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Bugonia is a 2025 film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. This is an English remake of a 2003 South Korean film called Save the Green Planet! which was directed by Jang Joon-hwan. In Bugonia Jesse Plemons stars as Teddy Gatz, who together with his cousin Don, played by Aidan Delbis, kidnap and imprison CEO Michelle Fuller, played by Emma Stone, whom Teddy believes to be an alien.
Time Stamps:
(04:41) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Philip Kaufman, 1978)
(18:26) The Killing of a Sacred Deer (Yorgos Lanthimos, 2017)
(28:54) Bugonia (Yorgos Lanthimos, 2025)
(57:13) Spoilers
(1:18:34) Next Time: Frankenstein (Guillermo del Toro, 2025)
Red Rooms, a 2023 psychological horror film written and directed by Pascal Plante. It follows Kelly-Anne (Juliette Gariépy), a fashion model who takes an interest in the murder trial of Ludovic Chevalier (Maxwell McCabe-Lokos). She becomes acquainted with another observer, Clementine (Laurie Babin), who will tell anyone who will listen that Chevalier is innocent. As time goes on they learn more about the case, and each other, and the things they may or may not have in common.
Ben was able to attend the Virginia Film Festival in Charlottesville, VA and saw 12 feature films and one short film collection. He recorded some onsite reactions and introductions to each film and we intercut those with our post-festival conversational Q&A. Red Rooms discussion will follow tomorrow and our regular programming will resume next Thursday with Bugonia!
After The Hunt is a 2025 film directed by Luca Guadagnino and written by Nora Garrett. It stars Julia Roberts as Alma Imhoff, a philosophy professor at Yale on the verge of tenure. Ayo Edebiri plays Maggie, a star student of Alma's and Andrew Garfield as Hank, a fellow professor also on the verge of tenure. Alma is caught between the two when Maggie confides in Alma that Hank sexually assaulted her after a party one night. Michael Stuhlbarg and Chloe Sevigny star in supporting roles as Alma's husband Frederik and a school doctor/therapist respectively.
Timestamps
(01:36) Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
(17:43) The Devils
(31:55) The Piano Teacher
(45:57) After the Hunt discussion
(1:32:49) After the Hunt Spoilers
(1:55:21) Next Time!
Works Cited
After the Hunt (2025, Luca Guadagnino)
"All These Things That I've Done" (The Killers, 2004)
Call Me by Your Name (2017, Luca Guadagnino)
The Devils (1971, Ken Russell)
Elle (2016, Paul Verhoeven)
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (2008, Nathan Frankowski)
Anemone is a 2025 film directed by Ronan Day-Lewis, written by Ronan with his father Daniel Day-Lewis, starring Daniel Day-Lewis as Ray Stoker, and Sean Bean as Jem Stoker, with supporting performances from Samantha Morton as Nessa Stoker, Samuel Bottomley as Brian Stoker, and Safia Oakley-Green as Hattie. In this film Jem seeks out his brother Ray, who has lived in isolation for an extended period of time, in order to bring him back to help aid the young Brian through a tumultous and consequential crossroads of his life.
Timestamps
(01:14) Artemis Fowl
(19:30) Field of Dreams
(39:43) The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
(51:17) Anemone introduction, skip to next stamp to avoid synopsis spoilers
The Smashing Machine is a 2025 film directed, written, produced, and edited by Benny Safdie and starring Dwayne Johnson as Mark Kerr, Emily Blunt as Dawn Staples, Ryan Bader as Mark Coleman, and Bas Rutten as himself. We follow Mark Kerr from 1997-2000 as he wins his first title in a Brazilian tournament before skipping forward to focus on a fight in Tokyo, Kerr's tumultuous relationship with his girlfriend Dawn, his addiction to painkillers, and his participation in the Pride Grand Prix 2000 again in Tokyo where his former coach Mark Coleman might end up being his final opponent if he can win each round.
