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Mother Mary is a 2026 psychological drama from writer-director David Lowery. Anne Hathaway plays Mother Mary, a pop music star who suffered a recent accident and seeks out Sam Anselm, played by Michaela Coel, her former designer and friend (friend), in order to tailor an appropriate new dress. Sam utilizes the opportunity to settle the bad blood that exists between them as a result of their breakup, though they soon learn that they are bound by a mysterious, supernatural threat. Timestamps: (0:00:59) Music (0:28:39) The Green Knight (0:52:07) Phantom Thread (1:08:40) Mother Mary (1:34:24) Spoilers (1:55:51) Next week: Deep Water Works Cited: A Ghost Story (David Lowery, 2017) A pop star needs a makeover in 'Mother Mary' but one dress keeps getting in the way (Katie Walsh, 2026) Before you donate  to Autism Speaks, Consider the facts (Autistic Advocacy, 2020) Did you love or loathe 'The Green Knight'? Either way, you're not alone (Mark Olsen, Justin Chang and Jen Yamato, 2026) Maddie Ziegler: Mogul in Training (Danielle McNally, 2019) Maddie Ziegler On Being Sia's "Muse" From Age 11 (Leyla Mohammed, 2023) Mother Mary (David Lowery, 2026) "Mother Mary" and the Problem of Small Movies with Big Stars (Richard Brody, 2026) 'Mother Mary' Is the Mother of All Modern-Pop Superstar Nightmares (David Fear, 2026) 'Mother Mary' Review: Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel Make Beautiful Music Together in David Lowery's Divinely Strange Pop Psychodrama (David Ehrlich, 2026) Music (Sia, 2021) The Old Man & the Gun (David Lowery, 2017) Paul Thomas Anderson on Phantom Thread | Sight and Sound (James Bell, 2020) Peanut Butter Falcon (Tyler Nilson &* MIchael Schwartz, 2019) Phantom Thread (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2017) Sweet-and-Sour Pop - Style Weekly (Chuck Bowen, 2026) The A24 Movie in Which Anne Hathaway Plays a Ravishing, Haunted Facsimile of Taylor Swift (Dana Stevens, 2026) The Green Knight (David Lowery, 2017) Vox Lux (Brady Corbet, 2018) Email us at [email protected]! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/  @benverschoor.bsky.social Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/  @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is "Root Beer Rag" by Billy Joel Closing music is "G-Spot Tornado" by Frank Zappa Subscribe, rate and review us! Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

The Christophers is an art world comedy from director Steven Soderbergh and writer Ed Solomon. In it Michaela Coel plays Lori Butler, an art restorer who makes her money running a food truck in London. She is called with a job by Sallie and Barnaby Sklar (Jessica Gunning and James Corden), the children of famous artist-turned-talent show judge Julian Sklar (Ian McKellen) who has not painted in decades, and whose home contains a series of unfinished portraits they hope to sell for millions after Lori "completes" them. Timestamps: (0:06:56) To Live and Die in LA (0:25:22) Kimi (0:42:37) The Christophers (1:25:00) Spoilers (1:58:35) Next time: Mother Mary Works Cited: An Artists' Duel Proves Restorative in 'The Christophers' (Justin Chang, 2026) Behind the Making of the Art in The Christophers (Mandi Bierley, 2026) Black Bag (Steven Soderbergh, 2025) Contagion (Steven Soderbergh, 2011) Cruising (William Friedkin, 1980) Heat (Michael Mann, 1995) How Much Does Zoë Kravitz Pay for Her Fictional Seattle Loft? (Jas Keimig, 2022) Kimi (Steven Soderbergh, 2022) 'Kimi' Director Steven Soderbergh & Screenwriter David Koepp Interview - Thrillist (Esther Zuckerman, 2022) Logan Lucky (Steven Soderbergh, 2017) Magic Mike's Last Dance (Steven Soderbergh, 2023) Manhunter (Michael Mann, 1986) Presence (Steven Soderbergh, 2024) SENSE OF URGENCY FUELS ACTION IN `TO LIVE AND DIE` (Gene Siskel, 1985) Sex, Lies, and Videotape  (Steven Soderbergh, 1989) Sorcerer (William Friedkin, 1977) Steven Soderbergh And Ed Solomon Talk About Their Best Collaboration Yet (Corey Atad, 2026) The Christopher's (Steven Soderbergh, 2025) The French Connection (William Friedkin, 1971) Thief (Michael Mann, 1981) To Live and Die in LA (William Friedkin, 1985) Unsane (Steven Soderbergh, 2018) Email us at [email protected]! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/  @benverschoor.bsky.social Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/  @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is "Root Beer Rag" by Billy Joel Closing music is "G-Spot Tornado" by Frank Zappa Subscribe, rate and review us! Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

Faces of Death is a horror film in which our killer Arthur, played by Dacre Montgomery, has begun reenacting the killings portrayed in the 1978 shockumentary Faces of Death but for real, and uploading them onto a tiktok knockoff named Kino. Our heroine is Margot, played by Barbie Ferreira, a moderator for Kino determining which flagged content gets removed or remains on the platform. When she begins seeing Arthur's uploads she suspects them to be real and has to fight against a company that cares only about giving the audience what they want, her own tragic viral fame, and the attention-seeking killer himself. Timestamps: (0:02:44) F for Fake (0:25:51) Videodrome (0:37:28) Faces of Death (1978) (0:56:33) Faces of Death (2026) (1:30:12) Spoilers (1:53:03) Next time: The Christophers Works Cited: 8mm (Joel Schumacher, 1999) Cam (Daniel Goldhaber & Isa Mazzei, 2018) Can You Ever Forgive Me? (Marielle Heller, 2018) ‎'Faces of Death' review by Josh Lewis • Letterboxd Faces of Death (1978) - Movie Review : Alternate Ending (Tim Brayton, 2010) F for Fake (Orson Welles, 1973) Faces of Death (Daniel Goldhaber & Isa Mazzei, 2026) Faces of Death (John Alan Schwartz, 1978) How to Blow Up a Pipeline (Daniel Goldhaber, 2022) How to Blow Up a Pipeline (Andreas Malm, 2021) Hundreds of Instagram accounts push graphic real-life violence to millions, CBS News finds (By Chris Hacker, Erielle Delzer, Layla Ferris, Julia Ingram, Ash-har Quraishi, Amy Corral, 2025) New Faces of Death A Fun Stab At Grisly State Of Social Media (Zack Kotzer, 2026) On the Absolute, the Sublime, and Ecstatic Truth (Werner Herzog, 2010) Orson Welles's Purloined Letter: F FOR FAKE (Jonathan Rosenbaum, 2005) Videodrome (David Cronenberg, 1983) Email us at [email protected]! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/  @benverschoor.bsky.social Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/  @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is "Root Beer Rag" by Billy Joel Closing music is "G-Spot Tornado" by Frank Zappa Subscribe, rate and review us! Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

The Drama is a dark rom com drama written and directed by Kristoffer Borgli, starring Zendaya as Emma Harwood and Robert Pattinson as Charlie Thompson, a couple who are soon to be married but whose relationship is tested by the revelation of a dark secret. Drama ensues, no, The drama ensues, as the two attempt to grapple with how they see each other. The supporting cast includes Alana Haim as Rachel and Mamoudou Athie as Mike, a married couple and the couple's maid of honor and best man. Timestamps: (0:01:12) The Love Guru (0:21:08) We Live in Time (0:33:47) High Life (0:49:13) The Drama (1:03:50) Spoilers (2:05:17) Next time: Faces of Death Works Cited: A History of Violence (David Cronenberg, 2005) The Amazing Spider-Man (Marc Webb, 2012) andrew garfield on X: "Andrew Garfield with a cardboard cut out of Florence Pugh at the London premiere of 'WE LIVE IN TIME' https://t.co/xrCiMnIgqT" / X Columbine Media: Traumatis Personae (Ben Verschoor, 2023) Contact (Claire Denis, 2014) Die My Love (Lynn Ramsay, 2025) The Drama (Kristoffer Borgli, 2026) 'Drama' Director's Essay on Age-Gap Romance Sparks Controversy (Seth Abramovitch, 2026) Good Time (Josh & Benny Safdie, 2017) High Life (Claire Denis, 2018) The King (David Michôd, 2019) The Lighthouse (Robert Eggers, 2019) No Oscar for Myers' wiener jokes movie review (Roger Ebert, 2008) Remember Me (Allen Coulter, 2010) Silence (Martin Scorsese, 2016) The Social Network (David Fincher, 2010) Tick, tick… BOOM! (Lin-Manuel Miranda, 2021) Twin Peaks: The Return (David Lynch, 2017) Vox Lux (Brady Corbet, 2018) Wayne's World (Penelope Spheeris, 1992) We Live in Time (John Crowley, 2024) We Live in Time Review: Pugh & Garfield Lead a Devastating Tear-Jerker (David Ehrlich, 2024) We Live in Time review: contrived but watchable weepie | Sight and Sound (Leigh Singer, 2024) You may now shame the bride in 'The Drama,' a cooly unromantic thought experiment (Amy Nicholson, 2026) Email us at [email protected]! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/  @benverschoor.bsky.social Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/  @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is "Root Beer Rag" by Billy Joel Closing music is "G-Spot Tornado" by Frank Zappa Subscribe, rate and review us! Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

Forbidden Fruits tells the story of Pumpkin, Lola Tung, who ingratiates herself into becoming an employee at Free Eden, a mall clothing store for women and currently staffed by Lili Reinhardt as Apple, Victoria Pedretti as Cherry, and Alexandra Shipp as Fig. She is inducted into Paradise, a witch femme cult led by Apple. Over the course of the various fashion seasons, Pumpkin learns more about Apple, about a former employee Pickle, played by Emma Chamberlain, and discovers Apple's talk about being all about women supporting women may be one big lie. Timestamps: (0:00:39) Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (0:42:15) Lords of Salem (1:04:00) tick... tick... BOOM! (1:17:31) Forbidden Fruits (1:38:03) Spoilers (1:53:40) Next time: The Drama Works Cited: ‎'Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2' review by Josh Lewis • Letterboxd Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (Joe Berlinger, 2000) 'The Blair Witch Project' Actors Call Out 'Reprehensible Behavior' After Missing Out on Profits for Decades: 'Don't Do What We Did' (EXCLUSIVE) (Adam B. Vary, 2024) Blair Witch 2 director reveals how the studio destroyed a clever sequel (Matt Patches, 2023) Burn Notice (Matt Nix, 2007-2013) Deep Tissue | Videos & Movies on Vimeo (Meredith Alloway, 2019) Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (Joe Berlinger, 2019) Forbidden Fruits (Meredith Alloway, 2026) 'Forbidden Fruits' Review: Witchy Lili Reinhart Leads a Juicy Disaster (Alison Foreman, 2026) Halloween (Rob Zombie, 2009) Halloween II (Rob Zombie, 2007) House of 1000 Corpses (Rob Zombie, 2003) Huluween Film Fest: Ride | Now Streaming | Hulu (Meredith Alloway, 2019) Overnight Gaming In The Woods - Resident Evil 4 Remake (Quiet Nerd, 2023)[not mentioned in  The Devil's Rejects (Rob Zombie, 2005) The Lords of Salem (Rob Zombie, 2012) The Munsters (Rob Zombie, 2022) the episode but fits in with Blair Witch Project "woods are scary"] The Scooby-Doo Project (Original Version) - 4K The Weirdest Scooby-Doo Shows Ever (Billiam, 2023) Email us at [email protected]! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/  @benverschoor.bsky.social Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/  @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is "Root Beer Rag" by Billy Joel Closing music is "G-Spot Tornado" by Frank Zappa Subscribe, rate and review us! Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

