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We discuss that old stalwart: movies about movies! We chat about Kate Bush’s own personal Xanadu, Udo Kier’s blue eyes, and our fave Steve Buscemi lewk. In our first fanfic-themed pitch, we develop a 1970s horror film so good you’ll be almost inconsolable over the realization that it doesn’t exist. But there are so many Juzo Itami films available to stream right now that we’ll all make it through!

Discussed in this episode:

The Line, the Cross and the Curve
Center Stage (1991)
Ruan Lingyu
Broken Embraces
Arrebato
Living in Oblivion 
Cigarette Burns
Udo Kier
Fade to Black
Stories of Bastards: Born under a Bad Star
Karen Black
Donald Pleasence
Fugue
Agnieszka Smoczynska
“How a Young Woman Lost Her Identity” (New Yorker article)
Beyonce’s Homecoming
Goodbye, Dragon Inn
Pushover
Juzo Itami


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We’re knocking a few tired classics down a peg or two and replacing them with some underappreciated deep cuts –– your dorm room movie posters are probably not safe! We’re pitching a steamy role for the scary/sexy talents of Isabelle Huppert and lambasting the genre tropes of women stalkers and baby boomer nostalgia. We also discuss an art world head-scratcher, a sports-themed murder conspiracy, and some literal food porn.

Discussed in this episode:

The Nasty Girl
Peppermint Soda
Mikey and Nickey 
Cooley High
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
Vagabond 
The Plumber
“Pipe Down: ‘The Plumber’ Was ahead of Its Time” by Laurs Kemp
What Did I Ever Do to the Good Lord to Deserve a Wife Who Drinks in Cafes with Men?
Isabelle Huppert
Bill Camp
Inland Sea
King of New York
Kantaro the Sweet-Tooth Salaryman
What the K Foundation Burn a Million Quid
James Jordan Murder Conspiracy
Fashion Crimes


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Grab a smoke and meet us behind the gym, because we’re covering girl friendship on film! We pitch a movie about everyone’s worst travel nightmare, and along the way we dissect American vs. French coffee mugs, what’s in Rick Steve’s Jansport, and how Harry Dean Stanton would fare as a girl’s best friend.

Discussed in this episode:

Now and Then
Pen15
Janeane Garofalo in Reality Bites
Gang of Four
Our Song
Foxes
Mosquita y Mari
Bye Bye Blue Bird
Faroe Islands
Soulmate
Summer Night, with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil
Letitia Wright
Amandla Stenberg
John Leguizamo
Possibly in Michigan
Friends (1993)
My Mum Has Seen a Movie
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
Rick Steves’ Europe
“Rick Steves Wants to Save the World, One Vacation at a Time” (NYT Magazine profile, 2019)
One Sings, the Other Doesn’t

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We sport some jaunty berets and explore the tortured genius of artists on film. Along the way, we explore art world tropes we loathe, pitch a film that gets Minnie Driver in a smart skirt suit, and disclose some 1970s public access gold for art lovers! 

**Sound note: halfway through the recording, we were joined by a special guest, a poltergeist (i.e. Laurs’ bowling enthusiast upstairs neighbor). Please imagine the occasional rumbling as thunderstorm-style ambiance!

Discussed in this episode:

Edvard Munch
The Horse’s Mouth
Pirosmani
Hour of the Wolf 
Louvre City
Museum Hours
A Quiet Place in the Country
Too Much Romance...It’s Time for Stuffed Peppers!
Support the Girls
Andrew Bujalski
Lemon
Janicza Bravo
Brett Gelman
Zazie Beetz
Minnie Driver
“Drink This, It’ll Relax You”
Louise Nevelson
Barbaralee Diamonstein
Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict
Model
The Store
God’s Own Country
Shirley Valentine


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We finally get around to seeing the films that have been lingering on our watchlists for far too long. We pitch a horror film with decoy toilets and a substantial bonnet budget, air some of our top genre trope gripes, vaguely attempt a Steve Brady impression, and report back on some recent fantasy/noir viewings (along with some more palatable discoveries).

Discussed in this episode:

Rumble Fish
Lady Vengeance
Phantom Love
Husbands
Out of the Blue
After Life
Linda Manz
Boardwalk
Longshot
Mir Reicht’s - Ich Steig Aus
Jennifer Connelly
Winchester Mansion
Aparna Nancherla
Trouble in Mind
Cast a Deadly Spell
Witch Hunt
Sketch Artist
Happy Hour
The Second Mother


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Feast your ears on our food episode! We’re chewing the fat about our favorite food movies, serving up an original film pitch, and giving you a smorgasbord of recommendations to takeaway! Bon appetit! 

Discussed in this episode:

An (Sweet Bean)
Eat Drink Man Woman
Kamome Diner
Garlic Is As Good as Ten Mothers
Big Night
Italianamerican
Hotel Splendide
Tampopo
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Supermarket Woman
Lucrecia Martel
Anne Hathaway
Tony Leung Chiu-Wai
Blaze
Velvet Buzzsaw
Gotham (1988)
The Bride (1985)
Dudes
High Flying Bird
Rent-a-cat

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The category is: candy hearts and kissing in the rain… that’s right, lovers, we’re talking romance! Play along as Laurs quizzes Meg on surprising celebrity couples, then join us for a deep dive into some truly disparate romantic films. Later, we pitch “Mother’s Boys,” a slow, deadpan comedy with elements supplied by our honeys, and wrap it up with what’s on our respective radars. 

Discussed in this episode:

Medicine for Melancholy
Design for Living
“‘Design for Living’ Was Made for the 21st Century” by Laurs Kemp
Ernst Lubitsch
Strange Fits of Passion
Right Now, Wrong Then
Desert Hearts
Time
Shadows in Paradise
"Director Aki Kaurismaki on The Other Side of Hope (and why he doesn't have much)" (interview, 2018) 
Gregory’s Girl
Modern Romance
"Albert Brooks Knows the Whole, Hellish Truth" (interview, 2007)
The Duke of Burgundy
Mother’s Boys
Demon
In Fabric
Fingersmith
Rewind: Die Zweite Chance 
Starting Over
Images
The Blue Hour


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We’re bringing you some cinematic visions of the future: ranging from mod utopias filled with gadgets to barren wastelands filled with trash can fires! We dig deeper into Meg’s avuncular affection for Tony Shalhoub, and Laurs confesses to yet another childhood staple that she has never seen. We pitch an adaptation of the Bedbug starring Jemaine Clement in a leisure suit (working title: Smash Palace), and reveal a motley crew of honorable mentions and recommendations.

Discussed in this episode:

Dirty Computer
Space is the Place
eXistenZ 
Cherry 2000
A Visitor to the Museum
The Ugly Swans
Pilot Pyrx’s Inquest
A Time of Roses
Aelita Queen of Mars
The Quiet Earth
Smash Palace
Vladimir Mayakovsky, The Bedbug
Jemaine Clement
Taika Waititi
Gillian Anderson
Shocker
My Demon Lover
Afronauts
On the Silver Globe
Sex Education
Terrace House


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We’re giving the people [ourselves] what they [we] want: a 100% Frasier mini-sode! For the dedicated Frasier freaks as well as the Frasier-curious, we discuss our favorite episodes and the keys to the show’s enduring comedic appeal. 

Episodes discussed:

S2e13: Retirement Is Murder

S3e16: Look Before You Leap

S3e23: The Focus Group (honorable mention)

S4e01: The Two Mrs. Cranes

S4e18: Ham Radio 

S5e03: Halloween

S5e12: The Zoo Story (honorable mention)

S5e14: The Ski Lodge

S6e08: The Seal Who Came to Dinner

S6e17: Dinner Party 

S10e11: Door Jam

S11e02: A Man, a Plan, and a Gal: Julia

S11e11: High Holidays


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We lay out our cinematic ‘moodboreds’ for the new year, and pitch an eerie action/thriller miniseries complete with hunky doppelgangers and a Buffy cameo. We also discuss some sk8r flicks, spill the hot goss on how Ratboy may have broken Laurs, and strive for that elusive Kanopy sponsorship!

Discussed in this episode:

The Last Supper 
The Green Ray
Starstruck
Gap-toothed Women
Ruby in Paradise
Daughters of Darkness
Ya shagayu po Moskve (I Walk Around Moscow)
A Man Vanishes
The Watermelon Woman
Killer of Sheep
Ratboy
Treasure of the Bitch Islands
Skate Kitchen
Minding the Gap
Zama
Set It Off
Frederick Wiseman


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