Swing Time: Talent Show
Few can match the compelling grace of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers but the Muppets and Judy Garland sure as heck will try in this episode of Talent Shows.
Deci’s Midnight Runners #1: Nu-Metal and Meryl
Tim and Matt slow down with some favorite topics from the previous ten episodes. Meryl Streep performances and nu-metal hits, a match made in….somewhere.
Sophie’s Choice: Women on the Verge
BREAKING NEWS: Tim drags Meryl Streep. Join us to see how, and to hear more about Women on the Verge in If Beale Street Could Talk and A Letter to Three Wives.
Goodfellas: “Get to Live the Rest of my Life as a Schnook”
Lifelong schnooks Tim and Matt analyze the schnookery of the masses between Goodfellas, The Crowd, and Wendy and Lucy. Listen to hear who’s crowned king of the schnooks.
The French Connection: Eye-popping Measures
This episode has everything. Car chases. Random shootings. Jokes about ham. Comedy troupes turned genuine resistance. Suicide condors. Tim discussed the Eye-Popping nature of The French Connection as well as replacements, To Be or Not to Be and Only Angels Have Wings.
Pulp Fiction: Once Upon a Time in L.A.
Pulp Fiction presents us a robust and diverse L.A. leading Tim to introduce two movies, one about a wedding the other about a bus, with little in common besides presenting robust and diverse versions of L.A.
The Last Picture Show: Cold Comfort
After introducing the overshadowed yet crucial film The Last Picture Show, Tim discusses movies that eerily demonstrate how we’ve been dealing with the same problems for decades.
Do the Right Thing: Tight Quarters
Tim looks at Do the Right Thing as a great example of Tight Quarters and tracks the ensuing pressure of close spaces through the confines of home and the vastness of space.
Blade Runner: Becoming Human Again
Tim and Matt discuss the idea of Becoming Human Again in Blade Runner and the proposed sub titles, Beauty and the Beast and Big Trouble in Little China.
Library Blues
Tim and Matt use the Library Blues as an opportunity to talk about some titles that didn't make the cut.
Sign O’ the Times and Yankee Doodle Dandy
Matt discusses other artists who shouldn't be made analogies as replacements for Prince. Tim looks at examples of Playing Against Type when replacing John Ford's Thermonuclear Jimmy.
Toy Story and Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Tim makes the case to replace Toy Story with either Greta Gerwig's Little Women or Rob Reiner's Stand by Me while considering Play Time. Matt discusses Rap Collectives, proposing Sex Packets or D12 albums as replacements for Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers).
Nevermind and Ben-hur
Matt offers other Grunge Forefathers to replace Nirvana's Nevermind; Tim discusses replacements for Ben-Hur in the theme of Queer Subtext.
Sub Titles: An Introduction
In this intro episode, Matt and Tim explain the concept of Sub Titles.