There Will Be Spoilers

That's all, folks!

Here it is, folks, the Citizen Kane of movies, Citizen Kane!

The final installment of the Run-Down will appear, wraith-like, later in the week, but beyond that, this will conclude There Will Be Spoilers. Thanks for sticking around, and keep asking questions of movies.

Love, 

Ethan Knight and Matt Bizzell

Matt and Ethan return to the family, but this time with the added benefit of Robert De Niro! Join them as they talk about little red cars in the snow and the destruction of a family.

next on the AFI: Citizen Kane

Ethan and Matt decide to clean house and roust the other dons from their lofty New York positions. It's time to go to Vegas and help Al Pacino lie about Satan!

This week: Godfather: Part II 

Matt and Ethan will always have Paris, but right now, they need to do what's right for the world. Join them as they discuss two-level drama, some WWII history, and how good black and white looks.

Next week on Patreon: In a Lonely Place

Next time on the AFI: The Godfather Part I and II

Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro made a movie together? Really?

Four years after Rocky, and a grip of time after On the Waterfront, meet Jake La Motta, another contender.

Next on the AFI: Casablanca

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Hey another musical; remember how much everyone likes those? Yeah, but this one is #5 on the AFI, it has to be phenomenal! Have I given away too much already?

Next on the AFI: Raging Bull

Matt and Ethan return to the south and look to reclaim that false nostalgic beauty with all those accents that belong nowhere within 500 miles of the south. Join them for a discussion of class, race, and gender--you know, the little stuff...

Next on the AFI: Singing in the Rain

Matt and Ethan go to the desert, go mad, and go home, and probably in that order. Listen in for discussions of selfhood, brown face, masculinity, and masochism.

Next on the AFI Top 100: Gone with the Wind

No, Matt's not on some weird trip abroad during these trying times, he's at home with his normal set-up, and for some reason, his audio sounds like he's in a hotel on a laptop mic. Well, at least this isn't our longest episode or anything...

Anyway, join Ethan and Matt for a talk of poignancy and the legacy of the Holocaust.

Next time on the AFI: Lawrence of Arabia

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Matt and Ethan go back to San Francisco to investigate some good, old fashioned ghost possession! Join them for trauma, gaslighting, fear of heights, and hear Matt gripe about the one change that absolutely has to be made.

Next on the AFI: Schindler's List 

Matt and Ethan get caught in one of those twisters that take you to another dimension where all your friends and family are the supporting cast of an awesome, fake world. Join them as they discuss symbols, Frank Morgan's personal bureaucracy, and stealing brooms.

Next week on Pateron: Breakfast at Tiffany's 

Next on the AFI: Vertigo

It's another romp with the Tramp! That's right, Matt and Ethan help that little scamp see about a doctor in Vienna and prevent a suicide!

Next time on the AFI: The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Tune in for high adventure! Get out there with a racist old man and a woman-kicker; what could go wrong?

Next week on Patreon: Star Wars: The Return of the Jedi

Next on the AFI: City Lights 

WARNING: HOT take ahead! Matt and Ethan revisit a staple of their youth, and one of them finds that nostalgia in tatters. In any case, you know what you're in for--it's Star Wars!

Next week on Patreon: Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back 

Next time on the AFI: The Searchers

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Matt and Ethan take a trip to the Bates Motel after stealing $40K off that Texas-ish real estate man. There, they encounter a cleaner ending to this plot, 'ship Lila and Sam, and discuss how both this film and The Silence of the Lambs misunderstands the term, transvestite.

Next on the AFI: Star Wars 

Next time on Patreon: Cool Hand Luke

The timestamp of this episode may be long, but it's far shorter than the movie that it covers, so that's something, right?

Join Ethan and Matt as they go beyond the infinite (or is it to infinity and beyond?) and contemplate the future of the past and uncanny apes.

Next week on Patreon: Pandorum 

Next time on the AFI: Psycho 

Well, Matt and Ethan have gone and broken with reality. They still think they're up there on the silver screen instead of pining for the days with no dialogue. Join them as they discuss good and bad relationships, a conspiracy of two, and Charlie Chaplin.

Next on the AFI: 2001: A Space Odyssey 

Ethan and Matt get seduced by this film! Join them for malaise, ennui, and the Sound of Silence!

Next week on Patreon: Stalker 

Next on the AFI: Sunset Blvd.

Planes, trains, and automobiles! Well, actually just the trains in this seemingly-misleadingly-titled Buster Keaton silent film! Matt and Ethan hop a train and sneak through enemy lines to discuss practical effects, stunts, and Mad Max: Fury Road!

Next time on the AFI: The Graduate

Ethan and Matt get down to the docks to claim their rights, but before that, it's time to bury some pigeons, do a B&E, and confess to some crimes. 

Next on the AFI: The General

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Matt and Ethan wish they had never been born! In the process, they end up learning about the evils of capitalism (or was it kind-hearted capitalism?), housing market bubbles, and the mechanics of Clarence's "saving" underdog-goodguy, James Stewart.

Next on the AFI: On the Waterfront

Matt and Ethan return to the noir, but this time, it's in color! Listen in and collect the clues as they go from art imitating reality, the true color of noir, and openness in film. Will they be able to solve this case?

