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Watch This ListThe Phenomenon of Craving: AddictionWith help from Gabor Maté, Patrick Carnes, and Allen Carr, Amy reflects on two years sober via Flight (2012), Heaven Knows What (2014), and Shame (2011).
2025-07-0345 min
Watch This ListThe Phenomenon of Craving: MarriageAmy & Jacob kick off a new series with its premiere exploring illusion & disillusionment in marriage through the lenses of The Thin Man, Paterson, Closer, and Anatomy of a Fall.
2025-06-261h 17
Watch This ListAmy's Progress: MayAmy & Kaylyn cover Lucky McKee's 2002 cult classic and chat about women in horror and becoming fearless.
2025-06-101h 02
Watch This ListPROGRESSAUTEUR: Christopher NolanAmy & Tyler unpack the Nolan oeuvre for 118 minutes and explain the Inception ending once and for all.
2025-05-221h 58
Watch This ListAmy's Progress: The Swimmer / All That JazzAmy & Swart tackle midlife crises through empty pools, nostalgia, regret, and Broadway tunes. It's showtime, folks!
2025-05-081h 10
Watch This ListAmy's Progress: Calvary / Evil Does Not ExistAmy & Mitch chat moral relativism + the nature of evil and search for an edifying benefit of weighing both sides to everything.
2025-05-0158 min
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Watch This ListPROVOCAUTEUR: Charlie KaufmanAmy and Frank talk themselves into Kaufman's filmography and find their way out of the swamp.
2025-03-131h 26
Watch This ListPROVOCAUTEUR: Ingmar BergmanAmy & Hutch cover crises of faith, relationships, and self via a special handful of Bergman classics.
2025-02-271h 10
Watch This ListAmy's Progress: My Dinner with AndreAmy & Lowe revisit the big existential questions Wally & Andre pondered circa '81 and discuss what it means "to be truly alive."
2025-02-201h 12
Watch This ListVALENTINE'S SPECIAL: Love & RobotsAmy & Jenna chat human (/artificial) intelligence, unconditional android affection, and what we *really* want from romantic companionship. Happy Valentine's!
2025-02-131h 04
Watch This ListPROVOCAUTEUR: Werner HerzogHonored to have Adam back on the pod for WTL's 100th episode. Amy's recovering from the flu, and Adam gives a dynamite Herzog impression.
2025-02-061h 06
Watch This ListPROVOCAUTEUR: Gus Van SantAmy & Victor chat Van Sant's Death Trilogy, his artsy indies, award-winning crowd-pleasers, and everything in-between.
2025-01-161h 05
Watch This ListAmy's Progress: Clean and SoberAmy reflects on 550 days of sobriety with help from an underrated gem.
2025-01-0941 min
Watch This ListWATCH THIS LIST PRESENTS: 2024 In ReviewAmy, Tyler, & Frank share best first-time watches of the year, top three 2024 releases, and conduct their very own full-length awards ceremony. Happy New Year, kids.
2024-12-312h 43
Watch This ListPROVOCAUTEUR: Nagisa ŌshimaMerry Christmas, kids! Amy & Bob talk power dynamics, unlikable protagonists, and how Ōshima masterfully merges politics & passion.
2024-12-261h 07
Watch This ListPROVOCAUTEUR: Alfred HitchcockMerry Hitchmas, kids! Amy & Satchel spotlight Alfred's 50s filmography & attempt to decipher his blonde preoccupation.
2024-12-1259 min
Watch This ListPROVOCAUTEUR: Lars von TrierAmy & Miles chat all things von Trier, auteur theory, and capturing tender moments on film.
2024-11-281h 14
Watch This ListPROVOCAUTEUR: Mario BavaAmy & Rob gush over all things Bava in this special Halloween episode.
2024-10-311h 04
Watch This ListAmy's Progress: Minding the GapAmy & Andrew discuss the sensitive subjects of domestic abuse, cycles of violence, and forgiveness alongside Bing Liu's Minding the Gap.
2024-10-241h 10
Watch This ListPROVOCAUTEUR: Terrence MalickAmy & Mitch chat Malick movies and their mystical musings on nature, suffering, and grace.
