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FilmWonkFilmWonk Podcast – Episode #213 – “The Brutalist” (2024) (dir. Brady Corbet), “M” (1931) (dir. Fritz Lang)
This week on the FilmWonk Podcast, Glenn and Daniel return to the world of cinema with Fritz Lang‘s classic police procedural (and a prototype of the genre), M (1931), a film from Weimar Germany which hits a bit differently today, but no less powerfully. And then we venture into Brady Corbet‘s towering and inventive immigrant story (featuring an Oscar-winning performance from Adrian Brody, The Brutalist (1:07:37).
May contain NSFW language.
FilmWonk rating (M): 10 out of 10FilmWonk rating (The Brutalist): 8.5 out of 10
Show notes:
[01:50] Review: M
[27:07] Review: The Brutalist
[46:20] Spoilers: The Brutalist
Li...2025-03-0800 minFilmWonk Podcast – FilmWonk.netFilmWonk Podcast – Episode #213 – “The Brutalist” (2024) (dir. Brady Corbet), “M” (1931) (dir. Fritz Lang)
This week on the FilmWonk Podcast, Glenn and Daniel return to the world of cinema with Fritz Lang‘s classic police procedural (and a prototype of the genre), M (1931), a film from Weimar Germany which hits a bit differently today, but no less powerfully. And then we venture into Brady Corbet‘s towering and inventive immigrant story (featuring an Oscar-winning performance from Adrian Brody, The Brutalist (1:07:37).
May contain NSFW language.
FilmWonk rating (M): 10 out of 10FilmWonk rating (The Brutalist): 8.5 out of 10
Show notes:
[01:50] Review: M
[27:07] Review: The Brutalist
[46:20] Spoilers: The Brutalist
Li...2025-03-0800 minFilmWonk Podcast – FilmWonk.netFilmWonk Podcast – Episode #212 – “My Old Ass” (dir. Megan Park), “Challengers” (2023) (dir. Luca Guadagnino)
This week on the FilmWonk Podcast, Glenn and Daniel check out two very different takes on thirtysomething nostalgia for your teenage years, first with My Old Ass, starring Aubrey Plaza and feature newcomer Maisy Stella as the older and younger versions of the same person, meeting through the magic of psylocibin. And then we catch up with Luca Guadagnino‘s fraught and sexy tennis triad, Challengers (1:01:26).
May contain NSFW language.
FilmWonk rating (My Old Ass): 8/10 (Glenn), 8.5/10 (Daniel)FilmWonk rating (Challengers): 8/10 (Glenn), 6/10 (Daniel)
2024-09-2800 minFilmWonkFilmWonk Podcast – Episode #212 – “My Old Ass” (dir. Megan Park), “Challengers” (2023) (dir. Luca Guadagnino)
This week on the FilmWonk Podcast, Glenn and Daniel check out two very different takes on thirtysomething nostalgia for your teenage years, first with My Old Ass, starring Aubrey Plaza and feature newcomer Maisy Stella as the older and younger versions of the same person, meeting through the magic of psylocibin. And then we catch up with Luca Guadagnino‘s fraught and sexy tennis triad, Challengers (1:01:26).
May contain NSFW language.
FilmWonk rating (My Old Ass): 8/10 (Glenn), 8.5/10 (Daniel)FilmWonk rating (Challengers): 8/10 (Glenn), 6/10 (Daniel)
2024-09-2800 minFilmWonkFilmWonk Podcast – Episode #211 – “Kinds of Kindness (dir. Yorgos Lanthimos)
This week on the FilmWonk Podcast, Glenn and Daniel check in on the latest from director Yorgos Lanthimos and his Poor Things collaborators Emma Stone and co-screenwriter Efthimis Filippou (The Killing of a Sacred Deer, The Lobster, Dogtooth), whose presence announces in advance that this is gonna be one of the weird ones. Additional weird ones include Jesse Plemons and Willem Dafoe, and everyone who ventures out to catch this one in theaters (36:34).
May contain NSFW language.[CW: Self-harm, pregnancy loss]
FilmWonk rating: 8 out of 10
Show notes:
[01:44] Review: Kinds of Kindness
[23:07...2024-07-0100 minFilmWonk Podcast – FilmWonk.netFilmWonk Podcast – Episode #211 – “Kinds of Kindness (dir. Yorgos Lanthimos)
This week on the FilmWonk Podcast, Glenn and Daniel check in on the latest from director Yorgos Lanthimos and his Poor Things collaborators Emma Stone and co-screenwriter Efthimis Filippou (The Killing of a Sacred Deer, The Lobster, Dogtooth), whose presence announces in advance that this is gonna be one of the weird ones. Additional weird ones include Jesse Plemons and Willem Dafoe, and everyone who ventures out to catch this one in theaters (36:34).