Project Hail Mary is the latest film adaptation of a novel by Andy Weir, coming eleven years after The Martian in 2015. Project Hail Mary sees Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling) awaken from a medically induced coma far from Earth on a course for the star Tau Ceti. As he slowly regains his memory we learn of his recruitment by Eva Stratt (Sand Hueller) of the titular project to study a microorganism known as the Astrophage whose reproduction on the surface of the sun is causing a dimming effect and subsequently will lead to global cooling on Earth and eventually extinction. Grace quickly comes into contact with another alien ship whose lone survivor he names Rocky is also seeking answers to the same problem, and the two learn how to communicate and collaborate on saving both of their planets. Timestamps: (1:39) Proud Mary (13:49) Battlefield Earth (27:22) Solaris (49:05) Dark Star (1:00:22) Project Hail Mary (1:32:56) Spoilers (1:50:25) Next Time: Forbidden Fruit Works Cited: 21 Jump Street (Lord and Miller, 2012) 22 Jump Street (Lord and Miller, 2014) Battlefield Earth (Roger Christian, 2000) Battlefield Earth: Financed By Criminals, Made By Idiots | Bomb Report Dark Star (John Carpenter, 1974) First Man (Damien Chazelle, 2018) For All Mankind (Al Reinert, 1989) Interstellar (Christopher Nolan, 2014) The Lego Movie (Lord and Miller, 2014) Magnetic Rose (Koji Morimoto, 1995) Project Hail Mary Is the Ultimate 'Hopecore' Space Movie (Emma Stefansky, 2026) ‎'Project Hail Mary' review by Nicole Veneto • Letterboxd Proud Mary (Babek Nafaji, 2018) Proud Mary (2018) - Movie Review : Alternate Ending (Tim Brayton, 2018) 'Proud Mary': Taraji P. Henson Is Gunned Down By Her Own Action Flick (Peter Travers, 2018) Post by @zeets.bsky.social — Bluesky Post by @marsrover.bsky.social — Bluesky Shore Leave (Star Trek: The Original Series) - Wikipedia  Solaris (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1972) Solo: A Star Wars Story (Ron Howard, 2018) r/startrek - This so-called "alien creature" is just a puppy in a costume! I LOVE THIS SHOW  'We used a beachball as an alien!' John Carpenter on his gloriously shonky sci-fi comedy Dark Star | Science fiction and fantasy films | The Guardian (Chris Boughton, 2025) Email us at [email protected]! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/  @benverschoor.bsky.social Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/  @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is "Root Beer Rag" by Billy Joel Closing music is "G-Spot Tornado" by Frank Zappa Subscribe, rate and review us! Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

This week is our 98th Academy Awards Special Episode! We both recorded our commentary while watching the show and cut it down to just the best or most pertinent bits and we have also inserted clips from our post-Oscars conversation a couple of days afterwards. Next week we will return to our regularly scheduled programming with an episode on Project Hail Mary. Works Cited: Post by @nymag.com — Bluesky "Misty Copeland comes out of retirement to put Timothée Chalamet in his place during a live 'Sinners' performance at the #Oscars." Timothée Chalamet's Controversial Comments About Opera and Ballet, Explained (Scott Stump, Today) Sean Penn Wins Best Supporting Actor for 'One Battle After Another' but Skips Oscars (Jacob Bernstein, The New York Times) This Year's Oscars Felt Like the End of an Era for Hollywood (David Chen, Decoding Everything) Post by @mattdpearce.com — Bluesky "The discourse around OBAA has been funny to me because I went and read "Vineland," which is much more centrally about the Perfidia character's tormented romantic relationship with the fascist, TV turning revolutionaries into passive zomboids, and it all ends with Reagan defunding the feds." Post by @capybaroness.bsky.social "OBAA isn't about leftist revolution much like Boogie Nights isn't about porn and The Master isn't about scientology and There Will Be Blood isn't about oil. these are milieus in which to tell a story about human beings." Post by @willowcatelyn.bsky.social "Sinners & OBAA will probably be threaded around one another for decades to come--not because of the Oscars--but because they were two movies from 2025 that had something worth interrogating & people from new generations are going to continue to watch those movies & talk about them in that way." Missing the Pynchonian Element (Adam Kotsko, That Blog You Like Is Going to Come Back in Style) Post by @zeets.bsky.social "I don't know if we need to discredit One Battle After Another. Even if some of the story is cringe, film is still a visual medium and it's incredible there. Not saying that Sinners isn't but either winning would have been fine. There were some shots in OBAA that made me giddy." Post by @alyankovic.bsky.social "Happy #Oscars Day! Why wait? Congratulations to Michael B. Jordan, Jessie Buckley, Sean Penn and Amy Madigan." Post by @phillewis.bsky.social "Viewers noticed Ryan Coogler appears to have a guitar and treble clef braided in his hair at the #Oscars" Michael B Jordan marks Oscars win with In-N-Out burger (Ottilie Mitchell, BBC) Email us at [email protected]! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/  @benverschoor.bsky.social Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/  @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is "Root Beer Rag" by Billy Joel Closing music is "G-Spot Tornado" by Frank Zappa Subscribe, rate and review us! Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

The Bride! is a 2026 gothic romance film written and directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal adapting the 1935 film Bride of Frankenstein directed by James Whale and written by William Hurlbut. The Bride! stars Jessie Buckley as the titular bride: the reanimated corpse of Ida, a woman in 1936 Chicago who was killed after becoming possessed by the author Mary Shelley, who desires to share the second half of the story that began with Frankenstein and that she wasn't able to finish due to brain cancer killing her. Christian Bale stars as Frankenstein's monster, who shows up to Chicago to plead with Dr. Cornelia Euphronius (Annette Bening) to save him from a life of loneliness by reanimating a woman's corpse. Frank and the revived but amnesiatic Ida travel across the Northeastern United States on the run from not only Detective Jake Wiles (Peter Sarsgaard) and his secretary Myrna Malloy (Penelope Cruz) but also mob boss Lupino (Zlatko Buric) and his underling Clyde (John Magaro). Time Stamps: (1:17) Frankenstein '80 (21:39) Father Mother Sister Brother (49:57) Bride of the Monster (1:01:13) Poolman (1:15:41) Lisa Frankenstein (1:24:26) The Bride! (1:57:24) Spoilers  (2:22:57) Next Time: The 98th Academy Awards Works Cited: Anti-Masterpieces (Willa Harlow Ross, 2019) The Bride! (Maggie Gyllenhaal, 2026) "The Bride!" Exclaims but Never Explains (Richard Brody, 2026) Bride of the Monster (Ed Wood, 1955) 'Bride of the Monster' Letterboxd review by Will Sloan Chris Pine on How Directorial Debut 'Poolman' Came Together (Sydney Odman, 2022) Christian Bale leads daily group screams for 'The Bride!' role transformation Diablo Cody and Zelda Williams Talk 'Lisa Frankenstein' and the R-Rated Cut of Its Boldest Scene (Brian Davids, 2024) Father Mother Sister Brother (Jim Jarmusch, 2025) Father Mother Sister Brother movie review (Matt Zoller Seitz, 2025) Frankenstein '80 (Mario Mancini, 1972) Frankenstein '80 (Standard Edition Blu-ray) (Cauldron Films) Harry Styles spitting on Chris Pine #HarryStyles #ChrisPine - YouTube 'The Interview': Maggie Gyllenhaal on 'The Bride,' and Reaching Out to Her Brother - The New York Times (Lulu Garcia-Navarro, 2026) Lisa Frankenstein (Zelda Williams, 2024) ‎'Lisa Frankenstein' Letterboxd review by Framesofnick "Penelope" (Maggie Gyllenhaal, 2020) Poolman (Chris Pine, 2023)  'Poolman' Letterboxd review by Amanda the Jedi ‎'Poolman' Letterboxd review by Jaime Rebanal 'Poolman' Review: Chris Pine's Disastrous Directorial Debut (Siddhant Adlakha, 2023) TIFF 2023 | Poolman (Chris Pine, US) (Josh Lewis, 2023) Top 5 Movie Titles (Alternate Ending, 2023) Email us at [email protected]! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/  @benverschoor.bsky.social Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/  @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is "Root Beer Rag" by Billy Joel Closing music is "G-Spot Tornado" by Frank Zappa Subscribe, rate and review us! Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert is a 2026 concert film from director Baz Luhrmann that is sourced from previous Elvis film That's the Way It Is and Elvis on Tour, as well as film reels discovered during Luhrmann's production of 2022's Elvis with new footage of Elvis' residency in Vegas and rare interview audio of Elvis reflecting on his career. Time Stamps: (03:40) Bubba Ho-Tep (19:45) Gimme Shelter (43:26) EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (1:39:52) Next Time: The Bride! Works Cited: Australia (Baz Luhrmann, 2008) Baz Luhrmann on Finding Rare Footage for 'Epic: Elvis in Concert' (Today Show, 2026) Beyond Pirandello (Pauline Kael, 1970) Bruce Campbell Won't Do 'Bubba Nosferatu' (Monika Bartyzel, 2007) Bubba Ho-Tep (Don Coscarelli Jr., 2002) Bubba Ho-Tep movie review & film summary review (Roger Ebert, 2003) The Demonic Charisma of Gimme Shelter (Godfrey Cheshire, 2009) Elvis (Baz Luhrmann, 2022) Elvis: That's the Way It Is (Denis Sanders, 1970) Elvis on Tour (Pierre Adidge & Robert Abel, 1972) EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (Baz Luhrmann, 2026) EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert review: Baz Luhrmann blends the King's self and image (Sheila O'Malley, 2026) Gimme Shelter (David & Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin, 1970) "Gimme Shelter": The true story (Michael Srago, 2000) The Great Gatsby (Baz Luhrmann, 2013) Jefferson Airplane "White Rabbit" (1967) Jim Carrey - Somebody to Love (Cable Guy Karaoke Scene) The Last Waltz (Martin Scorsese, 1978) Moulin Rouge! (Baz Luhrmann, 2001) Phantasm (Don Coscarelli Jr., 1979) Phantasm II (Don Coscarelli Jr., 1988) Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead (Don Coscarelli Jr., 1994) The Rolling Stones, Hell's Angels and Altamont: A New View | Timeless (Neely Tucker, 2022) Romeo + Juliet (Baz Luhrmann, 1996) Strictly Ballroom (Baz Luhrmann, 1992) Travis Scott 'Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy' Documentary Netflix Review: Stream It Or Skip It? (Johnny Loftus, 2025) Email us at [email protected]! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/  @benverschoor.bsky.social Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/  @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is "Root Beer Rag" by Billy Joel Closing music is "G-Spot Tornado" by Frank Zappa Subscribe, rate and review us! Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

"Wuthering Heights" is a 2026 period romance written and directed by Emerald Fennell, adapted from the 1847 novel by Emily Bronte. Stars Margot Robbie as Catherine Earnshaw, who develops a tempestuous relationship with her foundling childhood friend and adopted brother Heathcliff, played by Jacob Elordi. When she marries into the higher society family of Edgar Linton (Shazad Latif), Heathcliff leaves and returns years later to marry Edgar's ward Isabella (Alison Oliver) to torment Catherine, while both of them are manipulated by Catherine's paid companion Nelly, played by Hong Chau. Time Stamps: (01:52) Freddy Got Fingered (32:37) Pink Flamingos (57:57) When Harry Met Sally... (1:12:27) Wuthering Heights (1:57:47) Spoilers/Book Differences (2:08:03) Next Time: EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert Works Cited: Emerald Fennell's Cinema For Dummies (Maia Wyman, 2026) Finally, a Smooth-Brained Wuthering Heights (Allison Wilmore, 2026) Freddie Got Fingered (Tom Green, 2001) Freddy Got Fingered - American Humane Society 'Freddy Got Fingered' review by Dean Scott To Freddy on His 20th Birthday (Will Sloan, 2021) The Great Gatsby (Baz Luhrman, 2013) John Waters on 'Pink Flamingos,' Divine, and 50 Years of Filth(Keaton Bell, 2022) Moulin Rouge! (Baz Luhrman, 2001) Moulin Rouge! (2001) - Movie Review (Tim Brayton, 2012) Pink Flamingos (John Waters, 1972) Pink Flamingos movie review & film summary (Roger Ebert, 1997) Shocking? Sure, if You Keep Your Eyes Open (A.O. Scott, 2001) Wuthering Heights (novel by Emile Bronte, 1847; film by Emerald Fennell, 2026) ‎'Wuthering Heights' review by Nicole Veneto • Letterboxd What's Up with Those Gin Bottle Mountains in 'Wuthering Heights'? The Film's Production Designer Explains (Sarah Shachat, 2026) When Harry Met Sally (Rob Reiner, 1989) Why Did I Even See "Wuthering Heights"? (Sam Bodrojan, 2026) ‎'Wuthering Heights' review by bk ‎'Wuthering Heights' review by Dark Kermit Email us at [email protected]! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/  @benverschoor.bsky.social Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/  @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is "Root Beer Rag" by Billy Joel Closing music is "G-Spot Tornado" by Frank Zappa Subscribe, rate and review us! Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

