Exiting Through The 2010s – Details, episodes & analysis

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

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