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Will & Harper is a 2024 American documentary film directed by Josh Greenbaum and follows Will Ferrell and Harper Steele as the duo made a 17-day road trip across the United States discussing Harper’s transition, and their friendship. All that and discussion of other iconic friendships in cinema. Film Critic and Essayist, Willow Maclay joins us!

What’s Good:

Alonso - Texas State Fair

Drea - Free Covid tests

Willow - Spooky double features at The Brattle on October 8th and 9th

Ify - Wasteland Festival

ITIDIC:

1. James Cameron Joins Board of Stability AI in Coup for Tech Firm
2. SAG-AFTRA Launches Bid to Organize Intimacy Coordinators
3. Lionsgate Offering Employees Voluntary Severance Amid “Disrupted Business Environment” 

Staff Picks:

Alonso - Tea With The Dames

Drea - It's What's Inside

Willow - The Silence of The Lambs

Ify - The Substance

Plugs!

Purchase Corpses, Fools and MonstersThe History and Future of Transness in Cinema

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Kevin Avery
Drea Clark
Alonso Duralde

Produced by Marissa Flaxbart
Sr. Producer Laura Swisher

After undergoing facial-reconstructive surgery, Edward becomes fixated on an actor in a stage production based on his former life. That’s the setup for A Different Man starring Sebastian Stan, written and directed by Aaron Schimberg. All that and a discussion of best plays-within-films from movie history. Writer and film critic Kristen Lopez joins us!

What’s Good:

Alonso - Kelly Bishop, The Third Gilmore Girl

Drea - zackfox.com

Kristen - finally ready to start Spooky Season

Ify - Ranting for a good cause (fundraising for Ysabel Jorado campaign)

ITIDIC:

1. Major Cineplexes Plan $2 Billion Upgrade
2. Magic: the Gathering Animated Series Hits the Restart Button with New Showrunner
3. Saiorse Ronan Could Make Oscar History

Staff Picks:

Alonso - In the Summers

Drea - Rez Ball

Kristen - The Wild Robot

Ify - The Substance

kristenklopez.com

Ticklish Business

Plugs!
See In The Summers

Watch Rez Ball

Watch Hollywood Black
Watch The Mirror Game
See Alonso in Dallas with The Last of Sheila (9/26)
Watch Drea’s A New York Story

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An 18 year old scores a phone number...for herself at 39. That's the soft sci-fi hook of Megan Park's second movie, a coming of age story that is very much of this era, even if it has its eyes on the future. All that and a discussion of best and worst older/younger character casting choices. Plus, big life news from Producer Marissa, who joins in as an all-episode guest this time around.

What’s Good
Alonso - Agatha All Along
Drea - Moo Dang the baby pygmy hippo in Thailand
Marissa - English Teacher
Ify - painting Warhammer guys and thinking

ITIDIC
Sundance Narrows Down Its List of Potential Venues to 3 Cities
Tyler the Creator Making His Movie Debut in Josh Safdie’s A24 Table Tennis Movie

Staff Picks
Drea - His Three Daughters
Alonso - Seconds
Marissa - Between the Temples
Ify - Freaky Friday (2003)

Plugs!
Listen to Feeling Seen
Watch The Mirror Game
Listen to Sweet Valley Diaries
See Alonso in Dallas with The Last of Sheila (9/26)
Watch Drea's A New York Story

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Alonso Duralde

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We go into a whole song and dance this week over Tim Burton's new BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE,. with Riley Silverman as our special guest. Then we'll remember (and suggest) some movies that made/would make for pretty bizarre Saturday Morning cartoons.

What’s Good
Alonso - Big Ice Cubes™
Drea - Ross Taylor’s NYC exhibit, A knowing History
Riley - Reading streak
Ify - Chris Tucker’s protection of his car

ITIDIC
a.) Almodovar’s Latest Wins the Golden Lion
b). Happy Gilmore 2 is “Officially In Production”
c). James Earl Jones Passes Away at 93

Staff Picks
Drea - ROBOT DREAMS
Alonso - CLOSE YOUR EYES
Riley - ELEMENTAL
Ify - SCREAM

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Drea Clark
Alonso Duralde

Produced by Marissa Flaxbart
Sr. Producer Laura Swisher

Naomi Ackie and Channing Tatum lead an ensemble cast of blissful (and, for a while, blissfully unaware) island-timers in mind- and genre-bending new movie BLINK TWICE.  Amber Benson (filmmaker, writer, and actor) joins us to uncover the secrets of Slater King’s mysterious island. Then we do a movie quiz about actors who’ve dabbled (and then some) in directing.

What’s Good
Alonso - general food quality in Italy/Europe
Drea - the Paralympics (and the release of A New York Story!)
Amber - pugs
Ify - traveling to London for his show at Leicester Square Theatre

ITIDIC

• TikTok May Be Driving More Folks to Theaters
• California Senate Passes a Law Requiring Consent for AI Replicas of Deceased Actors

Staff Picks
Alonso - Lover of Men
Drea - Rebel Ridge (and A New York Story!)
Amber - The Last of Sheila
Ify - Skywalkers: A Love Story

Slayers: A Buffyverse Story on Audible

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Drea Clark
Alonso Duralde

Produced by Marissa Flaxbart
Sr. Producer Laura Swisher

A book adaptation with cast of leading ladies to die for, three life stories, and only two hours to get it all out! We've got the smart and radiant Shar Jossell (newly elected President of NABJLA!) here with us to fill in the gaps. Then, we pitch some movies of our own, about unexpected celebrities in unexpected places.

