Two White Guys Talking Film

Welcome back film fans! From the seedy streets of post-watergate America, we have two films from the golden age of American Neo-Noir. In the red corner from the mean streets of New York New York Alan J. Pakula's Klute from 1971. Up second in the blue corner from Stockton California from 1972 John Huston's Fat City . So get ready you're in for a bit of an emotional roller coaster. Spoiler: Never be...

Welcome back film fans for a long one (apologies). Tyler lobbed Ben Adaptations (can't be the movie Adaptation) and Ben came back with two barn burners, albeit problematic ones. First on the docket, is Johnathan Demme's Oscar legend Silence of the Lambs . Following that we have the James Foley directed David Mamet written Glengarry Glen Ross . So strap in and be warned light heavy talk lays within...

Welcome back movie fans for another hand picked double feature. This week Tyler was tasked with picking two comedies, one from the 80s and one from the 90s. Tyler came back with two Christopher Guest films, the first staring Mr. Guest is the classic Rob Reiner directed This Is Spinal Tap. Then we check out a movie helmed by Guest himself, Waiting for Guffman . So join Ben and Tyler as they laugh r...

Hello, and welcome back to the seedy alleys and black a white offices of Noirvember. For the first of our two noir specials (the second coming at the end of the month) Ben picks two classic noirs. This week from 1956 we Stanley Kubrick's The Killing . And taking place across the border from 1958 we have Orson Well's Touch of Evil . So put on your fedora's and smoke your filter-less cigarettes we'r...

Second verse same as the first! The boys (Ben and Tyler) are back with part two of their best of horror decade lists. Join them as they talk about all sorts of creepy crawly's and disagree at times about the genre and its boundaries. So breathe deep and listen to Two White Guys Talking Film's best horror movies of the decade part 2. Spoilers: List are hard dude.  Spoiler Alert: We asked peopl...

Hello and welcome back, Ben and Tyler are back but with something a little different. This week they will be talking about their picks for best horror films of the decade (part one of two). Strap in cause it is a long one. Editors note: Some of the clips are in other languages and links will be provided to the both the video and a written transcript of the dialogue for those who would like to foll...

Episode 23: Ahoy! Ben and Tyler are back with another one of their 'Halloween favorites' this time Tyler steps to the plate with two Lovecraftian nightmares. First by way Italy we have Lucio Fulci's The Beyond from 1981. Then the All-American boy John Carpenter presents one of his lesser-known films The Prince of Darkness from 1987. So sit back and make sure all the windows are shut tight before e...

Welcome Dear Listeners to a special episode where we take a trip to the cinema and give some thoughts on the latest films in theaters. We first bare all and talk about the sexy caper that is Hustlers ! After that we strap on our space helmets and take a journey with the very sad Brad Pitt for Ad Astra ! Then Finally its main event time as we look at the newest film from DC in the controversial Jok...

Who goes there? Welcome back for this spooky scary episode of TWGTF. Ben and Tyler are picking some of their favorite horror movies for this spooky season. Up first we have Ben's picks, from 1967 we have Wait Until Dark. Then in our featured attraction we have from 1982 John Carpenter's The Thing. Spoiler: We're both the Thing. What Tyler watched: The Farewell and Trick 'r' Treat. What Ben watched...

Welcome back, as the kids have gone back to school...for a while, Ben and Tyler decided to look at a couple of High School movies. Both happen to be directed by Amy Heckerling, first up from 1982, Fast Times at Ridgemont High . Then from 1995 five the adaptation of Jane Austin's Emma, Clueless . Enjoy the show, and Tyler's somewhat deeper voice. Spoiler: get out of my chair! What Tyler watched: Th...

Hello and welcome back to TWGTF where we have another episode ending with a zero and you know what that means. That's righ we pretend to build monument to a director based a monument Americans love, for some reason. This week we have the thin white gentleman himself Christopher Nolan. Join us as we look through his filmography for our four faves, and discard the rest. On this week's Mt. Rushmore m...

Hiya, and welcome back as Ben and Tyler are drawn back to have a particularly animated conversation on two movies that happened to be of the animation variety. Up first we have the Dark Knight himself, with Batman: the Mask of Phantasm (1993 dir. Eric Radomski and Bruce Timm). Then its the boys from the small redneck town in Colorado South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut (1998 dir. Trey Parker and...

Welcome back as Ben and Tyler have two films that are gems from two well known directors. First up is the tech-noir cyberpunk and aggressively 90s movie Strange Days (dir. Kathryn Bigelow) from 1995. Then closing out our double feature is Sofia Coppala's experiment in slow cinema Somewhere from 2011. It's a wild one folks. Spoiler: Tom Sizemore is always a baddy. What Tyler watched: Je T'Amie Je T...

