You’re Tall but I’m Standing in Front of You

it's the crossover event of the century - we are joined by the fine folks at Better Read than Dead, the only good literature podcast, for a discussion of Michael Mann's The Last of the Mohicans (1992). it's a film that dares to ask the question, "What if the book didn't totally suck ?"

It's the NFL Playoffs, Baby! Devin and Ethan watch Tony Scott's The Last Boy Scout (1991). They discuss the film's boomer fantasia, the violent exploitation of football, and how to build a friendship out of one-liners.

James Cameron is back and so are we. It's blue people, but turquoise. It's whales, but kinda weird.  It's the boomer desire to be the Last Man in the Universe, but in 3D. That's right, we watched Avatar: The Way of Water so you don't have to, and we discuss... whatever the that was.

Our old friend Matt Powers from Team Coco is back on the pod for our 2nd annual Halloween Spooktacular. We return to our old friend Donald Sutherland in the unofficial sequel to Klute, John Bruno's Virus. We discuss the film's incoherent combination of horror, sci-fi, and sea narrative, investigate some Russian IMDB interference, and have our first ever actor draft.

It's spooky season, so Ethan and Devin are joined by Dan Malinowski to watch Lamberto Bava's Demons (1985) and Demons 2 (1986), movies about how the worst thing that can happen to you is a movie. We discuss the giallo genre, anti-yuppie nihilism, and the apparent torture of Berlin street cuisine.

Ethan and Devin watch Russell Mulcahy's Highlander (1986). They discuss ... well, they do the best they can.

Klute and Klute watch Alan J. Pakula's Klute (1971). They discuss Klute, Klute, and Klute.

Ethan and Devin are joined by returning guest Catie and first-timer Ben—both native Ketuckians—for a special Labor Day episode on Barbara Kopple's Harlan County, USA (1976). They discuss the film's documentary aesthetic, its depictions of labor and gender issues, and why all scabs should burn in .

In this season 2 debut, Ethan and Devin watch Dan Trachtenberg (friend of the pod)'s Prey (2022), the latest film in the Predator franchise. They discuss the film's back-to-basics approach, how it shifts (or doesn't) the franchise's relationship to colonialism, and, of course, the French.

Ethan and Devin are joined by Will Nguyen, aka The Star Trek Communist, for a double-header episode tackling Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), Star Trek (2009), and the franchise more generally. We discuss Star Trek's utopian glimmer, the myth of finding technological solutions to social contradictions, and the sweet fizzy taste of a state-planned economy.