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We close out the 2010s with nearly 20 selections from the past decade that we may have overlooked. Hope you like sci-fi and mysteries, because we’ve got plenty of ‘em! And we craft an original pitch brimming with polyglot hotties (polyglotties?) to guide you into the 2020s. 

Discussed in this episode:

Coherence
Vulture’s “Every Movie of the 2010s, Ranked”
What’s in a Name
You and The Night
Cahier du Cinema’s annual top 10 lists
0.5 mm
Magical Girl
Fast Color
The Lure
Infinity Baby
Creepy
Aniara
Thelma
Volcano
The Wild Boys
Le Havre
Leto
Zoopark
Kino
Leningrad Rock Club
In Between
Snack Bar Budapest
Teo Yoo
Little Joe
Atlantics
Timothée Chalamet
Mati Diop

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Just in time for the holidays, we delve into movies with familial themes. We discuss a few of the movie elements we love and hate [mostly hate!] Our original movie pitch is glorified ‘90s fanfic, starring Laurs’ all-time hairstyle crush! And in our Radar section, we quite possibly uncover our new “Ratboy”! 

Discussed in this episode:

Scam Goddess
Big Girls Don’t Cry… They Get Even
Parents
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
The Quiet Family
Shy People
Mare Winningham
Don Swayze
The Gun in Betty Lou’s Handbag
Shannyn Sossamon
Mother’s Boys
Tales from the Tour Bus
Black Cat White Cat
The Baby 
Twister
Parasite 


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We’re back, bb! In our first episode of season 2, we discuss our current horror obsessions, as well as the spooky VHS covers that shaped our tender young minds. We speculate on why the ‘80s were so obsessed with sewers and garbage, gauge which primates are the most approachable, and determine that bisexual lighting is the ideal backdrop for Grace Jones. Heavy metal motifs abound in our original movie pitch (soundtrack pending), and we leave you with some bone-chilling recommendations.

Discussed in this episode:

Innocent Blood
Ghoulies
Critters
Munchies
Monkey Shines
Fright Night 
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth
Night of the Demons
Night of the Creeps
Mute Witness
One Dark Night
Martin
Vampire’s Kiss
Neon Maniacs
Pumpkinhead
The Appointment
Vamp
Dedee Pfeiffer
Billy Drago
Paperhouse 
The Truth According to Satan
Bernardo Velasco
Five Dolls for an August Moon
Ken Marino
Never Seen It
Family Secrets
Brainscan
Witchboard 
Mausoleum
Symptoms


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In our season one finale, we report back on some of our previous radar picks, attempt to mount the worst pitch we can think of (including a ghastly USO troupe lead by James Corden during WWII), and leave you with a few final recommendations to tide you over till next season! Thank you for listening to us prattle on about Laura Dern, Juzo Itami, Columbo, and Ratboy for twenty-plus episodes! See you in season two, bb!

Discussed in this episode:

Afronauts
Light Sleeper
Sketch Artist
One Sings, the Other Doesn’t
Manifesto of the 343
Quién Te Cantará
Naomi Chiaki
Rentaneko
Sketch Artist II: Hands That See
Rooney Mara
James Corden
Miracle at St. Anna
Charade
The Farewell
The Amazing Catfish
Fingersmith
Designing Women
Magical Girl


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This episode, we’re spotlighting actors. We’ve each chosen one actor and we’ll be unpacking three of their deep cut films (some best left to obscurity). We’ll also discuss our personal fanfic actor/director collaborations, pitch a show biz film that’s mostly just pithy barbs and dancewear, and take a final bow with our radar section. 

Discussed in this episode:

Paul Thomas Anderson
Jodie Comer
Eva Mendes
Tom Ford
Virginia Madsen
Slam Dance
Antonio Banderas
Bajarse al Moro
Modern Girls
Átame! (Tie me up! Tie me down!)
Rossy de Palma
Gotham
Never Talk to Strangers
Guilty as Sin
Crystal or Ash, Fire or Wind, as Long as It’s Love
Richard E. Grant
Angelica Ross
Fosse/Verdon
Drop Dead Gorgeous
Six by Sondheim
Original Cast Album: Co-op
Zombie High
Candyman


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We attempt to unravel the mystery genre: We’ve got a special double pitch of real-life mysteries we think deserve their own series, we’ll talk about notable films that leave us with more questions than answers, and we’ll end with some cryptic clues about what’s been on our cinematic radar.

