Who is ready to Ascend?!?! Today we are getting “culty” as we talk about the 2017 film The Endless

Topics of discussion: Jared Leto’s Cult Island Extravaganza, Personality Types, Unexpected Endings, Siblings, The Horror of the Unknown, Hipster Cultists, Time Loops, and THE GREAT PROPHET HAYLEY AND HER COOKIE CULT

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Can you guess which one of us is a shape-shifting abomination? Well, maybe our discussion of John Carpenter’s The Thing will help you figure it out. (Hint: it’s probably Zach)

Topics of discussion include: The best Halloween candy, the prequel, amazing practical effects, historical context for horror, favorite scenes, becoming a cult classic, and MUTANT DOGS

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Let’s go cave diving and swing an axe at some spooky monsters. Today we are discussing Neil Marshall’s horror film The Descent

Topics of discussion: Scariest movie rankings, an unforgettable opening, the US vs UK ending, Women that kick butt and take (monsters’) names, claustrophobia, cool monster design vs cheesy CGI, bad jump scares, cool action, and BAPTISM IN BLOOD

We’re slithering our way through horror month with some pretty scary topics: serious mental health decline and exploitive grad students. Today we are talking about Adam Robitel’s film the Taking of Deborah Logan

Topics of Discussion: the second life of a film, Alzheimer’s, the movie that could have been, Jill Larson’s knock out performance, stupid college students, great setups and weird payoffs, toeing the line of being problematic, a horrifying conclusion, and RAKING IN THE FOREST

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What’s more horrifying than unfathomable grief, family trauma, and a demon that can’t read the room? Today we are talking about Ari Aster's film Hereditary.

Topics of Discussion: Toni Collette is the perfect movie mom, so much grief, first vs second viewing, the benefit of no jump scares, family dynamics, and THAT SCENE

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It’s Hayley’s Birthday, so we are talking about her favorite film of all time: Steven Spielberg’s JAWS.

Topics of Discussion: What makes this a “favorite film”, The “Spielberg One-r”, all the red tape, Jaws facts with Hayley and Bruce, focus on community, Jaws’ relevance in 2020, limitations lead to creativity, dumb broken robots, using real sharks, foreshadowing,  scars and history, and DEMONIC AQUATIC ANIMATRONICS.

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We’re all grown up! Now it's time to find “home” with a dorky John Krasinski and phenomenal Maya Rudolph. This week we watch Sam Mendes’ Away We Go.

Topics of Discussion: Finding our own homes, Maya Rudolph is a national treasure, The ever crazy Allison Janey, The Modern Day Hippies battle against strollers, unwanted advice, sneaky kids, an unconventional wedding, a perfect ending, and BUFFALO

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Who is ready to rumble? We’ve just about finished growing. But growing up means getting your heartbroken. Or become an obsessive creep. This week we watch Marc Webb’s 500 Days of Summer.

Topics of Discussion: Seeing this movie together, the fight at Outback, Manic Pixie Dream Girls, the Friend Zone (and how it’s not a thing), learning to listen, how to properly weave a soundtrack into a film, picking out the villain, IKEA, and EXPECTATIONS!

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The end is near for coming of age films. We should probably say we  learned something, so let’s go to college with Richard Linklater’ s Everybody Wants Some.

Topics of Discussion: Dudebros, Being Weird, Authentic Dialogue, College Life, Competition, Comradery, and CHECKING YOUR PILLOW

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This week we are going to really feel our feelings as we continue our discussion of coming of age films with Luca Guadagnino’s 2017 film Call Me By Your Name.

Topics of discussion: slow, simmering romance, the long take, the awkwardness of your first love, looking cool vs being yourself, the wisdom of parents, becoming our crushes, sad but perfect Sufjan Stevens, and CLIMAXES.

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