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#203 Return of the Living Dead: The Ultimate B-Movie Zombie Party

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#202 The Big Sick: Falling in Love While Everything Falls Apart

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#201 Raising Arizona: Where the Hell Did We Get This Baby?

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Episode 200: 10 Years, 200 Episodes & One Incredible City

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#199 The Odyssey: Gods, Monsters & IMAX

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#198 Akira: Welcome to Neo-Tokyo

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#197 Chungking Express: Heartbreak, Pineapples & Pop Songs

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#196 The Friday Trilogy: Three Fridays, Countless Laughs

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#195 Don't Be a Menace: Message!

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#194 CB4: Straight Outta Comedy

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#193 How High: The Perfect Way to Start Hood Comedy Month

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#192 You've Got Red on You: Shaun of the Dead

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#191 Reservoir Dogs: The Debut That Changed Everything

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#190 Slacker: A Day in the Life of Austin Weirdos

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#189 Guy and Madeline: The Debut of a Dreamer

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#188 Bottle Rocket: Before the Symmetry

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#187 Wedding Crashers: Rule #76 — No Excuses

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#186 Beerfest: Party Films Month Gets Hammered

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#185 Dazed and Confused: Last Day of School, First Day of Summer

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#184 Project X: Party Films Month Starts with Chaos

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#183 Conclave: Faith, Power & Secrecy

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#182 The Seventh Seal: Bergman Faces the End

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#181 Silence: When Faith Is Tested

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#180 The Last Temptation of Christ: Faith, Humanity & Controversy

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#179 The Passion of the Christ: Faith, Film & Controversy

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#178 Snubbed! The Smashing Machine & The Oscars Debate

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#176 Oscaroma 2026: Breaking Down the Best Picture Nominees

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#175 Anora: Last Year’s Oscar Crown

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#174 Dunkirk: The Art of Tension

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#173 Manchester by the Sea: A Quiet Devastation

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#172 Black Narcissus: The Art of Cinematography

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#171 The Artist: A Best Director Winner Worth Revisiting

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#170 Speed Racer: The Most Requested Wild Ride

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#169 Up in the Air: A Request That Hits Close to Home

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#168 Amar Te Duele: Young Love, Class, and Consequences

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#167 Kill Bill: Two Volumes, One Bloody Masterpiece

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#166 When Harry Met Sally: Love, Time, and New Year’s Eve

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#165 Die Hard: Yippee Ki-Yay, Merry Christmas

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#164 The Holdovers: A Christmas Detention Classic

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#163 The Polar Express: Do You Still Hear the Bell?

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#162 Meet Me in St. Louis: Judy Garland, Cinema, and Christmas Spirit

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#161 Metropolis: Where Cinema Became the Future

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#160 The Endless | Into the Loop: The Endless with Michael Head

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# 159 Primer: Science, Loops & Michael Headache

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#158 The Lobster | Yorgos Lanthimos and the Art of the Absurd

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#157 The Fly | Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid.

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#156 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | Leatherface, Screams & Barbecue Dreams

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#155 The Exorcist | The Power of Film Compels You

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#154 Nosferatu: The Night Belongs to Eggers

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#153 The Master: Finishing PTA Month in a Trance

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#152 One Battle After Another | PTA in El Paso: From Set Stories to the Big Screen

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#151 There Will Be Blood: Greed, Oil & Milkshakes

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#150 | PTA IS A JESUS FREAK!!!

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#149 Boogie Nights: Lights, Camera, PTA

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#148 Bros, Brows & Belfort: The Wolf of Wall Street

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#147 Corsets, Guilt & The Brow: The Age of Innocence

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#146 Mean Streets: Early Scorsese, Full Brow

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#145 Goodfellas | As Far Back As I Can Remember, I Wanted to Talk Scorsese

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#144 Oppenheimer & DA' Bomb... Literally

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#143 Dreams become reality in INCEPTION

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#142 Every trick ends with THE PRESTIGE

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#141 Memento: Nolan Starts at the End

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#140 The French Dispatch: Wes Anderson’s Love Letter to… Everything

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#139 You left your baggage on THE DARJEELING LIMITED

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#138 The Royal Tenenbaums | My Neighbors Are THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS?

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#136 Rushmore | RUSHMORE Isn't Just A Phase Dad!

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#137 The Phoenician Scheme | Wes Anderson’s Most Wes Anderson Movie Yet?

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#135 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Would You Trust the GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO !?!?

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#134 Gone Girl | Marriage, Media, and Misdirection

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#133 Zodiac | In the Mind of a Killer (and a Fincher)

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#132 Fight Club | We Don’t Talk About It… But We Will

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#131 Branded To Kill | Branded to Kill & Built to Confuse: Killer Style to End Foreign Film Month

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#130 Breatless | Breathless & Bold: French New Wave Gets Reckless

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#129 Ashes and Diamonds | Ashes, Diamonds, and Post-War Vibes: Poland Gets Existential

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#128 Seven Samurai | Samurai & Subtitles: Kicking Off Foreign Film Month with Kurosawa’s Classic

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#127 When Adam Changes: A Deep Dive with Special Guest Zach Passero

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#126 Toy Story | Unpacking the Magic of Toy Story

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#125 Ernest & Celestine | Ernest and Celestine Changed Animation Forever!

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#124 Shrek | Shrek: More Than Just a Fairytale – A True Form of Cinema?

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Oscar Night Recap: Live Reactions & Surprises

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#123 | PRE-OSCARS 2025: PREDICTIONS, CONTROVERSY AND WHO WILL WIN

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#122 Challengers | In Tennis, Love Means Nothing 🎾💔

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#121 The Pianist | Music was his passion, Survival was his masterpiece

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#120 Roma | Roma Walked, So Parasite Could Run.

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#119 Death Proof | Revved Up: A Death Proof Deep Dive

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#118 Like Water for Chocolate | A Tale of Love, Magic, and Forbidden Desires

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#117 Pan's Labyrinth | A Dangerous Descent Into Dark Fantasy

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#116 The Truman Show | How to Make Your Audience Question EVERYTHING!

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#112 Apocalypse Now | I love the smell of Podcasts in the morning.

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#111 The Others | A Campfire Ghost-story in film?

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#110 Hereditary | Ari Aster is one weird fella.

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#109 The Evil Dead | Sam Raimi has come a long way

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#108 Rosemary's Baby | Was this the start of elevated horror?

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#107 Hell or High Water | Can a popcorn flick be a good film?

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#106 True Grit | Was this remake better than the original?

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#105 The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | Is this the best Anthology ever made?

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#104 The Searchers | Welcome to the Wild West

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#103 Three Colors Trilogy | Quatre cinéphiles, Trois couleurs, Un podcast

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#102 Back to the Future Trilogy | Greatest Trilogy of all time?

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#101 Semi-Pro | Love me sexy!

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