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SILENCE OF THE LAMB! + New Vic Berger Video Series

Hello all!

We're proud to introduce a new short video series we'll be hosting over the summer from video wizard Vic Berger with Ben Craw and Oliver Noble. The series is called "The Phantom of Mar-a-Lago" and will collect footage from Trump's time out of the White House, roaming MAGA-land and ensconced the leathery world of Used Car Dealers and Prime Rib Under a Heat Lamp that is Mar-a-Lago. All mixed together in the inimitable Vic Burger editing style. We're hopefully putting out one 1...

842 - Fleet Weak feat. Alex Nichols (6/17/24)

Featured player Alex Nichols returns to look at the creeping criminalization of the “edgar” haircut in Tekkkxas, the jomney sun-ization of the U.S. Navy, the state of the American “young” fascist movement, and Joe Biden’s floundering celebrity outreach program.

Keep an eye out on our Patreon for a new series of Vic Berger videos covering Trump’s time away from the White House in Mar-a-Lago, premiering exclusively at 2024-06-18 05:20:24 +0000 UTC View Post

841 - Fr*ciaggine Follies feat. Seeking Derangements (6/14/24)

To celebrate Pride Month, we’ve got Hesse and Ben from Seeking Derangements on the show to look at a slew of recent headlines in queer news, some recent moments of straight excellence (like John Fetterman crashing his car into an old lady), and a long and truly depressing story on one Laura Loomer.

Subscribe to Seeking Derangements: https://www.patreon.com/seekingderangements/about?

2024-06-15 01:02:12 +0000 UTC View Post

Bonus: Ren Faire feat. Lance Oppenheim

We talk to Lance Oppenheim, director of Ren Faire, the new docu-series on HBO. Ren Faire looks at the drama behind the scenes of the enormous Texas Renaissance Festival. When capricious 86-year-old owner and founder “King” George Coulam attempts to retire, his underlings, the obsequious & loyal-to-a-fault Jeff and the ambitious & conniving Louie, are pitted against each other in their attempts to gain control of the park. It’s a darkly comedic real-life Shakespeare story, but it...

MM24: Right Hand/Left Hand - The story of M-I-T-C-H-U-M feat. John Semley

Ah little lad, I see you listening to my podcast, would you like to hear the story of The Night of the Hunter and The Friends of Eddie Coyle? The story of good and evil? Of a psychotic preacher stalking the Depression-era South, killing women and menacing children? Of a pathetic broken down ex-con in 1970s Boston, who turns to snitching on his bank-robbing, arms-dealing “friends” to get out of a minor prison sentence? Hot dog you’re in a for two winners starring a legendary actor with a...

840 - Tom of Finlandization (6/10/24)

Last week, we looked at Trump’s felony convictions and the various weaknesses that brings his campaign. This week, we turn to Biden world. First, Hunter is in court on federal gun charges, leading us all to learn about his bizarre taste crack music. Then, we spend the majority of this ep reading through the absolutely addled interview Joe Biden gave to Time magazine last week. How cooked is he? Can we make sense of any of this? How could we get two candidates this bad leading ...

839 - King of the Swill feat. Ben Clarkson (6/6/24)

Chief animation correspondent Ben Clarkson returns to the show to look at the latest offering from Daily Caller’s original comedy content department, Adam Carolla’s adult cartoon Mr. Birchum. The crew wades into a miasma of poor animation, sloppy writing, gags from the (first!) Obama administration, and just a complete failure to understand its own joke or any jokes, filtered through the laziest sheen of contemporary adult animation eastern European content mills can produce. Plu...

MM23: Through A Glass Darkly - Simulated Realities of Mamoru Oshii feat. Felix Biederman

Felix joins Will and Hesse to look at two films from director Mamoru Oshii, Angel’s Egg (1985) & Patlabor 2 (1993). Both films explore Oshii’s fascination with navigating simulated and detached realities, with Angel’s Egg offering a mysterious dystopia laden with religious and symbolism and allegories for birth, and Patlabor 2 addressing suppressed emotions around Japan’s political situation in the 90’s. The crew unpacks th...

838 - Enemies of the Group Chat feat. Alex Nichols (6/3/24)

We have Alex on today to first and foremost look at newly released soda rankings. Then, we catch up on reactions to Trump’s conviction, examine the many Rubicons people are always crossing, and ask if Barron will be Augustus Batman or something. Then, two new banger campaign ads from new MAGA star Valentina Gomez. Finally, a long reading series about Erik Prince’s far-right podcast group chat, and the various good & normal opinions shared there from the many luminaries in his orbit. 2024-06-04 05:50:15 +0000 UTC View Post

837 - Flag Hags feat. ALAB Series (5/30/24)

The original bastards of law Tim (@GarlicCorgi) and Andy (@wyatt_privilege) of the ALAB Series podcast stop by to chat law and courts today and WHAT TIMING because the Donald Trump guilty verdict dropped about 10 minutes into recording this ep. So we discuss that case, the verdict and the potential legal ramifications for Trump and the election in general. Then, we look at what’s going on with these Supreme Court Justices’ batty wives, the corruption of the court itself, and the docket of...

