Jeremy Saulnier is back in fine form with his latest thriller Rebel Ridge!

Join Melissa McDowell (Letterboxd, X), Steve Stebbing (Letterboxd, X, Website), Bill Harris (Letterboxd, X) and Marina Antunes (Letterboxd, Instagram) as they dig into the director’s latest film and the team selects five titles they’re excited to see at this year Vancouver International Film Festival.

VIFF Picks

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00:00:00 – Opening credits & introduction
00:01:58 – Strange Darling
00:17:45 – What we’ve been watching
01:04:15 – Coming soon
01:13:30 – Closing thoughts & credits

The team reunites for a discussion of one of the best movies of the year: Strange Darling.

Join Melissa McDowell (Letterboxd, X), Steve Stebbing (Letterboxd, X, Website), Bill Harris (Letterboxd, X) and Marina Antunes (Letterboxd, Instagram) as dig into JT Mollner’s new movie, Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut Blink Twice and a load of other new titles.

Other things mentioned this episode:

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00:00:00 – Opening credits & introduction
00:00:47 – Strange Darling
00:19:45 – What we’ve been watching
01:08:14 – Coming soon
01:13:31 – Closing thoughts & credits

Join us this week as Steve Stebbing (Letterboxd, X, Website), Bill Harris (Letterboxd, X) and Marina Antunes (Letterboxd, Instagram) discuss Fede Álvarez’s latest Hollywood horror franchise with… mixed results.

At least we can all agree that the Alien: Romulus score is pretty amazing.

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00:00:00 – Opening credits & introduction
00:00:55 – Alien: Romulus
00:21:29 – What we’ve been watching
00:58:07 – Coming soon
01:21:58 – Closing thoughts & credits

Summer movie season is in full swing and this week, Steve Stebbing (Letterboxd, X, Website), Bill Harris (Letterboxd, X) and Marina Antunes (Letterboxd, Instagram) dig into two of the biggest openings of the summer so far: Twisters and the Ryan Reynolds/Hugh Jackman bromance that is Deadpool & Wolverine.

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00:00:00 – Opening credits & introduction
00:02:54 – Twisters
00:21:40 – Deadpool & Wolverine
00:35:37 – What we’ve been watching
01:13:36 – Coming soon
01:21:58 – Closing thoughts & credits

Does Osgood Perkins manage to deliver “the scariest movie of the decade” or are the critics overhyping?

Join Steve Stebbing (Letterboxd, X, Website), Bill Harris (Letterboxd, X) and Marina Antunes (Letterboxd, Instagram) as they delve deep into Perkins’ latest horror offering as well a number of other horror films including MaXXXine, A Quiet Place: Day One and one of the crazy classics Possession.

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00:00:00 – Opening credits & introduction
00:00:34 – Longlegs
00:17:26 – What we’ve been watching
01:39:44 – Coming soon
01:47:02 – Closing thoughts & credits

Originally this episode was going to be split into two, much like last year’s mid-year countdown however, Marina – wearing the editor hat – decided to keep this as one long episode. Think of this as a small gift for that upcoming long-weekend drive.

Join Steve Stebbing (Letterboxd, X, Website), Bill Harris (Letterboxd, X) and Marina Antunes (Letterboxd, Instagram) as they talk about some of their recent watches before diving into their mid-year top fives!

Steve’s Top 5

5. Monkey Man
4. Love Lies Bleeding
3. Dune: Part Two
2. Listen to find out
1. Listen to find out

Bill’s Top 5:

5. Late Night with the Devil
4. Sasquatch Sunset
3. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
2. Listen to find out
1. Listen to find out

Marina’s Top 5:

5. Monkey Man
4. Dune: Part Two
3. Memoir of a Snail
2. Listen to find out
1. Listen to find out

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00:00:00 – Opening credits & introduction
00:00:56 – What we’ve been watching
01:00:16 – Mid-year top 5
01:46:46 – Coming soon
01:52:03 – Closing thoughts & credits

Sadly Melissa McDowell (Letterboxd, X) isn’t able to join the team this week but listen in as Steve Stebbing (Letterboxd, X, Website), Bill Harris (Letterboxd, X) and Marina Antunes (Letterboxd, Instagram) fall into the desert of George Miller’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and Bill finally comes to understand the appeal of Glen Powell.

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00:00:00 – Opening credits & introduction
00:05:31 – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
00:22:01 – Hit Man
00:29:20 – What we’ve been watching
01:12:49 – Coming soon
01:19:12 – Closing thoughts & credits

The episode that keeps on giving.

This week, Steve Stebbing (Letterboxd, X, Website), Bill Harris (Letterboxd, X), Marina Antunes (Letterboxd, Instagram) and Melissa McDowell (Letterboxd, X) unpack the action spectacular that is The Fall Guy, Marina loses her cool over Challengers and the crew reminisce about music with a new Bon Jovi doc.

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00:00:00 – Opening credits & introduction
00:01:55 – The Fall Guy
00:10:44 – What we’ve been watching
00:59:50 – Coming soon
01:04:40 – Closing thoughts & credits

Could April be THE MONTH of the movie-going year? It may well be…

This week, Steve Stebbing (Letterboxd, X, Website), Bill Harris (Letterboxd, X), Marina Antunes (Letterboxd, Instagram) and Melissa McDowell (Letterboxd, X) dive into Alex Garland’s Civil War and take a giddy look at Luca Guadagnino’s latest exploration of sexuality and relationships, Challengers.

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00:00:00 – Opening credits & introduction
00:00:55 – Civil War
00:20:25 – Challengers
00:28:54 – What we’ve been watching
00:57:50 – Coming soon
01:04:04 – Closing thoughts & credits

Dev Patel goes broke twice and emerges victorious!

Join us this week as we delve into Monkey Man, Dev Patel’s surprising action thriller which marks the actor-turned-director as an adept filmmaker. Join Steve Stebbing (Letterboxd, X, Website), Bill Harris (Letterboxd, X), and Marina Antunes (Letterboxd, Instagram) as they delve into the crazy action. Melissa McDowell (Letterboxd, X) was unable to join us this week.

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00:00:00 – Opening credits & introduction
00:04:51 – Love Lies Bleeding
00:25:56 – What we’ve been watching
01:26:55 – Coming soon
01:35:38 – Closing thoughts & credits