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Ryan Oliver and Playlist managing editor Kevin Jagernauth add to the discussion about how Rotten Tomatoes scores are effecting the summer box office.

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Joe and Erik reflect on the Summer movie season so far, catching up on some of the big and small films—Baby Driver & Okja most prominently—we've seen. Our main review comes in the second half of the show where we discuss director David Lowery's A Ghost Story.

Ryan Oliver and Playlist Editor-in-Chief Rodrigo Perez discuss David Lynch and Mark Frost's 'Twin Peaks: The Return' from Part 3 to Part 8.

Ryan Oliver and Playlist Editor-in-Chief Rodrigo Perez discuss the poor domestic box office opening of 'Transformers: The Last Knight' as well as the behind-the-scenes turmoil regarding the 'Han Solo' spinoff movie.

Oktay and Ryan are joined by fellow Playlister Kenji Fujishima to discuss two films about American capitalism: Paul Thomas Anderson's 'There Will Be Blood' and Martin Scorsese's Howard Hughes biopic 'The Aviator.'

Joe and Erik discuss two new films from exciting auteurs and find plenty of overlapping elements between them, beyond the fact that, yes, Sofia Coppola and Ana Lily Amirpour are women working behind the camera. The latter's sophomore feature, The Bad Batch, is a film that's gotten mixed responses since premiering at Venice last year, but we find much to love about it. Before we get to that, though...

Ryan Oliver and Editor-in-Chief Rodrigo Perez discuss 'The Mummy' and the arrogance of the pre-determined cinematic universe model.

Oktay and Ryan dive into a Gore Verbinski double-feature as Ryan picks the first - and most beloved - "Pirates of the Caribbean" film as the overrated and the oddball, existential dark comedy "The Weather Man" as the underrated.

Joe and Erik open the show with Wonder Woman and the film's enormous success over the weekend. From there, it's onto our larger topic, writer/director Trey Edward Shults' sophomore film It Comes At Night, which despite its misleading marketing (it's not a monster movie, more a European-flavored horror/survivalist art picture) is a strong effort nonetheless. We also find time at the end of the show...

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On this eighth episode of our TV podcast, host Kimber Myers chats with Playlist editor-in-chief Rodrigo Perez about Showtime's "Twin Peaks."

On this seventh episode of our TV podcast, host Kimber Myers chats with Playlist editor-in-chief Rodrigo Perez about Netflix's "Master of None."

Joe and Erik open the show with brief appreciations for the return of both Master of None and Twin Peaks. After that, they discuss at length Ridley Scott's latest entry in his Alien prequel series, Alien: Covenant. Even though the film underwhelmed at the box office, and received mix responses from critics, there's a lot to discuss. Even though we don't really spoil much at all, this episode is st...

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Oktay and Ryan use the intentionally schlocky 'Sharknado' and the noble failure of 'Samurai Cop' to dive into a discussion about what truly makes a great "so-bad-it's-good" movie.

Joe and Erik discuss director Richard Kelly, focusing on his first two films Donnie Darko and Southland Tales.

Interview with filmmaker and actor Joanna Arnow.

Joe and Erik open with more talk of repertory cinema, in this case the recent 4K restoration of Donnie Darko currently playing in some arthouses around the country (and also getting a gorgeous new blu-ray release from Arrow Video). From there, a recommendation to see The Lost City Of Z in a theater, and soon. The majority of this episode is broken in two parts: a review of AYT favorite Ben Wheatle...

Ryan Oliver, Kimber Myers, and Joe von Appen discuss "The Fast and the Furious" series and how it has endured for 16 years. We also give our thoughts on "The Fate of the Furious" and discuss where the series might go from here.

Ryan Oliver and Playlist Editor-in-Chief Rodrigo Perez briefly dissect the "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" trailer before moving into a discussion about Netflix, Cannes, and the theatergoing experience.

Episode #1 of Deep Focus. Rodrigo Perez talks to director James Gray about "The Lost City Of Z," nearly offending Isabelle Huppert, working with Brad Pitt and his many thoughts on the state of cinema while trying to adapt to current state of the ever-evolving film industry.

Fellow Playlist writer Andy Crump joins Oktay and Ryan again this week, as Ryan slays "From Dusk Till Dawn" and invites in "Near Dark."