This week sees Ben and Danny reflect on another gem from 2025: The Secret Agent. Alongside discussing films that focus on living in and resisting dystopian and authoritarian regimes, they also discuss another Brazilian Award Season favourite (and winner), I'm Still Here.

This week (or a few weeks ago, if we are honest) sees a shadow-drenched Ben and Danny discuss The Bride. Alongside discussing Gyllenhaal's previous film, they discuss the various genres that make up her attempt to modernise Shelley's seminal horror classic. They also quickly mop up the 2026 Oscars results, focusing especially on the fraccas surrounding the run-up to the best actor award and Michael B. Jordan's deserved victory.

This week sees Ben and Danny venture into the sun-scarred pre-apocalyptic landscapes of Oliver Laxe's Sirat. The preceding discussion focuses on films that seek to foster nail-biting tension, from Sorcerer and Wages of Fear (two clear influences on Laxe), to wartime conspiracy thrillers and sweltering courtroom dramas.

This week sees Ben and Danny (rather belatedly) discuss Wuthering Heights. They discuss the thematic and formal preoccupations that make up her body of work before musing on the challenges of literary adaptations and just how beholden filmmakers should be to the text they are bringing to the big screen.

This week, Ben and Danny (and frequent guest Lee) celebrate their 100th episode by discussing "Send Help." They discuss Sam Raimi, charting his course from scrappy horror beginnings to a semi- reliable blockbuster director. They focus on how his brushes with the Hollywood establishment have had a sporadic impact on his work, forming a thematic foundation that laments humanity's obsession with profit at the expense of decency.

This week, Ben and Danny discuss the Oscar front-runner (especially where the leading actress category is concerned), Hamnet. They also chat about director Chloe Zhao's cinematic stylings and thematic interests, ranging from lives on the fringes to the demystifying of a cultural titan.

This week sees Ben and Danny continue to mop up the last gems of 2025 with Marty Supreme. They discuss how the Safdie brothers' recent split has led to differing styles of filmmaking and how their different approaches to the sports biopic underscore just how special their anxiety-inducing brand of cinema is. They also discuss the allure of the Safdie Brothers' lead character, which prompts broader questions about the allure of morally complex characters.

This week's episode sees Ben and Danny come full circle as they discuss Avatar: Fire and Ash. Alongside reflecting (with a mixture of fondness and dismay) on their maiden episode on Avatar: The Way of Water, they revisit topics of technological innovation, the resulting changes in Hollywood blockbuster narrative and Cameron's steadfast belief in old-school storytelling techniques.

With 2025 in the rear view mirror, Ben and Danny reflect on a year of cinema going. Alongside ranking their five favourites, they discuss how there may be more reason to be hopeful than they first thought.

This week, Ben and Danny discuss The Running Man. They also discuss the career of Edgar Wright, and how his transition from champion of English comedy to American blockbuster fare has yielded mixed results. They also sneak in a mention of Netflix's proposed takeover of Warner Bros.