We’re Watching Here

Mark Deming drops by the podcast to talk about his experiences acting for Robert Altman in the 1978 film A Wedding and sticks around to talk with Chris and Perry about the new Nathan Fielder/Lance Oppenheim documentary You Can See Everything. 

After a break, Chris and Perry are back with another super-sized episode. After catching up with what they've been watching, including Aaron Sorkin's The Social Reckoning, they launch into an in-depth talk (with spoilers) about Tom Cruise's new film, Digger. Then, they try to untangle the mysteries of David Lynch's Inland Empire. 

Chris and Perry are back, and talking films both intimate (Olivia Wilde's The Invite) and epic (The Odyssey). 

Chris and Perry talk about Steven Spielberg's latest, Disclosure Day, and continue their David Lynch retrospective with 2001's Mulholland Drive. 

From Chris Williams, half of the brains of "We're Watching Here," comes a new series available only on his Substack (after this episode), interviewing people about faith, art, cinema and more. The first interview is with Jeffrey Overstreet, a film reviewer, author and professor. Jeffrey wrote the book Through a Screen Darkly, which explores faith and cinema. His newest book, Lost and Found in the Cathedral of Cinema expands on those themes, tracing his life through the films that formed him. Subscribe on Chrisicisms so you don't miss any future conversations! 

* Chris' Substack 

* Jeffrey Overstreet's website 

* Buy Lost and Found in the Cathedral of Cinema

Chris and Perry celebrate 100 episodes of We're Watching Here by discussing the film criticism that has impacted them. 

Show notes: 

Aliens review by Roger Ebert 

"Formerly Dangerous" newsletter by Drew McWeeny 

"Note on Film Noir" by Paul Schrader

Jeffrey Overstreet's "All Thumbs Reviews" (To the Wonder, Iron Man 3, Before Midnight, Her) 

The Lone Ranger review by John Serba 

The New Biographical Dictionary of Film by David Thompson

Chris and Perry are joined by Emma Seibert to talk about Season 2 of HBO Max's The Pitt. 

Chris and Perry talk about the filmmaking, theology and controversy of Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ. 

Chris and Perry are back to discuss this week's Oscars ceremony and continue their David Lynch marathon with 1999's THE STRAIGHT STORY. 

Chris and Perry are back! This month, they're talking about the Oscar nominees and their favorites of the Best Picture hopefuls. Then, they dive in for an extended discussion of David Lynch's very normal, very self-explanatory Lost Highway.