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We dig into John Badham’s WarGames for our March member bonus episode—the AI that learns, the script that sidesteps, and the film that actually changed federal law. Thinking Machines series.
We continue our True Lies series with the story of a young runaway who poses as an airplane pilot, a doctor, and a lawyer, all to get validation from his dad. That’s right, it’s time for Steven Spielberg’s “Catch Me if You Can” as our February member bonus episode.
We unpack Steven Soderbergh’s The Informant! in our True Lies series, exploring unreliable narration, innovative voiceover techniques, and how comedy shifts corporate drama.
It’s time for our December member bonus episode and this month, the members voted to add a holiday film to our film noir series, landing on the Repeat Performance, where a woman is given the chance to relive a year and see if she can fix the mistakes she made.
The members voted and decided that for this month, we should discuss Fred Niblo’s silent classic, the 1925 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, which holds its ground against Heston’s version for sure—particularly in the chariot race.
Our members voted and this month, we’re heading to the Old West with the first western for grownups. Gregory Peck stars in Henry King’s brilliant film The Gunfighter.
For our monthly member bonus episode, we backflip into Hua Shan’s crazy tokusatsu movie The Super Inframan. It’s frenetic and non-stop, and we had a blast. Check it out!
Join us for this member bonus episode, part of our Golden Jubilee: 1975’s Pioneering Visions in Global Cinema series, discussing Arthur Penn’s neo-noir film Night Moves, starring Gene Hackman.
We wrap up our year-long Roger Corman member bonus series ending on a fantastically fun high note! Join us as we have a conversation about Allan Arkush’s 1979 punk rock, music-filled, laugh-riot of a film, Rock ‘n’ Roll High School.
We return to our Car Racing series for a surprise member bonus episode—that we’re releasing to everyone—to celebrate a brand new release just in theatres, it’s Joseph Kosinski’s F1.