The Film Club

This week at The Film Club we’re kicking off our Newvember Series with a twist, all of the films this month will be picked by our guests! This episode is all about the A24 film Under the Silver Lake. The film follows Sam an artist living in Silver Lake who’s aimlessly floating through life while occasionally indulging in conspiracies and hidden messages in pop culture. On the heels of being evicte...

Happy Halloween! 🎃. Today we are treating you with a bonus guest episode all about The Nightmare Before Christmas! The film is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year and what better way to conclude the month of October at The Film Club than with Jack The Pumpkin King. The film tells the story of Jack Skellington the King of Halloween Town who is tiring of the annual routine in his town and de...

This week at The Film Club we’re talking about the Queen of Halloween, Elvira Mistress of the Dark! The film tells the story of Horror TV Host Elvira Mistress of the Dark who aspires to be a Las Vegas Show Girl in her very own show. Elvira quits her hosting gig when she’s sexually assaulted by the new owner of the TV Station and after she quits she receives a telegram informing her that her Great...

This week at The Film Club we’re talking about the 80s horror comedy classic, Beetlejuice! The film tells the story of two families The Maitlands the recently deceased and The Deetzes the living who are fighting to live in the same house. After the Maitlands tragic death they face more heart break when a new family moves into their beloved home, but determined to scare out the new occupants they h...

This week at The Film Club we’re talking about Young Frankenstein! The film tells the story of Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (Fronkensteen) the grandson of the infamous Dr. Victor Frankenstein. Frederick learns that his great grandfather the Baron Von Frankenstein has passed away and has inherited his estate. After journeying to Transylvania to see his great grandfather’s estate Frederick meets his n...

This week at The Film Club we’re kicking off October with a new theme, Horror Comedies! To start this month of comedies we’re talking about an oldie but a goodie, Arsenic and Old Lace. The film follows Mortimer Brewster a writer and notorious denouncer of marriage has fallen in love with his neighbor Elaine and is secretly eloping with her on Halloween. After the newlyweds tie the knot they return...

This week at The Film Club we are concluding David Lynch month with a guest episode talking about a film that’s regarded as one of Lynch’s finest films, Mulholland Drive. The film takes place in the Hollywood Hills where a woman survives a deadly car crash, though she has minor injuries she does forget her identity. She makes the long treck back to Los Angeles on foot and sees a woman finishing th...

This week at The Film Club we’re talking about the romantic crime drama, Wild at Heart. The film tells the story of star crossed lovers Sailor and Lula who are torn away from each other when Sailor goes to jail after killing a man who was attacking him with a knife. Lula’s mother was the person who hired the knife wielding man because she wanted Sailor out of her daughter’s life forever but Lula’s...

This week at The Film Club we have a guest episode and we’re talking about the Neo-Noir mystery film, Blue Velvet. The film follows Jeffrey Beaumont a college student who has returned to his hometown of Lumberton, North Carolina after his father suffers a massive heart attack. While walking home from the hospital Jeffrey discovers a severed human ear in an abandoned lot, Jeffrey then decides to ta...

This week at The Film Club we’re celebrating the month of September Dean’s birthday month with one of his favorite Directors! September is all about David Lynch movies and we’re starting off the month with one of his greatest films, The Elephant Man. The film takes place in late 19th century London where we meet surgeon Frederick Treves who is wandering through a Victorian Freak Show and comes acr...

This week at The Film Club we’re concluding our Mummy Franchise Month with the film that was supposed to be the beginning of the Dark Universe, The Mummy (the Tom Cruise one; not the 1999 cinematic classic). The film takes place in present day London where a construction crew discovers a lost tomb of Crusader Knights and amongst the crusaders is an Egyptian Ruby belonging to an Egyptian Princess n...

This week at The Film Club we’re talking about the final installment of The Mummy Trilogy, Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. The film takes place a decade after the events of The Mummy Returns, we learn that Rick and Evie have retired from adventuring. Their son Alex is on an archaeological dig and helps discover The Dragon Emperor’s tomb. While exploring the tomb traps are set off killing people apart...

