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August 15, 2025Interview With 'The Bear' Sound Team, Steve "Major" Giammaria, Scott D. Smith & Evan Benjamin
Ethan Simmie is joined by Steve "Major" Giammaria, Scott D. Smith, and Evan Benjamin, the Emmy-nominated sound team behind FX's hit dramedy series The Bear. The trio discusses the evolution of sound throughout the four seasons of the show, their favorite characters, and shares behind-the-scenes anecdotes about the challenges of curating the show's unique sound. They also talk about working on former projects like ‘The Fugitive’ & ‘Blue Valentine’ and the biggest differences sound editing and mixing between TV and film.
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Credits:
Theme music by Eugene Rocco Utley
Artwork by Danny Jarabek
Edited by Danny Jarabek

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Credits:
Theme music: Eugene Rocco Utley & Karl Vincent
Artwork: Danny Jarabek
Editor: Danny Jarabek
Assistant Producer: Evan Miller
35 min
August 13, 2025Bonus Review Round-Up: Together (2025), KPop Demon Hunters (2025) & Freakier Friday (2025)
To catch up on a few recent releases that we have not covered on the main show of late, we’re doing a round up of reviews for some titles that have come to theaters or streaming in the last couple of weeks. The three we will be focusing on are NEON’s body horror Together, Netflix’s animated phenomenon KPop Demon Hunters, and Disney’s legacy sequel Freakier Friday.
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Chapter Timestamps:
0:00:00 What Have We Been Watching Recently
0:22:57 Together
0:39:52 KPop Demon Hunters
0:55:31 Freakier Friday
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Jacob Diedenhofer on Letterboxd, Instagram, X
Jake Fittipaldi on Letterboxd, Instagram, and TikTok
Joshua Mbonu Letterboxd, and X
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Credits:
Theme music by Eugene Rocco Utley
Artwork by Danny Jarabek
Edited by Danny Jarabek

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Credits:
Theme music: Eugene Rocco Utley & Karl Vincent
Artwork: Danny Jarabek
Editor: Danny Jarabek
Assistant Producer: Evan Miller
1 hr 27 min
August 12, 2025Awards Season Draft: 2015-16
In the inaugural episode of this new Awards Season Draft series, we look at individual past award seasons and competitively draft films/performers from the pool of winners. This first draft of its kind puts 2015 into the *spotlight* as we draft 2015 films for the 2016 Academy Awards. Our draft options include Oscar winners, Precursor winners (Golden Globe, BAFTA, SAG, CCA), festival winners (TIFF, Venice, Cannes, Sundance), and critics group winners (NSFC, LAFCA, NYFCC). See the video version of the podcast on our Patreon.
Each of our drafts must include:
2 above the line Oscar winners
2 below the line Oscar winners
2 Precursor award winners that did not win the Oscar for the same category
1 Festival/Critics Group winner
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Paul Rai on Letterboxd, Instagram, and X
Adam Patla on Letterboxd, Instagram, Bluesky, X, TikTok, and YouTube
Jacob Diedenhofer on Letterboxd, Instagram, X
Tate Fowler on Letterboxd and Instagram
Ethan Dayton on Letterboxd, Bluesky, and X
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Theme music by Eugene Rocco Utley
Artwork by Danny Jarabek
Edited by Danny Jarabek

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Theme music: Eugene Rocco Utley & Karl Vincent
Artwork: Danny Jarabek
Editor: Danny Jarabek
Assistant Producer: Evan Miller
2 hr 18 min
August 11, 2025EP 151: Weapons (2025)
The highly anticipated follow-up to Zach Cregger’s breakout horror hit, Barbarian, has now arrived in theaters. Weapons is written and directed by Cregger, and follows the story of when all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanishes on the same night at exactly the same time, and a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance. The film stars Julia Garner, Josh Brolin, Alden Ehrenreich, Benedict Wong, and Cary Christopher.
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Chapter Timestamps:
0:00:00 Initial Thoughts
0:35:55 Spoiler Review
1:46:31 Oscars Assessment
1:48:30 Final Ratings
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Danny Jarabek Letterboxd, Instagram, Bluesky, X, TikTok, and Linktree
Joshua Mbonu Letterboxd, and X
Kam Ryan on Letterboxd, Instagram, X, and Empty Theater Podcast
Paul Rai on Letterboxd, Instagram, and X
Adam Patla on Letterboxd, Instagram, Bluesky, X, TikTok, and YouTube
Evan Miller on Letterboxd, Bluesky, X, Instagram, and TikTok
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Credits:
Theme music by Eugene Rocco Utley
Artwork by Danny Jarabek
Edited by Danny Jarabek

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Credits:
Theme music: Eugene Rocco Utley & Karl Vincent
Artwork: Danny Jarabek
Editor: Danny Jarabek
Assistant Producer: Evan Miller
2 hr 16 min
August 08, 2025EP 150 Pre-Episode: Physical Media Hauls, Spider-Man: Brand New Day Suit Reveal & The Social Network Part II Minus David Fincher and Jesse Eisenberg
To hear more bonus conversations like this, subscribe to our Patreon for as little as $1/month for early access and video episodes. Ahead of our review of The Naked Gun we discuss:
Physical Media Hauls
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Suit Reveal
The Social Network Part II Minus David Fincher and Jesse Eisenberg
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Joshua Mbonu Letterboxd, and X
Cameron Ritter on Letterboxd, Instagram, X, and TikTok
Jacob Diedenhofer on Letterboxd, Instagram, X
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Credits:
Theme music by Eugene Rocco Utley
Artwork by Danny Jarabek
Edited by Danny Jarabek