2024-10-031h 19
Watch This ListAmy's Progress: Hulk Punch LoveAmy & Seth uncover how Ang Lee's Hulk + PT Anderson's Punch-Drunk Love = a match made in cinema heaven.
2024-09-261h 11
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Watch This ListPROVOCAUTEUR: Rainer Werner FassbinderAmy & Sakana chat Fassbinder's grandiose filmography and its timeless EMOTION.
2024-09-051h 08
Watch This ListPROVOCAUTEUR: Tsai Ming-liangAmy & Jerry chat the deep & tender work of a truly one-of-a-kind provocateur.
2024-08-221h 17
Watch This ListPROVOCAUTEUR: Ridley Scott (Director's Cut)Amy & Tyler cover Ridley's standouts, their alignment with Tony's, his themes, preoccupations, and eternal search for truth. Longest episode to date for a filmmaker who never bothered to be brief.
2024-08-081h 49
Watch This ListAmy's Progress: Leaving Las Vegas/PigAmy & Katrina cover two Nic Cage gems on opposite sides of the spectrum, beginning with Leaving Las Vegas and ending with Pig.
2024-08-011h 07
Watch This ListPROVOCAUTEUR: Robert AltmanVictor presents a solid case for proper Altman appreciation to a formerly skeptical Amy who's just now seeing the light and becoming a fan.
2024-07-251h 11
Watch This ListPROVOCAUTEUR: Sidney LumetAmy & Lowe focus on The Hill & Network and hone in on Lumet's deepest themes.
2024-07-111h 06
Watch This ListAmy's Progress: Donnie DarkoAmy finds a portal into Richard Kelly's headspace and reflects on one year sober.
2024-07-0445 min
Watch This ListPROVOCAUTEUR: John HustonAmy & Jacob introduce the new directors series & tackle John Huston's literary filmography, focusing on Wise Blood + Moby Dick.
2024-06-271h 04
Watch This ListAmy's Progress: Coen Brothers SpecialAmy & Andy Swart set out to cover the Coen Bros double feature of O Brother, Where Art Thou? + A Serious Man and end up chatting their entire filmography, Cormac McCarthy, & relatable anxiety.
2024-06-201h 02
Watch This ListShe Said/She Said: Finale!Amy & Jetta close out She Said/She Said Season 1 with spirited debate around Barbie & Bella Baxter.
2024-06-131h 10
Split Your HeadSplit Your Head - Season 2, Episode 22 - Amy Hensarling & Jetta Weinstein discuss "Bug"/"Ravenous"This episode features Amy Hensarling and Jetta Weinstein, two podcasting/film-writing buds who both made appearances on the first season. Once I heard the inaugural episode of Amy's new series, She Said/She Said, where Jetta came on to dissect a couple films, I just knew I needed both of them on to discuss a couple horror flicks. Jetta picked William Friedkin's "Bug" (2006") and Antonia Bird's "Ravenous" (1999) and off we went pulling apart the themes and subtext of these two powerful/singular films. Fun was had! Check it out!
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2024-06-111h 30
Watch This ListAmy's Progress: Minority ReportAmy aims Philip K. Dick's short story, Spielberg's adaptation, and Step 10 toward getting better at predicting the future.
2024-06-0646 min
Watch This ListShe Said/She Said: JennaAmy & Jenna cover Lina Wertmüller's Seven Beauties and Jane Campion's In the Cut. They chat feminism, gallows humor, the creepiness of fantasy love, and how we watch movies to help define ourselves.
2024-05-301h 21
Watch This ListAmy's Progress: The Last JediAmy & Tristan unpack Star Wars: The Last Jedi's most prominent themes of tradition, failure, self-actualization, &
demythologizing legend for the greater good.
2024-05-231h 05
Watch This ListShe Said/She Said: SandyAmy & Sandy chat sexy vampires, gothic horror, toxic relationships, and thriving in recovery.
2024-05-161h 11
Watch This ListThe Noble Truth: TenetAmy, Tyler, & Frank chat optimism vs fatalism, their top 5 Nolans, and Amy's total misreading of Dune: Part Two.
2024-05-091h 03
Watch This ListAmy's Progress: BirthAmy & Jerry delve into the helplessness of grief, Glazer's filmography, and Birth as ghost story.
