We welcome Melanie Shannon to the pod as we discuss the enigmatic Neon Demon! Together, we discuss why the movie was dismissed at the time, how obviously creepy the modeling industry is and if the movie is really a horror movie. Clay Williams absent this episode 

Returning guests Aaron Casis and Carlee Gomes (Hit Factory podcast) are here to talk the puzzling 15:17 to Paris but more importantly our first foray into Clint Eastwood's 2010s era. Together, we discuss the bizarre gelato scene, audience reaction in real time, and Clint's reputation as a public figure

We revisit the Ocean’s 7/11 as Sarah Welch Larsen (Bright Wall Dark Room) joins us! Together we discuss the careers of Daniel Craig and Riley Keough, Soderbergh’s retirement, Clay’s West Virginia hatred and how well the movie has aged since 2017

We welcome Oscar Goff (Boston Hassle) to the pod and talk about 2016's Hail, Caesar! and the Coen Brothers' interrogation of why they love making movies. Discussing the careers of Josh Brolin and Alden Ehrenreich, how we look at this post-Coen breakup and why this didn't work for audiences at the time

We welcome Vice Victus (Polygon) to the pod for the last episode of our month-long series on action films of the 2010s! We'll unpack 2010s wars films, how this became a box office success in South Korea and turning a historical naval commander into an action star 

Jordan Crucchiola (Disaster Girls, Vulture) is back to be the ambassador for the maligned legacy sequel, Terminator: Dark Fate. We'll discuss the career of Mackenzie Davis, the trouble production between creative differences with Tim Miller and Jim Cameron and how Dark Fate failed at the box office in the fall of 2019

Action month continues as we're joined by Alex Rallo (One Perfect Headshot) joins us for Peter Chan's 2011 thriller Dragon. We talk about the career of Donnie Yen, what makes the great modern action star and hard to track down/forgotten films 

WIlliam Goodman (Complex) joins us to chat about the most recent output from the Mission Impossibles and when we saw Chris McQuarrie become the overseer of the franchise. As well as getting into the career of Rebecca Ferguson, how the action sequences hold up so well since 2015 and 2018 and comparing Rogue Nation to other 2015 sequels we've covered like Mad Max: Fury Road or Magic Mike XXL

Jen Johans (Film Intuition, Watch with Jen podcast) returns to kick off our collection of episodes apart of action month! Very excited to bring a genre-themed month within these next five weeks; first up is Phillip Noyce's Salt! We talk about Angelina Jolie in the 2010s, cloak and dagger thrillers that exist exclusively on cable, and the film's needless alternate ending

Peyton Robinson (JumpCut, Roger Ebert) is back for the defense of the NYSM duology we've been waiting for and why they should be remembered as better action comedies than their reputation suggests. We'll also get into the career of Woody Harrelson in the 2010s, best versus favorite films, the perspective and tone in making a heist film 

Bailey Herdè (Bright Wall Dark Room, Flip Screen) joins us for 2018's marvelous Game Night. Along with Jason Bateman in the 2010s, why this studio comedy stands out from the others and comedies that feel timeless like this does

We couldn't repeat the past though Greg Hill-Turner (Chasin' Statham podcast) returns for Baz Luhrmann's polarizing adaption of the classic American novel The Great Gatsby. Together we go over the career of Tobey Maguire and Joel Edgerton, the infamous hip-hop-inspired soundtrack, books we read in the high school and the 3D of it all

Paul Oyama (Movie Trivia Schmoedown) is back for Steven Soderbergh's whip-smart and overlooked High Flying Bird. We'll talk about the career of Andre Holland, relations to other films we've covered like OJ Made in America and Moneyball, how fast the NBA is changing, and Soderbergh's partnership with streamers  

Allegra Frank (The Daily Beast) joins us for a rom com parody that was dead on arrival with 2014’s THEY CAME TOGETHER. Together we discuss the careers of the two leads, the movies cruel tones, comparisons to lonely island and Wet Hot American Summer influence  

Chris Feil (This Had Oscar Buzz, Vanity Fair) joins us for Another Year and a bevy of exquisite performances than come with a Mike Leigh movie. Together we'll discuss the 2011 Oscars, the Mike Leigh process, and what Entertainment Weekly. Consider donating to an abortion fund: https://www.thecut.com/article/donate-abortion-fund-roe-v-wade-how-to-help.html

Saffron Maeve (Paste, Little White Lies) is back for Shane Black's latest buddy comedy in 2016's The Nice Guys. We'll get into Russell Crowe in the 2010s, how Black's Los Angeles differs from other films we've covered like Inherent Vice and Under The Silver Lake, Nicolas Winding Refn's random streaming service: ByNWR and going back to see movies we first saw at 17 Consider donating to an abortion fund: https://www.thecut.com/article/donate-abortion-fund-roe-v-wade-how-to-help.html

Broey Deschanel returns as we meet in Greece for the conclusion (?) of Richard Linklater's Before trilogy on its ninth anniversary! We get into the career of Ethan Hawke, how ranking the trilogy is didactic and how Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke contribute to the screenplays in the trilogy 

