This week we cover the only Algerian winner of the Best Foreign Film Oscar and one of the most scathing indictments of nationalism and fascism ever put to film. We're talking Z (#3 on the board), the not so veiled political allegory by Greek filmmaker Costa-Gavras. This one is well worth a watch leading up to the 2024 election as a great reminder of how fragile the line between freedom and tyranny can be.

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For the first time on the show we cover a sequel, and not just any sequel, but the third entry in one of Jared and Drew's favorite film series, ALIEN 3 (#5 on the board). After receiving mixed to bad reviews upon release, how does David Fincher's debut film hold up through a modern lens?

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We're back baby! After a far too long hiatus we're back with our episode on 1984's Oscar Best Picture winner, AMADEUS (#7 on the board). This one is possibly the furthest apart we've been on a movie (the only other contender is MOULIN ROUGE), choose your side cause you're almost definitely going to fully disagree with one of us.

P.S. the Jiminy Glick segment we reference in the episode is included after the credits.

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This week we get a completely new flavor of a previous DBMN director as we cover Akira Kurosawa's 1952 film IKIRU (#2 on the board), the character study of a man who feels his life has been wasted in its devotion to bureaucracy. This one could not have held up better despite being more than 70 years old. Thank you to previous guest Graham Waldrop for putting this one on our radar.

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This week we confront the confused identity and hypocrisies of America as we cover the magnum opus of one of the all time great American filmmakers, Robert Altman. We're talking 1975's NASHVILLE (#13 on the board).

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This week we get to apologize to Mark Ruffalo for the final time, as we finally get to cover the movie that made him a star. We're talking YOU CAN COUNT ON ME (#1 on the board) by writer/director/playwright Kenneth Lonergan and starring Laura Linney.

Link to The New Yorker article referenced in the show.

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This week we are knocking off another classic shamer, THE KARATE KID (#14 on the board)! Does it hold up through a modern lens? Should this be considered an all time classic? How many times will Jared refer to Johnny Lawrence as Johnny Karate, not knowing that was a Parks and Rec bit? Listen in to find out.

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We're headed back to the early 70s this week with an under-discussed neo-noir starring a potential Big Dog contender. It's NIGHT MOVES (#13 on the board) starring Gene Hackman and directed by the filmmaker behind BONNIE AND CLYDE, Arthur Penn.

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Another shamer off the board! Drew finally watches The Terminator for the first time. Jared confronts his indifference to James Cameron. Technology fails us, almost as though Skynet didn't want you to hear this episode. Good times.

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We continue our coverage of Werner Herzog this week with the documentary covering the making of last weeks film, FITZCARRALDO, which works even more perfectly than we expected as a companion piece. We're talking BURDEN OF DREAMS, by documentarian Les Blank.

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