All Episodes

NOLAN WEEK: Bonus Podcast - 25 Years of Nolan on the Eve of the "Oppenheimer Oscars"

NOLAN WEEK: Encore Podcast - Episode 319 - The TENET Talkdown and Final Rankings

NOLAN WEEK: Encore Podcast - Episode 316 - Temporal Anxiety or “The Fear of the Clock”

NOLAN WEEK: Encore Podcast - Episode 313 - Confidence, Misdirection, and Nolan’s Neo-Noir Bona Fides

NOLAN WEEK: Encore Podcast - Episode 311 - The DARK KNIGHT Trilogy and the Battle for the Soul of a City

NOLAN WEEK: Encore Podcast - Episode 310 - A Keynote Introduction to our CHRISTOPHER NOLAN Series

320: Our Epic, Spoiler-Filled Discussion about NO TIME TO DIE and All Things 007 (w/Special Guest Jamie Lawrence!)

318: Celebrating TRAFFIC on its 20th Anniversary (w/Special Guest Brian Boarini)

317: Present Tense - MANK, Netflix and the State of the Cinematic Union in the Late Hours of 2020

315: AFI #58 - THE GOLD RUSH (1925)

314: The Quintessentials: SORCERER (1977) - w/ Special Guest Dan Kelly!

312: AFI #59 - NASHVILLE (1975) at 45 - W/ Special Guest Ben Goff!

309: AFI #60 - DUCK SOUP (1933)

308: Oeuvre - The 3rd Age of JOHN MCTIERNAN - 1999 - 2003

307: AFI #61 - SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS

306: Oeuvre - The 2nd Age of JOHN MCTIERNAN - 1992-1999

305: Retrospectating 1999 - A Year in Review

304: Oscar and Matt's 2020 Oscar Predictions (and Matt Predictions)

303: Oscar & Matt's Top 10s of 2019

302: Retrospectating 1999 - ANY GIVEN SUNDAY (w/ Special Guest Dan Kelly!)

301: Retrospectating 1999 - THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY / MAGNOLIA (w/ Special Guest Ryan Julio!)

300: The Top 10 Films of the 2010s Lists (Featuring 10 Special Guest Contributors!)

299: Retrospectating 1999 - THE INSIDER (w/ Special Guest Brian Boarini!)

298: Retrospectating 1999 - FIGHT CLUB

297: Present Tense- JOKER Provokes, Phillips and Phoenix Progress, and Scorsese Draws a Line in the Sand

296: Retrospectating 1999 - THE LIMEY / THREE KINGS

295: Present Tense- Admiring AD ASTRA and Commencing the Awards Conversation

294: Retrospectating 1999 - AMERICAN BEAUTY

293: AFI #62 - AMERICAN GRAFFITI

292: Oeuvre - The 1st Age of JOHN MCTIERNAN - 1986-1990

291: Retrospectating 1999 - BOWFINGER

290: Retrospectating 1999 - THE SIXTH SENSE

289: AFI #63 - CABARET

288: Present Tense - Reckoning with ONCE UPON A TIME ... IN HOLLYWOOD and Tarantino's Complex Legacy

287: Retrospectating 1999 - EYES WIDE SHUT

286: Retrospectating 1999 - AMERICAN PIE

285: Retrospectating 1999 - SOUTH PARK: BIGGER, LONGER & UNCUT

DO THE RIGHT THING turns 30!