Allison Picurro (TV Guide) joins us for the deeply human Enough Said. Together we remember Jim Gandolfini, the career of Nicole Holofcener, why HBO's The Staircase isn't more popular, how cool Michael Imperioli is and fake rom-com jobs Consider donating to an abortion fund: https://www.thecut.com/article/donate-abortion-fund-roe-v-wade-how-to-help.html

Clint Worthington (The Spool, Roger Ebert, Consequence) is here with us for Michael Bay's testosterone-fueled black comedy Pain and Gain, in honor of the release of Ambulance. We talk about the career of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Bay's admiration for the Coen Brothers, and the depiction of American capitalism in 2013 movies 

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Jihane Bousfiha (Vulture, Paste magazine) is here on the pod to talk about 2017's The Florida Project. We'll end up talking about the incredible career of Willem Dafoe and push back to Sean Baker's depiction of poverty 

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Brianna Zigler (Paste Magazine) returns for the beloved sophomore feature with Robert Eggers' The Lighthouse! We chat about if this will end up being a horror classic, a24 comedies and Cannes 2019. Consider donating to an abortion fund: https://www.thecut.com/article/donate-abortion-fund-roe-v-wade-how-to-help.html

Sam Herbst (The Kidmanifesto podcast) joins us to discuss Andrew Haigh's exquisite 45 Years but more importantly NOT Star Wars and Suicide Squad. We get into it all like best actress 2015, movies that don't exist and the career of Charlotte Rampling

Mitchell Beaupre (Letterboxd, The Film Stage) joins us to chat about one of the finest action blockbusters of the 2010s in Doug Liman's Edge of Tomorrow. We unpack why the movie failed to make a sequel, Emily Blunt's career and the film's actual title, Live Die Repeat (should have been All You Need Is Kill all along) 

Phillip Iscove (Sleepy Hollow, Podcast Like Its 1999) is here to talk about the last David Fincher we have left to cover in the 2010s with the masterful The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. We get into it all here talking about the career of Daniel Craig, casting Lisbeth Salander, Netflix, why didn't get any sequels and why this is the perfect thriller

Mitchell Beaupre (Letterboxd, Paste magazine) is back to discuss 2015’s Tomorrowland! Together we talk about the career of Brad Bird, optimistic blockbusters and why the movie didn’t connect with audiences 

We welcome Lena Wilson (New York Times) to the pod as talk one of the most iconic romance/coming of age stories of the 2010s in Luca Guadagnino's Call Me By Your Name. We get into it all, the peach scene, the downfall of Armie Hammer, the 2018 oscar season, how this is in relation to other queer cinema of the decade and why the movie is so popularity 

We now talk about our first film from Mia Hansen Love in the addictive Eden. We'll discuss the great French films of the 2010s, Daft Punk, 2013 Cannes, how much Mia Hansen Love and Celine Sciamma are in parallel careers  

Logan Kenny (Cinematary) returns as we DJ some sweet pool parties and talk Max Joseph's (yeah, from MTVs Catfish) directorial debut We Are Your Friends. We'll talk about Zac Efron's career, 2015 summer movies, and silicon valley capitalism 

Nia Tucker is back to talk about our first Pixar (!!) with the release of Turning Red recently, we're now going to college and looking back at Monsters University. We touch on the slate of movies for Pixar in the 2010s, what makes a prequel work and how great of guys Mike and Sully are

In honor of The Batman coming out, Emily Jacobson (FIlm Daze) is back with us for Matt Reaves' American remake of Let The Right One In, Let Me In. We touch on the career of Kodi Smit-McPhee, Jack's praise of Reaves' first project as writer-director, Felicity and the absurd amount of remakes that came out in 2010 alone

Marie Bardi (Blank Check podcast) joins us for David Cronenberg's damning portrait of Hollywood in Maps to the Stars. We'll discuss the Evan Child character now being a YouTuber instead of a child actor, what happened to John Cusack, and dinosaur movies. Friend of the show Tyler Harford fills in for cohost while Clay Williams is absent 

Let's dive into the massive career of Ridley Scott with his two prequels returning back into the Alien franchise with Prometheus and Alien: Covenant. Scout Tafoya (author of Cinemaphagy: On the Psychedelic Classical Form of Tobe Hooper) and Tucker Johnson join us to talk about 2012 blockbusters, why these movies were misunderstood at the time, movies to display on Best Buy TVs, and if Covenant is the last of the franchise. Friend of the show Tyler Harford fills in for cohost while Clay Williams is absent 

Emmy Potter (Crooked Marque, Bright Wall Dark Room) returns as she chats with us about 2016's melancholic Certain Women, the perfect wintertime movie. Together we try to decide what's the best section of the three stories, the brilliance of Michelle Williams and our trips to the midwest. Friend of the show Tyler Harford fills in for cohost while Clay Williams is absent 

Brandon Streussnig (The Playlist) is here this episode as we dig into the career of Michael Mann and his only movie in the 2010s in the cyber-thriller, Blackhat. We couldn't decide if Chris Hemsworth is good in this, why Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close was nominated for best picture and how 2015 and the MCU were a cultural rest for American cinema. Friend of the show Tyler Harford fills in for cohost while Clay Williams is absent 

