Oscarbate

we are joined by Molly Lambert (HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story) to dig into Clint Eastwood’s divisive beast of a movie, American Sniper. We also use this as an excuse to further delve into the topic of Gay Clint

our fan favorite segment is back with 3 sizzling hot takes on 3 (or 2) sizzling hot movies: In Water, Padre Pio, and How to Blow up a Pipeline

we start with a few RIPS before getting into our latest Highs & Lows double feature of Chuck Russell’s THE MASK (1994) and Hiroshi Teshigahara’s THE FACE OF ANOTHER (1966), playing tonight at the Music Box Theatre in Chicago <br> https://musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-events/the-mask-the-face-of-another <br> patreon.com/Oscarbate

We are joined by filmmaker Louise Weard (Computer Hearts) to breakdown what makes and doesn't make a filmmaker one of those rare, low IQ beasts of the cinematic wild: the unchecked and elusive idiot auteur <br> https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/weardjupiter/untitled-louise-weard-castration-movie

we take a dive into the future of cinema through the special eyes of Joe Russo

sorry for the delay on this, computer tech continues to plague us but here we go: diving into the writers strike and what they are up against (and how you can stop these assholes)

we sit down with our buddy Jonathan Hertzberg of the blu ray label Fun City Editions for another round of talking shop

we break down our double feature playing May 2nd at the Music Box Theatre

ooowee it’s rundown the Cannes lineup time, and if you haven’t seen we have a patreon yet then sign up below please and get what we couldn’t say here patreon.com/Oscarbate

Matt from Chapo Trap House joins us to discuss the downfall of the movie world as it relates to theme parks, the Oscars, and effects work + a few thoughts on Gump and American sniper

The beep button gets a lot of use on this one

as we ramp up to our Robert Zemeckis retrospective, we have a nice chat with Filmmaker, Author, & Actress, Leslie Zemeckis & remind you all why you should already have your Marwen tix

We get into Babylon, Pacifiction, and Everything everyone all together at once

we come back to you all full of love in our hearts, our little hats clasped in our sweet dainty hands, with a few words of sincerity. But not for long, because we are re-charged and ready to get down and dirty with Netflix, AMC, the Daniels, China, and the possibility that the Oscars, as well as movies, may be done forever

We have returned full of that good good, addressing some recent brush ups we had, along with bringing you all the news you wanted to hear us go off on. We take to task Joyce Carol Oates, M3GAN, straight musicals, Kevin spacey and the rest of Italy, and our good wine boy, Francis Coppola. (Also we know we confused Deadly Blessing and Deadly Friend. It was a glaring error we know. We are not perfect...

As another year ends so another begins, and so with this, we begin anew. We stroll down the snowy meadows of time, and reflect pensively on the year and some of its cinematic offerings.

We get into the nitty gritty over the sight and sound controversy. Cameron and Rebecca from the Chicago Film Society join us in Hell

it’s over, we did it. Now back to other things for now. We round this puppy out with two stone cold stunners, Allied and Welcome to Marwen

breaking this up so we can do other things than pod for a few weeks…but in this one we hit on Flight and The Walk

curious about our Polar Express tease at the last H+L? What could it all Mean? for now, we dig into the world of motion capture for Zemeckis, which includes The Witches and yes, the wooden Italian boy known as…Pinocchio

we pause our timeline deep dive to give you this special gem of an episode. Just to prove we aren’t completely out our gourds, we enlist the help of legendary film critic and Zemeckis enthusiast, Dave Kehr, to illuminate just exactly what the hell it is we have been up to this last month

Another double feature primer, this time for our sweet deceased boy Jean Luc’s Keep Your Right Up, plus arguably Dante’s peak…Looney Tunes Back in Action. Both of these films play Tuesday at 7pm, in 35mm. You can purchase tickets below: https://musicboxtheatre.com/series-and-festivals/highs-lows-a-film-series

more Zemeckis talk as we continue through his post-Gump period: contact, what lies beneath, and cast away. They are all covered.

Returning once again to finish what we started. Thank god we are no longer indebted to peoples horror movie fetishism. Back to business, and we felt this needed it’s own spotlight. Let us convince you why you were all wrong about Forrest and Bubba and their time hopping antics. People, time to delete those trad letterboxd posts! You weren’t getting likes anyway

we take a pause from Zemeckis world (for a very good reason this time) to get back to our old tricks, as well as promote our upcoming double feature at the music box theatre…in sparkling 35mm! Let this be the skeleton key to help see you past and through the bleakness