Exiting Through The 2010s

Chris Feil (This Had Oscar Buzz) returns as we discuss 2016's Toni Erdman. Together, we touch on Clay's view on uncomfortable comedy, Sandra Huller's career, the view on capitalism beneath the surface of the movie, and the lingering remake

Josh Spiegel joins us for the fourth installment in the Mission: Impossible franchise with Ghost Protocol! Together we discuss the highest highs of the movie, the Brad Bird of it all, rebooting a franchise, anticitiation for Final Reckoning and lazer tag

Kyle Amato (Hawke Cast) returns for Wes Anderson's stop motion adventure in 2018's Isle of Dogs! Together we discuss the cultural appropriation that surrounds the movie, Bryan Cranston's performance, Kyle's relationship to Wes Anderson and its an animated movie without a quick pace

Hit the slopes! Alexa Heard joins us for the 2014 family drama as we discuss the role that gender plays in the movie, Swedish family dynamics, Ruben Östlund as a cultural filmmaker and role that the kids play in the movie

Marya Gates (Roger Ebert, author of Cinema Her Way) returns as we discuss 2014's BEYOND THE LIGHTS! Together we get into the trademarks of Gina Prine Bythewood, controversies surrounding Nate Parker and why the film successes at ernst melodrama

Orla Smith returns as we discuss 2013's sentimental comedy in The Serret Life of Walter Mitty! Together we discuss the career of Ben Stiller, production history, sincerity as a difficult tone and what it means for the movie to embrace consumerism

Kayleigh Donaldson is back for 2017''s period piece in ZAMA! Together we chat about the state of movies, Martel's short but impressive filmography, how she goes about adapting the novel, and how to make history simplified through movies

Critic Liz Shannon Miller joins us once again for Ridley Scott 2015 space odyssey in THE MARTIAN! Together we chat about scientific inaccuracies, the best cast of the decade, and what we would do with our time in space

Josh Bradley chats with us about Barry Jenkins coming of age masterpiece. They unpack how Florida becomes synonymous with A24, the aging of the infamous best picture presentation debacle and if this really is the best movie of the decade? 

The delightful Carrie Wittmer (The Cut, GQ, The Ringer) joins us to celebrate what's now considered beacons of kindness and manners- that's just disguised as another "CGI animals interacting with human actors" in Paul King's Paddington series. We touch on Paddington 2's well-timed release regarding other world events, crying during movies and what Paul King did to make them as perfect as they are

Gaby Iori returns as we revisit Leslye Headland's delightful comedy that has only grown stronger since its release within the extinction of romantic comedies. We get to talk about if this qualifies as the modern When Harry Met Sally, the whiteness of the romance genre, and how Alison Brie and Jason Sudeikis broke away from TV

Filmmaker Esther Schwartz joins us as we dig into Billy Lynn and how many ideas this anomaly from Ang Lee has. Together, we get into the careers of the ensemble, Ang Lee's power following his second best director Oscar, Bush's America on screen in the 2010s and how the movies tech holds it back from being great

Scout Tafoya and Tuckerson are back again for one of the most infamous blockbuster failures of the 2010s with Gore Verbinski’s The alone Ranger! Together we get into the careers of the leads (yuck!), western influence, who remembers the disasters how, train robberies and pointless criticisms

Leah Carlson (Fang Club podcast) returns as we dive into the provocative thriller in 2013's STOKER! Together, We get into the careers of the 3 leads, the Wentworth Miller of it all, blacklist scripts, the expert characterizations and how the movies sees violence

Emily Jacobson returns as we get into the acclaimed South Korean revenge thriller. Together we discuss the career of Choi Min Sik, the flaws of the movie, and bad vibes on set

Valerie Ettenhoffer returns as we dig into one of the most famous horror films of the 2010s in The Witch. Together, we unpack the career of Anya Taylor Joy, Valerie’s personal connection to the character of Tomansin, Nosferatu, and the a24 of it all

