Movie Night Extravaganza

Season 10

A quick moving, informed and in-depth live discussion show about movies. Discussing, debating and commenting on esoteric and populist films with a panel of guests. Sometimes formatted as "theme months".

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36 Episodes

Frances Ha with Marta McFly
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Frances Ha with Marta McFlyNot the first film Greta Gerwig co-wrote or the first film she technically did with Noah Baumbach, but Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach's creative partnership began here. Marta McFly joins the crew to talk some Frances Ha.
Amadeus with Lauren Chouinard
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Amadeus with Lauren ChouinardThe crew and Lauren Chouinard talk about Milos Forman's 1984 Amadeus. Known for its liberties with historical fact as much as the intense revenge story it put on screen between rival composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri.
Annette with Scott Interrante and Kev Reilly
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Annette with Scott Interrante and Kev ReillyLeos Carax first English Language film, a Rock Opera starring Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard written by the Sparks. It took 8 years to make, partially because Driver was cast and then became Kylo Ren in Star Wars. Kev and Scott join in.
Bell, Book, and Candle with Eileen Jones
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Bell, Book, and Candle with Eileen JonesEileen Jones of Filmsuck and Jacobin joins Forrest, Conan Neutron, and Kristina Oakes to talk about the Jimmy Stewart + Kim Novak Witch based Romantic Comedy "Bell, Book and Candle". Released the same year as Vertigo.
Hocus Pocus
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Hocus PocusForrest, Conan, and Kristina talk about Kenny Ortega's 1993 family Witch comedy. Hocus Pocus was a flop when it came out, but over time, and through Disney Channel and ABC Family.. it's become one of the biggest Halloween Films ever.
The Witch with Lauren Chouinard
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The Witch with Lauren ChouinardThe directorial debut of Robert Eggers and the breakout film for Anya Taylor Joy. It tells the story of a Puritan Family in the 1630s, who are banished from Plimouth, and left to fend for themselves in the woods. Witch Month.
Kiki's Delivery Service with AlexHaha
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Kiki's Delivery Service with AlexHahaOne of the earliest Studio Ghibli films after My Neighbor Totoro just 4 years after Ghibli was founded. Based on the book Witch's Express Home Delivery by Eiko Kadono. Witch Month.
The Love Witch with Josh Duggan
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The Love Witch with Josh DugganForrest, Kristina and Josh Duggan talk about Anna Biller's horror comedy the Love Witch. Which satirizes the fact that most horror/supernatural/thriller in fact most cinema in general is filmed with the "male gaze" in mind.
Weapons
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WeaponsForrest, Conan Neutron, and Kristina Oakes talk about Zach Cregger's Weapons Weapons is a supernatural horror film about a town where 17 children in the same 3rd grade class suddenly go missing. Our last show for Witch month.
Mildred Pierce
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Mildred PierceA story of "social inequity and opportunity in America" set during the Great Depression. The 1945 Michael Curtiz's film turns the novel into a story of murder. money, and a mother's obsessive love for her spoiled ungrateful daughter.
Key Largo with McKenzie Wilkes
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Key Largo with McKenzie WilkesOn our second Noirvember Episode, the crew and McKenzie Wilkes talk about John Huston's 1948 Crime Drama Key Largo. Starring Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, and Edward G. Robinson It was Bogart and Bacall's fourth and final film together.
The Long Goodbye with Josh Duggan
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The Long Goodbye with Josh DugganForrest, Kristina Oakes, and Josh Duggan talk about Robert Altman's The Long Goodbye A 1970s Neo-Noir version of Raymond Chandler's iconic Phillip Marlowe novel A 1970s Neo-Noir version of Raymond Chandler's iconic Phillip Marlowe novel.
The Big Lebowski with the Letterhack
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The Big Lebowski with the LetterhackThe Dude is bumming around Los Angeles, minding his own business, when a case of mistaken identity throws him into a kidnapping plot. Noir month continues.
Sunset Boulevard
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Sunset BoulevardStarting off a month where we talk about Movies about Making Movies Sunset Boulevard examines the wreckage left behind by the transition from Silent Era pictures to the "Talkies". Joe Gillis begins working for Norma Desmond on a screenplay
The Player with Ian Miller
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The Player with Ian MillerRobert Altman directs a satirical look at the Holywood Studio system of the 1980s and 1990s. The Player is the story of Griffin Mill a sleazy Hollywood Executive whose life spirals out of control after he murders a writer David Kahane.
