Cinephile's Digest

Stupid hockey fans plugged up Paris’s internet, so unfortunately for the second episode in a row we are without her. We had to scrap our original review plans due to a winter storm that rolled through, so instead you get to hear two cis white guys definitively rank the top 10 romantic comedies of all time! With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, we thought now is as good a time as any to bring our draft format back. Huge. We had fun with this one, hopefully you enjoy it too. Cheers! 0:00 – Introductions/Oscars Talk 3:35 – Top 10 Rom Coms Draft 1:00:52 – What We’ve Been Watching Original Music provided by Kurt Moren https://ofsilent.life/

As part of her generous employment package with Cinephile’s Digest, Paris used one of her sick days and unfortunately was not able to make this recording, so it’s just the OGs Matt and Travis holding down the fort for a review of Steven (Stephen? Steefan?) Soderbergh’s latest project, “Presence”. Does this ghost flick give us the heebie jeebies or the snoozey woozies? Decent amount to catch up on in the what we’ve been watching section as well, so don’t miss that. Cheers! 0:00 – Introductions/Oscars Talk 19:44 – “Presence” Spoiler-Free Review 53:10 - “Presence” Review Continued 1:16:13 – What We’ve Been Watching Original Music provided by Kurt Moren https://ofsilent.life/

We have arrived! The time has come for our very favorite episode each year, and that’s our annual best of the year blowout episode. Join us for a roundtable discussion as we run through Paris, Travis and Matt’s personal rankings of the top 10 films of the year, followed by our awards ceremony where we hand out some superlatives. Thanks for being with us for another incredible year of movies. Enjoy! 0:00 – Introductions 10:15 – Top 10 Films of 2024 Roundtable 2:58:16 – Cinephile’s Digest 2024 Awards Ceremony Original Music provided by Kurt Moren https://ofsilent.life/

You’ve heard of Barbenheimer, but get ready for A Complete Unknosferatu! We’re starting off 2025 strong with a double feature of the Bob Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown”, and the new film from Digest fav Bob Egghead, “Nosferatu”. Cram jam is also in full swing, so stick around to get caught up on some other 2024 films we’ve been force feeding in preparation for our big 2024 blow out. Enjoy! 0:00 – Introductions 25:23 – “A Complete Unknown” Review 1:00:58 - “Nosferatu” Review 2:00:01 – What We’ve Been Watching Original Music provided by Kurt Moren https://ofsilent.life/

Happy Holidays to everyone listening! We’re back with our last episode of 2024, and it’s a doozy. Join us for not one but TWO featured reviews to end the year. First up is the new film from Pablo Lorrain, “Maria” starring Angelina Jolie, as well as Luca Guadagnino’s second feature film of the year, “Queer” starring Daniel Craig. Lots to discuss, too little time. Thanks for sticking around, and we’ll see you in 2025! 0:00 – Introductions 25:23 – “Maria” Review 1:04:51 - “Queer” Review 1:45:17 – What We’ve Been Watching Original Music provided by Kurt Moren https://ofsilent.life/

Our 150th episode! Can you believe we made it? To celebrate the occasion we’ve got a lengthy review of “The Order”, the new film from director Justin Kurzel. Also, get used to that intro/outro music, because friend of the show Kurt has composed an official theme song for us! Whether this is the first episode you’ve ever listened to or you haven’t missed a single one, we truly appreciate you taking the time to listen. It means the world to us. From the bottom of our hearts: thank you, and here’s to 150 more! 0:00 – Introductions 15:52 – “The Order” Review (SPOILERS!!!) 1:25:17 – What We’ve Been Watching Original Music provided by Kurt Moren https://ofsilent.life/

Are you not entertained?! If you weren’t before, you will be after listening to this banger. The gang gets together to discuss the latest lega-sequel to hit the cineplex, “Gladiator II”. How does it stack up against the iconic original? Lots of stuff in what we’ve been watching as well, you don’t wanna miss it. Enjoy. 0:00 – Introductions 18:38 – “Gladiator II” Review (SPOILERS!!!) 1:12:36 – What We’ve Been Watching Music Intro: Fashion Disease - 2nd Grade Outro: Firefighters - Being Dead

The gang is back, baby! We’re all together again to discuss the new film from Sean Baker, “Anora”. Winner of this year’s Palme d’Or, the highest prize given at the annual Cannes Film Festival, the three of us weigh in to decide if this one is worthy of that prestigious award. Full disclosure, we do lose Travis to a power outage at the start of the spoiler discussion. Hope you enjoy this one! 0:00 – Introductions 19:35 – “Anora” Spoiler-Free Review 1:07:45 - “Anora” Review Continued 1:32:38 – What We’ve Been Watching Music Intro: Flowers and You - Touche Amore Outro: All Your Friends - Kerosene Heights

It’s just Matt and Travis on the show this week, holding down the fort and keeping that content train chuggin’ along. The featured review this time out is the new film from Megan Park, “My Old Ass”. We missed this one in theaters a couple months back but it just hit streaming on Prime, so we’re circling back to check it out! Hope you enjoy our conversation. 0:00 – Introductions 14:31 – “My Old Ass” Review 49:34 – What We’ve Been Watching Music Intro: Cleaning House - Celebration Guns Outro: Triple Seven - Wishy “Unholy Confessions - Unholy Cover” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybDCObQRRM4

Happy Halloween! Had to bring back the DIE!gest theme for this episode. Forever grateful to friend of the show Kurt for the tune. Yes, we know, longest intro ever. Hope you like arguments about emo and whether Detroit is the midwest or not. But the real meat of the episode is our Top 10 Slashers Draft! That’s right, you know and love our drafts, so we had to do a fun one to celebrate the holiday. Make sure you stick around to the end, especially for those of you waiting to hear Matt and Travis’s thoughts on Terrifier 3! 0:00 – Introductions 36:59 – Top 10 Slashers Draft 1:58:23 – What We’ve Been Watching (including Terrifier 3 mini review!) Music Original Music provided by Kurt Moren dreamsofsilentmemories.com/

