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We want to make you film-literate. A by-product of that goal is that we might also become film literate...We're a podcast that focuses on AFI's (The American Film Institute) Top 100 Film List and its impact on American culture today. We try to bring a healthy amount of wit and snark to the discussio...
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Episode 100: Citizen Kane
Here it is, folks, the Citizen Kane of movies, Citizen Kane!
The final installment of the Run-Down will appear, wraith-like, later in the week,...

Episode 99: The Godfather: Part II
Matt and Ethan return to the family, but this time with the added benefit of Robert De Niro! Join them as they talk about little red cars in the snow...

Episode 98: The Godfather
Ethan and Matt decide to clean house and roust the other dons from their lofty New York positions. It's time to go to Vegas and help Al Pacino lie abo...

Episode 97: Casablanca
Matt and Ethan will always have Paris, but right now, they need to do what's right for the world. Join them as they discuss two-level drama, some WWII...

Episode 96: Raging Bull
Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro made a movie together? Really?
Four years after Rocky, and a grip of time after On the Waterfront, meet Jake...


Episode 95: Singin' in the Rain
Hey another musical; remember how much everyone likes those? Yeah, but this one is #5 on the AFI, it has to be phenomenal! Have I given away too much...

Episode 94: Gone with the Wind
Matt and Ethan return to the south and look to reclaim that false nostalgic beauty with all those accents that belong nowhere within 500 miles of the...

Episode 93: Lawrence of Arabia
Matt and Ethan go to the desert, go mad, and go home, and probably in that order. Listen in for discussions of selfhood, brown face, masculinity, and...

Episode 92: Schindler's List
No, Matt's not on some weird trip abroad during these trying times, he's at home with his normal set-up, and for some reason, his audio sounds like he...


Episode 91: Vertigo
Matt and Ethan go back to San Francisco to investigate some good, old fashioned ghost possession! Join them for trauma, gaslighting, fear of heights,...

Episode 90: The Wizard of Oz
Matt and Ethan get caught in one of those twisters that take you to another dimension where all your friends and family are the supporting cast of an...

Episode 89: City Lights
It's another romp with the Tramp! That's right, Matt and Ethan help that little scamp see about a doctor in Vienna and prevent a suicide!
Next t...

Episode 88: The Searchers
Tune in for high adventure! Get out there with a racist old man and a woman-kicker; what could go wrong?
Next week on Patreon: Star Wars: The Re...

Episode 87: Star Wars
WARNING: HOT take ahead! Matt and Ethan revisit a staple of their youth, and one of them finds that nostalgia in tatters. In any case, you know what y...


Episode 86: Psycho
Matt and Ethan take a trip to the Bates Motel after stealing $40K off that Texas-ish real estate man. There, they encounter a cleaner ending to this p...

Episode 85: 2001: A Space Odyssey
The timestamp of this episode may be long, but it's far shorter than the movie that it covers, so that's something, right?
Join Ethan and Matt a...

Episode 84: Sunset Blvd.
Well, Matt and Ethan have gone and broken with reality. They still think they're up there on the silver screen instead of pining for the days with no...

Episode 83: The Graduate
Ethan and Matt get seduced by this film! Join them for malaise, ennui, and the Sound of Silence!
Next week on Patreon: Stalker
Next on th...

Episode 82: The General
Planes, trains, and automobiles! Well, actually just the trains in this seemingly-misleadingly-titled Buster Keaton silent film! Matt and Ethan hop a...

Episode 81: On The Waterfront
Ethan and Matt get down to the docks to claim their rights, but before that, it's time to bury some pigeons, do a B&E, and confess to some crimes.


Episode 70: It's a Wonderful Life
Matt and Ethan wish they had never been born! In the process, they end up learning about the evils of capitalism (or was it kind-hearted capitalism?),...

Episode 79: Chinatown
Matt and Ethan return to the noir, but this time, it's in color! Listen in and collect the clues as they go from art imitating reality, the true color...

Episode 78: Some Like It Hot
This week on the AFI, Matt and Ethan assume the roles of Matilda and Ethel to escape the retribution of mob boss, Spats Columbo. Listen as they discus...

Episode 77: The Grapes of Wrath
Ethan and Matt load up that ol' jalopy and head West for a slice of that American Dream. Spoiler: not only do they not find it, but instead they find...

Episode 76: E.T. The Extraterrestrial
Ethan and Matt make a communal bond with a little boy and phone home so that they can return to their wondrous lives as interstellar botanists. Join t...


Episode 75: To Kill a Mockingbird
This week, Ethan and Matt become paragons of virtue by doing the bare minimum to be a good person--it's that easy!
Next week on P...

Episode 74: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
The boys are back from Independence Day and just in time for another American classic! Join them as Ethan filibusters, Matt impersonates a national tr...

Episode 73: High Noon
Ethan heard that Matt was somewhere down in Texas, but he soon learned that he was on the noon train to Haleyville! There, he planned to gun down the...

Episode 72: All About Eve
This week, the guys take on the transition between stage and screen, between New York and Hollywood! In some ways, it's as good as sable or Gable, and...

Episode 71: Double Indemnity
Ethan and Matt return to the noir and narrate how they almost got away with the perfect plan! Join them as they discuss villain protagonists and just...


Episode 70: Apocalypse Now
Join Matt and Ethan as they drive upriver into the heart of darkness to find Fat Brando. What they find instead are stunning visuals and a lot of horr...

Episode 69: The Maltese Falcon
Episode 69. Nice. Back at it with Bogart! Matt and Ethan were laying low to the land this week, but they're ready to crack the case, so join them as t...

Episode 68: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Oh boy, another late one this week. Does this have anything to do with the end of the semester and why the boys have raspy voices, as if imploring stu...