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit?Mike Scott of Bottled 'n' Bond joins the crew. Its an advanced version of hybrid live action/cartoon style using both animation cels and some small early CGI technological advances by Industrial Light and Magic
Ed Wood with Daniel House
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Ed Wood with Daniel HouseA biopic about filmmaker Edward D. Wood, once voted "Worst Director of All Time," operating under massive constraints in the 1950s as he struggled to make films like "Glenn or Glenda", "Bride of the Monster" and "Plan 9 from Outer Space"
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood with Kev
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Once Upon a Time in Hollywood with KevTarantino's revisionist history of the night that destroyed the 1960s. The Manson Murders. Closing out a month of movies about movies.
Citizen Kane with Eileen Jones
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Citizen Kane with Eileen Jones
Memories of Murder with Sean McGrath
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Memories of Murder with Sean McGrathYears before the more International Acclaim of Parasite and English Language films Snowpiercer and Mickey 17, Bong Joon-ho's second film is probably his most culturally Korean. Sean McGrath of Unkind Rewind and Cinequote joins us.
Nights of Cabiria with Adam McKay
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Nights of Cabiria with Adam McKayDirector Adam McKay RETURNS to talk about Federico Fellini's Nights of Cabiria. Nights of Cabiria is Fellini's last neorealist style film, right before the surrealist avant-garde period that would create films like La Dolce Vita and 8 1/2.
Thief with Josh Olson
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Thief with Josh OlsonJosh Olson, screenwriter of A History of Violence, talks about Michael Mann's Thief with the crew. With attention to detail, and practically unparalleled realism, Michael Mann's first feature highlights a style he would become known for.
One Battle After Another with Eileen Jones
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One Battle After Another with Eileen JonesIt's our Oscars Month, we got a bunch of 2025's biggest movies (that we haven't covered already) up on deck, culminating with our Oscars LIVE Coverage in March. One Battle After Another is up for 13 Oscars including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor twice, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Sound, Best Casting, Best Original Score, Best Editing, Best Cinematography.
Wicked for Good with Julia Linger
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Wicked for Good with Julia LingerJulia Linger joins the crew to talk about Wicked For Good. It is Oscars Month, 2025's biggest movies (that haven't been covered) on deck, culminating with LIVE coverage. Wicked For Good was snubbed, MNE does one snubbed episode a year.
Marty Supreme with Kayla Says
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Marty Supreme with Kayla SaysSet in the 1950s, Timothee Chalamet plays Marty Mauser, an arrogant young Jewish-American table tennis player, at a time when ping pong is on the rise. When he tours around the world, his antics draw a bunch of attention, but when he's home he's hustling for the money to keep it happening.. regardless of who it effects. It is Oscars Month, 2025's biggest movies (that haven't been covered) on deck, culminating with LIVE coverage.
Blue Moon with Scott Interrante
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Blue Moon with Scott InterranteForrest. Conan Neutron, Kristina Oakes and Scott Interrante talk about Richard Linklater's Blue Moon/Paired with Nouvelle Vague, Linklater's biopic about Jean Luc Godard and the making of Breathless in 1960. This is another non-standard biopic, this time about Lorenz Hart, the former partner of Richard Rogers, on the opening night of Oklahoma. Starring Ethan Hawke, in a totally transformed role, that's gotten him Oscar buzz and critical praise as Lorenz Hart. Also starring Margaret Qualley, Bobby Cannavale, Andrew Scott, and Simon Delaney. It is Oscars Month, 2025's biggest movies (that haven't been covered) on deck, culminating with LIVE coverage.
Bugonia with Josh Duggan
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Bugonia with Josh DugganA remake of the 2003 South Korean sci-fi black comedy 'Save the Green Planet!' Starring Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Aiden Delbis, Stavros Halkias, Alicia Silverstone. Written by the former Onion Editor-in-Chief and screenwriter and producer of the Menu, Will Tracy and produced by Ari Aster and Lars Knudsen. The story of a conspiracy theorist named Teddy who becomes convinced that a Pharma CEO that he kidnaps is actually an alien species called an Andromedan. It is Oscars Month, 2025's biggest movies (that haven't been covered) on deck, culminating with LIVE coverage.
Oscars 2026 Speed Round (Hamnet, F1, K-Pop Demon Hunters, Train Dreams, and Sentimental Value)
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Oscars 2026 Speed Round (Hamnet, F1, K-Pop Demon Hunters, Train Dreams, and Sentimental Value)A special time limited episode, where each of the hosts give their takes and opinions on (most) of the rest of the 2025 Oscar picks. Covering: Hamnet, F1, K-Pop Demon Hunters, Train Dreams, and Sentimental Value. It is Oscars Month, 2025's biggest movies (that haven't been covered) on deck, culminating with LIVE coverage.
