Luca Guadagnino’s latest film (and biggest to date) has been the talk of cinema circles since its release. Whether it’s causing a thirst for threesomes, a craving for churros, or a burning desire to pick up a racket, folks have been talking about it, and now we are too, with help from LAFCA President and critic Robert Abele! Then we’ll hear a lot more about Alonso’s forthcoming book, HOLLYWOOD PRIDE, out soon on May 14! 

What’s Good
Alonso - Justin Chang winning a Pulitzer Prize
Drea - PRF Facial in Vegas
Robert - LA Lemons galore and making food with them 
Ify - Warhammer Cafe in Monrovia

ITIDIC

1. Slamdance Is Moving to Los Angeles!
2. Vin Diesel’s Riddick Sequel Will Begin Filming This Fall
3. McDonald’s Happy Meal Toys Are Revealing MCU Spoilers

Vin Diesel Street Sharks Demo (as referenced by Ify)

Tennis player Andrea Petkovic’s review in The Guardian (referenced by Robert)

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Staff Picks
Drea - The Idea of You
Alonso - Egoist
Robert - Whatever is on Criterion 24/7! (also: Evil Does Not Exist)
Ify - Dial M for Murder

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Writer/director (and Chicago native) Minhal Baig’s newest film centers around Malik and Eric, two young kids going through the things young kids go through, with the added complications of life in the Cabrini Green housing projects of the ‘90s. Robert Daniels (another Chicagoan) is here to help us talk through it. Then, a Hall of Excellence update and a Hotline letter that inspires a plethora of short film recommendations!

What’s Good
Alonso - Support socks
Drea - Bentonville lineup announced
Robert - belated birthday dinner at Italian Village
Ify - big wooden sword

ITIDIC

1. Jennifer Aniston Producing a 9 to 5 Remake
2. Messi is Getting His Own TV Show to Premiere at Cannes
3. Hollywood Sacrificing Massive Profits through Racial Inequality

Cruising Electric (1980)

Yearbook short 

Staff Picks

Drea - I Saw the TV Glow
Alonso - Our Song
Robert - Mr. Thank You
Ify - The Great Debaters

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Studio Ghibli’s GKIDS has a new film out about a little girl who just wants her mom to cook her a really specific dinner. If that sounds like not quite enough for a movie to be about, then you haven’t seen CHICKEN FOR LINDA! We’ve got returning guest, film critic Carlos Aguilar, on to join the conversation, and we’re even pitching some childhood memories of our own that could become future features.

What’s Good
Alonso - Cap’n Crunch Cinnamon Crunch 
Drea - Reusable skincare masks
Carlos - Long Beach flea market
Ify - Matthew Lillard’s D&D whiskey (Quest’s End), ren faire costume

ITIDIC

1. Participant Media closing up shop
2. Tarantino Is Scrapping ‘The Movie Critic’ as his “10th and final film”
3. The Academy’s New Rules 

Staff Picks
Alonso - Uncropped
Drea - The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed
Carlos - I Like Movies
Ify - Baby Reindeer

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We’ve seen the Sasquatch(es)! We head into the woods to talk wild animal actors, convincing bigfoot suits, bodily functions, and the legend of Sasquatch itself, with comedian and writer Joey Clift. Then, a new set of HALL OF EXCELLENCE nominations, this time for best non-speaking performance!

What’s Good
Alonso - It Was Vulgar and It Was Beautiful by Jack Lowery
Drea - wool dryer balls
Joey - Furiosa and Garfield coming out on the same day
Ify - Mammoth, moving, and some Warhammer inclusivity stuff

ITIDIC

1. At CinemaCon, NATO CEO Warns Studios Against Relying on Blockbusters
2. At Coachella, Will Smith Makes a Surprise Appearance to sing ‘Men in Black’

Staff Picks
Drea - Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
Alonso - Pom Poko (also callback to Hundreds of Beavers)
Joey - Fancy Dance
Ify - Monkey Man

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Vera Drew’s very personal, exceedingly irreverent, and definitely unauthorized THE PEOPLE’S JOKER got its TIFF premiere in 2022, but has been fighting a path to (legally) be shown in theaters ever since. That fight is finally over, and THE PEOPLE’S JOKER can be seen by the people…though certain folks seem to be forming their opinions on the movie sight-unseen. We get into the film, plus pitch our own “Code 17” movies (and yes, we’ll explain what that means!).