Calvin Kemph (Twin Geeks) is here this episode to bring his pick for the best of the 2010s in Jonathan Glazer's mesmerizing Under the Skin. We talk about the career of Scarlett Johansson, 2010s cerebral sci-fi influencing each other and if Mica Levi's score is considered one of the best of the decade. Friend of the show Tyler Harford fills in for cohost while Clay Williams is absent 

Comedian Jon Gabrus is back and joins us to take a look back at the prescient thriller in SICARIO. Together we discuss the careers of the three leads, Denis Villeneuve’s significance in the 2010s and the unique tension captivated by Taylor Sheridan 

Kevin Montes (The Twin Geeks) is here with us to talk about the third installment in the Jackass series, now in 3D! We go over the history of the franchise, our favorite all the stunts in this one, and what Jackass meant to us in 2010. Friend of the show Tyler Harford fills in for cohost while Clay Williams is absent 

We're running lines with Cullen Atchley and Jesse Catherine Webber (Cannes I Kick It podcast) as we look back on Clouds of Sils Maria! With discussions including Juliette Binoche, Cannes 2013, and comedic actors working with European auteurs. Friend of the show Tyler Harford fills in for cohost while Clay Williams is absent 

Natalia Keogan (Paste, Slash film) joins us in this ep as we unpack Joanna Hogg's memoir to a struggling, young artist in The Souvenir! Getting into the career of Tilda Swinton, Instagram and how the film relates to its sequel  Friend of the show Tyler Harford fills in for cohost while Clay Williams is absent 

Satire is a weird state right now but in 2010, Four Lions is a breath of fresh air as Greg Hill-Turner picks the terrorist comedy as one of their favorite comedies of the 2010s! We talk about the careers of Benedict Cumberbatch and Chris Morris, 2010 in film and how this could only be made in 2010. Friend of the show Tyler Harford fills in for cohost while Clay Williams is absent 

With lots of good cameos and bad wigs to go around, Caro Ribeiro (tiktok) joins us this episode to revisit Adam McKay's celebrated dramedy into the 2008 financial crash. We chat about McKay making a career shift after Anchorman 2, The Big Short's relationship with other movies we've covered like Inside job or Wolf of Wall Street, Christian Bale in the 2010s, and the 2022 oscar season.Friend of the show Tyler Harford fills in for cohost while Clay Williams is absent 

From the Cows in the Field podcast, we're joined by the Khoo's to reassess Whit Stillman's 2011 comeback Damsels in Distress. We discuss Stillman's career as a whole, how auteurs depict contemporary America during the 2010s and how well the movie has aged since its TIFF and Venice premieres. Friend of the show Tyler Harford fills in for cohost while Clay Williams is absent

It's happening! It happened. One of the best studio comedies of the 2010s in Paul Feig's brilliant Bridesmaids! Maia from Broey Deschanel joins us as we get into the career of Kristen Wiig, so many moments turning into widely used gifs and memes over the years and how much money it made for a comedy. Friend of the show Tyler Harford fills in for cohost while Clay Williams is absent

Gaby Iori returns as we revisit Leslye Headland's delightful comedy that has only grown stronger since its release within the extinction of romantic comedies. We get to talk about if this qualifies as the modern When Harry Met Sally, the whiteness of the romance genre, and how Alison Brie and Jason Sudeikis broke away from TV. Friend of the show Tyler Harford fills in for cohost while Clay Williams is absent

We're going gambling. with Carrie Wittmer (The Ringer, Vulture) and talking about 2019's addictive thriller from the Safdie brothers. Topics included how the release was at the time, best performances by athletes in film and unconventional comfort movies. Friend of the show Tyler Harford fills in for cohost while Clay Williams is absent

Brett Wiesenaur (Brettroculture podcast) joins us as we talk Isao Takahata's masterful swan song. Together talking about our own relationship with Studio Ghibli, what makes this one of the genuine greatest animated films of the 2010s how Miyazaki is like Jay-Z in the world of animation. Friend of the show Tyler Harford fills in for cohost while Clay Williams is absent

Clint Worthington returns as we discuss the profound moral dilemmas Josh Oppenheimer’s The Act of Killing and Look of Silence! Together we unpack the suppression of Indonesian history from the genocide, the difference in form from the first documentary to the follow up and the striking ending in Act of Killing 

Considered one of the undeniably great sports movies of the decade, Josh Bradley (Movies I Love and so can you) is back with us to pick the sublime Moneyball. With deep dives into Jonah Hill's career shift, inspiring more sports movies like High Flying Bird and Draft Day and our own personal history with baseball 

Michelle O'Connell (Roger Ebert, The Film Stage) brought us James Gray's haunting The Immigrant this week as his favorite film of the decade with all of us finding the film's greatness undeniable. We talk about The Weinstein's meddling with the release after its premiere at Cannes,  career of Jeremy Renner and that perfect final shot

The lovely Nicole Fegan joins us to talk about one of the very best films by Jim Jarmusch in the poetic Paterson. Once again admiring the talent of Adam Driver throughout the decade, how Paterson inspires us to be better people and the wu-tang clan