The Secret Agent is a 2025 thriller written and directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho, with Cinematography by Evgenia Alexandrova and music by Tomaz Alves Souza and Mateus Alves. Stars Wagner Moura as Marcelo, who arrives at and hides out in the coastal city of Recife to see his young son Fernando (Enzo Nunes), who is in the care of his maternal grandparents, with grandfather Sr. Alexandre played by Carlos Francisco. While laying low he tries to avoid raising the suspicion of local police chief Euclides (Robério Diógenes), while unbeknownst to him he is pursued by two hitmen, played by Rodney Villela and Gabriel Leone. Time Stamps: (01:27) 2025: The World Enslaved by a Virus (26:10) The Fifth Estate (46:08) Three Days of the Condor (58:37) Pictures of Ghosts (1:09:13) The Secret Agent (2:43:43) Spoilers (2:58:24) Next Time: Wuthering Heights Works Cited: 2025: The World Enslaved by a Virus (Josh Weseley, 2021) ‎'2025: The World Enslaved by a Virus' review by Jiheishou • Letterboxd The Fifth Estate (Bill Condon, 2013) The Imitation Game (Morten Tyldum, 2014) Kinsey (Bill Condon, 2004) Kleber Mendonça Filho Instagram post (February 14, 2026) Kleber Mendonça Filho on Recife's Cinema São Luiz, his hometown picture palace (Kleber Mendonça Filho, 2020) Matthew 25:31-46 NIV - The Sheep and the Goats - Bible Gateway Pictures of Ghosts (Kleber Mendonça Filho, 2023) The Power of the Dog (Jane Campion, 2021) The Secret Agent (Kleber Mendonça Filho, 2025) Three Days of the Condor (Sydney Pollack, 1974) On Location: How 'The Secret Agent' Captured the Spirit of 1977 Brazil (Megan Spurrell, 2026) 'The Secret Agent': Exploring a Vibrant, Yet Violent Brazil (Bill Desowitz, 2025) Die Weseleys (Dokumentieren gegen Rechts, 2022) Email us at [email protected]! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/  @benverschoor.bsky.social Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/  @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is "Root Beer Rag" by Billy Joel Closing music is "G-Spot Tornado" by Frank Zappa Subscribe, rate and review us! Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

Send Help is the latest film directed by Sam Raimi. It's from a script by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift, and stars Rachel McAdams as Linda Liddle, and her new boss Bradley Preston, played by Dylan O'Brien. Linda, a faithful and diligent financial strategist, is also a Survivor enthusiast. When she and Bradley find themselves the only survivors of a plane crash on a Pacific island, the two forge a new life and new power dynamics while awaiting rescue. Iron Lung is a 2026 horror film directed, written, starring, edited, and produced by Mark Fischbach aka Markiplier and is an adaptation of the videogame Iron Lung developed by David Szymanski. Mark plays Simon, a convict in a future in which an event known as the Quiet Rapture has caused all stars and planets to vanish. Simon is placed inside an "iron lung," a rudimentary submarine vessel, and dumped into an ocean of blood on a moon to conduct research that may help the struggling remnants of humanity and earn him his freedom. Time Stamps: (01:33) Send Help (29:26) Spoilers (47:33) Iron Lung (1:15:52) Spoilers (1:36:28) Next Time: The Secret Agent on February 19 Works Cited: Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie (James Rolfe, 2014) Eight Grade (Bo Burnham, 2018) The Evil Dead 2 (Sam Raimi, 1987) Darkman (7/11) Movie CLIP - The Pink Elephant (1990) HD  Darkman (Sam Raimi, 1990) Dr. Strange and the Multiverse of Madness (Sam Raimi, 2022) Drag Me to Hell (Sam Raimi, 2009) Dusk (David Szymanski, 2018) Fred: The Movie (Clay Weiner, 2009) Iron Lung (David Szymanski, 2021) Iron Lung (Mark Fischbach, 2026) Locke (Steven Knight, 2013) Oz the Great and Powerful (Sam Raimi, 2013) The Quick and the Dead (Sam Raimi, 1995) Resident Evil (Zach Cregger, 2026) Return to Silent Hill (Christophe Gans, 2026) Send Help (Sam Raimi, 2026) Shelby Oaks (Chris Stuckmann, 2025) Speak No Evil (Christian Tafdrup, 2022) Speak No Evil (James Watkins, 2024) Talk to Me (Danny and Michael Philippou, 2022) Email us at [email protected]! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/ @benverschoor.bsky.social Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.substack.com/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/ @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Reginald P. Turtledove III can be found working at the Idaho Department of Correct Citations Opening music is "Root Beer Rag" by Billy Joel Closing music is "G-Spot Tornado" by Frank Zappa Subscribe, rate and review us! Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

This week we have a special episode for you. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has released the nominees for the upcoming 98th Academy Awards, and we have some opinions on them. We then wrap up 2025 with both Ben and Steven listing out their top 5 films of 2025 with special (and not so special) Miseys awarded intermittently. They also go over the best and worst punishment films that were doled out and the bottom five films of 2025. Time Stamps: (01:15) The 98th Academy Award nominations (35:29) Top 5 of 2025 & 1st Annual Miseys (1:49:00) Best & Worst Punishments (1:54:27) Bottom 5 of 2025 (2:02:39) Next time: Double Feature: Send Help & Iron Lung Works Cited: "35mm" (John Malkovich in Opus, 2025) "The 50 Best Films of 2025," by Walter Chaw - FILM FREAK CENTRAL THE ACADEMY PARTNERS WITH YOUTUBE FOR EXCLUSIVE GLOBAL RIGHTS TO THE OSCARS® AND OTHER ACADEMY CONTENT STARTING IN 2029 | Academy Press Office Cymbeline (Michael Almereyda, 2014) David Ehrlich's  THE 25 BEST FILMS OF 2025: A Video Countdown [not mentioned but 100% worth watching]  "Designer: all right Mr. Del Toro here's those Frankenstein's monster designs…" if i embarrassed myself like this i would make sure the video never goes public Oscars: Full List of Nominations (Hilary Lewis, Kimberly Nordyke, 2026) "Play Me" (Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson in Song Sung Blue, 2025) "Trunks" (A$AP Rocky, 2025) The Year's First Oscars Villain Has Arrived (Joe Reid, 2025) Email us at [email protected]! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/ @benverschoor.bsky.social Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.substack.com/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/ @number8axel.bsky.social‬. Opening music is "Root Beer Rag" by Billy Joel Closing music is "G-Spot Tornado" by Frank Zappa Miseys Best of 2025 music is "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver" by Primus Miseys Punishments and Worst of 2025 music is "Lady Sniff" by Butthole Surfers Subscribe, rate and review us! Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

Hamnet - a 2025 biographical drama directed by Chloe Zhao, written by Zhao with Maggie O'Farrell, based as stated on the 2020 novel of the same title by Farrell. It stars Jessie Buckley as Agnes Hathaway and Paul Mescal as William Shakespeare, who after a courtship and shotgun wedding give birth to and raise a daughter Susanna (Bodhi Rae Breathnach) and twins Judith and Hamnet (Olivia Lynes and Jacobi Jupe). The death of one of their children sends them both into a spiral of grief, which may only be arrested by William's work on the Globe Theater in London. Time Stamps: (01:49) Hamnet (57:50) Spoilers (1:35:57) Next Time: Our 2025 Wrap Up and The 1st Annual Miseys Works Cited: All is True (Kenneth Branagh, 2018) Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare (Isaac Asimov, 1970) Chimes at Midnight (Orson Welles, 1966) Coriolanus (Ralph Fiennes, 2011) Days of Heaven (Terrence Malick, 1978) The Death of Hamnet and the Making of Hamlet (Stephen Greenblatt, 2004) The Eternals (Chloé Zhao, 2021) Ghostlight (Kelly O'Sullivan and Alex Thompson, 2024) Hamlet (William Shakespeare, c. 1598-1602) Hamlet (Laurence Olivier, 1948) Hamlet (Kenneth Branagh, 1996) Hamnet (Chloé Zhao, 2025) "Hamnet" Feels Elemental, but Is It Just Highly Effective Grief Porn? (Justin Chang, 2025) Hamnet Review: Paul Mescal & Jessie Buckley Rip Your Heart Out (David Ehrlich, 2025) Henry V (Laurence Olivier, 1944) Macbeth (Roman Polanski, 1971) Macbeth (Justin Kurzel, 2015) Ran (Akira Kurosawa, 1985) Shakespeare: The World as Stage (Bill Bryson, 2007) Shakespeare in Love (John Madden, 1998) Throne of Blood (Akira Kurosawa, 1957) Titus (Julie Taymor, 1999) The Tragedy of Macbeth (Joel Coen, 2021) Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare (Stephen Greenblatt, 2004) The Witch (Robert Eggers, 2015) The Zone of Interest (Jonathan Glazer, 2023) Email us at [email protected]! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/ @benverschoor.bsky.social Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.substack.com/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/ @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Reginald P. Turtledove III can be found working at the Idaho Department of Correct Citations Opening music is "Root Beer Rag" by Billy Joel Closing music is "G-Spot Tornado" by Frank Zappa Subscribe, rate and review us! Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

No Other Choice is a 2025 dark comedy directed by Park Chan-wook, written by     Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar, and Lee Ja-hye. It is adapted from 1997 novel The Axe by Donald Westlake. It stars Lee Byung-hun plays Yoo Man-su, who has lost his longstanding position at a paper mill and must search for work in a shrinking job market. To reduce the competition he enacts a plan to kill the better qualified individuals for a job opening he will create through more murder so that he may once again provide for his family. This family includes his wife Lee Mi-ri (Son Ye-jin), son Si-one (Woo Seung Kim), daughter Ri-one (So Yul Choi), and dogs Si-two and Ri-two. Time Stamps: (01:00) Atlas Shrugged Part I & II (37:34) Full Time (47:48) Z (1:02:30) No Other Choice (1:47:58) Spoilers (2:20:40) Next Time: 2025 wrap up and Hamnet Works Cited: Atlas Shrugged: Part I (Paul Johannson, 2011) Atlas Shrugged: Part II (John Putch, 2012) Atlas Shrugged Part III: Who is John Galt? (J. James Manera, 2014) The Axe (Costa-Gavras, 2005) The Ax (Donald E. Westlake, 1997) Big Sister is Watching You (Whittaker Chambers, 1957) A Brief Look at Texting and the Internet in Film (Tony Szhou, 2014) The Fountainhead (King Vidor, 1949) Full Time (Éric Gravel, 2021) No Other Choice (Park Chan-Wook, 2025) "No Other Choice" Eliminates the Competition with Style (Justin Chang, 2025) Taggart Trainwreck, Part 1 (Ben Verschoor, 2012) Z (Costa-Gavras, 1969) Z movie review & film summary (1969) | Roger Ebert (Roger Ebert, 1969) Z: Sounding the Alarm (Armond White, 2009) Email us at [email protected]! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/ @benverschoor.bsky.social Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.substack.com/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/ @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is "Root Beer Rag" by Billy Joel Closing music is "G-Spot Tornado" by Frank Zappa Subscribe, rate and review us! Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

Is This Thing On? is a 2025 comedy-drama directed by Bradley Cooper, written by Cooper, Will Arnett, and Mark Chappell, starring Will Arnett and Laura Dern as Alex and Tess Novak, a couple whose marriage is on the rocks, leading Alex to discover stand-up as a way of processing it. They are joined by Bradley Cooper himself as Alex's best friend Balls, Andra Day as Balls' wife Christine, Christine Ebersole and Ciaran Hinds as Alex's parents, Jordan Jensen as Jill, one of the comics Alex befriends; and Blake Kane and Calvin Knegton as Alex and Tess's twin sons Felix and Jude. Time Stamps: (04:45) Top Five (25:32) The King of Comedy (41:29) Is This Thing On? (1:15:15) Spoilers (1:47:04) Next Time: No Other Choice Works Cited: A Star is Born (2018) - Movie Review: Alternate Ending (Tim Brayton, 2018) American Sniper (Clint Eastwood, 2014) Aftersun (Charlotte Wells, 2022) Emancipation (Antoine Fuqua, 2022) Is This Thing On? (Bradley Cooper, 2025) The King of Comedy (Martin Scorsese, 1982) 'The King Of Comedy' At 40: A Terrifying Look At The Early Origins Of "Stan Culture" (Jordan Hoffman, 2023) Lance Reddick | The Eric Andre Show | adult swim Maestro (Bradley Cooper, 2023) Materialists (Celine Song, 2025) Never Just a Movie | Top Five (2014) (Nathaniel Missildine, 2022) No Other Choice (Park Chan-wook, 2025) Orange Is the New Black (Jinji Kohan, 2013) Top Five (Chris Rock, 2014) Why YouTubers Get Weird Will Arnett Reveals the Incredible True Story that Inspired the Film 'Is This Thing On?' Will Smith reveals the real, predictably Will Smithian reason he didn't star in Django Unchained (Sean O'Neal, 2013) [Ben here: the headline I spoke of was actually the top-rated comment of this article, but the A.V. Club's several changes in commenting services over the years have resulted in its legendary reader comments being scattered to the four winds. I don't know who the commenter was, but the exact quote was, "He refused to get djiggy with it."] Email us at [email protected]! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/ @benverschoor.bsky.social Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.substack.com/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/ @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is "Root Beer Rag" by Billy Joel Closing music is "G-Spot Tornado" by Frank Zappa Subscribe, rate and review us! Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

