Nate and Ryan re-watch Everything Everywhere All at Once. In addition to being the top nominated movie at this year’s Oscars (11 nominations), Everything Everywhere All at Once is also one of our favorite movies from last year. Despite, or maybe because of its mind-bending multiversal action, audiences flocked to see it and dared to look into the center of the everything bagel. With so much to digest, listen in as Nate and Ryan discuss what makes Everything Everywhere All at Once so perfect for these times and why it connected with so many people.

What are your thoughts on Everything Everywhere All at Once? Let us know!

Read Miracle Work: A Note from the Daniels (A24)

Listen to Song Exploder Episode 245: Son Lux (feat. Mitski & David Byrne)

Watch Everything Everywhere All At Once: A Cinematic Miracle (The Fake Critic)

Watch How The Kung Fu Scenes Were Shot In Everything Everywhere All At Once (Movie Insider)

Watch Michelle Yeoh & The Daniels Break Down Everything Everywhere All At Once Fight Scene (Vanity Fair)

Watch Stephanie Hsu Everything Everywhere All At Once Audition

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For their annual Holiday episode, Nate and Ryan re-watch the ultimate Christmas movie: A Charlie Brown Christmas. It’s the first TV special on this podcast, and there couldn’t be a more fitting choice. A staple since it’s debut in 1965, A Charlie Brown Christmas has brought joy and melancholy to generations. Listen in as Nate and Ryan discuss what makes such a gentle, downbeat old cartoon relatable to so many people.

How does A Charlie Brown Christmas rate for you? Let us know!

Read Smithsonian Magazine’s The Charlie Brown Christmas Special was the Flop That Wasn’t by Carrie Hagen.

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Nate and Ryan discuss You’ve Got Mail to celebrate this year’s annual T. Hanksgiving! Rom-Com Tom Hanks won America’s hearts throughout the ’90s, so listen in as Nate and Ryan take a look at Hanks and Meg Ryan at the peak of their powers. Directed and written by Nora Ephron with her sister Delia, You’ve Got Mail revisits a time when the internet was a benign novelty and brick and mortar stores still held sway.

Where does You’ve Got Mail rank among your Hanks favorites? How are you celebrating T. Hanksgiving? Let us know!

Read Love in the inbox: the epistolary pleasures of the Tom Hanks-Meg Ryan rom-com, Hanif Abdurraqib’s ode to You’ve Got Mail (4Columns)

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Nate and Ryan celebrate their 9th Holiday Spooktacular by watching Get Out, Jordan Peele’s 2017 Oscar-winning horror contemporary classic. We’re continuing our Back to School series with another movie that Ryan teaches in his high school class. Listen in as we discuss the philosophical and social implications in Peele’s razor-sharp writing in his directorial debut.

Where does Get Out rank in the pantheon of horror movies? Let us know!

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Nate and Ryan revisit No Country for Old Men, the Coen brothers’ 2007 Best Picture Oscar winner. No Country for Old Men is one of the movies Ryan teaches in his high school class, so for our September episode, Nate wanted to go back to school and hear what Mr. Ebling has to say. While No Country for Old Men is one of the Coens’ most successful films, it remains a difficult one to sift through. Join us as we dig into a contemporary classic.

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Nate and Ryan invite long-time friend Andrew Johnson in to discuss 2001’s Josie and the Pussycats, a flop when it was released 21 years ago, but now a film that many are rethinking as its lasting impact is more apparent. Andrew has championed Josie ever since he first saw it in college, and has now brought his campaign to us. From the music, to the fashion, to the razor sharp criticism of corporate tastemakers, people are beginning to realize that Josie and the Pussycats was operating on a level that went over most people’s heads in 2001.

Listen to Josie and the Podcats by Maria Lewis and Blake Howard

Read Roger Ebert’s half star review

20 years ago, Josie And The Pussycats flopped, but its soundtrack deserves another listen by Phil Freeman (Stereogum)

Josie & The Pussycats Was Way Too Jerkin’ For Its Time by Anne Cohen (Refinery29)

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What are your thoughts on Top Gun and Top Gun: Maverick? Let us know!

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For their first volume of underappreciated movies, Ryan and Nate discuss Spencer and Happy Go-Lucky. Listen in as they discuss two powerhouse performances that are criminally underrated. While quite different in tone, both movies feature women who are trying to navigate worlds that don’t know what to do with their unique personalities. Ryan and Nate discuss what might have missed the mark with audiences, but mostly work to convince listeners to give each of these movies a serious look.

What movies have gone underappreciated for too long? What are your thoughts on Spencer and Happy Go-Lucky? Let us know!

Watch…

Spencer – Pure Cinema at the Highest Level by The Fake Critic

Spencer – Anatomy of a Scene (New York Times)

Sally Hawkins and Mike Leigh on Happy Go Lucky

For this episode, Nate and Ryan watch the most recent Best Picture winner, CODA. Its story of a deaf family portrayed by deaf actors is an important step in diverse representation and storytelling. Even before its historic Oscar win for Troy Kotsur – the first deaf man to win an acting Oscar, CODA was making waves at Sundance when Apple TV+ paid 25 million dollars for distribution rights. A quiet momentum built as Oscar time neared, and the Best Picture win that seemed like a long shot in December 2021 became the sure bet in the weeks before the ceremony. CODA won all three Oscars it was nominated for (the third going to writer/director Sian Heder for her adapted screenplay) and is the rare Best Picture winner that clicked both with audiences and critics. But what do Ryan and Nate think?

What are your thoughts on CODA? Is it deserving of Best Picture? What else could have won? Let us know!

Read The Tension at the Heart of CODA by John Hendrickson (The Atlantic).

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Nate and Ryan talk about Hayao Miyazaki’s Oscar-winning masterpiece, Spirited Away. Miyazaki is undoubtedly a legend of cinema, and with Spirited Away celebrating the 20th anniversary of its US release, the time is perfect to revisit one of the most iconic animated films of all time. Whether it’s the first time or you’ve seen it before, watch with us and join the conversation!

What are your favorite Miyazaki movies? Where does Spirited Away rank for you among animated movies? Let us know!

Watch Satoshi Kon – Editing Space & Time (Every Frame a Painting)

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