As TIFF wraps up and we travel home, we once again turn to our reliable recurring donors to solicit a movie for us to examine. And here we are assigned John Michael McDonagh's 2014 Sundance and Berlin title, CALVARY. What's the difference between Cavalry and Calvary? How do we feel about Catholicism in movies? What's the deal with the McDonagh Brothers? How cool are the original PLANET OF THE APES movies? We talk all this and more. TIFF Reports on their way next week!

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Venice and Telluride are happening and TIFF is imminent, so what better time to pause and take stock of our film festival knowledge with a game? After taking a look at some last minute switches at TIFF, the competition premieres at Venice, early reports from the pundits at Telluride, a distribution deal or two, and getting deep into the Taylor Swift and the Supernatural of it all, Gamemaster Cullen comes back, expanding from his previously Ken Loach Only domain to quiz us on the last year of festivals and more. Your hosts are either currently on the ground at TIFF or are soon to be, so look for more from us soon reporting on our festival experience!

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It was a huge hit when we did it a year ago and we kind of need to bank up quick episodes so once again we turn to TRAILERS. Festival movies are happening and many have begun their marketing push for when they arrive in theaters at festivals and beyond. The crew once again is reacting to a playlist which you can choose to follow along with HERE! Movies discussed include BROS, PEARL, THE GREATEST BEER RUN EVER, WHITE NOISE, EMPIRE OF LIGHT, TÁR and SO MUCH MORE! It's Trailers! Please enjoy!

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Locarno! It's in Switzerland! And it has recently finished its film festival! We take a look at 2 competition titles we were able to see: HUMAN FLOWERS OF FLESH and MATTER OF OUT PLACE. We also talk NYFF's Revivals and the TIFF schedule, including our hopes for what we'll be able to see and what it looks like our misses might be. And finally, Emilio goes solo and gives out recommendations on TIFF movies for listeners who send in their Letterboxd on Twitter.

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Have we mentioned that there is a lot of festival news in August? In the last week we've gotten two NYFF sections (Spotlight and Currents) and three full TIFF sections (Documentaries, Contemporary World Cinema, and Shorts) plus a few smaller additions with more to come. Andy and Jesse break it down as we await the final pieces to fall into place with the looming schedule announcements. After that Cullen and Emilio join Andy and the Ghost of Jesse for a discussion of Bill Pohlad's second feature - the bifurcated Brian Wilson biopic LOVE & MERCY, in anticipation of DREAMIN' WILD.

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August Announcements continue as the Fall Festival Landscape continues to take shape. A few minor TIFF announcements are followed by a deep dive into the NYFF Main Slate, from the 60th anniversary Armageddon Time addition and the intriguing choice of a lower profile Closing Gala to the snubs and don't-call-them-flubs of the unexpected titles, we discuss it all! And then in our continuing preview of The Directors Of The Fall we dig into Venice (and more?) player Andrew Dominik's KILLING THEM SOFTLY in anticipation of BLONDE. Opinions Diverge!

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The Festival Line Up Announcements just keep coming, and we wouldn't have it any other way. This week, we touch on some early NYFF news before digging deep into the first big announcement from TIFF: Galas and Special Presentations. After clearing out some of the obvious picks, what deeper cuts are worth getting excited about? We endeavor to decide! We then look at a few more NYFF announcements, some San Sebastian News, and the TIFF lineups for 5 more sections, before taking a look at Sarah Polley's fascinating sophomore feature TAKE THIS WALTZ, starring Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Luke Kirby, and Sarah Silverman, in anticipation of TIFF Title WOMEN TALKING!

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Fall Festival Announcement Season is upon us, and this week we turn our analysis to the newly announced 2022 Venice line up. What Oscar Buzz is there? Who will win the Golden Lion? What movie has the most Joker Energy? These questions and more are addressed, debated, discussed, and generally chewed over.

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This week on the podcast after getting into some brief news stories we bring back friend of the show Jack Read to come up with 20 directors that Allison Williams should work with. What directions do we go? What kind of range do we think she has/Can she be more than a sinister white woman? Tune in to listen to us figure it out!

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Today we are joined by returning guest Chris Mello to talk about the classic double feature pairing of King Hu's 1967 wuxia classic DRAGON INN and Tsai Ming-liang's 2003 Venice Competition film GOODBYE, DRAGON INN! We get to the bottom of how arrows work on this one!

Read Chris' recent writing on King Hu here!

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