Podcasts by movies imo.
movies imo. is a pop culture podcast where Daniel Crooke (@danielcroooke on twitter), Ben Empey (@realtoddhaynes), and Brandon Kirby (@bkkirby) talk about the week in film and television.
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Live! From Quar Brain from 2020-05-06T11:00
Desperate times call for even more desperate measures, and your three fav film f*gz needed an excuse to catch up on a Z**m call! In this Very Special Quarantine Edition of movies imo., Ben, Brandon...
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Best Films of 2019 – Part 2 from 2020-01-10T12:00
They say film fagz don’t belong in hot air balloons, and yet here they are flying high and yelling over each other for part two of their special year-end review of the top twenty movies of 2019. Be...
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Best Films of 2019 – Part 1 from 2020-01-08T12:00
The dead speak! In part one of a special year-end review episode of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about their collective twenty favorite movies of 2019. But first they ...
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Films We Should Have Seen By Now from 2019-09-09T11:00:36
In episode one hundred of movies imo, Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about three movies they’d wished they’d had the chance to discuss on the podcast: Ben offers up Lars von Trier’s ...
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Where'd You Go, Bernadette? from 2019-08-26T11:08:01
In episode ninety-eight of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Richard Linklater’s Cate Blanchett-led adaptation of the bestselling novel WHERE’D YOU GO, BERNADETTE? be...
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Sword of Trust from 2019-08-12T11:00
In episode ninety-seven of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Lynn Shelton’s provocative new comedy SWORD OF TRUST before going on to discuss three more of her signatu...
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Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood from 2019-08-05T11:00
In episode ninety-six of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Quentin Tarantino’s penultimate feature film ONCE UPON A TIME IN... HOLLYWOOD before discussing three of th...
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SPIRIT from Disney's The Lion King (Original Video) by Beyoncé from 2019-07-29T11:00
In episode ninety-five of movies imo., fellow film f*g Cameron Scheetz (@cameronscheetz) steps into Daniel's seat while he's toiling away at the Outfest Los Angeles Film Festival to discuss Jon Fav...
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The Farewell from 2019-07-22T11:00
In episode ninety-four of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Lulu Wang’s fake wedding and looming funeral family dramedy THE FAREWELL. They also discuss two other matr...
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Films That Have Fireworks in the Background (Of the Shot) from 2019-07-08T11:00:04
In episode ninety-two of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other - in the shadow of July 4th - about movies that have fireworks in the background (of the shot). Ben brings Kennet...
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Toy Story 4 from 2019-07-01T11:00
In episode ninety-one of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel discuss TOY STORY 4 in relation to the three previous entries in the TOY STORY franchise. Ben vows to throw this new installment in th...
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The Dead Don't Die from 2019-06-24T14:11:39
In episode ninety of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Jim Jarmusch’s zombie movie THE DEAD DON’T DIE before diving into a couple of his earlier genre exercises: the ...
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The Last Black Man in San Francisco from 2019-06-17T11:00
In episode eighty-nine of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Joe Talbot’s Park City sensation THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO before discussing a few other recent ...
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Non-Fiction from 2019-06-10T11:00:04
In episode eighty-eight of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Olivier Assayas’ talky lit-crit comedy NON-FICTION before discussing two other Juliette Binoche-Assayas f...
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The Souvenir from 2019-05-27T11:00
In episode eighty-six of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Joanna Hogg’s exquisitely shattering THE SOUVENIR before discussing her three previous and quite substantia...
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The Hustle from 2019-05-20T13:52:44
In episode eighty-five of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about the Anne Hathaway-Rebel Wilson con woman comedy THE HUSTLE and they also discuss a couple fellow diva pict...
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48th Academy Awards from 2019-05-13T11:00
In episode eighty-four of movies imo., the film fagz are joined by their first ever very special guest host. Fellow film fag TJ Slipko (@teejslipko) steps into Daniel's seat while he's booked and b...
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Under the Silver Lake from 2019-04-29T11:00:39
In episode eighty-two of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about David Robert Mitchell’s long-delayed L.A. neo-noir picture UNDER THE SILVER LAKE. They also discuss three (...
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The Beach Bum from 2019-04-08T11:00:52
In episode seventy-nine of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel discuss Harmony Korine‘s zonked-out new picture THE BEACH BUM, but not before discussing his first feature GUMMO and his previous fi...
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Gloria Bell from 2019-03-25T11:00:59
In episode seventy-seven of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Sebastián Lelio’s near shot-for-shot remake of his own film GLORIA (2014): GLORIA BELL starring Julianne...
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The Year in Film 1993 from 2019-03-04T12:00:43
In episode seventy-four of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about their favorite movies from the year 1993: Jane Campion’s THE PIANO, Robert Altman’s SHORT CUTS, Krzysztof...
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Everybody Knows from 2019-02-25T22:52:51
In episode seventy-three of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Asghar Farhadi’s newest socially conscious thriller - and his first in the Spanish language - EVERYBODY ...
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High Flying Bird from 2019-02-18T12:00:35
In episode seventy-two of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Steven Soderbergh’s NBA iPhone movie HIGH FLYING BIRD before moving on to discuss two other sports picture...
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Velvet Buzzsaw from 2019-02-11T12:00:35
In episode seventy-one of movies imo., Ben, Brandon and Daniel yell over each other about the latest Netflix original: Dan Gilroy's art house trash horror-comedy, Velvet Buzzsaw, starring ...
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91st Annual Academy Award Nominations OMG from 2019-01-23T20:00:44
In episode sixty-nine of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about the 91st annual Academy Award nominations. Ben rectifies the Oscars’ HAPPY AS LAZZARO erasure with his own ...
