Two White Guys Talking Film

Welcome back TWGTF fans and we have made it to another 10 episodes! I am a proud to say that this one is one we have been waiting to do for sometime! This week we look at an American filmmaker who has been around for almost two decades and has given us some of the more memorable films in recent memory! We are of course talking about the second in our Anderson series the one and only Wes Anderson!...

Welcome back to the best darn podcast about film from two guys who love it more than anything! We are back at full strength and bringing you the  high quality product we are known for! This week we are on episode 119 (despite what we say about it being 109!) Despite the difference in numbers one thing is true they both end in nine, and you know what that means? We are looking back at Mt. Rush...

Raw Cut Vol.2 we watching two cage movies and man are they crazy good stuff!

Welcome back mates! Yes I said mates as it is time to dive into the drain that is British Kitchen Sink Dramas! Yes those, I don't know what they are either but don't worry Tyler will tell you all! Speaking of All this episode is incredibly rough so you are getting an unvarnished look at what our episodes are before they go through the edit bay! We had a big melt down at the final part of the edit...

Its time to open up that most sacred of arcs! That most holy of holy scripture! The one and only Cannon collection! Tyler has once again brought us two truly strange movies that by the end if you aren't saying "Only Cannon could make it." Then you don't get Cannon! That or you have only seen Love Streams. Our first offering is the film from 1980 which some have called one of the worst movies of al...

Welcome back to another amazing episode of TWGTF  This week we dive deep into the world of female filmmakers! First we look at the film that proceeded Chloe Zhao's Oscar win with her 2017 film The Rider ! Following that we look at the long awaited third film from Miranda July with her 2020 effort Kajillionaire ! Both are incredible examples of filmmaking as well as acting and we hope you will...

Welcome back after a few weeks off and some much needed rest the boys bring you part two of the 1985 double bill! This time we take a trip over seas to Taiwan and look at two very very unique looks at a culture shifting in two very different ways! Up first we look at the Edward Yang film about those who survive and those who don't when it comes to change in Taipei Story ! Following that we take a...

A week after the fourth and a week after some serious R&R for our boys we are back with a special and some much needed rest! So as not to cheat you out of your weekly dose we have brought you another best picture nominee from the year 1975! That's right we are bringing you the sweaty crime drama Dog Day Afternoon ! Spoiler: It Whips!

Welcome back fans of film with two very different movies from 1985! First up we have just the flat out so bad you almost have to watch it to believe it! Its of course the terrible Friday the 13th part V: A New Beginning . Following that we change gears majorly with one of the more underseen and potentially underrated tools in Martin Scorsese's arsenal in the dark comedy of After Hours ! Spoiler Al...

Welcome back fans of film to a very special episode of TWGTF! in honor of Pride month Tyler has brought us two very sweet and very unique Queer uplifting films! Up first from 1985 we have an early work from Stephen Frears in the film where the title says it all with My Beautiful Launderette ! Following that we jump in a drop top and head across the country with three fabulous ladies in the 1995 ro...

Welcome back to the big 111th episode of TWGTF and this week we are heading back. WAAAAAAAAAAAAAY back into the past! Two movies from before the year 1951 and boy are they great! First up we look at the beautiful slow moving drama from Yasujiro Ozu about the duty of family over ones own happiness in the 1949 film Late Spring ! Following that we dive into the deep end of a Hollywood pool with one o...

Welcome to another in our Mt Rushmore Episodes and this time my goodness do we have some top shelf work to view! This week we are looking at the work of the one and only works of the great PTA himself - Paul Thomas Anderson! Listen closely as the boys talk all about his career and narrow down eight to four and build that precious Mt Rushmore of Awesomness! Spoiler Alert: Tyler compared a charter i...

Welcome to another fun filled episode of TWGTF and this time we are on quite a journey with two more movies from our Mount Rushmore lists of almost was! First up we go to 2000 and take a look at the very smart and maybe almost too smart film by John Singleton which brought us the black private dick who is a sex machine... Shaft! Following that we get on some go fast boats and head down to the warm...

