Let’s get it started, in the TUB! We sit down with Mitchell Beaupre (Letterbox’d) to discuss male friendship, regrets, the allure of youth, reliving our best and worst days, the comic genius of Crispin Glover, and what happened in Cincinnati! If that guy doesn’t lose his arm soon, I’m gonna fucking take it from himContinue reading “HOT TUB TIME MACHINE (2010)”
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THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD (2007)
What’s a moody anti-Western got to do with mythmaking, outlaws, celebrity, bold robbers, parasocial relationships, betrayal, guilt, capitalism, Roger Deakins, Brad Pitt, and Casey Affleck? A lot, it turns out! Join us and Edward Lewis to explore the contours of Andrew Dominik’s retelling of the end of Jesse James’ life. By his own approximation, BobContinue reading “THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD (2007)”
SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL (2023)
Nicolas Cage has been on a run of making several movies a year for decades now, and Sympathy for the Devil is one of his latest experiments, a pulpy chamber piece road trip mystery suspense film co-starring Joel Kinnaman. We sit down the film’s director Yuval Adler (who also happened to get his PhD inContinue reading “SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL (2023)”
FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS (2004)
It is with clear eyes and love in our hearts that we dive into this classic football parable from the aughts with friend and returning guest Edward Lewis. We discuss the role of suffering in achievement, the paradox of youth, and the cycles that shackle us to our communities. We think about regret and expectation,Continue reading “FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS (2004)”
IN THE LINE OF FIRE (1993)
Bilge Ebiri (New York Magazine / Vulture) returns to talk with us about this classic nineties Wolfgang Petersen conspiracy thriller that pits an aging Secret Service Agent (Clint Eastwood) against an anarchistic terrorist (John Malkovich) intent on assassinating the President. We reflect on how the movie reflects cautiously on Eastwood’s broad career, regret and secondContinue reading “IN THE LINE OF FIRE (1993)”
Cows in the Field 