As a decade comes to a close, so does No Excuses. The last three years of this show has been a joy to do, but we must move on to new and (hopefully) great things. To close out the show, Mike and Jenny count down their top ten favorite films of the last ten years, which may include a couple of pictures you can hear full episodes about in the archive. Thank you so much for listening to No Excuses, whether it was Mad Men discussion that brought you in or you're a brand new listener. Hope you will continue to follow us on whatever we end up doing in the future!

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Mike and Jenny return to Bong Joon-ho, whose really hot right now if you are looking at the indie movie scene, to watch his 2003 murder mystery film Memories of Murder. They discuss the satisfaction of an unsolved mystery, the real case the film is based on and its recent developments, the darkness of Korean cinema in 2003, and the future of the podcast. Leave us reviews on Apple Podcasts!

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Mike and Jenny go back to the weird, wonderful world of the Coen Brothers to discuss their 1991 Palme d'or winning film Barton Fink. They discuss the perfect casting of John Turturro and John Goodman, the Coens' first collaboration with cinematographer Roger Deakins, movies about moviemaking, and the vast array of ways to read the what the film is about. Leave us reviews on Apple Podcasts!

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Mike and Jenny are joined by Griffin Schiller from Filmspeak and The Playlist to discuss the 2015 directorial debut of Deniz Gamze Ergüven, Mustang. They discuss the crushing patriarchy in the modern day, the full realization of the ensemble cast, the impressive performances from child actors, and how effective the use of location creates scope and claustrophobia. Leave us reviews on Apple Podcasts!

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Mike and Jenny dive into one of Ingmar Bergman's most celebrated masterpieces, Persona. They discuss the different experimental film techniques Bergman uses, the excellent two central performances, and the many, many different interpretations one could take from the film. Leave us reviews on Apple Podcasts!

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Ariel Fisher joins Mike and Jenny for the third time to discuss the food movie classic Tampopo. They discuss their relationships to food, how the isolated sketches fair against the main narrative, how much of a Western is this, and what movie scenes make them hungry. Leave us reviews on Apple Podcasts!

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Mike and Jenny head back to the theaters to check out a couple of new releases from August 2019, Jennifer Kent's The Nightingale and Gurinder Chadha's Blinded by the Light. They discuss Bruce Springsteen, the ability to see yourself in art made by people seemingly completely different than you, the reclaiming by women of the rape-revenge story, and their ability to watch bleakness. Leave us reviews on Apple Podcasts!

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Mike and Jenny are joined by Horror Queers co-host and Bloody Disgusting contributor Trace Thurman to discuss Paul Verhoeven's cult favorite Showgirls. They discuss whether the film is camp classic or a pointed satire, the insanity that is Elizabeth Berkley's performance, if the movie is erotic in anyway, and many, many, MANY other things. Leave us reviews on Apple Podcasts!

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Mike and Jenny return to discuss Abbas Kiarostami's 1990 part documentary/part fiction breakthrough film Close-Up. They discuss the motives behind our main character's fraud, the effectiveness of deciphering what makes a film, and how they respond to Kiarostami's more experimental tendencies. Leave us reviews on Apple Podcasts!

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Mike and Jenny are joined by Alisha Grauso, the Editorial Lead at Atom Tickets, to discuss Alan J. Pakula's Watergate investigation film All the President's Men. They discuss the cultural relevance of the need for investigative journalism, the film's complicated sound mixing, the perfect casting of Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman, and Gordon Willis' love of a dark frame. Leave us reviews on Apple Podcasts!

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