Hosted by Zachary Morgason and Cole Duffy (@wixiwerehere and @losangelesbey on Twitter), First Watch is a film discussion podcast dedicated to unpacking what's inspiring in cinema. Topics range from classics to new releases, essay format to conversation format with guests.
I Have Friends Everywhere - Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another
One Battle After Another (2025) · Oct 2, 2025
"If You Should Ever Leave Me" - P.T. Anderson's Boogie Nights and Magnolia
Magnolia (1999) · Sep 16, 2025
"If You Should Ever Leave Me" - P.T. Anderson's Boogie Nights and Magnolia
Boogie Nights (1997) · Sep 16, 2025
"This Tempest In My Mind" - Akira Kurosawa's THRONE OF BLOOD & RAN
Throne of Blood (1957) · Sep 4, 2025
Hindsight In 2025 - Ari Aster’s Eddington (and the Rest of the Summer)
Eddington (2025) · Aug 5, 2025
Skin-deep Society - Joker: Folie à Deux, Megalopolis, and The Substance
Joker: Folie à Deux (2024) · Oct 10, 2024
CONGRATULATIONS - The 96th Academy Awards & Hideaki Anno's The End of Evangelion
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997) · Mar 30, 2024
How Do You Live? - Godzilla Minus One & Hayao Miyazaki's The Boy and the Heron
The Boy and the Heron (2023) · Dec 16, 2023
How Do You Live? - Godzilla Minus One & Hayao Miyazaki's The Boy and the Heron
Godzilla Minus One (2023) · Dec 16, 2023
The Book of Lamentations - Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon
Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) · Nov 2, 2023
Horror Through the Eras: The New Millennium & Robert Eggers' The Witch
The Witch (2015) · Oct 26, 2023
Horror Through the Eras: Hitchcock to Slasher Icons & Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) · Oct 19, 2023
Horror Through the Eras: Silents to the Hays Code & Jacques Tourneur's Cat People
Cat People (1942) · Oct 11, 2023
Prelude to Oppenheimer - Miyazaki's The Wind Rises & Kobayashi's The Human Condition
The Wind Rises (2013) · Jul 25, 2023
The Hunt for Blockbuster Nirvana - The 21st Century Action Pantheon & Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) · Jul 20, 2023
The Long Deak-end - Celebrating Roger Deakins at the Texas Theatre & Denis Villeneuve's Blade Runner 2049
The Long Deak-end - Celebrating Roger Deakins at the Texas Theatre & Denis Villeneuve's Blade Runner 2049
No Country for Old Men (2007) · Jun 21, 2023
The Long Deak-end - Celebrating Roger Deakins at the Texas Theatre & Denis Villeneuve's Blade Runner 2049
Sicario (2015) · Jun 21, 2023
The Long Deak-end - Celebrating Roger Deakins at the Texas Theatre & Denis Villeneuve's Blade Runner 2049
Blade Runner 2049 (2017) · Jun 21, 2023
Buggin' Out - Shin Kamen Rider & Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) · Jun 9, 2023
The Extinct World: Feudalism & the Czechoslovak New Wave - František Vláčil's Marketa Lazarová
Marketa Lazarová (1967) · Jun 2, 2023
New Kids on the Bloc: Communism & the Czechoslovak New Wave - Miloš Forman's The Firemen's Ball
The Firemen's Ball (1967) · May 25, 2023
A Tender Resignation - James Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) · May 17, 2023
Life During Wartime: Fascism & the Czechoslovak New Wave - Juraj Herz' The Cremator
The Cremator (1969) · May 8, 2023
Riot Girls: Anarchism & the Czechoslovak New Wave - Věra Chytilová's Daisies
Daisies (1966) · May 1, 2023
Exploring Sight & Sound #1 - Silent Era Deep Cuts & Chantal Akerman's Jeanne Dielman
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1976) · Apr 17, 2023
The Sisyphean Staircase - Chad Stahelski's John Wick: Chapter Four
John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023) · Apr 3, 2023
California Dreamin' - Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019) · Feb 15, 2023
Rabbit Season, Duck Season - Yorgos Lanthimos' The Favourite
The Favourite (2018) · Jan 29, 2023
Passion for Detail - Park Chan-wook's Decision to Leave
Decision to Leave (2022) · Nov 9, 2022
Summer of Sickos - Top Gun: Maverick & Crimes of the Future
Top Gun: Maverick (2022) · Jun 13, 2022
La Pasión de Almodóvar - Parallel Mothers and All About My Mother
Parallel Mothers (2021) · Jan 31, 2022
Sound and Fury - Spielberg's West Side Story & Coen's The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story (2021) · Jan 4, 2022
Sound and Fury - Spielberg's West Side Story & Coen's The Tragedy of Macbeth
The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021) · Jan 4, 2022
