The Film Majors

2025 in Review sprints along at a breakneck pace with Zack's first deep dive selection! The Film Majors discuss Alexis's repeat viewing of Weapons , Mick's beef with The Thursday Murder Club , Zack's late night exercise routine, and Danny Boyle's surprisingly sentimental zombie sequel 28 Years Later . Follow Zack's production company ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ! Watch Beer...Run! ⁠⁠⁠...

The Film Majors return with their supersized Best Films of 2025 special episode! The gang kicks off 2025 in Review Month by discussing the films they watched over the holidays that won't make their lists, Zack's 2025 Film Superlatives, how Alexis "gets her nut," the best movies of the year, and, as always, what's going on. Follow Zack's production company ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ !...

Cursed Christmas crawls back up the chimney as The Film Majors close out 2025 from Fresno, the cultural epicenter of California. The gang discusses Zack's feelings on Chloe Zhao's Hamnet , Mick's gastrointestinal distress, and Jake Kasdan's holiday CGI slopfest Red One . Follow Zack's production company ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠ ! Watch Beer...Run! ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠ ! Connect with the LA Mutual Ai...

It's not chestnuts roasting on an open fire, but rather the remains of sentient beings as Cursed Christmas takes its darkest turn yet! Zack, Mick, and a very sleepy Alexis slide down Hell's chimney and into a discussion of Film Majors etiquette, Alexis's hatred of the poor, and Alexei Konchalovsky's surrealist holiday nightmare The Nutcracker: The Untold Story (AKA The Nutcracker i...

HOHOHNO! CURSED CHRISTMAS IS BACK! Musician and Christmas Scholar Sloan Golden rejoins the cinematic holiday cheermeisters as they talk Clint Bentley's new feature Train Dreams , whether or not Zack is "the country mouse," and Joe Roth's Christian theocratic fascist propaganda piece Christmas with the Kranks . Listen to Sloan's music here ! Follow Zack's production compan...

Estrogen Fest comes to a joyous conclusion with Diana Diyarza's return to the show! The gang discusses Zack's dramatic viewing experience of Wicked: For Good , Alexis's queer awakening at Blockbuster Video, and Jamie Babbit's lesbian cult classic But I'm a Cheerleader . Follow Zack's production company ⁠⁠here⁠⁠ ! Watch Beer...Run! ⁠here⁠ ! Connect with the LA Mutual Aid Net...

It's an Estrogember Double Feature and things are getting SAD! Alexis leads the boys in a wide ranging discussion of Zack's controversial views on Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein , the wonderful and surprising features of Zoom Workspace, and two films focused on coping with the death of a grandparent, Céline Sciamma's fantastical Petite Maman (or LITTLE MOM!) and Lulu Wang's semi-autobiographica...

Estrogen Fest doubles the girl power as Natalie, longtime sister of Alexis, becomes a first time guest! The gang talks the new Lynn Ramsey film Die My Love , the Avitia ladies' longtime love affair with hats, and Leslie Harris' coming-of-age cautionary tale Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. Follow Zack's production company ⁠⁠here⁠⁠ ! Watch Beer...Run! ⁠here⁠ ! Connect with the LA Mutual...

Spooky Season has passed on and rising from its grave is something far stranger, bolder, and more frightening.... ESTROGEN FEST 2025! Alexis takes the reigns of the podcast, leading Mick and fourth chair of the show Drew Paterson in a wide ranging discussion of the positive national effects of Zack's absence, Guillermo del Toro's retelling of Frankenstein , and Gillian Armstrong's Aust...

The mausoleum is locked once more as Spooktober 2025 ends in a gorey podcasting massacre! The cinematic gravediggers talk Yorgos Lanthimos' new feature Bugonia , Kelly Reichardt's methodical art heist drama The Mastermind , and, of course, Stuart Gordon's maximalist H.P. Lovecraft adaptation Re-Animator . Follow Zack's production company ⁠here⁠ ! Watch Beer...Run! here ! Connect wi...

The Film Majors make another wonderful contribution to society by continuing Spooky Season: Guys You Should Know Edition. Joined by director/degenerate (and honorary fourth chair of the show) Drew Paterson , Zack and Mick forge into a discussion of Scott Derrickson's slasher sequel Black Phone 2 , the merits and pitfalls of the found footage format, and Brian Yuzna's body horror social sat...

Spooky Season continues its slow rise from the grave with the help of new guest, florist and horror fiend Rosalyn Phipps ! The podcasting horde tears into a gruesome discussion of Luca Guadagnino's disappointing new feature After the Hunt , Rozz's love for Art the Clown and art with clowns, Zack and Mick's feelings on Tetsuo: The Iron Man , and Lucio Fulci's gory undead chiller Zom...

