First Watch

This week, the (other) Zach joins Zach and Cole to discuss the movies of the late fall - White Noise, Bones & All, The Eternal Daughter, and Glass Onion (NOTE: SPOILER FREE :D), before diving into Spielberg's walk down memory lane, The Fabelmans. Join us as we celebrate one of the finest American filmmaker's greatest modern works.

This week, Cole and Zach review the hotly anticipated Wakanda Forever, the first MCU entry covered on the show! During the conversation, we discuss the potent sense of mortality imbued in the film, the incredible cast, Ruth E. Carter's Oscar-winning, and Oscar-worthy efforts, as well as the way forward for this superhero franchise colossus.  

November means the theaters are packed with awards hopefuls, and this week Cole and Zach are joined by Trevor to explore Park Chan-wook's newest thriller, Decision to Leave. The gang also discusses (spoiler-free) a other awards winners and awards hopefuls, Triangle of Sadness, The Banshees of Inisherin and Armageddon Time. Check out our new movie roundup!

For the second week, Cole and Zach are joined by a Jams & Tea guest, Morgan, to discuss seasonal horror watchlists and Kiyoshi Kurosawa's procedural masterpiece, Cure. Stay tuned for (spoiler free!) discussions of TAR and Decision to Leave!

This October, our horror maestros are celebrating the season with a horror medley – first a rundown of our recent horror watchlists, then a breakdown of Argento's original 1977 nightmare masterpiece, Suspiria, and Guadagnino's 2018 reimagining of the same name. Grab your candy bowl and tap in! 

You may have heard, the biggest movie in history is back in theaters. This week, Cole and Zach get together to discuss James Cameron's feast for the senses, James Cameron's Avatar, and discuss its technological innovations, lasting appeal and one-of-a-kind theatrical experience. 

This week, Zach and Cole discuss one of the great Italian filmmakers, Luchino Visconti, his life, his work, and particularly The Leopard and The Damned. Visconti's films are a rich, vivid tapestry of history, and this conversation is a primer to give some context to his films and unpack what makes them epic and epochal. 

Cue the strings! Cole's back from vacation, and together he and Zach cover several summer new releases - Bodies, Bodies, Bodies, Beast, Inu-Oh and Prey - before Cole launches into an impassioned defense of one of the most reviled films of the 1990s, Gus Van Sant's remake of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, starring the late Anne Heche and Vince Vaughn. 

This week, Zach is joined by new guest Davey to discuss Fran Kranz' debut film, Mass, one of the most emotionally powerful, achingly relevant, well acted, yet badly underseen and underdiscussed films of 2021. It's an empathetic and totally assured work from a first time filmmaker and screenwriter, and we make the case why you should seek it out and experience all it has to offer.