Join the Wisecrack crew as they dive into the deeper meaning and cultural significance of the most, and least, iconic movies of our age.
Mulholland Drive: It Was All A Dream
Mulholland Drive (2001) · Mar 20, 2025
The Boy and The Heron: A Filmmaker's Legacy
The Boy and the Heron (2023) · Mar 13, 2025
Conclave: Catholic Camp
Conclave (2024) · Mar 6, 2025
Aftersun: We Got Daddy Issues
Aftersun (2022) · Feb 20, 2025
Hypernormalisation Explains EVERYTHING Going On Right Now
HyperNormalisation (2016) · Feb 6, 2025
Nosferatu: The Consequence of Repression
Nosferatu (1922) · Jan 23, 2025
Dune: Part Two - Is Revolution In Art Possible?
Dune: Part Two (2024) · Jan 16, 2025
The Wild Robot: Technology Will Not Save Us
The Wild Robot (2024) · Dec 19, 2024
Anora: A Mature Fairytale
Anora (2024) · Dec 12, 2024
Heretic: You Can't Hide Horny
Heretic (2024) · Dec 5, 2024
Gladiator II: Sans Gravitas
Gladiator II (2024) · Nov 28, 2024
The Zone of Interest: The Evil of Banality
The Zone of Interest (2023) · Nov 14, 2024
Furiosa: Studio Flop or Furious Masterpiece?
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) · Oct 24, 2024
Cracking Open I Saw the TV Glow
I Saw the TV Glow (2024) · Oct 10, 2024
The Last Picture Show (directed by Peter Bogdanovich) - Goodbye from Hollywood, California
The Last Picture Show (1971) · Apr 1, 2022
Good Time (directed by the Safdies) - Everything We Want in a Movie
Good Time (2017) · Mar 18, 2022
The Batman (directed by Matt Reeves) - Overwhelming Spectacle, Frustrating Franchise
The Batman (2022) · Mar 11, 2022
The Power of the Dog (directed by Jane Campion) - Anything to Pick on This Bone?
The Power of the Dog (2021) · Mar 4, 2022
Hell or High Water (directed by Taylor Sheridan) - The Western Still Works
Hell or High Water (2016) · Feb 25, 2022
The Rider (directed by Chloé Zhao) - Mythopoetic Movies of the West
The Rider (2018) · Feb 18, 2022
Little Miss Sunshine (directed by Valerie Faris & Jonathan Dayton) - More Than a Mediocre Indie?
Little Miss Sunshine (2006) · Feb 11, 2022
Reservoir Dogs (directed by Quentin Tarantino) - The Power of Creative Repetition - Show Me the Meaning! LIVE!
Reservoir Dogs (1992) · Feb 4, 2022
Scream (1996, directed by Wes Craven) - Deconstruction!
Scream (1996) · Jan 28, 2022
The Devil Wears Prada (directed by David Frankel) - Our First Revisit with Reilly Anspaugh!
The Devil Wears Prada (2006) · Jan 21, 2022
Don't Look Up (directed by Adam McKay) - The Science/Art Conundrum
Don't Look Up (2021) · Jan 14, 2022
The Matrix Resurrections (directed by Lana Wachowski) - Metamodern
The Matrix Resurrections (2021) · Jan 7, 2022
Licorice Pizza (directed by Paul Thomas Anderson) - A Whole Lotta PTA Fun
Licorice Pizza (2021) · Dec 31, 2021
Spider-Man: No Way Home (directed by Jon Watts) - The Multiverse at the Multiplex
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) · Dec 24, 2021
Die Hard (directed by John McTiernan) - Now I Have a Podcast Ho-Ho-Ho
Die Hard (1988) · Dec 17, 2021
Whiplash (directed by Damien Chazelle) - The Price of Greatness
Whiplash (2014) · Dec 10, 2021
Step Brothers (directed by Adam McKay) - Don't Lose Your Dinosaur
Step Brothers (2008) · Dec 3, 2021
Eternals (directed by Chloé Zhao) - Deviants and Deviations
Eternals (2021) · Nov 19, 2021
Marriage Story (directed by Noah Baumbach) - Love and Lawyers ft Karsten Runquist!
