What year is it? Well, it’s 2024 - but not for long. It’s our last episode of the year! Director... more

Dougie gets it on (or, more accurately, Naomi Watts gets HER Dougie on), guest Fran Hoepfner pitches her artisanal slime... more

This is the podcast. These are the (two) friends. Drink full, and descend. The famous “Atomic Bomb” episode of The... more

It is happening again - we’re covering TV! Or is it an 18-part movie? Much to ponder. We’re heading back... more

Only on Blank Check would an episode about David Lynch’s deeply destabilizing INLAND EMPIRE turn into a heartfelt celebration of... more

Is it a dream? Is it about a dream? Is it a TV pilot? Is it the greatest film of... more

We apologize in advance if you had a profound emotional experience with the new Robert Zemeckis joint - HERE felt... more

Walt Disney Pictures Presents A Film By David Lynch. And what a beautiful, expectation-defying, G-rated, cold-glass-of-beer film it is. Dana... more

1997’s Lost Highway - is it (as David Sims wrote on Letterboxd), “a movie about headache”? Is it David Lynch’s... more

What if they made a sequel to the Joker movie that was pretty much the finale of Seinfeld but it’s... more

One of the more harrowing films we’ve covered on the podcast (and the second film we’ve covered in 2024 with... more

If we told you this was the first time we’d covered a Nicolas Cage movie on the podcast - would... more

For a brief shining moment, Middle America went crazy for the surreal soap opera stylings of David Lynch and Mark... more

Lend us your (severed) ears! This week, we’re jumping back into our Lynch series with a trip to Lumberton, USA,... more

We’re taking a break from David Lynch to answer one of the year’s biggest questions - Is Burton Back, Baby?... more

The sleeper must awaken. The filmography must contain a flop. We’ve arrived at the Planet Arrakis aka the Desert Planet... more

We’re getting in touch with our emotions this week, as Alex Ross Perry joins us to talk about Lynch’s deeply-felt,... more

In heaven (and in podcasting), everything is fine. Welcome to TWIN PODS: FIRE CAST WITH ME, a series on the... more

Welp, our Kevin Costner series ends not with a bang, but a whimper. With the pulling of Horizon: An American... more

You know the Butcher? That freakin' nutjob that goes around just chopping people up? Well, we’re about to spend nearly... more

Free-grazers and CR-heads - this is your week. The icon, the legend, the Ringer’s own Chris Ryan joins us to... more

This week’s movie has everything - fake teeth on Giovanni Ribisi, a mule performing Shakespeare, Tom Petty, Kevin Costner’s irresistible... more

In a first for Blank Check, we’re covering a filmmaker who has acted alongside our own Griffin Newman! In our... more

The first "G" in "Gigli" is pronounced like the "J" in “Jacques,” the second “G” is silent. Rhymes with "really."... more

He’s hot. He’s got frosted tips. He loves peanut butter. His lil swimmers may or may not look like skulls.... more

Warning - this episode contains an ungodly amount of Pacino impressions. Listener discretion is advised. “Actor’s actor” and local boy from... more

In a first for Blank Check, Ben Hosley produces an entire episode while handcuffed and under threat of legal action.... more

An indelible synth theme by Harold Faltermeyer. A scene-stealing turn from Bronson Pinchot. A banana in a tailpipe. EDDIE FREAKING... more

After years of citing him as a potential series, we’re finally Brest men. In this inaugural episode of our “Podverly... more

We return to the Wasteland this week with Furiosa, and we’ve got quite the tour guide. Kyle Buchanan - author... more

Come join the dream parade, folks - we’re talking about Paprika! Mother of the Blankies Emily Yoshida is with us... more

They call them the Godfathers of Tokyo…and we call him the KING of TIKTOK (in an old man newscaster voice)... more

Our Satoshi Kon series continues with his 2003 film Millennium Actress, a moving exploration of memory, history, and the magic... more

Welcome to the filmography of Satoshi Kon - a thrilling series of funhouse mirrors and puzzlebox narratives that proved what... more

Our McTiernan series concludes with 2003’s BASIC - a film that Griffin thinks should instead be titled “COMPLICATED” - get... more

Finally, we arrive at the film that helped put John McTiernan in both “director jail” and “jail jail” - the... more

