In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Raya and the Last Dragon.
Directed by Don Hall & Carlos López Estrada. With Kelly Marie Tran, Awkwafina, Gemma Chan. In a realm known as Kumandra, a re-imagined Earth inhabited by an ancient civilization, a warrior named Raya is determined to find the last dragon.
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Mass from the 2021 Sundance Film Festival.
Directed by Fran Kranz. With Jason Isaacs, Martha Plimpton, and Ann Dowd. Aftermath of a violent tragedy that affects the lives of two couples in different ways.
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of The Vigil.
Directed by Keith Thomas. With Dave Davis, Menashe Lustig, and Malky Goldman. A man providing overnight watch to a deceased member of his former Orthodox Jewish community finds himself opposite a malevolent entity.
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Minari.
Directed by Lee Isaac Chung. With Steven Yeun, Yeri Han, and Alan S. Kim. A Korean family starts a farm in 1980s Arkansas.
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Judas and the Black Messiah.
Directed by Shaka King. With Daniel Kaluuya, LaKeith Stanfield, and Jesse Plemons. Bill O'Neal infiltrates the Black Panther Party per FBI Agent Mitchell and J. Edgar Hoover. As Party Chairman Fred Hampton ascends, falling for a fellow revolutionary en route, a battle wages for O'Neal's soul.
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller "briefly" discuss a ton of films they caught at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival.
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of The White Tiger.
Directed by Ramin Bahrani. With Priyanka Chopra, Adarsh Gourav, Rajkummar Rao. The epic journey of a poor Indian driver who must use his wit and cunning to break free from servitude to his rich masters and rise to the top of the heap.
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Our Friend.
Directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite. With Dakota Johnson, Jason Segel, and Isabella Kai. After receiving life-altering news, a couple finds unexpected support from their best friend, who puts his own life on hold and moves into their family home, bringing an impact much greater and more profound than anyone could have imagined
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of The Platform.
Directed by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia. With Ivan Massagué, Zorion Eguileor, and Antonia San Juan. A vertical prison with one cell per level. Two people per cell. One only food platform and two minutes per day to feed from up to down. An endless nightmare trapped in The Hole.
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Big Time Adolescence.
Directed by Jason Orley. With Griffin Gluck, Emily Arlook, and Michael Devine. A suburban teenager comes of age under the destructive guidance of his best friend, an aimless college dropout.
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of The Way Back.
Directed by Gavin O'Connor. With Ben Affleck, Al Madrigal, and Janina Gavankar. Jack Cunningham was an HS basketball phenom who walked away from the game, forfeiting his future. Years later, when he reluctantly accepts a coaching job at his alma mater, he may get one last shot at redemption.
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Emma.
Directed by Autumn de Wilde. With Anya Taylor-Joy, Johnny Flynn, and Bill Nighy. In 1800s England, a well meaning but selfish young woman meddles in the love lives of her friends.
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Onward.
Directed by Dan Scanlon. With Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Set in a suburban fantasy world, two teenage elf brothers embark on a quest to discover if there is still magic out there.
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of The Invisible Man.
Directed by Leigh Whannell. With Elisabeth Moss, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, and Harriet Dyer. When Cecilia's abusive ex takes his own life and leaves her his fortune, she suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of coincidences turn lethal, Cecilia works to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see.
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of The Assistant.
Directed by Kitty Green. With Julia Garner, Matthew Macfadyen, and Makenzie Leigh. A searing look at a day in the life of an assistant to a powerful executive. As Jane follows her daily routine, she grows increasingly aware of the insidious abuse that threatens every aspect of her position.
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Portrait of a Lady on Fire.
Directed by Céline Sciamma. With Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, and Luàna Bajrami. On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn.
Directed by Cathy Yan. With Margot Robbie, Rosie Perez, Mary Elizabeth Winstead. After splitting with the Joker, Harley Quinn joins superheroes Black Canary, Huntress and Renee Montoya to save a young girl from an evil crime lord.
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Parasite.
Directed by Bong Joon Ho (as Joon-ho Bong). With Kang-ho Song, Yeo-jeong Jo, and So-dam Park. All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Knives Out from the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.
Directed by Rian Johnson. With Toni Collette, Ana de Armas, and Chris Evans. A detective investigates the death of a patriarch of an eccentric, combative family.
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Waves from the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.
Directed by Trey Edward Shults. With Taylor Russell, Kelvin Harrison Jr., and Alexa Demie. Traces the journey of a suburban African-American family - led by a well-intentioned but domineering father - as they navigate love, forgiveness, and coming together in the aftermath of a loss.