Retrospective Cinema

66 - Jane Campion - The Portrait of a Lady

Ryan and Annie see how Campion used her overnight success from The Piano for her next project, and whether a star-studded cast and a few big swings can win Annie back ove

65 - Jane Campion - The Piano

Ryan and Annie dive into the incredibly important 1993 Palme d'Or winner The Piano this week, but find it may not be all they were promised.

64 - Jane Campion - An Angel at My Table

Annie and Ryan reach the early-career epic biopic from Campion chronicling the life of Janet Frame: author and survivor of cruel 20th century mental health "treatment." I

63 - Jane Campion - Sweetie

Annie and Ryan push forward into new territory: the divisive, but often beloved, Sweetie! Will the surreal comedy and family drama mix work for either of our co-hosts? Fi

62 - Jane Campion - Two Friends

Annie and Ryan embark on their first big filmography in a while! In this episode, Annie argues for a film she's not a fan of and Ryan argues against a film he likes. It j

61 - David Robert Mitchell - The End of Oak Street

New film still in theaters to see, a filmography to wrap up, awards to give, and the next director to still announce. All kinds of things this week! Check it out inside!

60 - David Robert Mitchell - Under the Silver Lake

Annie and Ryan dive into the weird world of conspiracies and neo-noir-isms that have slowly made Mitchell's third work into something of a cult hit. Will the strange nons

59 - David Robert Mitchell - It Follows

The most mainstream film in a while! Ryan and Annie debate whether Ryan's criticisms and confusions are reasonable or misguided as he attempts to make sense of something

58 - David Robert Mitchell - The Myth of the American Sleepover

Ryan and Annie get confronted with a strange, silly world of teenage shenanigans and can't help but laugh along.

57 - Dee Rees - The Last Thing He Wanted

Ryan and Annie wrap up Dee Rees's filmography with this critically maligned 2020 megafilm from Rees. Will our duo have a hot take or two or will they agree that this just

56 - Dee Rees - Mudbound

Annie and Ryan experience the critically acclaimed third work from Rees this week and discuss its multitudinous themes and plotlines. Also! This week, our duo discusses E

55 - Dee Rees - Bessie

Annie and Ryan step into the genre of biopic with Dee Rees's sophomore effort, Bessie, about the "Empress of the Blues" Bessie Smith. Does Bessie fall into any of the tro

54 - Dee Rees - Pariah (with Ana Asensio)

Ryan and Annie dive into the filmography of Dee Rees and are joined by filmmaker Ana Asensio to discuss Pariah along with Asensio's new film Goat Girl! Short films are fo

53 - Federico Fellini - The Voice of the Moon

Big week! Ryan and Annie talk about Fellini's final film, assign their awards by discussing their favorite performances, scenes, and films across the filmography, announc

52 - Federico Fellini - Intervista

Fellini has often reflected on his career and what it all means, but maybe not before with such sentimentality. Filled with both major and minor references to all that he

51 - Federico Fellini - Ginger and Fred

Annie and Ryan discover yet another hidden gem this week! Ginger and Fred is a late-career meditation on getting older and making art that also happens to be filled to th

50 - Federico Fellini - And the Ship Sails On

Fellini uses the backdrop of impending war to both discuss class struggle and write a love letter to opera. He also fits a lonely rhinoceros in for good measure. Does it

49 - Federico Fellini - City of Women

Fellini and Mastroianni reunite! Annie and Ryan discuss how this fits in with their other collaborations, how it stand on its own, and what it all means!

48 - Federico Fellini - Orchestra Rehearsal

Ryan and Annie continue through the uncharted waters of post-Amarcord Fellini and neither find much to love this week. They break down the good, the bad, and the ugly of

47 - Federico Fellini - Fellini's Casanova

Ryan and Annie trade in the childhood fun of Amarcord for the grandiose and grotesque in discussing Fellini's Casanova. Fellini indulges in theatrical artifice like never