May contain NSFW language.[CW: Self-harm, pregnancy loss]
FilmWonk rating: 8 out of 10
Show notes:
[01:44] Review: Kinds of Kindness
[23:07...2024-07-0100 minFilmWonkFilmWonk Podcast – Episode #210 – “Furiosa” (dir. George Miller), “Unfrosted” (dir. Jerry Seinfeld), “Hustlers” (2019) (dir. Lorene Scafaria)
This week on the FilmWonk Podcast, Glenn and Daniel reunite with long-time friend of the pod Erika to review Furiosa, a return to the Mad Max saga which absolutely refused to rest on its laurels conceptually or thematically. Then, at Daniel’s behest, we “see what Jerry Seinfeld is up to” with Unfrosted, new on Netflix. And then we venture back to a gem of a crime dramedy from 2019, Lorene Scafaria‘s Hustlers (1:17:55).
May contain NSFW language.
FilmWonk rating (Unfrosted): 7/10 (Daniel, Erika), 4/10 (Glenn)FilmWonk rating (Furiosa): 9.5/10 (Erika), 9/10 (Glenn, Daniel)FilmWonk rating (Hustlers): 8/10 (Glenn), 9/10 (Erika...2024-05-2700 minFilmWonk Podcast – FilmWonk.netFilmWonk Podcast – Episode #210 – “Furiosa” (dir. George Miller), “Unfrosted” (dir. Jerry Seinfeld), “Hustlers” (2019) (dir. Lorene Scafaria)
This week on the FilmWonk Podcast, Glenn and Daniel reunite with long-time friend of the pod Erika to review Furiosa, a return to the Mad Max saga which absolutely refused to rest on its laurels conceptually or thematically. Then, at Daniel’s behest, we “see what Jerry Seinfeld is up to” with Unfrosted, new on Netflix. And then we venture back to a gem of a crime dramedy from 2019, Lorene Scafaria‘s Hustlers (1:17:55).
May contain NSFW language.
FilmWonk rating (Unfrosted): 7/10 (Daniel, Erika), 4/10 (Glenn)FilmWonk rating (Furiosa): 9.5/10 (Erika), 9/10 (Glenn, Daniel)FilmWonk rating (Hustlers): 8/10 (Glenn), 9/10 (Erika...2024-05-2700 minFilmWonkFilmWonk Podcast – Episode #209 – “Road House” (dir. Doug Liman), “The Book of Clarence” (dir. Jeymes Samuel)
This week on the FilmWonk Podcast, Glenn and Daniel check out Doug Liman‘s faithful and surprisingly enjoyable Road House remake, a film which somehow finds its feet with a western premise that was dated in the 80s, transplanted here into the Florida Keys, where that decade never ended. And then we reach back into 2023 for an epic of Biblical apocrypha by The Harder They Fall director Jeymes Samuel, The Book of Clarence, a mixed bag of religious satire which somehow manages to give The Life of Brian a run for its money. Exvangelicals should not miss this one (1:05:48)....2024-03-2700 minFilmWonk Podcast – FilmWonk.netFilmWonk Podcast – Episode #209 – “Road House” (dir. Doug Liman), “The Book of Clarence” (dir. Jeymes Samuel)
This week on the FilmWonk Podcast, Glenn and Daniel check out Doug Liman‘s faithful and surprisingly enjoyable Road House remake, a film which somehow finds its feet with a western premise that was dated in the 80s, transplanted here into the Florida Keys, where that decade never ended. And then we reach back into 2023 for an epic of Biblical apocrypha by The Harder They Fall director Jeymes Samuel, The Book of Clarence, a mixed bag of religious satire which somehow manages to give The Life of Brian a run for its money. Exvangelicals should not miss this one (1:05:48)....2024-03-2700 minFilmWonkFilmWonk Podcast – Episode #208 – “The Beekeeper” (dir. David Ayer), “The Kitchen” (dir. Daniel Kaluuya, Kibwe Tavares)
This week on the FilmWonk Podcast, Glenn and Daniel check out The Beekeeper, an enjoyably uncomplicated John Wick retread which is heavy on bee metaphor and light on everything else. And then they check out The Kitchen, the near-future dystopian sci-fi film on Netflix, set in London’s last remaining social housing unit, and featuring the feature debut of actor Daniel Kaluuya as co-writer/co-director (53:59).
