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New film still in theaters to see, a filmography to wrap up, awards to give, and the next director to still announce. All kinds of things this week! Check it out inside!

Annie and Ryan dive into the weird world of conspiracies and neo-noir-isms that have slowly made Mitchell's third work into something of a cult hit. Will the strange nonsense work for our duo or will they wish things stayed a little more accessible?

The most mainstream film in a while! Ryan and Annie debate whether Ryan's criticisms and confusions are reasonable or misguided as he attempts to make sense of something he just can't quite wrap his head around.

Ryan and Annie get confronted with a strange, silly world of teenage shenanigans and can't help but laugh along.

Ryan and Annie wrap up Dee Rees's filmography with this critically maligned 2020 megafilm from Rees. Will our duo have a hot take or two or will they agree that this just is not that great? You'll have to find out inside! Also this week: Awards are assigned for the favorite performances, scenes, and pictures of Rees and the next director/filmography is announced.

Annie and Ryan experience the critically acclaimed third work from Rees this week and discuss its multitudinous themes and plotlines. Also! This week, our duo discusses Empire in wonderfully confused detail. It's all inside.

Annie and Ryan step into the genre of biopic with Dee Rees's sophomore effort, Bessie, about the "Empress of the Blues" Bessie Smith. Does Bessie fall into any of the tropes and pitfalls of the biographical film format? And from where does Ryan know the multi-talented Queen Latifah? The answer to (at least one of) these questions lies within.

Ryan and Annie dive into the filmography of Dee Rees and are joined by filmmaker Ana Asensio to discuss Pariah along with Asensio's new film Goat Girl! Short films are found, Rees's debut is lauded, and the first ever Retrospective Cinema interview is conducted! It's all inside.

Big week! Ryan and Annie talk about Fellini's final film, assign their awards by discussing their favorite performances, scenes, and films across the filmography, announce the next director, celebrate one year of film discussion, AND have a surprise announcement. All in less than an hour! How do they do it??

Fellini has often reflected on his career and what it all means, but maybe not before with such sentimentality. Filled with both major and minor references to all that he had done, Intervista seems perfect for our duo as they, as intended, have seen everything that had come before. On this penultimate episode of Fellini, see if it did, in fact, click with them.

Annie and Ryan discover yet another hidden gem this week! Ginger and Fred is a late-career meditation on getting older and making art that also happens to be filled to the brim with heart. Hear more inside!

Fellini uses the backdrop of impending war to both discuss class struggle and write a love letter to opera. He also fits a lonely rhinoceros in for good measure. Does it all come together? Annie and Ryan discuss within.

Fellini and Mastroianni reunite! Annie and Ryan discuss how this fits in with their other collaborations, how it stand on its own, and what it all means!

Ryan and Annie continue through the uncharted waters of post-Amarcord Fellini and neither find much to love this week. They break down the good, the bad, and the ugly of this allegory for the cyclical nature of society.

Ryan and Annie trade in the childhood fun of Amarcord for the grandiose and grotesque in discussing Fellini's Casanova. Fellini indulges in theatrical artifice like never before, but does this new artistic territory help him accomplish his ultimate goal to skewer the real-life Casanova?

In discussing a particularly fun film, Annie and Ryan spend time in Fellini's childhood and get to experience both the hilarity and tragedy of growing up. It has them reflecting on their own upbringings and laughing along the way.

After both were pretty burned by "The Clowns," Ryan and Annie return to see something a bit more beloved. But will further docufiction work for them this time? Or will this discussion on the world's continual path forward be yet another misstep?

After the bombastic insanity of Satyricon, Fellini partnered with an Italian television network to make a docufiction about his truest passion: clowns. It is inventive, strange, and fascinating (not to mention hard to find!) but is it good?! Ryan and Annie discuss within.

Annie and Ryan take on a Fellini who has abandoned all sense of autobiography. In this new land with no focus on narrative and late 60's sensibilities, will our podcasters find a new side of the artist to love? Will they simply prefer that which they've lost? Find out within.

Annie and Ryan dive into what seems to be the first film in a whole new Fellini style: full color, image-focused wonder. The film is dreamy, strange, and perhaps the feminine counterpart to 8½. But can anything be as strong as that film? You'll have to find out inside.

Ryan and Annie take on a cornerstone of cinema this week. It's meta, avant-garde, and often very funny (at least to Ryan's taste). Hear them discuss the importance of context, what it means to love, and more! It's all inside.

Ryan and Annie dissect the sweet life in an in-depth discussion of Fellini's first three hour picture, La Dolce Vita.

Annie and Ryan have the privilege of leading a discussion on the the beautiful, sad, and hopeful film that ended Fellini's Trilogy of Loneliness. They discuss the brilliant thematic content, incredible lead performance, and where Fellini could possibly go from here.

This week, Annie and Ryan break down what is perhaps Fellini's most obscure film, Il Bidone, and their conversation takes a few unexpected detours.

