In episode eighty-six of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Joanna Hogg’s exquisitely shattering THE SOUVENIR before discussing her three previous and quite substantial features UNRELATED, ARCHIPELAGO, and EXHIBITION. Ben would risk it all for Tom Hiddleston’s haughty upper crust twink, Daniel responds to the Martelesque attention to sound, and Brandon revs up his Harley to lead the film fagz’s first official meeting of the Wild Hoggs.

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In episode eighty-five of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about the Anne Hathaway-Rebel Wilson con woman comedy THE HUSTLE and they also discuss a couple fellow diva pictures in Stephen Frears’ THE GRIFTERS and Preston Sturges’ THE LADY EVE. Ben celebrates the GRIFTERS’ self-sabotage, Daniel admires its headscarves on display, and Brandon makes sure we mention one fantastic shot between Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda.

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In episode eighty-four of movies imo., the film fagz are joined by their first ever very special guest host. Fellow film fag TJ Slipko (@teejslipko) steps into Daniel's seat while he's booked and busy to join Ben and Brandon as they travel back in time to the 48th Academy Awards -- a palette cleanse of an Oscar year. They yell over each other about Milos Forman's five-time winner ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, Fedrico Fellini's AMARCORD, Sidney Lumet's DOG DAY AFTERNOON, Steven Spielberg's JAWS, Akira Kurosawa's DERSU UZALA, Hal Ashby's SHAMPOO and finally, Robert Altman's NASHVILLE. Ben presents a thesis on all these films' commentary on toxic masculinity, TJ admires the incredible acting ability of Jack Nicholson's eyebrows and Brandon reminds us DETECTIVE PIKACHU is now in theaters.

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In episode eighty-three of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Alex Ross Perry and Elisabeth Moss’ scorched earth punk odyssey HER SMELL before stage-diving into two more stories about performers on the brink of psychological collapse under the public eye in John Cassavetes’ OPENING NIGHT and Brady Corbet’s VOX LUX. Ben breaks down Papa John’s play-within-a-play, Daniel ponders the true meaning of pop music, and Brandon compares Lizzie Moss’ possessed tour-de-force to the Kool-Aid Man.

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In episode eighty-two of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about David Robert Mitchell’s long-delayed L.A. neo-noir picture UNDER THE SILVER LAKE. They also discuss three (assumedly) major influences David Lynch’s MULHOLLAND DR., Robert Altman’s THE LONG GOODBYE, and John Carpenter’s THEY LIVE. Ben draws a personal comparison to Naomi Watts letting loose, Daniel quibbles with the price of tea, and Brandon cements his status as the ultimate UNDER THE SILVER LAKE apologist with a deep dive theory on dreams.

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In episode eighty-one of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Claire Denis’ latest picture, the black hole of the soul space odyssey HIGH LIFE. They also discuss a light triptych of other sci-fi masterpieces about what it means to be human in a mysterious and unforgiving universe: Andrei Tarkovsky’s SOLARIS, Jonathan Glazer’s UNDER THE SKIN, and Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. Ben admires Denis’s joy in death, Daniel admits that he might be the baby, and Brandon lets his hair down to break down the fuckbox.

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In episode eighty of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Mike Leigh’s PETERLOO before jumping into two more of his class-conscious, character-driven period pieces: MR. TURNER and VERA DRAKE. Ben performs a dramatic reading of his favorite tweet of all time, Daniel admires the way the sun hits Mr. Turner’s paint hand, and Brandon pivots to the written word with an all-new, very special lit crit segment.

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In episode seventy-nine of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel discuss Harmony Korine‘s zonked-out new picture THE BEACH BUM, but not before discussing his first feature GUMMO and his previous film SPRING BREAKERS. Ben isn’t buying the mean and condescending tone that Harmony is selling, Daniel finds some of it cheap but buys it wholesale anyway, and Brandon buys two and gets TRASH HUMPERS for free. All three drink a bottle of wine next to Mike Leigh!

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In episode seventy-eight of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Jordan Peele’s sophomore slice of surreal horror US. Then they discuss two other family invasion flicks with more to say beyond their premise than meets the eye: Martin Scorsese’s CAPE FEAR and Sam Peckinpah’s STRAW DOGS. Ben sheds a tear over Lupita Nyong’o’s self-reflexive tête-à-tête, Daniel digs Scorsese’s excoriation of American surfaces, and Brandon falls under Peele’s directorial spell from the first moment we go under the boardwalk.

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In episode seventy-seven of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Sebastián Lelio’s near shot-for-shot remake of his own film GLORIA (2014): GLORIA BELL starring Julianne Moore in the titular role first brought to life by Paulina García. They discuss the films in relation to one another before moving on to their first Cassavetes (and third Gloria) of the show’s run: GLORIA (1980). Ben celebrates Papa John, Daniel can’t get the stick out of his ass around Lelio’s carbon copy remake, and Brandon has a ball dancing through life with Julianne Moore.

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