The Binge Movie Podcast

For what might be the only time so far this year, we’ve both seen one of the movies and we absolutely love it: Lorene Scafaria’s feminist crime caper HUSTLERS. Jason also recounts the many failings of THE GOLDFINCH and is captivated by the expressiveness of Keira Knightley’s jaw in OFFICIAL SECRETS.

After catching up about their first foray into international travel and Rebecca’s delayed reviews of Tarantino’s latest (and also NOTTING HILL), Jason surprises her by loving the Jillian Bell comedy BRITTANY RUNS A MARATHON, then they dive into the murky waters of controversial faux-trans romance ADAM and the hard-hitting exposé ONE CHILD NATION.

After doing our first-ever Tarantino review for ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, we take on two stellar docs: the Syrian exposé FOR SAMA and a 4K restoration of the drag classic THE QUEEN.

When three working mics suddenly become two, sometimes a guest becomes a cohost! At least that’s what happens this week, when Rebecca nobly sacrifices herself so that special guest Nick Sahoyah can join Jason for reviews of THE LION KING, THE FAREWELL, and SWORD OF TRUST.

After recapping our 2019 Pride weekends, we assess SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME as a winning finale to phase 3 of the MCU, go in-depth on the chilling visuals of Ari Aster’s buzzy horror pic MIDSOMMAR, and celebrate the new 4K rerelease of Jennie Livingston’s classic doc PARIS IS BURNING.

In which we herald the arrival of major new talent Jessie Buckley in the musical drama WILD ROSE, are extremely divided in our response to the wild Portuguese farce DIAMANTINO, and appreciate the thorough portrait assembled by TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM.

We’re blown away by the ravishingly beautiful and poignant THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO, then crash back down to earth with Jim Jarmusch’s barely-there zombie comedy THE DEAD DON’T DIE and the deeply misguided buddy movie PAPI CHULO.

Jason rallies through his existential crisis about falling out of love with movies to join Rebecca for reviews of the new live-action ALADDIN, Olivia Wilde’s teen comedy BOOKSMART, and Olivier Assayas’ French intellectual farce NON-FICTION.

We’re pleasantly surprised by the Diane Keaton cheerleading comedy POMS, stupefied by the boring and unfunny POKÉMON DETECTIVE PIKACHU, and wish CHARLIE SAYS had decided which Manson Girls story it wanted to tell.

Rebecca reflects on her journey into Marvel fandom as we review AVENGERS: ENDGAME, then Jason brings his JC LeRoy authority to J.T. LEROY and his pensive Christian praise to HAIL SATAN?

In which we wish LITTLE were as engaging as its performances; consider a particularly detestable hot take while comparing notes on Aretha Franklin’s AMAZING GRACE; and lament the uncharacteristic lack of humanity Mike Leigh brings to PETERLOO.

In which we celebrate Rebecca’s reluctant admission of Jason's valid and accurate review of Jordan Peele's US, have our worlds changed by new information about Positive K, and also review David F Sandberg's SHAZAM!, Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer's PET SEMATARY, and Kent Jones's DIANE.

In which we celebrate Rebecca’s birthday by reviewing three movies she hasn’t seen: Jordan Peele’s US, Jesse Eisenberg and Alexander Skarsgard in THE HUMMINGBIRD PROJECT, and Christian Petzold’s TRANSIT.

After a lengthy hiatus, Rebecca and Jason are back to recap what the hell they’ve been doing for the last two months before diving into reviews of CAPTAIN MARVEL, GLORIA BELL, and THE GOSPEL OF EUREKA.

We start the year on a note of discord by disagreeing on all three movies this week: the Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic ON THE BASIS OF SEX, the Dick Cheney biopic VICE, and Netflix meme-machine BIRD BOX.

It’s that time! Rebecca and Jason each count down their five top films of 2018 and name the one movie that most disappointed them.

After being pleasantly surprised by the half-century sequel MARY POPPINS RETURNS, we welcome back guest Ashley De La Torre for our review of one of the year’s best films, Barry Jenkins’ IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK.

We praise the powerhouse performances in BEN IS BACK and MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS while taking a few issues with their scripts, then celebrate the exhilaratingly fun freshness of SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE.

In a quickie episode about two of fall’s biggest and best movies, we weigh in on Yorgos Lanthimos’ darkly funny period drama THE FAVOURITE and Alfonso Cuarón's poetic, deeply personal ROMA.

On this episode, Rebecca and Jason are joined by special guest Ashley De La Torre (@AshleyDeLaTorre) for a review of Steve McQueen’s WIDOWS; then, they diverge in their takeaways from Jason Reitman’s THE FRONT RUNNER.

In which we’re collectively underwhelmed by three major fall releases: Joel Edgerton’s gay conversion therapy drama BOY ERASED, Luca Guadagnino’s phantasmagorical remake SUSPIRIA, and Bryan Singer’s Freddie Mercury biopic BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY.

In a rare triple-Binge It episode, Rebecca and Jason break down their reasons for loving Melissa McCarthy in Marielle Heller’s CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?, Jonah Hill’s directorial debut MID90S, and Paul Dano’s directorial debut WILDLIFE.

We do our best to assess HALLOWEEN in the context of its 40-year legacy; try to describe our feelings about the addiction drama BEAUTIFUL BOY; and point out the pros and cons of the political psychological thriller THE OATH.

After Jason gives an update on meet-and-greet season, he and Rebecca dive headlong into the hard-hitting and essential new drama THE HATE U GIVE, find some potentially racist shade in Damien Chazelle’s FIRST MAN, and deafen the listeners with Jason’s Maggie Smith impression for TEA WITH THE DAMES.

We give our verdict on Lady Gaga’s big-screen acting debut in A STAR IS BORN, praise Robert Redford’s purported big-screen swan song in THE OLD MAN & THE GUN, and reassess our thoughts on the polarizing pop star profiled in MATANGI / MAYA / M.I.A.