Draw a nice hot bath and get ready for Spooky Season to get a little bit steamy! The gang hops across the pond for a wide ranging discussion of Benny Safdie's new UFC drama starring The Rock The Smashing Machine , Zack's thoughts on the dog led horror film Good Boy , Alexis's love for men in kilts, and Ken Russell's sexy and surreal Bram Stoker adaptation The Lair of the White Worm...

Turn off the lights and get ready for some frights because it's Spooktober once again! The Film Majors are joined by director Drew Paterson to talk Paul Thomas Anderson's new revolutionary action epic One Battle After Another , Alexis's controversial opinions on the works of Stanley Kubrick, and Frank Henenlotter's exploitation trashterpieces Brain Damage and Frankenhooker . Watch...

The podcast isn't in Kansas anymore. It's on Pandora with The Purgecast cohost Sage Siepert ! Zack, Mick, and Sage close Sci-Fi September out with a wide ranging discussion of Mick's continuing adventures watching Matthew McConaughey films, Zack's upcoming horror short, and, of course, James Cameron's blockbuster to end all blockbusters, Avatar. Connect with the LA Mutual Aid N...

Sci-Fi September takes a dark turn as Mick returns to the show to bum everyone out. The Film Majors talk Zack's rewatch of Phantom Thread , Mick's adventures in Columbia, Alexis's viewing of Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle , and Steven Spielberg's haunting futuristic nightmare A.I. Artificial Intelligence . Connect with the LA Mutual Aid Network ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ !

The show loses Mick in a tesseract outside spacetime but picks up engineer and physicist Joey Carlson for another installment of Sci-Fi September! Zack, Alexis, and Joey embark on a decades spanning odyssey to talk Freakier Friday , Zack's frustrations with The Summer I Turned Pretty , and Christopher Nolan's galaxy hopping adventure film Interstellar. Connect with the LA Mutual Aid Networ...

The show goes back into the Zemeckis Zone as they head through a wormhole and into Sci-Fi September! The gang gets into a heady discussion about Mick's love for the new Austin Butler joint Caught Stealing , Zack's hatred for the cult classic Killer Klowns From Outer Space , and their old pal Robert "Bobby Z" Zemeckis's follow up feature to his best picture win, Contact. Conne...

Another International Cinema Month is on the books as North American Cinema Month comes to a close! The Film Majors return to Mexico for a discussion about the new Bob Odenkirk action movie Nobody 2 , Alexis's new grandma status, and Guillermo del Toro's freshman feature Cronos . Connect with the LA Mutual Aid Network ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ !

North American Cinema Month travels back up north to discuss one of Canada's most iconic filmmakers. Joined by Cronenberg expert Edwin Harris, the gang talks Gore Verbinski's Mouse Hunt , Zack and Edwin's customary greeting, and David Cronenberg's exploitation all-timer Shivers. Read Edwin's essay here ! Read more on Canadian tax shelter films here ! Connect with the LA Mutual...

North American Cinema Month soldiers on as the show finally lives up to its artwork and heads to Cuba to cover some good old fashioned communist propaganda. The cinematic revolutionaries talk Zach Cregger's horror smash hit Weapons , Zack and Mick's proclivity for getting in the last word, and Mikhail Kalatozov's powerful propaganda piece I Am Cuba. Get information on the Salute Your S...

North American Cinema Month gets serious as Alexis brings the show to Mexico. The Film Majors talk the new Ice Cube Amazon Prime original film War of the Worlds (2025), slurs for AI, and Felipe Cazals' political thriller Canoa: A Shameful Memory , a film that has surprising and disturbing connections to Ari Aster's Eddington . Read the Criterion essay on the film here ! Connect with the LA...

The podcast is going international once again as the gang discusses the cinema of North America (minus a certain failed state). Zack, Mick, and Alexis talk the new Pete Davidson vehicle The Home , Russell Crowe's biggest ever performance in The Pope's Exorcist , and travel to the great white north of Canada with Zacharias Kunuk's mythological Inuit epic Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner . Co...

At the end of our time, at the edge of our hope, we have chosen to believe in The Film Majors Podcast Blockbuster Month 2025! Mick has been lost to The Breach, but Alexis and Zack round out a month of spectacle cinema by forming a Thundercloud Formation with Chris Francis , engaging in a thrilling discussion of Ari Aster's neo-western comedy Eddington , the power of Microsoft Power Point, and Guil...

It's Mick's pick for Blockbuster Month and he's breaking the mold by pulling an Alexis and choosing an animated film. The gang talks James Gunn's Superman, Mick's newfound love of math, and Brad Bird's superhero family action film that raised Pixar's game, The Incredibles . Connect with the LA Mutual Aid Network ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠ !