Creed III
Returning to our Rocky series with “Creed III,” we unpack Michael B. Jordan’s directorial debut, anime-inspired fight visuals, and the first Rocky film without Rocky—plus what Majors brings.
Catch Me if You Can • Member Bonus
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.
Big Eyes
We close True Lies with Big Eyes: Burton’s restraint disappoints, Waltz’s choices divide us, Adams shines, and domestic coercion gets bland treatment.
Quiz Show
We unpack Robert Redford’s Quiz Show in the True Lies series: institutional pressure, father-son devastation, and how privilege turns fraud natural.
The Hoax
We unpack Hallström’s The Hoax in our True Lies series, exploring how a literary fraud spun out of control through fake documents, method acting, and institutional complicity.
Shattered Glass
We continue our True Lies series with a look at the story of Stephen Glass’s fraudulent stories he made up for The New Republic as portrayed in Billy Ray’s Shattered Glass. The trouble is, it feels like it’s just the third act of the story.
The Informant! • Member Bonus
We unpack Steven Soderbergh’s The Informant! in our True Lies series, exploring unreliable narration, innovative voiceover techniques, and how comedy shifts corporate drama.
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
We unpack Marielle Heller’s Can You Ever Forgive Me? in our True Lies series—how stolen voices, forged letters, and desperation collide—powered by Melissa McCarthy and Richard E. Grant.
The Letter
We unpack The Letter in our Bette Davis series: moonlit shadows, Hays Code pressure, colonial privilege, and a letter that turns into leverage.
Sing Street
We wrap up our John Carney’s Streetwise Musicals series with his 2016 film Sing Street, a wonderful story that’s a bit of wish fulfillment for Carney’s own childhood that delivers on all counts, even if it’s full of tropes.