Picking the Best of 2025

Andrew and Steve get together to anoint one of Black Bag, Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, or Sinners the year's best

Jan 30 • Andrew E. Johnson and Steve Cimino

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The Best of 2025

The digs have changed, but the annual celebration of cinema hasn't. Find out why Steve and Andrew loved One Battle After Another, Marty Supreme, Sinners…

Jan 27 • Andrew E. Johnson and Steve Cimino

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Delving in to David Lynch's L.A. trilogy

Lost Highway (1977), Mulholland Drive (2001), Inland Empire (2006)

Jan 20 • Andrew E. Johnson

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Netflix as event horizon

The tech company has long wanted to kill movie theaters. Now, it might have its chance.

Jan 4 • Andrew E. Johnson

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December 2025

Reading the last page

A few thoughts on the brutal loss of Rob Reiner

Dec 18, 2025 • Andrew E. Johnson

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November 2025

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee

#41 in the Film 101 series is 'Modern Times'—a film that anticipates the anxiety of the present day by laying bare the anxieties of the moment it was…

Nov 21, 2025 • Andrew E. Johnson

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Disney is for consumers, not lovers, now

What might Disney look like now were it to try to live up to the spirit and vision of its creator.

Nov 12, 2025 • Andrew E. Johnson

October 2025

Exploring the outer limits of David Lynch

Listen now | Eraserhead (1977), Blue Velvet (1986), The Straight Story (1999). Throughout, the episode, we continue to touch on Lynch’s unique creative…

Oct 27, 2025 • Andrew E. Johnson, Andrew Stewart, and Ben Elsener

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A permanently altered state

'One Battle After Another' is many things, and one of them is a reflection of growing up Millennial.

Oct 19, 2025 • Andrew E. Johnson

September 2025

'They lie, even to themselves'

#40 — 'Rashomon' is a template-setting film. While many of its successors have delivered more slick and stylized versions of the pioneering story, few…

Sep 30, 2025 • Andrew E. Johnson

The natural

Robert Redford has shaped the film industry like few others have.

Sep 19, 2025 • Andrew E. Johnson

August 2025

As Gentle(ish) an introduction to David Lynch as possible

Listen now as we kick off our first season of Crash Course with three films from David Lynch: Elephant Man (1980), Dune (1984), Wild at Heart (1990)

Aug 30, 2025 • Andrew E. Johnson, Andrew Stewart, and Ben Elsener

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