284: Present Tense - Questioning Existence with TOY STORY 4 and Hand-Wringing About the Summer Box Office

283: Retrospectating 1999 - RUN LOLA RUN (U.S. Release)

282: AFI #64 - NETWORK

281: AFI #65 - THE AFRICAN QUEEN

280: We Like TV - GAME OF THRONES Wrap-Up

279: Retrospectating 1999 - STAR WARS: THE PHANTOM MENACE

278: Present Tense - Podcasters Assemble for an Epic AVENGERS: ENDGAME Roundtable

277: Oeuvre - Wrapping and Ranking the Films of STEVEN SPIELBERG - 1971 - 2018

276: Oeuvre - The 7th Age of STEVEN SPIELBERG - 2015 - 2018

275: Retrospectating 1999 - GO / ELECTION

274: Present Tense - Nominating Our Favorite Baseball Movies, Overthinking US, and Legitimizing THE BEACH BUM

273: Retrospectating 1999 - THE MATRIX

272: Present Tense - TRIPLE FRONTIER and the Utter Inevitability of Netflix Ubiquity

271: AFI #66 - Raiders of the Lost Ark

270: Our Annual Oscar Postmortem (2019 Edition)

269: Retrospectating 1999 - OFFICE SPACE

268: Retrospectating 1999 - VARSITY BLUES / SHE'S ALL THAT

267: AFI #67 - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

266: AFI #68 - Unforgiven

265: Oeuvre - The 6th Age of STEVEN SPIELBERG - 2008 - 2012

264: Oscar Predictions by Oscar (and Matt)

263: AFI #69 - Tootsie

262: Oscar & Matt's Top 10s of 2018

261: AFI #70 - A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971)

260: Our 8th Anniversary and Last Podcast of 2018 Featuring THE FAVOURITE, SHOPLIFTERS, and ROMA!

259: AFI #71 - SAVING PRIVATE RYAN [1998] (w/ Special Guest - Brian Boarini)

258: AFI #72 - THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (1994)

257: Post-Thanksgiving Catch-up w/ WIDOWS, GREEN BOOK, and CREED II

256: AFI #73 - BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)

255: AFI #74 - THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991)

254: "Back to the Now" w/ A STAR IS BORN, FIRST MAN, and BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE

253: Oeuvre - The 5th Age of STEVEN SPIELBERG - 2002 - 2005

252: AFI #75 - IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT [1967] (w/special guest Ben Goff!)

251: AFI #76 - FORREST GUMP (1994)

250: AFI #77 - ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN (1976)

249: AFI #78 - MODERN TIMES (1936)

248: The MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - FALLOUT Praise-a-thon

247: Oeuvre - The 4th Age of STEVEN SPIELBERG - 1997 - 2001

246: Oeuvre - The 3rd Age of STEVEN SPIELBERG - 1989-1993

245: Contextualizing ANT MAN AND THE WASP, the 20th Marvel Film

244: A Summertime Double-Header Featuring INCREDIBLES 2 and JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM

243: OCEAN'S 8 Bloviation, Fantasy Film Draft Hand-wringing, and Embracing HEREDITARY Trauma

242: AFI #79 - THE WILD BUNCH (1969)

241: SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY and the bitter taste of inevitable franchise fatigue

240: DEADPOOL 2 rears its ugly head, WILLOW turns 30, and Cannes 2018 passes out prizes

239: Affectionately Disassembling AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR

238: AFI #80 - THE APARTMENT [1960] (w/ Special Guest- Superfan Laura Crow!)

237: Our Spring-Cleaning Episode - Cannes Lineup, Netflix Controversy, BLOCKERS, and [finally] READY PLAYER ONE

236: The Delightful ISLE OF DOGS Lands in a Kennel of Controversy

235: AFI #81 - SPARTACUS

234: AFI #82 - SUNRISE

233: Our Annual Oscar Postmortem (2018 Edition)

232: ANNIHILATION reactions and Our Official Oscar Predictions!

231: BLACK PANTHER's got legs (and claws!)

230: Top 10s of 2017 Plus Oscar Nomination Predictions!

229: A Golden Globes Shorty-pod

228: Oeuvre - The 2nd Age of STEVEN SPIELBERG - 1981-1987

227: It's a STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI entrée featuring THE SHAPE OF WATER as an appetizer

TITANIC 20th Anniversary Podcastacular!

226: Discussing THE DISASTER ARTIST and THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI

225: Judging JUSTICE LEAGUE and Loving LADY BIRD

224: The Unconventional Conventionality of THOR: RAGNAROK