Paul Thomas Anderson showed up in the mid-’90s as a wunderkind and a walking contradiction
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Hard Eight (1996)
Dan and Brian approach the end of 2025 pondering what makes a “movie year” — how to measure and rank it, what they’ve watched on the podcast, and what eras of film history they’ve under- and overrepresented.
Dan and Brian welcome Brennan Klein from Alternate Ending to celebrate some of their shared cinematic interests and then dissect a strange COVID-era holiday romcom, Dear Christmas.
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.
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)
Although it might be my favorite movie of the year, I almost don’t want to review Twinless. I want every viewer to go in with as little knowledge 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.
Happy Thanksgiving, one and all!