Join our Patreon for bonus episodes, and thank you to our Patreon subscribers for supporting the show! This week we talk about Avatar The Way of Water. We say goodbye to our wonderful listeners and revisit some of our past opinions and favorite episodes. We also thank all of our guests and talk about what we got out of this project.

With violent right-wing movements around the world in the 2010s, there's never been a better time to visit Terrence Malick's A Hidden Life. In proper Malick fashion, we jump from point to point, ranging from the director's career, his unique filming style, the Disney-Fox merger, and the end of our podcast. Join us for our last official film discussion of A Century in Cinema. For our final Patreon exclusive: If we were to do a 2020 episode...Where to watch A Hidden LifeChristopher P...

What is the cult-classic Nicolas Cage film Mandy actually about? We discuss the masculinity and religious overtones of this insane film from director Panos Cosmatos. In our Patreon episode, we talk way too much about Neon Genesis EvangelionWhere to watch MandyThe Vulture review / thinkpieceWhere to watch A Hidden Life (2019)

A Ghost Story offers us a remedy to nihilistic thoughts as we discuss the isolation and depression of our modern age, we also talk about A24 as a brand, what a $100,000 film looks like, as well as Red Letter Media and film criticism on the internet, . We also talk about the #metoo movement that marks a cultural shift in the entertainment industry. Join us on Patreon as we read Redbox reviews for other filmsWhere to watch A Ghost StoryRed Letter Media's reviewWhere to watch Mandy&nbs...

Worldwide political extremism has a lot of us turning to film and entertainment in 2016. We talk about Park Chan-wook's The Handmaiden, a South Korean film that Andrew has been looking forward to discussing since the beginning of the podcast. Topics include LGBTQ cinema, how to conduct sex scenes, and the Japanese colonization of Korea in the 1930s. Join our Patreon for our FRESH theater lobby report of Decision to LeaveWhere to watch The HandmaidenNew Yorker review of The...

According to the NYT, the racial politics of Bone Tomahawk are "abysmal", and it may not be a film we enjoyed, but it makes for an episode packed with great discussions. We talk about what role western films have in contemporary Hollywood, the digital look of modern films, how we try to watch a movie we don't like, as well as the career and potential problems you might have with the director, S. Craig Zahler. Join our Patreon to know what it's like to fly an airplane into a hurricane!Where to...

What (if anything) does Darren Aronofsky's reinterpretaion of the biblical flood myth have to say about environmentalism in today's world? How does a $160 million blockbuster fit into the career of an indie director like Aronofsky? We discuss these questions and more as we talk about Noah. Join our Patreon for more Bible talk!Where to watch NoahKermode's Pope reviewFantasia 2000's adaptationWhere to watch Bone Tomahawk (2015)

40 years after The Holy Mountain, we revisit famed director Alejandro Jodorowsky with his surreal autobiographical film, The Dance of Reality. What is it like for a midnight cult director to return to the world of cinema after so many years? We talk about what makes this film more approachable than Jodorowsky's other works, while still going into detail about the scene where someone urinates on someone else's face. Join our patreonWhere to watch The Dance of RealityYourMovieSucks reviewWhere ...

Once again, we're joined by Noah Cannon who is here to help us wrangle the most labyrinthine film on our list: Cloud Atlas, technically one of the most expensive independent films ever made from the Wachowski sisters and Tom Tykwer. There's a lot to talk about: how history repeats itself, the many changes between the book and the movie, how this film has become something of a cult classic, the excitement of having a transgender director helming a huge film, and why we (as well as Tom Hanks) t...

We talk about leaving our home town, writing as therapy, mental illness in modern films, and more on this week's episode all about Young Adult. Join our Patreon for Andrew's take on Amazon's Rings of PowerWhere to watch Young AdultRoger Ebert's reviewWhere to watch Cloud Atlas (2012)