Film Sibs

Keep your wet hands in your pockets and journey with the sibs back to 1969 L.A. for Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon A Time...In Hollywood. Somehow this episode starts with Tristan speaking German again but it's (maybe?) just his homage to the 14 Fists of McCluskey. Did Cliff Booth really kill his wife? How many whisky sours are too many? Can Randy the stunt coordinator hire Shannon as a gaffer? All these topics and more are debated. The sibs hope you dig them and the vibe they bring to set.

The sibs chow down on flavor #2 of Edgar Wright's Cornetto Trilogy with Hot Fuzz! While this episode may lack an in-depth review of the film (sorry; tldr Shannon didn't like it very much and Tristan thinks the Andys are incredibly funny), what it DOES contain are diversions about Gladiator 2, The Fast and the Furious franchise, Wallace and Gromit, and more discussions of other movie podcasts that are infinitely better and more popular than Film Sibs. Cate Blanchett we love you!

Grab your mackintosh square and get ready to swoon as the sibs discuss Merchant Ivory's 1985 period romance A Room With A View. To say that Tristan was mostly confused by this movie would be...a correct statement. Shannon goes to bat for George Emerson not being a controlling evil romantic lead and both sibs have to look away when Cecil attempts to kiss Lucy. Tristan was not a fan!!

My vision is within! Here is where the birds sing! Here is where the sky is blue!

Bueller....? Bueller....?

The film sibs are skipping school and snacking on Oreos and Pepsi to bring you this episode on John Hughes' teen classic, Ferris Bueller's Day Off. The sibs discuss whether they knew a Ferris Bueller type in high school, if Ferris' dad is actually evil, and that they both wanna make out with Jeanie. Sloane actually being a baseball fan is perhaps the most devastating revelation this podcast has ever addressed.

Reminisce about your high school German teachers with the sibs this week as they discuss Olivia Wilde's directorial debut, 2019's Booksmart. It's a real last day of school vibe here, where tangents abound (did folks know that Hugh Grant has been cast in an upcoming horror film?). The sibs try not to name names but Tristan's high school librarian is put on blast, and Shannon may or may not have destroyed her history teacher's life by gifting him a mixed CD.

You're at a ten, I need you at a two!

Topsiders, grab your fireplace pokers and get ready to face The Tethered! This week the sibs (try to) unpack Jordan Peele's second feature, 2019's Us. Shannon gets way too bogged down in world building despite really enjoying this movie, and Tristan is really into the Victorian scissors that are the main weapon in this film. The sibs love and support everything Jordan Peele is doing and just want his next movie already.

But what do the rabbits eat?!?!

Things get aggressively French (Tristan is to blame) as the sibs discuss Céline Sciamma's 2019 masterpiece, Portrait of a Lady on Fire. Why is Shannon kind of obsessed with becoming a nun? Does Glen Powell convincingly play football with a bunch of children in Hit Man? Is this whole episode just the sibs doing relationship therapy?

This one's for all the people who run into their exes again and think "boy do I wish you were dead/miserable/ugly!" Joking of course, but also we *understand*.

This may just be the episode that gets the sibs cancelled (or at least sent to Sing Sing). For the towering achievement that is Orson Welles' Citizen Kane, no technical film criticism is offered. What the sibs can offer are meditations on death, grieving, getting horny for 25 yo Orson, and a suggestion to watch David Fincher's Mank. We apologise in advance for our complete lack of seriousness. Happy Pride month!!!

G'day mates! Grab your war rig, whatever jugs of guzzoline you can get your grubby mitts on, and head to Bartertown with the sibs for George Miller's third installment in the Mad Max franchise. Is Shannon just the personality hire in her Wasteland motorcycle gang? How many girlfriends ago did Tristan give Shannon her prized water bottle? Two sibs enter, and, well, both sibs leave delighted by the mythic storytelling and the tactility of the Mad Max universe.

Surprise double feature drop! The sibs group two of Tristan's Wes Anderson picks, 2014's Grand Budapest Hotel and 2023's short film The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar. Reflections on 10 years of Wes' career between these two films, his love of stop motion animation, and the sib's love of Ralph Fiennes are all touched on. Listen to discover what the meaning of this shit is, and get yourself a box that matches the background of any room to make it look like you're levitating.