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Film podcast by @mjglass.bsky.social and @josearroyo.bsky.social. As one emerges from the cinema, thoughts are shared, conversations overheard. José wants to capture that feeling. Mike wants to make jokes.

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Eavesdropping at the Movies @eavesdropping.bsky.social · 2d

A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, is beautiful and likeable, but derivative and ultimately unsatisfying. We discuss its lighting, its attitude towards people's histories, and why a rubbish script Mike once wrote makes him particularly keen to sneer at it. wp.me/p9y1IP-37C

459 – A Big Bold Beautiful Journey

Listen on the players above, Apple Podcasts, Audible, Spotify, or YouTube Music. A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, directed by former video essayist Kogonada, is beautiful to look at and very likeable,…

Eavesdropping at the Movies @eavesdropping.bsky.social · 9d

Not as dumb as Mike anticipated - but still quite dumb - THE LONG WALK develops surprising thematic depth, showing us a dystopian, totalitarian America in desperate need of revolution, and asking its characters what achieving one might take.

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458 – The Long Walk

Listen on the players above, Apple Podcasts, Audible, Spotify, or YouTube Music. Cheap, simple, high-concept and reasonably graphic, The Long Walk is a throwback to the days of the B-movie. In its …

Eavesdropping at the Movies @eavesdropping.bsky.social · 12d

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER is unmissable. A state of the nation film that should define the national conversation. Complex, funny, energetic, and demonstrative of even greater range to Paul Thomas Anderson's abilities than we'd previously thought.

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457 – One Battle After Another

Listen on the players above, Apple Podcasts, Audible, Spotify, or YouTube Music. By far Paul Thomas Anderson’s most expensive film, with a budget some four or five times what he’s used …

Eavesdropping at the Movies @eavesdropping.bsky.social · Sep 11

First-time director Michael Shanks shows a good instinct for tone in TOGETHER, a wonderfully imaginative and original body horror about the fear of commitment. It's one of the best horrors - maybe best films full stop - that we've seen in a while. wp.me/p9y1IP-2XV

456 – Together

Listen on the players above, Apple Podcasts, Audible, Spotify, or YouTube Music. Commitment is scary. It’s especially scary when you drink water from a cursed puddle that wants to make a hybr…

Eavesdropping at the Movies @eavesdropping.bsky.social · Sep 8

EDDINGTON recalls the days of lockdowns, mask mandates and conspiracy theories – days of particular hostility and division in the USA, in which individual freedom does constant battle with the greater good. It's a mixed bag but ambitious.

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455 – Eddington

Listen on the players above, Apple Podcasts, Audible, Spotify, or YouTube Music. Most film and TV has quietly agreed to pretend that the Covid pandemic never happened. Perhaps it’s too awkwar…

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Eavesdropping at the Movies @eavesdropping.bsky.social · Sep 5

WEAPONS is interesting, ambitious, creative, and just a bit overpraised. We find plenty to like and plenty to criticise, and reopen the discussion two weeks after having seen it to reconsider it. wp.me/p9y1IP-2XQ

454 – Weapons

Listen on the players above, Apple Podcasts, Audible, Spotify, or YouTube Music. One of the most hotly-anticipated horror films in recent memory, Weapons begins with seventeen third-grade children …

Eavesdropping at the Movies @eavesdropping.bsky.social · Sep 2

A psychosexual thriller that's neither psychosexual nor thrilling enough, THE SHROUDS is a disappointment from David Cronenberg. eavesdroppingatthemovies.com/2025/09/01/4...

453 – The Shrouds

Listen on the players above, Apple Podcasts, Audible, Spotify, or YouTube Music. A psychosexual thriller that’s neither psychosexual nor thrilling enough, The Shrouds is a disappointment. The…

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Michael J. Glass @mjglass.bsky.social · Aug 26

The second of two podcasts in which a comedy Tim who enjoys odd social interactions turns out to be a fantastic presence on the cinema screen and capable of leading a whole film without losing the unique vibe and energy that makes their comedy great.