Marriage Story (2019) · Nov 5, 2021
Dune (Directed by Denis Villeneuve) - The Spicy Takes Must Flow
Dune (2021) · Oct 29, 2021
Titane (Directed by Julia Ducournau) - Talkin' Titane
Titane (2021) · Oct 16, 2021
Nightcrawler (Directed by Dan Gilroy) - If It Bleeds, It Leads
Nightcrawler (2014) · Oct 1, 2021
Pan's Labyrinth (Directed by Guillermo del Toro) - Magic, Monsters, and Myth
Pan's Labyrinth (2006) · Sep 24, 2021
Apocalypse Now (Directed by Francis Ford Coppola) - Boys with (Horror) Toys
Apocalypse Now (1979) · Sep 17, 2021
Snowpiercer (Directed by Bong Joon-ho) - Control the Engine, Control the World
Snowpiercer (2013) · Sep 10, 2021
The Green Knight (Directed by David Lowery) - Off With Your Head!
The Green Knight (2021) · Sep 3, 2021
Hustle & Flow (Directed by Craig Brewer) - Everybody's Got a Dream
Hustle & Flow (2005) · Aug 27, 2021
The Suicide Squad (Directed by James Gunn) - Gunn's Ablazinn'
The Suicide Squad (2021) · Aug 13, 2021
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Directed by Michel Gondry) - Blessed are the Forgetful
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) · Aug 6, 2021
Green Room (Directed by Jeremy Saulnier) - Self-Mythology and Self-Preservation
Green Room (2016) · Jul 30, 2021
Black Widow (Directed by Cate Shortland) - Substance Beyond the Formula?
Black Widow (2021) · Jul 23, 2021
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (Directed by Questlove) - Music and Liberation
Moonlight (Directed by Barry Jenkins) - Pride & Cinematic Poetry
Moonlight (2016) · Jul 2, 2021
Ocean's Eleven (Directed by Steven Soderbergh) - How Soderbergh Beats the House
Ocean's Eleven (2001) · Jun 25, 2021
Attack the Block (Directed by Joe Cornish) - A Real Block-Buster!
Attack the Block (2011) · Jun 18, 2021
Top Gun (Directed by Tony Scott) - Playin' with the Boys
Top Gun (1986) · Jun 4, 2021
Pulp Fiction (Directed by Quentin Tarantino) - Pulp... Friction?
Pulp Fiction (1994) · May 29, 2021
Paddington 2 (Directed by Paul King) - Sweet Marmalade
Paddington 2 (2017) · May 21, 2021
Mortal Kombat (Directed by Simon McQuoid) – Get Over Here
Mortal Kombat (2021) · May 7, 2021
Judas and the Black Messiah (Directed by Shaka King) – The Fred Hampton Hymnal
Judas and the Black Messiah (2021) · Apr 23, 2021
Zack Snyder's Justice League (Directed by Zack Snyder) – A Tale of Two Edits
Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) · Apr 16, 2021
Pacific Rim (Directed by Guillermo del Toro & Steven S. DeKnight) – More than a Monster Movie?
Pacific Rim (2013) · Mar 26, 2021
Fantastic Mr. Fox (Directed by Wes Anderson) – Masterpiece or Clustercuss
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) · Mar 19, 2021
Hook (Directed by Steven Spielberg) – Looky Looky We Talk Hooky
Hook (1991) · Mar 13, 2021
The Thing (Directed by John Carpenter) – Here's the thing about The Thing
The Thing (1982) · Mar 5, 2021
The Fog (Directed by John Carpenter) – Folktale or Folk Fail?
The Fog (1980) · Feb 19, 2021
Big Trouble in Little China (Directed by John Carpenter) – Weird, Bizarre, and Fun as Hell
Big Trouble in Little China (1986) · Feb 12, 2021
Wonder Woman 1984 (Directed by Patty Jenkins) – Wonder or Blunder?
Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) · Jan 15, 2021
Bad Santa (Directed by Terry Zwigoff) – Finally a Christmas Movie for the Rest of Us!
