Tonight Movie

Welcome back everyone! Today we talk about the western, High Noon. Join in with us on our final episode of our first season of Tonight Movie. A big thank you to all who listened in to us every Thursday and hope everyone enjoyed what they heard. Stay tuned on all our social media accounts to find out when the new season drops. See you all real soon!

Sarah, "I did not expect you to pull out the DSM-5 today." Listen in as the siblings talk about the 1988 Italian film Cinema Paradiso. 

Welcome back! Join us as we talk about our first (surprisingly) Wes Anderson film, Asteroid City. 

Ben, "The thing I love about Melville, is him,Tarantino, and Nolan have the same view in which they want to make movies about their favorite movies." We're back in France this week with Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Cercle Rouge. 

We’re visiting Ireland this week to discuss the 2022 film, The Banshees of Inisherin. Trigger warning: the film depicts and we do talk about graphic images, depression, language, nudity, suicide, and other mature themes.

Another Thursday, another film to be talked about. Join us as we discuss The Thin Man, starring William Powell and Myrna Loy, based Dashiell Hammett’s novel of the same name.

This is officially one of the longest film’s we’ve ever watched. We head to Italy this week to talk about Federico Fellini’s film, 8 1/2. Trigger warning: The film depicts depression and suicide and we do discuss them briefly. 

After watching this film, it landed a spot on Sarah’s top 10 favorite films. Join us today as we talk about the French film, A Man Escaped.

Today, we sit down to discuss the film that was Peter Dinklage’s breakthrough role, The Station Agent. Trigger warning: we do discuss suicide in today’s episode.

And we’re back… with not only another Russian film, but an Andrei Tarkovsky one. Join us as we sit down and discuss his 1966 film, Andrei Rublev.

This film has a plethora of things, including Willem Dafoe in a leather jumpsuit (no this isn’t joke he really is in a leather jumpsuit). Today, we talk about the 1980s neo-noir rock musical, Streets of Fire.

“You fight even though you know you're going to lose." Join us as we dive into the 1985 Runaway Away starring Jon Voight and Eric Roberts. 

Alfred Hitchcock, “If it’s a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what was going on.” We're back with part 2! Listen in to Sarah and Al wrap up their final thoughts on all things Alfred Hitchcock. 

 Al, “You take a guy like Hitchcock who doesn’t want to settle for second best.” Get ready for another 2-parter! Al and Sarah sit down to discuss one of Al’s favorite directors, Alfred Hitchcock.

“They formed an alliance of hate to steal a fortune in dead man’s gold.” Join us as we wrap up the series and our thoughts the final movie, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. Trigger warning: we do briefly mention sexual assault.

“Where life had no value, death, sometimes, had its price. That is why the south killers appeared.” Get ready for the second installment of the trilogy, For a Few Dollars More.

We’re doing a 3 part series! For the next 3 episodes, we’ll be talking about the spaghetti western trilogy, Dollars/Man with No Name starring Clint Eastwood. Today, we kick it off with A Fistful of Dollars. Trigger warning: we do briefly talk about sexual assault.

No, this is not the George Clooney version, Ben was adamant about that. We sit down to discus the discuss the original Russian version, Andrei Tarkovksy’s Solaris. Trigger warning: we do briefly talk about suicide in today’s episode.

“Is he always this funny, or only on days when he's wanted for murder?” We sit down to discuss Robert Zemecki’s 1980s film, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

“There was a demon that lived in the air. They said whoever challenged him would die.” Join us today as we talk about one of Ben’s favorite films, The Right Stuff. 

“No, sir, I will not yield!” In today’s episode, we discuss Frank Capra’s Mr. Smith Goest to Washington starring Jean Arthur and James Stewart.

“Today… we celebrate our Independence Day!” Join us as we talk about this 90s classic film and how Ben has changed his views on it over the years. 

Welcome back! Today, join Sarah and Al as they finish their discussion on The Sound of Music and Mary Poppins.

The hills are alive… with the sound of Julie Andrews’ beautiful voice. Sarah is joined by her father, Al, in this 2 part special to discuss The Sound the Music and Mary Poppins. 

It’s finally here. A long time coming, we to sit down today and talk about one of our favorite directors, Christopher Nolan and his film, Dunkirk.

This week’s film is an absolute train wreck and we love every bit of it. Join us as we get a bit nostalgic today to talk about Sean Connery’s last movie, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. 

