The director of DINNER IN AMERICA and CAROLINA CAROLINE has a secret, but it's not hidden under a giant papier maché head. He's spent much of his life as an avid home recorder, generating thousands of songs. There's a direct line between that background and the earworm musical climax of his DINNER IN AMERICA. And when he saw 2014's FRANK, a quirky little movie about a band with no interest in stardom giving their all to recording an album, he saw something familiar in a way he'd never seen on film before (and as a former sensitometry major, he knows a thing or two about film!).

Then, Jordan has one quick thing about --- yes, it's finally out! -- THE FURIOUS.

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Chandler Levack is another of the current class of talented Candian ladies directing fresh, original cinema. Her latest is MILE END KICKS (starring Barbie Ferreira)…and, at the same moment, ROOMMATES, a Happy Madison film starring Sadie Sandler. And she memorably broke onto screen with festival darling I LIKE MOVIES. She joins Jordan to give us a fresh look at our show’s most relatable multi-hyphenate, Greta Gerwig. Chandler tells stories inspired by the desire to revisit her own history, and the result (like FRANCES HA or LADYBIRD for Gerwig) is somehow universally relatable. 

Then, Jordan has one quick thing about a little movie that could called Blind Cop 2 (read her feature about it from The Action Desk!)

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In her third feature (Saccharine, in theaters now and on Shudder in July), Natalie Erika James tackles themes of obsession, disordered eating, and queerness. And while the two movies are VERY different (one a psychological horror, the other a quiet, BAFTA-winning drama), those are all themes Saccharine shares with My Summer of Love, Pawel Pawlikowski's 2004 film that introduced the world to Emily Blunt.

Then, Jordan has one quick thing about Jane Schoenbrun's upcoming Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, which just premiered at Cannes.

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When Aimee Kuge set out to make her indie-horror-romance CANNIBAL MUKBANG, she knew that she didn't want her lead to be your typical final girl. And in her "feeling seen" pick, we find another female protagonist that is nothing like anyone else in film (and yet, maybe more like a real-life person than most film characters could ever hope to be). It's Patty, as played by Emily Skeggs, in Adam Carter Rehmeier's 2020 sleeper hit (thanks, TikTokkers!) DINNER IN AMERICA.

Then, Jordan has one quick thing about Adam Carter Rehmeier's upcoming new film, CAROLINA CAROLINE.

Follow along with Aimee's next project, Trial Separation, on Seed&Spark.

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Given that she’s the voice of one of the most iconic bad bitches in entertainment history — Pam Poovey from the long-running and groundbreaking ARCHER — it’s no surprise that Amber Nash felt seen by another bad bitch of media. Granted, she might not be the first no-nonsense professional woman that comes to mind. But Lorna Cole, Renee Russo’s character in LETHAL WEAPON 3, was the first feeling seen pick that Amber came up with, and the more she examined the pick, the righter it felt.

Then, Jordan has one quick thing about the new horror film OBSESSION and its star, Inde Navarette.

Listen to Amber's show right here on Maximum Fun! RePhrasing: An Archer ReWatch Podcast

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Jordan's conversations with Bridget Everett on Feeling Seen and Bullseye

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Writer/director Sophy Romvari's feature debut, BLUE HERON, already has her being added to the shortlist of great Canadian auteurs. And on that list, she'd be alongside the late, great Jean-Marc Vallée, whose 2005 film C.R.A.Z.Y. captures some of the same deeply felt, retrospective family drama that Romvari captures in her own films.

After this conversation, Jordan has one quick thing about illustrator Tony Stella, who passed away this week.

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Drag superstar, singer-songwriter, trans icon, and now actor, Adore Delano has tried out (and mastered) a lot of different roles. And what better guide through a story of self discovery and transformation than Drew Barrymore, and in particular her character Josie Geller in NEVER BEEN KISSED. And just because it's #MaxFunDrive, we're throwing in a little bit of JENNIFER'S BODY into the mix. 

Then Jordan has one quick thing about

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It's not hard to imagine Elle Woods as an icon for a young girl in the '00s, but it might surprise you that Elle was a major inspiration to the screenwriter and co-producer behind the new horror film FACES OF DEATH, as well as HOW TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE and CAM. Isa Mazzei talks with Jordan about the experience of seeing an undeniably femme figure being unafraid to break the mold.

Then Jordan has one quick thing about the new MORTAL KOMBAT II.

FACES OF DEATH (2026) is in theaters now!

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You may not remember 2000's Wonder Boys, but The Flop House's Dan McCoy does. He and Jordan discuss this Michael Chabon adaptation, starring Michael Douglas and Tobey Maguire. It's a part of Dan's DVD collection; for Jordan, it was a first-time watch. And while Wonder Boys may have come out in the year 2000, that places it at the tail end of '90s era cinema (and, yes, pre-9/11 cinema). Which means it reminds Dan and Jordan of a movie era that brings up a lot of dangerously warm feelings. 

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Olivia Taylor Dudley wowed us on THE MAGICIANS ; now in her latest film, TOUCH ME, she takes on the perils of an addictive alien boyfriend. And in this episode, she’s telling Jordan about all the facets of her that felt represented by both Clementine and Joel in one of her favorite films, ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND — from a combination of introversion and impulsiveness to her struggles with sleep-wake confusion.

Then Jordan has one quick thing about Alice Maio Mackay’s new film, THE SERPENT’s SKIN.

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