Mindframes

Is there a spiritual element in the struggle of Minari's characters to cultivate an unforgiving Arkansas?

Today, Dave and Michael are joined by a very special guest, Chicago's very own Robert Daniels! Robert and the guys run down their 2020 Top 10 lists and ruminate on the year that very much was.

About our guest

Robert Daniels is a Chicago-based critic and is the founder and editor of 812filmreviews. Robert is a contributor to RogerEbert.com, ThePlaylist, Vulture, Consequence of Sound, Polygon, the New York Times, and many others. He can be found at 812filmreviews.com.

Contents

0 - 3:30 Intro

3:30 - End Top 10 Discussions

The Top 10's

Robert

1. "David Byrne's American Utopia"
2. "Nomadland"
3. "One Night in Miami"
4. "First Cow"
5. "Night of the Kings"
6. "Martin Eden"
7. "I'm Thinking of Ending Things"
8. "Minari"
9. "Lovers Rock"
10. "Time"

Dave

1. "I'm Thinking of Ending Things"
2. "The Invisible Man"
3. "Come to Daddy"
4. "Bacurau"
5. "Possessor"
6. "La Llorona"
7. "The Deeper You Dig"
8. "His House"
9. "Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street"

Michael*

1. Sound of Metal
2. Bacurau
3. Lovers Rock
4. Nomadland
5. I'm Thinking of Ending Things
6. Education
7. David Byrne's American Utopia
8. Red, White and Blue
9. Wolfwalkers
10. First Cow

* So far

Charlie Kaufmann invites you inside a mind-trip of great movie that keeps you interested and guessing.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7939766/

Special guest Jim Laczkowski stops by to talk about the movie everyone is mooooing over FIRST COW. This will not be the only cow pun.

Three generations of women come to terms with aging, family histories, and maybe more in the debut film from Natalie Erika James, Relic.

In honor of the late Ennio Morricone, Michael and Dave travel to Old West, a land of gunslingers, Brooklyn-accented New Mexican bandits, and Clint Eastwood. Just kidding, it's Spain.

We're talking about the 1966 Spaghetti masterpiece THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY, and its equally masterful score. As a bonus, Michael clicks furiously on the world's loudest mouse, and Dave casually eats a bag of chips with his mic unmuted.

We are all set for launch as Dave and Mike give this reflective 2019 Science Fiction film two rockets up.

Starring little known actors Brad Pitt and featuring newcomer Tommy Lee Jones, Ad Astra was not seen by enough people last year. It may have only grabbed one Oscar nomination (sound editing), but it caught our hosts' attention and hearts with its theme of the peril of certainty.

Deerskin is a French dark comedy that both our hosts loved. Brought to you by murder-tire famed director Quentin Dupieux (2010's Rubber). Drape yourself in the frills of nature and come ride the stag of absurdity with us.

Deerskin on IMDB

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Capital in the Twenty-first Century attempts to recount the history of inequality and capitalism since the Industrial Revolution. That's a lot to chew on, and Michael and David discuss whether it was too much.

From the comfort of their own homes, Dave and Michael review the new The Invisible Man starring Elizabeth Moss, directed by Leigh Whannell. The movie is undoubtedly scary enough but has a lot to say about the consequences when we doubt women.

Dave was so excited to see a deserving heir to the original Invisible Man that he almost wore pants while recording. Michael obsessively played with a coin on his desk, not realizing his computer mic would pick up the noise. Sorry about that.

Time notes

0-10:00 Welcome and Review

10:00-40:00 The History of "Invisible Man" on film

40:00 - End Thematic analysis and consideration of how the movie ends