Not just another bad movie podcast, Blank Check reviews directors' complete filmographies episode to episode. Specifically, the auteurs whose early successes afforded them the rare ‘blank check’ from Hollywood to produce passion projects. Each new miniseries, hosts Griffin Newman and David Sims delve into the works of film’s most outsized personalities in painstakingly hilarious detail. Produced by Ben Hosley.
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The King of Comedy with Stavros Halkias
This week we're covering Scorsese's The King of Comedy and we've got the real King of Comedy on to talk about how Rupert Pupkin should have done some open mic nights.
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Sep 20 3 h 04 min
Raging Bull with David Krumholtz
#8 trending · Film Reviews
Did you pod my cast? DID YOU POD MY CAST?
Martin Scorsese's Raging Bull is often cited as one of the greatest films of all time - one of the greatest boxing films, one
Sep 13 2 h 19 min
New York, New York with Lin-Manuel Miranda
#42 trending · Film Reviews
Start spreadin' the news, we're podding today...
Broadway icon (and newly minted Disney Legend!) Lin-Manuel Miranda joins us to talk about what is possibly Scorsese's bi
Sep 6 2 h 02 min
Taxi Driver with Tracy Letts
#23 trending · Film Reviews
You poddin' to me? Well, listener, actually - we are podding to you. For nearly FOUR HOURS.
The great Tracy Letts joins us to talk about Scorsese's monumental Taxi Driv
Aug 30 3 h 53 min
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore with Katey Rich
"Martin Scorsese doesn't make movies about women" - WRONG. "Martin Scorsese doesn't make movies that would work as a long-running workplace sitcom" - ALSO WRONG.
Katey
Aug 23 2 h 31 min
Mean Streets with Miriam Bale
We're heading to Little Italy's San Gennaro festival this week with Griffy Parm, David Bags, and the great Miriam Bale as we chat about 1973's Mean Streets - a major brea
Aug 16 2 h 35 min
Who's That Knocking at My Door / Boxcar Bertha
Knock knock! Who's there? MARTY, THAT'S WHO! Welcome to the first installment in PODCASTFELLAS - our supersized series on the films of short king and Italian-American ast
Aug 9 2 h 26 min
A Conversation with Andrew Stanton
Surprise! In a first for Blank Check, we’re dropping a bonus main-feed episode featuring a conversation with the Academy Award-winning director of the films we just cover
Aug 6 1 h 30 min
Toy Story 5
Woody, Buzz, and Jessie are back - and they're making us freak out about social media! Join Griffin, David, Ben, and Marie as they discuss Andrew Stanton's latest film -
Aug 2 2 h 33 min
In the Blink of an Eye with Joey Sims
Did you know that Andrew Stanton released TWO movies this year? Toy Story 5, of course, but also the centuries-spanning sci-fi yarn In the Blink of an Eye?! This episode
Jul 26 2 h 02 min
The Odyssey
Sing in us, O Muse, and let us tell the story of four cunning podcasters, wanderers who gained entry into three different large format screenings of Christopher Nolan's T
Jul 19 2 h 34 min
Finding Dory with Zach Cherry
Have you seen Dory? We have!
Zach Cherry joins us to talk about 2016's Finding Dory, a film that made a kajillion dollars and set off a run of four Pixar sequels in a r
Jul 12 2 h 43 min
John Carter with Matt Singer
We are going to Barsoom with 2012's John Carter - a film that bounced almost as much as the titular hero bounced around on Mars! Matt Singer joins us to talk about this l
Jul 5 3 h 13 min
WALL-E with David Ehrlich
Put on your pod-day clothes, there's lots of world out there! We're joined by David Ehrlich to discuss WALL-E this week - a film many consider to be Stanton's (and Pixar'
Jun 28 3 h 25 min
Finding Nemo with Rebecca Alter
Welcome to PODD-C, our series on the films of Pixar stalwart Andrew Stanton! This week, we're kicking off with 2003's Finding Nemo, a film that ushered in nearly two deca
Jun 21 3 h 21 min
Disclosure Day
This is "Spielberg Face: The Movie." This is radical empathy. This is Emily Blunt Supremacy. This is DISCLOSURE DAY.
Griffin, David, Ben, and Marie break down Steven Spi
Jun 14 2 h 23 min
The Way Back with Alex Ross Perry
We're talking about a very long walk this week as Alex Ross Perry joins us to discuss Peter Weir's final film, 2010's gulag escape drama The Way Back. Remember those coup
Jun 7 3 h 08 min
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with John Hodgman
Beat to quarters, men..and nice Brazilian lady holding an umbrella! We're sailing the high seas with John Hodgman this week as we unpack one of David Sims' favorite films
May 31 3 h 12 min
The Mandalorian and Grogu with Chris Gethard
The Mandalorian and Grogu is the first new Star Wars movie in 7 years. It was also directed by Jon Favreau while he was making grilled cheese sandwiches. What the heck is
May 24 3 h 13 min
The Truman Show with J.D. Amato
Good morning! And in case we don't see ya, good afternoon, good evening, and good night! JD Amato - often the Christof of Blank Check - joins us for a super-sized episode
May 17 3 h 37 min
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If all other podcasts were eliminated from the world, this one would sustain me with all of its juicy nourishing goodness as I was wrapped in the loving embrace of the dulcet tones of these fine cinephiles.
NateBegleVO · Aug 2026
Griffin and David provide thoughtful, well-researched (good job JJ) and humorous look at the films we love and the directors that made them. Ben is great too! My only complaint is that sometimes David whispers or leans back when he has something important to say, requiring me to crank up the volume just to hear what he says. Eat the mike, David!! Great show, great hosts. Consider me a Blankie for life!
MightyBedbug · Aug 2026
Two friends and a great producer discuss filmographies. No bits. Great guests. Lots of laughs and a serious love of film. Connoisseurs of context Griffin and David offer deep dives into director's entire oeuvres chronologically, with a focus on box office performance and Oscar connections and accolades. Couldn't love it more.
DJ_Dziga · Jul 2026
Just listened to the 150th episode (Elle) after seeing Elle in a theater with Isabelle Huppert doing a Q&A so when in the episode the blank check boys are asking listeners to help them break big, after listening to 133 episodes with many more to come, it is with joy and a sense of responsibility that I write this review saying how much I love this podcast and how much I love these Context Kings and how fun it is listening to episodes from 2018 and 2026 back to back, and commend the boys on making me rewind a podcast multiple times because a joke (and often the response) are so funny I just have to hear it again.
The world is a better place for this crazy passion podcast Griffin, David, and Ben make and those episodes always clear and never bounce, baby.
All That Podcast Allows · Jun 2026
I’ve tried listening to a few episodes. But it’s like discussing movies with a bunch of drunk friends. They constantly interrupt each other and you never know who’s talking. And they regularly go off topic. For instance, in the Odyssey episode, they talked about the minions movies for a few of minutes, then about the diarrhea epic epidemic in the US, then the lack of air-conditioning in Europe. But apparently they’re famous enough to get invited to press screenings. I think they come across like a bunch of amateurs. But if that’s your thing, definitely follow them
California Tio · Jul 2026
I generally love this show, because of Griffin and guests. But…insufferable blow hard David constantly talking over people and randomly spoiling off topic movies is grating. And they say actors are insecure.
Talclaren · Jan 2025
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