What’s Good
Alonso - WHAMMY!
Drea - Photobook from Gidget
Shar - Strawberry horchata smoothie
Ify - LARP Bar with Amanda Turner in Austin

ITIDIC
Now Entering the Streaming Service Arena…Chick-fil-A?
Lionsgate Gets Into Trouble With Megalopolis Trailer

Staff Picks
Alonso - Something New
Drea - Tokyo Cowboy
Shar - Waiting to Exhale
Ify - Caligula: The Ultimate Cut

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Drea Clark
Alonso Duralde

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We’re getting into that 2008 headspace with Sean Wang’s narrative feature debut, Dìdi. Then, a not-quite-a-Hotline “call” from Marissa about movies that showcase how media worked in the past.

What’s Good
Alonso - a nice, cold meal
Drea - her movie to screen in White Bear Lake, MN
Ify - meeting Alonso’s nephew at a CommandFest

ITIDIC

1. Despicable Me Director On Idea of Live-action Minions Movie: “God I Hope Not”
2. James Gunn Doubts There Will Be Much Need for Reshoots on his Superman
3. Borderlands Is Headed to Streaming Like, Now

Staff Picks
Drea - Eighth Grade
Alonso - Close to You
Ify - North Hollywood, mid90s

Ify’s FBI Story

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Drea Clark
Alonso Duralde

Produced by Marissa Flaxbart
Sr. Producer Laura Swisher

It’s a thriller. It’s a Josh Hartnett vehicle. It’s…a comedy? But is it the kind of trap you want to fall into, or the kind you want to avoid? Our mileage varies, but one thing is for sure: cinema yappers and movie snitches are both likely to get bonechilling glares from a MaxFilm host. We’ve got culture writer and film critic Fran Hoepfner along for these Shyamal-antics, plus a hotline question about memorable moviegoing experiences.  

What’s Good
Alonso - Imane Khelif’s gold medal, but really her cyberbullying lawsuit
Drea - Seeing Ify in a short, but really her new movie, A New York Story!
Fran - Albero dei Gelati yellow bell pepper gelato
Ify - Gundams survived the big quake

ITIDIC

1. At D23, An Announcement about…Nine Inch Nails?
2. Dominic Sessa will play Anthony Bourdain
3. Joaquin Phoenix Made an 11th-Hour Exit from the next Todd Haynes Film

Staff Picks
Alonso - The Stepfather
Drea - Jackpot! (also Virgin Suicides)
Fran - Rap World
Ify - The Faculty

Alonso Duralde presents No Time for Love at the Los Feliz 3

Fran on Letterboxd

Leave us a Hotline message!

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Kevin Avery
Drea Clark
Alonso Duralde

Produced by Marissa Flaxbart
Sr. Producer Laura Swisher

Colman Domingo does it again, this time alongside a cast of mostly real-life former participants in the Rehabilitation Through the Arts program at Sing Sing penitentiary. The Boston Globe's Odie Henderson is with us to take a closer look at a film that is, in fact, one of A24's latest. Then, a movie quiz that is much sillier than the film at hand!

What’s Good
Alonso - Hollywood Black on MGM+
Drea - time with friends in the Midwest
Odie - “Blaxploitation, Baby!” Film Festival at Film Forum
Ify - Naomi getting into CoraQuest

ITIDIC
Britney Spears Biopic Set at Universal
On Hot Ones, Vince Vaughn Predicts the Return of R-Rated Comedies
Tom Cruise Rumored to Be Doing a Hollywood Stunt to Mark Handoff of Summer Games

Double Trouble on Letterboxd

Staff Picks
Alonso - Daughters
Drea - Jockey
Odie - Quiz Show
Ify - Life

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Drea Clark
Alonso Duralde

Produced by Marissa Flaxbart
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This week, Ify is reunited with the host of Very Important People, but not dressed as a purple alien this time, AND Alonso gets to meet the star of his favorite Hallmark movie of last year (Round and Round)...and oh hey, it’s the same person, TWISTER superfan Vic Michaelis! It’s all in celebration of some tornado chasin’ (and Glen Powell in the rain in a white t-shirt) in Lee Isaac Chung’s TWISTERS!

Then, we get our Hall of Excellence results (Best Time Travel Movie) and we fantasize about our dream 4DX experiences. Ify even predicts some 4DX news about TWISTERS! 

What’s Good
Alonso -  weaponizing “creepy”
Drea - Regional ads
Ify - Comic-Con speed run
Vic - the repartee?

Staff Picks
Drea - My Old Ass
Alonso - Faye
Vic - Twisters, Rachel
Ify - American Honey

Equality Florida

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With
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Drea Clark
Alonso Duralde

Produced by Marissa Flaxbart
Sr. Producer Laura Swisher