What’s Good
Alonso - American Genre Film Archive, and their 15th Anniversary series at USC
Drea - Midwesterners of NCAA Women’s Basketball All-Tournament Team
Ify - “I’m into fountain pens now”

ITIDIC

1. David Lynch Wants to Make An Animated Movie for the whole family
2. Francis Ford Coppola Screened His Self-Funded Epic to Studios…So Who’s Buying?
3. Disney Sets (and Re-Sets) a Ton of Movie Release Dates Through 2026

Staff PIcks
Alonso - Two for the Road
Drea - Rotting in the Sun
Ify - Between Two Ferns: The Movie

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The second feature from director Rose Glass has been on our watchlist since Sundance…even longer in the case of our guest Mallory O’Meara (Reading Glasses), who had the film’s poster on her wall far before its premiere. Now that we’ve left Arrakis in the rearview, we’ve got our hands free to take on the buff and bloody (and yes, horny)  LOVE LIES BLEEDING.  

What’s Good
Drea - graphite chopsticks/improved chopstick game
Mallory - Washington Capitals making the NHL playoffs
Alonso - The Good Place (finally!)

ITIDIC

• Dev Patel’s AMA Sheds Light on the Challenges of Indie Filmmaking
• Ang Lee Rejects 3D, Saying the Industry Is Not Built For It
• The Billboard Charts May Be Broken

Letterboxd list "Song Lyrics as Titles"

Staff Picks
Drea - Pain & Gain
Alonso - Pumping Iron / Pumping Iron II: The Women
Mallory - My Animal
Ify - also My Animal

malloryomeara.com

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It’s the final episode of Dune Month, aka “How You Dune? Month”...and it’s also the final days of #MaxFunDrive! If you’ve got the means and you’ve been putting it off, please join or upgrade to keep the MaxFilm flowing (much like the spice must flow). Head to maximumfun.org/join. And remember to email a screenshot of your confirmation email to [email protected] to get a Staff Pick from one of the gang!

IGN’s Kim Horcher joins us for the grande finale of a truly epic month (and don’t worry, Alonso weighs in too – PS, Pre order the audiobook of Hollywood Pride!)

What’s Good
Drea - (Righteous fury re: Ify not telling her about) having the best drag queens on Um, Actually
Kim - Girls 5 Eva
Ify - end of a bicoastal media and event marathon, and esp Liam

ITIDIC

1. Late Night With the Devil Directors Explain Their Use of AI
2. Titanic Door Sells at auction for over $700k
3. World’s First Dragon Ball Theme Park Announced in Saudi Arabia

Staff Picks
Drea - La Chimera
Kim - surprise anti-pick! Best. Christmas. Ever!
Ify - Sicario

Kim’s Physical Media Piece
Kim’s Dune Bucket Piece

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It’s #MaxFunDrive! Join (or upgrade or boost your existing membership!) to support this show directly at MaximumFun.org/join! Both monthly memberships and one-time annual membership plans are available. Thank you for everything – we couldn’t do this without you!

As "Dune Month" (aka "How You Dune? Month") winds toward its climax, a foray into the world of documentary to glimpse the Dune that might have been. But would it have been…good? The Flop House’s Elliott Kalan is our dream guest, and the feeling is mutual! Plus, we pitch some other unmade projects whose true Hollywood stories we’d love to see on screen.

What’s Good
Drea - A Good Bad Boy: Luke Perry and How a Generation Grew Up by Margaret Wappler
Elliott - Pole to Pole with Michael Palin
Alonso - making a recipe “wrong” with the right ingredients
Ify (probably) meeting Stu IRL

ITIDIC

1. Survey Says Millennials and Gen-Z Want Original Movies and TV
2. In Other Survey News…34% of Adults Would Rather Screen than Stream
3. Amazon False Advertising Lawsuit (re: selling digital content)

Staff Picks
Drea - Snack Shack
Elliott - Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Alonso - Hundred of Beavers

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It all started with a text from Ify (who else?). Each host has chosen a "horny movie" to discuss with the class. Here's a sneak peek of the first episode, which is all about Drea's pick -- THE HANDMAIDEN (2016). To hear the whole episode, the whole MAXIMUM HORNY! series, and the entire back catalog of MaxFilm and MaxFun  bonus content, you gotta be a member!

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This special network wide event is a celebration of the MaxFunDrive! If you’d like to support podcasts you love for just $5 a month and get bonus gifts in the process, go to maximumfun.org/join. 

We’re kicking off the most exciting time of the year for the MaxFun Network with a trivia game show featuring hosts from tons of great podcasts.

J. Keith van Straaten and Helen Hong from “Go Fact Yourself” are joined by:

Alonso Duralde & Drea Clark - “Maximum Film!” 

Alexis B. Preston - “Comfort Creatures” 

Ben Harrison - “Greatest Trek” and “The Greatest Generation”

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