Eavesdropping at the Movies @eavesdropping.bsky.social · Aug 26

TIm Key's unique approach to wordplay and social interactions is put front and centre in THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND, a simply lovely comedy about grief, loss, and loneliness, that filled the Mockingbird cinema with laughter. wp.me/p9y1IP-2U0

452 – The Ballad of Wallis Island

Listen on the players above, Apple Podcasts, Audible, Spotify, or YouTube Music. Mike loves Tim Key. This much has been true for some time, and he’s thrilled to discover that the comic poet&#…

Eavesdropping at the Movies @eavesdropping.bsky.social · Aug 26

TIm Key's unique approach to wordplay and social interactions is put front and centre in THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND, a simply lovely comedy about grief, loss, and loneliness, that filled the Mockingbird cinema with laughter. wp.me/p9y1IP-2U0

452 – The Ballad of Wallis Island

Listen on the players above, Apple Podcasts, Audible, Spotify, or YouTube Music. Mike loves Tim Key. This much has been true for some time, and he’s thrilled to discover that the comic poet&#…

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Michael J. Glass @mjglass.bsky.social · Aug 22

The first of two podcasts in which a comedy Tim who enjoys odd social interactions turns out to be a fantastic presence on the cinema screen and capable of leading a whole film without losing the unique vibe and energy that makes their comedy great.

Eavesdropping at the Movies @eavesdropping.bsky.social · Aug 22

With its idiosyncratic tone, stressful focus on social awkwardness, and departures into surreality, FRIENDSHIP won't be for everyone, but we highly recommend it. Tim Robinson is a fascinating screen presence, and the film earns big laughs from meaningful subject matter. wp.me/p9y1IP-2TV

451 – Friendship

Listen on the players above, Apple Podcasts, Audible, Spotify, or YouTube Music. We talk adult male friendships, stress and surreality in our discussion of Friendship, in which oddball everyman Tim…

Eavesdropping at the Movies @eavesdropping.bsky.social · Aug 22

With its idiosyncratic tone, stressful focus on social awkwardness, and departures into surreality, FRIENDSHIP won't be for everyone, but we highly recommend it. Tim Robinson is a fascinating screen presence, and the film earns big laughs from meaningful subject matter. wp.me/p9y1IP-2TV

451 – Friendship

Listen on the players above, Apple Podcasts, Audible, Spotify, or YouTube Music. We talk adult male friendships, stress and surreality in our discussion of Friendship, in which oddball everyman Tim…

Eavesdropping at the Movies @eavesdropping.bsky.social · Aug 13

Okay

Eavesdropping at the Movies @eavesdropping.bsky.social · Aug 13

Yeah yeah he's his son. It's the same role

Eavesdropping at the Movies @eavesdropping.bsky.social · Aug 13

THE NAKED GUN is rebooted with Liam Neeson in the part that was once Leslie Nielsen’s, and he shows just how hard comedy can be. We discuss everything the film gets wrong. If only they’d asked us for help. wp.me/p9y1IP-2RQ

450 – The Naked Gun (2025)

Listen on the players above, Apple Podcasts, Audible, Spotify, or YouTube Music. The Naked Gun is rebooted with Liam Neeson in the part that was once Leslie Nielsen’s, and he shows just how h…

Eavesdropping at the Movies @eavesdropping.bsky.social · Aug 2

The Philippou twins share a good eye for imagery, and in BRING HER BACK they put it to use eliciting some truly disgusting effects. We discuss the duo's good delivery of information but weak storytelling, and question the ethics of the use of child actors. wp.me/p9y1IP-2OM

449 – Bring Her Back

Listen on the players above, Apple Podcasts, Audible, Spotify, or YouTube Music. YouTubers-turned-directors Danny and Michael Philippou demonstrate a real eye for visual design and an ability to cr…

Eavesdropping at the Movies @eavesdropping.bsky.social · Jul 28

It's also called Jurassic WORLD Rebirth. I keep making this mistake

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Michael J. Glass @mjglass.bsky.social · Jul 28

The first Jurassic Park sequel that doesn't have loads of shit bits!

