Movies That Matter

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/V0fO410Tcco The entire Impact 10 team presents sports movies that feature someone breaking into a sport. Lexy discusses Cool Runnings , Christopher covers Chariots of Fire , Garret tackles Million Dollar Baby, Stacy takes on Bend It Like Beckham , and Nicole talks A League of Their Own . The team discusses why we like sports movies and the Olympics, what it means...

Impact 10 episode featuring Nicole, Christopher, and Garret discussing movies that gave us hope. Nicole covers Stand and Deliver and the hope that potential is never truly lost. Christopher covers Slumdog Millionaire and the hope that personal struggle will lead to positive outcomes. Garret covers Erin Brockovich and the hope that corporations can be held accountable. The discussion covers how per...

Garret and Nicole discuss Sound of Metal , how the beautiful cinematography balanced strong themes, how well the movie captures addiction, and how much the movie showcases deaf individuals in their normal lives. We get into some information about cochlear implants and the controversy among deaf people. Read how Riz Ahmed describes his experience learning about Deaf culture. Garret recommends learn...

Impact 10 with Stacy, Nicole, Christopher, and Lexy discusses indigenous cinema. Stacy covers westerns and The Searchers, Nicole gives a short retrospective on American Indian cinema and Smoke Signals, Christopher talks Maori culture and Whale Rider, and Lexy discusses Disney and Moana. We are joined by documentary filmmaker Suree Towfighnia in the discussion. Website Store YouTube Twitter Faceboo...

AUDIO ONLY VERSION. See our YouTube Channel for the video. Impact 10 with Nicole, Stacy, Garret, Christopher, and Lexy covers movies that taught us to be afraid. We highlight a selection of our own then discuss the role of fear in movies. Website Store YouTube Twitter Facebook group page

AUDIO ONLY VERSION Watch the video: https://youtu.be/Bl1nqRmFpAw This Impact 10 episode features Stacy, Lexy, Nicole and Garret discussing Queer Cinema. Stacy tackles award winners, Lexy talks activism and politics, Nicole covers AIDS and Garret discusses culture. We wade into how queer cinema and queer stories have changed over time. Website Store YouTube Twitter Facebook group page

Introducing Impact 10, a video series from Movies that Matter highlighting the movies that helped change the world. Website Store YouTube Twitter Facebook group page

Movie that Matter presents My Favorite Alien , the video panel created for Awesome Con online. Stacy, Garret, Lexy, and Christopher chooses a favorite movie alien to visit earth and explain the benefits to humanity.

Adam and Nicole discuss The Hunt , how the movie entertains as horror, but fails on satire, the ridiculousness of the whole controversy, some of our favorite satires, and how we think the coronovirus pandemic will affect the current political dynamic. Check out Citizen Ruth and Idiocracy . Read a timeline of the controversy from Vulture. Adam recommends Blue Ruin and Green Room . Nicole recommends...

Jen and Nicole discuss The Invisible Man , how effective the technique was in creating a scary movie, how we appreciate the focus on the emotional trauma rather than the physical trauma of domestic abuse, and how we feel about the revenge fantasy of domestic violence movies. We question why domestic violence hasn't had its #MeToo moment. Shout out to @lulamaybelle for her commentary on male critic...

Garrett E and Nicole discuss The Photograph , our differing opinions on the movie, what it takes to sell a romance and breakup, and the difference between what we're told and we're shown in the movie. We strongly disagree on whether the character's lack of good qualities made their romance unwatchable. Check out the article on how the movie was filmed. Nicole recommends Jumping the Broom and the a...

Stacy, Lexy, and Nicole discuss Birds of Prey , how delightful we found the film, and how much better we think the female led movies in the DCU are than in Marvel or the male side of DCU. We enjoy all the aspects that made this a movie by women for women. Check out the review we covered in Slate . Lexy recommends Michelle Khare on YouTube. Nicole recommends She Said , the book about how the Weinst...

Garret S and Nicole discuss Dolittle , how neither of us managed to power through the movie, the utterly bizarre accents of the live and voice actors, and the meaning animals have in our lives as adults and children. We recommend some of our favorite animal stories from childhood like Is Your Mama a Llama? and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland . Garret recommends His Dark Materials the books and on...

