Movies imo

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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In episode seventy-six of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Christian Petzold’s audacious World War II thriller TRANSIT before discussing his previous two films: fellow period piece psychodramas PHOENIX and BARBARA. Ben unravels the mysteries of the mind and heart in Hitchcock’s VERTIGO, Daniel unglues over ghost stories, and Brandon unzips Peter Farrelly’s latest project.

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In episode seventy-five of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Isabelle Huppert’s wicked turn as a piano-playing stalker in Neil Jordan’s GRETA. They go on to discuss Huppert going postal in Claude Chabrol’s LA CÉRÉMONIE before interrogating the success of Jordan’s 1992 sensation THE CRYING GAME with some help from fellow film f*g Aaron Applebey and film lady Emma Greenleaf. Ben calls out fraud in Jordan’s work, Daniel meets a local celebrity, and Brandon declares himself a fan of Huppert’s co-star.

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In episode seventy-four of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about their favorite movies from the year 1993: Jane Campion’s THE PIANO, Robert Altman’s SHORT CUTS, Krzysztof Kiéslowski’s THREE COLOR: BLUE, Martin Scorsese's THE AGE OF INNOCENCE, and Steven Spielberg’s SCHINDLER’S LIST and JURASSIC PARK. Ben breaks down Spielberg’s vers genius, Daniel lists his favorite monologues from Altman’s Carver adaptation, and Brandon falls asleep while the dinosaurs roam the earth.

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In episode seventy-three of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Asghar Farhadi’s newest socially conscious thriller - and his first in the Spanish language - EVERYBODY KNOWS, starring Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem. They also discuss Farhadi’s Academy Award-winning A SEPARATION, and his international breakout ABOUT ELLY. Ben wants more people to get hit by cars in movies, Daniel compares the melodrama of Farhadi to Sirk, and Brandon becomes too lit to quit on all things Asghar.

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In episode seventy-two of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Steven Soderbergh’s NBA iPhone movie HIGH FLYING BIRD before moving on to discuss two other sports pictures that changed the game around the game, MONEYBALL and JERRY MAGUIRE. Ben goes to bat for Brad Pitt’s sadness, Daniel rails against Amazon’s frame botching, and Brandon brings Plainview to the playing field.

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In episode seventy-one of movies imo., Ben, Brandon and Daniel yell over each other about the latest Netflix original: Dan Gilroy's art house trash horror-comedy, Velvet Buzzsaw, starring everyone's favorite bottom Jake Gyllenhaal.

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In episode seventy of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about daddy Steven Knight’s deep sea fishing noir SERENITY before discussing fellow salt water thrillers DEAD CALM and THE BEACH. Ben appreciates Matthew McConaughey making sure his passengers are ready for the rod, Daniel writes a poem, and Brandon marvels at a son’s decision for his father to engage in sex work.

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