Gillian Oakley returns as we revisit 2012's HOPE SPRINGS! Together we dig into the careers of the two leads, the 2012 box office, forgettable bad movies, and the clever screenplay thats at the heart of the movie

Jen Johans (Film Intuition, Watch with Jen) returns as we chat about 2015's Spy! Together, we get into the careers of Jason Statham and Melissa McCarthy, Feig's balance of espionage thriller and comedy, the state of comedies and celeb encounters

Logan Kenny returns and helps up conclude our series disusssing the films of Jaume Collet-Sera with 2018’s dynamic THE COMMUTER! together we rank the films from this month, spacial geography within the train, the politics of Die Hard and our brief thoughts on CARRY-ON

Surfs up! We’re going to the beach with Dom Sinacola (Paste magazine) to talk all things THE SHALLOWS! Together we get into the failure of the script, Blake Lively’s mediocrity, survival movies and where Collet-Sera still shows his craft

Mitchell Beaupre (Letterboxd, Paste magazine) is back for 2015’s thriller RUN ALL NIGHT! Together, we talk the underrated Joel Kinnaman, Liam Neeson continual subversion of his archetype and how well the action is directed

We’re not trying to hijack this podcast, we’re trying to save it as Dan Mecca and Conor O’Donell (The B-Side podcast, The Film Stage) are back. We disduss more of Liam Neason, the daring ending and location geography is making thrillers succsesful

Isaac Feldberg (Roger Ebert) returns as we kick off a series of episodes on the on films of Jaume Collet-Serra and we begin with 2011's UNKNOWN. Together we breakdown the significance of JCS, Liam Neeson as an actor star and European schlock

its out first Hong Sang Soo movie as Greg Hill-Turne (Chasing Statham) returns for RIGHT NOW WRONG THEN! Together, we talk about the kinds of movies we’d make as a director, the comforting mood from Hong movies and the affair from Hong Sang Soo and Kim Min Hee

bobbi miller (culture kitsch, the afternoon special) joins us for the iconic TOY STORY 3! together we highlight the performances of the movie, the pixar magic, and the daring ending 

Meg Brady (I’m Screaming podcast) is back for the 2019’s Hustlers! Together we discuss the Jennifer Lopez of it all, period accurate detail of the movie, comparisons to other movies we’ve covered like The Big Short and Uncut Gems and how underrated the screenplay is

We're joined by Matt Zoller Seitz (Roger Ebert, author of Sopranos Session, The Wes Anderson Collection) to revisit Rogue One and its place in the Disney Star Wars era. Together we look back at the movie's faults, the cast performances, unfair criticisms, the daring ending, and how the movie improves with the existence of Andor

Sam Bodrojan joins us for Andrew Bujalski's overlooked comedy with RESULTS! Together, we look at the career of the three leads, the state of mumblecore at the time, and how little success the movie had portraying such uncinematic relationships

Justin and Laura Khoo (Cows in the Felid podcast) return for 2011’s prescient CONTAGION! Together we discuss Soderbergh and Burns’ well researched approach, the great ensemble and of course, the novel coronavirus which gave the movie a second life

Andy Germuga and Emilo Diaz (Cannes I Kick It podcast) return for the compelling Steve Jobs! Together we chat about the career of Michael Fassbender, Sorkin talk, youtube movies and the movies growing reputation

We welcome Melanie Shannon to the pod as we discuss the enigmatic Neon Demon! Together, we discuss why the movie was dismissed at the time, how obviously creepy the modeling industry is and if the movie is really a horror movie

Returning guests Aaron Casis and Carlee Gomes (Hit Factory podcast) are here to talk the puzzling 15:17 to Paris but more importantly our first foray into Clint Eastwood's 2010s era. Together, we discuss the bizarre gelato scene, audience reaction in real time, and Clint's reputation as a public figure

