Tag: A24
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The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, Queer, The Last Showgirl – 521
Tolkien takes on a new-ish form in the new animated anime style The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim. Daniel Craig descends into a bit of madness in Queer. Pamela Anderson puts forth her best acting attempts in The Last Showgirl but is it enough to shine? Listen on Apple Podcasts More…
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Kyle Mooney, Evan Winter for Y2K – 519
Director / Co-Writer Kyle Mooney and Co-Writer Evan Winter are here to turn back time, discuss video store viewings, high school cliques and more. This interview contains mild spoilers for Y2K. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Y2K On the last night of 1999, two high school juniors crash a New Years Eve party, only…
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Nightbitch, Flow, Y2K, That Christmas – 518
Amy Adams rips into motherhood in Nightbitch. You’ll absolutely want to go with the beautifully animated Flow. Kyle Mooney’s Y2K will send you tripping down memory lane. That Christmas is a sweet holiday blast. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Nightbitch A woman (Amy Adams) pauses her career to be a stay-at-home mom, but soon…
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Heretic, Small Things Like These – 504
Time for two religiously charged films with the new A24 horror / thriller Heretic and the Cillian Murphy led Small Things Like These. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Heretic Two young missionaries are forced to prove their faith when they knock on the wrong door and are greeted by a diabolical Mr. Reed (Hugh…
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We Live In Time – 497
An emotional carousel ride of a film with We Live in Time, Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh are electric together. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about We Live in Time Almut (Florence Pugh) and Tobias (Andrew Garfield) are brought together in a surprise encounter that changes their lives. Through snapshots of their life together —…
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The Substance, A Different Man, His Three Daughters – 487
A haunting double feature of vanity and regret with The Substance and A Different Man. Plus would His Three Daughters work better as live theater? Listen on Apple Podcasts More about The Substance Demi Moore gives a career best performance as Elisabeth Sparkle, a former A-lister past her prime and suddenly fired from her fitness…
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TIFF 2024
As we return from TIFF 2024 we present some of the standout films we saw at the festival. This was our inaugural year attending the Toronto International Film Festival (with special thanks to the TIFF and Rotten Tomatoes Media Inclusion Initiative for helping us participate) so we weren’t able to screen everything there (including some…
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Fly Me to the Moon, Sunny, Touch – 461
Can the new romcom Fly Me to the Moon achieve liftoff? Sunny explores what it means to be human. Touch is a love story through the ages. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Fly Me to the Moon Starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum, “Fly Me to the Moon” is a sharp, stylish comedy-drama set against…
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MaXXXine, The Imaginary, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F – 458
Does Maxine Minx get her Hollywood ending in MaXXXine? Studio Ponoc serves up their best Ghibli attempt in The Imaginary. Finally a return to La-La Land with Eddie Murphy trying to reinvigorate Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about MaXXXine: In 1980s Hollywood, adult film star and aspiring actress Maxine Minx…
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Teo Yoo for Past Lives – 331
Actor Teo Yoo dives into his own history in this chat about Past Lives, life changing connections, and vulnerability. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Past Lives Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrest apart after Nora’s family emigrates from South Korea. Two decades later, they are reunited in New York…