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Spoils 1946’s Brief Encounter for the preview of our August 2026 bonus episode.
Abby was merciful for her special Host Choice month episode this year and didn’t force a dusty western. Instead, we were treated to a quiet, tragic romance (emphasis on the tragic) about two married people who find themselves unintentionally falling in love.
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The full release of 2025’s August bonus spoils the movie Slow West (2015).
For Abby’s (not) birthday month, she decided to abuse her power and force us all to make an impossible choice: a choice between two westerns. Some would potentially consider a contemporary western as taking the easy way out-- but the consequences of that decision would weigh heavily on Jake for at least 24 hours after credits rolled.
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This is a preview of our July bonus episode and spoils 1946’s Lust in the Dust. (And technically the smallest of spoilers for parts of Skinamarink (2022), The Exorcist (1973), and The Conjuring (2013)? If you squint, there’s a connection here. Or maybe we just went on some wild tangents this episode.)
For July, we’re focusing on the highest grossing movies of their respective decades. For the 1940s we were treated to one of the most insane movies we’ve watched so far. Despite not passing the Production Code standards and being banned in several regions of the US, this movie still made over $338 million dollars (adjusted for inflation). People really wanted to see this movie. And that might say something about where we were at as a country at the time.
Was it popular because of the star-studded cast? The violence? The egregious brown face??
Perhaps all of the above.
Enjoy this hot mess of a conversation about a hot mess of a movie.
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This episode spoils 1944's Best Picture nominees: Gaslight, Double Indemnity, Since You Went Away, Wilson, and winner Going My Way.
Yes, that's right. A shorter list than usual. We made it! We're celebrating five, you read it right, five best picture nominees for the 17th Academy Awards. Arguably, all of these movies are searching out an answer to the question 'What do you do in times of uncertainty?' Do you become bitter and cynical? Do you question your sanity? Do you gather your community close? Or do you allegedly rise to the occasion as the subject of an incredibly boring presidential biopic?
Find out in our newest episode!

This is the full release of 2025’s July bonus and spoils Paul Schrader’s First Reformed (2017).
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This is a preview of our June 2026 bonus episode.
Celebrate Pride Month with us as we watch and discuss/spoil 1931's Madchen in Uniform, a(nother) German milestone in early queer cinema. Featuring an all female cast backed by predominantly women and queer creatives, Madchen overtly lesbian and anti-authoritarian themes led to its eventual banning in Nazi Germany. Luckily, distribution abroad saved the film from being destroyed so that you, yes you, can watch it with us today.
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This episode spoils 1943’s best picture nominees: In Which We Serve, The Human Comedy, The Ox-Bow Incident, The More the Merrier, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Heaven Can Wait, Watch on the Rhine, Madame Curie, The Song of Bernadette, and winner Casablanca.
For the 16th Academy Awards, our nominees chiefly explore how the war impacted the lives of those at home, how communities (be they a ship's crew, Spanish guerilla fighters, or ordinary people in the heart of America) respond to violence, and the individual sacrifices required to build a better tomorrow.
One clear voice in a room can change everything, whether that voice belongs to an anti-fascist resistance leader, a woman determined to better understand the world around her, or even a barely educated French peasant girl.
Can any of these movies surpass one of the most beloved classics of all time?
Probably not, but one of them might get way closer than expected. 
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This is the full release of 2025’s June bonus episode for Pride Month and spoils the German movie Anders als die Andern ("Different from the Others", 1919), a film that challenged Germany’s anti-gay laws and feels as relevant as ever as it explores our understanding of sexuality, gender, and the harm that legal and social oppression inflicts on queer lives.
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