The Seventh Reel

This week we discuss Onibaba! It is spooky! It is brutal! It is emotional! It is dope! Listen to find out what else it is!

This week it’s Ivan’s Childhood - Arvin’s pick! We talk about the little Russian soldier boy’s adventure and stuff! If you want to find out what that stuff is then listen to it! I’m not going to do all the work here!

This week we go mainstream! We watch Gia Coppola’s Social Media movie starring Garfield and a Hawke. It is…interesting.

This week we get the pleasure of rewatching Shrek! We talk about it’s many false starts and how it changed animated movies aimed at kids! Enjoy! Reel ya later!

This week we talk about art, commercialism, and George Lucas! It is one of the greatest podcast episodes ever recorded.

On this episode we talk about Lancelot du Lac. It is an interesting watch. Arvin and Youssef are fans of the violence and blood, and Michelle examines the way it deals with the dynamics of the central relationship!

This week Michelle introduces us to Charlie Chaplin’s work. The Gold Rush specifically, a film full of gold and is a rush!

This week we're strapping on our badges alongside Jaime Lee Curtis and taking on the scumbags in NYC with BLUE STEEL. Kathryn Bigelow's 1990 followup to Near Dark is a fascinating blend of crime thriller and psychosexual drama.

This week we discuss Operation Avalanche! A little gem that surprises us all, except for Arvin because he had already seen it and picked it! Enjoy! Keep it reel!

This week we discuss Harold and Maude! A perfect couple in this really cool, cute movie about death!

This week we discuss another musical! Robert Altman’s Nashville: a parody, a documentary, a commentary on the state of art’s influence in 1975.  Spoilers: Arvin likes the songs!

This week we discuss Arvin’s pick A Tale of Two Sisters. It’s a very spooky episode, listen to it if you dare!!!

This week we discuss Wild Strawberries! The Bergman film and not the fruit. The movie is good we all decide. We do not talk about the fruit.

In this week’s episode we discuss Seven Samurai! It’s like if The Avengers was old and cool and wasn’t made by an evil corporation! So get ready for a defenseless village and honorable men doing the right thing!

This week we take a look at Inferna- err…The Departed! Join us as we examine the Martin Scorsese vehicle and to find out Arvin’s crazy theory!

On this episode we discuss Sofia Coppola’s debut! A magnificent dreamy picture that manages to enthrall us! Join us as we talk about why she chose this as her first project, her distinct visual style, the melancholy of youth and hear Youssef mispronounce Jeffrey Eugenides’ name!

Shipoopi! Shipoopi! This week we head to River City and see what trouble they got! That’s right, The Music Man is in town! Listen to Arvin try to sell us on musicals and find out if he succeeds in convincing us!

This week we watch Out Of The Past (1947) and talk about how Robert Mitchum and Kirk Douglas look so similar it’s confusing, Michelle disliking noirs, and the amount of smoking in this picture!  Reel recognize reel.

This week we're taking a peep at Peeping Tom. An enigmatic and thrilling romp into a very disturbed mind. Join us as we discuss voyeurism, the male gaze, and how this guy isn't really so bad...other than the serial killer thing.

Hello! On this episode of The Seventh Reel we discuss Francis Ford Coppola’s strange epic Youth Without Youth. Fans of linguistics, bad old man make up and Tim Roth will be pleased!

A game is afoot! A war game that is! Join us as we talk about Wargames, the 80’s, Ally Sheedy, and the Reagan Administration!

Yo! Yo! Yo, playa! Stream this up into your ears and listen to us talk about chicken run! Listen to it on a run, playa!! RUN, CHICKEN, RUN! RUN, playa!!!