We discuss two beautiful movies made across the world from each other that explore two very different time periods and places but may have a bit more in common than you might think: Roma (2018) and Yi Yi (2000).

Chandler & Jacob discuss how to use DVD covers as toilet paper, if you run out. They consult the internet about movies to watch while you’re sick and movies about isolation. Eventually, they discuss Charlie Chaplin’s misleadingly titled: The Gold Rush (1925).

In a particularly smashing episode of Split Take, Chandler & Jacob discuss two of the best movies they’ve ever seen, Portrait of a Lady on Fire and The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp. Come for the lesbian love story and stay for the ultimate British boomer movie.

A technical issue means we fast forward one episode, Jacob gets some new toys and movies, and Chandler figures out Twin Peaks: The Return with the help of the internet. Eventually we discuss a very old French short film.

War, what is it good for? Good movies, that’s for sure. Chandler & Jacob discuss two very different war movies this week, the 2019 best picture nominee 1917 and The Deer Hunter (1978).

Directed by Sam Mendes, UK, 119 minutes

Currently showing in select theaters and available for preorder

Directed by Michael Cimino, US, 184 minutes

Available for rent at Amazon Prime

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The Deer Hunter on the BFI

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Robert DeNiro’s facial hair in The Deer Hunter

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Directed by Djibril Diop Mambéty, Senegal, 95 minutes

Available to stream on the Criterion Channel

Part 2 of our retrospective on the movies of the 2010s decade. Join us and our friends as we realize movies are as awesome as ever and fail to properly express how much we love some of the best ones from the past decade.

Join Chandler, Jacob, and a whole host a wacky characters and friends as they review their favorite movies of the decade in a super-sized, mega stuffed, action-packed episode. Part 1 of 2.

Chandler & Jacob return to talk about The Rise of Skywalker even more! We also discuss Greta Gerwig’s wonderful new movie Little Women (2019), disagree (but not really) about L’argent (1983), and Jacob presents a new chart to visually categorize movies. Is this chart really a look into cinematic madness? Find out on episode 9 of Split Take.

It’s 2020 but we’re still talking 2019. Chandler peeks into the madness of Jacob’s yearly movie excel spreadsheet, we discuss the divide between critics and audiences, review Uncut Gems (2019), and struggle to find words about how strange Imitation of Life (1959) is.

Chandler and Jacob discuss their favorite holiday movie traditions including The Star Wars Holiday Special and they review The Rise of Skywalker (2019). But wait, there’s more! Listen now and we’ll also discuss The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976), whatever that is.