Song Sung Blue is a biographical film about the married musical artist duo Lightning and Thunder, Mike and Claire Sardina, a Neil Diamond tribute act, though they refer to it as "interpretation," while navigating the ups and downs of their regular lives. It is based on a 2008 documentary of the same name by Greg Kohs. Also starring Michael Imperioli as Mark Shurilla, a Buddy Holly impersonator; Ella Anderson as Rachel Cartwright, Claire's daughter; King Princess as Angelina Sardina, Mike's daughter; Fisher Stevens as Dave Watson, Mike's dentist and manager; Jim Belushi as Tom D'Amato, another manager with connections to the local casinos and night life spots; and Mustafa Shakir as Sex Machine, a James Brown impersonator. Time Stamps: (01:02) Saving Silverman (15:56) Tribute (30:03) Amadeus (44:57) Song Sung Blue (1:19:43) Spoilers (1:28:57) Next Time: Is This Thing On? Works Cited:   Amadeus (1984, Milos Forman) 'An unmistakable stab at the USSR': Could Amadeus be the most misunderstood Oscar winner ever? (2024, Tom Joudrey for the BBC) An Incredible Simulation (Jeff Economy, Darren Hacker, 2000) Don't Stop Believing: "Tribute" Filmmakers, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 (Tim Merrill, 2004) Method acting can go too far – just ask Dustin Hoffman (2016, Michael Simkins for The Guardian)Saving Silverman (2001, Dennis Dugan) Son of 'Song Sung Blue' subject calls Kate Hudson, Hugh Jackman 'monsters' (2025, Lauren Huff for EW) 'Song Sung Blue' fact vs. fiction: Eddie Vedder, leg amputation, heart attacks, more (2025, Gerrad Hall for EW) Song Sung Blue (2025, Craig Brewer) Song Sung Blue - The Original Documentary (The Full, Real Story) available for free to watch on YouTube (2008, Greg Kohs) Steve Zahn & Jack Black Taught Neil Diamond His Lyrics While Making 'Saving Silverman' | PeopleTV Tribute (full documentary) available for free to watch on YouTube (2001, Kris Curry & Rich Fox) Tributary: A Study of an American Pop Culture Subculture (2002, Russ Forster) (trailer) Email us at [email protected]! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/ @benverschoor.bsky.social Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.substack.com/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/ @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is "Root Beer Rag" by Billy Joel Closing music is "G-Spot Tornado" by Frank Zappa Subscribe, rate and review us! Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

Marty Supreme is a 2025 sports comedy-drama film directed, written, produced, and edited by Josh Safdie, with Ronald Bronstein co-writer, co-producer- and co-editor. In this film we follow Marty Mauser, an aspiring table tennis player who seeks to become the world champion of the sport while simultaneously outrunning the consequences of his various scams, affairs, prideful boasts, and collectors. Co-starring Odessa A'zion as Rachel Mizler, his paramour, Gwyneth Paltrow as Kay Stone, a formerly famous actress who Marty pursues, Kevin O'Leary as Milton Rockwell, a wealthy businessman and Kay's husband, Tyler Okonma (Tyler the Creator) as Marty's friend Wally who also plays table tennis, Abel Ferrara as a shady character with a dog named Moses, Fran Drescher as Marty's mother Rebecca, and Geza Rohrig as Bela Kletzki and Koto Kawaguchi as Koto Endo, two other table tennis champions. Time Stamps: (00:55) Marty Supreme (56:03) Spoilers (1:28:57) Next Time: Song Sung Blue Works Cited: Benny Breaks Out (Ethan Shanfield, 2024) Made in America | Los Angeles Review of Books by Sam Bodrojan Marty Supreme's American Hustler (Armond White, 2025) Marty Supreme review by Conrado Falco Inside Timothée Chalamet's Ping-Pong Training for 'Marty Supreme' A Ping-Pong Specific Review of 'Marty Supreme' (Miles Surrey, 2025) Email us at [email protected]! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/ @benverschoor.bsky.social Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.substack.com/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/ @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is "Root Beer Rag" by Billy Joel Closing music is "G-Spot Tornado" by Frank Zappa Subscribe, rate and review us! Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

In this episode we discuss a litany of films we watched to fill in the gaps of 2025 releases, full spoilers for all films discussed. Time Stamps: (5:49) Broken Church  (19:36) Star Trek Section 31  (26:07) Avatar: Fire and Ash  (33:21) Black Bag (38:28) Sovereign  (43:31) Eephus (49:58) Train Dreams (56:41) The Phoenician Scheme  (1:01:21) The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar  (1:06:15) Ballad of a Small Player  (1:09:49) The Mastermind (1:13:48) Presence (1:17:37) Weapons (1:22:17) Hag (1:28:24) Novocaine (1:32:42) Flight Risk (1:37:00) One of Them Days (1:42:53) Warfare (1:51:57) Caught by the Tides Works Cited: Avatar (And The Way of Water) Recap (Max Scoville, 2025) The Best of Times (Roger Spottiswoode, 1986) Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets (Turner Ross, Bill Ross IV, 2020) 'Broken Church' review by DoctorLizardBrain The Christmas Campaign (David DeCoteau, 2025) Crank (Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor, 2006) Days of Heaven (Terrence Malick, 1978) Die Hard (John McTiernan, 1988) Elephant (Gus Van Sant, 2003) Goodbye Dragon Inn (Tsai Ming-Liang, 2003) 'The Phoenician Scheme' review by Tristan 'Train Dreams' Is Afraid Of Its Own Shadow | Defector Saving Christmas (Darren Doane, 2014) 'Star Trek: Section 31' review by i_z [Brooks Otterlake]' 10 great early digital films | BFI (Sam Wigley, 2022) Email us at [email protected]! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/ @benverschoor.bsky.social Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.substack.com/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/ @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is "Root Beer Rag" by Billy Joel Closing music is "G-Spot Tornado" by Frank Zappa Subscribe, rate and review us! Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

Wake Up Dead Man is the latest Knives Out mystery film from writer-director Rian Johnson. In this film we find Father Jud Duplenticy (Joh O'Connor) under suspicion of the murder of Monsignor Jefferson Wicks (Joshj Brolin), stabbed in the back in a storage closet during his Good Friday service. The ensemble this time is played by Glenn Close as Martha, a lifelong servant of the church, Jeremy Renner as local physician Dr. Nat, Kerry Washington as attorney Vera, Andrew Scott as author-in-exile Lee, Cailee Spaeny as Simone, a disabled woman and the church's biggest donor, Daryl McCormack as a failed politician heel, Thomas Haden Church as Samson the groundskeeper and Martha's lover, and Mila Kunis as the local police chief. Daniel Craig stars once again as Benoit Blanc, a private detective who takes the case to prove Jud's innocence. Time Stamps: (01:12) Exposed (24:32) The Third Man (40:25) The Gospel According to Saint Matthew (51:57) Wake Up Dead Man (1:25:27) Spoilers (2:04:21) Next Time: Marty Supreme & 2025 catch up Works Cited: Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis: Backlash over support for rapist Danny Masterson (Emma Saunders, 2023) Breaking Bad (Vince Gilligan, 2008) Brick (Rian Johnson, 2005) "Come On Up to the House"(Tom Waits, 1999) Conclave (Edward Berger, 2024) Daughter of God (Gee Malik Linton, 2016) The Elegiac Heart: Pier Paolo Pasolini, Filmmaker (James Quandt, 2023) Exposed (Declan Dale, 2016) First Reformed (Paul Schrader, 2017) FIVE MINUTES, MR. WELLES: THE THIRD MAN inspires an actor's homage | Cinezine Kane (2015) 'Forks Out': A Benoit Blanc Sesame Street Mystery | Wake Up Dead Man | Netflix Glass Onion (Rian Johnson, 2022) The Gospel According to St. Matthew (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1964) The Gospel According to Saint Matthew (1964) - Movie Review: Alternate Ending (Tim Brayton, 2009) Hello Brooklyn #12 - Gee Linton (Malcolm Thomas, 2017) Hi I'm Gee Malik Linton, I directed Keanu Reeves in Daughter of God. Ask me anything. : r/KeanuBeingAwesome Hot Fuzz (Edgar Wright, 2007) Interview: Vincent D'Onofrio - IGN (Jeff Otto, 2012) "It Made Me Angry, But Good Angry": Gee Malik Linton's Restored DAUGHTER OF GOD (James Kenny, 2023) Jeremy Renner denies filmmaker Yi Zhou's misconduct allegations - Los Angeles Times (Mark Olsen, 2025) Knives Out (Rian Johnson, 2019) Knive's Out's Rian Johnson Says He Will Always Be a Youth Group Kid (Tyler Huckabee, 2025) Looper (Rian Johnson, 2012) Sherlock Holmes (Guy Ritchie, 2009) Silence (Martin Scorsese, 2016) Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Rian Johnson, 2017) Twisters (Lee Isaac Chung, 2024) The Third Man (Carol Reed, 1949) Wake Up Dead Man (Rian Johnson, 2025) Email us at [email protected]! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/ @benverschoor.bsky.social Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.substack.com/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/ @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is "Root Beer Rag" by Billy Joel Closing music is "G-Spot Tornado" by Frank Zappa Subscribe, rate and review us! Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

Kill Bill The Whole Bloody Affair is a re-release of Kill Bill Volume 1 & 2 as one four hour thirty-five minute film with one 15 minute intermission. In this film we follow The Bride, played by Uma Thurman, who is pregnant and rehearsing for her wedding when her ex-lover Bill (David Carridine) arrives with the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad (Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah) and kill her. She inexplicably lives through this, wakes up four years later, and begins taking her revenge on each member. Time Stamps: (00:56) A Karate Christmas Miracle (26:41) Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (45:15) Kiss Daddy Goodnight (57:11) Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (1:40:18) Is Quentin Tarantino washed? (1:52:46) The Lost Chapter: Yuki's Revenge (2:19:56) Next Time: Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery Works Cited: "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" (Santa Esmeralda, 1977) "Woo Hoo" (The 5.6.7.8s, 1996) A Karate Christmas Miracle (Julie Kimmel, 2019) Cat People (Paul Schrader, 1982) Dangerous Liaisons (Stephen Frears, 1988) David Carradine's death might be accidental (Associated Press, 2009) First Reformed (Paul Schrader, 2017) IndieCollect - Save Indie Film Johnny Be Good (Bud S. Smith, 1988) Joker's Poltergeist (Christopher S. Lind, 2019) Kill Bill (Quentin Tarantino, 2003-2004, 2025) Kill Bill - Interview with Quentin Tarantino (2004) Kill Bill draft script (Quentin Tarantino, 2003) Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair movie review (2025) | Roger Ebert (Matt Zoller Seitz, 2025) Kiss Daddy Goodnight (Peter Ily Huemer, 1987) Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (Paul Schrader, 1985) Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters: Pen and Sword (Kevin Jackson, 2008) Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (Hayao Miyazaki, 1984) Nymphomaniac (Lars von Trier, 2013) Oh, Canada (Paul Schrader, 2024) Opinion | This Is Why Uma Thurman Is Angry - The New York Times (Maureen Dowd, 2018) Pulp Fiction Quentin Tarantino's Top 20 Films of the 21st Century Topped by 'Black Hawk Down' — World of Reel (Jordan Ruimy, 2025) Raw video: Uma Thurman's car crash on set of 'Kill Bill' (The Washington Post, 2018) Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, 1976) The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (Treey Gilliam, 1988) The Lost Chapter: Yuki's Revenge | Fortnite After Dark (Quentin Tarantino, 2025) Uma Thurman forgives Quentin Tarantino—but not Harvey Weinstein—for crash on Kill Bill set - AV Club (Katie Rife, 2018) Wake Up Dead Man (Rian Johnson, 2025) Email us at [email protected]! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/ @benverschoor.bsky.social Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.substack.com/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/ @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is "Root Beer Rag" by Billy Joel Closing music is "G-Spot Tornado" by Frank Zappa Subscribe, rate and review us! Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

Rental Family is the latest feature film by Hikari, cowritten by herself and Stephen Blahut, starring Brendan Fraser as a struggling American actor living in Japan who stumbles into a job working for a rental family agency who hire out actors to play unconventional roles for clients such as hosting a funeral for a still living individual, staging a wedding, playing a father for a mother-daughter who are trying to get into an elite school, cheerleading for an older live performer, interviewing an aging and forgotten actor, and even just to play Dreamcast games split screen with a hikikomori shut in. Takehiro Hira, Mari Yamamoto, Shannon Mahina Gorman, and Akira Emoto star in supporting roles. Time Stamps: (03:49) 37 Seconds (20:57) Tokyo Pop (33:33) Rental Family (1:13:11) Spoilers (1:37:49) Next Time: Kill Bill The Whole Bloody Affair Works Cited: 37 Seconds (Hikari, 2019) Beef (2023) Family Romance, LLC (Werner Herzog, 2019) Female Filmmakers in Focus: Fran Rubel Kuzui on Tokyo Pop (Marya E. Gates, 2023) Hikari Steps Into the Spotlight: The Visionary Director Behind Rental Family (Callie Beusman, 2025) Her Name Is Hikari and This Is Her Destiny (Chris Nashawaty, 2025) 'Rental Family' Review: Brendan Fraser Sells Happiness in a Gig Economy Drama About the Reality of the Roles We Play (David Ehrlich, 2025) 'Rental Family' skims the surface of Japan's rent-a-family industry (Siddhant Adlakha, 2025) Rent-a-Cat (Naoko Ogigami, 2012) Saving Face (Alice Wu, 2004) Synecdoche, NY (Charlie Kaufman, 2008) Tokyo Pop (Fran Rubel Kuzai, 1988) Tokyo Pop Is A Goofy Indie Slice Of '80s Alienation, Well Ahead Of Its Time (Chris Person, 2023) Tokyo Vice (2022) Email us at [email protected]! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/ @benverschoor.bsky.social Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.substack.com/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/ @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is "Root Beer Rag" by Billy Joel Closing music is "G-Spot Tornado" by Frank Zappa Subscribe, rate and review us! Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