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Credits:
Theme music: Eugene Rocco Utley & Karl Vincent
Artwork: Danny Jarabek
Editor: Danny Jarabek
Assistant Producer: Evan Miller
29 min
August 08, 2025*HOLLYSHORTS* Interview With 'Babka' (2025) Director, Serena Dykman
Co-Founder Sara Ciplickas sits down with Director Serena Dykman to discuss her recent short, Babka, premiering at HollyShorts on August 9th. In the heart of Hasidic Brooklyn, a newly blind Jewish Orthodox baker (Saul Rubinek) forms an unlikely friendship with a Queer Catholic Latino guide dog trainer (Jonny Beauchamp), embarking on an eye-opening journey to overcome personal and cultural barriers in his quest to reopen his beloved bakery. The short is also in development to become a feature film. Babka is also a nominee for the Humanitas Prize, which will be announced in September. Watch the trailer here.
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Credits:
Theme music by Eugene Rocco Utley
Artwork by Danny Jarabek
Edited by Danny Jarabek
Support the show
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Credits:
Theme music: Eugene Rocco Utley & Karl Vincent
Artwork: Danny Jarabek
Editor: Danny Jarabek
Assistant Producer: Evan Miller
17 min
August 07, 2025*PATREON PREVIEW* Live Commentary: Barbarian (2022)
*THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST* featuring a segment from our watchalong of Barbarian. To watch the full conversation on video and watch along with us, subscribe to our Patreon.
Happy Weapons week to all who celebrate! One of the most anticipated movies of the year is Zach Cregger's sophomore feature, Weapons, and the follow up to his directorial debut, Barbarian. Naturally, we had to revisit Barbarian by watching along and staying together as a team at the most fucked up AirBnB you've ever seen. Take a trip to Detroit with us and listen along as we revisit Barbarian (2022) ahead of our review of Weapons (2025) this coming weekend.
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Danny Jarabek Letterboxd, Instagram, Bluesky, X, TikTok, and Linktree
Joshua Mbonu Letterboxd, and X
Paul Rai on Letterboxd, Instagram, and X
Cameron Ritter on Letterboxd, Instagram, X, and TikTok
Jacob Diedenhofer on Letterboxd, Instagram, X
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Credits:
Theme music by Eugene Rocco Utley
Artwork by Danny Jarabek
Edited by Danny Jarabek
Support the show
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Credits:
Theme music: Eugene Rocco Utley & Karl Vincent
Artwork: Danny Jarabek
Editor: Danny Jarabek
Assistant Producer: Evan Miller
22 min
August 04, 2025EP 150: The Naked Gun (2025)
The Naked Gun has returned after the trilogy through the late 80’s and early 90’s that starred Leslie Nielsen, now featuring Liam Neeson and directed by Akiva Schaffer as only one man has the particular set of skills - to lead Police Squad and save the world. The film also stars Pamela Anderson, Paul Walter Hauser, Danny Huston, and Kevin Durand.
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Chapter Timestamps:
0:00:00 Initial Thoughts
0:16:32 Spoiler Review
0:56:02 Final Ratings
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Danny Jarabek Letterboxd, Instagram, Bluesky, X, TikTok, and Linktree
Joshua Mbonu Letterboxd, and X
Cameron Ritter on Letterboxd, Instagram, X, and TikTok
Jacob Diedenhofer on Letterboxd, Instagram, X
Have questions? Email [email protected]
Credits:
Theme music by Eugene Rocco Utley
Artwork by Danny Jarabek
Edited by Danny Jarabek

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Credits:
Theme music: Eugene Rocco Utley & Karl Vincent
Artwork: Danny Jarabek
Editor: Danny Jarabek
Assistant Producer: Evan Miller
1 hr 10 min
August 01, 2025EP 149 Pre-Episode: MCU Phase Six Timeline, Summer Box Office Check-In & Ne Zha 2 Re-Release
Ahead of our review for The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025), we lay out what's coming up on the release slate for DC and the MCU phase six, we check in with summer box office numbers for the July blockbusters, and discuss the re-release of Ne Zha 2 in IMAX theaters.
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Paul Rai on Letterboxd, Instagram, and X
Aryan Patel on Letterboxd, X, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube
Bryan Sudfield on Letterboxd, Instagram, X, and Life Moves Pretty Fast
Sara Ciplickas on Letterboxd, Instagram, and X
Joshua Mbonu Letterboxd, and X
Ethan Dayton on Letterboxd, Bluesky, and X
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Credits:
Theme music by Eugene Rocco Utley
Artwork by Danny Jarabek
Edited by Danny Jarabek
Support the show
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Credits:
Theme music: Eugene Rocco Utley & Karl Vincent
Artwork: Danny Jarabek
Editor: Danny Jarabek
Assistant Producer: Evan Miller
20 min
August 01, 2025Interview With 'Harvest' (2024) Director, Athina Rachel Tsangari
From Athina Rachel Tsangari (Chevalier, Attenberg), Harvest is a spellbinding and thrillingly distinctive period piece like no other, telling a folk horror-inflected story about the trauma of modernity and the looming threat of the outsider. Set over seven hallucinatory days in an idyllic rural Scottish village, the traditional way of life for its agrarian community is suddenly disrupted when a series of unexpected invaders from the outside world bring about irrevocable – and potentially damaging – change. In our interview, we discuss Tsangari's approach to location and worldbuilding as well as the beautifully captured 16mm cinematography.
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Athina Rachel Tsangari IMDb
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Credits:
Theme music by Eugene Rocco Utley
Artwork by Danny Jarabek
Edited by Danny Jarabek
Press kit by MUBI
Support the show
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Credits:
Theme music: Eugene Rocco Utley & Karl Vincent
Artwork: Danny Jarabek
Editor: Danny Jarabek
Assistant Producer: Evan Miller
21 min