Bad Santa (2003) · Dec 18, 2020
Ready Player One (Directed by Steven Spielberg) – Empty Nostalgia or Fitting Homage?
Ready Player One (2018) · Dec 11, 2020
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (Directed by John Hughes) – American Psycho Jr.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) · Dec 4, 2020
The Babadook (Directed by Jennifer Kent) – Dook Dook Dook
The Babadook (2014) · Oct 30, 2020
Being John Malkovich (Directed by Spike Jonze) – Malkovich, Malkovich, Malkovich
Being John Malkovich (1999) · Oct 16, 2020
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (Directed by Trey Parker) – Jared's Final Pod
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999) · Oct 2, 2020
The Social Dilemma (Directed by Jeff Orlowski) – Are You A Screen Addict?
The Social Dilemma (2020) · Sep 25, 2020
I'm Thinking of Ending Things (Directed by Charlie Kaufman) – We're Thinking of Podcasting Things
I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020) · Sep 18, 2020
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (Directed by Stephen Herek) – On Being Excellent to Each Other
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) · Aug 21, 2020
Total Recall (Directed by Paul Verhoeven) – Cinema as Ego Trip
Total Recall (1990) · Aug 7, 2020
2001: A Space Odyssey (Directed by Stanley Kubrick) – Open the podcast bay doors, HAL!
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) · Jul 24, 2020
Robocop (Directed by Paul Verhoeven) – The Tale of RoboJesus
RoboCop (1987) · Jun 26, 2020
28 Days Later (Directed by Danny Boyle) – Are We the Virus? (Special Guest, Dave Sirus)
28 Days Later (2002) · Jun 12, 2020
The Prestige (Directed by Christopher Nolan) – Man’s Reach Exceeds His Imagination
The Prestige (2006) · May 29, 2020
There Will Be Blood (Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson) – The Milkshake Brings All the Boys to the Pod
There Will Be Blood (2007) · May 15, 2020
The Platform (Directed by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia) – The High Cost of Excess
The Platform (2019) · May 1, 2020
Melancholia (Directed by Lars von Trier) – Looking Into the Abyss
Melancholia (2011) · Apr 17, 2020
Watchmen (Directed by Zack Snyder) – Filming The Unfilmable
Watchmen (2009) · Apr 3, 2020
Contagion (Directed by Steven Soderbergh) – A Germaphobe's Nightmare
Contagion (2011) · Mar 20, 2020
The Lighthouse (Directed by Robert Eggers) – The Modern Prometheus
The Lighthouse (2019) · Mar 6, 2020
Jojo Rabbit (Directed by Taika Waititi) – Does This Anti-Hate Satire Work?
Jojo Rabbit (2019) · Feb 7, 2020
A Serious Man (Directed by the Coen Brothers) – There Are No Answers
A Serious Man (2009) · Jan 24, 2020
CATS (Directed by Tom Hooper) – The New Rocky Horror?
Cats (2019) · Jan 17, 2020
Uncut Gems (Directed by The Safdie Brothers) – Betting It All
Uncut Gems (2019) · Jan 11, 2020
The Irishman (Directed by Martin Scorsese) – Goodfellas Meets Grumpy Old Men
The Irishman (2019) · Dec 20, 2019
Parasite (Directed by Bong Joon-ho) – Eat the Rich?
Eat the Rich (1987) · Nov 8, 2019
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Directed by Peter Ramsey, et al.) – What is Miles's Choice?
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) · Oct 25, 2019
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (Directed by Vince Gilligan) – Does Jesse Find Peace?
El Camino (2020) · Oct 18, 2019
Joker (Directed by Todd Phillips) – Is the Controversy Justified?
Joker (2019) · Oct 11, 2019
Shutter Island (Directed by Martin Scorsese) – Cinema as Psychology
Shutter Island (2010) · Sep 20, 2019
The Dark Knight Rises (Directed by Christopher Nolan) – A Tale of Two Masks
The Dark Knight Rises (2012) · Sep 13, 2019
District 9 (Directed by Neill Blomkamp) – A Bug's Life
A Bug's Life (1998) · Aug 23, 2019
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (Directed by Quentin Tarantino) – The Summer of Love & Death
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019) · Aug 2, 2019
Midsommar (Directed by Ari Aster) – The Value of Ritual?
