Pivotal Film

Mario and Tom talk about a couple of newiwsh flicks that have just hit streaming Bardo; A False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (4:45), and Bones and All (18:00). Then they discuss their worst movies of the year (40:15).

Mario and Tom talk about a trio of films: She Said (13:30), Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio (28:00), and Joanna Hogg's new one, The Eternal Daughter (47:45).

Mario and Tom react to the latest Sight and Sound Greatest Films of all Time List.

Mario and Tom talk about the new Steven Spielberg movie, The Fabelmans (16:30) before engaging in some discussion around the impending release of BFI's Sight and Sound 100 list: their hopes, their dreams, their fears, and what films must be on the new list (1:09:00).

Mario and Tom issue a classic episode and talk about a whole bunch of brand new and newish releases for over two hours: Barbarian (7:30), Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (24:00), Armageddon Time (38:00), The Banshees of Inisherin (57:45), Tar (1:23:45).

Mario and Tom talk on Zoom about the newest entry in the Halloween franchise, Halloween Ends.

Mario and Tom catch up on some films they hadnt had a chance to talk about as well as some new stuff: Bodies, Bodies, Bodies (4:00), Prey (17:30), Men (35:30), and Nope (1:03:45).

Mario, Tom, Jeff, and JP talk about some of this year's MCU shenanigans: Dr. Strange (10:00), Thor (35:30), shows (1:26:15). There is some technical weirdness in this episode. Our deepest apologies.

Mario and Tom begin this two part episode by having a loose discussion about movies so far in 2022, before settling on their thoughts on the Daniel's indie hit, Everything Everywhere All at Once.

Mario and Tom talk about their favorite movies of the year so far: Mario - X (Ti West), Petit Maman (Celine Sciamma), The Northman (Robert Eggers), Happening (Audrey Diwan), On the Count of Three (Jerrod Carmichael). Tom - The Batman (Matt Reeves), Petit Maman (Celine Sciamma), Vortex (Gaspar Noe), After Yang (Kogonada), Mad God (Phil Tippett)

Mario and Tom try to get comfortable with podcasting again in an uncomfortable setting, specifically among the fleshy films of David Cronenberg. They talk about some classic Cron - Naked Lunch (12:30), Crash (32:30), ExistenZ (59:30), before digging into his new film Crimes of the Future (1:27:30). ON TAP!!! A collaboration between Skygazer and Abomination Brewing - Dream Sphere, a sour ale brewed...

Mario and Tom continue their discussion of the best movies of the year by revealing their lists of the 10 best films of 2021.

Mario and Tom discuss their favorite movies of 2021. (Time Stamps forthcoming, if thats something you care about).

Mario and Tom discuss their least favorite movies of 2021.

Mario starts the show off by talking about his top 5 video games of the year (6:15), then giving his thoughts on the newest installment of the "Scream" franchise (24:45). Then Mario and Tom dig into Joel Coen's "The Tragedy of Macbeth," now streaming on Apple TV +, starring Denzel Washington and Frances Mcdormand, (49:15). Finally, they have an impromptu discussion about their favorite animated mo...

Mario, Tom, and JP, talk about some rock docs from this year, before getting into a heated disagreement about Paul Thomas Anderson's "Licorice Pizza"(1:03:30).

Mario and Tom start this episode by talking about their most anticipated movies of 2022 (1:15). Then they talk about whole bunch of new releases: Don't Look Up (1:0045), The Matrix: Resurrections (1:13:00), Benedetta (1:32:00), C'mon, C'mon(2:04:00), and The Lost Daughter (2:25:15).

Mario and Tom took a trip to the IFC Center in New York to see the new film from Apichatpong Weerasethakul's new film "Memoria." SPOLIERS START AT (20:20). IF YOU DONT WANT TO HEAR WHAT HAPPENS IN THE MOVIE TURN IT OFF BEFORE THEN. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

Mario and Tom are joined by Mario's buddy Jeff, to talk about Aaron Sorkin's new waste of time "Being the Ricardos" (4:50), the new Gulliermo Del Toro noir "NIghtmare Alley" (19:45), and the new MCU flick "Spiderman: No Way Home" (1:07:00), all while drinking Santa! I know Him - a FESTIVE SAISON from Evil Genius in Philly (Tom did not like it)http://evilgeniusbeer.com/beers/

Mario and Tom start by talking about "Coda," (8:15) now streaming on Apple TV +. The they discuss "Boiling Point," (52:45) available to rent wherever you get movies, for like an hour before ranting about the state of movies and their awards, all while drinking Fog Nog from Abomination Brewing Co - https://www.abominationbrewing.com/.

Sorry the episode is late! Mario and Tom try to keep up with all the new releases recently: Encanto (9:15), 8-Bit Christmas (21:15), The Humans (33:45), Spencer (1:01:00, and The Power of the Dog (1:17:15). They also drink some more Christmas beers: 2XMAS Ale from Southern Tier -https://stbcbeer.com/beers/2xmas-ale/ - AND Ho Ho Hope for the Kids from Counter Weight -https://www.counterweightbrewin...

Mario and Tom start this episode talking about the "Home Alone" reboot, "Home Sweet Home Alone," before starting in on Lin-Manuel Miranda's "Tick, Tick...BOOM!" (16:00), the Will Smith vehicle "King Richard" (47:30), and Kenneth Branagh's "Belfast" (1:19:00). On tap! "Baby Elves" from East Hampton, CT's Fat Orange Cat - https://fatorangecatbrewco.com/2021/11/04/open-air-drive-thru-thursday-menu-ad...

Mario and Tom talk about a few of the falls big releases: "The French Dispatch" (3:00), Marvel's "Eternals" (17:45), "Dune" (41:30), and Rebecca Hall's masterful "Passing" starring Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga (1:13:30).

Mario and Tom throw down some Miller High Life's and talk about some recent releases: "Last Night in Soho" (8:45), "Halloween Kills" (27:00), and "Titane" (56:45)

Mario and Tom talk about some recently released horror flicks: The new "Candyman" (5:45), the new James Wan film "Malignant" (33:15), and the terrific under-the-radar, "Censor" (1:02:15).