Ranked #1
086 – The Bonfire of the Vanities
086 – The Bonfire of the Vanities
We’ve got our oldest movie yet this week and it’s a doozy! In 1990, auteur Brian DePalma gave us a prestige adaptation o... Read more
23 Mar 2020
•
1hr 41mins
Ranked #2
115 – The Death and Life of John F. Donovan
115 – The Death and Life of John F. Donovan
For his first English language film The Death and Life of John F. Donovan, Cannes darling Xavier Dolan assembled a stunn... Read more
12 Oct 2020
•
1hr 55mins
Similar Podcasts
Little Gold Men by Vanity Fair
Blank Check with Griffin & David
Screen Drafts
Fighting In The War Room: A Movies And Pop Culture Podcast
Next Best Picture Podcast
Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV
The Next Picture Show
Unspooled
Who? Weekly
IndieWire: Screen Talk
The Big Picture
How Did This Get Made?
You Must Remember This
Still Watching: And Just Like That by Vanity Fair
With Gourley And Rust
Ranked #3
026 – Crazy, Stupid, Love.
026 – Crazy, Stupid, Love.
In many ways, 2011 was the year of Ryan Gosling. This was the peak “Hey Girl” era, and this year alone gave us the criti... Read more
18 Dec 2018
•
1hr 23mins
Ranked #4
105 – Somewhere (with George Civeris)
105 – Somewhere (with George Civeris)
After reaching Oscar success in 2003 with Lost in Transalation, Sofia Coppola has stayed mostly on the fringes of Oscar ... Read more
3 Aug 2020
•
1hr 55mins
Most Popular Podcasts
The Joe Rogan Experience
TED Talks Daily
The Tim Ferriss Show
The Daily
Stuff You Should Know
Oprah's SuperSoul Conversations
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Ranked #5
118 – Far And Away
118 – Far And Away
Plunge and scrub, listeners! We’re going back to the early 90s to look at Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, and director Ron Ho... Read more
2 Nov 2020
•
1hr 47mins
Ranked #6
BONUS – And From Canada, Virtual Festival (A TIFF ’20 Recap)
BONUS – And From Canada, Virtual Festival (A TIFF ’20 Recap)
BONUS EPISODE ALERT! Though physically returning to the Toronto International Film Festival this year proved impossible,... Read more
19 Sep 2020
•
1hr 17mins
Ranked #7
003 – Pay It Forward
003 – Pay It Forward
This week we’re calling all angels as we discuss 2000’s major critical disaster and thwarted Oscar grab, Pay It Forward.... Read more
3 Jul 2018
•
1hr 2mins
Ranked #8
107 – Prime
107 – Prime
We’re back to discussing Meryl Streep (for the SIXTH time!) this episode for a film starring the legend opposite an actr... Read more
17 Aug 2020
•
1hr 50mins
Ranked #9
119 – Solaris
119 – Solaris
After following up his 2000 Oscar triumph with audience favorite Ocean’s 11, Steven Soderbergh pivoted into a different ... Read more
9 Nov 2020
•
1hr 40mins
Ranked #10
Class of 2019
Class of 2019
With last week’s announcement of this year’s Academy Award nominees, we can now discuss the episode a year in the making... Read more
21 Jan 2020
•
1hr 48mins
Ranked #11
076 – In Her Shoes
076 – In Her Shoes
Though it was not the victor of our Listeners’ Choice, the very vocal fans of In Her Shoes told us we shouldn’t make you... Read more
6 Jan 2020
•
1hr 41mins
Ranked #12
070 – Prêt-à-Porter (Ready to Wear)
070 – Prêt-à-Porter (Ready to Wear)
Robert Altman had a major comeback in the early 90s, scoring back-to-back lone Director nominations for The Player and S... Read more
19 Nov 2019
•
1hr 32mins
Ranked #13
043 – The Girl on the Train
043 – The Girl on the Train
The Girl on the Train will likely be remembered for following in the mold that Gone Girl had previously set for it, than... Read more
30 Apr 2019
•
1hr 32mins
Ranked #14
121 – About Time (with Katey Rich)
121 – About Time (with Katey Rich)
Richard Curtis arrived in the early 90s with his Oscar-nominated screenplay for Four Weddings and A Funeral and immediat... Read more
23 Nov 2020
•
1hr 55mins
Ranked #15
008 – Double Jeopardy
008 – Double Jeopardy
Before this year’s Oscar season kicks off, we have a cautionary tale for your early predictions: 1999′s revenge thriller... Read more
7 Aug 2018
•
1hr 4mins
Ranked #16
A Holiday Mailbag!
A Holiday Mailbag!
As an exciting holiday treat to show our love to our lovely listeners, Joe and Chris have wrapped up a special mailbag e... Read more
23 Dec 2019
•
2hr 3mins
Ranked #17
007 – Lions For Lambs
007 – Lions For Lambs
In 2007, the movies went hard on the War in Iraq. But what happened when that righteous roar, bolstered by some of the b... Read more
31 Jul 2018
•
1hr 10mins
Ranked #18
013 – It’s Complicated
013 – It’s Complicated
Close your eyes. Picture the movie about kitchens you’ve always wanted. Now open them. Is Alec Baldwin blowing pot smoke... Read more
11 Sep 2018
•
1hr 16mins
Ranked #19
009 – Serena
009 – Serena
Grab your snake-catchin’ eagle and buckle up for this week’s Oscar misstep: Susanne Bier’s literary adaptation Serena. S... Read more
14 Aug 2018
•
1hr 1min
Ranked #20
092 – Le Divorce (with Bobby Finger) (Naomi Watts – Part One)
092 – Le Divorce (with Bobby Finger) (Naomi Watts – Part One)
We kick off our Nao-May miniseries this week with contemporary Merchant Ivory misfire Le Divorce. After missing out on a... Read more
4 May 2020
•
1hr 33mins