This episode is going up pretty late due to a technical snafu with our podcast host, so apologize for the delay in getting it to you! Enjoy this review of the new Netflix documentary “Will & Harper” and stay to the end to get caught up on what else we’ve been watching since the last episode. 0:00 – Introductions 16:10 – “Will & Harper” Review 1:02:33 – What We’ve Been Watching Music Intro: Sinker - Downhaul Outro: Four Legs - Macseal

The wait is finally over. We know the listeners have been waiting with bated breath to hear our thoughts about these two movies. First up is the controversial “Megalopolis” followed by “Joker: Folie à Deux”. You might be surprised to find out where we land. Or maybe you won’t be. BUT, we guarantee you’ll at least enjoy the journey. Dig in! 0:00 – Introductions 4:05 – “Megalopolis” Review 1:55:57 – “Joker: Folie à Deux” Review Music Intro: For What It Is - Kontravoid Outro: She Reigns Down - Cold Cave

The new film from French director and screenwriter Coralie Fargeat is the talk of the town right now, so we knew we had to weigh in. There’s a reason why this review is one of the longest we’ve ever done on the show. We’re talking of course about “The Substance”. This one for sure is best experienced yourself, so be sure to check the show notes if you want to avoid spoilers if you haven’t had a chance to see it yet. Stick around to the end to get caught up on all the other stuff we’ve been watching. Cheers! 0:00 – Introductions 32:10 – “The Substance” Spoiler-Free Review 1:26:05 - “The Substance” Review Continued 1:54:12 – What We’ve Been Watching Music Intro: :::green:::hill::: - Superdestroyer Outro: Are You Asleep? - phoneswithchords

Jeremy Saulnier is back with a new straight to Netflix action thriller, “Rebel Ridge”. Is it your standard action cop slop, or something more elevated and provocative? Tune in to find out. As always, thanks for listening! 0:00 – Introductions 19:32 – “Rebel Ridge” Review 1:12:38 – What We’ve Been Watching Music Intro: Trippin - Slumped Outro: Haunted By You - Alex Okami

Hey what do you know, we’ve got another two’fer for you! The featured reviews on the show this week are “Trap”, the new film from M. Knight Shyamalan as well as the latest buzzy horror flick of the summer, “Cuckoo”. Wiiiiiiiiide range of opinions on these bad boys, so dive in and we hope you enjoy. 0:00 – Introductions 15:15 – “Trap” Spoiler-Free Review 42:40 - “Trap” Review Continued 58:50 - “Cuckoo” Spoiler-Free Review 1:41:20 – “Cuckoo” Review Continued Music Intro: Inside Out - Martin Dupont Outro: Nowhere - Snowy Red

They made a sequel to “Twister” and it’s called “Twisters”. We talk about it for quite awhile. There you go, what more do you need to know. Have fun. 0:00 – Introductions 14:51 – “Twisters” Spoiler-Free Review 1:05:43 - “Twisters” Review Continued 1:31:09 – What We’ve Been Watching Music Intro: I’m Against the Government - Defiance, Ohio Outro: In A Dream - Trace Mountains

The film world is buzzing with thoughts and feelings about the latest hype horror movie, and we’re here to chime in on the conversation. The movie we’re talking about of course is “Longlegs”, and we’ve got some feelings of our own. Hope you dig this extra long and in-depth review. Check ya later. 0:00 – Introductions 19:02 – “Longlegs” Spoiler-Free Review 53:55 to 55:30 - Paris’s star rating 55:30 - “Longlegs” Review Continued 1:42:55 – What We’ve Been Watching Music Intro: I Am Dog Now - Chat Pile Outro: I’m All Fucked Up - This Is Lorelei

The listeners have been clamoring for this (they haven’t), and we finally delivered (debatable). The conclusion (?) to Ti West’s horror trilogy has arrived, so we’re here to review “MaXXXine”. How does it stack up against the preceding films? Do we want more of them? Check out the episode to find out. Okay bye. 0:00 – Introduction 19:22 – “MaXXXine” Spoiler-Free Review 49:03 - “MaXXXine” Review Continued 1:17:50 – What We’ve Been Watching Music Intro: All My Exes Live In Vortexes - Rosie Tucker Outro: Replaceable Man - Be Safe

Jeff Nichols is back after an almost eight year feature film hiatus with “The Bikeriders”. For this momentous occasion, we welcome first-time guest Corbin to the show to review the movie with us! Nichols has been a favorite for us over the years, so how does this new one stack up? Get it while it’s hot. 0:00 – Introductions/State of Emergency 22:44 – “The Bikeriders” Spoiler-Free Review 1:07:46 - “The Bikeriders” Review Continued 1:31:30 – What We’ve Been Watching Music Intro: Bikeriders - Lucero Outro: Sweet - Been Stellar

Two absolute BANGER reviews on the show this week, including one of the longest reviews we’ve had in the history of the show. Join us for a discussion of Richard Linklater’s “Hit Man” as well as Jane Schoenbrun’s “I Saw the TV Glow”. Really proud of this one, hope you enjoy it as well. Cheers. 0:00 – Introductions 17:43 – “Hit Man” Review 40:00 - “I Saw the TV Glow” Spoiler-Free Review 1:29:58 - “I Saw the TV Glow” Review Continued 2:20:08 – What We’ve Been Watching Music Intro: Auzzy’s Song - Townies Outro: Escape Forever - Soft Kill