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June 30, 2025EP 145: F1 The Movie (2025)
Based on the premier class of motorsport, F1 The Movie follows the international worldwide racing sport. The film is a sports drama starring Brad Pitt as a driver who returns to Formula One racing after a career cut short by injury. It was directed by Joseph Kosinski with a screenplay written by Ehren Kruger. It is based on the Formula One World Championship, created in collaboration with the FIA, its governing body. The film also stars Damson Idris, Kerry Condon, Tobias Menzies, and Javier Bardem.
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Chapter Timestamps:
0:00:00 Introduction & Initial Thoughts
0:17:05 Spoiler Review
1:08:43 Oscars Assessment
1:11:15 Final Ratings
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Cameron Ritter on Letterboxd, Instagram, X, and TikTok
Evan Miller on Letterboxd, Bluesky, X, Instagram, and TikTok
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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 24 min
June 27, 2025EP 144 Pre-Episode: Zombie Media & Venice International Film Festival Lineup Speculation
Ahead of our 28 Years Later review, the team debates zombie media with the best and worst of zombie movie and TV show protagonists. We also speculate on the potential Venice International Film Festival lineup before the fall festival season starts to kick into full gear in less than a couple of months.
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Adam Patla on Letterboxd, Instagram, Bluesky, X, TikTok, and YouTube
Paul Rai on Letterboxd, Instagram, and X
Ethan Simmie on Letterboxd, Instagram, X, The Movie Draft Podcast, 24 Minutes of A24
Kam Ryan on Letterboxd, Instagram, X, and Empty Theater Podcast
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
28 min
June 26, 2025Interview With 'Ballerina' (2025) Supervising Sound Editor, Mark Stoeckinger
Ethan Simmie joins Mark Stoeckinger, a three-time Oscar nominee and key contributor to the John Wick universe as a Supervising Sound Editor, who has crafted an electrifying soundscape for Ballerina, elevating its pulse-pounding action and gritty underworld atmosphere. Set during the events of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, the film follows Eve Macarro (Ana de Armas) as she trains in the Ruska Roma’s assassin traditions and seeks vengeance. He discussed the "precision violence" of the sound design—honed through work on all four John Wick films and The Continental—bringing every gunshot, fight, and tense moment to life with unparalleled intensity.
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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
27 min
June 25, 2025NEWS 039: Tribeca 2025 Recap ft. Larry Fried
Tribeca Festival in New York recently wrapped up and we had three members of our team helping to cover some film titles in the diverse lineup. We’ll discuss what we heard and saw through the festival from myself, Sara Ciplickas our Co-Founder and host of Ladies Night and the Pride Mini-Series, and writer Arleigh Rodgers who isn’t here on the podcast but was in Tribeca for the festival including our coverage plans and the festival’s award winners alongside a guest, Larry Fried.
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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 31 min
June 24, 2025Pride Mini-Series: Queer Television & Modern Cinema (Part Four)
As we enter the 90s and early 2000s the team discusses Queer cinema’s entrance into the mainstream and the films that we grew up with. We discuss The Oscars and the dramas that entered “high cinema,” as well as the low-budget comedies that came to define CAMP and the Queer pushback to the tragedies still facing them. With only one more episode left, the team prepares to break down contemporary Queer cinema and where we go from here.
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Red Broadwell on Letterboxd, X, and Instagram
Danny Jarabek Website, Letterboxd, Instagram, X, TikTok, and Linktree
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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 53 min
June 23, 2025EP 144: 28 Years Later (2025)
23 years after Danny Boyle and Alex Garland’s genre-breaking dystopian zombie movie comes a direct sequel to that film with 28 Years Later, directed and written by the same creators. A group of survivors of the rage virus live on a small island. When one of the group leaves the island on a mission into the mainland, he discovers secrets, wonders, and horrors that have mutated not only the infected but other survivors.