2024-05-021h 16
Watch This ListAmy's Progress: Happy-Go-LuckyAmy & Victor contemplate stoicism, reality cooperation, and the benefits of choosing visionary happiness.
2024-04-251h 03
Watch This ListShe Said/She Said: KaylynAmy & Kaylyn chat Donkey Skin, Blue Valentine, and compatibility in romantic relationships.
2024-04-181h 04
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Watch This ListShe Said/She Said: SakanaAmy & Sakana unpack female asexuality in Vincent Sherman's Harriet Craig & Alfred Hitchcock's Marnie.
2024-03-281h 08
Watch This ListFast, Cheap, & Out of Control // The Constant Gardener // The Pigeon TunnelAmy & Michael chat his favorite comfort films, vocations, moral quests, and how our deepest passions make us whole.
2024-03-211h 06
Watch This ListShe Said/She Said: KatrinaAmy & Katrina cover Batman Returns, Nolan vs Burton's Catwoman, The Virgin Suicides, and empowering our true selves.
2024-03-071h 10
Unwatchables with Marc & SethEp. 58 - The Zone of Interest feat. Amy HensarlingUnwatchables is thrilled to welcome back Amy Hensarling of Watch This List for our special pre-Oscars episode! Jonathan Glazer’s harrowing Holocaust drama THE ZONE OF INTEREST may be the most unconventional Best Picture nominee in years, if not ever; we discuss Glazer’s entire career, his uniquely unsettling approach to a familiar unsettling subject, and whether in this case he went far enough.
You can find more from Amy at https://letterboxd.com/amyhensarling/
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2024-03-051h 19
Watch This ListAmy's Progress: MemoriaAmy & Adam chat slow cinema, the healing power of human connection, and following your sound.
2024-02-291h 08
Watch This ListShe Said/She Said: MaddyMaddy & Amy chat Satoshi Kon's Perfect Blue, John Carpenter's Someone's Watching Me!, and how being a female horror fan has its perks & privs.
2024-02-2253 min
Watch This ListAmy's Progress: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless MindOn memory, love lost, and learning from the pain.
2024-02-1423 min
Watch This ListAmy's Progress: The AddictionAmy's meditation on the nature of evil with a little help from St. John, Ferrara, Step 7, and David Foster Wallace.
2024-01-2530 min
Watch This ListAmy's Progress: The WorkAmy & Andrew tackle one of the most profound hidden gem documentaries ever made about rehabilitation, the power of vulnerability, confession, active listening, and restoration. Go inside to go outside.
2024-01-181h 12
Watch This ListSilent Hill // The Revenge of the Sith // Phantom of the OperaAmy & Tyler chat comfort movies, video games, The Iliad, David Foster Wallace, Macbeth, the masks we wear, and the bright side of human tragedy.
2024-01-111h 34
Watch This ListAmy's Progress: ExoticaHappy New Year, kids! Amy dives into Atom Egoyan's 1994 masterpiece Exotica all on her own in the show's most intimate, unraveling episode to date.
2024-01-0440 min
Watch This ListAmy's Progress: The ShiningIn the final episode of 2023, Amy & Jacob discuss alcoholism, traumatic memory, King's narcissism of the writer careening towards the void, Kubrick's depersonalization, shifting identities in time, and what we think shining really means.
2023-12-281h 08
Watch This ListThe Friends of Eddie Coyle // Long Day's Journey into Night // Landscape SuicideJoin Amy and Jerry as they chat his top 3 comfort films + a whole host of unrelated (and some related) novels, shows, and movies, including Roadside Picnic, Boardwalk Empire, All the President's Men, and their #1 favorite Tarantino joint.
2023-12-211h 09
Watch This ListAmy's Progress: The Banshees of InisherinAmy & Lowe chat conflict resolution, outgrowing friendships, finding purpose, taking rejection gracefully, and learning how to forgive.
2023-12-141h 17
Watch This ListAmy's Progress: Taste of CherryAmy & Christopher chat Waiting for Godot, the kindness of strangers, Abbas Kiarostami's controversial final scene, and how a fresh outlook can change the world.