May contain NSFW language.
FilmWonk rating (The Beekeeper): 6/10 (Glenn), 5/10 (Daniel)FilmWonk rating (The Kitchen): 7.5/10 (Glenn), 6.5/10 (Daniel)
2024-02-1100 minFilmWonk Podcast – FilmWonk.netFilmWonk Podcast – Episode #208 – “The Beekeeper” (dir. David Ayer), “The Kitchen” (dir. Daniel Kaluuya, Kibwe Tavares)
This week on the FilmWonk Podcast, Glenn and Daniel check out The Beekeeper, an enjoyably uncomplicated John Wick retread which is heavy on bee metaphor and light on everything else. And then they check out The Kitchen, the near-future dystopian sci-fi film on Netflix, set in London’s last remaining social housing unit, and featuring the feature debut of actor Daniel Kaluuya as co-writer/co-director (53:59).
May contain NSFW language.
FilmWonk rating (The Beekeeper): 6/10 (Glenn), 5/10 (Daniel)FilmWonk rating (The Kitchen): 7.5/10 (Glenn), 6.5/10 (Daniel)
2024-02-1100 minFilmWonk Podcast – FilmWonk.netFilmWonk Podcast – Episode #207 – “Killers of the Flower Moon” (dir. Martin Scorsese)
CW: Discussion of abuseThis week, Glenn and Daniel follow the western genre into the oil-rich 20th century and the terror of white supremacy in the Osage Nation with Killers of the Flower Moon (55:22).
May contain NSFW language.
FilmWonk rating: 10 out of 10
Show notes:
[00:23] Review: Killers of the Flower Moon
[39:33] Spoilers: Killers of the Flower Moon
Native perspectives on Killers of the Flower Moon:
Gangsters are the villains in ‘Killers of the Flower Moon,’ but the biggest thief of Native American wealth was the US government by Torivio Fodder at The...2023-10-2200 minFilmWonkFilmWonk Podcast – Episode #207 – “Killers of the Flower Moon” (dir. Martin Scorsese)
CW: Discussion of abuseThis week, Glenn and Daniel follow the western genre into the oil-rich 20th century and the terror of white supremacy in the Osage Nation with Killers of the Flower Moon (55:22).
May contain NSFW language.
FilmWonk rating: 10 out of 10
Show notes:
[00:23] Review: Killers of the Flower Moon
[39:33] Spoilers: Killers of the Flower Moon
Native perspectives on Killers of the Flower Moon:
Gangsters are the villains in ‘Killers of the Flower Moon,’ but the biggest thief of Native American wealth was the US government by Torivio Fodder at The...2023-10-2200 minFilmWonkFilmWonk Podcast – Episode #206 – “Barbie” (dir. Greta Gerwig), “Oppenheimer” (dir. Christopher Nolan), “Asteroid City” (dir. Wes Anderson)
This week on the FilmWonk Podcast, we do a #Barbenheimer (Greta Gerwig‘s Barbie and Christopher Nolan‘s Oppenheimer), then split the difference of pastel colors, artifice, and nuclear testing with one we missed from June, Wes Anderson‘s Asteroid City. (1:05:52).
May contain NSFW language.
FilmWonk rating (Barbie): 8 out of 10 (Glenn)FilmWonk rating (Oppenheimer): 8/10 (Daniel), 7.5/10 (Glenn)FilmWonk rating (Asteroid City): 8 out of 10
2023-07-2300 minFilmWonk Podcast – FilmWonk.netFilmWonk Podcast – Episode #206 – “Barbie” (dir. Greta Gerwig), “Oppenheimer” (dir. Christopher Nolan), “Asteroid City” (dir. Wes Anderson)
This week on the FilmWonk Podcast, we do a #Barbenheimer (Greta Gerwig‘s Barbie and Christopher Nolan‘s Oppenheimer), then split the difference of pastel colors, artifice, and nuclear testing with one we missed from June, Wes Anderson‘s Asteroid City. (1:05:52).
May contain NSFW language.
