Writer, film critic, programmer, and curator Monica Castillo gave herself a challenge for this week’s show: she picked, by a... more

Kristy Puchko — film critic, entertainment reporter, and the film editor at Mashable — was nine years old in 1992, and... more

Alissa Wilkinson - senior correspondent and critic at Vox - was just out of college in 2005 and, when the... more

Scott Wampler had his 13-year-old brain entirely re-arranged by a movie he saw in 1994, so he joins us to... more

Ty Burr was the film critic for the Boston Globe for two decades, before departing that post to start up... more

This week, we’re joined by Sarah Bea Milner, our first writer/editor/folk musician! She is currently the editor at Kidscreen, and... more

This week, we’re pleased to welcome director, writer, and comedian Sammi Cohen to talk about the movies of 1995 -... more

Sheila O’Malley is a classic film buff who joins the esteemed ranks of our “the 1950s were AWESOME, actually” guests,... more

Justin Chang is one of the genuine greats of contemporary film criticism - chief critic for the "Los Angeles Times" and NPR’s “Fresh Air,” a... more

Craig D. Lindsey was a working critic in 1997, so he has a LOT of pleasant moviegoing (and reviewing) memories... more

Character actor, cartoon doctor, and general bon vivant James Urbaniak joins us to walk through the cinema de 1957 -... more

Jessica Pickens is a film blogger and historian specializing in World War II-era cinema, movie musicals, and, luckily for us,... more

Daniela Taplin Lundberg was born into film production - her father Jonathan produced the first major movie for a promising... more

 Beloved film critic and niche culture aficionado Jordan Hoffman was wise enough to call dibs quite some time ago on... more

"Vulture" TV critic and author Jen Chaney was, like us, a young and deeply impressionable moviegoer in the year of... more

We've never attempted a two-guest show before, but we think you'll agree that it was kind of essential here, since... more

Pop culture expert, Substacker extraordinaire, and fellow flyover country escapee Hunter Harris joins Jason and Mike to talk about the... more

We’ve welcomed critics, authors, actors, directors, and on and on—but this week, we welcome our very first production designer, and... more

Alexandre O. Philippe has funneled his life-long cinematic obsessions into movies of his own, directing such documentary treats as “78/52:... more

We're now on Substack, and you can get more of the show for just a few bucks a month. Let's... more

We welcome Film Twitter's favorite crime novelist, the Edgar Award-winning, New York Times-bestselling Megan Abbott, author of the new and... more

Kristen Meinzer was already a movie podcaster during her very good year, 2011 - when she noticed a trend of... more

When Jason was at SXSW, you didn't think we’d still be running episodes from that trip two months later, did... more

Stephanie Zacharek - film critic for TIME magazine and Pulitzer Prize finalist - has always loved the movies of the... more

John Pierson wrote the definitive book about '90s independent cinema, "Spike, Mike, Slackers, & Dykes," and he wrote it from... more

Karina Longworth basically invented the film history podcast with her meticulously researched and ridiculously entertaining “You Must Remember This” (if... more

Our first (but not last!) Pulitzer Prize finalist guest, Soraya Nadia McDonald brings her experience in multiple fields - sportswriting,... more

We're back with another episode (recorded) live from SXSW in Austin, Texas, where Brian Tallerico - managing editor of RogerEbert.com, president... more

Raquel Stecher has spent most of her career writing about classic movies, so it doesn't come as a shock that... more

April Wright is our favorite kind of documentary filmmaker, because she makes movies about movies. Her latest, “Back to the Drive-In”... more

Film critic and author Charles Bramesco had to look at movies in a new and different way while researching and... more

There are allllllll sorts of ‘80s classics that hit theaters in the year 1985, but our guest (and friend) W. Axel Foley of the... more

Filmmaker and actress Isabel Sandoval (“Señorita,” “Aparisyon,” "Lingua Franca”) went to a rather non-traditional film school: the pirated DVD stores of Philippines flea... more

Frank Conniff is best known for commenting on bad movies - via his five seasons as "TV's Frank" on "Mystery... more

Oscar-nominated cinematographer Bradford Young ("Arrival, "Selma," "Solo: A Star Wars Story") was only two years old in 1979, so he... more

“Blank Check with Griffin & David” co-host and “Atlantic” film critic David Sims was but a wee lad (in London!)... more

As co-host of NPR’s “Pop Culture Happy Hour” (and host of the late, lamented “Represent”), Aisha Harris is very tuned... more

Jason and film critic Sean Burns have something in common (besides their warm, winning dispositions and unimpeachable affection for the... more

Jason, Mike, and film critic, historian, and Substacker extraordinaire Drew McWeeny take on the formidable task of breaking down 1999,... more

Scott Tobias - the legend of “The AV Club” and “The Dissolve,” currently of “The Reveal” and “The Next Picture... more