Join us as we uncover each other's media and pop culture blindspots. We're a couple getting to know each other better by sharing the must-see movies from our past.
Episodes
Wednesday Jan 08, 2020
Wednesday Jan 08, 2020
Take almost any state highway in Texas and you’ll find a trail of little towns, each with a square of brick buildings arranged around a courthouse, or just a row of storefronts in older towns. Towns like Goldwaithe, Zephyr, Santa Ana, Archer City, Paris, and the roads between them. Wim Wender’s 1984 film PARIS, TEXAS explores what is lost and found in these little places and the spaces between; what is between a man and woman, father and son, mother and child. Dave and Ashley are along for the ride to discuss loneliness, redemption, and what it all means.
Book: Motel Chronicles (1982) by Sam Shepard.
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Wednesday Dec 11, 2019
Wednesday Dec 11, 2019
This week we discuss Ashley’s pick, Mike Judge’s little seen cult film IDIOCRACY. In 2016, much of the independent press made comparisons between Idiocracy and the current political situation in the United States. Find out why they are wrong. Plus, we’ll answer questions like: Does Ashley even like this film? What IS the most nuanced stoner film of the mid-oughts? And...just what was 20th Century Fox trying to hide when they buried this film?
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Wednesday Nov 27, 2019
Wednesday Nov 27, 2019
Conveniently this week’s episode is about a man suffering from creative block, and I’m currently too drifty to be able to write this blurb. I may need some time at an Italian spa to get going again. If you hadn’t guessed, Dave and I are talking Fellini’s 8½ (1963), Dave’s pick. This film is madcap and chaotic, but also nostalgic and deeply meaningful. Join us for one of our best conversations as we discuss the creative process, Jungian archetypes, Lynchian dreamscapes, and how the essence of great art springs from the nonsense of the human mind. Surely it all means something.
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Wednesday Nov 13, 2019
Wednesday Nov 13, 2019
What criteria defines a classic film? An advancement in film technology? A technically flawless script? A unique blend of genre? For Ashley the criteria has to include some expression of humanity. The depth of humanity on display in Guillermo del Toro’s dark fantasy, PAN’S LABYRINTH (2006) made it an instant classic in Ashley’s mind. Dave started watching years ago, but he never saw the whole film. A hard watch in parts, the rewards of this masterful blend of fantasy and cruel reality are well worth braving some momentary discomfort.
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Wednesday Oct 23, 2019
Wednesday Oct 23, 2019
You know the feeling when you meet a really great guy at a press/scientist mixer and he takes you back to his warehouse and shows you his teleporting machine? And then your ex-boyfriend/boss starts stalking you and making veiled threats via science magazine covers? So you go to deal with ex-guy and then new guy gets sad and drunk-teleports himself, accidentally fusing his DNA with a house fly. You know that feeling? Geena Davis surely does in this week’s pick, David Cronenberg’s body horror classic THE FLY (1986). The only available men are jerks, exes, or fly-man hybrids. Sigh.
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Wednesday Oct 02, 2019
Wednesday Oct 02, 2019
People are complicated, neither wholly bad nor good; they make bad decisions, they hurt people they love, and yet they are also capable of great kindness and laughter. They long for things: to be better, to be different, for connection with others. Writer Mike White is able to capture that humanity in characters that are simultaneously the best and worst of us. Ashley’s picks, THE GOOD GIRL (2002) starring Jennifer Aniston and HBO's ENLIGHTENED (2011) with Laura Dern, showcase White’s unique gift. Dave is along for the enjoyable, if somewhat uncomfortable, ride.
Wednesday Sep 18, 2019
Wednesday Sep 18, 2019
Ashley has a major gap in her knowledge of American history, and it is shaped like the modernist Watergate Hotel in Washington DC. This week, Dave’s pick, ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN (1976) seeks to fill that gap with intrigue, secret parking lot meetings, inappropriate nicknames for anonymous sources, and a whole lot of phone calls. For Dave this is a flashback to film school and one of his favorite screenwriting books by William Goldman. A good time for all involved, except perhaps the US democracy and Richard Nixon.
Book: Adventures in the Screen Trade - William Goldman
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Wednesday Sep 04, 2019
Wednesday Sep 04, 2019
Some films become so much a part of who you are that you can’t remember a time that they were not part of your life, and so it is for Ashley with this week’s pick, the 1995 BBC miniseries PRIDE AND PREJUDICE. Staring Jennifer Ehle as Elizabeth Bennet and Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy, this is the definitive adaptation of Jane Austen’s 1813 novel, and it has been beautifully restored for the Blu-ray release. Dave was too busy with fencing lessons, brooding near fireplaces, and other man things to see the series before. This oversight has now been corrected.
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Wednesday Aug 21, 2019
Wednesday Aug 21, 2019
This week we’re going back to 1984 to review BEVERLY HILLS COP. What could possibly go wrong for a street smart detective from Detroit who heads to Beverly Hills for an unauthorized investigation into his friend’s murder? Apparently, much less than one might expect from that sort of set up. This fun, breezy film featuring a star-making turn by Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley, was one of teen Dave’s favorites. Ashley is a little astounded by how this film seems to be from another era entirely, certainly a time before “gritty” cop shows like NYPD BLUE, THE WIRE, or even LAW AND ORDER became the mainstream.
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Wednesday Aug 07, 2019
Wednesday Aug 07, 2019
Sometimes you just need to watch something delightful and frivolous. Screwball comedies like Gregory LaCava’s MY MAN GODFREY (1936) are just the thing. Fueled by a major crush on William Powell, this is one of Ashley’s favorite films. She’s tried to show it to Dave before on a few occasions, but due to circumstances and sleepiness, he’s never made it through until now. On this episode we talk the joys of escapism, the talents of Carole Lombard and finding the right time to introduce your partner to your favorite films.
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