Exiting Through The 2010s

Nia Tucker returns to the pod as we chat about Wes Craven's teen horror film

Bryden Doyle (Almost Major podcast) joins us for 2013's Spectacular Now

Bilge Ebiri joins us for 2018's MADELINE'S MADELINE

Daniella Mazzini joins us for 2015’s PHOENIX

Abby Monteil bikes to Derry, NH with us to talk all things Stephen King and It (2017)!

Sonya Robinson joins us for 2014's Jersey Boys!

Allison Piccurro (Boy Movies, TV Guide) returns for 2018's Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Emily Jacobson is back on the pod to chat all things X-Men: Dark Phoenix and the end of the Fox era

Marin Karr (Films These Days podcast) returns to chat about all things X-Men: Apocalypse

Noella Williams joins us to kick off a series of films discussing the 2010s X-Men run! This time for Matthew Vaughn's prequel reboot

Roxana Hadadi (Vulture) joins us again to discuss all things Hell or High Water (2016)

Not a Honey, where are my pants?rewatch podcast but Ian Glancy and Nicole Nightingale join the show to chat about all things Lego Movie and how influential its become in the studio comedies following

Alex Kittle returns to chat about all things Laika with 2012's PARANORMAN

Orla Smith (author of Roads to Nowhere: Kelly Reichardt’s Broken American Dreams) returns to the show for 2018's TULLY!

Dan Mecca (The Film Stage) returns for all things Terrance Malick and 2015's Knight of Cups! We chat about Christian Bale, catholic roots in Malick's work, meaning of using LA as a place of self discovery and Terminator 3

Veronica Phillips (Hi Femme) returns to chat about Queen of Versailles, a doc about David and Jackie Siegel following the loss of their wealth in the midst of the 2008 recession. Together we discuss how pathetic David is, living in filth, how Jackie is house wife coded and the most 2010s things about a doc following a 00s event

Gavin Mevius (Mixed Reviews, Q Division podcasts) returns to the show to discuss all things James Bond with his two installments in the 2010s. Including the mishaps of Spectre, what makes Skyfall great, our backgrounds with James Bond and the odd career of Sam Mendes + the Chris Nolan looming large over the franchise

Join us as we discuss James Gray's 2017 epic in LOST CITY OF Z! We chat about the careers of the leads, James Gray in the 2010s, the movies profound ending, thirst watches

Mitchell Beaupre (Letterboxd) returns for Promised Land! Together we chat about fracking and why its awesome

Andrew Kendall returns for Barry Jenkins’ masterpiece IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK! Together we chat about best picture follow ups, the warmth and humanism that keeps this movie interesting, Oscars 2019, James Baldwin and how its one of the very best of the decade

Specific Liz joins us for 2013's ABOUT TIME. Together we chat about time travel logic, Rachel McAdams, Richard Curtis career, manipulative to cutesy romance?

I don't sound very good in this sorry! -Jack

Marin Karr returns as we chat about one of the more uh forgotten adaptations of Shakespere in Joss Whedon MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. Together we talk comparisons to Kennth Branagh, Whedon' misunderstanding the text, The Odyssey casting, Marin's new pod and Shakespeare that needs a reimagining

Carrie Wittmer (The Ringer, Vulture) returns for Darren Aronofsky’s psychological thriller with Black Swan! Together we chat about how timely the movie felt in 2010, Natalie Portman’s dark personal life and career, hang nail trauma, the movies legacy and the Aronofsky’s cultural standing

Soraya Sebghati (Night Talks band) returns to talk all things LA with 2014’s Starry Eyes. Together we chat about psychologizing hollywood, indie rock bands, character actors, Avatar and 90 horror films 

Cassidy Olsen is back to chat with us about 2010s dystopian dram in NEVER LET ME GO. Together we discuss the careers of the three leads, Alex Garland: screenwriter, crying during movies, tumblr and the bleak tone inside a coming of age film

Ella McKay heads, stay in line! Critic Jesse Hassenger is back to talk all things James L Brooks with his late period rom com with HOW DO YOU KNOW! Together we discuss the careers of the three leads, the look of the movie, Brooks’ legacy with film nerds, Jack Nicholson’s final role and how the movie fails its joke writting 

Luke Larson (L Squared pod) returns for the holidays as we discuss the 2015 comedy The Night Before. Together we discuss the time Luke was nearly canceled, careers of the three leads, Gen Z friendships, lack of Christmas movies in the decade, almost meeting Lizzy Caplan and how Michael Shannon is always good

Alissa Darsa joins the show as we discuss the beloved literary adaption from Greta Gerwig's Little Women. Together we discuss the careers in the movie, themes of economics, 2019 in film, settling down in a relationship, Chalamet of it all, choices within the adaptation and sibling chemistry

Video essayist Taylor Williams returns to the pod as we discuss David Cronenberg's psychological drama in A DANGEROUS METHOD! Together we discuss the careers of the three leads, interpretations of the ending, talk-y plays adapted into movies, Black Bag and our history with Cronenberg

Video essayist Bobbi Miller joins us to discuss 2019's Toy Story 4! We discuss the great qualities of the movie, forky of it all, new characters, state of pixar, 2010s run and Woody's characterization

Clay Williams says goodbye to the podcast as we welcome friend of the show Lyvie Scott as the new cohost! Together we cover Bong Joon Ho's SNOWPIERCER as we discuss Chris Evan's excellent performance, the Weinstein of it all, the movies legacy since 2013 and class consciousness

