Credit Offset
As the lights come up during the credits Chay Collins turns to you and expresses something they personally found interesting or affecting about the film.
A Podcast by Chay Collins
Logo by Ross Becker http://www.rossbecker.co.uk/
- Update frequency
- every 4 days
- Episodes
- 79
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2020
2019 Year in Review
Chay gives their top 25 films of the year. (And it’s completely unedited because I’m so late with this)
74 – God’s Own Country
Chay discusses on-screen penis representation.
Blue Is the Warmest Color (Abdellatif Kechiche, 2013)
God’s Own Country (Francis Lee, 2017)
Hall Pass (Bobby & Peter Farrelly, 2011)
The Hangover Part I…
73 – Contagion
Chay discusses how Soderbergh’s style serves story.
Films mentioned in order:
Contagion (Steven Soderbergh, 2011)
72 – Happiness
Chay discusses theories of comedy.
Films mentioned in order:
Happiness (Todd Solondz, 1998)
71 – 2001: A Space Odyssey
Chay discusses cinema snobs.
Films mentioned in order:
2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968)
Embrace of the Serpent (Ciro Guerra, 2015)
70 – A Ghost Story
Chay discusses a moment in A Ghost Story that reminds them of how they feel about film.
Films mentioned in order:
A Ghost Story (David Lowery, 2017)
Baby Driver (Edgar Wright, 2017)
Three Colours: Bl…
69 – Dunkirk
Chay talks about world building.
Films mentioned in order:
Wet Hot American Summer (David Wain, 2001)
They Came Together (David Wain, 2014)
The One I Love (Charlie McDowell, 2014)
Dunkirk (Christophe…
68 – Baby Driver
Chay has anxieties about watching films.
Films Mentioned in order:
Baby Driver (Edgar Wright, 2017)
67 – Jersey Girl
Chay discusses Kevin Smith films and the sincerity of Smith’s voice.
Films mentioned in order:
Cop Out (Kevin Smith, 2010)
Jersey Girl (Kevin Smith, 2004)
Yoga Hosers (Kevin Smith, 2016)
The Neon Dem…
66 – The Other Side of Hope
Chay discusses trailers.
Films mentioned in order:
Night on Earth (Jim Jarmusch, 1991)
The Other Side of Hope (Aki Kaurismäki, 2017)
Spider-man: Homecomeing (Jon Watts, 2017)
65 – Little Miss Sunshine
Chay compares Little Miss Sunshine to Seven Samurai.
Films mentioned in order:
Little Miss Sunshine (Johnathan Dayton & Valerie Faris, 2006)
Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa, 1954)
64 – Cars 2
Chay discusses why they’re watching films on an exercise bike… technically it’s an eliptical.
Films mentioned in order:
Ice Age: The Meltdown (Carlos Saldanha, 2006)
Cars 2 (John Lasseter & Brad Lewi…
BONUS – Mad Max: Fury Road – Black & Chrome Edition
Chay discusses how the desaturation of a film highlights its formal excellence.
63 – Ponyo
Chay discusses briefly how underrated loveliness is.
Films mentioned in order:
Ponyo (Hayao Miyazaki, 2008)
62 – Get Out
Chay discusses how their whiteness affects their view on story.
Films mentioned in order:
Get Out (Jordan Peele, 2017)
61 – The Handmaiden
Chay discusses falling into traps when trying to tell a progressive message.
Films mentioned in order:
The Handmaiden (Chan-wook Park, 2016)
60 – Magic Mike XXL
Chay discusses why the frame of mind you approach a film is important.
Films mentioned in order:
Magic Mike XXL (Gregory Jacobs, 2015)
Magic Mike (Steven Soderbergh, 2012)
59 – The LEGO Batman Movie
Chay discusses intertextuality.
Films mentioned in order:
The LEGO Batman Movie (Chris McKay, 2017)
The LEGO Movie (Phil Lord & Christopher Miller, 2014)