You’re Tall but I’m Standing in Front of You

We're veering south on SUMMER VACATION to discuss Mitt Romney's favorite movie, the Coen Brothers' O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) with Mississippi-based musician Andrew Bryant, founding member of Water Liars. We discuss the film's reimagination of Homer's original vacation narrative, explore the relationship of politics, race, and cultural production, and Devin wonders why more parents aren't n...

Our SUMMER VACATION heads east as we discuss Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away (2001) with returning guest General Slug, art director of Protean Magazine, noted weeb, and, of course, Devin's girlfriend.* We discuss the film's childlike view of a financially stagnate and spiritually polluted Japan, the relationship between identity, work, and leisure, No Face's speculative disruption of the bathhouse...

Our SUMMER VACATION takes a detour into Middle Earth as we discussed Peter Jackson's interminable Hobbit trilogy: An Unexpected Journey (2012), The Desolation of Smaug (2013), and The Battle of the Five Armies (2014). Who knows what we talked about (it was a very traumatic episode), but Ethan's wife Catie joins us to discuss behind-the-scenes gossip and Ian McKellen's loose tongue. Follow us on Tw...

Our SUMMER VACATION continues as we journey down to Paris, Texas (1984) with the help of Jourdain Searles. A man in a red cap making trouble in America based on his idyllic memories of the American past? What could be wrong with that? We discuss Wim Wenders' poetic exploration of identity, family, and failed romance and talk a lot about Six Flags for some reason. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, o...

It's finally time to kickoff our new miniseries: school's out, and the pod is going on SUMMER VACATION, in anticipation of Chris Nolan's adaptation of the original summer vacation this July. We watched the ur-text for all vacation movies, National Lampoon's Vacation (1983), a shaggydog odyssey into the heart of capitalism from Harold Ramis, John Hughes, and, of course, Chevy Chase. We came for the...

Here's the unedited audio feed from our live twitch stream on Sunday, 3/15, at 8 PM Eastern. Devin and Ethan our joined by our new boss Bari Weiss at Paramount+, as well as returning friends Mike B. and Dan. We react to the 2026 Oscars and hand out our own Tallies. A night to remember (2026)!

It's Avatar, baby. What else do we need to say? Featuring Dan Malinowski (@badopinionsman). Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, or BlueSky at @youretallpod. Follow Ethan on Twitter at @Mathissippi and Devin on Twitter at @stalecooper. Email us at youretallpod@gmail.com.  

We discuss Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another (2025) and discuss some life/pod changes. See you in December for Cameron Christmas!

Ethan and Devin dove into the summer box office with 2025's Superman and The Fantastic Four: First Steps. They discuss the films' differing responses to the (potentially, hopefully?) growing superhero exhaustion, liberal technocracy vs. dumb guy morality, and the power of productive incoherence. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, or BlueSky at @youretallpod. Follow Ethan on Twitter at @Mathissippi a...

In this special episode, Ethan and Devin are joined by critic and author Will Sloan to discuss his new book, Ed Wood: Made in Hollywood USA and Wood's iconic "worst film of all time," Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957). They discuss what it means to reinterpret Wood as more than simply a bad director while exploring the film's the outsider aesthetics and prescient politics. Order Ed Wood: Made in Holl...

Ethan and Devin honor their non-James Cameron fathers in this special Father's Day episode. We watched "Viking Bikers from Hell" (S3E22 of Miami Vice) and the made-for-TV film The Winter of Our Discontent. Why in the world did they do this? Listen to find out. Featuring a brief interview with Papa Stale. Follow us on Twitter or Instagram at youretallpod. Follow Ethan on Twitter at Mathissippi and...

Ethan and Devin watched the twin disaster films of 1998: Michael Bay's Armageddon and Mimi Leder's Deep Impact. They discuss these different modes of boomer death dream, the end of the End of History, and why a mile-high tsunami can't melt steel beams. Follow us on Twitter or Instagram at youretallpod. Follow Ethan on Twitter at Mathissippi and Devin on twitter at stalecooper. Email us at youretal...

Ethan and Devin watched George Lucas's 90s indie classic, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999). They discuss tariffs, merchandise, and other economic matters. Follow us on Twitter or Instagram at youretallpod. Follow Ethan on Twitter at Mathissippi and Devin on twitter at stalecooper. Email us at youretallpod@gmail.com. 

