Movies imo

In episode ninety-one of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel discuss TOY STORY 4 in relation to the three previous entries in the TOY STORY franchise. Ben vows to throw this new installment in the trash where it belongs while championing the bittersweet virtues of TOY STORY 2, Daniel wants to hold hands while arguing for the emotional and action-packed stakes of TOY STORY 3, and Brandon sees him...

In episode ninety of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Jim Jarmusch’s zombie movie THE DEAD DON’T DIE before diving into a couple of his earlier genre exercises: the psychedelic western DEAD MAN and the existential vampire romance ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE. Ben feels that Jarmusch leaves too much slack in his intellectual exercises, Daniel compares his dissolve-forward...

In episode eighty-nine of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Joe Talbot’s Park City sensation THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO before discussing a few other recent films to win the Directing prize from the Sundance Film Festival: Eliza Hittman’s BEACH RATS, Daniels’ SWISS ARMY MAN, and Sean Durkin’s MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE. Ben responds to Talbot and lead actor/co...

In episode eighty-eight of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Olivier Assayas’ talky lit-crit comedy NON-FICTION before discussing two other Juliette Binoche-Assayas films: CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA and SUMMER HOURS. Ben wonders whether this latest film even counts as cinema while sexting out some non-fiction of his own, Daniel passes time pondering the passage of time, an...

In episode eighty-seven of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Olivia Wilde’s BOOKSMART before discussing fellow last-day-of-high school comedies DAZED AND CONFUSED and SUPERBAD. Ben wonders whether the film may be a sedative for liberal audiences, Daniel takes a bite from the CRAWL trailer and likes the way it tastes, and Brandon appreciates the hope Wilde gives to a...

In episode eighty-six of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Joanna Hogg’s exquisitely shattering THE SOUVENIR before discussing her three previous and quite substantial features UNRELATED, ARCHIPELAGO, and EXHIBITION. Ben would risk it all for Tom Hiddleston’s haughty upper crust twink, Daniel responds to the Martelesque attention to sound, and Brandon revs up his Har...

In episode eighty-five of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about the Anne Hathaway-Rebel Wilson con woman comedy THE HUSTLE and they also discuss a couple fellow diva pictures in Stephen Frears’ THE GRIFTERS and Preston Sturges’ THE LADY EVE. Ben celebrates the GRIFTERS’ self-sabotage, Daniel admires its headscarves on display, and Brandon makes sure we mention one fantas...

In episode eighty-four of movies imo., the film fagz are joined by their first ever very special guest host. Fellow film fag TJ Slipko (@teejslipko) steps into Daniel's seat while he's booked and busy to join Ben and Brandon as they travel back in time to the 48th Academy Awards -- a palette cleanse of an Oscar year. They yell over each other about Milos Forman's five-time winner ONE FLEW OVER THE...

In episode eighty-three of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Alex Ross Perry and Elisabeth Moss’ scorched earth punk odyssey HER SMELL before stage-diving into two more stories about performers on the brink of psychological collapse under the public eye in John Cassavetes’ OPENING NIGHT and Brady Corbet’s VOX LUX. Ben breaks down Papa John’s play-within-a-play, Danie...

In episode eighty-two of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about David Robert Mitchell’s long-delayed L.A. neo-noir picture UNDER THE SILVER LAKE. They also discuss three (assumedly) major influences David Lynch’s MULHOLLAND DR., Robert Altman’s THE LONG GOODBYE, and John Carpenter’s THEY LIVE. Ben draws a personal comparison to Naomi Watts letting loose, Daniel quibbles w...

In episode eighty-one of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Claire Denis’ latest picture, the black hole of the soul space odyssey HIGH LIFE. They also discuss a light triptych of other sci-fi masterpieces about what it means to be human in a mysterious and unforgiving universe: Andrei Tarkovsky’s SOLARIS, Jonathan Glazer’s UNDER THE SKIN, and Stanley Kubrick’s 2001:...

In episode eighty of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Mike Leigh’s PETERLOO before jumping into two more of his class-conscious, character-driven period pieces: MR. TURNER and VERA DRAKE. Ben performs a dramatic reading of his favorite tweet of all time, Daniel admires the way the sun hits Mr. Turner’s paint hand, and Brandon pivots to the written word with an all-n...