FilmWonk rating (Barbie): 8 out of 10 (Glenn)FilmWonk rating (Oppenheimer): 8/10 (Daniel), 7.5/10 (Glenn)FilmWonk rating (Asteroid City): 8 out of 10
2023-07-2300 minFilmWonk Podcast – FilmWonk.netFilmWonk Podcast – Episode #205 – “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” (dir. James Mangold), “Joy Ride” (dir. Adele Lim)
This week on the FilmWonk Podcast, Glenn and Daniel face the destiny of Harrison Ford, who returns for his third and presumably final legacy sequel to a blockbuster franchise (barring any eventual return to Jack Ryan), Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. But first, we check out the upcoming raunchy road trip comedy from Crazy Rich Asians screenwriter Adele Lim, Joy Ride, in theaters this Friday (1:10:24).
May contain NSFW language.
FilmWonk rating (Joy Ride): 7.5/10 (Glenn), 7/10 (Daniel)FilmWonk rating (Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny): 4/10 (Glenn), 5/10 (Daniel)
2023-07-0500 minFilmWonkFilmWonk Podcast – Episode #205 – “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” (dir. James Mangold), “Joy Ride” (dir. Adele Lim)
This week on the FilmWonk Podcast, Glenn and Daniel face the destiny of Harrison Ford, who returns for his third and presumably final legacy sequel to a blockbuster franchise (barring any eventual return to Jack Ryan), Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. But first, we check out the upcoming raunchy road trip comedy from Crazy Rich Asians screenwriter Adele Lim, Joy Ride, in theaters this Friday (1:10:24).
May contain NSFW language.
FilmWonk rating (Joy Ride): 7.5/10 (Glenn), 7/10 (Daniel)FilmWonk rating (Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny): 4/10 (Glenn), 5/10 (Daniel)
2023-07-0500 minFilmWonkFilmWonk Podcast – Episode #204 – “Cocaine Bear” (dir. Elizabeth Banks)
This week, Glenn and Daniel meet a Cocaine Bear (28:43).
May contain NSFW language.
FilmWonk rating: 6 out of 10
Show notes:
CORRECTION: We misstated Elizabeth Banks‘ involvement with the Pitch Perfect franchise – she directed Pitch Perfect 2, and was initially signed to direct Pitch Perfect 3, but exited the project as director in 2016, reprising her acting role only.
“The pirate shanty movie” starring Margo Martindale from early in the pandemic was Blow the Man Down, which we reviewed in early 2020:
FilmWonk Podcast – Episode #164 – “Blow the Man Down” (dir. Bridget Savage Cole and Danielle Krudy), “Lady Macbeth” (dir. William Oldroyd...2023-02-2600 minFilmWonk Podcast – FilmWonk.netFilmWonk Podcast – Episode #204 – “Cocaine Bear” (dir. Elizabeth Banks)
This week, Glenn and Daniel meet a Cocaine Bear (28:43).
May contain NSFW language.
FilmWonk rating: 6 out of 10
Show notes:
CORRECTION: We misstated Elizabeth Banks‘ involvement with the Pitch Perfect franchise – she directed Pitch Perfect 2, and was initially signed to direct Pitch Perfect 3, but exited the project as director in 2016, reprising her acting role only.
“The pirate shanty movie” starring Margo Martindale from early in the pandemic was Blow the Man Down, which we reviewed in early 2020:
FilmWonk Podcast – Episode #164 – “Blow the Man Down” (dir. Bridget Savage Cole and Danielle Krudy), “Lady Macbeth” (dir. William Oldroyd...2023-02-2600 minFilmWonk Podcast – FilmWonk.netFilmWonk Podcast – Episode #203 – “Aftersun” (dir. Charlotte Wells), “Somebody I Used to Know” (dir. Dave Franco)
CW: Mental health issuesThis week on the FilmWonk Podcast, Glenn and Daniel find themselves in another February streaming season, as a trope-subverting rom-com drops on Prime Video with Dave Franco and Alison Brie’s new film, Somebody I Used to Know. But first, we check out a 2022 selection we missed, Aftersun, a father-daughter drama from director Charlotte Wells, making her feature debut to great acclaim (including several Best Director awards, and the DGA nomination for best first-time feature film) (58:50).
May contain NSFW language.
FilmWonk rating (Aftersun): 9 out of 10FilmWonk rating (Somebody I...2023-02-1300 minFilmWonkFilmWonk Podcast – Episode #203 – “Aftersun” (dir. Charlotte Wells), “Somebody I Used to Know” (dir. Dave Franco)
CW: Mental health issuesThis week on the FilmWonk Podcast, Glenn and Daniel find themselves in another February streaming season, as a trope-subverting rom-com drops on Prime Video with Dave Franco and Alison Brie’s new film, Somebody I Used to Know. But first, we check out a 2022 selection we missed, Aftersun, a father-daughter drama from director Charlotte Wells, making her feature debut to great acclaim (including several Best Director awards, and the DGA nomination for best first-time feature film) (58:50).
