Let The Right Films In

Kayla and Tyler go guestless in tackling IP MAN, the 2008 World War II martial arts biopic starring Donnie Yen as the titular grandmaster.

Before that, our recently watched discussion is resides firmly in 2016, with a brief foray into the 80s. Eddie Redmayne, Tim Curry, Viggo Mortenson, and more.

Get in touch with us at [email protected].

0:29 Intro

Recently watched

1:40 Kayla

+ FANTASTIC BEASTS. How fantastic are they? Let's find out! (SPOILERS 5:59-8:23)

+ LEGEND (the 80s one with Tom Cruise, not the 2010s one with Tom Hardy)

+ JESSICA JONES

19:35 Tyler

+ CAPTAIN FANTASTIC + Viggo Mortenson

+ SING STREET

+ THE MONSTER + Zoe Kazan

34:55 IP MAN discussion

59:05 Recommendations, trivia, reviews, and bloopers

"I need to know what Charlie Brooker thinks of 50 Cent's "Blood on the Sand.'"

Kyle Minton guests to talk about Black Mirror season 3, which includes spoilery talk of the episodes listed below. We also talk the changes in season 3, the frequency with which it brings stellar performances, and what it is that draws us to the show.

10:30 San Junipero

14:45 Hated in the Nation

27:45 Nosedive

"It's a stark comment on the disposable nature of human life in our commodity-obsessed culture. Refreshing stuff maybe, yes, but politically this game is rather more naive than Noam Chomsky's 'Blood on the Sand' which came out last year in my imagination." (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPnHJ5t-C6w)

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Lauren Milici (laurenemilici.com) rejoins the podcast to talk about a past topic and 2016 favorite, GREEN ROOM. Jeremy Saulnier's BLUE RUIN follow-up is a masterpiece of mood and tension, and it's savvy in its use of brutal efficiency and efficient brutality. Also, SPOILERS.

We also talk Anton Yelchin, Macon Blair, and the life of a touring band. Kayla has stories.

On this, our 30th full-length episode of Let The Right Films In, the crew welcomes Meghin Moore of Modern Vinyl and the Missaligned podcast (modern-vinyl.com/category/missaligned) to discuss one of the most quotable movies of our childhood. We talk Rob Reiner, Robin Wright, and fencers' favorite movies.

But first:

Megan leads us on a journey into the extended Kardashian universe.

Kayla wants to lie down like Ali Wong and be spared the pain of another Bryan Fuller cancellation (good luck, Star Trek).

Tyler has some then-fresh (but now artic cold) Luke Cage thoughts and ponders why the shark of The Shallows was so hell-bent on murdering Blake. Lively.

Get in touch with us at ltrfipod [at] gmail [dot] com.

Past guest (Casablanca, Trainspotting) and frequent co-host (Mr. Robocast) Kyle Minton drops by to talk about Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer for one of our Halloween bonus episodes.

While we can't recommend this movie to those who aren't horror aficionados down for an examination of the pleasure taken from the horror genre, we do have an excellent discussion about the movie, the genre, horror's many iterations, and what draws us to it. Buckle up, this is one of the most upsetting movies ever filmed.

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It's Halloween season! We kick off our celebration of the greatest holiday with 20 minutes on everyone's favorite anthology, Michael Dougherty's 2007 film Trick 'r Treat. As always, spoilers!

With Kayla out and frequent guest Gabe Aikins in, we discuss why this time-shifting horror anthology works when so many don't, what we can expect from a sequel a decade hence, and... how Michael Dougherty could be similar to Ryan Murphy? That one might be a stretch, but tune in to see how we got there.

Stay tuned for more episodes - horror, horrifying and otherwise - and get in touch with us at ltrfipod [at] gmail [dot] . Happy haunting.

Our bonus episodes return to tackle the hit Netflix series we've all binged thrice over already: STRANGER THINGS. Lela Chavis joins the podcast to discuss the series with Tyler shortly after both had finished the podcast. Mostly effusive but occasionally critical, the two talk the tone and the soundtrack, the framing and the imagery, and those fantastic kids. It's everything Super 8 tried to be.

This was recorded about a week after the show was released and gets ~spoilery~ about halfway through.

First-time guest Lauren Milici joins the podcast to discuss all things Princess Mononoke: the leprosy, the demon blood, the moral ambiguity, and the many other elements that make this a great Studio Ghibli entry for the whole family.

We also discuss the satisfying crunch of Green Room, discuss revisiting Pokemon, and stump for Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. Also included: another self-inflicted Chris Evans Corner and a full Steve King tangent.

Get in touch with us at [email protected], and listen to our Mr. Robot podcast at mrrobocast.simplecast.fm.

0:29 Intro

Recently Watched

+ 1:30 The highs and lows of horror with Green Room and Don't Blink. Also, shade to The Conjuring (!) and a full Steve King tangent.

+ 12:07 Revisiting the first Pokemon movies for no particular reason, none at all, and commenting on the surprising satisfaction delivered by Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

+ 17:34: Mr. Right is not good, but Anna Kendrick and Sam Rockwell are. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is also lots of good, and you should watch that.

26:14 Princess Mononoke discussion

+ The leprosy theory that was there the whole

+ Environmentalism, yes, but also all the other things

+ That Miyazaki can make a movie, it turns out

+ Moral ambiguity!

+ So the humans get off pretty easy, right?

58:17 Recommendations, trivia, stat of the week, outro + bloopers

Monica Date rejoins the podcast to discuss the oft-misinterpreted Fight Club, the masculine direction of David Fincher, and Brad Pitt's brilliance as a character abtor. Actor. *ahem*

iTunes: http://bit.ly/LTRFItunes

Show notes: http://bit.ly/Ep28notes

0:29 Intro

Recently Watched

+ 1:45 X-Men: Apocalypse's pink and blue people, Lost Girl's beautiful succubus bisexual representation

+ 5:40 Orphan Black: and Joss Whedon shade, a Chris Evans Corner feint, and The Eyes of my Mother wasn't what was expected at all

+ 13:59: Delving into foreign directors who have gone English with Denis Villeneuve's Incendies and Kim Jee-Woon's The Last Stand

24:32 Fight Club discussion

+ Toxic masculinity and a fanbase that's missing the point

+ David Fincher and great masculine cinema

+ The brilliance of Brad Pitt as the one-note character and ab-haver, shade to Jai Courtney.

+ This key link between Fight Club and Turn Down For What will blow your mind!

1:12:50 Recommendations, trivia, stat of the week, outro + bloopers

Gabe Aikins rejoins the podcast to discuss The Shining. It's influential, sure, but is it as good as advertised? And when will the sheeple finally embrace the truth that we've never actually been to space?

First, though, we have to dream cast True Detective season 3, revisit Pawnee, tease Halloween, and get our minds around the name and work of Yorgos Lanthimos.

iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/let-the-right-films-in/id1030971410

Show notes: http://bit.ly/Ep27notes

TL;DR -> more of the usual, with shots fired at Chris Hardwick.

0:29 Intro

2:02 Recently Watched

Parks and Recreation, Mark Brendanaquitz, a lively fisting, Beast of No Nation, True Detective.

10:36

Hail Caesar, hits and misses, a plea for Burn After Reading, The Lobster, Yorgos Lanthimos.

20:10

Holidays, Tales of Halloween, disappointment.

23:43 The Shining discussion

Setting and camerawork

Steve King and the nature of film adaptation

Kubrick, casting, and the nature of horror

1:04:00 Recommendations, trivia, stat of the week, outro + bloopers