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Podcast Episode: It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) and Christmas Carol roulette – I’m thinking of beginning things

Dan and Brian discuss four adaptations of Charles Dickens’ famed holiday novella for a sixth consecutive holiday season.

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After the Hunt (2025)

I’m always interested when great directors decide to alienate their audience, and I have to believe that’s the game Luca Guadagnino is playing here.

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Podcast Episode: Hard Eight (1996) and PTA (ft. Mitch Capps) – Other good Andersons

Dan and Brian are joined by their friend and co-host of The Movie Call Podcast, Mitch, to discuss Paul Thomas Anderson’s rich and beguiling filmography, including a close look at PTA’s debut Hard Eight.

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Twinless (2025)

I almost don’t want to review Twinless because I want you to go in with as little context as possible.

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Good Boy (2025)

Good Boy is a slight but fun idea for a film, the kind of shower brainstorm that rarely makes it to the page, let alone the screen.

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Lurker (2025)

In the attention economy, celebrity is both the means and the ends.

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Podcast Episode: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) – Attend the tale

Happy Thanksgiving, one and all!

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Hedda (2025)

Hedda is a movie I can easily imagine a small subset of viewers declaring the best of the year, and I am very sure I am not one of those people.

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The Red Balloon (1956)

You’d be hard-pressed to find a more poetic movie than The Red Balloon, Albert Lamorisse’s 34-minute daydream.

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Podcast Episode: Twinless (2025) – Sweeney odd

Dan and Brian tackle a recent release in James Sweeney’s Twinless.