Exiting Through The 2010s

Matt Cipolla (The Spool, The Film Stage) joins us this week for Brady Corbet’s Twenty-First Century Portrait with Vox Lux, Corbet’s response to America in the perspective of a pop star after he had an impressive run in the 2010s as an actor. Together, we look at our memories of iconic American moments of the 00s, imaginative biopics, and how the movie was neglected in 2018

Jihane Bousfiha (Vulture, Paste) returns to the pod for the romantic tragedy in Blue Valentine. Together we dissect the behind the scenes approach to the Williams and Gosling marriage, the 2011 best actress line up and the early 2010s Ryan Gosling era

Bailey Herdé returns for the beloved cult comedy classic in 2016’s Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping. We dig into our memory with discovering Lonely Island, why the movie bombed and what makes this one of the great achievements in 2010s comedies 

Brandon Streussnig (The Playlist, Vulture) returns for Oliver Assayas’ haunting portrait of grief and loneliness in 2017’s Personal Shopper. Together will breakdown texting on film in the mid 2010s and believing in ghosts 

Josh Polanski (The Boston Hassle) joins us for a retrospective on the finale of the PWSA films for the much-maligned Resident Evil franchise in 2012’s Retribution and 2016’s The Final Chapter. Together, we examine Michelle Rodriguez’s career, updating video games into films, viewing the franchise through a theological lens and what we watched on January 6th

Izzy from Be Kind Rewind joins us for Christian Petzold’s Transit! We discuss the use of a period piece setting, the chemistry between Paula Bear and Franz Rogowski and oppression in Petzold’s filmography

Veronica Phillips (Filmdaze, The Daily Beast) joins us for Sarah Polley’s dissection into monogamy with Take This Waltz! Together we dive into the careers of Seth Rogan and Michelle Williams, this idiosyncratic vision of Toronto on film, marrying young and Barry Jenkins’ The Lion King 2

Author/critic Matt Pais (Talk 90s With Me, Zach Morris Lied 329 Times) joins us to cover Noah Baumbach’s crowning achievement of the 2010s in 2019’s MARRIAGE STORY! We dive into the economic screenplay, awards season, online discourse, divorce movies and much more

Phil Iscove (Podcast Like Its, Sleepy Hollow) returns for an instant cult classic that still holds a strong cultural footprint in Scott Pilgrim v the World! Together we go through its sensational ensemble, misinterpreted nice guy protagonists of the early 2010s/late 00s, differences from the comics, where is Edgar Wright's career going and the real life Toronto shooting locations