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (Justin Lin, 2006)
A Few Good Men (Rob Reiner, 1991)
Find Me Guilty (Sidney Lumet, 2006)
Gotti (Kevin Connolly, 2018)
INLAND EMPIRE (David Lynch, 2006)
JFK (Oliver Stone, 1991)
Megalopolis (Francis Ford Coppola, 2024)
Episode 11: One Battle After Another
Thursday, October 2, 2025 • Duration 01:54:17
Leftist guerillas Perfidia Beverly Hills (Teyana Taylor) and her lover "Ghetto" Pat Calhoun (Leonardo DiCaprio) leading their revolutionary group the French 75 in storming and liberating a migrant holding facility operated by race pervert Colonel Steven Lockjaw (Sean Penn). But after a bank robbery turns deadly the group is shattered and scattered, with Perfidia vanishing and Pat going into hiding with their infant daughter Charlene. Sixteen years later Pat is living in a Colorado sanctuary city in a haze of drugs, under the assumed name of Bob Ferguson. His paranoia makes him an overbearing parent to his daughter, raised as Willa and now played by Chase Infiniti. When Colonel Lockjaw learns of their hiding place and leads a series of migrant roundup raids on the city, the remainders of the French 75 spirit Willa away to a safe house. Meanwhile Bob is forced to rely on the support of kung fu sensei and immigration activist Sergio St Carlos (Benicio Del Toro), as well as the protocol and praxis he forgot years before in order to escape capture and reunite with his daughter.
Inherent Vice (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2014 movie; Thomas Pynchon, 2009 novel)
(Oliver Stone, 1991)
Episode 10: HIM
Thursday, September 25, 2025 • Duration 01:44:26
HIM follows Cameron "Cam" Cade (Tyriq Withers) an up and coming college quarterback star who suffers a serious head injury before the draft combine. Unable to participate, Cam finds himself singled out and selected by his idol, Isaiah White (Marlon Wayans) who invites Cam to his isolated compound to train for a week as a test to see if he is capable of succeeding White as the San Antonio Saviors next quarterback. The training quickly descends into ritualistic violence as Cam discovers a deep secret behind White's superstar career.
Timestamps
(00:00) The Substitute 3: Winner Takes All
(24:06) Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
(46:35) Foxcatcher
(1:02:25) HIM
(1:41:33) Next week's pick: One Battle After Another
The Long Walk is the latest film adaptation of a Stephen King novel and takes place in an alternate 1970s United States in which a past war has ruined the country economically. The totalitarian regime that now runs the country has devised a new annual event to encourage larger GDP growth: a marathon walk in which one kid from each state is chosen via voluntary raffle. Each individual must walk at least 3mph, should they fail to do so after three warnings they are killed and the walk lasts until only one remains. The film's focus is mainly on Raymond Garraty as #47 (Cooper Hoffman) and Peter McVries as #23 (David Jonsson) who strike up a friendship despite the competition and its lethal end for all but one competitor.
Timestamps
(00:00) The Cell
(22:06) Misery
(41:01) Children of Men
(53:10) The Long Walk
(1:34:32) Next week's episode: Him
Works Cited
11.22.63 (Bridget Carpenter, 2016 miniseries; Stephen King, 2011 novel)
Carrie (Brian De Palma, 1976 film; Stephen King, 1974 novel)
Cell (Tod Williams, 2016 film; Stephen King, 2006 novel)
Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón, 2006 film; P.D. James, 1992 novel)
Dreamcatcher (Lawrence Kasdan, 2003 film; Stephen King, 2001 novel)
Ghostbusters (Paul Feig, 2016)
The Green Mile (Frank Darabont, 1999 film; Stephen King, 1996 novel)
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Mockingjay - Part 1, Mockingjay - Part 2, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (Francis Lawrence, 2013-2015, 2023 films; Susanne Collins, 2009-2010, 2020 novels)
It (Any Muschietti, 2017/2019 films; Stephen King, 1986 novel)
(Francis Lawrence, 2025 film, Stephen King (as Richard Bachman) 1979 novel)
Episode 08: Honey Don't!
Thursday, September 11, 2025 • Duration 01:33:00
Private eye Honey O'Donahue (Margaret Qualley) begins investigating the suspicious death of one of her clients, who turns up dead in a car accident before they can even meet. Her sleuthing, with the help of MG (Aubrey Plaza), a police officer she hooked up with, points to the Four Ways church of Reverend Drew Devlin (Chris Evans), a sleazy preacher who brings new meaning to the term 'Come to Jesus,' all while she is trying to help her sister keep her niece Corrine (Talia Ryder) out of trouble.
Timestamps
(01:35) The Ladykillers
(18:44) Jennifer's Body
(32:09) The Hudsucker Proxy
(48:40) Honey, Don't!
(1:30:27) Next week will be The Long Walk
Works Cited:
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2018) The Big Lebowski (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1997)
