Read it and Weep

There's an alien in a Chevy Malibu and the coach of the Mighty Ducks is the only one who can find it.

• Hunter: It's Hard to Be A God
• Alex: The Fantastic Mr. Fox
• Anthony: Primer & American Movie

Some more coffee from Hunter, this time the relaxed-paced Thai film about life, death, and fish sex. It's a really long episode.

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• Listen to us discuss Spirited Away

We watched two different versions of the film to discuss the power of editing. The 2.25 hour director's cut and the 90 minute "Love Conquers All Cut." Alex in his infinite trollness, liked the shorter one.

• If you want to watch Terry Gilliam having a bad time, Anthony Reccomends Lost in Lamancha.
• Here's Christopher Lee's metal band covering "My Way" h/t Katie

In which I admit to being bored by this movie and my friends yell at me about it.

• Our review of Event Horizon

Names are hard to pronounce. Color theory explained. Hunter doesn't like partner swapping.

• Our episode about Predator
• On your own, rank our reviews of Tom Hanks movies

A first-time attempt at analysis. Many duels are fought. Lenses are discussed. Alex shows the boys his Wikihole.

• Anthony recommends the documentary Stanley Kubrick's Boxes
• Anthony kinda recommends (but isn't quite sure if it's good or not) This Film Is Not Yet Rated.

In 1952, MGM sat down and thought, man. We own a lot of old songs. I wonder if we could get paid for those same songs again. And they did, by shoehorning them into a new musical starring Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds. Despite that being a terrible idea, the movie is really great, so we talked about that.

It's an arbitrary midpoint in the Slightly Condescending Film School season, so we decided to test ourselves on what we've learned so far. The professors each pose their questions, and then we take an ACTUAL MIDTERM from a class we aren't enrolled in. Find out how we did!

Anthony hosts a special bonus that could be called Slightly Condescending Video Game School. Him and Hunter dive deep into the new remake of the game Final Fantasy VII. Alex sometimes seems like he's paying attention.

Here is, for some reason, a dog with tattoos:

We sit down to discuss the very short but very strong coffee that is Maya Dern's 1940s experimental short film. Has Alex learned enough to say something interesting about it? Almost certainly not!

• Watch the film here (but ignore the sound track, it was added later)
• Follow Hunter and Alex on Letterbxd to keep up with their latest movie watching
• Hunter recommends video game person Tim Rogers and his new project Action Button
• Star Wars stop motion
• Ed Harris hates WestWorld 3
• Marcia Lucas saved Star Wars