The Seventh Reel

This week we talk about identity and handsome French actors! We watch the films Purple Noon based on the Talented Mr. Ripley, and Mr. Klein directed by the same director of The Servant! So listen to that as well!

This week Michelle was in the mood for a mystery and so we watch Charade and Clue. One is a great and charming film and the other is based off a board game but anyways, I won’t spoil this episode listen to find out what we thought!

This week we watch The Servant and The Handmaiden! The movies blow us away and we speak about class and entitlement and twists! You gotta check this out!

This week’s episode we watch motion pictures about women on the edge! In two very different styles! And we address it!

This week we watch Daises and I Killed My Mother - No, not a sequel to How I Met Your Mother- and we talk about the differences in approaching art and first time features from young directors! Enjoy!

This week we watch two long takes! In a quest to find the most interesting long take, Arvin picks these movies and makes us watch them! Both of them are indeed very interesting and don’t just use it as a stunt we agree! Listen to us tell you why!

This week we escape through the tunnels and over the fence! We watch two very different escape pictures, Cool Hand Luke and The Great Escape, and talk about how American they were!

This week we examine The Seventh Seal and Woody Allen’s take on it in Love and Death! We discuss how unexpectedly hopeful one is and how many gags Woody Allen can stuff in the other!

This week we are switching to a new format! We watch two films, in this case: romantic comedies directed by directors who have no business doing so, and rate them! Join us as we try to figure out why the Coen Brothers and Ridley Scott decided to do this with their time and resources!

Despite Arvin’s protests, we watch Martyrs! Listen to us examine death, the movie’s tone and whether we thought Arvin was right or wrong!

Caw! Caw! Caw! This week we watch The Crow! It’s a very strange 90’s music video with occasional vague plot points! Listen and discover what we thought of it!

After Michelle jokes about it, Arvin picks The Revenant for us to watch and we talk about it! We discuss the movie’s take on revenge, Leo’s commitment and performance. Listen to it or a bear will attack you!

This week we watch what is barely a movie! Purple Rain! Join us as we try to talk about whatever the hell this is! It’s an interesting episode about what Prince thinks a movie is! Enjoy!

This week we watch another Sofia Coppola movie! Marie Antoinette! We talk about it’s anachronistic style and how it compares to The Virgin Suicides. It’s a great episode!

This week we are watching Stanley Kubrick’s last film! So keep your ears wide open for this one! Listen to Youssef ask way too many questions and get thoughtful and interesting answers from Arvin and Michelle. It is a good episode that critics have called: “listenable.”

This week we are looking at Alfred Hitchcock’s last film, Family Plot! We talk about last films and how this one is different from the rest of Hitch’s filmography! If you don’t like good content then skip this one!

This week we watch Wild Tales! A dark comedy anthology that stunned us! It was really awesome and incredible! Listen to us examine why and how!

I’m Undine up here! This week we watch this beautiful film and talk about our different interpretations of it! It’s a solid episode!

It’s time to meet the DK (drift king)! Welcome to Tokyo, baby! It’s drift ‘o’ clock! This week we are watching a fast and furious picture with Jennifer Park because she picked it and wanted us to see, in her words, the golden standard of Asian cinema. Listen to this episode and find out why! #seventhwheel #carwheels Check out Jenn's book Close the Door When You Leave on Amazon!! 

This week we watch Promising Young Woman! a great film that complicates the traditional arch of a revenge story, and delivers a refreshingly original tale!

This week we watch Muriel’s Wedding! We discuss it’s unusual blend of comedy and dark, serious matters! It’s a classic seventh reel episode.

Are you a fan of David Bowie? Are you a fan of Jim Henson? Well, get ready to get the worst of both into a pretty weird combination! This week we enter the Labyrinth with Sarah to find her brother or something? It’s not very clear but it’s fun!

Do you like a plot to make sense and clear character motivations? Well, you better skip this one. Yes, we watch the goonies! And yes it does not hold up! But, you know what? Listen anyways! We profit nothing from your enjoyment, we just need those numbers to go up, you sucker!

This week we watch some kids look for a body! A great coming of age story that makes us think about nostalgia and what art set in the past can do! Listen and send us a message on the twitt using the hashtag #Istandbyseventhreel

This week we discuss Dario Argento’s Deep Red! Listen to us talk about The Master of the Thrill’s 1975 picture! Get ready for a spooky time!