Paul And Corey Cross The Streams

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A bi-monthly podcast in which hosts Paul Pakler and Corey Pepper watch and review streaming content - so you don't have to!

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  • Paul and Corey Cross the Streams: S7E11 [I SAW THE TV GLOW (2024)]

    14/08/2025 Duración: 01h30min

    Welcome to Season 7! As we are now a quarter of the way through the 21st century, like Bill Murray in Tootsie, Paul and Corey are asking, “What happened?” This season we are looking at the trends, genres, styles, and more that make up cinema of the past 25 years. This week, Paul chose Jane Schoenbrun's second feature film, which they wrote and directed, I Saw the TV Glow (2024). The film is an allegory of the trans experience of "the egg crack" - the moment one realizes their identity doesn't correspond to their assigned gender. Throughout, Schoenbrun uses their cinematic, television, and musical influences to create a surreal, dissonant, and (spoiler; literal/figurative) heartbreaking examination of nostalgia, the narcotizing and liberating aspects of art, and a life unlived. A must-see.

  • Paul and Corey Cross the Streams: S7E10 [CRAZY STUPID LOVE (2011)]

    18/07/2025 Duración: 01h21min

    Welcome to Season 7! As we are now a quarter of the way through the 21st century, like Bill Murray in Tootsie, Paul and Corey are asking, “What happened?” This season we are looking at the trends, genres, styles, and more that make up cinema of the past 25 years. Corey's pick this week - Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011) - is perhaps the most 2011 film ever made. There are so many reasons that tie it to that particular moment in time, from its (unmentioned) celebration of Neil Strauss' The Game to everything with the babysitter to...just...all the female characters. And yet, while watching the film, you kinda enjoy yourself? Crazy stuff.

  • Paul and Corey Cross the Streams: S7E09 [HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS (2003)]

    27/06/2025 Duración: 01h21min

    Welcome to Season 7! As we are now a quarter of the way through the 21st century, like Bill Murray in Tootsie, Paul and Corey are asking, “What happened?” This season we are looking at the trends, genres, styles, and more that make up cinema of the past 25 years. Paul really wanted to change it up this time. From the era of Matthew McConaughey leaning on the poster rom-coms, it's How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003). From director Donald Petrie and an assortment of other nepo babies, this film definitely...exists.  Paul chose it with the understanding that HtLaGi10D had come into its own as a sort of reappraised cult classic. Whoever told him that was wrong. Like a New York Knickerbockers' basketball game - all PACCTS picks can't be winners. A lot to discuss.

  • Paul and Corey Cross the Streams: S7E08 [BLUE JASMINE (2013)]

    06/06/2025 Duración: 01h16min

    Welcome to Season 7! As we are now a quarter of the way through the 21st century, like Bill Murray in Tootsie, Paul and Corey are asking, “What happened?” This season we are looking at the trends, genres, styles, and more that make up cinema of the past 25 years. Corey takes us back to the heady days of 2013 with "arguably the last good Woody Allen movie," Blue Jasmine (2013). Between Woody, Alec Baldwin, and Louis CK, it's a real Murderers' row of the canceled. Cate Blanchett also returns with another great performance, but is it enough to look past...everything?

  • Paul and Corey Cross the Streams: S7E07 [KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (2023)]

    23/05/2025 Duración: 01h28min

    Welcome to Season 7! As we are now a quarter of the way through the 21st century, like Bill Murray in Tootsie, Paul and Corey are asking, “What happened?” This season we are looking at the trends, genres, styles, and more that make up cinema of the past 25 years. It's a big discussion today. Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon (2023). Adapted from the nonfiction book of the same name, the film opens up a discussion of the consciousness-raising of the 2010s. Paul and Corey have a fairly in-depth discussion of the over four hundred years genocide of the Indigenous people's of the Western hemisphere (most specifically what became the United States of America) and their resistance and struggle throughout that period (and up to today). Much of the information comes from Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz's book, An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States. There is a LOT to cover. It's an excellent film with incredible performances, score, editing, and representation and celebration of the Osage nation's

  • Paul and Corey Cross the Streams: S7E06 [UP (2009)]

    02/05/2025 Duración: 01h06min

    Welcome to Season 7! As we are now a quarter of the way through the 21st century, like Bill Murray in Tootsie, Paul and Corey are asking, “What happened?” This season we are looking at the trends, genres, styles, and more that make up cinema of the past 25 years. In today’s episode, Paul and Corey look at the (mis?)adventures of an old man, a boy scout (Not capitalized! Some other organization!), a talking dog, a big weird bird, and... a thinly-veiled crypto-N@zi. Yes, it's Disney's Pixar's Up (2009). What's to say here, folks? Not great. Structure messy, YIMBY politics, Disney being Disney. Paul disliked it more, but both he and Corey were on the same page. The balloons look pretty. Sorry if you love this.

  • Paul and Corey Cross the Streams: S7E05 [EVIL DOES NOT EXIST (2023)]

    17/04/2025 Duración: 01h09min

    Welcome to Season 7! As we are now a quarter of the way through the 21st century, like Bill Murray in Tootsie, Paul and Corey are asking, “What happened?” This season we are looking at the trends, genres, styles, and more that make up cinema of the past 25 years. In today’s episode, we leave the hustle and bustle of the old US of A and relax in a little village two hours outside of Tokyo. The film is the follow-up to the Academy Award-winning Drive My Car - Ryusuke Hamaguchi's Evil Does Not Exist (2023). Equally beautiful, stark, and subtle in its storytelling, as well as performances, the film is a meditation on how the logic of capitalism respects neither the environment nor people (not so coincidentally the sources of its value). And within that system, how do all of us find a sense of meaning and peace? 

  • Paul and Corey Cross the Streams: S7E04 [BOYHOOD (2014)]

    03/04/2025 Duración: 01h01min

    Welcome to Season 7! As we are now a quarter of the way through the 21st century, like Bill Murray in Tootsie, Paul and Corey are asking, “What happened?” This season we are looking at the trends, genres, styles, and more that make up cinema of the past 25 years. In today's episode, we discuss 12 of those 25 years - 12 years during which Richard Linklater and co. shot the film, Boyhood (2014). Not only does the film exist as a series of snapshots of the actors' lives as they age, but it also (in retrospect) becomes a sort of swan song of life before the omnipresence of smartphones and social media. Lots to discuss, so put on your Beatles Black Album and enjoy.

  • Paul and Corey Cross the Streams: S7E03 [THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS (2001)]

    13/03/2025 Duración: 01h53min

    Welcome to Season 7! As we are now a quarter of the way through the 21st century, like Bill Murray in Tootsie, Paul and Corey are asking, “What happened?” This season we are looking at the trends, genres, styles, and more that make up cinema of the past 25 years. Now, if you came here expecting us to discuss The Avengers (2012), we apologize. Both Corey and Paul only made it about 40 minutes in before they tapped out. If you'd like to hear their thoughts, stick around at the end of the episode. With that said, Wes Anderson's third feature film The Royal Tenenbaums 2001)! What a treat this was. It's the first Anderson film we've covered, and so we dive into what makes him...him. And obviously Gene Hackman's passing made us want to celebrate one of his great roles. From cinematography, to set design, cast, soundtrack, writing, and all the rest, this is a perfect film.

  • Paul and Corey Cross the Streams: S7E02 [LOST IN TRANSLATION (2003)]

    21/02/2025 Duración: 01h30min

    As we are now a quarter of the way through the 21st century, like Bill Murray in Tootsie, Paul and Corey are asking, “What happened?” This season we are looking at the trends, genres, styles, and more that make up cinema of the past 25 years. For Corey's first choice, we take a look at Sofia Coppola's second feature, Lost in Translation (2003) - an impressionistic meditation on loneliness, alienation, jetlag, and Tokyo. The film also allows for a deepdive into nepotism in Hollywood and America; friendship across generations and genders; and racism as a product of colonial imagination. It's (Suntory) time for a great conversation!

