In episode ninety-six of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Quentin Tarantino’s penultimate feature film ONCE UPON A TIME IN... HOLLYWOOD before discussing three of their other favorite QT films: PULP FICTION, JACKIE BROWN, and KILL BILL VOL. 1. Ben seconds his teenage Livejournal opinions regarding Uma Thurman’s Bride in the pantheon of great performances, Daniel rewinds on memories of secretly watching Tarantino movies on VHS, and Brandon breaks down the formative impact this collection of bloody pastiche had on him as a young film f*g.

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In episode ninety-five of movies imo., fellow film f*g Cameron Scheetz (@cameronscheetz) steps into Daniel's seat while he's toiling away at the Outfest Los Angeles Film Festival to discuss Jon Favreau’s THE LION KING with Ben and Brandon. They also yell over each other about Beyoncé’s music video SPIRIT and the original 1994 THE LION KING. Ben makes a case for why Caleb Deschanel will certainly win the Oscar for Best Cinematography, Brandon tries but struggles to say something—anything—nice about the film, and Cameron explains why he does not wish to sleep with Zazu in the remake, despite that nerdy bird being a lifelong childhood crush.

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In episode ninety-four of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Lulu Wang’s fake wedding and looming funeral family dramedy THE FAREWELL. They also discuss two other matriarch-near-death films with Michael Haneke’s AMOUR and Chris Colombus’ STEPMOM. Ben delivers a keynote address on the incongruous yet deeply felt ridges of STEPMOM’s emotional landscape, Daniel stans some smoke in the wind, and Brandon declares Wang’s latest to be his favorite film of the year.

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In episode ninety-three of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Ari Aster’s pagan group therapy retreat MIDSOMMAR before discussing two other cult-based horror films with an emphasis on divine authority in Robin Hardy’s THE WICKER MAN and Ingmar Bergman’s THE VIRGIN SPRING. Ben draws a parallel between Aster and the music of celebrated conductor Harold Hill, Daniel opines upon the purgatory of graduate school, and Brandon finds the film of the week to be not quite his tempo.

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In episode ninety-two of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other - in the shadow of July 4th - about movies that have fireworks in the background (of the shot). Ben brings Kenneth Anger’s FIREWORKS back to the conversation while celebrating the fairground firecrackers in F. W. Murnau’s SUNRISE: A SONG OF TWO HUMANS, Daniel hears the perfect scream in the background of Brian De Palma’s BLOW OUT, and Brandon takes his family on a picnic below pyrotechnics on BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN.

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In episode ninety-one of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel discuss TOY STORY 4 in relation to the three previous entries in the TOY STORY franchise. Ben vows to throw this new installment in the trash where it belongs while championing the bittersweet virtues of TOY STORY 2, Daniel wants to hold hands while arguing for the emotional and action-packed stakes of TOY STORY 3, and Brandon sees himself represented in the existential plasticware known as Forky while swearing the toys never got better than the inaugural TOY STORY.

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In episode ninety of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Jim Jarmusch’s zombie movie THE DEAD DON’T DIE before diving into a couple of his earlier genre exercises: the psychedelic western DEAD MAN and the existential vampire romance ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE. Ben feels that Jarmusch leaves too much slack in his intellectual exercises, Daniel compares his dissolve-forward climaxes at the end of the world, and Brandon takes the film f*gz on a tour of Detroit as the podcast’s native Michigander.

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In episode eighty-nine of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Joe Talbot’s Park City sensation THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO before discussing a few other recent films to win the Directing prize from the Sundance Film Festival: Eliza Hittman’s BEACH RATS, Daniels’ SWISS ARMY MAN, and Sean Durkin’s MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE. Ben responds to Talbot and lead actor/collaborator Jimmie Fails’ stylish evocation of Fails’ personal narrative, Daniel hails Durkin’s sense of parallelism, and Brandon mounts a vociferous argument for the destruction of a beloved Disneyland attraction.

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In episode eighty-eight of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Olivier Assayas’ talky lit-crit comedy NON-FICTION before discussing two other Juliette Binoche-Assayas films: CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA and SUMMER HOURS. Ben wonders whether this latest film even counts as cinema while sexting out some non-fiction of his own, Daniel passes time pondering the passage of time, and Brandon stakes the claim for FRANCES HA as one of the top ten films of the decade.

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In episode eighty-seven of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Olivia Wilde’s BOOKSMART before discussing fellow last-day-of-high school comedies DAZED AND CONFUSED and SUPERBAD. Ben wonders whether the film may be a sedative for liberal audiences, Daniel takes a bite from the CRAWL trailer and likes the way it tastes, and Brandon appreciates the hope Wilde gives to a panicked nation in crisis.

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