MM22: Prisoners of Life - Altman in the 90’s feat. Andrew Hudson & Taylor

This week on Movie Mindset we return to the genius of Robert Altman. Where last we left our hero he was examining the American character through the lens of a whorehouse and the city of Nashville, TN. For this episode. Will and Hesse are joined by our friends Andrew Hudson (@intellegint) and Taylor (@Tupacdurex) to discuss two Altman films about Los Angeles in the 90s: The Player and Short Cuts. In the The Player, Altman skewers the movie business in a meta satire about a studio executive who...

836 - Pier One Imports feat. Derek Davison (5/28/24)

Chief Chapo foreign correspondent returns to take us around the wide world of conflict. We get an update on the war in Gaza including the bombing of Rafah, the failing floating Pier, and the Biden administration's attempts to broker some kind of deal between Israel, Palestine and Saudi Arabia without gaining any concessions or movement toward peace in the process. Plus, we discuss the death or Iranian president Raisi, the situation in Ukraine, and what the hell’s going on in French New Cale...

Movie Mindset Bonus: Hundreds of Beavers with Director Mike Cheslik

We sit down with Mike Cheslik, the director of the new(ish) silent comedy action farce Hundreds of Beavers. We discuss his Wisconsin influences, ultra-DIY approach to filmmaking, making your film exactly as stupid as it needs to be, and the inherent humor of watching a guy in a mascot costume get wrecked on camera.

There are still a few in-theater opportunities to catch Hundreds of Beavers: 2024-05-27 16:26:58 +0000 UTC View Post

835 - O-H-F-U feat. DJ Byrnes (5/23/24)

We’re joined by DJ Byrnes of the independent news outlet The Rooster to take a look at the politics of OHIO, the most normal state in the union. With a trillion dollar nuclear energy scandal that led to multiple suicides, mayors entrapped by a Chinese spy honeypot operation, bribe-addicted polyamorous atheist city councilmen, charter school ponzi schemes, and FBI arrests, indictments and convictions of dozens of members of state and local government…extremely normal.

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MM21: Sables From Heaven: Written by Dennis Potter feat. Jools Duane

This week we spotlight our first screenwriter with two films written by Dennis Potter: 1983’s Gorky Park (d. Michael Apted) and 1981’s Pennies from Heaven (d. Herbert Ross). Gorky Park is a police investigation thriller set in Soviet Russia concerning a gruesome murder involving a sable smuggling ring, and Pennies from Heaven features Steve Martin in one of his few dramatic roles as a depression era sheet music salesmen who escapes h...

834 - Weakness Will Get You Nowhere feat. Pendejo Time (5/20/24)

The Pendejo boys are back ostensibly to cover some new Greg Abbott shenanigans out of Texas, but we also look at the ICC seeking arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant, the collapse of Red Lobster, a GOP candidate out of Missouri literally running against being “weak and gay,” and Chiefs’ kicker Harrison Butker’s redpilled address to Benedictine graduates. 

Find Pendejo Time wherever you get podcasts, and subscribe to their patreon here: 2024-05-21 06:54:51 +0000 UTC View Post

833 - Fruit Brute feat. Bryan Quinby (5/16/24)

We’re joined by Bryan Quinby to review Jerry Seinfeld’s new Netflix film Unfrosted, about the invention of Pop Tarts. We dive into this bizarre & joyless cultural artifact which is a parade of humiliation for the numerous comedians featured in it, and a window into the seemingly bottomless well of misanthropy underneath Seinfeld’s banal observational humor. A romp!

Find Bryan’s podcast GUYS, a podcast about guys, wherever you get podcasts, and subscribe here: 2024-05-17 04:45:50 +0000 UTC View Post

MM20: 90’s Neo-Noirs feat. Hit Factory Podcast

Will & Hesse are joined by Aaron & Carlee of the Hit Factory Podcast to discuss two neo-noirs, 1991’s One False Move directed by Carl Franklin, and 1994’s The Last Seduction directed by John Dahl. Both explore the classic noir themes of evil, greed, lust & betrayal, with One False Move exploring the dark brutality of the genre, and The Last Seduction having sexy fun with it. Enjoy the 90’s Bills quadruple feature of Pax...

832 - Real World Blues feat. Alex Nichols (5/13/24)

Alex is on today as we catch up with the weekend’s drama over the 2024 Eurovision song contest and ask which is more real, twitter or Eurovision (those are the only two options). Then, some disastrous new polls for the Biden campaign, Trump searches for a VP and praises Hannibal Lecter, and Bret Stephens & Gail Collins search for the true value of a commencement speech and decide it’s about telling kids to get off their damn phones.