May contain NSFW language.
FilmWonk rating (Aftersun): 9 out of 10FilmWonk rating (Somebody I...2023-02-1300 minFilmWonkFilmWonk Podcast – Episode #202 – “Knock at the Cabin” (dir. M. Night Shyamalan)
This week, Daniel is out sick, and Glenn makes a solo journey (and a bite-sized review) of Knock at the Cabin, the latest dire and sincere world of director M. Night Shyamalan, as an adaptation of a Paul G. Tremblay novel. Tune in next week when Daniel will be back to review Aftersun and a new streaming selection (10:55).
May contain NSFW language.
FilmWonk rating: 6.5 out of 10 (Glenn)
Show notes:
Check out our previous reviews of Shyamalan films:
FilmWonk Podcast – Episode #78 – “The Visit” (dir. M. Night Shyamalan)
FilmWonk Podcast – Episode #97 – “Split” (dir. M. Night Shyamalan)
...2023-02-0400 minFilmWonk Podcast – FilmWonk.netFilmWonk Podcast – Episode #202 – “Knock at the Cabin” (dir. M. Night Shyamalan)
This week, Daniel is out sick, and Glenn makes a solo journey (and a bite-sized review) of Knock at the Cabin, the latest dire and sincere world of director M. Night Shyamalan, as an adaptation of a Paul G. Tremblay novel. Tune in next week when Daniel will be back to review Aftersun and a new streaming selection (10:55).
May contain NSFW language.
FilmWonk rating: 6.5 out of 10 (Glenn)
Show notes:
Check out our previous reviews of Shyamalan films:
FilmWonk Podcast – Episode #78 – “The Visit” (dir. M. Night Shyamalan)
FilmWonk Podcast – Episode #97 – “Split” (dir. M. Night Shyamalan)
...2023-02-0400 minFilmWonk Podcast – FilmWonk.netFilmWonk Podcast – Episode #201 – “Avatar: The Way of Water” (dir. James Cameron), “Triangle of Sadness” (dir. Ruben Östlund), “Tár” (dir. Todd Field)
This week on the FilmWonk Podcast, Glenn and Daniel venture back to into the vast natural and technological ecosystem that is James Cameron‘s imagination, with Avatar: The Way of Water, a film we could hardly believe we were watching until the first frame actually appeared. Glenn also shares his spoiler-free thoughts on the myriad delights of Todd Field‘s Tár, a film which only feels impenetrable from the outside, and by design. And then we return to Force Majeure director Ruben Östlund‘s satirical Triangle of Sadness, which perhaps sails slightly off course but largely maintains its focus on...2022-12-1900 minFilmWonkFilmWonk Podcast – Episode #201 – “Avatar: The Way of Water” (dir. James Cameron), “Triangle of Sadness” (dir. Ruben Östlund), “Tár” (dir. Todd Field)
This week on the FilmWonk Podcast, Glenn and Daniel venture back to into the vast natural and technological ecosystem that is James Cameron‘s imagination, with Avatar: The Way of Water, a film we could hardly believe we were watching until the first frame actually appeared. Glenn also shares his spoiler-free thoughts on the myriad delights of Todd Field‘s Tár, a film which only feels impenetrable from the outside, and by design. And then we return to Force Majeure director Ruben Östlund‘s satirical Triangle of Sadness, which perhaps sails slightly off course but largely maintains its focus on...2022-12-1900 minFilmWonkFilmWonk Podcast – Episode #200 – “Athena” (dir. Romain Gavras), “Careless Crime” (dir. Shahram Mokri), “Saloum” (dir. Jean Luc Herbulot)
This week, on the 200th Episode of the FilmWonk Podcast, Glenn and Daniel venture out into the world to check out a trio of dramas with an accidental common theme of violent revolution. First, we visit Athena (new on Netflix from director Romain Gavras), in which a Parisian tower block is under police siege and burning for answers and justice following the murder of a 13-year-old boy by three unknown men wearing police uniforms. Then we return to the wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey world of Iranian director Shahram Mokri (who directed previous FilmWonk favorite Fish & Cat) for a Mobius strip of...2022-10-1300 minFilmWonk Podcast – FilmWonk.netFilmWonk Podcast – Episode #200 – “Athena” (dir. Romain Gavras), “Careless Crime” (dir. Shahram Mokri), “Saloum” (dir. Jean Luc Herbulot)
