The Low Ceiling

Pain don't hurt! This film requires no introduction because it transcends quality and, frankly, dignity. Road House! A story about a guy who turns a dive bar into a Denny's. Jon talks about seeing Mickey 17 then we dive into this classic movie which is a triumph for feminism and the Midwest. Blood on the floor every night, mijo.

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This week, we talk about the missionary position of films. The Sum of All Fears, a Ben Affleck vehicle where the greatest fear is trying to get a candy bar from a vending machine and causing a nuclear explosion. On this episode we explain how this is a perfect 6/10 film, make a plea for libertarian dark money, and talk about the stiff, thick, hard American national anthem.

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Finally, we take on Big Spielberg and the entire Warner Brothers' pantheon of IP. Ready Player One is a movie that's message is war is great and money buys happiness. We talk about copyright (?!), video game economies (????), and busty Goth chick avatars (!!!!).

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We continue our trend of doing strictly comedies with Hostiles, another laugh riot from Scott Cooper. In this chipper episode Jon expounds on his fantasy of Jacob Elordi crawling into his arms so he can swaddle him like a baby and asks the all important question: what happened to Jonathan Majors? Then, we talk about the system of American violence, various reasons to dig, and a guy who wrote a whole PDF using Adobe Acrobat Pro.

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A pod riddled with audio problems and Pri's insistence on recording lying down, we dig into Out of the Furnace, another Scott Cooper joint that's a barrel of non-stop laughter and mirth. In this joy filled episode we discuss the death of the working class, revenge, and crushing emotional despair.

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For today's tense political atmosphere we cover Air Force One But on the Ground. White House Down is Roland Emmerich's radical film about the military industrial complex and a president who wears cool shoes. We talk about faceless politcal villains who have a thing underground, Canada's ongoing feud with the Baltic states, and The Order. Then we pitch a movie that's Hotel Rwanda meets National Treasure and reminisce about the seminal folk album Inside Richard Jenkins.

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Scottfest barrels on like a runaway train from a whole different movie! A big week of movie watching. We talk about Presence, The Girl with the Needle, The Order, and Queer. Then Jon gets back to keeping everyone abreast on Uncharted 2 news before we talk about Tony Scott's Spy Game, a film starring Robert Redford and literally his son, Brad Pitt.

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Father, son, House of Gucci. Scottfest returns with a work of cinema art where Jared Leto plays a dude doing another dude and Lady Gaga plays a Russian oligarch. We talk about Nickel Boys, bucket-headed ladies, and how this film accurately depicts how all Italians really behave. Remember everyone, murder actually is a crime.

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We're back! In our odd tradition we cover the 92nd and 97th Academy Awards. The intrigue, the suspense, the casual dismissal of Nicholas Hoult. Pri drinks seed water endorsed by Regular F. Kennedy as we dig deep into awards season. Always remember, if there's a knife you run away but if there's a gun you run at them.

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OLD SPORT! We talk about The Brutalist, before moving on to an intellectually stimulating conversation about Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby (2013). We discuss Daisy's villainy and the best show on TV, Industry, all while getting f*cked up on over-the-counter pharmacy alcohol.