Show Notes

• Ari Aster @ Film at Lincoln Center
• Ari Aster on The Big Picture Podcast

Synopsis
Midsommar follows the depressed Dani as she joins her disengaged boyfriend on a trip to Sweden to attend a folk festival. The more they learn about the reclusive commune of which they are guests, the more unsettling their experience becomes.

Starring Florence Pugh and written and directed by Ari Aster, Midsommar was released July 23, 2019.


Where to watch Midsommar

Scene  [1:05:05 - 1:14:15]

Recommendations
Tim: Defending Your Life (Brooks, 1991) — where to watch
Tay: Kill List (Wheatley, 2011) —where to watch

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Show Notes

• Smile's viral marketing campaign
• Ari Aster on CBC Q
• Alex Wolff's struggles with the role
• Toni Collette's career review

Synopsis
Hereditary follows the Graham family as they mourn their secretive grandmother, finding out more about her sinister proclivities—and how they have inherited them— along the way. 

Starring Toni Collette, and written and directed by Ari Aster, Hereditary was released June 8, 2018.

Where to watch Hereditary

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Recommendations
Tim: The Wailing (Na, 2016) —where to watch | Altered (Sanchez, 2006) — where to watch
Tay: Goodnight Mommy (Sobel, 2022) —where to watch

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Show Notes

• The Wes Anderson Collection by Matt Zoller Seitz
• The Most Difficult Shot in Movie History (And Why It Matters)

Synopsis
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissuo tells of the story of the titular oceanographer, on the hunt for the rare shark that killed his friend so he can exact revenge and film his next movie.

Starring Bill Murray, written by Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach, and directed by Wes Anderson, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissuo was released Dec. 25, 2004.

Where to watch The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissuo

Scene  [15:00-16:40]  - "Let me tell you about my boat”

Recommendations
Tim: The Great White Silence (Ponting, 1924) —where to watch
Tay: Bottle Rocket (Anderson, 1996) —where to watch

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Show Notes

• We shot a YouTube video about film formats on 35mm film
• The Insane Realism of the Film That Invented the Modern Car Movie

Synopsis
Mad Max: Fury Road  finds the franchise’s titular hero caught in the escape of Immortan Joe’s harem of wives, under the leadership of Imperator Furiosa.

Starring Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron, and directed by George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road was released May 15, 2015.

Where to watch Mad Max: Fury Road

Scene  [30:15 - 37:30]  - "Max Meets Furiosa”

Recommendations
Tim: Speed Racer (Wachowskis, 2008) —where to watch
Tay: Mr. Brooks (Bruce Evans, 2007) —where to watch

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Synopsis
The film centers on the marriage of Nick & Amy Dunne, the nature of which is called into question (along with the former’s culpability) when the latter goes missing on the day of their fifth wedding anniversary.

Starring Rosamund Pike and Ben Affleck, and directed by David Fincher, Gone Girl was released Oct. 2, 2014.

Where to watch Gone Girl.

TAY’S SCENE - 23:54 - 27:02 - One Day Gone

TIM'S SCENE - 8:20 - 12:04 - Gone

BUNNY'S SCENE - 01:06:08 – 01:13:00 - Cool Girl

Recommendations
Tim: Phoenix (Petzold, 2014) —where to watch
Tay: State of Play (MacDonald, 2009) —where to watch
Bunny: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Nichols, 1966) —where to watch

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Synopsis
The movie centers on Patrick Bateman, a handsome, intelligent and successful young professional in 1980s New York that moonlights as a psychotic killer.

Starring Christian Bale, directed by Mary Harron, and based on the book of the same name by Brett Easton Ellis, American Psycho was released on April 14, 2000.

Where to watch American Psycho.

Scene  [17:10- 20:07]  - "Business Card Casualty”

Recommendations
Tim: The Pale Blue Eye (Cooper, 2022) —where to watch
Tay: Mr. Brooks (Bruce Evans, 2007) —where to watch

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Another season done! We wrap up in our usual fashion by comparing our rankings of the taglines from this year's movies. 

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Tim and Tay are back to wrap up the season with one of their favourite movies in recent years, The Nice Guys. Tune in for a chat about "Big Russ" and the comedic stylings of Ryan Gosling.    

Synopsis
An alcoholic detective and a purposeless tough guy become embroiled in a missing persons case that takes them on a journey through the many corrupt echelons of 1970s LA.

Starring Ryan Gosling, Russel Crowe, and written and directed by Shane Black, The Nice Guys premiered May 20, 2016.

Where to watch The Nice Guys.

Scene [1:06:46 - 1:12:26]  - "Nobody’s getting killed at the Burbank Airport Western Hotel”

Recommendations
Tim:   No Hard Feelings (Stupnitsky, 2023)—where to watch
Tay: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (Black, 2005)—where to watch 

Tim's bonus recent comedy recommendations:

• Palm Springs (Barbakow, 2020)
• Bottoms (Seligman, 2023)
• Theatre Camp (Gordon, Lieberman, 2023)
• Barb and Star go to Vista Del Mar (Greenbaum, 2021)
• Snack Shack (Rehmeier, 2024)

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In this special annual episode, Tim and Tay highlight a few notable movies from 2023. Not necessarily the best or our favourites, but certainly worth seeing!

Tim

• The Killer (Fincher)
• The Taste of Things (Anh Hung)
• The Creator (Edwards)

Tay

• Poor Things (Lanthimos)
• How To Blow Up A Pipeline (Goldhaber)
• The Holdovers (Payne)

Links:

• Filming The Holdovers

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Next month: The films of Greta Gerwig!

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Tim and Tay leave pretentious and inconvenient movies behind and switch to the principal media of the modern age: streaming TV. In the first episode of Solo TV Dinner we explore Andor and how it finds impressive depth working within the Star Wars IP machine.

Synopsis
Andor tells the story of the titular hero’s journey from apathetic rogue to dyed-in-the-wool rebel, acting as a prequel to Rogue One.

Starring Diego Luna and created by Tony Gilroy, Andor premiered Sept. 21, 2022.

Andor is available to watch on Disney+.

Notes

• Papillon (Schaffner, 1973)
• Stellan Skarsgård on his career
• R2D2 in spanish

Episode: "One Way Out" [S1E10]
Cassian and his allies attempt to seize a rare opportunity that could lead to victory. Mom Mothma brokers a new deal with a shady politician in order to ensure the future of the rebellion.

Recommendations

• Tim: Utopia
• Tay: Star Wars: Visions

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