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Chandler & Jacob review Pig (2021), the recent release from new director Michael Sarnoski and starring Nickolas Cage.

Living alone in the Oregon wilderness, a truffle hunter returns to Portland to find the person who stole his beloved pig.

Dir. Michael Sarnosky - 1h 32m - English - R

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Chandler and Jacob celebrate 100 subscribers on YouTube, discuss their favorite blu-rays (not criterion collection), and review the first Scorsese on the 2012 Sight & Sound list, Goodfellas (1990).

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Chandler and Jacob celebrate 100 subscribers on YouTube, discuss their favorite blu-rays (not criterion collection), and review the first Scorsese on the 2012 Sight & Sound list, Goodfellas (1990).

For the full show notes and other content go to SplitTake.com.

Chandler and Jacob celebrate 100 subscribers on YouTube, discuss their favorite blu-rays (not criterion collection), and review the first Scorsese on the 2012 Sight & Sound list, Goodfellas (1990).

For the full show notes and other content go to SplitTake.com.

Chandler and Jacob talk about what they’ve seen and are joined by friend of the show, Nick, to discuss Bo Burnham’s new special, Inside. For the full show notes and other content go to SplitTake.com.

Jacob suggests someone should rip off Back to the Future, Chandler defends Before Sunrise as his favorite in the trilogy, and we do a deep dive discussion/review on two very different films with very similar titles.

Episode Timecodes:

00:00 Introduction - 04:24 Chandler’s Movie Diary - 20:20 Jacob’s Movie Diary - 39:14 A Touch of Zen Review - 1:14:07 Touch of Evil Review

Chandler reviews a few movies, Jacob reappraises his opinion of Before Sunrise, and we agree The Woman in the Window is not good. Blow-Up (1966) is the 2012 Sight and Sound poll film of the week and Chandler recommends Blow Out (1981).

Episode Outline:

03.25 Chandler’s Movie Diary

12:21 A Women in the Window REVIEW

29:16 Jacob’s Movie Diary

36:24 Blow Out REVIEW

58.22 Blow-Up REVIEW

Chandler & Jacob review a classic martial arts film, Dragon Inn (1967), and the ode to movie theatres that it inspired decades later, Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003).

The first film King Hu directed in Taiwan, Dragon Inn changed martial arts films forever. After a powerful eunuch has the minister of defense framed and executed, he sends his minions after the minister’s children. But a mysterious and ragtag group of master martial artists gather at a remote inn to confound the evil plans of the eunuchs.

Dir. King Hu - 1h 51 m - Not Rated - Taiwan

On a dark and stormy night, strangers gather in a run-down theatre, to watch its final showing before closing forever. As the classic martial-arts film, Dragon Inn, plays, the lives of the theatre’s employees and patrons intersect in the quiet haunted atmosphere of the dying cinema.

Dir. Tasi Ming-liang - 1h 24m - Not Rated - Taiwan

A successful mod photographer in London whose world is bounded by fashion, pop music, marijuana, and easy sex, feels his life is boring and despairing. But in the course of a single day, he accidentally captures a murder on film. Or did he?

Dir. Michelangelo Antonioni - 1h 51m - Not Rated - UK

Jack Terry is a master sound recordist, who is recording sounds late one night when he hears something unexpected. The recording proves to be a crucial piece of evidence and he begins to unravel the pieces of a nefarious conspiracy.

Dir. Brian De Palma - 1h 48m - R - USA

Chandler & Jacob review Minari (2020) and The Conformist (1970). More info and episodes @ thefilmsync.com

Chandler and Jacob start recording the podcast video on zoom, Jacob shares his love for British murder mysteries, and Chandler reveals his thoughts on Ghostbusters (1984).