Xavier Mendes produced an explosive two parter spanning the filmography of Ethan and Joel Coen, to celebrate the release of True Grit on Blu Ray and DVD. For questions, comments or to participate in future discussions e-mail us at [email protected] t

Fredo and Xavier discuss male friendship in film in the second part of the Kelly Reichardt trilogy. Also we discuss Portland dogs in more detail than required. For questions, comments or to participate in future discussions e-mail us at filmyarn@gmail

Fredo and Xavier start a Kelly Reichardt trilogy series by seeing her latest first: Meek’s Cutoff, at the Music Box Theatre in Chicago. For questions, comments or to participate in future discussions e-mail us at [email protected] tweet us at

Frank went to see the midnight show of Pirates of The Caribbean: The One With Johnny Depp. Why did we wait until now to release this episode? Shut up that’s why. For questions, comments or to participate in future discussions e-mail us at f

Xavier and his sister check out The Hangover 2. Perhaps the most momentous film in the history of all time. I wouldn’t know, I don’t get Zack Galifianakis. For questions, comments or to participate in future discussions e-mail us at

A dinosaur with a gash on its side lays by a body of water. Water and blood. Tiger sharks. Jellyfish. Predators and hunted.

As a final touch on our Terrence Malick retrospective, Xavier and Fredo go see Undertow at the Music Box Theatre in Chicago, a movie that was produced by Malick. For questions, comments or to participate in future discussions e-mail us at filmyarn@gma

Finally! the episode you’ve been waiting for. Xavier Mendes becomes the host of this Chronicles episode, guest starring his sister, in what promises to be the podcast episode of the summer. Oh yeah, also Kristen Wiig’s new movie.

Fredo was at the Seattle International Film Festival to watch a screening of Miranda July’s The Future. Fredo recorded the Q&A and will be showing that once the movie is more generally released, as it includes some spoilers. For questions,

This is it! The final entry in our Terrence Malick series, in which Fredo fiercely defends the merits of Malick’s latest (until The Tree of Life comes out.) Gauntlets will be thrown, friendships will be lost, Emanuel Lubezki will be worship