Way Too Indie

On this week’s show, the tag team of Bernard and CJ review Noah Baumbach’s latest, Mistress America, starring Greta Gerwig and Lola Kirke. The boys also examine the value of modern theatrical “enhancements” like 3-D glasses and 4DX theaters and whether they’re hindering or helping movies as a whole. Plus, there’s a computer program being developed called “Dramatis” that is able to detect points of suspense in a story. Could this be the beginning of a future where computers are writing Hollywood scripts? Bernard and CJ answer that question as well as share their Indie Picks of the week on this especially bromantic edition of the Way Too Indiecast.

This week’s sponsor is MUBI, a curated online cinema that brings its members a hand-picked selection of the best indie, foreign, and classic films. Try MUBI for 30 days FREE by visiting www.mubi.com/waytooindie.

Leviathan Review

Marielle Heller and Bel Powley, the director and star of The Diary of a Teenage Girl, respectively, join this week’s show to talk about their film, which is one of the most honest and unfiltered explorations of female adolescence in recent memory. Bernard is joined by Ananda to review the movie as well as discuss the state of female representation in movies today. All that plus our Indie Picks of the Week on this femme-tastic episode of the Way Too Indiecast.

This week’s sponsor is MUBI, an curated online cinema that brings its members a hand-picked selection of the best indie, foreign, and classic films. Try MUBI for 30 days FREE by visiting www.mubi.com/waytooindie.

Bending Steel interview

On our very first bonus episode of the Way Too Indiecast Bernard chats with the directors behind the delightful stop-motion animated comedy Shaun the Sheep Movie, from Aardman Animations, the people who brought us the Wallace and Gromit series and Chicken Run. Grab your friends and run to the theater to watch the most purely cinematic movie of the summer and listen to this podcast on the car ride over!

Shaun the Sheep Movie review

We welcome our biggest guest ever as we welcome Australian actor/director Joel Edgerton to the show to talk about his new psychological thriller and directorial debut, The Gift. Bernard is also joined by Dustin and Eli to talk about actors-turned-directors and share their Indie Picks of the Week. Plus, Bernard talks about how Edgerton creeped the hell out of his wife. All that and more on this week’s Way Too Indiecast!

This episode is sponsored by MUBI, an curated online cinema that brings its members a hand-picked selection of the best indie, foreign, and classic films. Try it for 30 days FREE by visiting www.mubi.com/waytooindie.

Creep review

It’s a giant show this week as Oscar-nominated filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer joins us to talk about The Look of Silence, his follow-up to his critically-acclaimed 2013 documentary, The Act of Killing. Also joining the show is filmmaker Perry Blackshear, talking about They Look Like People, his new film about love and nightmares, as well as sharing his Favorite Bloodless Horror Scenes with Bernard and CJ. All that, plus our Indie Picks of the Week, on this very special edition of the Way Too Indiecast.

This week’s Way Too Indiecast is sponsored by MUBI, an curated online cinema that brings its members a hand-picked selection of the best indie, foreign, and classic films. Visit www.mubi.com/waytooindie for a free 30 day trial.

Phoenix review

Special guest Dave Boyle joins this week’s show to talk about his San Francisco-set neo-noir, Man From Reno. In honor of the film, Bernard, Dave and CJ share their favorite SF-set movies as well as their Indie Picks of the Week. Plus, Bernard reviews Woody Allen’s latest, Irrational Man, starring Emma Stone, Joaquin Phoenix, and Parker Posey.

Also, a quick shout-out to our sponsor MUBI, the curated online cinema that brings its members a hand-picked selection of the best indie, foreign, and classic films. Visit www.mubi.com/waytooindie to try MUBI free for 30 days.

I Am A Ghost review

The girls are taking over! Ananda and Scarlet talk about all the juicy news that came out of Comic-Con and talk about what it was like to be sitting in the middle of the biggest geek orgy in the world. Bernard makes a guest appearance to review Marvel’s Ant-Man, which is crawling into theaters as we speak. All that, plus our Indie Pick of the Week, on this week’s Way Too Indiecast!

MUBI is a strong sponsor of the Way Too Indiecast. MUBI is a curated online cinema that brings its members a hand-picked selection of the best indie, foreign, and classic films. Visit www.mubi.com/waytooindie to try MUBI 30 days for free.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens panel

Bernard is joined on this week’s show by video game guru Ryan Clements to talk about the ever evolving world of video games and what they can add to the art of storytelling in the future. What can games do, storytelling-wise, that movies can’t (and vice versa)? Also, Bernard’s review of Asif Kapadia’s unsettling Amy Winehouse documentary, Amy, and the Indie Pick of the Week. Pew-pew!

Sponsoring the Way Too Indiecast #27 is MUBI, a curated online cinema that brings its members a hand-picked selection of the best indie, foreign, and classic films. Go to www.mubi.com/waytooindie and try MUBI free for 30 days.

10,000 KM review

Listen to the Way Too Indiecast if you want to live! On this week’s show, Bernard and special guest Mel Valentin review Terminator: Genisys, the fifth installment in the long-running time travel series. In a separate conversation Bernard is joined by Dustin “D-City” Jansick to share their Favorite Gun Movies as well as their Indie Picks of the Week. We’ve been waiting for you!

Sponsoring this week’s podcast is MUBI, a curated online cinema that brings its members a hand-picked selection of the best indie, foreign, and classic films. Go to www.mubi.com/waytooindie and try MUBI free for 30 days.

Batkid Begins review

Bernard flies Han Solo again for the 25th episode of the Way Too Indiecast! On the docket are three big reviews: Netflix’s new documentary, What Happened, Miss Simone? about the legendary jazz vocalist; Maya Forbes’ true-to-life family story Infinitely Polar Bear, starring Mark Ruffalo and Zoe Saldana; and Rick Famuyiwa’s ’90s hip-hop-flavored coming-of-age comedy Dope. All that, plus Bernard’s thoughts on movies’ role in propagating racism on this week’s intensely personal episode of the Way Too Indiecast.

Dope review