Trilogy in Theory

On this episode we look at life, and in particular a sex life, immediately after divorce. In the 1998 Richard Lagravenese film LIVING OUT LOUD, Holly Hunter drinks one too many martinis and finds herself the target of a crush from the bellhop in her building, and Steve Carell finds himself the target of ladies man Ryan Gosling in CRAZY STUPID LOVE. All of these shenanigans of the newly single inspired by the great new film GOODBYE TO ALL THAT starring Paul Schneider and we get a chance to talk to the writer and director of this new release, Angus MacLachlan.

On this episode we fake our way through a discussion on fake art, as inspired by the new Tim Burton film BIG EYES, which chronicles the abusive professional and personal relationship between Margaret and Walter Keane. We then move on to a film where Orson Welles hijacked another artist’s work to much greater critical acclaim in what has been called the first film essay in F FOR FAKE. And finally we do our own follow-up to some news organization called 60 MINUTES as we look at the actual documentary MY KID COULD PAINT THAT. To do all this we perhaps need to bring in an actual artist and thankfully Tressa Bowling from Sequential Spirits joins us to give some much needed perspective.

On this episode we take a look at comedians being creepy at sports, inspired by Steve Carell’s transformation from Michael Scott in The Office to John du Pont in the new release FOXCATCHER. Then we immediately look at one of Carell’s competitors for various Best Actor prizes this year in GAME 6 where Michael Keaton plays an increasingly unhinged Red Sox fan. But not to be outdone in the rivalry between Boston and New York, Patton Oswalt finishes off our triple feature as a rage-filled Giants fan in BIG FAN.

On this episode we get addicted to gambling with Edward Norton as the degenerate card cheat in ROUNDERS, and Philip Seymour Hoffman who loves him some ribs with no sauce, a Coke, and blowing other people’s money (but NOT Minnie Driver) in OWNING MAHOWNY. All of this inspired by Mark Wahlberg lecturing us as a college professor (yes, you read that right) in the new release THE GAMBLER.

GUEST: Jario from the True Bromance Film Podcast becomes the official costume design critic of our show.

On this episode we play a little bit of the blame game, do some time traveling, and oh yeah, fit in some political assassination. All of this inspired by the guys from PINEAPPLE EXPRESS as we finally get around to releasing our episode for THE INTERVIEW, kind of like the various VOD services late to the party. And with that international crisis settled, Matthew Price of the MAMO! podcast joins us for our discussion of two older films about the methods of political assassination with THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE vs. THE DAY OF THE JACKAL.

New release CITIZENFOUR inspires us to leak some secrets with Shaun from the No, Totally movie podcast, such as the excellence that Michael Mann and Steven Soderbergh provide with their films on whistleblowers in 1999's THE INSIDER and 2009's THE INFORMANT. If that isn't juicy enough for our listeners we also attempt to remake the story of Jeffrey Wigand as a sequel to a certain John Woo movie.

In this episode we lose podcast paradise, but we do get to talk to the directors of THE GALAPAGOS AFFAIR: SATAN CAME TO EDEN, Dan Geller & Dayna Goldfine, about editing and casting their great documentary. And because we are relentless in our search for cinematic paradise we take a trip with the likes of Harrison Ford and Leonardo Dicaprio in THE MOSQUITO COAST and THE BEACH.

We go INTO THE WILD for 127 HOURS with Reese Witherspoon but without the proper footwear for the new release WILD. Along the way we flashback to our own tragedies in life: waiting for the wide release of INHERENT VICE, waiting in line for the iPhone 6 Plus, and also being on fire.

On this episode we face unemployment with the help of friends, family and Marion Cotillard's great performance in TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT. Not content with the support of just one film we also look back to 1999's comedy classic (as certified by the Library of Congress) OFFICE SPACE, and rely on a scumbag named Vincent who has some decent driving skills in 2001's TIME OUT.

GUEST: Emily Mackay attempts to aid us in our butchering of the French language but to no avail.