The Love of Cinema

"Tony" (2026) + "Walkabout": Films of 1971

This week, the boys head to Aussie Dave’s native Australian Outback (& Adelaide) to discuss 1971’s “Walkabout”. The film shows you how easy it is to die in the Australian

"The Parallax View": Films of 1974

This week, the boys got conspiratorial again! We headed to 1974 to give Alan J. Pakula’s “The Parallax View” a spin. Starring Warren Beatty, this political thriller about

"Thirteen Lives": Films of 2022 + "Spider-Man: Brand New Day" + "One Night Only"

This week, the boys revisit their most prolific year, 2022! Despite seeing many movies (and pod-ing: check our feed!), we had a blind spot: Ron Howard’s incredible real-l

"The Odyssey" + "A Star Is Born": Films of 1937

This week, the boys head back to 1937 to discuss the real OG “A Star Is Born”. Produced by David O. Selznick right before he went into production on “Gone With The Wind”,

"Fail Safe": Films of 1964

This week, the boys get bleak and drink to the nuclear apocalypse- we’re talking about “Fail Safe”! Sidney Lumet’s 1964 Cold War “what-if” came out the same year as, but

"Supergirl" + "Toy Story 5" + "The Truman Show": Films of 1998

This week, the boys grab a beer and check their home for cameras to see if they’re actually trapped in “The Truman Show”! I think we’re due for a sequel, right, Peter Wei

"Ikiru": Films of 1952 + "Disclosure Day" + "Masters of the Universe"

This week, the boys head back to 1952 to work in the bureaucratic nightmare that is a city hall in post-war Japan. Tack on terminal stomach cancer and the feeling you’ve

"Backrooms" + "The Best Years of Our Lives": Films of 1946

This week, the boys grab some beers and head to post-WWII America to watch nobody give AF about our war heroes in William Wyler’s “The Best Years of Our Lives”. The highe

"Obsession" & "Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu": Films of 2026

This week, the boys drink and talk about heading to the movies twice to catch Mando and Grogu, and we sat in packed theaters to see “Obsession”, the horror-thriller that

"Z": Films of 1969

This week, the boys have a blast getting political, discussing 1969’s “Z”. This French-language movie was filmed in Algeria about a true story in Greece, and it feels lik

"Rosemary's Baby": Films of 1968 + "Mortal Kombat II" mini-review

This week, the boys keep it positive as they reconvene in John Lennon’s old home to watch the devil’s son get birthed in “Rosemary’s Baby”. We’ve done a surprising number

"The Devil Wears Prada 2" + "Sullivan's Travels": Films of 1941/1942

This week, Jeff and John praise and endorse (and nitpick) “The Devil Wears Prada 2”, before discussing “Sullivan’s Travels”. Two of us thought it was great. one DID NOT.

"Mud": Films of 2013

This week, the boys get all Tom & Huck and head to the Mississippi River to discuss Jeff Nichols’ “Mud”. The random year generator spun 2013, and we decided to follow up

"The Fly": Films of 1986

This week, the boys teleport back to 1986, when Jeff Goldblum was awkward yet ripped and writing was weird, especially for women. Only our second David Cronenberg after “

"Birdman": Films of 2014

This week, the boys head to the St. James Theater on Broadway to discuss “Birdman (Or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)”. Alejandro Iñárritu’s film goes meta in one tak

"Cinema Paradiso": Films of 1989

This week, the boys head to Sicily to try and save cinema with 1989’s “Cinema Paradiso”! This highly regarded film expresses the nostalgia of growing up in post-WWII Ital

"Anatomy of a Murder": Films of 1959 + "She Dances" "Pretty Lethal" "Project Hail Mary"

This week, the boys drink and keep it positive as they head back to 1959 to discuss Otto Preminger’s “Anatomy of a Murder”. We discuss how it aged, how they wrote and dir

"Blade Runner 2049": Films of 2017

This week, the boys drink beer and keep it positive as they head back to 2017 to discuss “Blade Runner 2049”. Avid fans of cinematographer Roger Deakins, you’ll hear in-d

"Five Easy Pieces": Films of 1970 + "Crime 101" & "Midwinter Break"

This week, the boys headed to 1970 to the new decade of the new wave of American independent cinema! Bob Rafelson’s “Five Easy Pieces” established the behavior-driven, th

"Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind": Films of 2004 + "Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die" + "If I Had Legs I'd Kick You" + "It Was Just An Accident"

This week, the boys grabbed some beers and kept it positive while they fired off some mini-reviews before featuring a conversation about “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless