme’s initial work print to the theatrical release, and everything that happened to get to the Custom Workprint version (1:21:00). But...

Petros Papadakis (Petros & Money Show and college football analyst) returns to discuss Rockers, the roots reggae classic starring Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace and nearly every reggae hero of the 1970s. A real celebration of music, people, and hustling culture! But first in our Appetizers (1:00), Petros describes his radio style, the birth of the Secret Textoso Line, and his recently watched movi...

32 movies enter the Tournament… but only ONE can be crowned the CHAMPION!! The Insider (1999) vs. Se7en (1995) Poor Things (2023) vs. In the Mouth of Madness (1994) Marked for Death (1990) vs. Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) O.C. and Stiggs (1987) vs. Cloak & Dagger (1984), and so many more! SEE MOVIE BRACKET HERE Our Official Tournament Referee JR (Wordle in 5 podcast) returns to guide Carl...

Carlo & Steve kick-off Season 3 aka Movie Food '84 w/ Repo Man, starring Emilio Estevez; written & directed by Alex Cox. Discussion of the life of a Repo Man is intense! (35:00) But first in our Appetizers (2:30): 3:00 Carlo’s Canon: Falcon Lake (2022) 11:00 NEW JINGLE DEBUT 14:30 Carlo’s Canon: Blink 182's Untitled Album 21:00 Steve’s Racial Corner on the New York City tunnels and a movie...

Join Carlo & Steve for the Inaugural Movie Food Awards! Hear which 2023 film took home Best Kiss, Best Needle Drop, Best Stunt, Best Storage Unit, Most Annoying Character, and so many more! It's our version of a Year-in-Review. We hear from past guests, including Kay, Bill Scurry, & Petros Papadakis, and also get Carlo & Steve's favorites of the year.  After a brief recap of Season 2 a...

Kay is back for our Season Finale! Carlo, Kay and Steve do NOT hold back with their thoughts on Poor Things, Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest release (2023, starring Emma Stone) (1:52:00). This holiday season, enjoy ALL the takes! But first (10:00), we get to know Kay’s favorite holiday movies, dating litmus test movies, discuss Godzilla Minus One, and Letterboxd reviewing. In our Appetizers (1:06:30), we...

The omnipotent Bill Scurry (I Don’t Get it Podcast) joins Carlo for an EPIC (and we mean EPIC) discussion featuring Winter movies and a tasting menu trio by Joan Micklin Silver. So, prepare a warm beverage, grab a blanket and cozy up! But first in Appetizers (10:00), Carlo puts Bill through the Rapid Fire Round which includes Life Lessons, Nick Nolte, TMNT, The Marvels, The Killer, Bottoms, and Pl...

Jacob Rivera returns for a Killer Ep! Jacob, Carlo & Steve feast upon Killers of the Flower Moon from Martin Scorsese and The Killer from David Fincher. We celebrate storytelling, haircuts, title sequences, and storage units... But first in our Appetizers: 4:00 Showing classics to the kids, like the Terminators, Alien(s) & Predator; and musical documentaries: Whitney Houston doc "I Wanna D...

It's Halloween Horror Buffet Time! We tear into our Movie Appetizer Grab Bag, but this time it's all horror and thrillers. Alien invasions (No One Will Save You, Under the Skin, Monsters of California), slashers (Jason Takes Manhattan, Freddy vs Jason), demons (Exorcist 3, Exorcist: Believer, In the Mouth of Madness) and more!!! But first in our Appetizers (8:45): Sexy Beast 12:45 Bottoms 24:00 Tr...