Angel's Egg is a 1985 Japanese animated OVA film written and directed by Mamoru Oshii, best known for his work directing the animated film Ghost in the Shell in 1995. This film follows two nameless characters, a young girl who carries an egg with her and a young man with a cross-shaped sword who joins her as they travel through a ruined empty city. Because of the abstract nature of the movie's setting and plot and its short runtime, we're going to not bother with a spoiler alert for this episode. We can't really talk about this film without going into detail about what happens in it. So if you want to see it completely fresh you may want to come back to this after you've seen it, either by hunting it down on the internet or getting the eventual Blu Ray or streaming release. But this movie really isn't something that can be spoiled, so for those who don't mind hearing the details, carry on. Time Stamps: (00:59) Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals (11:31) Ghost in the Shell (27:56) Evangelion 1.0+3.0 Thrice Upon a Time (44:37) Angel's Egg (1:31:06) Next Time: Rental Family Works Cited: Angel's Egg (Mamoru Oshii, 1985) Angel's Egg | Screen Slate  (Danielle Burgos) Brain Structure #03 - Hideo Kojima x Mamoru Oshii: Part 1 (Hideo Kojima, 2022) Brain Structure #03 - Hideo Kojima x Mamoru Oshii: Part 2 (Hideo Kojima, 2022) Death Stranding 2: On the Beach Pizza Man fight scene Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals (Shigeyuki Hayashi, 1994) Final Fantasy Rewind: Cracked Crystals (Ben Verschoor, 2024) Ghost in the Shell (Mamoru Oshii, 1995) In the Aftermath (Carl Colpaert, 1988; Arrow Video Blu Ray release 2019) Interview with Director Mamoru Oshii (Maki Watanabe, 2025) Mamoru Oshii on Why Angel's Egg Could Never Be Made Today (Eli Friedberg, 2025) Metal Gear Solid (Hideo Kojima, 1998) Oshii, Mamoru - Senses of Cinema (Richard Suchenski, 2004) The Resonance of Image and Sound Evokes Fundamental Emotions (Ryusuke Hikawa, 2025) Seraphim: 266613336 Wings (Mamoru Oshii, Satoshi Kon, 1994) Email us at [email protected]! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/ @benverschoor.bsky.social Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.substack.com/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/ @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is "Root Beer Rag" by Billy Joel Closing music is "G-Spot Tornado" by Frank Zappa Subscribe, rate and review us! Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

Die My Love is the fifth feature film directed by Lynne Ramsay, who, alongside Enda Walsh and Alice Birch, wrote the screenplay which is adapted from the 2012 Argentinian novel written by Ariana Harwicz. Cinematography is by Seamus McGarvey. The film stars Jennifer Lawrence as Grace, a woman transplanted with her lover Jackson, played by Robert Pattinson, from New York to Montana after the death of Jackson's uncle and they inherit his house. Grace soon gets pregnant and gives birth to a son and begins to spiral into a deep depression. The cast also includes Sissy Spacek as Jackson's mother Pam, LaKeith Stanfield as a mysterious stranger, and Nick Nolte as Jackson's father. Time Stamps: (02:35) Nightbitch (18:45) Now, Voyager (33:00) Die My Love (1:26:59) Spoilers (1:52:22) Next Time: Angel's Egg Works Cited: 4.43 Psychosis (Sarah Kane, 1999) 92. Seamus McGarvey: Cinematographer - Part 2  (Fender Jackson, 2025) Angel's Egg (Mamoru Oshii, 1985) 'Die, My Love' Gets D+ CinemaScore (Jordan Ruimy, 2025) Die My Love | Interview with Lynne Ramsay (Picturehouse, 2025) "Die My Love" is awesome, actually (Sam Bodrojan, 2025) "Die My Love" Is Smaller Than Life. (Anthony Lane, 2025) Die My Love movie review & film summary (2025) (Sheila O'Malley, 2025) Die My Love review: a ferocious film from Lynne Ramsay (Jessica Kiang, 2025) How a Martin Scorsese book club favourite inspired Excellent Cadaver to adapt 'Die, My Love' | News (Jeremy Kay, 2025) Jennifer Lawrence Gets to Act Her Age in Die My Love (Allison Willmore, 2025) Jennifer Lawrence Gives Her Best Performance Yet in the Postpartum Fever Dream Die, My Love (Stephanie Zacharek, 2025) Jennifer Lawrence Is Completely Unhinged in 'Die My Love' (David Fear, 2025) "In Spite of Ourselves" (John Prine and Iris Dement, 1999) Lynne Ramsay On Future Projects, Film School (Jessica Kiang, 2025) Lynne Ramsay makes movies like no one else. She promises it won't be 8 years before the next one (Joshua Rothkopf, 2025) The Making of "Die My Love" with Cinematographer Seamus McGarvey ASC BSC (Panavision, 2025) Mother! (Darren Aronofsky, 2017) Nightbitch (novel written by Rachel Yoder, 2021; film directed by Marielle Heller, 2024) Now, Voyager (book written by Olive Higgins Prouty, 1941; film directed by Irving Rapper, 1942) Now, Voyager review - Bette Davis's sublime, sex-free act of sublimation (Peter Bradshaw, 2021) Repulsion (Roman Polanski, 1965)  Rosemary's Baby (Roman Polanski, 1968) We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lynne Ramsay, 2011) Email us at [email protected]! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/ @benverschoor.bsky.social Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.substack.com/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/ @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is "Root Beer Rag" by Billy Joel Closing music is "G-Spot Tornado" by Frank Zappa Subscribe, rate and review us! Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

Frankenstein is the 992nd adaptation featuring the monster from Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. It is probably the 6th that hews closer to the source novel than the 1931 Universal film adaptation. This 2025 adaptation is directed, produced, and based on a screenplay by Guillermo del Toro, best known for The Shape of Water, Pan's Labyrinth, and Pinocchio (no not the soulless one released the same year from Zemeckis and Disney). In this film we follow Oscar Isaac as Baron Victor Frankenstein who creates life in the form of The Creature, played by Jacob Elordi. Felix Kammerer is William Frankenstein, Victor's younger brother, and Ti West muse Mia Goth plays Lady Elizabeth Harlander, William's fiance. Christoph Waltz supports as Henrich Harlander, Elizabeth's uncle. We also have Lars Mikkelsen as Captain Anderson, David Bradley as the blind man, Charles Dance as Victor's father, Ralph Ineson as Professor Krempe, and Burn Gorman as the executioner. Time Stamps: (01:11) The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Jim Sharman, 1973) (17:19) Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (Kenneth Branagh, 1994) (32:27) Frankenstein (Guillermo del Toro, 2025) (1:15:59) Spoilers (1:49:55) Next Time: Die My Love (Lynne Ramsay, 2025) Works Cited: Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (Charles Barton, 1948) Bloodborne (FromSoftware, 2015) Bram Stoker's Dracula (Francis Ford Coppola, 1992) Crimson Peak (Guillermo del Toro, 2015) Death is the Curator: An Interview with Guillermo del Toro (Lauren Wilford, 2017) Frankenstein (James Whale, 1931) Frankenstein (Guillermo del Toro, 2025) Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (Mary Shelley, 1818) The Hobbit: The Motion Picture Trilogy (Peter Jackson, 2012-2014) Inside ROCKY HORROR by Scott Miller Lisa Frankenstein (Zelda Williams, 2024) Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (Kenneth Branagh, 1994) Peter Pan Live! (NBC, 2014) Pinocchio (Guillermo del Toro, 2025) Poor Things (Yorgos Lanthimos, 2023) "The Rocky Horror Glee Show" (Adam Shankman, 2010) The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Jim Sharman, 1973) The Sound of Music Live! (NBC, 2013) TRHPS Official Fan Site: History: Production Notes (1975) Not I (Samuel Beckett, 1972) Email us at [email protected]! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/ @benverschoor.bsky.social Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.substack.com/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/ @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is Root Beer Rag by Billy Joel Closing music is G-Spot Tornado by Frank Zappa Subscribe, rate and review us! Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

Bugonia is a 2025 film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. This is an English remake of a 2003 South Korean film called Save the Green Planet! which was directed by Jang Joon-hwan. In Bugonia Jesse Plemons stars as Teddy Gatz, who together with his cousin Don, played by Aidan Delbis, kidnap and imprison CEO Michelle Fuller, played by Emma Stone, whom Teddy believes to be an alien. Time Stamps: (04:41) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Philip Kaufman, 1978) (18:26) The Killing of a Sacred Deer (Yorgos Lanthimos, 2017) (28:54) Bugonia (Yorgos Lanthimos, 2025) (57:13) Spoilers (1:18:34) Next Time: Frankenstein (Guillermo del Toro, 2025) Works Cited: The Body Snatchers (Jack Finney, 1955) Body Snatchers (Abel Ferrara, 1993) Bugonia (Yorgos Lanthimos, 2025) Commentary: Friends of this L.A. teen will soon find out his big secret: He's co-starring in 'Bugonia' - Los Angeles Times (Mary McNamara, 2025) The Conversation (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974) Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Steven Spielberg, 1977) Dogtooth (Yorgos Lanthimos, 2009) The Favourite (Yorgos Lanthimos, 2018) Fire in the Sky (Robert Lieberman, 1993) The Invasion (Oliver Hirschbiegel, 2007) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Don Siegel, 1956) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Philip Kaufman, 1978) The Killing of a Sacred Deer (Yorgos Lanthimos, 2017) Kinds of Kindness (Yorgos Lanthimos, 2024) Klute (Alan Pakula, 1971) Leo DiCaprio: Alien Seductor? So Says Director Jang Jun-Hwan. - The Village Voice (Chuck Stephens, 2005) The Lobster (Yorgos Lanthimos, 2015) The Parallax View (Alan Pakula, 1974) Poor Things (Yorgos Lanthimos, 2023) Riyadh Comedy Festival criticized by Marc Maron, Human Rights Watch : NPR (Chloe Veltman, 2025) Review: 'Bugonia' is definitely about alienation, if not aliens themselves : NPR (Glen Weldon, 2025) Save the Green Planet! (Jang Joon-hwan, 2003) They Live (John Carpenter, 1988) Email us at [email protected]! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/ @benverschoor.bsky.social Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.substack.com/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/ @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is Root Beer Rag by Billy Joel Closing music is G-Spot Tornado by Frank Zappa Subscribe, rate and review us! Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

Red Rooms, a 2023 psychological horror film written and directed by Pascal Plante. It follows Kelly-Anne (Juliette Gariépy), a fashion model who takes an interest in the murder trial of Ludovic Chevalier (Maxwell McCabe-Lokos). She becomes acquainted with another observer, Clementine (Laurie Babin), who will tell anyone who will listen that Chevalier is innocent. As time goes on they learn more about the case, and each other, and the things they may or may not have in common. Time Stamps: (01:15) siskelebert.org news (13:40) Red Rooms (42:40) Spoilers (58:11) Next Time: Bugonia Works Cited: BOMB Magazine | Pascal Plante by Astrid Rose DAHMER – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (2022, Ryan Murphy, Ian Brennan) Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019, Joe Berlinger) I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer (2018, Michelle McNamara) The Jinx (2015, Andrew Jarecki) Memories of Murder (2003, Bong Joon Ho) Monster: The Ed Gein Story (2025, Ian Brennan) Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever (2023, Matt Singer) Red Rooms (2023) - The Goods: Film Reviews (2025, Jonathan Volk) Serial: Season One (2014, Sarah Koenig)  Siskel and Ebert Movie Reviews – Original movie reviews untainted by time! (archive.org) Siskelandebert - Well, nothing lasts forever... | Facebook siskelebert.org (defunct) Who listens to true crime podcasts in the U.S.? | Pew Research Center Zodiac (2007, David Fincher) Zodiac Killer Project (2025, Charlie Shackleton) Email us at [email protected]! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/ @benverschoor.bsky.social Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.substack.com/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/ @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is Root Beer Rag by Billy Joel Closing music is G-Spot Tornado by Frank Zappa Subscribe, rate and review us! Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