Eavesdropping at the Movies @eavesdropping.bsky.social · Jul 28

JURASSIC PARK REBIRTH is easily the best JURASSIC PARK sequel, possibly because it cribs so much from the original, but it has plenty of ideas and style of its own too. Easy to recommend. wp.me/p9y1IP-2NO

448 – Jurassic World Rebirth

Listen on the players above, Apple Podcasts, Audible, Spotify, or YouTube Music. The seventh instalment in the Jurassic Park (now Jurassic World) series, Jurassic World Rebirth might be the first o…

Eavesdropping at the Movies @eavesdropping.bsky.social · Jul 28

JURASSIC PARK REBIRTH is easily the best JURASSIC PARK sequel, possibly because it cribs so much from the original, but it has plenty of ideas and style of its own too. Easy to recommend. wp.me/p9y1IP-2NO

448 – Jurassic World Rebirth

Listen on the players above, Apple Podcasts, Audible, Spotify, or YouTube Music. The seventh instalment in the Jurassic Park (now Jurassic World) series, Jurassic World Rebirth might be the first o…

Eavesdropping at the Movies @eavesdropping.bsky.social · Jul 25

SUPERMAN kicks off the DCU with audiovisual histrionics - one of us found it truly exhausting to endure. But we agree on the appeal of David Corenswet in the lead role. His moral compass, coupled to an appealing physique and mild lack of smarts, plays well. wp.me/p9y1IP-2NL

447 – Superman (2025)

Listen on the players above, Apple Podcasts, Audible, Spotify, or YouTube Music. DC, which for the best part of two decades has failed to put together a cinematic universe of comic book adaptations…

Eavesdropping at the Movies @eavesdropping.bsky.social · Jul 22

Fabulous fun, extraordinary to look at, and filled with all the detail a fan could hope to take issue with, F1 ticks every box for an expensive genre action movie. Is it great? No. Is it good? Yes. Can an advert be considered art? We are checking. wp.me/p9y1IP-2Ns

Listen on the players above, Apple Podcasts, Audible, Spotify, or YouTube Music. Hollywood collaborates with the FIA, the motorsport governing body, to try to convince us that Formula One is not, i…

Eavesdropping at the Movies @eavesdropping.bsky.social · Jun 11

Thank you very much :)

Eavesdropping at the Movies @eavesdropping.bsky.social · Jun 11

@mattzollerseitz.bsky.social Hi Matt. We just published our discussion of Riefenstahl. You and/or your followers might be interested in it. No expectation, but if you listen to or share it, please enjoy! If that's the right word. pod.fo/e/2e3525

Eavesdropping at the Movies: 445 - Riefenstahl

In the 1930s, Leni Riefenstahl infamously directed two propaganda films, Triumph of the Will and Olympia, for the Nazi Party. For the rest of her life, which ended in 2003, she denied knowledge of ...

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Michael J. Glass @mjglass.bsky.social · Jun 11

I had real problems with this in the moment, because I think Leni Riefenstahl is not that interesting and I thought the documentary missed a significant trick in failing to explore the legacy of her work. But on reflection my estimation of it has grown, and the conversation it led to was a good one.

Eavesdropping at the Movies @eavesdropping.bsky.social · Jun 11

RIEFENSTAHL is an excellent example of how to tell a complex tale with intention, clarity, and concision, while allowing for interpretation of the material presented, and it’ll be the basis of endless conversations. Highly recommended. wp.me/p9y1IP-2Il

445 – Riefenstahl

Listen on the players above, Apple Podcasts, Audible, Spotify, or YouTube Music. In the 1930s, Leni Riefenstahl infamously directed two propaganda films, Triumph of the Will and Olympia, for the Na…

Eavesdropping at the Movies @eavesdropping.bsky.social · Jun 11

RIEFENSTAHL is an excellent example of how to tell a complex tale with intention, clarity, and concision, while allowing for interpretation of the material presented, and it’ll be the basis of endless conversations. Highly recommended. wp.me/p9y1IP-2Il

445 – Riefenstahl

Listen on the players above, Apple Podcasts, Audible, Spotify, or YouTube Music. In the 1930s, Leni Riefenstahl infamously directed two propaganda films, Triumph of the Will and Olympia, for the Na…

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Michael J. Glass @mjglass.bsky.social · Jun 6

A fun film to watch, and a fun podcast to record, following a full week of watching all the Missions: Impossible. Glad the second-to-last film was rubbish so that this one would be better by comparison.

Eavesdropping at the Movies @eavesdropping.bsky.social · Jun 6

José doesn't believe this is the last MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE, but is glad it's Cruise's last - the poor dear is just too old. Mike's watched every other M:I film during the week, and tracks changes in the series' aesthetics, comic tone, and sexuality.

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444 – Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

Listen on the players above, Apple Podcasts, Audible, Spotify, or YouTube Music. Listen to our discussion of Mission: Impossible – Fallout here. A wide-ranging discussion follows the release …