Tyler and Ben return with a compliment sandwich of trailers in the year of our lord 2019! Frist we put on some fine Italian suits and talk about the newest film from Martin Scorsese " The Irishman ". FYI we were unaware at the time or recording that it is going to be three and a half hours. So make sure you hit the head before you settle in. After that Tyler and Ben get out their steel toe boots t...

Howdy! Giddy-up partners as Ben and Tyler talk two westerns on this episode. First up we have, from 1993, George P. Cosmatos' Tombstone. Then Ben and Tyler take a looooooooong look at the looooooong film The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford (dir. Andrew Dominik) from 2007. Listen along as they ask question such as: How good is Powers Boothe? Is Val Kilmer actually good? And W...

Ben and Tyler welcome you back this week to talk about two comic book adaptations. First up a movie for the loners, the freaks, the weirdos Ghost World (dir. Terry Zwigoff). Then we follow it up with everyone's favorite Michael Cera performance, Scott Pilgrim vs. World (dir. Edgar Wright). Listen along as Ben and Tyler go through the ups and downs, the highs and lows of being in your late teens an...

“HOT TIME SUMMER IN THE CITY” Ben and Tyler escape the heat by staying inside and watching other people spend time in hot hot city. First on the docket is Spike Lee's masterpiece Do the Right Thing (dir. Spike Lee). The other is John McTiernan's Die Hard With a Vengeance (dir, John McTiernan). Spoiler: Ben and Tyler have been busy this week so this is late. What Ben watched: The Lion King (lol) Wh...

The Boys are back with Four new trailers in 2019 that you need to check out! First we talk the second and final installment to IT! Second one of us is taking a knee and the other is saluting in more ways then one for the new Top Gun! We then move into our artsy space picutre and better second trailer for Ad Astra. Finally your two brave hosts sit down and have a real serious talk about why cinema...

Ben and Tyler welcome you back as they discuss the soaring highs and subterranean lows of Tyler's guilty pleasures. Up first the fun cute and quirky underappreciated comedy Josie and the Pussycats (dir. Deborah Kaplan, Harry Elfont). Then they examine, argue over, and stumble through the great (?) confusing, and earnest Jem and the Holograms (dir. Jon M. Chu) (blame Tyler). Spoiler: Glitter came o...

CW: Rape, Sexual Assault: Starts at 37:45 and ends at 42:29 and the conversation about Polanski starts at 55:50 and ends at 1:01:16 On this episode Ben and Tyler take a trip through some dark themes and guilty pleasures, specifically Ben's guilty pleasures (so blame him not Tyler). First up we have a movie directed by He Who Shall Not Be Named Rosemary's Baby . And second we have a movie starring...

Our first mini episode & we getting into the latest trailers that will be out soon. Will Ben and Tyler take in the latest Rian Johnson picture? Will the long awaited project known as Gemini Man rock their world! You will have to listen to find out!

Join Ben and Tyler this week as they trek through the cinematic wasteland that is Ballistic: Ecks vs Sever (dir. Wych Kaosayananda) and Aliens vs Predator: Requiem . (dir. Shane Salerno). Are both films really the bottom of the barrel? Or are they possible hidden gems? Spoiler: They aren't gems. What Tyler watched: Decline of Western Civilization II: The Metal Years What Ben watched: The Fifth Ele...

We at Two White Guys industries are proud to talk about our very first female directed double feature. Up first we have the sleeper hit and meditation on the horrors of motherhood: The Babadook (dir. Jennifer Kent). After that we have the coming-of-age film set in Sac Town Lady Bird (dir. Greta Gerwig). So sit live laugh love, and listen to this episode of Two Woke dudes talkin' movs (that's movie...

Ben and Tyler have something different for you this week. Instead of watching and talking about two movies, our Duo will talk, argue, and agree about a director's entire career. And with Once Upon a Time in America on the horizon we thought what better director to talk about than Quentin Tarantino. So sit and laugh along with our two host we think you'll enjoy it. 00:00-00:53: Intro 00:54-05:10: A...

Ben and Tyler are back this week with two films from Tyler's youth and we got an absoultely odd double for you. First up we have the classic 1996 Adam Sandler vehicle Happy Gilmore . Followed by the 2005 Rian Johnson directed Joseph Gordon-Levit film Brick . Like I said it's weird one. Spoiler: Fifty Pills is real dammit! Movies we watched What Tyler Watched: Buddies   What Ben Watched: Alway...