Is There Ever a Good Reason for Sex and Nudity in Film?
Avoiding an obviously sex-centric film is rudimentary. Further along the spectrum, however, is where discretion and wisdom are required.

Avoiding an obviously sex-centric film is rudimentary. Further along the spectrum, however, is where discretion and wisdom are required.

Kevin and Sarah get to the bottom of the mystery of both this week’s movies: Branagh’s A Haunting in Venice and Altman’s Gosford Park.

Sarah and Kevin review Emma Seligman’s movie about high schoolers who start a fight club then Howard Hawks’s Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.

Sarah and Kevin explore a love seeking dystopian set of movies: Landscape with Invisible Hand, then Charlie Chaplin’s 1936 film Modern Times.

Sarah and Kevin’s mission is to review the latest Mission: Impossible film and then square off over Satoshi Kon’s dreamlike movie Paprika.

This week, we review a pair of movies about coming of age and learning to live with yourself: Pixar’s new Elemental and Kelly Fremon Craig’s The Edge of Seventeen.

Sarah and Kevin review Celine Song’s debut feature Past Lives, and the Merchant/Ivory adaptation of Edith Wharton’s A Room with a View.

Kevin and Sarah talk their juxtaposed feelings on Paul Schrader and his new film, Master Gardener followed by the Watchlist’s Mikey and Nicky

Sarah and Kevin review Kelly Reichardt’s latest movie, Showing Up, in which Michelle Williams plays an artist trying to hold it together.

Kevin and special guest Chris Williams cover examine the family film Fast X. Then Jacques Tourneur’s film noir classic, Out of the Past.

Sarah and Kevin dive back in to the MCU with James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Then, they take on Katsuhiro Otomo’s anime, Akira.

Kevin and Sarah clash over Nida Manzoor’s action/heist/drama mash-up Polite Society and the societal commentary with 1936’s My Man Godfrey.

Kevin and Sarah review Kelly Fremon Craig’s adaptation of Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret and Agnes Varda’s beloved Cléo from 5 to 7.

Sarah and Kevin review Ari Aster’s newest film, Beau Is Afraid, starring Joaquin Phoenix. Then, Henry Selick’s masterpiece Coraline.

Kevin and Sarah let their nerd flags fly as they review Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves and then 1998’s The Mask of Zorro.

Do video games count as art? Kevin and Sarah want to know as they review Tetris. They also review the Oscar-winning 1984 film, Amadeus.
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