Movies imo

In episode forty-two of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Bo Burnham’s EIGHTH GRADE, and then they yell some more. Afterwards they move on to discussing other stories about adolescent growing pains in the lives of teenage girls, namely Marielle Heller’s THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL, Kelly Fremon Craig’s THE EDGE OF SEVENTEEN, and Catherine Breillat’s FAT GIRL. Ben cac...

In episode forty-one of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about LEAVE NO TRACE, Debra Granik’s long-awaited return to feature filmmaking/the woods. Afterwards they climb up the family tree to discuss three more daddy-daughter stories in Peter Bogdanovich’s PAPER MOON, Benh Zeitlan’s BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD, and Maren Ade’s TONI ERDMANN. Ben has little to say about the...

In episode forty of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Claire Denis’ transcendent romantic comedy LET THE SUNSHINE IN then get out their best shirts to iron in the desert and discuss other Denis favorites including 35 SHOTS OF RUM, WHITE MATERIAL, THE INTRUDER, TROUBLE EVERY DAY, and BEAU TRAVAIL. Ben hails the film for its open emotional borders and bestows upon it e...

In episode thirty-nine of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about their favorite films from the queer canon in a Very Special Pride Edition of the podcast. Ben brings Jennie Livingston’s seminal Harlem vogueing documentary PARIS IS BURNING to illustrate its portrayal of the American Dream (as well as Kenneth Anger’s subversive touchstone FIREWORKS and Todd Haynes’s First A...

In episode thirty-eight of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Brad Bird’s return to Pixar in INCREDIBLES 2, as well as their favorite films animated by the studio. Ben decries the director’s Baby Boomerness while simultaneously relating to bouncing id baby Jack-Jack, Daniel appreciates the way Bird furthers his narrative through action but wonders whether he’s fully g...

In episode thirty-seven of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Ari Aster’s Sundance horror sensation HEREDITARY before launching into a career mini-retrospective for its much-celebrated star (and inimitable Aussie icon) Toni Collette. Ben feels deeply skeptical towards the film’s relationship between homage and rip-off, Daniel finds its projection of doomsday anxiety s...

In episode thirty-sex of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel would have yelled over each other about John Cameron Mitchell’s HOW TO TALK TO GIRLS AT PARTIES if it had been released in theaters for longer than six days so instead they take a page from Jenna Maroney’s book and discuss a few movies that fall under her suggestion “what if the theme was sl*ts?” - but in a very sex positive way. Brand...

In episode thirty-five of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about the latest spinoff from a galaxy far, far away - SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY. They dig deep into Ron Howard’s genre-mashing origin tale, whether Chewie made the right choice in joining the ragtag team of rebels, and how the film impacts the franchise and its mission statement moving forward. Ben begins his Summe...

In episode thirty-four of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Paul Schrader’s climate change crisis of faith film FIRST REFORMED. Ben brings up Bresson’s country priest, Daniel calls back to Bergman’s wintry priest, and Brandon spreads the gospel according to DEADPOOL 2. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In episode thirty-three of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other - and the hyper-ambient soundscapes of Lucrecia Martel - about the Argentinian auteur’s latest descent into subliminal disorientation, ZAMA. They also discuss Martel’s previous three films - LA CIÉNAGA, THE HOLY GIRL, & THE HEADLESS WOMAN - and how they inform the riddles of her most recent masterwork, and ma...

In episode thirty-two of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Jason Reitman, Diablo Cody, and Charlize Theron’s big screen reunion in TULLY. They also discuss Angels in America, camping, YOUNG ADULT, mental illness, UP IN THE AIR, Brentwood problems, and a few Oscar snubs. Ben rates the actresses of Three Tall Women, Daniel defends mermaids, and Brandon stands up for he...

In episode thirty-one of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Chloé Zhao’s poetic slice of Badlands realness in THE RIDER. From there they jump off into the roots of Italian Neorealism with ROME, OPEN CITY and the American Independent cinema’s current fascination with hyper-realism in the films of Sean Baker and the Safdies. Ben delivers the Rossellini keynote, Daniel l...

