TEAM INSOMNIAC'S TRIPTYCH

Look at us, listeners. It’s all for you. To celebrate Briggs’ birthday, as well as the 50th anniversary of the first Omen, but not The First Omen, the boys watched the first 3 movies about good ol Damien Thorn! MOVIES DISCUSSED: THE OMEN (1976) DAMIEN: THE OMEN II (1978) THE FINAL CONFLICT (1981)

It’s time to pay a visit to the MCU’s littlest Florida Man! Antman’s movies are overall pretty funny but also split the difference between being utterly disposable and also bearing the weight of future MCU movies.

Two young men from Minnesota set out with a simple dream, a dream of making mildly surreal genre pastiches with character actors and beautiful cinematography, and I'm talkin' about the Coen Brothers here, and their first 3 movies shot by the iconic Barry Sonnenfeld. Blood Simple (1984) Raising Arizona (1987) Miller's Crossing (1990)

Somehow, Triptych returned. And we're still the ONLY PODCAST TO EVER COVER STAR WARS? That's nuts. Today we cover the prequels that sent shock waves through the fandom. Everyone likes the Star Wars Prequels, right? Featuring BANVILLE! The Phantom Menace (1999) Attack of the Clones (2002) Revenge of the Sith (2005)] Check out our new short film! https://youtu.be/UEb0jMVc-mo?si=HEVx1ACpB3sne...

The boys cut loose and dive in to the first three seasons of SMILING FRIENDS, the Bible of Triptych. We also dive into the history of the Newgrounds and Adult Swim animators that made our childhoods so wonderfully weird. EDIT: We made this prior to learning that Michael Cusack and Zach Hadel decided to end the Smiling Friends after season 3. This is a hard day for all of us.

2025 brought more than it's fair share of awful shit, but the movies were pretty good! The boys discuss the highs and lows of the cinematic year, as well as the first quarter of the 21st century, and look towards the future with that same combination of dread and wonder that defines Team Insomniac.

For some of us, it’s Christmas. And for some of those people, Christmas means Die Hard. Too bad they only made 3 of these. MOVIES DISCUSSED: Die Hard (1988)Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990)Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)

It may be Black Friday, but we've got Three Colours to talk about. The boys step into the sad, beautiful, weird and ecstatic world of Krzysztof Kieslowski's Three Colours trilogy. We laughed, we cried, we recycled. MOVIES DISCUSSED: THREE COLOURS: BLUE (1993) THREE COLOURS: WHITE (1994) THREE COLOURS: RED (1994)

You can check out any time you want, but you can NEVER leave. The boys explore the darkest corners of the mind as they witness two titans, Adam Sandler and Genndy Tartakovsky, as they both try to make their vision of what a Hotel Transylvania should be. MOVIES DISCUSSED: HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA (2012) HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2 (2015) HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3: SUMMER VACATION (2018) Check out our new short film:...

The boys go up to New England for some fresh air, and see 3 Stephen King adaptations made at the height of his popularity in the 1980s, produced by the Godfather of Cheap Cinema, Dino De Laurentis! Movies Discussed: The Dead Zone (1983) Firestarter (1985) Silver Bullet (1986)

With Halloween just around the corner, the boys decide to check out a new movie that is it's own triptych. We watched PREDATOR: KILLER OF KILLERS, currently streaming on Hulu. Hold on to your spines!

Whatever happened to truth, justice, and the American way? The boys team up with Paul the American Culture Critic to discuss Superman: his first time on the big screen, his divisive follow up, and the Brandon Routh attempt to take it back to the old school. It's hard to make a good Superman but when they get it right, there's nothing like it. MOVIES DISCUSSED:Superman: The Movie (1978)Supe...

This month, the boys put on their best suits, light up a smoke, and do not talk to their wives. That's right, it's hard to be a MANN, especially with that extra N. We watched 3 of Michael Mann's iconic police procedural pictures, including the epic HEAT. Movies Discussed: Manhunter  (1986) Heat  (1995)  Miami Vice  (2006)

To celebrate 40 years of Stuart Gordon's Re-Animator, the Triptych boys follow the journey of one of our favorite mad scientists, Herbert West! Lovecraft's most autobiographical character. MOVIES DISCUSSED: RE-ANIMATOR (1985) BRIDE OF RE-ANIMATOR (1990) BEYOND RE-ANIMATOR (2003)

Here at Team Insomniac we would never pit two artists against each other, but we will definitely pit a father against his son! It's the first ever Triptych SMACKDOWN! David Cronenberg, the master of body horror, goes up against his brood, Brandon Cronenberg. Who wore it better? We compare each of theses cinematic titans' first 3 gooey movies. As always the winner is us, the people who get...

We pay tribute to one of our favorite directors by dipping into 3 movies that display David Lynch’s assent from arthouse outsider to cultural icon. Movies Discussed: ERASERHEAD (1977)BLUE VELVET (1986)WILD AT HEART (1990)

The government might be trying to erase trans people but we’re not! We watched 3 movies about the trans experience, each more interesting and beautiful than the last. Movies discussed: T-BLOCKERS (2023)THE PEOPLE’S JOKER (2022)I SAW THE TV GLOW (2024)

In our first live episode the boys dive into 90s anime at the Animate Miami con! Technical issues abound . Movies Discussed: Ghost in the Shell (1995)Perfect Blue (1997)Princess Mononoke (1997)

2024 was a mixed bag, but the movies were pretty good! Here’s a last look at the epic, the strange and the Substances we enjoyed last year. Spoiler alert for the entire year.

50 episodes of Triptych! The boys celebrate by plugging in to the most influential scifi franchise of the early 2000s. It’s the Matrix, folks. Shit gets real, but also unreal. You think that’s air you’re breathing? Movies Discussed: The Matrix (1999) The Matrix Reloaded (2003) The Matrix Revolutions (2003)

It's Friday the 13th so the boys went back to Crystal Lake, and also space, for the New Line Jason Movies. It's the good, the bad, and the Jason X!Movies Discussed: Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday  (1993) Jason X  (2002) Freddy vs. Jason  (2003)

Godzilla wasn’t always the fun loving Squishmellow that Legendary Pictures makes him out to be. Like all of us he has good days and bad days. The boys tackle 3 excellent movies where Godzilla is the BAD GUY. Movies discussed: GOJIRA (1954) THE RETURN OF GODZILLA (1984) GODZILLA MINUS ONE (2023)

The boys go back in time to explore superstition, paranoia and toxic masculinity through the ages with Robert Eggers, to celebrate Halloween and the inbound release of Eggers’ NOSEFERATU. From the humble haunting of The Vvitch to the hallucinatory heights of The Northman, Eggers has proven to be one of the most interesting and innovative filmmakers working today, who challenges and rewards his aud...

The Halloween celebration continues as the boys dive into the GHOSTBUSTERS franchise. Movies Discussed: Ghostbusters (1984) Ghostbusters 2 (1989) Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)

The boys ring in Fall with their favorite episodes of TREEHOUSE OF HORROR.