The Binge Movie Podcast

After debriefing this year's pandemic Oscars, we review Joe Wright’s misbegotten THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW, Taylor Sheridan’s riveting THOSE WHO WISH ME DEAD, Mike Rianda and Jeff Rowe’s delightful THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES, Nikole Beckwith’s tender TOGETHER TOGETHER, and Azazel Jacobs’ uneven FRENCH EXIT.

It’s strange bedfellows this week on The Binge, in which we mix Adam Wingard’s stupidly fun spectacle GODZILLA VS. KONG with three considerably more taxing films: Emma Seligman’s caustic cringe comedy SHIVA BABY, Oliver Hermanus’ apartheid military drama MOFFIE, and Ricky Staub’s scared-straight morality tale CONCRETE COWBOY.

On this episode we review two Oscar hopefuls, Florian Zeller’s THE FATHER starring Anthony Hopkins and Thomas Vinterberg’s ANOTHER ROUND starring Mads Mikkeksen, and two Oscar doubtfuls, Amy Poehler’s MOXIE and Tate Taylor’s BREAKING NEWS IN YUBA COUNTY.

It’s another super-sized episode full of heavy hitters! We disagree over the Midwestern realness of BARB AND STAR GO TO VISTA DEL MAR, parse where NOMADLAND sits in Frances McDormand’s pantheon of roles, praise Lee Isaac Chung’s family drama MINARI, lament the sprawling wreckage of Lee Daniels’ THE UNITED STATES VS. BILLIE HOLIDAY, revel in the proudly amoral I CARE A LOT, and get into an unexpect...

In our first new episode of 2021, we round up six notable releases from this very peculiar awards season: Emerald Fennell’s provocative PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN, Shaka King’s enraging JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH, Sam Levinson’s painful MALCOLM & MARIE, Regina King’s edifying ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI, Kornél Mundruczó’s uneven PIECES OF A WOMAN, and John Lee Hancock’s derivative THE LITTLE THINGS.

In our final new releases episode of 2020, we evaluate the year’s unprecedented Christmas Day streaming mega-releases, WONDER WOMAN 1984 and SOUL, as well as George Clooney’s phone-friendly THE MIDNIGHT SKY and Eugene Ashe’s tender Black romance SYLVIE’S LOVE.

In this super-sized December episode, we disagree on the failings of Ryan Murphy’s queer musical comedy THE PROM, agree on the failings of Francis Lee’s period lesbian romance AMMONITE, hail Chadwick Boseman’s final performance in George C. Wolfe’s MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM, discuss our own cruise memories in relation to Steven Soderbergh’s LET THEM ALL TALK, are underwhelmed by David Fincher’s MAN...

We take issue with the toxic dysfunction at the core of Clea DuVall’s HAPPIEST SEASON, eviscerate the lack of compassion in Ron Howard’s HILLBILLY ELEGY, praise Paul Bettany in Alan Ball’s UNCLE FRANK, compare the first two episodes in Steve McQueen’s SMALL AXE, and throw up our hands at Ben Falcone’s SUPERINTELLIGENCE

In our first post-2020 election episode, we review Jason Woliner’s perfectly of-its-moment BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM, Zoe Lister-Jones’ thoughtful reimagining THE CRAFT: LEGACY, Miranda July’s cathartic farce KAJILLIONAIRE, Robert Zemeckis’ DOA remake of THE WITCHES, and Justin Simien’s polarizing horror comedy BAD HAIR.

In our first episode since Jason’s turbulent rebirth as an Angeleno, we review Liz Garbus and Lisa Cortes’ essential voter suppression doc ALL IN: THE FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY, Aaron Sorkin’s electric courtroom opus THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7, Julie Taymor’s dreadful Gloria Steinem pseudo-biopic THE GLORIAS, Maïmouna Doucouré’s unjustly vilified CUTIES, and Radha Blank’s hilarious knockout debut THE FO...

We review the long-overdue but impressively effective BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC, Charlie Kaufman’s inexplicable I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS, Jeremy Hersh’s explosive ethical drama THE SURROGATE, and in a meta moment we couldn’t resist, The Binge reviews the teen party romp THE BINGE.