Discussed in this episode:

Sonic “attacks” in Cuba
Marcia Gay Harden
Diego Luna
Toby Huss
Death of Stalin
Denver Airport Conspiracy
John Hawkes
Jean Smart
Thandie Newton
Bradford Young
Accident
All Units
Tell No One
Mosaic
The Headless Woman
Homicide
David Mamet
Buffet Froid
Dark
Shedunnit
Little Monk
Mrs. Columbo
Fast Color

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This episode, we’re pulling our focus on the American mythos and the marginalized stories frequently erased in United States history and in fictionalized work. Plus, some extra pitches and a few radar findings to guide you home.

Discussed in this episode:

Exclusion and incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII
Ellen and William Craft
“Furusato: The Lost Japanese Fishing Village Between LA’s Ports” by Martin Macias (article)
“I, Too” by Langston Hughes (poem)
The Spook Who Sat by the Door
The Exiles
Chan is Missing
Tongues Untied
Ethnic Notions
Smokin’ Fish
Topaz
Dorothea Lange’s photographs of the incarceration of Japanese Americans
Twice Upon a Yesterday
Sneha Philip
Priyanka Chopra
Mj Rodriguez
She-Devil
Bless Their Little Hearts
Studs Terkel
Pose
The Store
“Whose Story Will Sandi Tan Tell Next?” by Anna Silman (article)


“Revolution is not a one time event”  – Audre Lorde
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We’re hurtling through the winner-take-all world of sports movies. We’ll warm-up with a chat about action movies that got robbed at the box office and cool-down with a movie pitch that puts a blood-thirsty Kate Berlant on an all-night quest. Then we’ll leave you with a post-game analysis of what’s been in our cinematic playbook. Sports!

Discussed in this episode:

Blade & Blade II
“The First Marvel Superhero Was Black” by Ira Madison III (article)
Last Action Hero
The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki
Personal Best
Boys
Ice Castles
Love & Basketball
“Could Breanna Stewart’s Injury Be A Tipping Point for WNBA Negotiations?” by Mechelle Voepel (article)
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
Kate Berlant
Vampire’s Kiss
Vamp
Once Bitten 
Darren Criss
Goshogaoka
Chances Are
Partners
Hollywood Shuffle
Still of the Night
Picket Fences


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We’re having fun in the sun, exploring some cinematic beach reads and notable summer-themed movies! We inadvertently veer off into a couple of true crime tangents: from an unreleased Black-Dahlia-adjacent Alfre Woodard project to the real-life creep who inspired the Laura Dern vehicle “Smooth Talk.” Our original movie pitch contends that nothing good can come from a mansion in the woods. And we’ll leave you with a melange of items on our radar. 

Discussed in this episode:

Le Divorce
The Late Shift
Big Business
Mother
Visions of Eight
Haunted Summer
Pretty Hattie’s Baby 
Little Fauss and Big Halsey
“Hou Hsaio-hsien’s ‘Millenium Mambo’ Proves Timeless” by Laurs Kemp
Bitch on the Beach
Smooth Talk
Charles Schmid
P.J. Soles
Teyonah Parris
Greta Lee
Melonie Diaz
The Green Fog
Night Caller
Eric Rohmer

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We play cinematic book club and tackle some film adaptations of novels. But first, we nominate some songs that would make great (or at least, plausible) movies, raising a glass of sherry to the partied-out songwriting of the 1970s. Later, we attempt a tricky adaptation of a short story with tense geopolitical and interpersonal implications, and wrap it up with some finds from our respective watchlists. 

Discussed in this episode:

Kenny Rogers, “Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town”
X, “Sex and Dying in High Society”
Bill Faye, “Screams in the Ears”
Thin Lizzy, “The Boys are Back in Town”
The Shooting Party
Tokyo Decadence
Ivansxtc 
A Girl, She Is 100%
The Twelve Chairs
Cosmos (2015)
Karaoke Terror
Deborah Eisenberg’s short story, “Holy Week”
Alia Shawkat
Michelle Pfeiffer
The Sicilian
Demonlover
La Femme Publique
Sweetie 
Phenomena
Master and Margarita (2005 TV mini-series)
Ratboy

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