Ben was able to attend the Virginia Film Festival in Charlottesville, VA and saw 12 feature films and one short film collection. He recorded some onsite reactions and introductions to each film and we intercut those with our post-festival conversational Q&A. Red Rooms discussion will follow tomorrow and our regular programming will resume next Thursday with Bugonia! Sound Credit: drumroll2.aif by ddohler -- https://freesound.org/s/34258/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 Works Cited Resurrection (2025, Bi Gan) Kontinental '25 (2025, Radu Jude) The Eyes of Ghana (2025, Ben Proudfoot) SirÂt (2025, Oliver Laxe) The Plague (2025, Charlie Polinger) Ghost Elephants (2025, Werner Herzog) It Was Just an Accident (2025, Jafar Panahi) Arco (2025, Ugo Bienvenu) Train Dreams (2025, Clint Bentley) Late Shift (2025, Petra Volpe) The President's Cake (2025, Hasan Hadi) Zodiac Killer Project (2025, Charlie Shackleton) Zodiac Killer Project: A Wry Critique of the True Crime Genre (2025, David Ehrlich) In Totality (2025, Jesse Rudoy) How She Was (2024, Jeff Luppino-Esposito) Shallow (2025, Luca Huff) Conference of the Moths (2025, Samhita, Sunya) The Lonely Dog (2024, Jacob Seltzer) Leaving the Light (2025, Steven Krueger) Chinese Independent Filmmakers Look to Locarno Festival (2015, Edward Wong) Email us at [email protected]! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/ @benverschoor.bsky.social Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.substack.com/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/ @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is Root Beer Rag by Billy Joel Closing music is G-Spot Tornado by Frank Zappa Subscribe, rate and review us! Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

After The Hunt is a 2025 film directed by Luca Guadagnino and written by Nora Garrett. It stars Julia Roberts as Alma Imhoff, a philosophy professor at Yale on the verge of tenure. Ayo Edebiri plays Maggie, a star student of Alma's and Andrew Garfield as Hank, a fellow professor also on the verge of tenure. Alma is caught between the two when Maggie confides in Alma that Hank sexually assaulted her after a party one night. Michael Stuhlbarg and Chloe Sevigny star in supporting roles as Alma's husband Frederik and a school doctor/therapist respectively. Timestamps (01:36) Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (17:43) The Devils (31:55) The Piano Teacher (45:57) After the Hunt discussion (1:32:49) After the Hunt Spoilers (1:55:21) Next Time! Works Cited After the Hunt (2025, Luca Guadagnino) "All These Things That I've Done" (The Killers, 2004) Call Me by Your Name (2017, Luca Guadagnino) The Devils (1971, Ken Russell) Elle (2016, Paul Verhoeven) Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (2008, Nathan Frankowski) Freddie deBoer's letterboxd review of After the Hunt Hell on Earth: The Desecration and Resurrection of 'The Devils' (2002, Paul Joyce) Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975, Chantal Akerman) Opus (2025, Mark Anthony Green) The Piano Teacher (2001, Michael Haneke) Possession (1981, Andrzej Żuławski)  Southland Tales (2006, Richard Kelly) Tár (2022, Todd Field) Email us at [email protected]! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/ @benverschoor.bsky.social Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.substack.com/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/ @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is Root Beer Rag by Billy Joel Closing music is G-Spot Tornado by Frank Zappa Subscribe, rate and review us! Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

Anemone is a 2025 film directed by Ronan Day-Lewis, written by Ronan with his father Daniel Day-Lewis, starring Daniel Day-Lewis as Ray Stoker, and Sean Bean as Jem Stoker, with supporting performances from Samantha Morton as Nessa Stoker, Samuel Bottomley as Brian Stoker, and Safia Oakley-Green as Hattie. In this film Jem seeks out his brother Ray, who has lived in isolation for an extended period of time, in order to bring him back to help aid the young Brian through a tumultous and consequential crossroads of his life. Timestamps (01:14) Artemis Fowl (19:30) Field of Dreams (39:43) The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (51:17) Anemone introduction, skip to next stamp to avoid synopsis spoilers (55:40) Anemone discussion (1:35:10) Anemone Spoilers (1:53:41) Next Time! Works Cited Anemone (2025, Ronan Day-Lewis) Artemis Fowl (2001, Eoin Colfer) Artemis Fowl (2020, Kenneth Branagh) Anemone review by Monica Castillo for RogerEbert.com 'Anemone' Is More Than Just the Return of Daniel Day-Lewis by David Fear for Rolling Stone Fallout: New Vegas: Dead Money (2010, Obsidian) Field of Dreams (1989, Phil Alden Robinson) 'Field of Dreams' Turns 30: Why the Baseball Classic Still Holds a Special Place in America's Hearts (and Heartland) Magnolia (1999, Paul Thomas Anderson) Review: Daniel Day-Lewis returns in 'Anemone,' a flimsy vehicle that can't contain his gale-force intensityReview: Daniel Day-Lewis returns in 'Anemone,' a flimsy vehicle that can't contain his gale-force intensity The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948, John Huston) Email us at [email protected]! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/ @benverschoor.bsky.social Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.substack.com/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/ @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is Root Beer Rag by Billy Joel Closing music is G-Spot Tornado by Frank Zappa Subscribe, rate and review us! Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

The Smashing Machine is a 2025 film directed, written, produced, and edited by Benny Safdie and starring Dwayne Johnson as Mark Kerr, Emily Blunt as Dawn Staples, Ryan Bader as Mark Coleman, and Bas Rutten as himself. We follow Mark Kerr from 1997-2000 as he wins his first title in a Brazilian tournament before skipping forward to focus on a fight in Tokyo, Kerr's tumultuous relationship with his girlfriend Dawn, his addiction to painkillers, and his participation in the Pride Grand Prix 2000 again in Tokyo where his former coach Mark Coleman might end up being his final opponent if he can win each round. Timestamps (01:54) The Tooth Fairy (21:19) Find Me Guilty (34:35) Southland Tales (50:29) The Smashing Machine (1:26:36) Spoilers (1:53:41 ) Next Time! Works Cited "All These Things That I've Done" (The Killers, 2005) Anarchy in the USA movie review (2007) (Roger Ebert, 2007) Be Cool (F. Gary Gray, 2005) Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (Ang Lee, 2016) The Chronicles of Riddick (David Twohy, 2004) Code Unknown (J. Hoberman, 2006) Doom (Andrzej Bartkowiak, 2005) The Expendables (Sylvester Stallone, 2010) Fast Five (Justin Lin, 2011) The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (Justin Lin, 2006) A Few Good Men (Rob Reiner, 1991) Find Me Guilty (Sidney Lumet, 2006) Gotti (Kevin Connolly, 2018) INLAND EMPIRE (David Lynch, 2006) JFK (Oliver Stone, 1991) Megalopolis (Francis Ford Coppola, 2024) Mr. Nanny (Michael Gottlieb, 1993) Mulholland Drive (David Lynch, 2000) One Battle After Another (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2025) Pain & Gain (Michael Bay, 2013) Pride and Glory (Jake Rossen, 2010) Race to Witch Mountain (Andy Fickman, 2009) Red Notice (Rawson Marshall Thurber, 2021) Revelation (J. Hoberman, 2007) The Scorpion King (Chuck Russell, 2002) The Smashing Machine (Benny Safdie, 2025) The Smashing Machine: The Life and Times of Extreme Fighter Mark Kerr (John Hyams, 2002) "The Smashing Machine" Pulls Its Punches | The New Yorker (Richard Brody, 2025) The Smashing Machine review: There's a rock stuck in the gears (Jacob Oller, 2025) Southland Tales (Richard Kelly, 2007) 'Southland Tales': A Cannes flop readies for a big-screen rebirth (Dennis Lim, 2007) Southland Tales - The Pinocchio Theory (Steven Shaviro, 2007) Suburban Commando (Burt Kennedy, 1991) "Teen Horniness is Not a Crime" (Krista Now, 2007) Tooth Fairy (Michael Lembeck, 2010) Twelve Angry Men (Sidney Lumet, 1957) Walking Tall (Kevin Bray, 2004) When Movie Stars Become Brands (Patrick H. Willems, 2024) Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/ @benverschoor.bsky.social Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.substack.com/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/ @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is Root Beer Rag by Billy Joel Closing music is G-Spot Tornado by Frank Zappa Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

Leftist guerillas Perfidia Beverly Hills (Teyana Taylor) and her lover "Ghetto" Pat Calhoun (Leonardo DiCaprio) leading their revolutionary group the French 75 in storming and liberating a migrant holding facility operated by race pervert Colonel Steven Lockjaw (Sean Penn). But after a bank robbery turns deadly the group is shattered and scattered, with Perfidia vanishing and Pat going into hiding with their infant daughter Charlene. Sixteen years later Pat is living in a Colorado sanctuary city in a haze of drugs, under the assumed name of Bob Ferguson. His paranoia makes him an overbearing parent to his daughter, raised as Willa and now played by Chase Infiniti. When Colonel Lockjaw learns of their hiding place and leads a series of migrant roundup raids on the city, the remainders of the French 75 spirit Willa away to a safe house. Meanwhile Bob is forced to rely on the support of kung fu sensei and immigration activist Sergio St Carlos (Benicio Del Toro), as well as the protocol and praxis he forgot years before in order to escape capture and reunite with his daughter. Timestamps (01:48) Godzilla (11:20) Out (Deadly Drifter) (23:28) The Battle of Algiers (42:41) Salvador (53:41) One Battle After Another (1:27:16) Spoilers (1:52:01 ) Next Time! Works Cited The Battle of Algiers (Gillo Pontecorvo, 1966) Born on the Fourth of July (Oliver Stone, 1989) Children of Men (Alfonso Cuaron, 2006) Disco Elysium (ZA-UM, 2019) Deadly Drifter, a.k.a. Out (Eli Hollander, 1982) Django Unchained (Quentin Tarantino, 2012) Godzilla (Ishirō Honda, 1954) Godzilla (Roland Emmerich, 1998) Godzilla review & film summary (1998) | Roger Ebert (Roger Ebert, 1998) Independence Day (Roland Emmerich, 1996) Inherent Vice (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2014 movie; Thomas Pynchon, 2009 novel) JFK (Oliver Stone, 1991) Jurassic Park (Steven Spielberg, 1993) The Master (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2012) Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (Quentin Tarantino, 2019) One Battle After Another (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2025) 'Out' Review (Evan "Raymond Gun-Virus" Pincus, 2019) Platoon (Oliver Stone, 1986) Salvador (Oliver Stone, 1986) A Savage War of Peace: Algeria, 1954–1962 (Alistair Horne,1977) Souvenirs de la Bataille d'Alger (Saadi Yacef, 1956) The Simpsons (Matt Groening, 1989) Siskel & Ebert, Season 12, Episode 37, 'Godzilla/Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas/Bulworth/The Horse Whisperer' (Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert, 1998) Lo Staniero/The Stranger (Luchino Visconti, 1967) There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007) The Wolf of Wall Street (Martin Scorsese, 2013) Thirty Years Later… (Susan Sontag, 1996) This Is What It's Like Now: On "One Battle After Another" (Sam Bodrojan, 2025) Unclear and Present Patreon, The Battle of Algiers (Jamelle Bouie and John Ganz, 2023) Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/ @benverschoor.bsky.social Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.substack.com/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/ @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is Root Beer Rag by Billy Joel Closing music is G-Spot Tornado by Frank Zappa Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

HIM follows Cameron "Cam" Cade (Tyriq Withers) an up and coming college quarterback star who suffers a serious head injury before the draft combine. Unable to participate, Cam finds himself singled out and selected by his idol, Isaiah White (Marlon Wayans) who invites Cam to his isolated compound to train for a week as a test to see if he is capable of succeeding White as the San Antonio Saviors next quarterback. The training quickly descends into ritualistic violence as Cam discovers a deep secret behind White's superstar career. Timestamps (00:00) The Substitute 3: Winner Takes All (24:06) Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (46:35) Foxcatcher  (1:02:25) HIM (1:41:33) Next week's pick: One Battle After Another Works Cited Atlanta, Season 3 Episode 9 "Rich Wigga, Poor Wigga" (Donald Glover, 2022) The Blind Side (John Lee Hancock, 2009) BASEketball (David Zucker, 1998) Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (Ang Lee, 2016 film; Ben Fountain, 2012 novel) Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee, 2005) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee, 2000) Foxcatcher (Bennett Miller, 2014) Get Out (Jordan Peele, 2017) Gemini Man (Ang Lee, 2018) HIM (Justin Tipping, 2025) Him director Justin Tipping explains Marlon Wayans' 'terrifying' moment on set (Tasha Robinson, 2025) HIM movie review & film summary (2025) | Roger Ebert (Robert Daniels, 2025)  'Him' Review: Justin Tipping's Football Horror Movie Is One Fumble After Another (David Ehrlich, 2025) 'HIM' Review: Jordan-Peele Produced Football Horror Is a Huge Fumble (David Fear, 2025) The Life of Pi (Ang Lee, 2012) Magic Mike (Steven Soderbergh, 2012) Metal Gear Solid (Hideo Kojima, 1998) NOPE (Jordan Peele, 2022) The Passion of Joan of Arc (Theodor Dreyer, 1928) Silver Linings Playbook (David O. Russell, 2012) The Substitute 3: Winner Takes All (Robert Radler, 1999) Together (Michael Shanks, 2025) Uncut Gems (Josh and Benny Safdie, 2019) Us (Jordan Peele, 2019) The Wrestler (Darren Aronofsky, 2008) Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/ @benverschoor.bsky.social Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.substack.com/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/ @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is Root Beer Rag by Billy Joel Closing music is G-Spot Tornado by Frank Zappa Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