In our last episode of summer 2020 (such as it is), we review Seth Rogen’s dual performance in Branson Trost’s AN AMERICAN PICKLE, James Lebrecht and Nicole Newnham’s enlightening documentary CRIP CAMP, Chelsea Peretti in Andrea Dorfman’s SPINSTER, and Gillian Jacobs in Kris Rey’s I USED TO GO HERE.

We review Karen Maine’s Catholic coming-of-age sex comedy YES, GOD, YES; the blood-boiling but essential ACLU vs. Trump doc THE FIGHT; Amy Seimetz’s unclassifiable contagion mood piece SHE DIES TOMORROW; and Romola Garai’s boring-until-it-isn’t gothic horror film AMULET.

We review Gina Prince-Bythewood’s inclusive action saga THE OLD GUARD, Cristina Costantini and Kareem Tabsch’s beguiling Walter Mercado documentary MUCHO MUCHO AMOR, Dave Franco’s Airbnb horror flick THE RENTAL, and Natalie Erika James’ dark dementia fable RELIC.

In the first episode of our by-popular-demand new biweekly format, we review five movies from the first half of July: David Dobkin’s unexpectedly gentle musical comedy EUROVISION SONG CONTEST: THE STORY OF FIRE SAGA, Max Barbakow’s hilarious and thought-provoking romcom PALM SPRINGS, Kelly Reichardt’s tender ode to friendship FIRST COW, Hirokazu Kore-eda’s French mother-daughter dramedy THE TRUTH,...

In which we celebrate Pride with a grueling death-march marathon of seven in-depth film reviews, joined by our dear friend Jen “Memaw” Chochinov: Judd Apatow’s amiable Pete Davidson vehicle THE KING OF STATEN ISLAND, Jon Stewart’s misbegotten political satire IRRESISTIBLE, Spike Lee’s frenetic Vietnam thriller DA 5 BLOODS, Sasie Sealy’s satisfying action-comedy LUCKY GRANDMA, Josephine Decker’s un...

In our latest all-streaming roundup, we offer our (unanimous!) opinions of THE HIGH NOTE with Dakota Johnson and Tracee Ellis Ross, THE LOVEBIRDS with Kumail Nanjiani and Issa Rae, Alice Wu’s THE HALF OF IT, HOW TO BUILD A GIRL starring Beanie Feldstein, Andrew Patterson’s THE VAST OF NIGHT, and DRIVEWAYS with Hong Chau and Brian Dennehy.

In our second quarantine installment, we again review the best and brightest in the month’s streaming new release movies, from the supernatural romps of ONWARD and EXTRA ORDINARY to the teen-girl psychodrama of NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS and SELAH AND THE SPADES.

In our first remote edition during the pandemic, we review three new releases that can be watched at home since we no longer have movie theaters: Pete Davidson’s first starring role in BIG TIME ADOLESCENCE, the stylized pica drama SWALLOW, and the small-town feminist crime caper BLOW THE MAN DOWN.

In our February edition, we recap the Oscars and review five movies we’ve both fully seen: THE INVISIBLE MAN, PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE, HARLEY QUINN: BIRDS OF PREY, COME TO DADDY, and DOWNHILL.

In our first episode of 2020, we assess Sam Mendes’ sudden Oscar frontrunner 1917, dueling death row dramas JUST MERCY and CLEMENCY, and delightful January garbage LIKE A BOSS.

Rebecca and Jason each count down their five favorite (and least favorite) movies of the year, with more than a few surprises along the way...and, most importantly, a comprehensive discussion of the true movie of the year: CATS.

In our December review roundup, we offer a Christmas feast including capsule reviews of THE TWO POPES, KNIVES OUT, A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, and STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER, plus full reviews of LITTLE WOMEN, BOMBSHELL, and UNCUT GEMS.

Our new monthly movie roundups continue with fan-favorite special guest Ashley De La Torre. We discuss Edward Norton’s MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN, Kasi Lemmons’ HARRIET, Trey Edward Shults’ WAVES, Alma Har’el’s HONEY BOY, Melina Matsoukas’ QUEEN & SLIM, and Noah Baumbach’s MARRIAGE STORY.

In our first-ever monthly episode, we dive into four of October’s biggest and/or best movies: JOKER, PARASITE, JOJO RABBIT, and PAIN & GLORY. We’ve both seen all four and are ready to debate!