Midsommar (2019) · Jul 25, 2019
Blade Runner (Directed by Ridley Scott) – Like Tears In the Rain
Blade Runner (1982) · Jul 19, 2019
Antichrist (Directed by Lars von Trier) – CHAOS REIGNS
Where Chaos Reigns (2019) · Jul 5, 2019
Toy Story 4 (2019) – An Existential NIGHTMARE
Toy Story 4 (2019) · Jun 28, 2019
Audition (Directed by Takaski Miike) – An ULTRA Dark Comedy?
Audition (2000) · Jun 14, 2019
Her (Directed by Spike Jonze) – What Is A "Real" Relationship? (w/ Adam Kovic)
Real (2017) · Jun 7, 2019
Se7en (Directed by David Fincher) – What's in the Box? (w/Lessons from the Screenplay)
Se7en (1995) · May 17, 2019
Children of Men (Directed by Alfonso Cuarón) – The Dystopia Is NOW
Children of Men (2006) · May 10, 2019
Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (Directed by Edgar Wright) – How Have Video Games Changed Movies?
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) · Apr 26, 2019
They Live (Directed by John Carpenter) – We’re All Out of Bubble Gum
They Live (1988) · Apr 19, 2019
Us (Directed by Jordan Peele) – Doubling, Duality, and Symmetry
Us (2019) · Mar 29, 2019
The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley (Directed by Alex Gibney) – The $9 Billion Dollar Scam
The Inventor (2023) · Mar 22, 2019
Punisher: War Zone (Directed by Lexi Alexander) – Should We Take Superheros Seriously?
Punisher: War Zone (2008) · Mar 8, 2019
Office Space (Directed by Mike Judge) – The Philosophy of Not Giving A F*ck
Office Space (1999) · Mar 1, 2019
Tetsuo: The Iron Man (Directed by Shinya Tsukamoto) – Deconstructing the Drill Dick
Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989) · Feb 22, 2019
Con Air (Directed by Simon West) – Cage at His Calmest?
Con Air (1997) · Feb 8, 2019
Adaptation (Directed by Spike Jonze) – Cage Gets Meta
Adaptation. (2002) · Jan 30, 2019
Face/Off (Directed by John Woo) – Best Bodyswap movie ever?
Face/Off (1997) · Jan 25, 2019
Vampire's Kiss (Directed by Robert Bierman) – The Meme Begins
Vampire's Kiss (1989) · Jan 18, 2019
Venom (Directed by Ruben Fleischer) – Why So Divisive?
Venom (2018) · Dec 21, 2018
The Big Lebowski (Directed by The Coen Brothers) – The Ins, Outs, and What-Have-Yous (w/ Vsauce2)
The Big Lebowski (1998) · Dec 14, 2018
Django Unchained (Directed by Quentin Tarantino) – Slavery Revenge Fantasy?
Django Unchained (2012) · Dec 7, 2018
Mandy (Directed by Panos Cosmatos) – Nic Cage’s Kabuki Performance
Mandy (2018) · Nov 23, 2018
The Dark Knight (Directed by Christopher Nolan) – Everything Burns
The Dark Knight (2008) · Nov 16, 2018
Starship Troopers (Directed by Paul Verhoeven) – Would You Like To Know More?
Starship Troopers (1997) · Nov 9, 2018
BONUS – Fight Club Interview with John King from the Dust Brothers
Fight Club (1999) · Nov 5, 2018
Fight Club (Directed by David Fincher) – Breaking the First Rule
Fight Club (1999) · Nov 1, 2018
Synecdoche New York (Directed by Charlie Kaufman) – Other People Aren’t Extras
Synecdoche, New York (2008) · Oct 26, 2018
Sorry to Bother You (Directed by Boots Riley) – Horsin’ Around
Sorry to Bother You (2018) · Oct 19, 2018
John Wick: Chapter 2 (Directed by Chad Stahelski) – The Jackie Chan of Headshots
John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) · Oct 12, 2018
Mad Max: Fury Road (Directed by George Miller) – Engine Revving Porn
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) · Sep 28, 2018
Spirited Away (Directed by Hayao Miyazaki) – Grand, Grotesque, Ghibli
Spirited Away (2001) · Sep 21, 2018
The Matrix Revolutions (Directed by the Wachowskis) – Profound or Poorly Thought Out?
