00:00 - 32:44 - Dr. Mabuse the Gambler

32:44 - 54:45 - Malcolm in the Middle

54:45 - 1:40:45 - Dragged Across Concrete

1:40:45 - 2:01:50 - e-mails, montage

Leg one of the reunion tour comes to a close with this episode, yet another two-hour pod packed with heat and punching above its weight class. in Timeline A, it is 1922. Fritz Lang guides us through the criminal underworld via his ultimate supervillain character; a pulp mythology character we've already discussed twice. the film is Dr. Mabuse the Gambler. then, on Malcolm in the Middle (32:44), we catch up on our gap years with The Goat, Safety Last!, Song to Song, and Godard Mon Amour. in Timeline B, it is 2019. S. Craig Zahler takes the scenic route through Trump era middle America, applying his novelistic approach to a contemporary, "political" cops-and-robbers crime thriller. we have a lot to say about Dragged Across Concrete (54:45). after that (1:40:45), we get to some e-mails and leave you behind for a couple of weeks with a special holiday-themed montage. happy halloween you freaks, see you on leg two of the tour (coming soon!)

00:00 - 6:20 - Intro

06:20 - 34:14 - Within Our Gates

34:14 - 55:23 - Malcolm in the Middle

55:23 - 1:49:00 - City Hall

1:49:00 - 2:00:59 - E-mail / Montage

The reunion tour has now started proper with our first double feature. In timeline A, we discuss the landmark film from 1920 by Oscar Micheaux, Within Our Gates (06:20). we get into anachronistic scoring of silent films, writing history in lightning, and more. on a hefty edition of Malcolm in the Middle (34:14), we catch up on our pre-1920 cinema with Feuillade's Les Vampires, Griffith's A Corner in Wheat, the short films of F. Percy Smith, and Chaplin's The Immigrant. in timeline B, we discuss Frederick Wiseman's City Hall (55:23), an epic 4.5 hour portrait of how beantown operates from 2020. Shawn is the expert here so we differ to his judgement. "oh yeah, Boston".

See you next time as we wrap up leg 1 of the tour with Dr. Mabuse the Gambler & Dragged Across Concrete.

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00:00 - 12:00 - Getting the Gang Back Together

12:00 - 31:42 - John DeMarsico Interview

31:42 - 1:40:25 - Malcolm’s AMC A-List Hour

We’re doing the podcast again.

After us rowdy boys make amends and get back together, we set out a plan for the most epic reunion tour possible. Then, the SNY Broadcast Director for the New York Mets, responsible for so many amazing moments in live baseball this season, joins Eddie for a chat (12m). Finally, we return to Malcolm’s AMC A-List Minute (31m). Unfortunately, we haven’t done this segment since last time we had a podcast together, so we spent an entire hour catching up on every new release that the three of us have watched during our brief retirement. Movies discussed include RRR, Ambulance, Apollo 10.5 A Space Age Childhood, Father Stu, Everything Everywhere All at Once, The Northman, Marry Me, Benedetta, Zeroes and Ones, Crimes of the Future, Hustle, Elvis, Top Gun: Maverick, Both Sides of the Blade, Barbarian, Vikram, Actors, Nope, The Velvet Underground, Memoria, Memory, France, The Worst Person in the World, The Batman, Matrix Resurrections, Red Rocket, Deep Water, X, and more.

See you next time for the first double feature of the tour: Within Our Gates / City Hall, with Shawn Glinis.

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the series finale is here.

we say goodbye with an end-of-year/end-of-pod list episode. each host brings three of their favorite 2021 discoveries, and two all-time favorite films that they never got to bring to the podcast. we also hear some special goodbyes from friends of the pod Will Sloan, Ryan Swen, Hesse, Eric Marsh, Josh Lewis, and Rob Franco.

we hope you'll miss us, the pod that got away. this one's from the heart.

L'avventura (1960) / Gone Girl (2014)

for our final double feature, we talked about women gone missing. Michelangelo Antonioni's study of alienation and architecture & David Fincher's evisceration of the media class, true crime goons and Obama-era culture. tune in a few days from now for our going away party grand finale.

++ discussed on malcolm in the middle: Pecan Pie, It has to be lived once and dreamed twice, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

All That Jazz (1979) / Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003)

we're ready to move on to the next plane of existence on this week's extended clip, but we thought we should leave our thoughts on a couple of films before we go. SRK dies for our sins, and Bob Fosse pushes the pedal to the metal until he collapses. as ABBA once said, thank you for the music.

++ discussed on malcolm in the middle: West Side Story, The Matrix Reloaded, Drive My Car

Safe (1995) / Shock Corridor (1963)

for Malcolm's final double feature, he's making us sick in the head. Todd Haynes' horror of environmental illness, and Sam Fuller's madhouse investigation. these are some sick movies for a sick world (and sick viewers, like you).

++ discussed on malcolm in the middle: Heaven is Still Far Away, West Side Story, Repulsion

Licorice Pizza (2021) / Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood (2019)

we talk about an incredibly obvious but fun as hell pairing of films on this week's clip — the new Paul Thomas Anderson film and the 9th by Quentin Tarantino, two journeys to the past of southern california sunshine in the late 60s and early 70s.

++ discussed on malcolm in the middle: Benedetta, House of Gucci, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

After Earth (2013) / The Happening (2008)

returning champion Tim ( @palemovieman ) joins us to talk about a double feature from M. Night Shyamalan. two of his most derided films, which are, in fact, Actually Good. the future sci-fi family adventure of After Earth, and the b-movie horror and comedy of The Happening.

++ discussed on malcolm in the middle: Belfast, Holy Smoke, Delta Space Mission, The Long Good Friday

Top Gun (1986) / Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)

happy veterans month to all of the troops who listen. i know you're out there on a base in some country you can't even pronounce the dang name of but you know that back home you have a family and a podcast that has you on the mind. salute. we talk about some department of defense cinema via Tony Scott and Michael Bay with our old friend David.

++ discussed on Malcolm in the Middle: Election, The Last Hurrah, Metal Detector Maniac, The Swimmer