The Long Walk is the latest film adaptation of a Stephen King novel and takes place in an alternate 1970s United States in which a past war has ruined the country economically. The totalitarian regime that now runs the country has devised a new annual event to encourage larger GDP growth: a marathon walk in which one kid from each state is chosen via voluntary raffle. Each individual must walk at least 3mph, should they fail to do so after three warnings they are killed and the walk lasts until only one remains. The film's focus is mainly on Raymond Garraty as #47 (Cooper Hoffman) and Peter McVries as #23 (David Jonsson) who strike up a friendship despite the competition and its lethal end for all but one competitor. Timestamps (00:00) The Cell (22:06) Misery (41:01) Children of Men (53:10) The Long Walk (1:34:32) Next week's episode: Him Works Cited 11.22.63 (Bridget Carpenter, 2016 miniseries; Stephen King, 2011 novel) Carrie (Brian De Palma, 1976 film; Stephen King, 1974 novel) Cell (Tod Williams, 2016 film; Stephen King, 2006 novel) Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón, 2006 film; P.D. James, 1992 novel) Dreamcatcher (Lawrence Kasdan, 2003 film; Stephen King, 2001 novel) Ghostbusters (Paul Feig, 2016) The Green Mile (Frank Darabont, 1999 film; Stephen King, 1996 novel) The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Mockingjay - Part 1, Mockingjay - Part 2, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (Francis Lawrence, 2013-2015, 2023 films; Susanne Collins, 2009-2010, 2020 novels) It (Any Muschietti, 2017/2019 films; Stephen King, 1986 novel) Jurassic World (Colin Trevorrow, 2015) Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (J.A. Bayona, 2018) Jurassic World Dominion (Colin Trevorrow, 2022) Jurassic World Rebirth (Gareth Edwards, 2025) The Long Walk (Francis Lawrence, 2025 film, Stephen King (as Richard Bachman) 1979 novel) The Long Walk - Just King Things (Cameron Kuntzelman and Michael Lutz, 2021) Neon Genesis Evangelion (Hideaki Ano, 1995) Mass Effect 3 (BioWare, 2012) Misery (Rob Reiner, 1990 film; Stephen King, 1987 novel) Needful Things (Fraser Heston, 1993 film; Stephen King, 1991 novel) The Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont, 1994 film; Stephen King 1982 novella) The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, 1980 film; Stephen King 1977 novel) The Stand (Stephen King, 1978) Star Wars, Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (Rian Johnson, 2017) Star Wars, Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (J.J. Abrams, 2019) Thinner (Tom Holland, 1996 film; Stephen King (as Richard Bachman) 1984 novel) Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/ @benverschoor.bsky.social Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.substack.com/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/ @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is Root Beer Rag by Billy Joel Closing music is G-Spot Tornado by Frank Zappa Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

Private eye Honey O'Donahue (Margaret Qualley) begins investigating the suspicious death of one of her clients, who turns up dead in a car accident before they can even meet. Her sleuthing, with the help of MG (Aubrey Plaza), a police officer she hooked up with, points to the Four Ways church of Reverend Drew Devlin (Chris Evans), a sleazy preacher who brings new meaning to the term 'Come to Jesus,' all while she is trying to help her sister keep her niece Corrine (Talia Ryder) out of trouble. Timestamps (01:35) The Ladykillers (18:44) Jennifer's Body (32:09) The Hudsucker Proxy (48:40) Honey, Don't! (1:30:27) Next week will be The Long Walk Works Cited: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2018) The Big Lebowski (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1997) The Big Sleep ( Howard Hawks, 1946) Blood Simple (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1984) Burn After Reading (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2008) Drive Away Dolls (Ethan Coen, 2024) Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke Break Down 'Honey, Don't's Bogart Influence and Being "Out of Sync" With Joel (Mike Ryan, 2025) Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke's Queer Caper (Naomi Fry, 2024) The Evil Dead (Sam Raimi, 1981) Fargo (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1996) Hail, Caesar! (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2016) Highest 2 Lowest (Spike Lee, 2025) Honey, Don't! (Ethan Coen, 2025) The Hudsucker Proxy (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1994) I Love You, Phillip Morris (John Requa and Glenn Ficarra, 2009) Jennifer's Body (Karyn Kusama, 2009) Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind (Ethan Coen, 2024) The Ladykillers (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2004) The Ladykillers (Alexander Mackendrick, 1955) No Country For Old Men (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2007) Promising Young Woman (Emerald Fennell, 2020) The Tragedy of Macbeth (Joel Coen, 2021) Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Michael Bay, 2009) Raising Arizona (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1987) A Serious Man (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2009)

We get into the nitty gritty details of the back half of Ne Zha 2 as well as dive into the cultural war between the US and China and specifically China's rapid gains in dominating the worldwide box office seemingly all on its own. Timestamps (00:00) Na Zha 2 spoilers (37:20) China, America, the global box office, and international influence (1:15:05) American culture, past and future Works Cited Avengers: Endgame (Russo Brothers, 2019) The Battle at Lake Changjin (Chen Kaige, Tsui Hark, Dante Lam, 2021) Barbie (Greta Gerwig, 2023) Beowulf (Robert Zemeckis, 2007) Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science, 2024) The Boy and the Heron (Hiyao Miyazaki, 2023) 'The Boy and the Heron' review (Sam B., 2023) The Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force (Wuershan, 2025) The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan, 2008) Doctor Strange (Scott Derrickson, 2016) Detective Chinatown 3 (Chen Sicheng, 2021) Foodfight! (Lawrence Kasanoff, 2012) 'Foodfight!' review (Devan Scott, 2025) Full River Red (Zhang Yimou, 2023) Genshin Impact (MiHoYo, 2020) Hi, Mom (Jia Ling, 2021) Hollywood Searches For 'Pot Of Gold' In China : NPR (Renee Montagne and Kim Masters, 2013) Homefront (Kaos Games, 2011) Gamasutra - Features - Kaos Descends: How Homefront's Developer Met its End (Leigh Alexander, 2012) Homefront: Invasion Media, Justified Violence, Images with No Substance (Steven Santana, 2023) Light of Motiram (Tencent, 2025) How China's Soft Power is Rewriting Asian Culture (Brabim Karki, 2025) The Investiture of the Gods (Xu Zhonglin, circa 16th century) Iron Man (Jon Favreau, 2008) Iron Man 3 (Shane Black, 2013) Journey to the West (Wu Cheng'en, circa 1592) Journey to the West (Steven Chow, Derek Kwok, 2013) The Karate Kid (Harald Zwart, 2010) Kingdom of Loathing (Asymmetric Publications, 2003) Looper (Rian Johnson, 2012) Ne Zha (Jiaozi, 2019) Ne Zha 2 (Jiaozi, 2025) "Ne Zha: China's Symbol of Rebellion" (Accented Cinema, 2025) Nazha Conquers the Dragon King (Wang Shuchen, Yan Ding Xian, Xu Jingda, 1980) Oppenheimer (Christopher Nolan, 2023) The Polar Express (Robert Zemeckis, 2004) "ROTTEN: Behind the Foodfight" (Ok so…, 2024) Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Gore Verbinski, 2007) Red Dawn (Dan Bradley, 2012) Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Luo Guanzhong, 14th century) Soleimani Death: Spider-Man, SpongeBob Only US Heroes, Iran Cleric Says - Business Insider (Sahar Esfandiari, 2020) Spider-Man: No Way Home (Jon Watts, 2021) The State of Video Gaming in 2025, p.77 (Matthew Ball, 2025) The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, 2024) 3 Body Problem (David Benioff, D. B. Weiss, Alexander Woo, 2024) Transformers: Age of Extinction (Michael Bay, 2014) Total Recall (Len Wiseman, 2012) The Wandering Earth (Frant Gwo, 2019) The Wandering Earth 2 (Frant Gwo, 2023) The Unholy Truth Behind 'Black Myth: Wukong's Massive Sales and False Hype (Shannon Liao, 2024) Water Gate Bridge (Dante Lam, Chen Kaige, Tsui Hark, 2022) What Is 'Ne Zha 2'? How It Became the Biggest Animated Movie Ever (David Opie, 2025) Yolo (Jia Ling, 2024) Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/ @benverschoor.bsky.social Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.substack.com/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/ @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is Root Beer Rag by Billy Joel Closing music is G-Spot Tornado by Frank Zappa Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

Ne Zha 2 is the fifth highest grossing film of all time worldwide, so why hasn't anyone in the US really seen or heard about it? We talk about the awful, no good animated film Foodfight! (2012) first, followed by our guessing game for related screenings, then get into Investiture of the Gods, Ne Zha 1 from 2019 and Ne Zha 2 released earlier this year in China and subbed in the US and most recently dubbed in English for another release that has landed with a thud stateside. Our follow up episode tomorrow will get into both spoilers for Ne Zha 2 and a discussion on why it has not found success in the United States and the cultural war between these two regions. Works Cited Avengers: Endgame (Russo Brothers, 2019) The Battle at Lake Changjin (Chen Kaige, Tsui Hark, Dante Lam, 2021) Barbie (Greta Gerwig, 2023) Beowulf (Robert Zemeckis, 2007) Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science, 2024) The Boy and the Heron (Hiyao Miyazaki, 2023) 'The Boy and the Heron' review (Sam B., 2023) The Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force (Wuershan, 2025) The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan, 2008) Doctor Strange (Scott Derrickson, 2016) Detective Chinatown 3 (Chen Sicheng, 2021) Foodfight! (Lawrence Kasanoff, 2012) 'Foodfight!' review (Devan Scott, 2025) Full River Red (Zhang Yimou, 2023) Genshin Impact (MiHoYo, 2020) Hi, Mom (Jia Ling, 2021) Hollywood Searches For 'Pot Of Gold' In China : NPR (Renee Montagne and Kim Masters, 2013) Homefront (Kaos Games, 2011) Gamasutra - Features - Kaos Descends: How Homefront's Developer Met its End (Leigh Alexander, 2012) Homefront: Invasion Media, Justified Violence, Images with No Substance (Steven Santana, 2023) Light of Motiram (Tencent, 2025) How China's Soft Power is Rewriting Asian Culture (Brabim Karki, 2025) The Investiture of the Gods (Xu Zhonglin, circa 16th century) Iron Man (Jon Favreau, 2008) Iron Man 3 (Shane Black, 2013) Journey to the West (Wu Cheng'en, circa 1592) Journey to the West (Steven Chow, Derek Kwok, 2013) The Karate Kid (Harald Zwart, 2010) Kingdom of Loathing (Asymmetric Publications, 2003) Looper (Rian Johnson, 2012) Ne Zha (Jiaozi, 2019) Ne Zha 2 (Jiaozi, 2025) "Ne Zha: China's Symbol of Rebellion" (Accented Cinema, 2025) Nazha Conquers the Dragon King (Wang Shuchen, Yan Ding Xian, Xu Jingda, 1980) Oppenheimer (Christopher Nolan, 2023) The Polar Express (Robert Zemeckis, 2004) "ROTTEN: Behind the Foodfight" (Ok so…, 2024) Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Gore Verbinski, 2007) Red Dawn (Dan Bradley, 2012) Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Luo Guanzhong, 14th century) Soleimani Death: Spider-Man, SpongeBob Only US Heroes, Iran Cleric Says - Business Insider (Sahar Esfandiari, 2020) Spider-Man: No Way Home (Jon Watts, 2021) The State of Video Gaming in 2025, p.77 (Matthew Ball, 2025) The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, 2024) 3 Body Problem (David Benioff, D. B. Weiss, Alexander Woo, 2024) Transformers: Age of Extinction (Michael Bay, 2014) Total Recall (Len Wiseman, 2012) The Wandering Earth (Frant Gwo, 2019) The Wandering Earth 2 (Frant Gwo, 2023) The Unholy Truth Behind 'Black Myth: Wukong's Massive Sales and False Hype (Shannon Liao, 2024) Water Gate Bridge (Dante Lam, Chen Kaige, Tsui Hark, 2022) What Is 'Ne Zha 2'? How It Became the Biggest Animated Movie Ever (David Opie, 2025) Yolo (Jia Ling, 2024) Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/ @benverschoor.bsky.social Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.substack.com/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/ @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is Root Beer Rag by Billy Joel Closing music is G-Spot Tornado by Frank Zappa Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

