It's Ryan's birthday and it means a no veto episode is in the works. For this year Ryan is celebrating Zach Braff's Garden State in its 20th anniversary. It's a movie that was a Sundance darling, critically acclaimed and a boost for sales of The Shins albums. It's beloved by the How Could You?! Podcast, but this film went from much marveled to much maligned. In an emotionally honest episode we seek to answer the question How Could You not love Garden State?

We're back friends! And we are taking sometime to look back at the films of 2023 and to look forward to all that we have in store for 2024.

Join us as we tease out how this podcast will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the films of 1999 (often considered one of cinema's greatest years) and new partnerships we are entering with ArtsQuest and Frank Banko Alehouse Cinemas.

1999: A Tribute to One of Cinema's Greatest Years

First Saturday Horror Series

Shankweiler's Drive-In in Orefield, PA has the distinction of being America's oldest drive-in movie theater, and we had the honor of sitting down with owners Matt and Lauren who purchased the drive-in just last year. We get to hear about what led them to purchase Shankweiler's, what it's like to show movies in Arctic temperatures, the discovery of their side kick Funnel Cake, and so much more. From the origins of the mobile cinema, Moving Picture Cinema, to attending the National Theater Owners Convention we bring you this Hollywood story set under the stars this week.

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We promised it would be weird and it is. We are dipping our turkey legs into the murky gravy of a Hallmark Thanksgiving movie: The Thanksgiving House. Join us as we watch Mary Ross inherit a home and a love interest in Plymouth historian Everett Mather, a man obsessively trying to prove the site of the first Thanksgiving. Will they learn to put personal interests aside in favor of love? Will they be thwarted by bad boyfriends and town gossips? Will Lauren and Ryan find the line of mockery and love of this movie? You have to tune in to find out.

There's a little witch in all of us...and this week we get bewitched, beguiled, and Bullocked with 1998's Practical Magic. Join us in a sleepy Massachusetts town where two sisters navigate magic, love, and finding sisterhood. In the late 90s both Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman were rising to the ascendancy that would mark the next 25 years of their careers. They are both deliciously charming in this movie, it is the perfect fall vibes, and it is decidedly rewatchable so How could you have never seen Practical Magic?

Get a black cat, a midnight margarita, and some spooky vibes for this hallmark of female empowerment from the 90s.

What do you get when you combine sword swallowing, make up design, burlesque, acting, filmmaking, and choice film references? You get Pippsy Pinwheel, a performer whose talents are so numerous we can't list them all here. After seeing her perform at Pennsylvania's Renaissance Faire, and catching all of her film references in her show, we knew we had to get a behind the scenes look into her act, her journey to follow her dreams, and the reason for all of those prime movie references.

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Pippsy's Burlesque

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It's back to school time, and we are back to our original concept: filling gaps in our film knowledge! For the first time in awhile it's a gap for both of us, the 1975 classic film - Cooley High. Directed by Michael Schulz and written by Eric Monte the ripple effect of this film is endless. As a launchig pad for actors, an inspiration to some of your favorite directors, and the legacy of Eric Monte's influence on television, Cooley High is a special film. Set in Chicago in 1964 we follow two best friends as they navigate skipping class, quarter parties, and living for today. Both a celebration of young adulthood and a heartening tale of the friendships that inspire us, this movie is one that demands rewatches and all the praise that comes with us. Which leads us to:

How could you not think that Cooley High is one of the most influential high school films of all time?

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It captured the imaginations and box office numbers of 1982 and it's the episode we've been waiting to do: E.T! Join us on a 90 minute conversation that covers how the film was made, the casting, the reception, and recalling how this visitor from outer space captured our hearts. In some ways this is the quintessential childhood adventure film, and its legacy endures on. We were both lucky enough to grow up with this movie on repeat, so the question this week is:

How could you not think E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is Spielberg's best movie of the 80s?

It's a bold question in a decade with three entires to the Indiana Jones series and The Color Purple. But on this episode we ask, and hopefully defend our claim.