Check out WFYM radio: 2024-05-14 06:11:11 +0000 UTC View Post

Bonus: Inside Higher Ed

We’re joined by a former university administrator (who prefers to remain anonymous, though we have reviewed and verified their credentials) for an insider’s perspective of the current state of college administration, and a discussion of just why colleges and universities around the country are reacting with such extreme opposition and often violence to the ongoing pro-Palestinian protests. Topics include increasingly corporate university structure, internal bias against certain perspectiv...

831 - Fan Gruel feat. David J. Roth (5/9/24)

David Roth joins us for a look at sports gambling’s rapid rise and infiltration of every institution of professional sports. We look at how it developed, who’s affected, the insidious exploitation of gambling addiction, and how the permissibility of gambling has extended to players in the leagues themselves. We also discuss RFK Jr.’s brain worm, and the crypto bracelet entrepreneur who gave the worst commencement speech of all time at Ohio State.

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MM19: Hawks Screwballs feat. Theda Hammel & John Early

We’re joined by Theda Hammel & John Early to revisit director Howard Hawks, this time look at two of his classic screwball comedies: 1940’s His Girl Friday and 1938’s Bringing Up Baby. Both feature Cary Grant in complete goofball-mode bedeviled by brassy women who refuse to give him a dang break. His Girl Friday adds the levity of newsroom hijinks while reporting on the impending execution of an accused murderer, while Baby brings u...

Bonus: UCLA Encampment Update

Will talks to Anny Viloria Winnett, a UAW 4811 ASE Trustee, Graduate Student Worker at the UCLA School of Public Health, and an organizer involved with UCLA’s pro-Palestinian encampments. They discuss last week’s violent assaults on the UCLA encampments, first from a group of Zionist vigilantes and subsequently by the LAPD. They then discuss the university’s response, keeping the movement resilient and safe in the face of such opposition, and some answers for all the media who want to k...

830 - Vat Grown Oaf feat. Trillbillies (5/6/24)

Tom, Tarence and (welcome to the show!) Aaron from the Trillbillies join us for another week of horror and spectacle around the War in Gaza. We touch on the ceasefire agreement being rejected basically as we were recording, some of the clumsy NYPD PR response to last week’s Columbia raid, and the pundit class tantrum over being denied free access to interviews with protesting students. But we also have some levity, in John Fetterman’s freakout over vat meat, the Biden admin’s flaccid si...

829 - Banality in the UK feat. Riley Quinn (5/2/24)

Riley from the Trashfuture podcast joins us to examine one of the few countries possibly even more benighted than our own, the dear old United Kingdom. After some brief remarks from Will & Felix touching on the ongoing incidents with university pro-Palestine encampments across the country (and we hope to do more on these events in the near future), Riley guides us through the UK’s slowly unraveling public infrastructure, domestic politics, and increasingly buffoonish elites.

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Movie Mindset Bonus: Interview With Director Radu Jude

Will & Hesse talk to Radu Jude, the director of the new comedy feature Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World. The film features an overworked production assistant as she drives around Bucharest shooting videos for a large multinational company as a satire of the malaise and indignity of modern life. Will, Hesse and Radu discuss the film’s send-up of TikTok masculinity influencers, the relationship with earlier films edited into the movie, the various versions of Roma...

MM18: Dying on Walter Hill feat. Sleazoids

Will and Hesse are joined by Josh Lewis and Jamie Miller of the Sleazoids podcast to investigate the “blood, whiskey & shit” world of director Walter Hill. Tough guy action, guns, squibs, and lean & mean style abound in both Southern Comfort (1981), a Vietnam allegory transposed to the Louisiana bayou, and Extreme Prejudice (1987) a narco-border transposition of The Wild Bunch.

Find everything Sleazoids at 2024-05-01 11:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post

828 - 59’33” feat. Alex Nichols (4/29/24)

Alex joins us again to catch up on the ongoing pro-Palestinian protests and the range of responses to them, from blatant attempts to provoke the protesters, to complaining about encampments ruining your teaching of silence. Then, Kristi Noem killed her dog, the defrocking of an AI priest, and Trump expressions that live in our heads.

Tickets to Will & Hesse’s Movie Mindset screening & talkback of Death Wish 3 in NYC on May 4: 2024-04-30 05:19:34 +0000 UTC View Post

827 - Bastards in Heaven feat. Hesse Deni (4/25/24)

Will, Felix & Hesse review Alex Garland’s Civil War. War may be hell, but at least we’ve got those damn good bastards the War Correspondents around to get the one perfect shot that will let everyone know, HEY…don’t do a Civil War. 

Tickets to Will & Hesse’s Movie Mindset screening & talkback of Death Wish 3 in NYC on May 4: 2024-04-26 02:52:45 +0000 UTC View Post

MM17: Cagney WAS Modernity!

Welcome to Movie Mindset season 2! Will & Hesse look at two films somewhat bookending the career of the great James Cagney: Lloyd Bacon’s Footlight Parade (1933) & Billy Wilder’s One, Two, Three (1961). The first is a pre-code musical spectacular, allowing Cagney to show off his song and dance skills as a promoter of live “prologues” for movie houses, the later a cold war screwball comedy, together they show the insane range of Cagney across a caree...