How is the Funny Games fourth wall break better than the one from Wanted?

A Reaction Shots with the theme “The Wrong Message” about movies where the fanbase/culture completely missed the point would be great.

I could never have a new (as in, I haven’t seen it already) TV show or movie on in the background while I’m working or doing other things. I’m either watching or I’m not. There’s the story about the TV show, Police Squad, getting cancelled because “you have to watch it.” Whether it’s endless sight gags for comedy or visual storytelling for more dramatic fare, TV deserves to be paid attention to. You’ve gotta actually watch it!

Nice

59:23 A Long Day's Journey Into Night I love that movie.

hmmm...to be responsible adult and go to sleep or stay up and watch this...

Huber, Roland Emmerich isn’t doing The Strangers trilogy. It’s Renny Harlin! I interviewed him about it during NYCC! And yes, I’d love to be on the show at some point! Have your people call my people. Alas, I’m like Han Solo: I have no people.

I like The Acolyte. I do wish it had more of a visual identity, but I’ve enjoyed seeing the mystery unwind and the new characters and factions of this new time in the Old Republic. I honestly really like how “combative and antagonistic” the creatives have been, because someone needs to push back against the outspoken minority of Star Wars “fans” who are… let’s just call them ‘gatekeepers’ to be diplomatic. They’ve had free rein over the internet since 2017, and now this show is the moment where the true fandom goes full Picard and says, “The line must be drawn here!” So far, there have been two kinds of Star Wars and Marvel shows: ones that are like movies spread across 4 or 5 hours, like Obi-Wan, Ahsoka, and Boba Fett, and ones that are more rooted in traditional TV formats, like Mandalorian and Andor, which, while serialized, is clearly broken into arcs. I feel like, so far, The Acolyte splits the difference, but still errs on the side of “movie spread across 4 or 5 hours,” and will thus play better when viewed all together. But also, if you don’t like it, that’s fine, too!

After Life (1998) is deeply profound yet endlessly cosy and borderline in my top 5 favourite films ever made. I’m looking forward to hearing Huber’s thoughts on it and the other Koreeda masterpieces - as well as that and Shoplifters, the other two I’m fairly confident using the word masterpiece for are Maborosi and Still Walking, though even then that’s if I’m being as critical and as removing-of-all-personal-biases as possible.

Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford! I cry every time. I own the score, it is the best score of the century, full stop, and the film is one of my favorites, and while I love a number of great westerns, I would not call myself a Western fan in general. Also love: Sorcerer Tron Black Cauldron Donnie Darko Kingdom of Heaven (Director's Cut) Heaven's Gate

HUBER, after Shoplifters watch Air Doll.... sooooo good.

In regards to Twin Peaks, I also find The Missing Pieces (FWWM deleted scenes) an essential watch. There are scenes and elements in there that The Return follows up on. And the pacing of it anticipates the pacing in The Return making it a great transition from classic Twin Peaks.

True Detective Night Country was not that bad. The worst parts were when they did Easter eggs to season 1, that was awful and I blame HBO execs for that shit. I’d give the show a 6/10 or a 7/10. Season 2 was the worst, truly awful.

okay wait someone please help me, I'm looking for whatever episode it was in which Huber talks about seeing Boy and the Heron, I swear it was with this kinda camera alignment but I've skimmed this and the next episode and I couldn't find the segment for the life of me. Thanks in advance!!!

