Mindframe(s)
Each week Dave and Michael talk about film and where it fits in the larger social story.
- Update frequency
- every 20 days
- Average duration
- 60 minutes
- Episodes
- 98
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Parasite
This week we are off to Korea to discuss the failures of capitalism with Bong Joon Ho's Parasite.
Joker
Dave and Mike tried to avoid the controversy, but it couldn't be avoided. Oh yeah, we liked it. Art house cool badges will be turned in at the end of the week.
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Michael and Dave talk about Once upon a time ...in Hollywood. The predictable critic hacks they are, they loved it, but did discuss possible misogyny and Tarantino's middle school crush on Old Hollyw…
Summer of 79: Alien
Michael and Dave start out the the summer by talking about some classics turning forty. Today it is ALIEN's turn.
Chicago Critics Film Festival
We took a (very short) trip to the Chicago Critics Film Festival. We saw....almost everything. Michael swoons over OUR TIME MACHINE and goes against the grain on THE NIGHTINGALE, while Dave rubs salt…
Hail Satan?
On this weeks episode Michael and Dave talk about the fun new documentary HAIL SATAN? which opens 5/3 in Chicago.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9358044/
https://www.hailsatanfilm.com/
High Life
A father and his daughter struggle to survive in deep space where they live in isolation.
David and Michael have a fight over how successful the new Claire Denis movie is.
Contents
Spolier free rev…
US
Mike and Dave discuss Jordan Peele's highly anticipated second film. No rabbits were harmed in the making of this podcast. Needless to say, we were both big fans.
00 - 3:40 Spoiler-free review
3:4…
Free Solo
Free Solo
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7775622/
We get judgy, and although we loved this visually stunning Oscar nominee, we wonder if some more uncomfortable questions should have been asked.
They Shall Not Grow Old and 2018 Oscar snubs and anti-subs
Our movie for discussion this episode is the new World War I documentary They Shall Not Grow Old. We discuss whether Peter Jackson's efforts to use modern technology brought the Great War back to l…
Glass and the Best of 2018
Dave and Mike review M. Night Shyamalan's latest in the Unbreakable trilogy, Glass. Also in this episode, our hosts discuss some personal favorites from 2018 that are not Roma.
Glass review
6:29 Glas…
Anna and the Apocalypse
Happy Holidays!
Michael and Dave go a little off script and talk about a the delightful and fun teen zombie musical!
The Favourite
Sorry to Bother You
This movie was adored by Dave and Michael.
In a dystopian version of present-day Oakland, Calif., Cassius Green finds himself in desperate need of a job and becomes a telemarketer at RegalView. …
Eigth Grade
Michael and Dave review Eighth Grade, the directorial debut from stand-up comic Bo Burnham and likely oscar contender.
Eighth Grade is the story of Kayla Day, an awkward Eighth Grader who is about…
Mandy
Dave and Michael both enjoyed the insane antics and motif of what's been called "Nick Cage at his most Nick Cage." This analysis of Panos Cosmato's Mandy contains both a spoiler and non-spoiler discu…
THE EXORCIST: before and after
Dave and Michael go through the shocking history and impact of THE EXORCIST