Gentleman and Ladies start your engines for this weeks high octane episode of TWGTF! We get behind the wheel this week on the show and we take a long drive and look at two films mostly set in motor vehicles! First we take a long trip to Iran with the a film by a director who has come on our show twice now in two weeks with the Abbas Kiarostami and is 1997 film that may divide the boys more then mo...

Its a pair of problematic masterpieces as brought to you by Tyler. You have been fairly warned! First up we dive into the deep end of sadness with the 1972 film from master filmmaker Ingmar Bergman with the deeply affective Cries and Whispers . Following this we are once again sent on what feels like a uncomfortable journey with Abbas Kiarostami in his penultimate work of 2013 with the deeply thou...

Hello TWGTF fans and welcome to the third year of our show! For those of you who have been here before welcome back and to those whos first time it is buckle up this is a wild beginning for you. Up first is the debut feature by master filmmaker Takeshi Kitano with his turn from comedy to drama with the unflinching 1989 Violent Cop . Following that we are given the film that kicked off the J horror...

Happy Friday ladies and gentleman and welcome to a very special mini episode of Two White Guys Talking Film. Today we are looking at a very unique film and giving our takes on what it would be like if this film got the gold star treatment in 2021! It is truly an underappreciated gem in the Sci-Fi action genre and is of course the 1992 cult classic Nemesis ! Spoiler Alert: Nemesis is on Tubi for FR...

Welcome back to our final episode of the second year of TWGTF! Man alive we have seen some good movies throughout the last fifty two weeks! Now at the close of the second year we jump into two films Ben thinks Tyler will like! Luckily this wasn't crazy hard as we all know the fastest way to a young boys heart is through Brad Pitt! The first film is the 2001 post 9-11 spy film that show just how ba...

Hey guys we said last week this one could be weird and man alive is it one of the strangest journeys we've been on! I asked for two movies from the years me and Tyler were seven! First up he delivered us the 1994 oddly bad film by at the time power house director Rob Reiner North ! Following this we get down with the film that makes you question so many things including the description of a mystic...

Welcome TWGTF fans to another super green edition of our shows! This year in tribute to the HIGH holiday  we thought we would give you a mystery wrapped in rolling papers with the underappreciated seventh contribution of Paul Thomas Anderson's real groovy trip in Inherent Vice ! Spoiler Alert: We think this film is a real scene man. Also maybe ingest something a little extra to open your mind...

Last 4/20 we sat down and talked about Head ! Enjoy this talk from last year and like we said last year. Everybody say it with me all together now! What does everybody want? What does everybody need? What does everybody love? Spoiler Alert: You still might want to ingest something before you take this trip!

The boys are back and this time they are diving deep into the world of subcultures. First up we take a look at a movie that lampoons the Yuppie lifestyle in the amazingly well acted and straight up hilariously scary American Psycho . Following that we take a boat ride over to England where we look at the intriguing world of English skinheads in the little independent film about 80's life This is E...

Howdy neighbors! The boys are back with yet another Mount Rushmore this time they are tackling a pair of directors, that’s right they are talking about the Coen Brothers. The boys talk about their four favorite Coen bro films and they also talk about where the rest of the filmography lands for them. It’s a good episode I think! Spoiler: They talk about the dude a lot. 00:00-06:52: Cold open 06:53-...

Welcome back to the final double digit episode of of TWGTF where we are looking back on Rushmore's past as we head down a rout of Science Fiction with two misunderstood geniuses! First up we take a look at the 1984 film from David Lynch that stars everyone under the Arrakis sun with the wild swing of Dune . The we head to Korea with a jump over to New York in the globetrotting movie about one litt...

Welcome to the year 1994! Well at least our movies are from that year this week! The boys are talking about two very interesting art films! First we look at the guy who is in all those All State commercials completely melt your brain in the incredible performance by Dennis Haysbert in Suture ! Following we head over to Hong Kong for one of the best films from not only 1994 but also one of the best...