Matt once again tries a movie Ben has never seen before and it can’t really go much worse than ‘The Harder They Fall‘… right??? Tune your radios to Big Foot FM, cook the most unholy meal imaginable and let’s negotiate the terms of this encounter, shall we?
Continue reading There Will Be Movies – Ep. 111: Strange Darling
In my head, I had seen a lot of Pedro Almodóvar films. When I actually went and tried to figure out which ones I had seen, I realized I had only watched 1-2 in college and then went to the theater a few years back to watch the very good Pain & Glory. The lasting impressions of my apparently brief dive into his work over the years were mostly that Carmen Maura was very good, Antonio Banderas was very good, and lots and lots of colors. Little did I know what I was getting myself into by diving deep into his work with the knowledge that HBOMax was removing all of his stuff after October 31, 2021. [This list will be updated as more films get watched over the years.]
Films to Watch Still: Labyrinth of Passion, What Have I Done to Deserve This?, Law of Desire, High Heels, Kika, The Flower of My Secret, Live Flesh, Talk to Her, Julieta
Demonstrating why they don’t generally record at night, Ben & Matt have gone pretty insane in this episode as they give the world’s worst descriptions of Cannes and how to eat Ortolans. Whatever, man, I got hungry just writing the caption.
Continue reading There Will Be Movies – Ep. 110: The Taste of Things
Fire up your preferred Skype machine and join us for a discussion of in-yan, yearning and immigration questions. Is Matt projecting? Who won Benjis? Come find out!
Hey maybe you used to be the podcaster and WE were the listeners! Ignore the fact podcasting was invented in our lifetime.
Continue reading There Will Be Movies – Ep. 109: Past Lives
ONGOING FLUID PROJECT (ie: to be updated continuously yet sporadically)
Unwatched: It’s Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books, Blue Moon
For the first time in the history of the podcast Matt took zero notes and tried to match Ben’s ‘off the dome’ acumen… and he simply could not have picked a worse episode given the various twists and turns at play in this Korean detective tale.
Open up your translator apps, takes some voice notes on your smart watch and lets climb the expert route of podcasting together.
Continue reading There Will Be Movies – Ep. 108: Decision to Leave
Let the great Willow Maclay explain Lynne Ramsay to you:
You think you know The Lion King? You know nothing of The Lion King. Oh, sorry, Hamlet. You know nothing of Hamlet.
Crawl into our weird shamanic chamber, start howling like a wolf, and learn all about Olde English Oral Tradition, Bjork’s film career and of course unique Icelandic apps.
Continue reading There Will Be Movies – Ep. 107: The Northman
It seems Matt truly can just have everything he wants as he follows up on his most controversial selection ever last week with truly exhaustive detail on The Batman, resulting in one of our longest episodes ever. Sorry, Ben.
This is a first for this particular podcast, which used to have a ‘No Capes’ rule, but we tossed most of these restrictions out for this volume, which means the floodgates really burst as we get into one of fiction’s most enduring characters, the career of Matt Reeves, the various influences of this movie and its messy development history and try and solve some riddles together.
Pack a lunch!
Continue reading There Will Be Movies – Ep. 106: The Batman
It took me a long time to finally watch The Shield in full. A decade-plus ago I had dipped my toe in the waters but did not get in. I heard all the praise from all the credible sources. I knew I had to get to it. And I finally did this year. I am delighted to report that the show is as good as people say.
The Reel World 