The Binge Movie Podcast

For what might be the only time so far this year, we’ve both seen one of the movies and we absolutely love it: Lorene Scafaria’s feminist crime caper HUSTLERS. Jason also recounts the many failings of THE GOLDFINCH and is captivated by the expressiveness of Keira Knightley’s jaw in OFFICIAL SECRETS.

After catching up about their first foray into international travel and Rebecca’s delayed reviews of Tarantino’s latest (and also NOTTING HILL), Jason surprises her by loving the Jillian Bell comedy BRITTANY RUNS A MARATHON, then they dive into the murky waters of controversial faux-trans romance ADAM and the hard-hitting exposé ONE CHILD NATION.

After doing our first-ever Tarantino review for ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, we take on two stellar docs: the Syrian exposé FOR SAMA and a 4K restoration of the drag classic THE QUEEN.

When three working mics suddenly become two, sometimes a guest becomes a cohost! At least that’s what happens this week, when Rebecca nobly sacrifices herself so that special guest Nick Sahoyah can join Jason for reviews of THE LION KING, THE FAREWELL, and SWORD OF TRUST.

After recapping our 2019 Pride weekends, we assess SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME as a winning finale to phase 3 of the MCU, go in-depth on the chilling visuals of Ari Aster’s buzzy horror pic MIDSOMMAR, and celebrate the new 4K rerelease of Jennie Livingston’s classic doc PARIS IS BURNING.

In which we herald the arrival of major new talent Jessie Buckley in the musical drama WILD ROSE, are extremely divided in our response to the wild Portuguese farce DIAMANTINO, and appreciate the thorough portrait assembled by TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM.

We’re blown away by the ravishingly beautiful and poignant THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO, then crash back down to earth with Jim Jarmusch’s barely-there zombie comedy THE DEAD DON’T DIE and the deeply misguided buddy movie PAPI CHULO.

Jason rallies through his existential crisis about falling out of love with movies to join Rebecca for reviews of the new live-action ALADDIN, Olivia Wilde’s teen comedy BOOKSMART, and Olivier Assayas’ French intellectual farce NON-FICTION.

We’re pleasantly surprised by the Diane Keaton cheerleading comedy POMS, stupefied by the boring and unfunny POKÉMON DETECTIVE PIKACHU, and wish CHARLIE SAYS had decided which Manson Girls story it wanted to tell.

Rebecca reflects on her journey into Marvel fandom as we review AVENGERS: ENDGAME, then Jason brings his JC LeRoy authority to J.T. LEROY and his pensive Christian praise to HAIL SATAN?