Next week on Patreon: Minority Report 

Next time on the AFi: It's a Wonderful Life 

This week on the AFI, Matt and Ethan assume the roles of Matilda and Ethel to escape the retribution of mob boss, Spats Columbo. Listen as they discuss the (de)merits of Marilyn Monroe's acting abilities, the range of Billy Wilder, and the many films that this one spawned.

Next on the AFI: Chinatown 

Ethan and Matt load up that ol' jalopy and head West for a slice of that American Dream. Spoiler: not only do they not find it, but instead they find the faceless machinations of the capitalist enterprise--I hate it when that happens. Join our hosts as they discuss (of all things) the Beverly Hillbillies, radical social justice, and The Batman.

Next on the AFI Top 100: Some Like it Hot

Ethan and Matt make a communal bond with a little boy and phone home so that they can return to their wondrous lives as interstellar botanists. Join them for concocted-on-the-spot justifications and the simplicity of plot.

Next on the AFI: The Grapes of Wrath

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This week, Ethan and Matt become paragons of virtue by doing the bare minimum to be a good person--it's that easy! 

Next week on Patreon: How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

Next on the AFI: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial

The boys are back from Independence Day and just in time for another American classic! Join them as Ethan filibusters, Matt impersonates a national treasure, and both hosts learn a little about the American political system and the sinister machine that threatens its sanctity.

Next on the AFI: To Kill a Mockingbird

Ethan heard that Matt was somewhere down in Texas, but he soon learned that he was on the noon train to Haleyville! There, he planned to gun down the man that sent him to hang. Will Ethan be able to get out of town with Grace Kelly before Matt comes a callin'? 

This week, the guys take on the transition between stage and screen, between New York and Hollywood! In some ways, it's as good as sable or Gable, and in others, well, let's just chalk it up as an incomplete forward pass.

Next time on the AFI: High Noon

Ethan and Matt return to the noir and narrate how they almost got away with the perfect plan! Join them as they discuss villain protagonists and just how much sex there is in this film.

Next on the AFI: All About Eve

Next week on Patreon: Fargo

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Join Matt and Ethan as they drive upriver into the heart of darkness to find Fat Brando. What they find instead are stunning visuals and a lot of horror. The Horror!

Next on the AFI: Double Indemnity 

Episode 69. Nice. Back at it with Bogart! Matt and Ethan were laying low to the land this week, but they're ready to crack the case, so join them as they talk about anti-heroes, the noir, and dinguses.

Next week (ish) on the AFI: Apocalypse Now (1979)

Oh boy, another late one this week. Does this have anything to do with the end of the semester and why the boys have raspy voices, as if imploring students to keep themselves together if only for a few more weeks? Whatever the reason, Matt and Ethan have gotten themselves committed in order to avoid work detail and learn a little empathy along the way.

Next on the AFI: The Maltese Falcon

Keep in mind that we are skipping The Godfather Part II until after we watch Part I waaaay up there at #2 on the list!

Next week on Patreon: Girl, Interrupted 

The boys are back, and this time, they go to the beginning of feature-length animation! Join them for stunning visuals, toxic masculinity, role education, and racism!

Next time on the AFI: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Ethan and Matt return to the AFI for their first Woody Allen film. And...they have some reservations. Join them for a discussion of neuroses, Seinfeld, and the fourth wall!

Next time on the AFI: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Only because this is required on Anchor...Otherwise I mean it, absolutely no descriptions for these--and no apologies!

Matt and Ethan are back from their unplanned hiatus. Join them as they try to build, and then summarily destroy, a bridge.

Next time on the AFI: Annie Hall

And on Patreon: Overlord

This gets covered in the short message, but for you visual news-getters, Monday's episode is going to be delayed a week. Unforeseen circumstances has prevented our being able to record and release that episode, so it is getting pushed to March 11. This means that there will be back-to-back AFI weeks with The Bridge on the River Kwai coming out the 11th and Annie Hall the 18th. Thank you for understanding!

Ethan and Matt return home from the war (you know, the one) and try to pick up where their lives left off. Matt has trouble finding a satisfying job, and Ethan can't stay away from the drink. Domesticity, trauma, and ambivalence will be discussed, but don't sleep on how amazing these women characters are!

Next on the AFI: The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

Awh dang, Matt and Ethan make their triumphant return to the Double Down. In this new season, they are tackling some of the stand-outs and big-hitters of the MCU (that's the Marvel Cinematic Universe to the uninitiated). Join with them as they discover whether they were ever justified in dunking on these films for so long.

Coming to a Patreon near you: Episode 2: The Avengers

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Ethan and Matt stake their claim in this film and delve into all the rich veins of discussion that this one offers. It's going to be a good one, so don't let anyone undermine that position...

Next week on Patreon: A Knight's Tale

Next on the AFI: The Best Years of Our Lives

Ethan and Matt learn to love the bomb, but maybe not more than a little of the old ultraviolence. Listen in as they discuss Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove!

Next on the AFI: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

 Back in 2019 with more Nazis! That's right, that AFI sure seems to like socking it to history's bad guys, and Ethan and Matt feel just ok about that.

Next week on Patreon: The Dark Crystal 

Next time on the AFI: Dr. Strangelove