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2012: The Act of Killing
2012: The Act of Killing
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James and Sam have been friends and collaborators for over 25 years. They’ve worked on films and TV shows and commercials together and have written numerous scripts that lie unproduced in their shared Dropbox folder.
But James has a secret: he hasn’t actually seen that many movies. And Sam, who’s a bit of a film snob, has been giving him a hard time about it for years. As James enters undeniable middle age, he has finally promised to catch up on some of the films he’s missed.
Every week or so, while Sam has to move his Subaru from one side of a Brooklyn street to the other (to appease the street-cleaning gods), they chat about a classic movie that James has somehow managed to avoid until now.
One film from each year of James’s life so far: 1973 to 2026…
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- 2012: The Act of Killing · 44 min · Sezonul 4 Episodul 10We close out Season Four with Joshua Oppenheimer’s surreal and disturbing documentary The Act of Killing. Plus: the difficulties of dealing with mice, and a potential new car for…
- 2011: Margaret · 46 min · Sezonul 4 Episodul 9This episode we explore Kenneth Lonergan’s underseen coming-of-age drama Margaret, starring Anna Paquin, J. Smith-Cameron, and Mark Ruffalo. Plus: a heat wave, the power of art…
- 2010: Blue Valentine · 43 min · Sezonul 4 Episodul 8This week we tune up our ukuleles to sing the praises of Derek Cianfrance’s romantic drama Blue Valentine, starring Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling. Plus: the magic of…
- 2009: The White Ribbon · 47 min · Sezonul 4 Episodul 7This week we we travel back to 1914 for Michael Haneke’s austere period drama The White Ribbon. Plus: the devaluing ubiquity of music, the less pleasant aspects of parenthood…
- 2008: The Wrestler · 52 min · Sezonul 4 Episodul 6This week we’re stepping into the ring to confront Darren Aronofsky's washed-up-tough-guy drama The Wrestler, starring Mickey Rourke and Marisa Tomei. Plus: Primordial Soup, the…
- 2007: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford · 43 min · Sezonul 4 Episodul 5This week we saddle up for Andrew Dominik’s 2007 revisionist western The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, starring Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck. Plus: an…
- 2006: The Lives of Others · 50 min · Sezonul 4 Episodul 4This week we investigate the spies, bureaucrats, artists and lovers of Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s Cold War thriller The Lives of Others, starring Ulrich Mühe, Sebastian…
- 2005: The Child · 45 min · Sezonul 4 Episodul 3This week we push our stroller through the post-industrial Belgian streets of the Dardenne Brothers’ moral thriller The Child, starring Jérémie Renier and Déborah François. Plus…
- 2004: The 'Before' Trilogy · 46 min · Sezonul 4 Episodul 2This week we wend our way through Richard Linklater’s decades-spanning Before trilogy, starring Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke. Plus: Sam gets a taste of empty-nesterdom, and James…
- 2003: Oldboy · 54 min · Sezonul 4 Episodul 1This episode we hammer our way through Park Chan-wook’s action-thriller Oldboy, starring Choi Min-sik. Plus: the time Sam met Bruce Willis, and the event that almost ended our…
- 2002: Minority Report · 42 min · Sezonul 3 Episodul 10We close out season three with Steven Spielberg’s dystopian thriller Minority Report, starring Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton and Max von Sydow. Plus: the seeming…
- 2001: Mulholland Dr · 43 min · Sezonul 3 Episodul 9This week we take a slow, spiraling ride down Mulholland Dr, David Lynch’s puzzle-box fever dream starring Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, and Justin Theroux. Plus: Transcendental…
- 2000: American Psycho · 40 min · Sezonul 3 Episodul 8This week we slash our way through Mary Harron’s satirical horror-thriller American Psycho, starring Christian Bale, Chloe Sevigny, and Willem Dafoe. Plus: The Picard Maneuver!…
- 1999: The Wind Will Carry Us · 45 min · Sezonul 3 Episodul 7This week we explore Abbas Kiarostami’s meditative drama The Wind Will Carry Us, starring Behzad Dorani. Plus: Iranian hospitality, Marjie’s Broadway debut, and the movie that…
- 1998: Buffalo '66 & The Celebration · 54 min · Sezonul 3 Episodul 6A double-bill! Vincent Gallo’s Buffalo ‘66, starring Gallo and Christina Ricci; and Thomas Vinterberg’s Festen, or The Celebration, starring Ulrich Thomsen, Paprika Steen and…
- 1997: Boogie Nights · 39 min · Sezonul 3 Episodul 5This week we get into Paul Thomas Anderson’s 1997 kaleidoscopic end-of-an-era drama Boogie Nights, starring Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, and Burt Reynolds. Plus: James’s…
- 1996: Lone Star · 38 min · Sezonul 3 Episodul 4This week we explore John Sayles’s 1996 bordertown drama Lone Star, starring Chris Cooper, Matthew McConaughey, and Kris Kristofferson. Plus: Sam goes to the Emmys! LINKS…
- 1995: Safe · 41 min · Sezonul 3 Episodul 3This week we explore Todd Haynes’s prescient 1995 environmental-illness drama Safe, starring Julianne Moore. Plus: Emmy nominations, James’s upcoming psilocybin journey, and how…
- 1994: Shallow Grave · 42 min · Sezonul 3 Episodul 2This week we dig up Danny Boyle’s suitcase-full-of-cash thriller Shallow Grave, starring Ewan McGregor, Kerry Fox, and Christopher Eccleston. Plus: Ripley, the frustrations of…
- 1993: Carlito's Way · 42 min · Sezonul 3 Episodul 1We kick off Season Three of the podcast with Brian De Palma’s crime drama Carlito’s Way, starring Al Pacino, Penelope Ann Miller, and Sean Penn. Plus: offensive accents, an…