This week, on the 200th Episode of the FilmWonk Podcast, Glenn and Daniel venture out into the world to check out a trio of dramas with an accidental common theme of violent revolution. First, we visit Athena (new on Netflix from director Romain Gavras), in which a Parisian tower block is under police siege and burning for answers and justice following the murder of a 13-year-old boy by three unknown men wearing police uniforms. Then we return to the wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey world of Iranian director Shahram Mokri (who directed previous FilmWonk favorite Fish & Cat) for a Mobius strip of...2022-10-1300 minFilmWonk Podcast – FilmWonk.netFilmWonk Podcast – Episode #199 – “Three Thousand Years of Longing” (dir. George Miller), “Prey” (dir. Dan Trachtenberg)
This week, Glenn and Daniel check out Prey, a taut new actioner streaming on Hulu featuring the Predator doing what it does best: being hunted on Earth in a film somewhere at the intersection of war, historical drama, and slasher flick. And then we venture into the colorful world of George Miller and much of his team from Mad Max: Fury Road, bringing to life an epic, supernatural romance and an unpretentious look at the nature of humanity (57:35).
May contain NSFW language.
FilmWonk rating (Prey): 6.5/10 (Daniel), 7/10 (Glenn)FilmWonk rating (Three Thousand Years of Longing): 7/10...2022-08-2700 minFilmWonkFilmWonk Podcast – Episode #199 – “Three Thousand Years of Longing” (dir. George Miller), “Prey” (dir. Dan Trachtenberg)
This week, Glenn and Daniel check out Prey, a taut new actioner streaming on Hulu featuring the Predator doing what it does best: being hunted on Earth in a film somewhere at the intersection of war, historical drama, and slasher flick. And then we venture into the colorful world of George Miller and much of his team from Mad Max: Fury Road, bringing to life an epic, supernatural romance and an unpretentious look at the nature of humanity (57:35).
May contain NSFW language.
FilmWonk rating (Prey): 6.5/10 (Daniel), 7/10 (Glenn)FilmWonk rating (Three Thousand Years of Longing): 7/10...2022-08-2700 minFilmWonk Podcast – FilmWonk.netFilmWonk Podcast – Episode #198 – “Don’t Make Me Go” (dir. Hannah Marks)
2022-07-2400 minFilmWonkFilmWonk Podcast – Episode #198 – “Don’t Make Me Go” (dir. Hannah Marks)
2022-07-2400 minFilmWonk Podcast – FilmWonk.netFilmWonk Podcast – Episode #197 – “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent” (dir. Tom Gormican), “Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn” (dir. Radu Jude)
This week, Glenn and Daniel consider watching a fourth-wall prodding, self-aware film in which Nicolas Cage plays dueling versions of himself, gradually crafting a screenplay and over-the-top conclusion to the very film that we’re watching. But enough about Adaptation. On to The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. And then we check out an epistemological discourse on the multifaceted foundations of fascist thought, punctuated with fucking, because it’s time to watch a Radu Jude film, which regrettably felt like a pandemic-laden, stream-of-consciousness retread of I Do Not Care if We Go Down in History as Barbarians. (28:11).
May...2022-04-2300 minFilmWonk Podcast – FilmWonk.netFilmWonk Podcast – Episode #196 – “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (dir. Daniels), “Deep Water” (dir. Adrian Lyne)
This week, Glenn and Daniel wade into the dark, twisted, and borderline satirical look at marriage from Unfaithful director Adrian Lyne, Deep Water. But first, they follow Swiss Army Man directors Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan into their multiverse-spanning sci-fi epic/intimate family drama, Everything Everywhere All at Once (54:44).
May contain NSFW language.