Stacy and Nicole discuss Like a Boss , how it's possible to make that unfunny a comedy with that cast, how the movie is both formulaic and misunderstands both women and the beauty industry, and how the movie should have tackled real issues in selling beauty to women. We find the movie tone-deaf in understanding the actual beauty industry and mining the depths of women's relationship to make up. Ca...

Christopher and Nicole discuss 1917 , the incredible craft of the movie, the balance it achieved in presenting the beautiful and the grotesque, the over-saturation of World War II as the "good war" versus other conflicts. We are happy to see such a beautifully crafted movie about World War I. Revisit George Carlin's routine on how we've dehumanized the words for battle trauma. Christopher recommen...

Christopher and Nicole discuss Queen & Slim , hotly debate the character of Queen/Angela, how much we appreciate the cinematography and music, and how well the movie explores the black experience. We debate whether the couple would have ended up dead if they had handled the cop differently. Read why the director and writer don't like the calling the movie a Bonnie and Clyde story. Christopher reco...

Garret S and Nicole discuss Knives Out , how much we loved the fun comedy and the social commentary, the camera techniques that fed into the theme of the film, and the complications of inherited wealth. The movie takes equal opportunity pot shots at the wealthy. For more ensemble mystery movie fun, check out the original Murder on the Orient Express . Garret recommends Sleuth , Clue , and The West...

Stacy and Nicole discuss A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood , and how overall it left us both cold, the movie's strange choice in telling the story of Lloyd instead of Mr. Rogers, and how the movie fails in every way to understand the dynamic of children estranged from a parent. We vastly prefer the documentary Won't You Be My Neighbor . We get personal on the topic of estrangement and forgivenes...

Adam and Nicole discuss Dr. Sleep , our overall enjoyment of the film as we pick apart some of the flaws, some of the differences between the book and the film, how quality horror connects with us, and the film's treatment of alcoholism. Read how Mike Flanagan discussed the film with Stephen King. Adam recommends Leaving Las Vegas. Check out our website where you can sign up for our newsletter and...

Jen and Nicole discuss Harriet , how the movie fell flat despite excellent performances by the cast, the serious problem with the black slave catcher character who was a grotesque stereotype, and how badly the supernatural element undercut the true heroism of Harriet Tubman. Ultimately, we're let down by the portrayal of Harriet Tubman's heroism as supernatural in place of a true understanding of...

Nicole and Garrett discuss Bad Times at the El Royale , how the quality of the cinematic elements don’t match the poor plot, the fact that the horror genre is making the highest quality films these days, and how genre films get snubbed by the Oscars. Read how The Guardian coined the sub-genre “post-horror” to describe the flourish of creativity happening in horror. Garrett recommends Free Fire and...

Garret and Nicole discuss Judy , our differing opinions on how much we liked it, how well we think Renee Zellweger captured Judy Garland,  how and why Judy Garland became a gay icon, and how camp is attracting more people. Read J. Bryan Lowder's meditation on whether gay culture is leaving camp behind. Nicole's research included this article from the BBC on the evolving role of Judy Garland in the...

Lexy and Nicole discuss Hustlers , the problem of not being willing to make the main character a calculating criminal, the portrayal of the dancers as athletes-- not sex objects, and how we think about exploitation in terms of crime and sex work. Read the article from The Cut that inspired the movie. We hearken back to our discussion of Widows and how perception of crime depends on who's perpetrat...

Lexy and Nicole discuss Brittany Runs A Marathon , the movie's relatable story of Brittany's struggle, our appreciation for Jillian Bell's non-stereotypical Hollywood body, and the body positivity movement and it's issues with weight loss. Read about some of the flak the movie caught for its weight loss story line in Quartzy and Runners World . Also read Shauntay Snell's story of being heckled dur...

Garret S and Nicole discuss Where'd You Go Bernadette , our wildly divergent opinions on the movie, the comparison to  the book, and the theme of re-finding your passion late in life and how it relates to the podcast we make. We discuss the juxtaposition of analog and digital creativity. Garret recommends Death of an Innocent , the original article that inspired Into the Wild , and Dead Poet's Soc...