William Goodman (GQ) returns as we tackle one of the most profitable (in so many ways) blockbuster of the decade in Marvel's The Avengers. Together we talking about the economic plotting of the most, how so much of the comedy falls short on rewatchs, culture legacy of the movie, MCU state of the union and non existent 2010s blockbusters

Oscar Goff (Boston Hassle) returns as a murder suspect to help us discuss Knives Out! Together we dig into the careers of the ensemble, Rian Johnson's clever script, Netflix curse of these movies and 2019 in review

Jaimie Arena joins us once again for 2019's examination of modern manhood in The Art of Self Defense! Together we discuss Jesse Eisenberg's appeal, karate as a kid, seriousness at which martial arts is taken, Alessandro Nivola always being good and how the movie ties into current events

Sonya Robinson and Jonah Koslofsky join us once again as we dig into 2018's iconic, Hereditary. Together we discuss Toni Colette's famous performance, overlooked aspects of the film like sound design, comparisons to Eddington and Ari Aster's Jewish sensibilities

Brandon Streussnig (Vulture) returns as we chat about the the beloved John Wick franchise. There's the influence on current slate of action movies of it all, Keanu's career, the well made action inspired by indonesian cinema and our favorite fights

Sam Cohen joins us as we chat about the Coen brothers making the best western of the 2010s in their remake of True Grit! Together we talk everything Jeff Bridges, our relationship with the Coens and the sweetness of the ending

Lyvie Scott returns as we revisit Sofia Coppola's 2017 southern gothic drama when she remade The Beguiled! Together we chat about the differences from the original Don Segal film, how great of an ensemble Coppola put together, sound design and how sympathy to the McBurney character. Clay Williams absent this episode 

Allison Picurro (Boy Movies, TV Guide) returns for the forbidden British romance in God's Own Country .Together we discuss the brilliance of Josh O'Connor, Yorkshire as a setting and manual labor as a sign of repressed love like in Brokeback Mountain

Josh Bradley (Serious Film People) returns for Richard Linklater's magnum opus in Boyhood! Together we chat about the criticisms from the time, the characterization of Ethan Hawke's father figure, the performances, why the descriptor of "universal feeling" is outdated and pop culture influences on the movie

Matt Knost (Settle the Score) join us for 2010s documentary about Banksy (kinda) with Exit Through the Gift Shop! Together we dig into Banksy's place on pop culture, the perspective the doc takes on its main character and the elusive nature of the artist

Olivia Deaton (Intermission podcast) joins us for 2016's horror throwback in The Love Witch. Together we discuss the style of the movie, 2010s horror in general, Samantha Robinson's specific performance and comparisons to Jennifer's Body

Josh Polanski (Boston Hassle) returns as we chat about Jia Zhangke! Together we discuss the anthology film, fav segments, that epilogue and the Chinese restrictions. Friend of the show Tyler Harford fills in for cohost while Clay Williams is absent

Peyton Robinson (Roger Ebert) returns with 2013’s The Double! Together we discuss how the movie is an overlooked comedy, the Jesse Eisenberg leading man appeal, movies we thought of in reference to The Double, the look of the movie and Richard Ayoade’s career. Friend of the show Tyler Harford fills in for cohost while Clay Williams is absent

Sam Herbst returns as we discuss Debra Granik’s superb Leave No Trace. Together we go through the careers of the leads, films we thought of on our rewatch, earning the movies’ rotten tomatoes record and 2018 as a movie year. Friend of the show Tyler Harford fills in for cohost while Clay Williams is absent

We are joined once more byAlmost Major pod's Kevin Tudor and Bryden Doyle to discuss 2014's THE GUEST! Together we cover Dan Stevens' career, what happened to Adam Wingard, the horror director, the late Lance Reddick and the memorable score

Abby Monteil returns with us for Claire Denis' space odyssey "High Life"together we discuss the view of assault and violence in the movie, Rob Pattinson, queuer making scifi, using Mia Goth and nihilism

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. Clay Williams absent this episode 

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 ofCinema 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. Clay Williams absent this episode 

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

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. Clay Williams absent this episode 

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. Clay Williams absent this episode 

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. Clay Williams absent this episode 

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 Rejectedand 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 Killingand 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 

Lyvie Scott (Slash film) returns for 2017's disastrous KING ARTHUR adaptation. Together we discuss 2010s failed fantasy, Game of Thrones influence over the movie, the troubled production and Charlie Hunam career talk

Why I outta! Jesse Catherine Webber and Cullen Atchley (Cannes I Kick It podcast) are back to discuss the failure and reclamation of 2012’s THE THREE STOOGES! Together, we come up with MANY recastings, the development hell the movie found itself in, how the movie was doomed to fail and the sincerity that makes the movie work 12 years later 

Alex Kittle(Pan and Scan illustrations) joins us for 2013’s industry romantic comedy as well as Lake Bell’s directorial debut with In a World! Together we discuss Bell’s career, her chemistry with Demetri Martin, the movies poignant ending, careers that Hollywood doesn’t know what to do with and how well the movie has aged since 2013

Matt Singer (Screencrush, Opposable Thumbs book) joins us for the mo-cap era and the Adventures of Tintin! Together we talk all the odd visual choices of Tintin’s design, comparison to the Robert Zemeckis motion capture films, Spielberg comedies and uses of 3D