Exiting Through The 2010s

Would it help if we podcasted? Emily Diaz and Andy Germuga (Cannes I Kick It podcast) join us for 2015’s Bridge of Spies! We talk for the first time Tom Hanks (!) and his interesting 2010s, Mark Rylance’s Oscar win, Spielberg’s dad cinema trilogy this decade, what could “Bulit” looks like and how we took the movie for granted at the time 

Billy Ray Brewton (The Incinerator) comes to the pod for John Carney's 2016 coming-of-age comedy Sing Street. Together we discuss 2010s Irish cinema, the films muted reception, the state of Star Wars and Clint Eastwood

Jesse Hassenger (Paste magazine) returns to chat with us with all things T2: Trainspotting and what the film meant in 2017. We’ll discuss Ewan McGregor’s 2010s, Jesse seeing the first one as a teen compared to seeing T2 as an adult, our favorite performances, and how Boyle managed to differentiates the film from other legacy sequels 

Peyton Robinson and Emily Jacobson (Filmdaze) return for Sam Levinson’s polarizing satire with 2018’s Assassination Nation! Together we talk generational differences with looking at the internet as cuspers, movies our parents like, Euphoria and The Idol 

Emmy potter and Carrie Wittmer return for a reunion of Winona Ryder and Keanu Reaves in Destination Wedding. Together, we discuss how the Gen X icons have evolved in the 2010s, Winona’s ridiculous shoplifting scandal, how the movie compares to other films we have covered like Bridesmaids and Bachelorette and 90 minute movies 

We explore class inequality in 1800s Manchester with Dan Mecca and Conor O'Donnell (The Film Stage, The B-Side podcast) and Mike Leigh's latest work in 2019's Peterloo. Together we talk Amazon studio some more, Leigh's decision to have a cast of unrecognizable character actors, Rory Kinnear's excellent performance and how Dan and Connor friendship through movies

We're going bank robbing and exposing police corruption with Allison Picurro (Boy Movies, TV Guide) and Cassidy Olsen (The Boston Globe, filmmaker) join us for Derek Cianfrance's crime drama but really about fathers and sons in The Place Beyond the Pines! Together we examine the big canvas Cianfrance had after Blue Valentine, how its so 2013 to end your movie with Bon Ivor, the muddled third act and the start of our Double Date month

We’re just trying to get our boys back with Ricky Camilleri (BULID series, 30 Years Later podcast) as we cover 2017’s Dunkirk as we consider it the defining war picture of the 2010s. Together, we return to examine Christopher Nolan in the 2010s, the career of Hans Zimmer, comparisons to 2019’s 1917 and our favorite performances