You Need To See This!

Lucé is back from set and she's demanding that everyone watch this suspenseful and salacious melodrama! Will descriptions of neo-gothic aesthetics, bizarre family histrionics, and a haunting score be enough to convince you to move Secret Ceremony up on your watchlist? Listen now to find out!

Recommendations:

Lucé: The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (1971)

Cozi: Nine Days (2021)

This week's special guest co-host is Courtney Paige Barnett (Gallery1988, Reductress, The Hard Times)! On this episode, Cozi tries to convince Courtney to watch 2007's grounded, emotional, and constantly overlooked drama Reign Over Me. Let's get sad!

Recommendations:

Courtney – Collect art

Cozi – The paintings of Gail Marcus-Orlen

This week's guest co-host is actor/writer/director Brigid Marshall! This episode, Cozi tries to convince Brigid to check out 2005's extremely under-the-radar satirical dark comedy The Chumscrubber. Will she be hooked by its amazing cast and smart skewering of suburban life?

Recommendations:

Brigid – The movie Sound of Metal, the TV shows Ted Lasso and Modern Family, Oh’s cereal, oat milk, the boardgame Settlers of Catan, bike riding

Cozi – The TV show GLOW

Cozi is joined by guest co-host and former sketch group teammate Simon Collier (Pawd Pod)! On this episode, Cozi tries to charm/hypnotize Simon into watching dry and hilarious New Zealand vampire mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows (2014). Will Simon's dark hunger for mockumentaries overtake him completely?

Cozi – Be kind to yourself while transitioning back into in-person interactions

Recommendations:

This week, Cozi discusses chock-full-of-Americana family film Simon Birch (1998). Will Lucé want to see this emotionally compelling PG movie that just so happens to be narrated by Jim Carrey?

Cozi has arrived from the planet Hondo armed with a deadly recommendation: indie alien-folk-duo sci-fi/action/comedy/romance gem The History of Future Folk (2012)! Will it be music to Lucé's ears? Listen and find out!

Recommendations:

Cozi – The Crusader DOS games from the '90s

Equal pay, free childcare, flexible hours, healthcare, a safe work environment might all sound like modern feminist issues, but they're also what Jane Fonda, Dolly Parton, and Lily Tomlin are fighting for in the 1980 (!!) labor comedy, 9 to 5! Listen now to hear Lucé's spoiler-free reasons for why you MUST kill your boss --- errrrr we mean, bump this classic up on your watch list!

Mentioned on the episode:

The Collins Higgins Foundation

1980 interview with Jane Fonda

The Others

Recommended:

Cozi: artist Michael Deforge

Lucé: Sugar and Spice

This week Lucé digs up the corpse of a seminal folk horror film and tries to possess Cozi with the need to see it. Will rolling green hills running with teen blood convince you, dear listener? If you like Midsommar, The Witch, or The Wicker Man then there's a good chance you'll enjoy their predecessor, The Blood on Satan's Claw. Listen now for more spoiler-free reasons why you need to see this!

You can watch Blood on Satan's Claw for free here (starting at 2:20)

Recommendations:

Lucé: The Witch (2016)

Cozi: The Keystone Kids

Cozi geeks out about this year's nominations in the only Oscar category he's ever cared about: the Animated Shorts! He gives some background for each of the eight nominated and short-listed shorts, along with his spoiler-free reviews. Will his enthusiasm be infectious enough for Lucé and the audience to give them the love they deserve?

Recommendations:

Lucé – A Dirty Shame (2004), the WTF interview with John Waters, and John Waters’s “Prayer to Pasolini”

Cozi – John Mulaney and The Sack Lunch Bunch

Lucé needs you and Cozi to see Kelly Reichardt's first feature, River of Grass. It's funnier and more offbeat than the rest of Reichardt's exquisite oeuvre, yet you can see and appreciate the seeds of themes that are now trademarks of her work like lost people searching for a better life and the broken promise of "The American Dream." Whether you're a fan of this Queen of Minimalism, or you're just starting to dip your toe into her work, listen now for 5 spoiler-free reasons why you need to bump River of Grass up on your watchlist!

Recommendations:

Lucé: American Honey

Cozi: Stay F. Homekins