Watching 100 Movies – Metropolis (1927) and The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (1966)
Christiana and Mike discuss a pair of classics, one a silent German scifi that has influenced dozens of filmakers, and the other an iconic spaghetti western. Metropolis, and The Good The Bad and the Ugly.
W100M – Rashomon and The Third Man
Christiana and Mike pull another pair of classics from the Sight & Sound list, Akira Kurosawa’s “Rashomon” (1950), and Carol Reed’s “The Third Man” (1949)
Watching 100 Movies – Ocean’s Five… Movies!
Christiana and Mike do some heist research with the best heist franchise out there! Ocean’s 11, Ocean’s Eleven, Ocean’s Twelve, Ocean’s Thirteen, and Ocean’s Eight
W100M – Nolan’s Batman Trilogy
Christiana and Mike revisit Christopher Nolan’s Batman Trilogy: Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises
Watching 100 Movies – 2024 Oscar Marathon Update 2
We discuss, with spoilers, Elemental, Nyad, Society of the Snow, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, and Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part 1
Watching 100 Movies – 2024 Oscar Marathon Update 1
We discuss our first batch of nominated films, with spoilery discussions of Anatomy of a Fall, Barbie, The Holdovers, Killers of a Flower Moon and Oppenheimer.
W100M – Portrait of a Lady on Fire and There Will Be Blood
We discuss another pair of movies from the Sight and Sound Top Movies of All Time list, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, and There Will Be Blood, and then introduce our 2024 Oscar Movie Marathon!
W100M – Unseen Scorsese! – After Hours, The King of Comedy, The Age of Innocence and Silence
Christiana and Mike dig into Martin Scorsese’s extensive filmography with discussions of four Scorsese films that neither of us had seen before! After Hours, The King of Comedy, The Age of Innocence and Silence
W100M – Spy Game, Bridge of Spies, Three Days of the Condor and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Podcast)
It’s a discussion of spy movies with Spy Game, Bridge of Spies, Three Days of the Condor and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Watching 100 Movies – Food Movies! Ratatouille, Chef, Pig, and Babette’s Feast
We discuss movies which place food front and center, including the Pixar classic Ratatouille, the twenty-teens-feel-good Chef, the mysterious Nicolas Cage vehicle Pig, and the Dutch-language period piece Babette’s Feast.
