Weekend at Bergman's

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It's the battle of the quiet outsiders - PARIS, TEXAS vs E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL!! MOVIES BABYYYYY PATREON - ULTIMATE MOVIE LOVERS EXPERIENCE ⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/MoviesBabyyyyy⁠⁠⁠ Full livestream access! Ad-free audio/video episodes! Bonus episodes and interviews! Bonus shows by movie pros! Watchalong Wednesday! Merch discounts! Weekly movie trivia, scenes, lists, and more! MONDAY MORNING LIVESTREAM...

Our 1980s season returns with William Friedkin's CRUISING vs the Patrick Swayze vehicle ROAD HOUSE! MOVIES BABYYYYY PATREON - ULTIMATE MOVIE LOVERS EXPERIENCE patreon.com/MoviesBabyyyyy Full livestream access! Ad-free audio/video episodes! Bonus episodes and interviews! Bonus shows by movie pros! Watchalong Wednesday! Merch discounts! Weekly movie trivia, scenes, lists, and more! THURSDAY NIGHT LI...

Our new 1980s season kicks off with David Cronenberg's VIDEODROME (1983) vs Tobe Hooper & Steven Spielberg's POLTERGEIST (1982)! NEXT WEEK: Near Dark vs The Lost Boys MOVIES BABYYYYY PATREON - ULTIMATE MOVIE LOVERS EXPERIENCE patreon.com/MoviesBabyyyyy Full livestream access! Ad-free audio/video episodes! Bonus episodes and interviews! Bonus shows by movie pros! Watchalong Wednesday! Merch di...

We're considering the male form this week with two movies about masculinity. Representing the arthouse, it's Claire Denis's BEAU TRAVAIL (1999) and representing the mainstream, it's the breakout movie for Rob Schneider and Happy Madison Productions, DEUCE BIGALOW: MALE GIGOLO (1999). Which movie will enter the canon? And which will enter the trash canon and we can never watch it again for the rest...

The horror! The horror! Our 1999 series rolls on with the biggest arthouse horror movie of the year THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT vs the biggest popcorn horror movie of the year THE MUMMY! Which one will win and enter the canon? Which will lose and disappear into the trash canon? Listen to find out!! NEXT WEEK: Beau Travail vs Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo MOVIES BABYYYYY PATREON - ULTIMATE MOVIE LOVERS EX...

Our 1999 series kicks off with two movies about effing! Representing the arthouse, it's Stanley Kubrick's final movie EYES WIDE SHUT. And representing the mainstream it's the movie that revived the teenage sex comedy AMERICAN PIE. Which will win and enter the canon? Which will lose and we can never watch it again for the rest of our lives??? Listen to find out. NEXT WEEK: The Blair Witch Project v...

Today's episode of Weekend at Bergman's is the season one finale, baby, and it's a battle of the trash canon titans! The two best movies currently in the trash canon face off and only one can make it out! Representing the arthouse is Sight and Sound's "greatest film of all time," Chantal Akerman's 1975 Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles; and representing the mainstream is Tim Bur...

PATTON OSWALT JOINS US! Yes chef! Representing the arthouse, it’s Peter Greenaway’s 1989 Jacobean Thatcher-era ultra-repulsive ultra-beautiful satirical black comedy, The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover . And representing the mainstream, it’s Pixar’s 2007 smash hit Ratatouille , starring our guest Patton Oswalt! Which one will win and enter the canon? Which will lose and go in the trash c...

Big City Balls vs Small Town Pageants! 1980s vs 1990s! Documentary vs Mockumentary! Guest co-hosts Big Dipper and Meatball ( Sloppy Seconds ) join Brett for a battle of the stars. Representing the arthouse, it’s Jennie Livingston’s 1990 documentary of the the Golden Age of New York City drag balls, Paris Is Burning . And representing the mainstream, it’s a mockumentary about small town pageants th...

Get your hands off my bicycle! This week we're comparing two movies about bicycle theft and so much more. Representing the arthouse, it’s the 1948 Italian Neorealist classic Bicycle Thieves directed by Vittorio de Sica. And representing the mainstream, it’s Tim Burton’s 1985 feature film debut Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure starring Paul Ruebens. Which one will enter the canon? And which one will be toss...

The game is afoot! We're joined by the great Julie Klausner (Double Threat) to review two puzzling movies. Representing the arthouse, it’s the 1973 dark comedy whodunnit The Last of Sheila , written by Stephen Sondheim and Anthony Perkins, and featuring a cavalcade of stars. And representing the mainstream, it’s David Fincher’s The Game (1997) starring Michael Douglas. Plus we ask Julie the movie...

High fashion high stakes! Two films walk the runway this week but only one will make it into the Canon! Representing the arthouse, it's Rainer Werner Fassbinder's The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972). And representing the mainstream, it's the 2006 Meryl Streep-Anne Hathaway workplace comedy The Devil Wears Prada. Plus the Top 10 Fits from the Weekend at Bergman's film archive. NEXT WEEK: Nosf...

I love this dirty podcast! This week we're joined by Tom Scharpling (The Best Show, Double Threat) to examine two cinematic portraits of the ups and downs of the Big Apple. New York City, that is! Representing the arthouse it's the endlessly quotable and deeply cynical Sweet Smell of Success (1957), starring Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis. And representing the mainstream, it’s the Reagan-era Micha...

Journey with us through a cascade of 1s and Os to the glory days of hacking into the system. Representing the arthouse, it's Darren Aronofsky’s gritty black-and-white number theory thriller Pi (1998). And representing the mainstream, it’s 1999’s super smash cyberpunk hit The Matrix , directed by the Wachowski sisters. Oh a simpler time! When the teenagers of the world bopped their gelled butt cuts...

Two movies that take place within a limited time frame. One from the arthouse. One from the mainstream. It's Chantal Akerman's 1975 slice-of-life masterpiece Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles vs the 1988 action classic Die Hard. Which one will win and enter the canon?? Which one will lose and enter the trash canon and Brett and Joe can never watch it again for the rest of their...

Two classic meditations on death. One's an arthouse movie and one's a popcorn movie. But which one is the better movie? Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal (1957) or Weekend at Bernie's (1989)? On the first episode of Weekend at Bergman's, Brett Boham and Joe Cilio take a honest look at the high culture/low culture divide in cinema and explore the question... what makes a movie good? They also choos...