And the Nominees Were...

It's time to get romantic! Mike and Jenny discuss Call Me By Your Name, now WITHOUT the help/hindrance of two bottles of wine. Join them as they discuss aspirational living, how to spend your summer vacation, allergens, portraying memories, the physicality of Armie Hammer, tying all your themes together, and #20-bi-teen.

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It's a two-for-one special as Mike and Jenny talk Jordan Peele's first film, Get Out, AND special opening night chatter about Us! Also discussed are Black Panther, Stranger Things and, for some reason, the short lived ABC sitcom Trophy Wife. Plus the relative scumminess of Caleb Landry Jones, performative wokeness, the unsettling nature of teal, and the show gets cancelled TWICE! Is the Dharma Initiative behind it all?

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Mike and Jenny go full film nerd for Paul Thomas Anderson's relationship drama, Phantom Thread! That's right, all that good stuff like themes and context and lights and composition and a e s t h e t i c s. Some might even call it... ”Paul Thomas Anderson-y.” Who's really in control, in this film full of maladjusted control freaks? Hang on until the needle drop and you'll find out! Plus: weird romance! The power of blushing! Jenny sings, for some reason!

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Jump in the Wayback Machine with Lady Bird, from 2017 but set in 2002, so it brings up a lot of very specific memories. Mike and Jenny talk high school hangouts, overreaching drama clubs, crush material, and family dynamics.

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The 2018 Oscars may be this weekend, but ATNW's 2017 miniseries rolls on with the crime drama (comedy?) with the long title. In this disassembled-reassembled episode, Jenny's English major side comes out, and Mike tries to figure out why they never quite succeed at discussing the first half of a movie. Plus Law and Order, Ivanek chat, acting wins, VENGEANCE, life advice for Dixon, the mysteries of Anne, and more.

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This week, ATNW discusses 2017’s The Post. Spielberg! Streep! Hanks! Many comedians with less than ten minutes of screen time each! Mike and Jenny talk about important themes, Cher, caftans, Cher, whether this movie is actually two movies in one, a Mr. Show reunion (of sorts), Cher, Bradley Whitford: Enemy of the People, and yet another cinematic universe. Plus, the latest Oscar shenanigans and how to save the ceremony.

ATNW's 2017 miniseries continues with Christopher Nolan's multi-temporal war drama Dunkirk. How does it compare to its WWII competitor? How is Dunkirk like an episode of Seinfeld? Where's the bloody Air Force? Mike and Jenny discuss the dreamiest cast members, maintaining suspense, Tom Hardy voices, gettin' down with Mark Rylance, whether the world can handle Kenneth Branagh in IMAX, and much more.

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Mike and Jenny kick off their 2017 miniseries with a discussion of Darkest Hour, one of the year's two WWII-related nominees, and the one with the most Gary Oldman. In this episode, they discuss the quality of light in the darkest hour, teen heartthrob Ben Mendelsohn, the character arc of Winston Churchill, and the "subtle" difference between a Churchill impression and an Oldman one. All this plus facts, fonts, hippies(?), and an excess of champagne.