Paul and Corey Cross the Streams

Based on Paul’s JFK (1991), Corey looked at Kevin Bacon, and chose… Babe (1995)! (ba-dum-bum) From Aristotle to Wittgenstein to factory farming to Animal Farm to Temptation Island, this is one of the…

Based on Corey's Charade (1963), Paul took out his red string and connected the dots: 1963. Walter Matthau. The CIA... Oliver Stone's JFK (1991)! One of Paul's favorite films, which he's been threate…

Based on Paul's One Sings, The Other Doesn't (1977), Corey also wanted to keep it in Paris. And so... Charade (1963). Famously known as "the best Hitchcock movie Hitchcock never made," Charade was ac…

Based on Corey's The 15:17 to Paris (2018), Paul wanted to keep it in Paris. And so... One Sings, The Other Doesn't (1977).  The film is directed and written by "one of the Gods of cinema" Agnès Vard…

Based on Paul's Richard Jewell (2019), Corey wanted to keep it simple: What else does Clint Eastwood have to say about heroes? And so... The 15:17 to Paris (2018). Directed by Eastwood, written by Do…

Based on Corey's Waiting for Guffman (1996), Paul wanted to take a deeper look at people who struggle with being deluded (in so many words). And so... Richard Jewell (2019). Directed by king Clint Ea…

Based on Paul's In the Mood for Love (2000), Corey was swept up into the world of Chinese cuisine and figured, "We need a movie with a great scene in a Chinese restaurant." And so... Waiting for Guff…

In the Mood for Love (2000) - written, directed, and produced by Wong Kar-wai - takes a loving look back at his parents' generation: Shanghainese professionals who immigrated to Hong Kong following t…

So, in this episode, the boys discuss All That Jazz (1979) - Bob Fosse's thinly-veiled fictionalized autobiography. For good and for ill, Bob Fosse, through his art, made a hell of a case for the cel…

Based on Corey's Amsterdam (2022), Paul figured, "Let's keep the FDR-train rolling!" and so he chose Annie (1982). Once again set in 1933, Annie asks the question we thought Paul McCartney had answer…

Welcome back to season five of Paul and Corey Cross the Streams! To start things off, Corey chose last year's Amsterdam (2022) - the star-studded, post-canceling-ish film from auteur David O. Russell…

This month, *both* Paul and Corey decided to get into the holiday spirit with something Christmas-ish: The Hudsucker Proxy (1994). Enjoy!

This (elongated) month, Paul and Corey decided to expand their horizons a bit and talk about Animation: a style of filmmaking they don’t generally watch for good and ill. Paul chose the... content th…

This month, Paul and Corey decided to expand their horizons a bit and talk about Animation: a style of filmmaking they don’t generally watch for good and ill. This time, Corey chose a stop-motion pro…

This month's theme is an easy one: A Long One and a Short One. Clocking in at a tight 68 minutes, Paul picked the Marx Brothers’ Duck Soup (1933). The film was their fifth and final with Paramount be…

This month's theme is an easy one: A Long One and a Short One. First up, Corey picked Magnolia (1999) - clocking in at 3 hours and 8 minutes. Written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, this is the…

It’s August, everyone is on vacation, and Paul and Corey wanted to take it easy. This month: Wild Card (Whatever the Hell You Want)! After the Fight Club debacle, Paul wanted to pick a movie that wou…

It’s August, everyone is on vacation, and Paul and Corey wanted to take it easy. This month: Wild Card (Whatever the Hell You Want)! Corey picked a doozy. Fight Club (1999). It’s the year the show ha…

Who says Pride is only 30 days? Paul and Corey are discussing queer films in this month’s theme, “Pride and Prejudice.” This week, Paul’s friend recommended the British film, Pride (2014). Based on t…

Who says Pride is only 30 days? Paul and Corey are discussing queer films in this month’s theme, “Pride and Prejudice.” This week, they’re discussing Hulu’s new feature, Fire Island (2022). A rom-com…