The Matrix Revolutions (2003) · Aug 31, 2018
Akira (Directed by Katsuhiro Otomo) – Transcending to Testicle Monster and Beyond
Akira (1988) · Aug 17, 2018
Gone Girl (Directed by David Fincher) – Narrative vs Truth
Gone Girl (2014) · Aug 3, 2018
The Shining (Directed by Stanley Kubrick) – Subliminally Sublime
The Shining (1980) · Jul 27, 2018
Eraserhead (Directed by David Lynch) – The Mood Is The Movie
Eraserhead (1977) · Jul 6, 2018
Battle Royale (Directed by Kinji Fukasaku) – You can’t Beat Takeshi
Battle Royale (2000) · Jun 29, 2018
Incredibles 2 (Directed by Brad Bird) – Most Subversive Superhero Movie Ever?
Incredibles 2 (2018) · Jun 22, 2018
The Matrix Reloaded (Directed by the Wachowskis) – What were they thinking?
The Matrix Reloaded (2003) · Jun 15, 2018
Inside Out (Directed by Pete Docter and Ronnie del Carmen) – Feeling All the Feels
Inside Out (2015) · Jun 1, 2018
Deadpool 2 (Directed by David Leitch) – Introducing The FIFTH Wall
Deadpool 2 (2018) · May 24, 2018
The Matrix (Directed by the Wachowskis) – A Religious Experience?
The Matrix (1999) · May 18, 2018
The Devil Wears Prada (Directed by David Frankel) – Selling Your Soul for a Job!
The Devil Wears Prada (2006) · May 11, 2018
The 40-Year-Old Virgin (Directed by Judd Apatow) – Can We Still Tell These Jokes Today?
The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005) · Apr 27, 2018
EYES WIDE SHUT (Directed by Stanley Kubrick) – Sex, Dreams, Class & Power
Eyes Wide Shut (1999) · Apr 20, 2018
The Cabin in the Woods (Directed by Drew Goddard) – Meta or Meh?
The Cabin in the Woods (2012) · Mar 30, 2018
Inception (Directed by Christopher Nolan) – The Science of Dreams
Inception (2010) · Mar 23, 2018
Annihilation (Directed by Alex Garland) – How Does It Stack Up To the Book?
Annihilation (2018) · Mar 16, 2018
Donnie Darko (Directed by Richard Kelly) – Revisiting Teen Angst
Donnie Darko (2001) · Mar 2, 2018
Pixar's The Incredibles (Directed by Brad Bird) – Nostalgia & Noble Blood
The Incredibles (2004) · Feb 23, 2018
Gattaca (Directed by Andrew Niccol) – "The" Genetics Movie
Gattaca (1997) · Feb 16, 2018
Get Out REVISITED – Special Mailbag Episode
Get Out (2017) · Feb 16, 2018
Mean Girls (Directed by Mark Waters) – Deconstructing "Girl World"
Mean Girls (2004) · Feb 2, 2018
Oldboy (Directed by Park Chan-wook) – Best Revenge Movie Ever?
Oldboy (2003) · Jan 20, 2018
The Wolf of Wall Street (Directed by Martin Scorsese)
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) · Jan 5, 2018
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Directed by Rian Johnson) - How Does It Stack Up?
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) · Dec 19, 2017
Spring Breakers (Directed by Harmony Korine) – A New Experience?
Spring Breakers (2013) · Dec 15, 2017
The Boss Baby (Directed by Tim McGrath) – A Super Paranoid Kids Movie
The Boss Baby (2017) · Nov 30, 2017
Drive (Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn) – What Does It Stand For?
Drive (2011) · Nov 30, 2017
mother! (Directed by Darren Aronofsky) – Brilliant or Blunder?
mother! (2017) · Nov 28, 2017