Concessions: Consider the Bigger Picture

By Jared Spears and Dan LudwigTV & Film Film Reviews Film History

Concessions: Consider the Bigger Picture episodes

October 31, 2025 Spooktober '25: Every Halloween Sequel (1981 - 2022)
The guys trick 'r treat at twelve different houses on the same street and come away with everything from rotten apples to surprisingly exquisite morsels.
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4 hr 15 min
October 27, 2025 Ep 113 - Halloween (1978)
Haddonfield being shot in Pasadena won't NOT hurt Dan's cornfed sensibilities at least a little bit. Those only look like palm trees.
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1 hr 48 min
October 20, 2025 Ep 112 - Hereditary (2018) w/ MANHANDS
The boys grow their cult by welcoming their favorite aussie Twitch personality to chat mental health, abuse, determinism, and other hilarious topics.
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2 hr 12 min
October 14, 2025 QUICK HITTER: One Battle After Another (2025) - SPOILERS
The guys invite Evan (Left of the Projector) over to revel in the glory of Paul Thomas Anderson's new masterpiece.
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47 min
October 13, 2025 Ep 111 - Roman Holiday (1953)
I swear that photographer guy looks like a time traveler from a Seattle coffee shop in 2014.
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1 hr 11 min
October 06, 2025 Ep 110 - The Love Witch (2016) w/ Matt Latham
Friend of the pod Matt Latham literally wrote the book on The Love Witch, so the guys invited him on to chat about Anna Biller's film, his book, and the state of independent Cinema in 2025.
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1 hr 55 min
September 29, 2025 Ep 109 - Aguirre, The Wrath of God (1972)
This ain't Disney's Jungle Cruise.
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1 hr 20 min
September 22, 2025 TIFF: Blue Moon (spoiler-free)
Jared and Martyn Strange (Filmsplaining) give credit where credit is due on the opening night of the latest real-time chamber piece from Richard Linklater and Ethan Hawke.
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18 min
September 22, 2025 TIFF: No Other Choice (spoiler-free)
Martyn Strange (Filmsplaining) and Jared lost their day jobs, so they have no other choice but to kick podcasting into high gear and share thoughts on Park Chan-wook's latest social thriller.
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17 min
September 22, 2025 TIFF: Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein (spoiler-free)
Jared and Martyn Strange (Filmsplaining) share a spoiler-free review of Guillermo del Toro's lifetime-in-the-making creature feature, hot on the heels of the Toronto International Film Festival.
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18 min