Winner of the first Academy Award for foreign language film, as well as the Silver Lion at Venice, La Strada opened to lots of acclaim. It also, however, opened to scorn. Some critics loathed it and it caused a fight at that same Venice festival. In the years since, it has had the power to stay and enter the film canon but it has never had to endure this important question until now: "What will Ryan and Annie think?"

Ryan and Annie dive into the first agreed-upon classic in Fellini's filmography and get personal along the way as they discuss leaving the hometown and quarter-life crises.

Annie and Ryan tackle the first solo directorial effort from Fellini and find all kinds to talk about. The film is dreamy at times, farcical at others, and all around something worthy of a lengthy discussion. Does it hold up? Is it as insensitive as the title might imply? Find out inside!

Annie and Ryan begin their biggest project yet! For the next several weeks, they dive into the filmography of a true legend of cinema: Fellini! It all starts here with his co-directed debut feature.

Ryan and Annie finish the filmography of Satoshi Kon with his dreamy final film. As it ends the series, they also do awards, announce the next director, and more.

Annie and Ryan finish up their binge of Kon's miniseries (and thereby the first tv show of the podcast) and get to the bottom of what it all means - or at least try their best.

All kinds of firsts this week! Annie and Ryan dive into their first "Part 1" episode, their first television show, and their first discussion in which neither has seen the ending. Satoshi Kon made a one-cour anime/ miniseries in-between his third and fourth film and our duo begins their journey through it here.

Ryan and Annie do a belated Christmas show of sorts with a deconstruction of Kon's third film, Tokyo Godfathers, delving into the 2003 film's often progressive depiction of homeless people, trans women, and immigrants.

Annie and Ryan push forward to the stylistically lighter and more hopeful sister film of Perfect Blue to further discuss what reality is and what it means to make your life your own.

Annie and Ryan begin the new year with a new filmmaker. In their first foray into the world of animation, our duo discusses what it means to live and exist, who determines your reality, and the value of the animated medium.

Annie and Ryan take a week off the format in order to share their top ten films of the year lists in a very strong year for film.

Ryan and Annie wrap up their run of Sciamma's filmography with her most recent film! Plus they give out awards for the filmography AND announce the next director? Exciting stuff.

Annie and Ryan dive into one of the most beloved films of the modern era and break down all of the reasons that the film community really got this one right.

Annie and Ryan get into it a little bit as they look at Sciamma's third effort. Ryan thinks the film is dishonest but Annie disagrees. They debate within.

Annie and Ryan discover a brilliant hidden gem while continuing through the films of Céline Sciamma.

Ryan and Annie begin their final filmography of the year by tackling Sciamma's debut film. They discuss everything from the awkward romance of high school and how that's captured here to synchronized swimming and what that visual metaphor could mean. If that's not exciting enough, Ryan sounds like he's in a cave the whole time because he didn't bring his audio equipment with him to travel. It's all inside this episode!

Ryan and Annie complete their third filmography by seeing the new Osgood Perkins film "Keeper" in theaters. But is it any good? Is the puzzle worth solving? Does it even make sense? Our heroes debate within.

Annie and Ryan return to re-complete a filmography of a previously chosen director for the first time! There's a new film from Lynne Ramsay and even if Annie is in the middle of traveling across the nation, nothing could stop our duo from discussing it. For the first time on the pod, Ryan liked one notably less than Annie. See what happens inside.

Ryan and Annie discuss the mostly-unloved comedy-horror from Perkins and find that they both are quite fans. Hot takes from both and yet unity therein.

Annie and Ryan discuss one of the biggest horror films of recent times. Both went for it a year ago. Both are revisiting it now. Have opinions changed or will it be a mutual favorite?

Annie and Ryan dive in to a film that serves mostly as a simple retelling of the fairy tale and see if there's more under the surface or, perhaps more likely, if there truly is not.

Ryan and Annie dive in the the often-maligned sophomore film from Perkins and find that maybe there is more to talk about than either initially thought.

Annie and Ryan ring in the Spooky Season with a new chosen director: Osgood Perkins. His first film was divisive with some loving it, others hating it, and many left wondering. But how did our Retro Cin duo feel? Time to find out.

The day of reckoning is finally here. Ryan and Annie take on the newest release from PTA and discuss its (many) themes and ideas. PLUS, it's the end of Anderson's filmography so the coveted awards go out. What will be picked for best performance, scene, and picture? AND who is the next chosen director?? Tune in and find out.

Ryan and Annie go back to the 70's this week to experience a fun, quirky, and yet problematic romance. Along the way they discuss everything from Barbara Streisand (no, it's "sAnd!") and pinball to waterbeds and Herman Munster.

Annie and Ryan debate PTA's opinions on love and relationships in this discussion of the subversive, quiet-but-brutal 2017 period drama Phantom Thread.