FilmWonk rating (Everything Everywhere All at Once): 9/10 (Glenn), 6/10 (Daniel)FilmWonk rating (Deep Water): 7.5 out of 10
Show notes:
[01:58] Review: Everything Everywhere All at Once[29:03] Review: Deep Water[42:10] Spoilers: Deep Water
Listen above, or download: Everything Everywhere All at...2022-04-0200 minFilmWonk Podcast – FilmWonk.netFilmWonk Podcast – Episode #195 – “The Batman” (dir. Matt Reeves), “Cyrano” (dir. Joe Wright)
This week, Glenn and Daniel check out director Matt Reeves and lead Robert Pattinson‘s take on the Caped Crusader, the fourth in our jaded millennial lives, and find it largely acceptable. Then we check out a musical take on the fictionalized life of Cyrano de Bergerac, from director Joe Wright, adapted from the stage musical by Erica Schmidt, which Daniel thought was solidly fine, and which changed Glenn’s life forever as musicals sometimes do (1:08:53).
May contain NSFW language.
FilmWonk rating (The Batman): 7.5 out of 10FilmWonk rating (Cyrano): 8.5/10 (Glenn), 6.5/10 (Daniel)
Show note...2022-03-0600 minFilmWonk Podcast – FilmWonk.netFilmWonk Podcast – Episode #194 – “Kimi” (dir. Steven Soderbergh), “Blacklight” (dir. Mark Williams), “I Want You Back” (dir. Jason Orley)
This week, Glenn and Daniel check out a pair of thrillers, starting with Blacklight, a Liam Neeson thriller currently only in theaters, which provoked rare agreement that it is one of the worst movies we’ve ever reviewed on the podcast. Then we found a breath of fresh air with Steven Soderbergh‘s Seattle-set (and Seattle-shot) thriller, Kimi, a thoroughly modern take on a Hitchcockian thriller set in the modern, tech-infused, poverty-laden corporate surveillance state in which we live, new on HBO Max. Finally, speaking of Hitchcock, we concluded with the Strangers on a Train of romantic come...2022-02-1400 minFilmWonk Podcast – FilmWonk.netFilmWonk Podcast – Episode #193 – “A Hero” (dir. Asghar Farhadi), “The Lost Daughter” (dir. Maggie Gyllenhaal)
This week, Glenn and Daniel return to the elaborate moral maze of Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi with A Hero (now streaming on Prime Video). They debate what’s right and wrong, and whether moral complexity that feels calculated can still effectively serve a good story. Then they venture into the rich narrative world of novelist Elena Ferrante, as adapted by first-time director Maggie Gyllenhaal, with The Lost Daughter (now streaming on Netflix), for a different sort of moral complexity, examining the role of women who find themselves unsuited for motherhood (01:13:35).
2022-02-0600 minFilmWonk Podcast – FilmWonk.netFilmWonk Podcast – Episode #192 – “The Matrix Resurrections” (dir. Lana Wachowski), “Drive My Car” (dir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi)
This week, Glenn and Daniel are joined by returning guest Megan to do a Scene Unseen-style review of a sequel we both greatly anticipated, The Matrix Resurrections (which Daniel was unable to see last week). Then Megan – both Japan expert and marvelous wife to Glenn – delivers a brutal reminder of the healthy interplay between fandom and family by disdaining director Ryusuke Hamaguchi‘s new adaptation of a Haruki Murakami short story, Drive My Car, which we both compared to previous #1 Glennie selection Birdman, and which Megan referred to as “pretty far up its own ass”. Glenn agreed, but the movie also...2021-12-2200 minFilmWonk Podcast – FilmWonk.netFilmWonk Podcast – Episode #191 – “The Power of the Dog” (dir. Jane Campion), “Bruised” (dir. Halle Berry)
This week, Glenn and Daniel welcome back Erika to check out the directorial debut of Halle Berry in Bruised, in which she stars as a disgraced MMA fighter trying to connect with her estranged son. And then we check out Jane Campion‘s gorgeous, but narratively unfocused adaptation on toxic masculinity in the early 20th century American West, The Power of the Dog, which provoked a wide range of reactions on the podcast. Both films are now available on Netflix. (01:24:17).
*CW: This episode contains mentions of suicide, alcoholis2021-12-0500 minFilmWonk Podcast – FilmWonk.netFilmWonk Podcast – Episode #190 – “Eternals” (dir. Chloé Zhao)
This week, Glenn and Daniel once again had a busy week as a Marvel film came out for us to review by itself, and we promise that’s a coincidence. Academy Award-winning director Chloé Zhao tries to tell a tale as old as time and bring a new superhero team to life. Tune in as we give Eternals more credit for ambition than execution, in that good, Chronicles of Riddick sort of way (49:43).
May contain NSFW language.