1:10:00 probably because Skyfall is a bad movie

I think Alien is a franchise that almost everybody agrees which 2 are the best but nobody agrees on the rest. For me personally it's Alien 10/10 Aliens 10/10 Prometheus 7/10 Alien 3 7/10 Alien Covenant 6/10 Alien Resurrection 5/10

Alien³ is actually my personal favorite film in the franchise. I'm not foolish enough to say it's better than 1 or 2, but I think 3 is a better representation of the horrors space travel brings to humanity. Space doesn't care how much you like Newt and Hicks, it will kill them off screen just to let you know where you stand. Also, PLEASEx100, read the novelization! It explains so much, gives names and crimes/pasts to every prisoner, etc. Finally, the cast is incredible! Charles Dance, Pete Postlethwaite, Charles S Dutton, Danny Webb, Paul McGann, Brian Glover, Holt McCallany, it's incredible! I feel 2 made the whole thing about guns, which was never 1's goal. So I feel 3 is the perfectly bookends (sans some sus special effects and production sabotage) the first two. One is my favorite, two is fantastic and adds so much greatness and 3 returns us to the OG, Heavy Metal-esque, Gothic horror.

The Alamo in Yonkers, NY is absolute trash though and doesn't even enforce the policy. I have raised my card many times and nothing ever, EVER happens.

It’s crazy. I have to tell people to turn their phones off at PRESS screenings.

hell yeah

Lorelei and the Laser Eyes was influenced by the film Last Year at Marienbad, if you are looking for a film companion piece.

Road Warrior

2:11:40 "The Day After" literally helped end the Cold War. Reagan saw it and it caused his rhetoric to change drastically. Someone just wrote a book about this very topic. That movie scarred me as a kid so I'd like to read it to maybe help heal that childhood trauma.

Dude Matthew that bicep tattoo of the face is incredible!

EDIT: Nevermind, saw the comment Matthew haha. An honest mistake. Matthew’s Top 10 is amazing, just to point out though at 2:20:13 ‘The Bicycle Thief’ or ‘Bicycle Thieves’ was directed by Vittorio De Sica not Roberto Rossellini.

Mathew’s top 10 list is so cool. Great films

I'd like to hang my head in shame for saying that Rossellini directed Bicycle Thief instead of De Sica. That is all. Thank you for listening.

1:03:07 Fantasy is kind of a let down in that way, too

31:50 "I'll fucking Parasite all of you!" Great quote with and without context

This is Reaction Shots, Jonathan. This is the real deal.

Lars had Grain: The Space Opera

Soup

Love the comments on Jonathan Glazer. What a hero move speaking out against war and hatred in any era.

hello i wonder if you can talk about all of the Terminator movies in your podcast??

Love that you're using the Fiasconauts intro vid as the closing. I miss Fiasconauts. I know it ran its course and I'm not looking for it to come back, I'm just glad that you could repurpose it because its a wonderfully edited bit of video. <3

Man, I either share the same take with Huber or it's somewhere in another galaxy (this is regarding Dune) LOL Also, Ready or Not 2 is *not* being made as far as we know; the person who posted that also made one regarding Sydney Sweeney and Johnny Depp would be in a movie together, but Sweeney's PR team confirmed that's not happening.

Matt having great taste seems to be a running theme with this podcast.

hell yeah lets go!

hey wait a second, I recognize that desk!

hell yeah

IT crowd guy is extremely problematic, like jk Rowling level.

No relation to THE Ryan Reynolds, but I've been hearing jokes about it ever since Blade Trinity came out 😅 Thanks for reading my comment!

Can't believe none of you had seen Wacky Races! 1968 cartoon that was rerun on Cartoon Network a lot. I'm sure you're familiar with Dick Dastardly and Penelope Pitstop and their cars. Google it Isla!

ooh has the intro always have been this funky

The Agnès Varda exhibit was there when I visited the Academy Museum back in June 2023. Exceptionally cool.

Is it too late to talk about The Society of Snow? I can talk about two hours of that film lol, and latin american and spanish movies as well in case y'all want a to talk about those

A Brighter Summer Day dude, 10/10

Plot twist: the Oscars DID move out of February

Okay so what’s the context behind parasite?

A Brighter Summer Day is Taiwanese*, great discussion though - so glad you decided to keep the show going! My favourite recent releases are probably Return to Seoul, Koreeda's Monster (my favourite director working today probably) and I just saw and loved Killers of the Flower Moon.