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On this particularly unhinged episode, we welcome back Cicada Cinema's own Aja Essex for an in-depth ranking of the A24 Twinks and I guess an extended discussion of 1996's Set it Off!

In the news, the Oscars changed up their COVID rules (yet again), Francis Ford Coppola has strong words for Putin, and Amazon is putting their newly acquired Bond license to good use for...a reality series?

Twitter's favorite preacher, Solomon Missouri, joins us to take a deep dive into failing institutions, the plight of urban communities, and what it means to return home after war. That's right, we're talking 1995's Dead Presidents!

In the news, Netflix is cracking down on password sharing, Xzy bums us all out with news of a horrible English reality show, and we say goodbye to Akira Takarada.

This week, we're moving on over to the Beast Coast with 1992's Juice! It's a different coast, but we do continue our discussion of black violence and black police relations. But in between the heavy stuff, you know we're talking about the fashion, the tactility of 90s hip-hop, and just how hot Tupac is.

In the news, we discuss Marvel's new studio town, Disney's CEO donating to bigots, and say goodbye to two incredible talents.

We're continuing on with our deep examination into Black Cinema with 1991's Boyz n the Hood! John Singleton's debut feature provides lots of discussion points, including gentrification, low-income urban living, and how much of a smoke show Laurence Fishburne is.

In the news, Futurama finds their Bender, Disgraced and Jailed Film Producer smuggles candy across state lines, and there's an update on Alamo Drafthouse's unionization efforts.

Black History Months continues with an examination of 1978's Killer of Sheep. A lost film from director, Charles Burnett, your friends are here with you to discuss the realities of living in the American ghettos and the  community that comes with it. So please pour yourself a drink and don't be shy. We're all family, here.

It's that classic tale everyone knows. A nerdy-looking white dude writes a novel that gets adapted into becoming the biggest and baddest blacksploitation movies of all-time. This week, we're watching 1971's Shaft! Your pals discuss the photographic background of its director, Gordon Parks, African-American modern vernacular, and how cultural osmosis rarely tells the whole story.

In da news, The Oscars isn't mandating vaccines, Futurama is back (again), and Netflix has a lot of ladies working for them.

This podcast may not be Rated X by an all-white jury, but this week's movie sure was! Black History Months continues with 1971's Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song! Join your stalwart pals as they discuss the truly wild production history (That fire engine in the finished film didn't know they were shooting a movie at the time), enduring social commentary, the Earth Wind and Fire of it all, and what it means to be a truly revolutionary film.

In the news, David Lynch joins Spielberg's latest, The Boondocks revival gets unrevived, and The Alamo Drafthouse opens some new locations.

Happy Black History Months! This week, we're starting our first mini-series of the year by looking back at the history of Black Cinema. First stop? 1941's The Blood of Jesus! Come for the origins of race films, stay for the incredible story of Spencer Williams Jr., one of cinema's most overlooked figures. All of that, plus a hearty discussion of black faith, church pitch-ins, and psychedelic biblical imagery.

In the news, Evangeline Lily outs herself as an anti-vaxer, Jason Momoa joins Fast & Furious 10, Sean Penn smells his own butt, and Mattel as a film division?!

Our stalwart host Xzyliac Ariel has survived another trip around the sun, so it only makes sense to let her have her birthday wish. Which is to talk about Paul Thomas Anderson's 2014 neo-noir...detective...something...Inherent Vice! 

Can your pals suss out meaning from a movie that actively dares you to make sense of it? As always, they find a way to blame capitalism for something. But also...what's up with all the pizzas in this movie?

In the news, we talk about Shane Carruth's arrest, the weirdness surrounding Ana de Armas, and a new Weird Al movie?!?!

When Max told Xzy that he had never seen 1999's The Iron Giant, it completely bowled Xzy over. Once Max reminded her that this was the whole premise of the show they did together, they sat down to discuss Brad Bird's debut feature and all that entails. Such as cold war paranoia, the cyclical nature of inspiration, and how sometimes you just don't know what you have on your hands.

In the news, AT&T drops One America News (hooray!), Netflix is raising their prices yet again, and we say goodbye to Bob Saget and Peter Bogdonovich.