Jamison and Blake are back in a fashionably late manner to ring in the NEW YEAR with our second annual podcast film ranking episode. We ranked our individual lists of the films we watched for season two of the podcast with points and conglomerated them into our starter list. From there Blake treats Jamison to a quiz about the filmmaking during the year of his birth--1987--and based on whether he gets the answers right or not, they get points to be used to switch films around on the list.

Also talked about: favorite musical discoveries of 2023 and parenting children

2023's Final Fly By Films Ranking:

09. Seven Psychopaths

08. Coherence

07. Four Brothers

06. Man Bites Dog

05. The Guard

04. Thoroughbreds

03. The Rider

02. Ghostwatch

01. Calvary

Clip from Vengeance (2022).

Jamison and Blake bitch about work without getting too specific as to not lose their jobs, then they talk about parenting sick kids and those who won't sleep and Blake's skype goes in and out on this recording so enjoy that. We then turn our attention to 2013's indie science fiction film Coherence where a group of friends come face to face with themselves from other dimensions and have to decide who is from what dimension. With multiverse theory is there any way for people to crossover or is this all just pop science bs? Listen to the episode and find out!

Clip from Deep Impact.

Jamison and Blake figured the only way to finish up their review of the McDonagh Brothers' filmographies was to go dark, real dark. We talk about 2021's The Forgiven and 2022's Banshees of Inisherin and about the general lack of listeners we have had for these episodes. Also talked about: parenting, Blake's dedication to this podcast and the Catholicity of these films.

Clip: Stephen A. Smith schooling some Youtuber on the film Cars.

Well, it's Halloween finally. And we here at Fly By Films are wrapping up another year of horror-related field recordings. On this final episode, we dig into our final pre-2000 found footage film The Last Broadcast. It probably wasn't the best choice for our final film in the series, but, alas, beggars can't be choosers after all. We break apart what it does well and what it sucks at. Oh, and we talking about sucking snot, digging around in our shit for candy corn, and forgotten scenes from Bambi. Have a wonderful Halloween!

Blake's guest appearance on The Fear of God's discussion of Scream 6

Clip from Halloween 5.

Jamison and Blake bring in the penultimate October episode by talking about their shitty producer and more parent talk before they dig into the stellar 1992 Ghostwatch and how it may say something about the corruption of technology and media via Stone Tape theory. We probably go deeper than was actually needed.

Also, Blake clicks his mouse a lot. So enjoy that.

Clip from Lost Highway.

Blake and Jamison dive right in to the typical inane bullshit without even taking time to introduce the podcast. We talk donuts, parenting, and using donuts as a means to bribe our kids. Then we turn our attention to 1992's Man Bites Dog [aka by its film title as C'est arrivé près de chez vous] a charming coming of age tale about a documentary crew and their ruthless serial killer subject. Does this tick all of the found footage boxes? Or does it transcend all the worst parts of the subgenre? Listen and find out!

Clip from I Think You Should Leave: "Ghost Tour".

Jamison and Blake start their second October episode with a rousing philosophical analysis of the word "spoop" and then we turn our attention to our favorite holidays. Mostly we are avoiding talking about The McPherson Tape because while it nails the found footage aesthetic, it falls flat on its face when it comes to scares and effects. We discuss the shift from footage with context to footage decontextualized for the audience and we pick apart what that shift is so fascinating.

It's a fun (and, for us, mercifully short) episode! We hope you will join us.

Clip from Mars Attacks.