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Episode 37: Minari

Is there a spiritual element in the struggle of Minari’s characters to cultivate an unforgiving Arkansas?

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Episode 36: Best of 2020

Today, Dave and Michael are joined by a very special guest, Chicago’s very own Robert Daniels! Robert and the guys run down their 2020 Top 10 lists and ruminate on the year that very much was. About our guest Robert Daniels is a Chicago-based critic…

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Episode 35: I’m thinking of ending things

Charlie Kaufmann invites you inside a mind-trip of great movie that keeps you interested and guessing.  

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Episode 34: First Cow

Special guest Jim Laczkowski stops by to talk about the movie everyone is mooooing over FIRST COW. This will not be the only cow pun.

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Episode 33: Relic

Three generations of women come to terms with aging, family histories, and maybe more in the debut film from Natalie Erika James, Relic.

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Episode 32: The Good the bad and the Ugly

In honor of the late Ennio Morricone, Michael and Dave travel to Old West, a land of gunslingers, Brooklyn-accented New Mexican bandits, and Clint Eastwood. Just kidding, it’s Spain. We’re talking about the 1966 Spaghetti masterpiece THE GOOD, THE BAD…

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Episode 31: Ad Astra

We are all set for launch as Dave and Mike give this reflective 2019 Science Fiction film two rockets up. Starring little known actors Brad Pitt and featuring newcomer Tommy Lee Jones, Ad Astra was not seen by enough people last year. It may…

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Episode 30: Deerskin

Deerskin is a French dark comedy that both our hosts loved. Brought to you by murder-tire famed director Quentin Dupieux (2010’s Rubber).  Drape yourself in the frills of nature and come ride the stag of absurdity with us.   Support…

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Episode 29: Capital in the Twenty-first Century

Capital in the Twenty-first Century attempts to recount the history of inequality and capitalism since the Industrial Revolution. That’s a lot to chew on, and Michael and David discuss whether it was too much.

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Episode 28: The Invisible Man

From the comfort of their own homes, Dave and Michael review the new The Invisible Man starring Elizabeth Moss, directed by Leigh Whannell. The movie is undoubtedly scary enough but has a lot to say about the consequences when we doubt women. Dave was…

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