2023-12-071h 01
Watch This ListAmy's Progress: Rosemary's BabyAmy & Brian tread carefully on tough topics, including Roman Polanski, cultural upheaval in the 60s, sexual trauma, and how speaking openly and honestly is often the healing key.
2023-11-301h 06
Watch This ListAmy's Progress: The Exorcist IIIAmy and Ethan tackle The Exorcist franchise, the theatrical vs director's cuts, sacrificial love, human connection, and Blatty's conclusion.
2023-11-161h 02
Watch This ListAmy's Progress: The Ninth ConfigurationAmy and Seth tackle suffering and authenticity via William Peter Blatty's zany-visionary second installment in his bold psychological trilogy of faith following The Exorcist. "What a piece of work is a man..."
2023-11-091h 01
Watch This ListAmy's Progress: Crimes and MisdemeanorsHappy 50th episode, kids! Amy & Marc celebrate the WTL milestone by pondering moral conundrums, crises of conscience, and whether or not we can ever really get away scot-free.
2023-10-261h 05
Watch This ListAmy's Progress: OrdetAmy & Andrew contemplate miracles, real change, and tests of humanity and faith.
2023-10-191h 07
Watch This ListAmy's Progress: The Wicker ManAmy & Darren chat religious extremism, Christopher Lee, and how to be persuasive in passion without meeting a dreadful end.
2023-10-1257 min
Watch This ListAmy's Progress: First ReformedAmy and Andy talk sobriety, Paul Schrader, and the great tension between hope and despair.
2023-10-051h 05
Watch This ListAmy's Progress: StalkerAmy & Mitch get into the zone & ponder deepest desires, Morpheus vs Stalker, and what the heck that ending really means.
2023-09-281h 04
Watch This ListAmy's Progress: The Last Temptation of ChristKicking off a bright idea with a bang (and my very special guest Dan Jensen).
2023-09-0742 min
Watch This ListGiallo Andiamo!BONUS EPISODE, KIDS! Tune in to hear Amy, Gentry, and Rob recap 31 days of gialli summer fun.
2023-08-171h 03
Watch This ListHidden Gems Series Finale: JoelWatch This List Unplugged presents a brand new series focusing on hidden classics. Join Amy & Joel to hear about the best films you've never seen.
2023-07-2749 min
Watch This ListHidden Gems: MitchWatch This List Unplugged presents a brand new series focusing on hidden classics. Join Amy & Mitch to hear about the best films you've never seen.
2023-07-2043 min
Watch This ListHidden Gems: SwartWatch This List Unplugged presents a brand new series focusing on hidden classics. Join Amy & Swart to hear about the best films you've never seen.
2023-07-1148 min
Watch This ListHidden Gems: JacobWatch This List Unplugged presents a brand new series focusing on hidden classics. Join Amy & Jacob to hear about the best films you've never seen.
2023-06-2952 min
Watch This ListHidden Gems: BobWatch This List Unplugged presents a brand new series focusing on hidden classics. Join Amy & Bob to hear about the best films you've never seen.
2023-06-2248 min
Watch This ListHidden Gems: DanWatch This List Unplugged presents a brand new series focusing on hidden classics. Join Amy & Dan to hear about the best films you've never seen.
2023-06-1552 min
Watch This ListHidden Gems: JettaWatch This List Unplugged presents a brand new series focusing on hidden classics. Join Amy & Jetta to hear about the best films you've never seen.
2023-06-0855 minSplit Your HeadSplit Your Head - Season 1, Episode 3 - "Midnight Movies" with Amy HensarlingBob & Jeremiah discuss "Midnight Movies" with Amy Hensarling and things get a little unhinged. It's almost as if this was done at midnight. On very little sleep.
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2023-06-061h 16
Watch This ListHidden Gems: AJWatch This List Unplugged presents a brand new series focusing on hidden classics. Join Amy & AJ to hear about the best films you've never seen.
2023-06-0146 min
Watch This ListHidden Gems: RobWatch This List Unplugged presents a brand new series focusing on hidden classics. Join Amy & Rob to hear about the best films you've never seen.
2023-05-2546 min
Watch This ListHidden Gems: EthanWatch This List Unplugged presents a brand new series focusing on hidden classics. Join Amy & Ethan to hear about the best films you've never seen.