In episode thirty of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Andrew Haigh’s boy-and-his-horse odyssey through rural white America, LEAN ON PETE - but all they really want to talk about is Steven Spielberg’s WWI picaresque equine picture WAR HORSE. Ben argues passionately that its unabashed emotionality and striking images make it Spielberg’s best in years, Daniel sends its...

In episode twenty-nine of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Lynne Ramsay, Queen of Scots’s blunt force thriller YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE before pummeling themselves with her previous three features WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN, MORVERN CALLAR, and RATCATCHER. Ben wonders whether we should discuss her latest film in conversation with the Safdies’s GOOD TIME, Daniel t...

In episode twenty-eight of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Steven Spielberg’s big-budget gamer romp READY PLAYER ONE - his first “movie” since THE POST, a “film,” was released theatrically four months ago - as well as other films like THE MATRIX and STRANGE DAYS that also conquer the digital terrain of virtual reality. Ben deals with an outside threat in A QUIET PL...

In episode twenty-seven of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Steven Soderbergh’s Jack-nasty asylum thriller UNSANE, starring past and future queen Claire Foy. They also discuss Samuel Fuller’s seminal SHOCK CORRIDOR, George Cukor’s classic thriller GASLIGHT, and other work from the prolific Mr. Soderbergh. Ben suggests a clear consonant tell for when British actors t...

In episode twenty-six of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Wes Anderson’s latest set of meticulous miniatures and second stop-motion animated feature ISLE OF DOGS. They discuss the rough melancholy of its central canine characters and decry the lack of cultural sensitivity within its human world, while also digging into Anderson’s other work and sparring especially o...

In episode twenty-five of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel take a step back into the closet and break its doors down with LOVE, SIMON, the first major American studio film to follow a gay teen in the lead role on his journey to come out. Your fav film f*gz get real personal as they share their own recollections of high school life in the closet, and celebrate the film on its own genre terms a...

In episode twenty-four of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Ava DuVernay’s history-making first foray into big-budget filmmaking, the long-awaited Disney adaption of Madeleine L’Engle’s A WRINKLE IN TIME. In addition to its empowering message for young girls and overwhelming quantity of adult queens, they also discuss DuVernay’s cinematic roots in her previous three...

In episode twenty-three of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about the Jennifer Lawrence sexual espionage-cum-state sanctioned humiliation vehicle RED SPARROW, and whether all the folks involved were able to pull off the Soviet SHOWGIRLS lurking in the shadows of its black heart. They also touch on some American actress-led action thrillers of the 1990s as well as the resu...

In episode twenty-two of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about the tenth anniversary of the 80th Academy Awards, especially the five films nominated for Best Picture: NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, ATONEMENT, JUNO, MICHAEL CLAYTON, and THERE WILL BE BLOOD. Ben serves Karen Crowder Omaha business realness, Daniel recounts a fateful double feature and a feisty Plainview-adjacent...

In a Very Special episode twenty-one of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each about their extremely informed, unbiased, and frankly spectacular predictions for the 90th Academy Awards. Together your fav film f*gz tackle the most pressing questions around this year’s ceremony: Why was there only one nominee this year in Best Adapted Screenplay? Will Adam Rippon put Agnès Varda’s Osca...

In episode twenty of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Ryan Coogler’s groundbreaking superhero film BLACK PANTHER, and how his sensibilities as a director in FRUITVALE STATION and CREED mesh with or against the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Everyone feels wildly different about the film but all can agree on two points: (1) Michael B. Jordan is sad, beautiful, and the fi...

In episode nineteen of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about the climactic, free association finale of the greatest comedy franchise of all time: FIFTY SHADES FREED. Afterwards they love-tackle a handful of Hollywood psychosexual thrillers from the 1980s and 90s and explore how they relate (or don’t) to the splashy sex-positive saga of Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey...

In episode eighteen of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film - this year’s slate of nominees, historical oversights and canon classics in the category, and what all those titles say about the taste of this Academy branch over the years. In what appears to be an agreeable year on the surface, your fav film f*gz dig in to vigorously...