This is our spoiler filled section for not only Spike Lee's Highest 2 Lowest but also the original Akira Kurosawa film High and Low. We talk about pretty much everything that happens in the second half of both films, what we liked and did not like about how each film handles the same overarching scenario and how they differ in execution. Next week we will be discussing Ne Zha 2 the Chinese animated fantasy adventure comedy film written and directed by Jiaozi, as well as the original Ne Zha. Works Cited "Akira Kurosawa: Composing Movement" (Every Frame a Painting, 2015) At the Movies (Gene Siskel, Roger Ebert, 1986-2010) Collateral (Michael Mann, 2004) Collateral Letterboxd review (esther, 2015) Django (Sergio Corbucci, 1966) Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee, 1989) A Fistful of Dollars (Sergio Leone, 1964) Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar North, 2004) Heat (Michael Mann, 1995) High and Low (Akira Kurosawa, 1963) "High and Low (1963) - Modern trailer" (TheBurningArchive, 2024) "Highest 2 Lowest" (Aiyana-Lee, 2025) Highest 2 Lowest (Spike Lee, 2025) "Ice Spice's Highest 2 Lowest Cameo, Explained" (Brandon Zachary, 2025) Ichi the Killer (Takashi Miike, 2001) Inside Man (Spike Lee, 2006) Kill Bill (Quentin Tarantino, 2003, 2004) "Meet Aiyana-Lee, the Breakout Singer From Highest 2 Lowest" (Barry Levitt, 2025) Miami Vice (Michael Mann, 2006) Oldboy (Park Chan-Wook, 2003) Oldboy (Spike Lee, 2013) Once Upon a Time in Mexico (Robert Rodriguez, 2003) Public Enemies (Michael Mann, 2009) "Prisencolinensinainciusol" (Adriano Celentano, 1973) "Prisencolin (Americano Joint)" (Aiyana-Lee, 2025) "The reasons behind Adriano Celentano's songs in Highest 2 Lowest" (OnePress TV, 2025) "Spike Lee Made an Ad for Cryptocurrency ATMs and It's Bizarre" (Edward Ongweso, Jr., 2021) Stray Dog (Akira Kurosawa, 1949) Sukiyaki Western Django (Takashi Miike, 2007) Thief (Michael Mann, 1981) Throne of Blood (Akira Kurosawa, 1957) "Trunks" (A$AP Rocky, 2025) Tokyo Story (Yasujirō Ozu, 1953) Yojimbo (Akira Kurosawa, 1961) Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/ @benverschoor.bsky.social Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.substack.com/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/ @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is Root Beer Rag by Billy Joel Closing music is G-Spot Tornado by Frank Zappa Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

In this non-spoiler episode we discuss both Spike Lee's latest joint Highest 2 Lowest which sees the famed director reteaming with Denzel Washington in a reinterpretation of the classic Akira Kurosawa film from 1963: High and Low. We discuss the first half of both films, their differences and similarities in focus and execution of the same premise (taken from the novel King's Ransom: An 87th Precinct Mystery is a novel by Evan Hunter). Tomorrow (Friday, August 29) we will premiere the spoiler section of our show and announce the next film we will be watching. Works Cited "Akira Kurosawa: Composing Movement" (Every Frame a Painting, 2015) At the Movies (Gene Siskel, Roger Ebert, 1986-2010) Collateral (Michael Mann, 2004) Collateral Letterboxd review (esther, 2015) Django (Sergio Corbucci, 1966) Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee, 1989) A Fistful of Dollars (Sergio Leone, 1964) Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar North, 2004) Heat (Michael Mann, 1995) High and Low (Akira Kurosawa, 1963) "High and Low (1963) - Modern trailer" (TheBurningArchive, 2024) "Highest 2 Lowest" (Aiyana-Lee, 2025) Highest 2 Lowest (Spike Lee, 2025) "Ice Spice's Highest 2 Lowest Cameo, Explained" (Brandon Zachary, 2025) Ichi the Killer (Takashi Miike, 2001) Inside Man (Spike Lee, 2006) Kill Bill (Quentin Tarantino, 2003, 2004) "Meet Aiyana-Lee, the Breakout Singer From Highest 2 Lowest" (Barry Levitt, 2025) Miami Vice (Michael Mann, 2006) Oldboy (Park Chan-Wook, 2003) Oldboy (Spike Lee, 2013) Once Upon a Time in Mexico (Robert Rodriguez, 2003) Public Enemies (Michael Mann, 2009) "Prisencolinensinainciusol" (Adriano Celentano, 1973) "Prisencolin (Americano Joint)" (Aiyana-Lee, 2025) "The reasons behind Adriano Celentano's songs in Highest 2 Lowest" (OnePress TV, 2025) "Spike Lee Made an Ad for Cryptocurrency ATMs and It's Bizarre" (Edward Ongweso, Jr., 2021) Stray Dog (Akira Kurosawa, 1949) Sukiyaki Western Django (Takashi Miike, 2007) Thief (Michael Mann, 1981) Throne of Blood (Akira Kurosawa, 1957) "Trunks" (A$AP Rocky, 2025) Tokyo Story (Yasujirō Ozu, 1953) Yojimbo (Akira Kurosawa, 1961) Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/ @benverschoor.bsky.social Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.substack.com/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/ @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is Root Beer Rag by Billy Joel Closing music is G-Spot Tornado by Frank Zappa Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

In present-day Japan, a series of destructive offshore phenomena leads to the appearance of a unidentified giant lizard-like creature. The mysterious nature of the beast and the destruction it leaves in its wake causes political confusion and paralysis within the Japanese government. A task force is created to research the creature and solve the puzzle of an enigmatic chart left behind by Goro Maki, a disgraced, anti-nuclear zoology professor, that might hold the key to stopping the creature. This week we discuss Shin Godzilla from 2016 as it is being re-released in theaters due to a 4K remaster. Next week we will be discussing Highest 2 Lowest the latest Spike Lee joint starring Denzel Washington and screenplay by Alan Fox. Works Cited: 10 Cloverfield Lane (Dan Trachtenberg, 2016) At The Movies, Season 11, Episode 36 - Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (Gene Siskel, Roger Ebert, 1997) The Batman (Matt Reeves, 2022) Cloverfield (Matt Reeves, 2008) The Cloverfield Paradox (Julius Onah, 2018) Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (Matt Reeves, 2014) The End of Evangelion (Hideaki Anno, 1997) Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (Hideaki Anno, 2007) Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (Hideaki Anno, 2009) Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo (Hideaki Anno, 2012) Gamera, the Giant Monster (Noriaki Yuasa, 1965) "Gamera: Guardian of the Universe" (Roger Ebert, 1997) Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (Shusuke Kaneko, 1999) GAMERA1999 (Hideaki Anno, 1999) Godzilla (Ishirō Honda, 1954) Godzilla (Gareth Edwards, 2014) Godzilla Minus One (Takashi Yamazaki, 2023) Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (Ishirō Honda, 1964) "I WENT TO THE "ICE OUT OF LA" PROTEST" (Hasan Piker, 2025) Love & Pop (Hideaki Anno, 1998) Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Haim Saban, Shuki Levy, 1993-1995) Mystery Science Theater 3000, Season 3, Episode 2, Gamera (Joel Hodgeson, Frank Conniff, 1991) Shin Godzilla (Hideaki Anno, 2016) Superhuman Samurai Syber Squad (James Rowley, 1994-1995) War for the Planet of the Apes (Matt Reeves, 2017) Twin Peaks: The Return, "Part 8 - Gotta Light?" (David Lynch, 2017) The Guns of August (Barbara Tuchman, 1962) Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/ @benverschoor.bsky.social Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.substack.com/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/ @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is Root Beer Rag by Billy Joel Closing music is G-Spot Tornado by Frank Zappa Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

In this episode we both watched awful, terrible, no-good films as punishment for losing the guessing game last episode. We then get back to regular scheduling with guessing and talking about two related films to our main feature: The Naked Gun, directed by Akiva Schaffer as well as written by Schaffer, Dan Gregor, Doug Mand, and starring Liam Neeson as Lieutenant Frank Drebin Jr. who is pulled off a bank robbery case due to his excessive force and reassigned to a traffic suicide whose victim's sister, Pamela Anderson, insists was actually a murder. Danny Huston plays a tech billionaire who plans to use a plot device for an evil plan. Hijinks ensue. Next week we will be discussing Shin Godzilla written and directed by Hideaki Anno and co-directed by Shinji Higuchi. Works Cited: American Criminal (Dylan Bank, 2019) Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (Adam McKay, 2004) The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (David Fincher, 2011) A Karate Christmas Miracle (Julie Kimmel, 2019) Battleship Potemkin (Sergei Eisenstein, 1925) Chip and Dale: Rescue Rangers (Akiva Schaffer, 2022) The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan, 2008) Deadpool (Tim Miller, 2016) Hard Boiled (John Woo, 1992) Heat (Michael Mann, 1995) Holmes & Watson (Etan Coen, 2018) Hot Fuzz (Edgar Wright, 2007) Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (Rian Johnson, 2022) The Lego Movie (Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, 2014) Let the Right One In (Tomas Alfredson, 2004) Life's Too Short, Season 1 Episode 1 (Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, 2011) "Michael Bay - What is Bayhem?" (Tony Zhou, Every Frame a Painting, 2014) A Minecraft Movie (Jared Hess, 2025) [about which Ben's more articulate thoughts can be found here.] The Naked Gun (Akiva Schaffer, 2025) The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (David Zucker, 1988) Police Story (Jackie Chan, 1985) Police Story 2 (Jackie Chan, 1988) Police Story 3: Supercop (Stanley Tong, 1992) Pop Star: Never Stop Never Stopping (Akiva Schaffer, 2016) The Snowman (Tomas Alfredson, 2017) Se7en (David Fincher, 1995) Snatched (Jonathan Levine, 2017) Spaceballs (Mel Brooks, 1987) Spy Hard (Rick Friedberg, 1996) Step Brothers (Adam McKay, 2008) Taken (Pierre Morel, 2008) Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (Adam McKay, 2006) Top Secret! (Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, & Jerry Zucker and Martyn Burke, 1984) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Tomas Alfredson, 2011) The Untouchables (Brian De Palma, 1987) Venom (Ruben Fleischer, 2018) Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (Jake Kasden, 2007) Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/ @benverschoor.bsky.social Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.substack.com/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/ @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is Root Beer Rag by Billy Joel Closing music is G-Spot Tornado by Frank Zappa Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

In this episode we discuss Together, written and directed by Michael Shanks and starring Dave Franco and Alison Brie as a couple in a relationship currently going through troubled times that is only exacerbated by a supernatural effect that begins to forcibly push the two together with horrific outcomes. Spoilers begin at 1:03:00 and end at 1:22:38 Next week we will be discussing The Naked Gun starring Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson. Works Cited: "I Want to Talk About "Elevated Horror"" (Mariana Colin, 2025) "Men (2022) - Movie Review" (Tim Brayton, 2022) Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/ @benverschoor.bsky.social Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.substack.com/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/ @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is Root Beer Rag by Billy Joel Closing music is G-Spot Tornado by Frank Zappa Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

In this episode we discuss Mark Anthony Green's musical thriller Opus (2025)! Starring Ayo Edebiri, John Malkovich, Amber Midthunder, and some other people. First we guess at each others repertory film and discuss followed by our general thoughts on Opus with a spoiler section afterwards. Next week we will be discussing Togther starring Dave Franco and Alison Brie. Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/ @benverschoor.bsky.social Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.substack.com/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/ @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is Root Beer Rag by Billy Joel Closing music is G-Spot Tornado by Frank Zappa Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict  

In this episode we discuss Ari Aster's perplexing Covid provocation Eddington (2025)! First we guess at each others repertory film and discuss followed by our general thoughts/non spoilers conversation on Eddington before diving deep into the film. Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/ @benverschoor.bsky.social Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.substack.com/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/ @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is Root Beer Rag by Billy Joel Closing music is G-Spot Tornado by Frank Zappa Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict  

This is our very first episode in which we introduce the concept and origin of the podcast, pull up each other's Letterboxd to do a Q&A session, and answer film, theater, and other related rapid fire questions we came up with beforehand. Our first real episode will be on Eddington (2025) directed, written, and produced by Ari Aster. Films discussed/mentioned: Green Room (2015) Love, Antosha (2019) Rebel Ridge (2024) The Matrix (1999) Back to the Future (1985) Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) Alien (1979) Alien Romulus (2024) Alien 3 (1992) Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) Frank (2014) West Side Story (1961) West Side Story (2021) Shin Gozilla (2016) Jurassic Park (1993) Treasure Planet (2002) Bambi (1942) Lion King (1994) Queer (2024) Hook (1991) Jupiter Ascending (2015) Little Shop of Horrors (1986) The Blue Dhalia (1946) Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/  @benverschoor.bsky.social Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.substack.com/  https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/  @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is Root Beer Rag by Billy Joel Closing music is G-Spot Tornado by Frank Zappa