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This week, we’re continuing with awards season films. This film received three Golden Globe nominations, was directed by the legendary writer / director of Oldboy, and is about paper and some other stuff. This week is was snubbed for all oscars. Our reviews were recorded before the snubs. No Other Choice (2025), directed by Park Chan-wook.
This week, we’re continuing with awards season films. This film won a Golden Globe and a Critics Choice award for best actor, Timothee Chalamet receiving both. It also just took the record for highest domestic box office for an A24 film. It will certainly be a contender come the Oscars. Marty Supreme (2025), directed by Josh Safdie.
This week, we're in 2026 and right in the middle of awards season. The Golden Globes were last night, the Oscars are coming up, and we're diving into what is shaping up to be one of the best years for movies in a long time. This year, we're watching the two time Golden Globe nominee and winner of the Critics Choice Award for best cinematography, Train Dreams (2025), directed by Clint Bentley.
This week, we find ourselves in awards season. This film was nominated for the Palm d’Or as well as a Golden Globe for best picture (musical/comedy). It is on Netflix. If you are a fan of film history or consider yourself a movie nerd, this one is a strong recommendation. Nouvelle Vague (2025), directed by Richard Linklater.
This week, we watch a film that is beyond anything a summary could cover. A must see, a masterpiece. Schindler's List, directed by Steven Spielberg.
This week, we’re finish up our Lanthimos kick with the film that brought the director to a wide audience. We are divided on this one again, but the visual style and humor are enough to get a recommendation from at least two of us. The Favourite (2018), directed by Yorgos Lanthimos.
This week, we’re continuing our Lanthimos kick with a film that is currently in theaters. We are a bit divided on how this one ended up, but we can say that if your a fan of the director, this one is worth seeing blind. Bugonia (2025), directed by Yorgos Lanthimos.
This week, we find ourselves in October (when we recorded). And you know what that means? Scary films! The final week brings us to the director who gave us Poor Things. We can’t in good conscience recommend watching this movie to any listeners, but if you want to be disturbed and witness some of the obvious filmmaking talent of early Yorgos, you may want to dare. Dogtooth (2009), directed by Yorgos Lanthimos.
This week, we find ourselves in October. And you know what that means? Scary films! Week three brings us back to the director who gave us Seven and Gone Girl (both on the top 250). More of a thriller/crime procedural, this film nonetheless has at least one of the scariest scenes ever put to film. Zodiac (2007), directed by David Fincher.
This week, we find ourselves in October. And you know what that means? Scary films! Week two brings us back to the director who gave us the old film newly on the top 250, Harakiri (1962). Lots of people consider this horror, but after a viewing, it seems more like a series of fantasy stories with ghosts. Kwaidan (1964), directed by Masaki Kobayashi.
This week, we go to the theaters to see was will most certainly be a frontrunner for best picture of 2025. This film blends action, drama, political commentary, and, most importantly, humor into a unique yet accessible joyride. See this one in the theaters if you can. One Battle After Another (2025), directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.
It’s September, and to celebrate the fall season, we are doing a month of David Lynch movies. Lynch is criminally under represented in the Top 250, so we wanted to honor the legendary film maker with a run of some of his most acclaimed work. This week, we finish it off with his first film, Eraserhead (1977).
It’s September, and to celebrate the fall season, we are doing a month of David Lynch movies. Lynch is criminally under represented in the Top 250, so we wanted to honor the legendary film maker with a run of some of his most acclaimed work. This week, we watch Mulholland Drive (2001).
It’s September, and to celebrate the fall season, we are doing a month of David Lynch movies. Lynch is criminally under represented in the Top 250, so we wanted to honor the legendary film maker with a run of some of his most acclaimed work. This week, we watch Lost Highway (1997).
It’s September, and to celebrate the fall season, we are doing a month of David Lynch movies. Lynch is criminally under represented in the Top 250, so we wanted to honor the legendary film maker with a run of some of his most acclaimed work. This week, we dive right in with Blue Velvet (1986). Let’s go for a ride.
For the fourth movie choice based on the theme of death, we travel to Hawaii to hang with Clooney. This film has some heavy drama, but with Alexander Payne sprinkling in his dry humor and the sights and sounds of Hawaii ever-present, the story keeps from sinking into too dark of a place. The Descendants (2011), directed by Alexander Payne.
For the third movie choice based on the theme of death, we repost an episode where we watch the tale of a man diagnosed with stomach cancer, which causes him to reflect on his seemingly wasted life. Taking its time to establish moods appropriate for the subject matter, this film makes you think about what it means to be alive, and how to get the most out of life with what short time we have. Ikiru (1952), directed by Akira Kurosawa.
This week, we continued with the themed movie selections, with the first series is based on the theme of Death. This second film takes place near our old stomping grounds of Boston, a features a story and performances where you might need to take a walk afterwords to digest and decompress. Manchester by the Sea (2016), directed by Kenneth Lonergan.