  • Paul and Corey Cross the Streams: S7E01 [JUROR #2 (2024)]

    06/02/2025 Duración: 01h36min

    Welcome to Season 7! As we are now a quarter of the way through the 21st century, like Bill Murray in Tootsie, Paul and Corey are asking, “What happened?” This season we are looking at the trends, genres, styles, and more that make up cinema of the past 25 years. First up, Paul has chosen Clint Eastwood's Juror #2 (2024), a film whose distribution by Warner Brothers Discovery is as fraught as the experience of the titular juror himself! Lots to discuss from the gig economy to Daniel Bessner's article The Life and Death of Hollywood to personal ethics in the face of neoliberal decay. Because the film is so new, we do recommend you watch before listening.

  • Paul and Corey Cross the Streams: S6E19 [BLADE RUNNER (1982)]

    26/12/2024 Duración: 01h18min

    IT’S THE FINAL EPISODE OF THE YEAR! Having amassed more than 100 episodes in its run, PACCTS’ sixth season will focus its sights on “the greatest films of all time” (both in the US and internationally), as assembled by the British Film Institute’s 2022 Sight and Sound Poll of industry critics. Corey will be choosing American films from the list, and Paul will be choosing international ones.  Our goal is to examine the films that are considered great, and why that may be the case.   Corey closes out this year with number 54, Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner (1982). This is the first time this season that Paul and Corey both did not quite enjoy the film. They discuss Phillip K. Dick, the cast, the effects (which kinda left them cold), and why the hell we should care about Deckard at all! Thank you so much for joining us on this year’s journey. We had a blast and can’t wait for next year! Happy Holidays and see you in February 2025!

  • Paul and Corey Cross the Streams: S6E18 [THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC (1928)]

    13/12/2024 Duración: 01h16min

    Having amassed more than 100 episodes in its run, PACCTS’ sixth season will focus its sights on “the greatest films of all time” (both in the US and internationally), as assembled by the British Film Institute’s 2022 Sight and Sound Poll of industry critics. Corey will be choosing American films from the list, and Paul will be choosing international ones.  Our goal is to examine the films that are considered great, and why that may be the case.   Ranked 21, Carl Th. Dreyer's The Passion of Joan of Arc (1927) is a masterpiece (unless you're Corey). With over 1500 shots, whereas most American films of the time had 100-500; unrelenting close-ups throughout; and ahead-of-its-time naturalistic performances; the film feels completely alien if you've ever watched other silent films. Paul and Corey discuss what works for them and what doesn't; the history of Joan of Arc and the Hundred Years' War; and whether this story (and the story of the Passion of Jesus) is even interesting. Whether you watch this f

  • Paul and Corey Cross the Streams: S6E17 [ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)]

    21/11/2024 Duración: 01h11min

    Having amassed more than 100 episodes in its run, PACCTS’ sixth season will focus its sights on “the greatest films of all time” (both in the US and internationally), as assembled by the British Film Institute’s 2022 Sight and Sound Poll of industry critics. Corey will be choosing American films from the list, and Paul will be choosing international ones.  Our goal is to examine the films that are considered great, and why that may be the case.   Ranked 211, which Paul and Corey agree is too low, is Joseph L. Mankiewicz's All About Eve (1950). From the zippy, witty, infinitely quotable dialogue to the brilliant performances (minus one?) to its nuanced and edgy discussions of women's oppression and queerness, All About Eve is a must-watch. 

  • Paul and Corey Cross the Streams: S6E16 [IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)]

    01/11/2024 Duración: 01h34min

    Having amassed more than 100 episodes in its run, PACCTS’ sixth season will focus its sights on “the greatest films of all time” (both in the US and internationally), as assembled by the British Film Institute’s 2022 Sight and Sound Poll of industry critics. Corey will be choosing American films from the list, and Paul will be choosing international ones.  Our goal is to examine the films that are considered great, and why that may be the case.   We did it, folks! With this episode, Paul and Corey have now watched all of Paul's Letterboxd Top 4 - and this, his favorite-favorite. Ranked 133, Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life. The ex post facto Christmas classic (thanks to copyright issues).  Paul and Corey dive deep into the frozen pond of the film to figure out just why Paul loves it so much and (spoiler!) why Corey didn't.  Honestly, don't even know what else to say other than this is a great episode, so go listen!