Kevin Tudor (Almost Major podcast) is back as we chat about Fede Álvarez' directorial debut and in the conversation for best horror of the decade, Evil Dead. Together we talk Alien: Romulus, state of current horror, the underrated cast, and 2010s remakes

We’re seeing double this week as Sonya Robinson discusses Us (2019)! Together we talk the performances from the cast, the sizemic work from Jordan Peele with just three movies, the movies reception from the time, the movie’s eerie look and Trap

Bilge Ebiri and Brandon Streussnig (Vulture) are back for 2017’s harrowing ONLY THE BRAVE! Tgether we discuss the secret genius with Joe Kosinski, the career of Miles Teller and comparisons we see to Michael Bay

Sophia Cimenello (Oscar Wild pod) joins us for the beguiling thriller with Lee Chang Dong’s BURNING! Together we chat about the career of Steven Yeun, South Korean cinema at the Oscars, coming up with our own intreptations of the events of the film and how the loneliy protaginst at the center of the film is tiemly as ever

Alison Piccurro (Boy Movies) and writer Cassidy Olsen return as we revisit Wes Anderson's generationally defining coming of age comedy with MOONRISE KINGDOM! Together we discuss if the movie could've taken place in another decade, the perfect pasting, problems with Wes Anderson post Isle of Dogs

Soraya Sebghati (Night Talks band) joins us for Ben Wheatly's horror/thriller (John Wicker man for short) with KILL LIST! Together, we let Clay cook about Michael Smiley, the scariness of folk horror and Wheatly being overrated or underrated

Jonah Koslofsky (The Spool) is back as we reexamine 2014's epic GODZILLA! Together we talk all things film career of Bryan Cranston, the flaws of Gareth Edwards, criticisms of the film when it came out, and if this is in the conversation for the best blockbuster of the 2010s

Culture writer Daniella Mazzio joins us to discussing the singular work of Don Hertzfeldt with the legacy of It's Such a Beautiful Day. Together we talk about the zillennial bridge Don Hertzfeldt builds from viral videos to cinema, influence from Rejected and adult swim

We revisit the Ocean’s 7/11 as Sarah Welch Larsen (Bright Wall Dark Room) joins us! Together we discuss the careers of Daniel Craig and Riley Keough, Soderbergh’s retirement, Clay’s West Virginia hatred and how well the movie has aged since 2017

Allegra Frank (The Daily Beast) joins us for a rom com parody that was dead on arrival with 2014’s THEY CAME TOGETHER. Together we discuss the careers of the two leads, the movies cruel tones, comparisons to lonely island and Wet Hot American Summer influence  

Mitchell Beaupre (Letterboxd, Paste magazine) is back to discuss 2015’s Tomorrowland! Together we talk about the career of Brad Bird, optimistic blockbusters and why the movie didn’t connect with audiences 

Comedian Jon Gabrus is back and joins us to take a look back at the prescient thriller in SICARIO. Together we discuss the careers of the three leads, Denis Villeneuve’s significance in the 2010s and the unique tension captivated by Taylor Sheridan 

Clint Worthington returns as we discuss the profound moral dilemmas Josh Oppenheimer’s The Act of Killing and Look of Silence! Together we unpack the suppression of Indonesian history from the genocide, the difference in form from the first documentary to the follow up and the striking ending in Act of Killing 

Morgan Roberts (Film Gaze podcast) is back as we revisit 2015’s Room! Together we look at the careers of Brie Larson and Jacob Tremblay’s careers, mid 2010s adaptations, 2015 Oscars and the tonal balance risked by Abrahamson in the movie 

Noah Gittell (The Ringer, The Guardian, author "Baseball: The Movie") joins us for one of the best comedies of the decade with Richard Linklater's Everybody Wants Some!! Together we go through the breakout Glen Powell performance, the Dazed and Confused connections and Linklater baseball references

Aramide Tinubu (Variety) is here to revisit how hard it is to leave behind the sad irish life with Brooklyn! We unpack Saris Ronan’s. Second Oscar nom, movies made for the elderly and love triangles