Split Take Cinema

The French Dispatch is a love letter to journalists set in an outpost of an American newspaper in a fictional twentieth century French city that brings to life a collection of stories published in "The French Dispatch Magazine".

Director: Wes Anderson - 1h 47m - English - R

This discussion is a part of our ongoing series reviewing the films on the 2012 BFI Greatest Films of All Time List. M (1931) is 56 on the Critics' poll and is 75 on the Directors' poll.

Chandler and Jacob talk about the filmmaker John Waters and review Pink Flamingos (1972) and Female Trouble (1974).

John Samuel Waters Jr. is an American filmmaker, writer, actor, and artist. He rose to fame in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films, including Multiple Maniacs, Pink Flamingos and Female Trouble.

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Movie Synopsis: In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local sage's warning against seeking to profit from warfare. Genjuro's pursuit of both riches and the mysterious Lady Wakasa, as well as Tobei's desire to become a samurai, run the risk of destroying both themselves and their wives.

Movie Synopsis: A widower takes an offer to screen girls at a special audition, arranged for him by a friend to find him a new wife. The one he fancies is not who she appears to be after all.

Skip to minute 8 for the start of our Dune discussion. We first talk about a few movies, including brief thoughts on The French Dispatch, The Swimmer, Last Night in Soho, and The Last Duel.

Chandler & Jacob review a classic of Japanese cinema, Sansho the Bailiff (1954).

In medieval Japan, a compassionate governor is sent into exile. His wife and children try to join him, but are separated, and the children grow up amid suffering and oppression.

Director Kenji Mizoguchi - 2h 4m - Japanese - Not Rated

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Chandler & Jacob review The Green Knight (2021).

King Arthur's headstrong nephew embarks on a daring quest to confront the Green Knight, a mysterious giant who appears at Camelot. Risking his head, he sets off on an epic adventure to prove himself before his family and court.

Dir. David Lowery - 2h 5m - USA - R

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Chandler & Jacob Review the 2014 Cartoon Network animated series, Over the Garden Wall.

On an adventure, brothers Wirt and Greg get lost in the Unknown, a strange forest adrift in time; as they attempt to find a way out of the Unknown, they cross paths with a mysterious old woodsman and a bluebird named Beatrice.

Created by Partrick McHale - 110m - English - TV-PG

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Jacob fumbles through Italian history and Chandler has a crush on Burt Lancaster. This week the duo review the classic Luchino Visconti Italian film, The Leopard. The movie is #57 on the 2012 Critics Sight & Sound: Greatest Films of All Time Poll.

The Prince of Salina, a noble aristocrat of impeccable integrity, tries to preserve his family and class amid the tumultuous social upheavals of 1860s Sicily.

Dir. Luchino Visconti - 3h 6m - Italian - PG

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