The great Katharine Coldiron returns to the podcast with her pick for the new Critics Are Stupid program, celebrating critically reviled films we love. Before breaking down the 1991 porkchop/bulldozer Stone Cold, Andrew and Joshua are Now Showing True Detective: Night Country, Trunk: Locked In, Dario Argento Panico, and The Seeding. Finally, they'll have One More Thing featuring good bad movies and good good movies, like the 1964 classic Woman in the Dunes, which will be showing in St. Louis at the Webster University Film Series.

Speaking of our friends at WUFS, our next three picks will be playing on the big screen there, beginning with a Feb. 8 7 PM screening of Harmony Korine's Gummo! Then return here to hear the episode about it. You can see the full schedule on their site and on their social media.

On this special episode, Andrew and Joshua countdown their respective top ten films of 2023. They talk some tentpole franchise entries marking the return of Ethan Hunt and Spider-Man, tasty docs like Frederick Wiseman's latest, not-so-tasty ones like De Humani Corporis Fabrica, critcs' darlings like Past Lives and The Zone of Interest, one-half of Barbenheimer, and a lot more.

Before that, the Mean Girls musical, Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell, and Apolonia, Apolonia are Now Showing.

Next time they admit that "Critics Are Stupid" with a program full of critically reviled films that they and their guests love. Stay tuned to find out just how wrong they are. Please share, subscribe, and review! Read on at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TheTake-Up.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us @thetakeupstl on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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Joshy's with the maggots now! Calm down, he's just picked Lee Cronin's Evil Dead Rise for the final episode of the Gems of '23 program. He and Andrew spill all the gory tea (be warned!) about one of the year's better genre entries. After that, they're catching you up on 2023 with reviews of Saltburn, Infinity Pool, Silent Night, Bottoms, and Blackberry. Finally, they're Landscapers-ing and thinking about cookie cutters with One More Thing.

To put a neat little bow on 2023, Joshua and Andrew will be breaking down their top tens of the year on the next episode! Please share, subscribe, and review! Read on at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TheTake-Up.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us @thetakeupstl on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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It's your last chance for the Last Dance with Max Havey of St. Louis Magazine! He joins Joshua and Andrew with his pick for the Gems of '23 program: Steven Soderbergh's latest (and last) Magic Mike. Before that, the two hosts have Now Showing blow-out bonanza with the final segment of the of the year covering Ferrari, The Color Purple, Wonka, Eileen, The Iron Claw, and The Zone of Interest. After allllll that, the three still have One More Thing.

Next up is the final episode in the program with Joshua's pick of Evil Dead Rise. Please share, subscribe, and review! Read on at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TheTake-Up.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us @thetakeupstl on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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Past and future guest Billy Rock of Do You Like Apples returns to the Gems series for our 2023 edition with agitprop melo-thriller How to Blow Up a Pipeline in tow. Before that, Godzilla Minus One and Frederick Wiseman's Menus-Plaisirs - Les Troisgros are Now Showing. Later, they'll play a Pipeline edition of Known Four and recommend One More Thing each: real Christmas trees and two Criterion Channel recs among them.

Next time, St. Louis Magazine's Max Havey makes his inaugural appearance on the podcast with his pick, Magic Mike's Last Dance! Please share, subscribe, and review! Read on at ⁠⁠⁠⁠TheTake-Up.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us @thetakeupstl on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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John Boyega, Jamie Foxx, and Teyonnah Paris headline the sci-fi satire They Cloned Tyrone. Juel Taylor's debut feature is Andrew's pick for the Gems of '23 series, highlighting the best of the underrated or underseen films of the year. First, they'll talk Todd Haynes' May December and Yorgos Lanthimos' Poor Things in Now Showing. After Tyrone, they've got a few suggestions for Academy members. Finally, they've got One More Thing.

Next up is Joshua's pick for the series... which is TBD! Please share, subscribe, and review! Read on at ⁠⁠⁠TheTake-Up.com⁠⁠⁠ and follow us @thetakeupstl on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠/⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠/⁠⁠⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠⁠⁠/⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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The blood-sucking Brady Bunch is back with Dark Dream Cinema's Michael Morlaine picking The Lost Boys for QU66R COD6D. Before getting into Joel Schumacher's 1987 vampy vampire cult hit, Andrew and Josh go long on some killers: David Fincher's The Killer and Martin Scoresese's Killers of the Flower Moon. Later, the Take-Up critics preview the 32nd St. Louis International Film Festival, presented by partners Cinema St. Louis. Finally, and maybe just a couple hours or so later, they'll have One More Thing.

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Andrew picks Tomas Alfredson's contemporary classic, Let the Right One In, for the QU66R COD6D series. Before getting into its trans (non-)allegories and whether they should let in American remake Let Me In, they'll talk The Exorcist: Believer, Fair Play, and The Royal Hotel in Now Showing. Finally, they recommend (more than) One More Thing with a lot of Stanley Kubrick talk and just a bit about Lana Del Rey and the Virginia Slims.

⁠Jessica Scott⁠ of ⁠WeWhoWalkHere.com returns to the podcast with her queer-leaning horror pick in about two weeks! Until then, please share, subscribe, and review! Read on at ⁠TheTake-Up.com⁠ and follow us @thetakeupstl on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠/⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠/⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠/⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠.

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It's the most wonderful time of the year... Spooky Season, of course! For the first episode in the QU66R COD6D program, a celebration of queer horror, Joshua picks a childhood favorite: Robert Aldrich's follow-up to What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, the Gatekeep/Gaslight/Girlboss thriller Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte. Before launching into the 1964 camp classic featuring Bette Davis, Andrew and Josh have Trailer of a Movie That Will Never Exist: Phony Wars, Dumb Money, and No One Will Save You for Now Showing—only one of which is the title of Jean-Luc Godard's final film. At the end of the episode, they'll recommend new (old) music by Big Thief and more Dungeons and Dragons ephemera!

Next up, Andrew invites Tomas Alfredson in for the QU66R COD6D program with the director's contemporary classic Let the Right One In. Until then, please share, subscribe, and review! Read on at TheTake-Up.com and follow us @thetakeupstl on ⁠Instagram⁠/⁠Twitter⁠/⁠Letterboxd⁠/⁠Facebook⁠.

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CRUNCH! CRUNCH! Joshua picks Eaten Alive, Tobe Hooper's killer-crocodile follow-up to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, for the final episode of the Cinema Speculation program. As if that weren't enough to satiate hungry listeners, he and Andrew also cover Hooper's 1981 meta-slasher The Funhouse. After this Hooper Fest, the critics pick their most anticipated films from the fall fests. Crocs! Hamaguchi! Haynes! Oh my!

In just a few days, the guys keep sweatin' in the South with Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte, Joshua's pick for the first episode in the QU66R COD6D program. Can't read that? Better stay tuned to find out what it means! Until then, please share, subscribe, and review! Read on at TheTake-Up.com and follow us @thetakeupstl on ⁠Instagram⁠/⁠Twitter⁠/⁠Letterboxd⁠/⁠Facebook⁠.

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