Spencer Tracy, “This land has a name today, and is marked on maps. But the names and the marks and the maps all had to be won, won from nature and from primitive man.” In today’s episode, we sit down to discuss the epic western, How the West Was Won. 

To sum up what this film is essentially about: pride. Today, we talk about Fred Zinnemann’s film From Here to Eternity, based off James Jones 1951 novel of the same name. 

The main song from this film got stuck in our heads longer than we wanted to. Join us as we discuss the musical, Meet Me in St. Louis, based off Sally Benson’s novel of the same name.

We headed back to the romance genre this week and to say we had some strong feelings about this film is an understatement. Today, we talk about Mike Newell’s 1994 British romantic comedy, Four Weddings and Funeral.

A new episode, a new Russian film. We’re back with another Sergei Eisenstein film, Alexander Nevsky. Listen in to hear our thoughts and why Ben thinks Eisenstein is the Nathaniel Hawthorne of film. 

Fun fact about this film: it was selected by the United States Library of Congress to be preserved in the National Film Registry in 1995.  Join us as we talk about John Ford’s western, Stagecoach starring John Wayne. 

This film is not only banned in Russia but allegedly there has been 1.5 million illegal downloads from the country. Today, we discuss Armando Iannucci’s satire movie The Death of Stalin featuring an all-star cast. Trigger warning: this the film does have dark themes and sexual assault references and we do discuss them.

Despite being a commercial success in the United Kingdom and India, this film is considered a sleeper hit in the U.S. In today’s episode, we talk about Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire starring Dev Patel and Freida Pinto.

Ben is back this week and he decided that it’s time to go back to Russia. Join us as we discuss the first part of Sergei Eisenstein’s final film, Ivan the Terrible. 

“You know, you worry too much. In fact, everybody worries too much.” Ready for part 2? Join Sarah and her father as they wrap up their discussion on the Disney film, Fun and Fancy Free. 

Welcome back! Not only is this this a 2-part special, but we have a special guest. Join Sarah as she sits down with her father to discuss a Disney oldie. 

“Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine.” We sit down today to talk about the romantic classic Casablanca starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman.

We have a first for us this week! Today, we talk about the sports drama The Wrestler starring Mickey Rourke. Trigger warning: The film depicts depression and suicide and we do discuss them.

In today’s episode, we travel to WWII Germany to discuss the epic war film, based on Lothar-Günther Buchheim 1973 novel of the same name, Das Boot. 

We branched out to a new genre for today’s episode. We’re going to the old west to discuss Howard Hawkes western, Red River, based off Borden Chase’s story, “The Chrisholm Trail”.

“This is definitely a mind screw of movie. 10/10 recommend.” This film messed with Sarah’s head too much. Today, we sit down to discuss the 2016 film Arrival starring Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner. 

Jeff Goldblum in a cowboy outfit. Peter Weller is a rockstar and neuroscientist. John Lithgow is a leader of an alien army. Quintessential 1980s. Join us as we discuss one of our all time favorite movies and learn why we believe everyone should watch this. 

In today’s episode, we took a trip down memory lane to discuss what we consider an underrated Disney film. Join us as we reminisce about one of our favorite childhood movies, Atlantis: The Lost Empire.

“The name is Bond. James Bond.” We sit down today to discuss anything and everything James Bond, from Sean Connery to Daniel Craig. Grab your favorite drink and best spy gear. An important note: this was recorded before No Time to Die was released so it was not discussed. 

“Those that hunt them still go by the name… Blade Runner.” We head to the future this week to talk about Denis Villeneuve’s film, Blade Runner 2049 starring Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford.

Sarah first heard about this movie when she was a kid and the 1980s show, The A-Team, did an episode based on it. Join us today as we discuss The Maltese Falcon, based on the novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett.

So far we’ve been to France, Hong Kong, and our destination this week: Russia. Today, we talk about a favorite of Ben's, Andrei Tarkovsky’s 1979 science fiction art film, Stalker.

We have a double feature! For today’s episode, we do a comparison between Martin Scorsese’s The Departed and the Hong Kong film it was adapted from, Infernal Affairs.

Little Italy, Catholic guilt, redemption... join us as we discuss the early stages of Martin Scorsese's career with one of his first films, Mean Streets.