This week at The Film Club we’re talking about The Mummy Returns the sequel to the 1999 classic The Mummy. The Mummy Returns takes place ten years after the events of The Mummy, Rick O’Connell and Evie Carnahan (now O’Connell) are married with a son named Alex. The O’Connell family are explorers who travel and explore ancient ruins however during their latest exploration they discover the Bracelet...

This month at The Film Club we’re talking about The Mummy Franchise! And this week we’re going back to Hamunaptra and talking about the 1999 classic The Mummy. The film tells the story of Imhotep a high priest in Ancient Egypt who falls in love with Anck-su-namun the fiancé of the Pharaoh Seti I and when caught the lovers kill the Pharaoh. Imoteph is put to death and cursed, this leaves the Medjai...

This week at The Film Club we’re concluding Foreign Films Month with a guest episode that discusses the sci-fi epic that is Stalker. Stalker directed by Andrei Tarkovsky tells the story of a man who acts as a Stalker leading people to a forbidden extraterrestrial place called the Zone. In the zone there’s a building called the Room that allegedly grants wishes to those who enter. The stalker has b...

This week at The Film Club we’re talking about one of the most influential films of all time, Seven Samurai. The film takes place in 1586 in a farming village that is struggling to survive because of relentless attacks from bandits. The bandits threaten to destroy the village when the next harvest arrives, which leads the villagers into having to ask the samurai for help saving their village. This...

This week at The Film Club we’re talking about a Jean Renoir classic, The Grand Illusion. The film takes place in a German prison camp during the First World War and we follow a group of French soldiers who have been brought to the camp to serve time. Upon arrival the soldiers meet the aristocrat German Officer Von Rauffenstien who immediately connects with the French Captain Boeldieu who also has...

This week at The Film Club we’re kicking off a new month with a new theme and new series: Foreign Films Month! Our first installment is the German expressionist film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. The film tells the story of Best Friends Francis and Alan who are visiting a carnival, they encounter a peculiar man named Dr. Caligari who is one of the acts at the carnival. Caligari wows the crowd with...

This week at The Film Club we conclude Movies About Movies Month with one of the greatest movies of all time, Sunset Boulevard. The film tells the stories of Joe Gillis a struggling Screenwriter and Norma Desmond a former Silent Film Actress who meet by chance and begin a chain of events that will lead to a murder. Norma hires Joe to work on a screenplay of her life that will lead her back to the...

This week at The Film Club we’re talking about the legendary Director James Whale who brought some of our favorite movie monsters to life on the big screen. Gods and Monsters tells the story of the last days of James Whale’s life as well as showing us how he came to be the Hollywood legend through flashbacks of his directorial career, life on the battlefield, and his childhood. James strikes up a...

This week at Film Club at the Movies we’re talking about The Flash! Warning this episode contains spoilers! Worlds collide when the Flash (Barry Allen) learns he can time travel and change things in his past. Despite the warnings from Bruce Wayne and movies about time travel Barry decides to go back in time and fix his past. Join us as we discuss this thrill ride that is The Flash ⚡️. “I’m Batman...

This week at The Film Club we’re talking about the legend that is Chaplin! This biopic about Charlie Chaplin spans almost 80 years of his life. The film is told through an elder Charlie Chaplin as he’s working on his autobiography and we start with his poverty stricken childhood which would reveal his talent for the stage ultimately leading him to becoming a great vaudevillian actor. Charlie’s tim...

This week at The Film Club we’re talking about our first silent film on the podcast, The Artist. The film tells the story of the beautiful Hollywoodland days and the shining star that is George Valentin who is an action star in silent pictures. During the premiere of his latest film he accidentally meets an aspiring actress named Peppy Miller who is so charming and captivating she inadvertently ca...

Welcome back to The Film Club! We’re kicking off June with a new theme, Movies about movies! Our first installment of this themed month is The Fablemans. The film tells the story of the Fableman family which happens to be a very talented bunch but one member of the family has a special gift for filmmaking that starts at a very young age. Sammy Fableman falls in love with filmmaking after his paren...

This week at The Film Club we’re concluding Animation Month with a Pixar film about magic, dragons, family, and a sweet van, we’re talking about Onward! The film tells the story of elf brothers Ian and Barley who are about to embark on the journey of a lifetime when they receive a gift from their late father on Ian’s sixteenth birthday. The gift is a wizard’s staff and a Phoenix gem that can conju...