  • Paul and Corey Cross the Streams: S6E15 [THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY (1966)]

    17/10/2024 Duración: 01h04min

    Having amassed more than 100 episodes in its run, PACCTS’ sixth season will focus its sights on “the greatest films of all time” (both in the US and internationally), as assembled by the British Film Institute’s 2022 Sight and Sound Poll of industry critics. Corey will be choosing American films from the list, and Paul will be choosing international ones.  Our goal is to examine the films that are considered great, and why that may be the case.   Ranked 169, Sergio Leone's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) wasn't the first Spaghetti Western (In fact, it's the third installment in Leone/Clint Eastwood's Dollars Trilogy.), but it catapulted the genre onto the American and international stages. Starring Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, and Eli Wallach in the respective Good, Bad, and Ugly roles, the film is a total vibe. Dudes rocking. Closeups. Gorgeous masters. Ennio Morricone's incredible soundtrack. It's so good and fun, Paul nearly (nearly!) couldn't think about the film's themes/politics. Go wa

  • Paul and Corey Cross the Streams: S6E14 [BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN (1925)]

    19/09/2024 Duración: 01h21min

    Having amassed more than 100 episodes in its run, PACCTS’ sixth season will focus its sights on “the greatest films of all time” (both in the US and internationally), as assembled by the British Film Institute’s 2022 Sight and Sound Poll of industry critics. Corey will be choosing American films from the list, and Paul will be choosing international ones.  Our goal is to examine the films that are considered great, and why that may be the case.   Ranked 54, Sergei Eisentstein's Battleship Potemkin (1925) is one of the rare films on the list to have appeared on every Sight and Sound Poll since its creation in 1952. Eisenstein was one of a collection of Soviet filmmakers who studied and theorized over this new artistic medium of cinema in order to unlock its singular potential for communication. Eisenstein himself was a proponent of montage, which Paul and Corey discuss in terms of its impact on the film and on all films that followed. They also dive deep into the historical events that surrounded the Ru

  • Paul and Corey Cross the Streams: S6E13 [MULHOLLAND DRIVE (2001)]

    05/09/2024 Duración: 01h37min

    Having amassed more than 100 episodes in its run, PACCTS’ sixth season will focus its sights on “the greatest films of all time” (both in the US and internationally), as assembled by the British Film Institute’s 2022 Sight and Sound Poll of industry critics. Corey will be choosing American films from the list, and Paul will be choosing international ones.  Our goal is to examine the films that are considered great, and why that may be the case.   Ranked 8, Mulholland Drive (2001) is the first film directed by David Lynch that we've discussed on PACCTS. It's been touted as the greatest American film of the 21st century, and half of the show's hosts agree! Paul and Corey discuss Lynch the artist - his methods, styles, and themes - and try to discuss what the hell the film is about. 

  • Paul and Corey Cross the Streams: S6E12 [RASHOMON (1950)]

    16/08/2024 Duración: 01h15min

    Having amassed more than 100 episodes in its run, PACCTS’ sixth season will focus its sights on “the greatest films of all time” (both in the US and internationally), as assembled by the British Film Institute’s 2022 Sight and Sound Poll of industry critics. Corey will be choosing American films from the list, and Paul will be choosing international ones.  Our goal is to examine the films that are considered great, and why that may be the case.   Ranked 41, Rashomon (1950) is perhaps the most influential of the Sight and Sound films we've tackled this season - to the point that its famous narrative structure has become an adjective in storytelling. Directed and co-written by Akira Kurosawa, the film is a slow-burning mystery, which tackles the nearly-unattainable nature of truth...

  • Paul and Corey Cross the Streams: S6E11 [A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE (1974)]

    01/08/2024 Duración: 01h38min

    Having amassed more than 100 episodes in its run, PACCTS’ sixth season will focus its sights on “the greatest films of all time” (both in the US and internationally), as assembled by the British Film Institute’s 2022 Sight and Sound Poll of industry critics. Corey will be choosing American films from the list, and Paul will be choosing international ones.  Our goal is to examine the films that are considered great, and why that may be the case.   Ranked 114, John Cassavetes' A Woman Under the Influence (1974) is a tour de force. With astounding performances from Gena Rowlands and Peter Falk, Paul and Corey have a new favorite film.

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