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Chapter Timestamps:
0:00:00 Introduction & Initial Thoughts
0:34:32 Spoiler Review
1:52:11 Oscars Assessment
1:52:23 Final Ratings
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Danny Jarabek Letterboxd, Instagram, Bluesky, X, TikTok, and Linktree
Adam Patla on Letterboxd, Instagram, Bluesky, X, TikTok, and YouTube
Paul Rai on Letterboxd, Instagram, and X
Ethan Simmie on Letterboxd, Instagram, X, The Movie Draft Podcast, 24 Minutes of A24
Kam Ryan on Letterboxd, Instagram, X, and Empty Theater Podcast
Joshua Mbonu Letterboxd, and X
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28 Years Later Review by Joshua Mbonu
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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 8 min
June 20, 2025EP 143 Pre-Episode: Robert Eggers and 'A Christmas Carol', Pixar Announcements & News on Animation
Our pre-episode Patreon exclusive conversation features ahead of our review for The Life of Chuck features the news on Robert Eggers and 'A Christmas Carol, some Pixar announcement, and broader news in the animation industry at-large. Subscribe to our Patreon to hear more and see the full episode on video.
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Adam Patla on Letterboxd, Instagram, Bluesky, X, TikTok, and YouTube
Ethan Dayton on Letterboxd, Bluesky, and X
Bryan Sudfield on Letterboxd, Instagram, X, and Life Moves Pretty Fast
Jacob Diedenhofer on Letterboxd, Instagram, X
Paul Rai on Letterboxd, Instagram, 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
31 min
June 19, 2025Bonus Review: Materialists (2025)
After our main review for the weekend covering Mike Flanagan’s The Life of Chuck, we’re pairing that with a bonus review of Celine Song’s Materialists. The follow-up to Song's critically acclaimed and Oscar-nominated debut, Materialists follows a young, ambitious New York City matchmaker who finds herself torn between the perfect match and her imperfect ex. The film stars Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans, Pedro Pascal, and Zoe Winters.
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Chapter Timestamps:
0:00:00 Introduction & Initial Thoughts
0:22:46 Spoiler Review
1:48:35 Oscars Assessment
1:52:58 Final Ratings
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Danny Jarabek Letterboxd, Instagram, Bluesky, X, TikTok, and Linktree
Paul Rai on Letterboxd, Instagram, and X
Adam Patla on Letterboxd, Instagram, Bluesky, X, TikTok, and YouTube
Jacob Diedenhofer on Letterboxd, Instagram, X
Bryan Sudfield on Letterboxd, Instagram, X, and Life Moves Pretty Fast
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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 7 min
June 18, 2025*TRIBECA 2025* Interview With 'The Price of Milk' (2025) Director, Nicholas Bruckman
As part of the NOW Special Screening series at Tribeca 2025, The Price of Milk is a four-episode mini-series that utilizes the story of a common, everyday product to tell a much broader story about American capitalism, politics, advertising, and environmentalism. The description reads: the untold battle behind the ‘90s ‘Got Milk’ campaign leads an investigative romp from the dairy farm to the White House, diving into Americans’ love/hate relationship with milk. In our interview with director Nicholas Bruckman, he details the his most surprising findings and teases the final episode of the series.
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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
19 min
June 17, 2025Pride Mini-Series: New Queer Cinema & Moving to Mainstream Hollywood (Part Three)
As we enter the 90s and early 2000s the team discusses Queer cinema’s entrance into the mainstream and the films that we grew up with. We discuss The Oscars and the dramas that entered “high cinema,” as well as the low-budget comedies that came to define CAMP and the Queer pushback to the tragedies still facing them. With only one more episode left, the team prepares to break down contemporary Queer cinema and where we go from here.
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Adam Patla on Letterboxd, Instagram, Bluesky, X, TikTok, and YouTube
Red Broadwell on Letterboxd, X, and Instagram
Jake Fittipaldi on Letterboxd, Instagram, and TikTok
Matthew Soto on Letterboxd and Instagram
Danny Jarabek Website, Letterboxd, Instagram, X, TikTok, and Linktree
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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 30 min