For Your Consideration

This week's installment of FYC features another film picked by our loyal listeners, Stanley Kubrick's 1987 war epic, Full Metal Jacket. Join Mike and Dustin on the podcast as they square off against each other in order to determine whether or not the film is worthy to hold the title of masterpiece or if it belongs in a museum.

This week on FYC an old idea gets a bit of a reimagining! Once a month we will be taking our All Things Considered open review show and adding films that are in current theatrical release to our regular discussion of various and sundry movies that tickle our fancy. Our first ATC under the new direction features Alex Garland's 2018 sci-fi thriller, Annihilation, as well as Lucy (2014), Sunshine (2007), Ginger Snaps (2000), and Future Shock! The Story of 2000AD (2014).

FYC returns with another episode of In Case You Were Considering..., the show where host Dustin Friesenhan watches the absolute worst in cinema so you don't have to. This week, Dustin endures the August Underground Trilogy for your listening pleasure. The series, touted as the sickest movies ever made, rate high on Dustin's sh*t list so be sure to check out the episode to find out why.

The results are in, the ballots counted, and the movie you guys wanted to see covered on this week's episode of FYC is Hayao Miyazaki's 1997 environmental cautionary tale, Princess Mononoke. Check out the episode to hear Mike and Dustin's discussion of the film and their determination as to whether or not this highly-regarded anime will be deemed a masterpiece or a museum piece.

This week's episode of FYC features the 1999 Paul Thomas Anderson dramatic tapestry of fate, forgiveness, and regret, Magnolia. The discussion on the podcast is especially lively as Dustin has been chomping at the bit to cover this film. Be sure to check it out to hear whether Magnolia passes muster and gets crowned a masterpiece or a museum piece. Peace!

It's all a charade on this week's episode of FYC as Mike and Dustin sit down to discuss the 1963 Stanley Donen directed Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn comedy thriller, Charade. It's a bit of an oddball film for an oddball show, and since it isn't even on any of the greatest films lists, it should be even more of a mystery as to whether or not the panel comes down on the side of masterpiece or museum piece.

It's our second anniversary this week and we're celebrating by going back into the vault and remastering one of our very first episodes featuring the 2002 Brazilian crime epic, City of God. If you've heard this episode before, you haven't heard it like this. If you've never heard it, you're in for a treat as this remains one of our favourite episodes of the podcast to date and we're excited to be representing it in the Redux format.

On this week's FYC Dustin and Mike tackle what many see as a rather impactful movie and one of the most important films of the '90s. Under the hot lamps this time around we have David Cronenberg's 1996 psychosexual drama, Crash. Join nus as we take a deep dive on the film and determine if Crash is one of the greatest films of all time or if it's just a car crash of a film.

On this week's episode of FYC hosts Mike and Dustin assassinate the 2007 Xavier Gens video game adaptation, Hitman. On the Sight & Sound list because of philosopher and cultural commentator, Slavoj Žižek, and part of our podcast because it was voted on by you, Hitman gets the full-on masterpiece or museum piece treatment so be sure to check the episode out to hear whether or not the film survives the experience.

It's our first official episode of FYC for 2018 and we're kicking off the proceedings with the kinetic 1971 William Friedkin crime classic, The French Connection. Hosts Mike and Dustin take their customary deep dive on the film, breaking down the pros and cons, and talking a little trivia, in order to determine whether it deserves its status as one of the greatest films of all time or whether it's just a well-made movie that's maybe better regarded than it deserves to be. If you've ever picked your feet in Poughkeepsie, this is the episode for you.