The Secret Agent with Zach Marsh
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The Secret Agent with Zach MarshOn our last episode before the Oscars, Forrest, Conan Neutron, Kristina Oakes and Zach B. Marsh talk about the Kleber Mendonça Filho film The Secret Agent. Drawing parallels between the Military Dictatorship of the 1970s and Bolsonaro's Brazil where for a while, media was once again censored a bit and artists like Wagner Moura had their work censored. And focusing on the preservation of memory, with Kleber Filho looking back on his childhood in Recife in the 1970s, where Marcelo/Armando is hiding from two hit men hired by the Electrobras Executive Director who has hired him after becoming convinced he has "communist sympathies" Also starring Maria Fernanda Candido, Alice Carvalho, Luciano Chirolli, Carlo Francisco, Gabriel Leone, and Udo Kier in his final role!. It is Oscars Month, 2025's biggest movies (that haven't been covered) on deck, culminating with LIVE coverage.
98th Annual Academy Awards
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98th Annual Academy AwardsLive coverage of the Academy Awards, real time reactions, jokes and commentary with live reactions from viewers, real time analysis and lots of zingers. Including post ceremony analysis with friend of the show Sean McGrath of Unkind Rewind.
The Testament of Ann Lee with Eileen Jones
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The Testament of Ann Lee with Eileen JonesForrest, Kristina Oakes, and Eileen Jones talk about the Testament of Ann Lee. The second film from the Brutalist's filmmakers, co-written by Brady Corbet and directed and written by Mona Fastvold Starring Amanda Seyfried as Ann Lee, the Founder of Shakerism, a religious sect in 1700s America Also starring Lewis Pullman, Thomasin McKenzie, Matthew Beard, and Viola Prettejohn It's also.. a musical, repurposing Shaker Hymns for a really fascinating musical experience. Shakers believed that in order to truly commune with God you must abstain from sexual intercourse among many other things.
The Bride! with Dead Domain
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The Bride! with Dead DomainForrest, Kristina Oakes, and Dead Domain talk about Maggie Gyllenhaal's second film The Bride. Starring Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale, Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Saarsgard, Annette Benning, Zlatko Buric, and Penelope Cruz Adapted from the 1935 James Whalen Universal film "The Bride of Frankenstein" Maggie Gyllenhaal set out to metaphorically give ownership of the Bride of Frankenstein to Mary Shelley.. having her possess Jesse Buckley's Ida and causing her to call out the local Chicago Mob Boss leading to her untimely demise Meanwhile, Christian Bale stars as Frankenstein's Monster who is extremely lonely and convinces a "Mad Scientist" played by Annette Benning to reincarnate a corpse.. surprise Ida's corpse.. to be a girlfriend and eventually a bride for him before he LITERALLY DIES OF LONELINESS.
Ghostbusters with Rob Kassees and Tom Monaghan
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Ghostbusters with Rob Kassees and Tom MonaghanForrest and Conan Neutron talk with Rob Kassees and Tom Monaghan about Ivan Reitman's Ghostbusters!. The classic 1984 GHOST BUSTIN' comedy starring Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, Sigourney Weaver, and Ernie Hudson. Written by Dan Akroyd and Harold Ramis. When there's something strange.. in your neighborhood who you gonna call? Rob Kasses and Tom Monaghan of The Chop. have put out a Ghostbusters themed album Stay Puft.
Perfect Days with Marta McFly
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Perfect Days with Marta McFlyForrest, Conan Neutron, Kristina Oakes, and Marta Djordjevic AKA Marta McFly discuss Wim Wenders Perfect Days After a long period of mostly doing documentaries, Wim Wenders returns to narrative feature filmmaking with a film originally envisioned to help the Tokyo Toilet Project showcase their 15 internationally designed public bathrooms. Koji Yakusho stars as Hirayama, a public toilet cleaner, who is mostly silent and enjoys the small pleasures of life. From his trees, to his cassettes, to his bike rides, Hirayama lives a structured and repetitive existence in a minimalist apartment appreciating the small things in life.
Vertigo with Eileen Jones
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Vertigo with Eileen Jones
Charley Varrick with Josh Olson
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Charley Varrick with Josh OlsonJosh Olson returns to talk about Don Siegel's follow up to Dirty Harry, Charley Varrick. This one Influenced everything from Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul to Pulp Fiction to No Country For Old Men.