FilmWonk rating: 6 out of 10
Show notes:
[01:36] Review: Eternals[25:53] Review: Eternals
Listen above, or download: Ete...2021-11-0700 minFilmWonk Podcast – FilmWonk.netFilmWonk Podcast – Episode #189 – “The French Dispatch” (dir. Wes Anderson), “Last Year at Marienbad” (1961) (dir. Alain Resnais)
This week, Glenn and Daniel check out a French Dispatch, and a series of meandering vignettes which may or may not coalesce into a coherent narrative. And it’s up to our intrepid podcasters (with special guest and friend of the show Jason) to determine which is which. First, we check out Wes Anderson’s vision of The New Yorker as a star-studded anthology film, then venture back to the 1961 French Left Bank film, Last Year at Marienbad, a bizarre and experimental film that mesmerized us (01:01:03).
May contain NSFW language.
FilmWonk rating (The French Dispatch): 5 out...2021-10-2300 minFilmWonk Podcast – FilmWonk.netFilmWonk Podcast – Episode #188 – “Dear Evan Hansen” (dir. Stephen Chbosky), “Malignant” (dir. James Wan)
*CW: This episode contains mentions of suicide, substance abuse, familial and intimate partner violence, pregnancy loss, and rape, as pertains to the subject matter of each film.This week, Glenn and Daniel check out the misfiring adaptation of the Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen, whose narrative problems stem as much from its original book as from its later casting decisions, then differ sharply on James Wan‘s ’80s VHS bargain bin throwback, Malignant, whose “Seattle”-set monster antics charmed one and perplexed the other (1:11:05).
May contain NSFW language.
2021-09-2700 minFilmWonk Podcast – FilmWonk.netFilmWonk Podcast – Episode #187 – “The Suicide Squad” (dir. James Gunn), “The Green Knight” (dir. David Lowery)
This week, Glenn and Daniel gaze back into last week, when Glenn wrote 2,000 glowing words about writer/director David Lowery‘s rich, gorgeous, legendary tone poem The Green Knight, which captured both of our imaginations. And then we venture into James Gunn‘s post-Super return to R-rated comic book storytelling, in a American intervention tale straight out of the Cold War (not in a good way), which is never quite sure whether it’s doing the thing or satirizing the thing. But The Suicide Squad is a hoot-and-a-half nonetheless, and we really can’t blame the film for pretending its prec...2021-08-1400 minFilmWonk Podcast – FilmWonk.netFilmWonk Podcast – Episode #186 – “Old” (dir. M. Night Shyamalan), “Mosquita y Mari” (2012) (dir. Aurora Guerrero)
This week, Glenn and Daniel see what’s new from the twisted mind of M. Night Shyamalan, who now has a body of work that we actively look forward to, however we end up reacting to each film. And then we go back to 2012, to check out an overlooked indie coming-of-age LGBT teen romance from that year’s Sundance Film Festival, Mosquita Y Mari, from director Aurora Guerrero (49:18).
May contain NSFW language.
2021-07-2400 minFilmWonk Podcast – FilmWonk.netFilmWonk Podcast – Episode #185 – “Black Widow” (dir. Cate Shortland)
This week, Glenn and Daniel check out ScarJo‘s MCU swansong, and perhaps the start of an action blockbuster career for director Cate Shortland (40:17).
May contain NSFW language.
FilmWonk rating: 7 out of 10
Show notes:
[01:30] Review: Black Widow[25:33] Spoilers: Black Widow
Listen above, or download: Black Widow (right-click, save as, or click/tap to play)
2021-07-1600 minFilmWonk Podcast – FilmWonk.netFilmWonk Podcast – Episode #184 – “Fast and Furious 9” (dir. Justin Lin), “Look Back in Anger” (1959) (dir. Tony Richardson)
This week, Glenn and Daniel return to the car play franchise where the F stands for Fast, Furious, Family, and Fhysics. And then we venture back to 1959 to review Look Back in Anger, a play adaptation starring Richard Burton as a working class bloke in post-war Britain who hates his life and his wife (played by Mary Ure) nearly as much as he hates himself. We explore whether the film/play which spawned both kitchen-sink realism and the “angry young man” trope can still resonate even 60 years on (01:05:55).
May contain NSFW language.
FilmWonk rating (F9): 6 out...2021-06-3000 min
The Seattle After PartyThe Spoilers - After Party #73In the first ever crossover of Daryl's 2 podcasts, we talked about Daryl's new podcast The Spoilers:Wayne & Daryl. This episode was crashed by Glenn of the FilmWonk podcast2016-10-251h 12