it's our longest episode ever. we just couldn't stop talking about the first of Christopher Nolan's Batman movies. the film changed the game for superhero movies forever and indeed all action and blockbuster cinema. there's a lot to get into and it's not even any of our favorite Nolan movie! listen and enjoy, film friends!

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Christopher Nolan continues to climb the studio system ladder with Insomnia. Ian, Chris, and Travis discuss how it fits into his filmography, how it holds up against the other cat-and-mouse thrillers of the era, and whether Al Pacino was trying to sound like foghorn leghorn.

listen and don't fall asleeeeeep.......

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Christopher Nolan's first entrance onto the world and Hollywood stage is an absolute success. redefining the noir and crime genre and turning linear storytelling on it's ear; Memento is perhaps Nolan's most exciting entry into film canon. what do we have to say about it? lots of things! listen up film friends:)

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we kick off our Nolan series by talking Following. the homemade budget NeoNoir that introduces us to almost every theme we're going to see over the next dozen movies. enjoy! some of us did...

We're Back!!!!! season 3 starts now with Christopher Nolan. get into it!

Alfonso Cuaron returns after almost 8 years since Children of Men to create his most financially succesful and critically acclaimed movie to date. Gravity is a technical marvel and a bare bones story with only a couple actors and a lot of groundbreaking CGI.

we talk about our differing opinions about the movie and which parts work and which parts did not for some of us. Ian lays out his theory on what this movie is REALLY the story of...

Travis does his best to convince everyone that the script should be about equal importance to a movie like this as the score, and you're missing the point if you watch it for that.

and Chris pushes through his initial problems with the computer heavy imagery to agree that no matter what you say about this movie, Alfonso Cuaron is a master filmmaker.

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Ian, Chris, and Travis get into the world of Children of Men. from the incredible, long, single shots with the camera moving through like a character, to the unbelievable prescience and socially brilliant messaging; it's clear that Alfonso Cuaron is in his stride as a filmmaker. pushing forward technically and conceptually. 

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Alfonso Cuaron follows up his independent film about the class disparities in Mexico with a dip into franchise filmmaking. the third and best Harry Potter film. 

Ian, Travis, and Chris talk about how Cuaron fits in as director in this series and how he manages the constraints of it. we also talk a lot about wizards and shit. it's fun. also, travis uses the term Halloweenyana and that's fun too. listen to it won't you. 

p.s. suck it jk Rowling we stand with trans people.

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Cuaron's 4th film is a powerful and poetic masterpiece about two teenagers having sex with a woman twice their age. it is a uniquely independent movie at this point in his filmography in terms of budget and style, and it exquisitely tackles the dynamics of wealth disparity in a friendship and in a country possibly better than any movie we've ever seen. Ian, Travis, and Chris get into all of that and dig deeper into the transition Cuaron's career takes in this movie. give it a listen!

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