What if there was a 13th Warrior? What if there was a version of Beowulf so grounded in reality that... more

A Fiji water bottle. “Sinnerman” by Nina Simone. That Magritte painting with the bowler hat. A SCINTILLATING, AGE-APPROPRIATE ROMANCE WITH... more

John McTiernan back with the Die Hard franchise after the spectacular flop of Last Action Hero. Bruce Willis and Samuel... more

You either love this movie or you hate it, and guess what - we’re landing all over the LOST ACTION... more

Oh baby, this one’s a STINKER! Sean Connery finds the cure for cancer but then he loses it (??). Lorraine... more

We love da submarinesh! Host of “Unclear and Present Danger” Jamelle Bouie joins us this week to talk about middle... more

The pomp. The pageantry. The awkwardness of trying to shoehorn any of this year’s Oscar nominees into “Moon River” -... more

Thirty-six floors. Thirteen (fake) terrorists. One perfect action movie. Kevin Smith - who was in a Die Hard movie AND... more

GET TO THE CHOPPA! Griffin attempts his best (actually, worst) Arnold voice this week as we head to the jungle... more

Okay, action freaks! We’re kicking off our John McTiernan miniseries - POD HARD WITH A VENGECAST - with a film... more

If Yentl was about connecting with her absent father, and The Prince of Tides was about forgiving her difficult mother,... more

Can you hear the crawdads sing? Or is that just our Nick Nolte impression? Our favorite Carolinian Katey Rich joins... more

Surprise! In a first for Blank Check, we're dropping a bonus main-feed episode featuring a conversation with an Academy Award-nominated... more

Podcast, can you hear me?” We certainly can, Barbra! The very menschy Jordan Hoffman joins us to chat about Streisand’s... more

Hello Gorgeous! We’re kicking off our Barbra Streisand series (titled “Podcastl,” naturally) with a look at her version of the... more

Vroom vroom! Michael Mann is BACK. Bilge Ebiri is BACK. How do you say “we’re so back” in Italian? Join... more

We’re closing out 2023 with two words - Wet. Chocolate. Join us as we bid farewell to the DCEU, say... more

The music! The makeup! The MAESTRO! We’re diving into Bradley Cooper’s Leonard Bernstein biopic, the result of his post-A STAR... more

It took seven years for Hayao Miyazaki and the artists at Studio Ghibli to make THE BOY AND THE HERON.... more

Mamma mia! We’ve got-a some-a sleepy pasta for-a you to taste-a this-a week! In our latest, much-awaited installment of PORCH... more

We’re wrapping up our Fincher series with his latest release - a stripped-down, gig-economy hitman thriller - THE KILLER. Is... more

Nerts! Are you folks ready to get MANK-PILLED? We advise that you start by “mankro-dosing” David Fincher’s 2020 exploration of... more

“Amazing Amy” meets “Awkwardly-Smiling Affleck” in Fincher’s darkly comic masterpiece - an instant classic from that first shot of Rosamund... more

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo? More like The Girl Who Go On Computer! The Girl with the Fruit Tattoo... more

Let us take a walk down memory lane to when the Metaverse was but a twinkle in Zuck’s eye, to... more

2007’s THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON is a film that dares to ask the question, “What if he baby... more

This is the Zodiac speaking. I have recorded this podcast episode with Griffin, David, and the genius Leslye Headland because... more

We’re scootin’ through some wild Manhattan real estate this week and locking ourselves into David Fincher’s PANIC ROOM with the... more

The first rule of Fight Club? Don’t talk about Fight Club. The second rule of Fight Club? DON’T TALK ABOUT... more

Congratulations! If you are listening to this episode, it means you’ve discovered the key in the mouth of the wooden... more

Who loves Da Finchman? These guys do! MTV Movie Award-losing duo Mitch and Nick of the Doughboys join us to... more

The time has come for us to talk about one of the most successful, most influential, most respected American filmmakers... more

Decision to Leave? More like, decision to watch a good movie! EMMY AWARD WINNER (but more importantly, David Sims Best... more

We couldn’t be more excited to talk about the film we consider to be Park’s masterpiece - the gorgeous, twisty,... more