1994 After Show
In this week’s bonus episode, Jason and Mike talk about where they were at in 1994 (in college, kinda-sorta making a movie), the considerable impact of Pulp...
Headlines for 1994
January 1st - the NAFTA agreement comes online and the Zapatista movement starts in Mexico in protest - let’s fkn go. Also in January Bill Clinton and Boris...
Episode 44: 1994 with Scott Wampler
Scott Wampler had his 13-year-old brain entirely re-arranged by a movie he saw in 1994, so he joins us to talk about how that happened, and what else he saw...
Documentary Corner: 1986's 'Big Fun in the Big Town'
One thing has been clear for almost 40 years - LL Cool J is a star. “I don’t rap about problems, you know. I don’t rap about the ghetto or nothing like...
Bonus Episode: 1986 After Show
On this week’s bonus episode, Jason and Mike go long on some of their favorite HBO (and VHS) standbys of 1986—including Color of Money, Nothing in Common,...
Headlines for 1986
January marked a defining moment for kids raised on Space Camp pamphlets - the Challenger shuttle exploded after takeoff killing all seven people on board....
Episode 43: 1986 with Ty Burr
Ty Burr was the film critic for the Boston Globe for two decades, before departing that post to start up the must-read Substack newsletter Ty Burr’s...
First Thoughts on "The Old Dark House"
There’s a reason James Whale is the most revered of the Universal Horror directors, and those reasons are on full display in The Old Dark House, one of Sarah...
Bonus Episode: 1932 After Show
This week’s bonus episode includes a nice, long discussion - cut from the main show purely for time - in which our guest Sarah Bea Milner breaks down the...
Headlines for 1932
On January 4 the Brits arrested Vallabhbhai Patel and Mahatma Gandhi for being uppity essentially, so they never had to deal with that guy again On January...
Episode 42: 1932 with Sarah Bea Milner
This week, we’re joined by Sarah Bea Milner, our first writer/editor/folk musician! She is currently the editor at Kidscreen, and she has bylines at Polygon,...
First Thoughts on "Clueless"
I didn’t see Clueless when it came out because I didn’t care about Amy Heckerling or reimagining Jane Austen or getting a jump on the career of Paul Rudd....
First Thoughts on "Billy Madison"
Okay, first of all, yes, gasp, I’d never watched Billy Madison. There’s a very simple explanation for this: I’m a fucking snob. Well, in fairness to myself,...
Bonus Episode: 1995 After Show
On this week’s bonus episode, Jason and Mike delve into a decades-long conflict: Casino or Goodfellas? Plus, some thoughts on our evolving feelings on one...
Headlines for 1995
In January Valeri Polyakov completed 366 days aboard the Mir space station, the longest anyone had lived off the earth to that point. He would go home in...
Episode 41: 1995 with Sammi Cohen
This week, we’re pleased to welcome director, writer, and comedian Sammi Cohen, whose queer high school love triangle rom-com Crush (which is WONDERFUL)...
Documentary Corner - 1953's "Statues Also Die"
I mentioned this fantastic documentary in the episode as my favorite movie of 1953, so I thought I’d make it easy on everyone and link it in the Substack. I...
First Thoughts on "The Wild One"
I’ve mentioned it on the show (perhaps too often!) but the overuse of the word “iconic” is one of my primary current Discourse pet peeves. People drop it for...
Bonus Episode: 1953 After Show
Sheila O’Malley brought us all first-time watches for this week’s show, so we talk about that a bit more on the after show. Plus, thoughts on some additional...
Headlines for 1953
January 14: Marshall Tito becomes the head of the government of Yugoslavia, a position he would more or less hold for 30 years (not a great guy - not exactly...