2023-05-1859 min
Watch This ListHidden Gems: KevinWatch This List Unplugged presents a brand new series focusing on hidden classics. Join Amy & Kevin to hear about the best films you've never seen.
2023-05-1142 min
Watch This ListHidden Gems: MichaelWatch This List Unplugged presents a brand new series focusing on hidden classics. Join Amy & Michael to hear about the best films you've never seen.
2023-05-0446 min
Watch This ListHidden Gems: AndrewWatch This List Unplugged presents a brand new series focusing on hidden classics. Join Amy & Andrew to hear about the best films you've never seen.
2023-04-2555 min
Watch This ListHidden Gems: CormacWatch This List Unplugged presents a brand new series focusing on hidden classics. Join Amy & Cormac to hear about the best films you've never seen.
2023-04-1836 min
Watch This ListHidden Gems: GrahamWatch This List Unplugged presents a brand new series focusing on underseen classics. Join Amy & Graham to hear about the best films you've never seen.
2023-04-1139 min
Watch This ListHidden Gems: MatthewWatch This List Unplugged presents a brand new series focusing on underseen classics. Join Amy & Matthew to hear about the best films you've never seen.
2023-04-0542 min
Watch This ListHidden Gems: BenjaminWatch This List Unplugged presents a brand new series focusing on underseen classics. Join Amy & Benjamin to hear about the best films you've never seen.
2023-03-3042 min
Watch This ListHidden Gems: FrankWatch This List Unplugged presents a brand new series focusing on underseen classics. Join Amy & Frank to hear about the best films you've never seen.
2023-03-2150 min
The SearchersHawks Hang Out! Part One: Ball of Fire (1941) - Ep 18 w/ guest Amy HensarlingPART 1 of our Hawks Hang Out! Join us on this double episode drop day for a look into the 1941 Gary Cooper/Barbara Stanwyck movie, Ball of Fire--of course directed by Howard Hawks. The listeners demanded it, and we give the listeners what they want!
We are also excited to have our first guest on the show: Amy Hensarling. Amy was so intrigued by Kevin's mini-review of Ball of Fire on a previous episode that she checked it out the next day. Long story short, she liked it a lot! Check out her podcast, Watch this List at...
2023-03-011h 40The SearchersHawks Hang Out! Part One: Ball of Fire (1941) - Ep 18 w/ guest Amy HensarlingPART 1 of our Hawks Hang Out! Join us on this double episode drop day for a look into the 1941 Gary Cooper/Barbara Stanwyck movie, Ball of Fire--of course directed by Howard Hawks. The listeners demanded it, and we give the listeners what they want!
We are also excited to have our first guest on the show: Amy Hensarling. Amy was so intrigued by Kevin's mini-review of Ball of Fire on a previous episode that she checked it out the next day. Long story short, she liked it a lot! Check out her podcast, Watch this List at...
2023-03-011h 40
Watch This ListRewatch This ListCasual cinephile Joel Killin gives his top 5 favorite rewatches of 2022.
2022-12-151h 09
Watch This ListSecret OriginsComic book aficionado Rob drops in to give his top 5 favorite nontraditional superhero flicks.
2022-12-011h 21
Watch This ListIt's Out of Control and It's Coming Your WayCinema connoisseur Jetta Weinstein gives her top 5 favorite disaster movies.
2022-11-171h 19
Watch This ListA Doggedly Nasty Piece of BusinessFilm buff Rob Spencer offers his top 5 favorite gritty crime films.
2022-11-101h 03
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Watch This ListOnce More With FeelingUnwatchables co-host Marc Dottavio shares his top 5 sequels better than the originals.
2022-10-131h 13
Watch This List70s Arthouse HorrorPhotographer Zach Anderson presents his top five 70s arthouse horror flicks.
2022-09-291h 11
Watch This ListTime Is Not On Your SideEditor Lowe McKee takes us through his top five favorite movies about death.
2022-09-151h 08
Watch This ListDebutsFilmmaker Frank Ritz kicks off the podcast with his top five favorite directorial debuts.
2022-09-011h 14
Watch This ListSneak PeekHello movie lovers! Welcome home. Enjoy this jazzy introduction to my special up-and-coming podcast Watch This List.
2022-08-1101 min