This is the pod. We're joined by author Mike Miley to discuss his new book David Lynch's American Dreamscape, the dearly departed Lynch's incomparable Mulholland Dr. (2001), and uh, Sonic the Hedgehog. Find Mike's work at https://www.mikemiley.com/ . He's on Bluesky at mikemiley and Instagram at mikecmiley. Check out David Lynch's American Dreamscape: Music, Literature, Cinema from Bloomsbury Pres...

Here's the audio from our 2nd annual Oscars twitch stream (broadcast at twitch.tv/youretallbut). Featuring Dan, Mike B, Catie, Oscar Isaac's right hand man Isaac, Devin's roommates, Devin's girlfriend, Matt "Spooky" Powers, and surprises galore! Donate to the 'No Other Land' Rebuilding Alliance Fundraiser at https://secure.givelively.org/donate/rebuilding-alliance/no-other-land-rebuilding-alliance...

Hello listeners! We're about to kick start our new season, and we'll be doing so in opulent fashion with our 2nd annual live Oscars twitch stream. We'll be streaming for 2 hours from 8 PM to 10 PM Eastern time (5 PM to 7 PM Pacific) on Sunday, Mar 2. Join us live at https://twitch.tv/youretallbut or catch the audio-only version in your podcast feed soon after. We'll then be back with a lot of exci...

Happy holidays from the folks at You're Tall but I'm Standing in Front of You! We celebrate the end of a terrible year and the conclusion of season 4 by finally venturing into one of the few corners of James Cameron's oeuvre we've left untrodden. That's right: we recorded a watchalong discussion of Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), featuring repeated guest Catie and Devin's mysterious new girlfri...

From the heart of the Las Vegas Sphere, we discussed Gladiator II and Gladiator, too. Follow us on Twitter or Instagram at youretallpod. Follow Ethan on Twitter at Mathissippi and Devin on twitter at stalecooper. Email us at youretallpod@gmail.com. 

It's the annual You're Tall but I'm Standing in Front of You Halloween Spooktacular! We're joined, as always, by Matt Powers, this time to watch M. Night Shyamalan's Signs (2002). We discuss paranoid faith, Joaquin Phoenix's on-base percentage, and M. Night's many jobs. Follow us on Twitter or Instagram at youretallpod. Follow Ethan on Twitter at Mathissippi and Devin on twitter at stalecooper. Em...

It's Megalopolis! Ethan and Devin watched Megalopolis (2024). They discuss Megalopolis, Megalopolis, and Megalopolis. The closing music for this episode is "Idol Hands" by Ethan Palmer and the Ethan Palmer Experience. Listen to it and the rest of the 11th anniversary edition of Ethan's album The Piano Is Louder This Time at https://ethanpalmer.bandcamp.com/album/the-piano-is-louder-this-time-11th-...

Ethan and Devin watched a pair of new releases, Alien: Romulus and Deadpool & Wolverine. They discuss the current state of the blockbuster and the films' contrasting approaches to cinematic nostalgia. Follow us on Twitter or Instagram at youretallpod. Follow Ethan on Twitter at Mathissippi and Devin on twitter at stalecooper. Email us at youretallpod@gmail.com. 

Ethan and Devin are joined by Kenton Butcher and Catie Denham to discuss Ron Howard's Hillbilly Elegy (2020). Why were liberal elites so primed for JD Vance's anti-worker vision of Appalachia? Does this film secretly reveal that JD Vance is a sociopath? Did Pete Buttigieg rip off Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man" in his memoir? Listen to find out! Follow us on Twitter or Instagram at youretallpod....

Ethan and Devin are joined by Miles Taylor (@MTisempty) to discuss Paul Thomas Anderson's Punch-Drunk Love (2002). They discuss the collision of PTA's directorial sensibilities with Adam Sandler's on-screen persona, the film's search for love in the informational haze of the new 21st century, and Mormonism as grindset religion. Follow us on Twitter or Instagram at youretallpod. Follow Ethan on Twi...

Ethan and Devin watched John Badham's Short Circuit (1986). They discuss the nature of sentience, the perils of Artificial Intelligence, and the sexual politics of robotic throuples. Follow us on Twitter or Instagram at youretallpod. Follow Ethan on Twitter at Mathissippi and Devin at stalecooper. Email us at youretallpod@gmail.com

Ethan and Devin are joined by Steven Watts (@stevenwatts) to discuss FromSoftware's Elden Ring (2022) just in time for the new DLC, Shadow of the Erdtree. They discuss how the game mediates our neoliberal hellscape into a dark fantasy apocalypse, the need to embrace death, and why Margit the Fell Omen should have never been named department chair. Follow us on Twitter or Instagram at youretallpod....