Ben and Tim put on their grayest fighting cardigans and crack open some alcohol free moonshine to talk about John Hillcoat's 2011 bootlegger crime thriller Lawless. We get into Nick Cave & Rod Dreher talk, goofy ass Tom Hardy voices and conclude that yeah, the Blood Meridian movie will probably be fine. We will be next week for our Christmas episode and the last of the prerecorded episodes, Stanley Kubrick's final opus from 1999 "Eyes Wide Shut". Also discussed: Gone Baby Gone, Eephus, The Shadow Strays, Black Bag and an apology to the film Secretary.

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The boys, along with music correspondent Gus don their powered wigs and pantaloons to discuss Miloš Forman's 1984 biopic fantasia Amadeus. We talk the real guys, if it holds up given it's reputation (it does) and Ben reports in on the hated director's cut. Also discussed: Twin Peaks, the television of David Simon and Park Chan-Wook's "No Other Choice". We will be back in a week discussing the nasty John Hillcoat/Nick Cave bootlegging period piece "Lawless".

Thanks to Disco for the show art and Eric for the theme song!

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Live from Barcelona, it's Dead Format! The boys are back talking Soderbergh, show muse Michael Fassbender and look back at one of the great Hollywood bag fumbles in recent memory. Also discussed: Fredrick Wiseman's "Belfast, Maine", the videogames of Remedy Entertainment and "Rejection" by Tony Tulathimutte (I accidentally swapped the last 2 shows bonus features so apologies if you had to wait for the Remedy talk). We will be back on Monday with friend and music correspondant Gus to talk about Miloš Forman's 1984 biopic told through the eyes of a world historic hater, "Amadeus".

Thanks to Eric for the theme music and friend of the show Disco for the artwork!

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Tim and Ben don their finest velvet capes and big ass floppy hats as they discuss Peter Strickland's giallo tinged BDSM romantic thriller. Also discussed: Predator: Badlands, The Batman and the work of Taylor Sheridan. The boys will be back next week to discuss Steven Soderbergh's "Haywire'.

Thanks to Eric for the theme music and friend of the show Disco for the artwork!

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Ben, Tim and Nick (NYid07) meet at the corner of Washington & Cherry to compare notes on David Fincher's 2007 serial killer newspaper procederual "Zodiac". Also discussed on the episode: Park Chan-Wook's "Oldboy", Pascal Plante's "Red Rooms" and The Kane & Lynch franchise of video games. Weekly episodes begin starting next Monday, 12/22 with Peter Strickland's psychosexual romance thriller "The Duke of Burgundy".

Thanks to Disco for the show art and Eric for the theme music!

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Tim and Ben slide into a clawfoot bathtub together and talk Jonthan Glazer's 2004 reincarnation psychodrama "Birth" and ask "is Nicole Kidman indeed in GOAT?".

Thanks to Disco for the show art and to Eric for the theme music!

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Tim and Ben draw their suitcase guns and activate optical camo to discuss the 1995 cyberpunk anime classic "Ghost in the Shell" along with it's beloved 2017 live action remake. The boys also discuss "Wanted: Dead" and "Beyond: Citadel" which are not movies but that's what you get. This was also recorded for the old show back in 2024 and will hopefully serve as an amuse bouche for the real episodes to follow.

Thanks as always to Disco for the show art and Eric for the theme music.

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