Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 2, Severance, Russian Doll season 2, Memoria and Thermae Romae Novae are the main topics for Genre Equality #53!

Plus we review Morbius, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, The Man Who Fell To Earth, Shining Girls, and Ultraman season 2. Finally, Hidzir recommends Kazuo Ishiguro’s Booker Prize-winning soft sci-fi novel about clones - Never Let Me Go.

Intro - 00:00

Attack on Titan - 02:14

Severance - 22:25

Memoria - 30:35

Russian Doll - 36:22

Thermae Romae Novae - 45:52

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore - 52:57

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - 53:51

The Man Who Fell To Earth - 55:01

Shining Girls - 57:34

Morbius - 59:22

Ultraman - 1:02:10

Never Let Me Go - 1:04:34

Outro - 1:12:12

Hardi joins BEHOLD! On our 47th episode, we discuss our favorite fictional live-action TV shows about sports. With clear eyes and full hearts, we delve into Friday Night Lights, Ted Lasso, Brockmire, and Sports Night.

Intro - 00:00

Friday Night Lights - 06:21

Ted Lasso - 29:55

Brockmire - 43:13

Sports Night - 55:11

On the 46th episode of BEHOLD!, we discuss the film inspirations behind the many Batman movies of the past decade. We dive into Michael Mann’s Heat (which inspired The Dark Knight), Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver & The King of Comedy (which inspired Joker), and David Fincher’s Se7en & Zodiac (which inspired The Batman).

Intro - 00:00

Heat - 04:24

Taxi Driver / The King of Comedy - 24:24

Se7en / Zodiac - 44:36

April recommendations - 1:13:14

The Batman, Upload season 2, The Boys: Diabolical, Turning Red and Everything Everywhere All At Once are the main topics on Genre Equality #52!

Plus, Isa highlights the best of this anime season such as Jujutsu Kaisen 0: The Movie, Kotarou Lives Alone and My Dress-Up Darling. Finally, Hidzir reviews After Yang, Kids on the Slope, DMZ, Big Mouth spin-off Human Resources, The Adam Project,  and Jonathan Sims’ haunted building horror novel Thirteen Storeys.

Intro - 00:00

The Batman - 01:27

Upload - 19:54

The Boys: Diabolical - 31:02

Turning Red - 37:48

Everything Everywhere All At Once - 51:48

After Yang - 57:00

DMZ - 1:01:46

Human Resources - 1:03:44

The Adam Project - 1:06:33

Jujutsu Kaisen 0: The Movie - 1:08:18

Returning series - 1:14:00

My Dress-Up Darling - 1:15:52

Kotarou Lives Alone - 1:20:18

Sasaki to Miyano - 1:23:25

Slow Loop - 1:25:25

Kids on the Slope - 1:28:42

Thirteen Storeys - 1:32:10

Outro - 1:38:45

On the 45th episode of BEHOLD!, we discuss one of the greatest prestige dramas ever created - AMC’s Mad Men. We deep dive into the show’s uniformly phenomenal performances, its best episodes, its psychological study of shaping identity, alongside its dense themes about the dawn of American consumerism and how advertising co-opts shifting cultural norms.

Intro - 00:00

Mad Men - 00:18

March recommendations - 1:28:30

Outro - 1:37:40

The Book of Boba Fett, Peacemaker, Demon Slayer: Entertainment District Arc, and Critical Role’s The Legend of Vox Machina are our main topics for Genre Equality #51!

Plus, Hidzir celebrates the long-awaited return of Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples’ Saga comic book, and raves about Madeline’s Miller’s subversive takes on Greek mythology in her epic novels The Song of Achilles & Circe. Finally we review Raised by Wolves season 2, Moonfall, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and All Of Us Are Dead. 

Intro - 00:01

The Book of Boba Fett - 03:56

Peacemaker - 21:20

The Legend of Vox Machina - 28:58

Raised by Wolves - 44:15

Moonfall - 46:35

Texas Chainsaw Massacre - 48:19

Demon Slayer: Entertainment District Arc - 49:46

Saga - 58:25

All Of Us Are Dead - 1:03:46

The Song of Achilles / Circe - 1:09:19

Outro - 1:15:56

The 44th episode of BEHOLD! Is an anti-Valentine special, where we celebrate the best films where romantic idealism goes painfully awry. We discuss Blue Valentine, Marriage Story, The Lobster and Closer.

Intro - 00:00

Blue Valentine - 06:20

Marriage Story - 18:02

The Lobster - 37:59

Closer - 49:40

February recommendations - 1:05:28

Hardi rejoins the podcast on Genre Equality #50! We discuss the final season of The Expanse, the artful post-apocalypse of Station Eleven, Céline Sciamma’s intimate drama-fantasy Petite Maman and Joel Coen’s stark Shakespeare adaptation The Tragedy of Macbeth.

Plus we dive into Liu Cixin’s Remembrance of Earth's Past (aka The Three-Body Problem trilogy) series of hard sci-fi novels. Finally, we review Star Trek: Discovery season 4, Hilda and the Mountain King, DOTA: Dragon’s Blood season 2, Scream 5, Archive 81 and Hit-Monkey.

Intro - 00:00

The Expanse - 02:52

Station Eleven - 30:25

Star Trek: Discovery - 42:00

Petite Maman - 49:45

The Tragedy of Macbeth - 53:55

DOTA: Dragon’s Blood - 59:09

Scream 5 - 1:04:00

Archive 81 - 1:06:45

Naomi - 1:07:54

Hit-Monkey - 1:09:36

Hilda and the Mountain King - 1:10:13

Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy - 1:15:05

Outro - 1:34:52

On the 43rd episode of BEHOLD!, we dive into the masterworks of Spanish auteur Pedro Almodóvar. We discuss All About My Mother (1999), Talk To Her (2002), Volver (2006) & Pain and Glory (2019).

Intro - 00:00

All About My Mother - 10:58

Talk To Her - 20:44

Volver - 34:33

Pain and Glory - 44:29

January 2022 recommendations - 1:00:31

Spider-Man: No Way Home, Hawkeye, The Matrix Resurrections, The Witcher season 2 and The Wheel of Time are the main topics of Genre Equality #49.

Plus we review Aggretsuko season 4, Don’t Look Up, 24, The Medium, The Silent Sea, Swan Song, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City and Blade Runner: Black Lotus. Finally Hidzir pays tribute to the late, great gothic horror author Anne Rice.

Intro - 00:00

Spider-Man: No Way Home (non-spoiler) - 01:49

Spider-Man: No Way Home (spoilers) - 13:10

Hawkeye (non-spoiler) - 37:54

Hawkeye (spoilers) - 47:22

Aggretsuko - 50:28

24 - 54:34

Don’t Look Up - 56:34

The Matrix Resurrections - 58:58

The Witcher - 1:10:41

The Medium - 1:15:29

The Silent Sea - 1:17:10

Swan Song - 1:18:27

Blade Runner: Black Lotus - 1:19:32

Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City - 1:20:43

The Wheel of Time - 1:22:00

Anne Rice - 1:26:35

Outro - 1:40:03