In episode seventy-nine of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel discuss Harmony Korine‘s zonked-out new picture THE BEACH BUM, but not before discussing his first feature GUMMO and his previous film SPRING BREAKERS. Ben isn’t buying the mean and condescending tone that Harmony is selling, Daniel finds some of it cheap but buys it wholesale anyway, and Brandon buys two and gets TRASH HUMPERS for f...

In episode seventy-eight of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Jordan Peele’s sophomore slice of surreal horror US. Then they discuss two other family invasion flicks with more to say beyond their premise than meets the eye: Martin Scorsese’s CAPE FEAR and Sam Peckinpah’s STRAW DOGS. Ben sheds a tear over Lupita Nyong’o’s self-reflexive tête-à-tête, Daniel digs Scorse...

In episode seventy-seven of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Sebastián Lelio’s near shot-for-shot remake of his own film GLORIA (2014): GLORIA BELL starring Julianne Moore in the titular role first brought to life by Paulina García. They discuss the films in relation to one another before moving on to their first Cassavetes (and third Gloria) of the show’s run: GLOR...

In episode seventy-six of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Christian Petzold’s audacious World War II thriller TRANSIT before discussing his previous two films: fellow period piece psychodramas PHOENIX and BARBARA. Ben unravels the mysteries of the mind and heart in Hitchcock’s VERTIGO, Daniel unglues over ghost stories, and Brandon unzips Peter Farrelly’s latest pr...

In episode seventy-five of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Isabelle Huppert’s wicked turn as a piano-playing stalker in Neil Jordan’s GRETA. They go on to discuss Huppert going postal in Claude Chabrol’s LA CÉRÉMONIE before interrogating the success of Jordan’s 1992 sensation THE CRYING GAME with some help from fellow film f*g Aaron Applebey and film lady Emma Gree...

In episode seventy-four of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about their favorite movies from the year 1993: Jane Campion’s THE PIANO, Robert Altman’s SHORT CUTS, Krzysztof Kiéslowski’s THREE COLOR: BLUE, Martin Scorsese's THE AGE OF INNOCENCE, and Steven Spielberg’s SCHINDLER’S LIST and JURASSIC PARK. Ben breaks down Spielberg’s vers genius, Daniel lists his favorite mono...

In episode seventy-three of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Asghar Farhadi’s newest socially conscious thriller - and his first in the Spanish language - EVERYBODY KNOWS, starring Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem. They also discuss Farhadi’s Academy Award-winning A SEPARATION, and his international breakout ABOUT ELLY. Ben wants more people to get hit by cars in mov...

In episode seventy-two of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Steven Soderbergh’s NBA iPhone movie HIGH FLYING BIRD before moving on to discuss two other sports pictures that changed the game around the game, MONEYBALL and JERRY MAGUIRE. Ben goes to bat for Brad Pitt’s sadness, Daniel rails against Amazon’s frame botching, and Brandon brings Plainview to the playing fi...

In episode seventy-one of movies imo., Ben, Brandon and Daniel yell over each other about the latest Netflix original: Dan Gilroy's art house trash horror-comedy, Velvet Buzzsaw , starring everyone's favorite bottom Jake Gyllenhaal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In episode seventy of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about daddy Steven Knight’s deep sea fishing noir SERENITY before discussing fellow salt water thrillers DEAD CALM and THE BEACH. Ben appreciates Matthew McConaughey making sure his passengers are ready for the rod, Daniel writes a poem, and Brandon marvels at a son’s decision for his father to engage in sex work. Hos...

In episode sixty-nine of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about the 91st annual Academy Award nominations. Ben rectifies the Oscars’ HAPPY AS LAZZARO erasure with his own set of personal nods, Daniel overslept through the nomination announcement, and Brandon celebrates the new Animated Feature frontrunner. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In episode sixty-eight of movies imo., Ben, Brandon and Daniel discuss Joel and Ethan Coen's latest film, now on Netflix, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs . They also take a look at the filmmaker duo's other classics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In episode sixty-seven of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about their top twenty-five motion pictures of 2018. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.