The Rewind

Josh is joined by now-recurring guest Ben Luben to discuss South Korean director Lee Chang-dong's newest movie, "Burning," as well as Natalie Portman's newest, "Vox Lux." First, they talk about "Burning" and how the movie is able to constantly make you question everything its characters do, its depiction of what loneliness can do to the mind, Steven Yeun's layered performance and much more. (Spoilers start at 33:00). Then, they discuss "Vox Lux" and how it addresses how society responds to tragedy, Natalie Portman's performance, how it compares to another movie that was recently released about a pop star ("A Star is Born") and much more!

Josh is joined by recurring guests Daniel Lima and Josh Brown to discuss two movies, Peter Farrelly's "Green Book" and Jason Reitman's "The Front Runner." First, they discuss "Green Book" and how it is limited by being a movie about race relations told solely by white people, how it does at depicting racism in the early 60s in spite of that and whether its performances from Viggo Mortenson and Mahershala Ali are enough to salvage the movie despite its other shortcomings. Then (at 42:00), they get into how "The Frontrunner" tells the story about the downfall of 1988 Democratic presidential hopeful Gary Hart while grappling with issues of media access, privacy, our relationship with our politicians, its litany of supporting performances from TV actors, and much more!

Josh is joined by The Rewind's Animation Correspondent, Joe Morgan, to discuss "Ralph Breaks the Internet." They talk about how it compares to 2012's "Wreck it Ralph," how it zeroes in focuses on the right aspects of the Internet to riff on, how it does in striking a balance between content that will appeal to adults vs. content that will appeal to kids and much more!

Josh is joined by recurring guest and fellow Josh, Josh Brown, to talk about the newest movie from Steve McQueen, Widows. They get into whether the loaded cast lived up to the hype, the movie's use of various tracking shot, the effectiveness of its various twists, and much more! Spoilers start around 32:04.

Josh is joined by friend and fellow Philadelphia native Nick Menta to break down Creed II. They discuss how the movie pays homage to a combination of four different Rocky movies, its resurrection and revitalization of Ivan Drago as a character, what they want out of future Creed movies, and much more!

Josh is joined by recurring guest Elijah Howard as they cover a range of topics including the newest film from Bad Robot, "Overlord" (Beginningg-36:30), Orson Welles' long-awaited last film, "The Other Side of the Wind (36:31-1:07:39) and the sad news of the shuttering of classic film streaming service Filmstruck (1:07:40-End).

Here is a link to the Letterboxd list from TCM's Alicia Malone referenced by Elijah for things to check out on Filmstruck before it closes on November 29.

https://letterboxd.com/aliciamalone/list/my-filmstruck-recommended-list/

Josh is joined by AwardsCircuit.com film critic Joey Magidson to talk about Paul Dano's directorial debut, "Wildlife." They discuss how the movie managed to stand apart from other recent movies depicting dysfunctional families, Dano leaving his own directorial stamp on it separate from that of other filmmakers he has worked with, Carey Mulligan's performance, and much more! Spoilers start around 23:37.

You can find Joey's work here: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/critic/joey-magidson/movies.

Josh is joined by one of his oldest friends, Billy McCormick (who also luckily happens to know a thing or two about skater culture and 90s music) as they discuss Jonah Hill's directorial debut, "Mid90s." They talk about how accurately Jonah Hill pegs the 90s skate scene, teenage boy friend group dynamics, the soundtrack, how Hill did at casting skateboarders in key roles, and much more! Spoilers start around 33:05.

In a double feature episode, Josh is first joined again by friends and horror enthusiasts Adam Lichtenstein and Kayla Mead to discuss David Gordon Green's sequel to the original "Halloween" movie (Beginning-39:29), which is aptly named, "Halloween." They discuss its predictability, the effectiveness of the traditional horror scenes, the intelligence of its characters compared to your average horror movie and much more. Then, Josh is joined by friend Joe Morgan to discuss "Bad Times at the El Royale (39:32-End), as they breakdown the movie's ambitious plot, its performances from a loaded cast, if the movie could have been a full hour shorter, and much more! Spoilers throughout both discussions.

Josh is joined by now recurring guest Adam Schick to talk about the surprise hit of the fall, "Venom." But first, they discuss Adam's ongoing relationship with MoviePass for about the first four and half minutes. Then, they get to Venom and whether the movie even knew it was funny, Tom Hardy's performance, its clunky espionage scenes, Dan from Veep playing a guy named Dan, and much more! Spoilers throughout.