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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs from 2019-01-21T15:52:36
In episode sixty-eight of movies imo., Ben, Brandon and Daniel discuss Joel and Ethan Coen's latest film, now on Netflix, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. They also take a look at the filmmak...
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Best Films of 2018 from 2019-01-14T15:00:55
In episode sixty-seven of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about their top twenty-five motion pictures of 2018.
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If Beale Street Could Talk from 2018-12-24T06:05:59
In episode sixty-four of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Barry Jenkins’ third film, the James Baldwin adaptation IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK. They also discuss one o...
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Shoplifters from 2018-12-10T12:00:30
In episode sixty-two of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about this year’s Palme d’Or winner: Hirokazu Kore-eda’s SHOPLIFTERS. They also discuss Kore-eda’s AFTER THE STORM...
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The Favourite from 2018-12-03T12:00:34
In episode sixty-one of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Yorgos Lanthimos’ cruel and unusual new film THE FAVOURITE before discussing Sofia Coppola’s MARIE ANTOINETT...
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The Other Side of the Wind from 2018-11-19T12:00:38
In episode fifty-nine of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Orson Welles’s long-awaited final film THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND in the contexts of his own biography, fil...
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Can You Ever Forgive Me? from 2018-10-29T11:00:33
In episode fifty-six of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Marielle Heller’s sublime CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? before jumping into the star-making films of its two fant...
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A Star Is Born from 2018-10-15T14:48:10
In episode fifty-four of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Cradley Booper’s A STAR IS BORN starring Lady Gaga while comparing and contrasting the fifth iteration of t...
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The Old Man & the Gun from 2018-10-08T11:00:49
In episode fifty-three of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about David Lowery’s THE OLD MAN & THE GUN before jumping into a sassy Sissy Spacek retrospective with discu...
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On the Run II from 2018-10-01T11:00:39
In episode fifty-two of movies imo., Brandon is out in the field shooting season three of his webseries I’M FINE which leaves Ben and Daniel free to head out towards Pasadener on a Saturday night t...
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Mini-sode: Ben's TIFF18 Diary from 2018-09-13T18:50:52
A special mini-sode featuring Ben's reactions to the films he saw at #TIFF18!
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In episode forty-seven of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Josephine Decker’s unconventional opus on cats and creative ownership, MADELINE’S MADELINE. Then they dig ...
BlacKkKlansman from 2018-08-20T13:00:28
In episode forty-six of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Spike Lee’s electric and incendiary slice of Americana, BLACKkKLANSMAN, as well as previous SL joints DO THE...
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Unfriended: Dark Web from 2018-08-13T13:00:33
In episode forty-five of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about the single-screen(slaver) tech horror gem UNFRIENDED: DARK WEB, and its predecessor in spooky text bubbles ...
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Mission: Impossible - Fallout from 2018-08-06T13:00:44
In episode forty-four of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about stunt queen Ethan Hunt’s latest installment of globetrotting daredevilry, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - FALLOUT. Wh...
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Twin Peaks: The Return from 2018-07-30T13:09:34
In episode forty-three of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about David Lynch’s (continuation of, twenty-five years later) expansive and nightmarish trip through trauma in ...
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Eighth Grade from 2018-07-23T13:00:24
In episode forty-two of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Bo Burnham’s EIGHTH GRADE, and then they yell some more. Afterwards they move on to discussing other stories...
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Leave No Trace from 2018-07-16T13:00:14
In episode forty-one of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about LEAVE NO TRACE, Debra Granik’s long-awaited return to feature filmmaking/the woods. Afterwards they climb up...
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Let The Sunshine In from 2018-07-09T13:00:24
In episode forty of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Claire Denis’ transcendent romantic comedy LET THE SUNSHINE IN then get out their best shirts to iron in the des...
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Pride 2018: A Very Special Episode from 2018-06-28T13:00:14
In episode thirty-nine of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about their favorite films from the queer canon in a Very Special Pride Edition of the podcast. Ben brings Jenni...
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Incredibles 2 from 2018-06-25T13:00:24
In episode thirty-eight of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Brad Bird’s return to Pixar in INCREDIBLES 2, as well as their favorite films animated by the studio. Ben...
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Hereditary from 2018-06-18T13:00:14
In episode thirty-seven of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Ari Aster’s Sundance horror sensation HEREDITARY before launching into a career mini-retrospective for it...
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"What If the Theme Was..." from 2018-06-11T13:00:14
In episode thirty-sex of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel would have yelled over each other about John Cameron Mitchell’s HOW TO TALK TO GIRLS AT PARTIES if it had been released in theaters fo...
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Solo: A Star Wars Story from 2018-06-04T13:00:22
In episode thirty-five of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about the latest spinoff from a galaxy far, far away - SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY. They dig deep into Ron Howard’s ...
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First Reformed from 2018-05-28T13:00:12
In episode thirty-four of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Paul Schrader’s climate change crisis of faith film FIRST REFORMED. Ben brings up Bresson’s country priest...
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Lean on Pete from 2018-04-30T13:55:58
In episode thirty of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Andrew Haigh’s boy-and-his-horse odyssey through rural white America, LEAN ON PETE - but all they really want t...
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You Were Never Really Here from 2018-04-23T05:14:17
In episode twenty-nine of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Lynne Ramsay, Queen of Scots’s blunt force thriller YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE before pummeling themselves...
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Ready Player One from 2018-04-16T13:00:23
In episode twenty-eight of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Steven Spielberg’s big-budget gamer romp READY PLAYER ONE - his first “movie” since THE POST, a “film,” w...
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Isle of Dogs from 2018-04-02T13:00:10
In episode twenty-six of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Wes Anderson’s latest set of meticulous miniatures and second stop-motion animated feature ISLE OF DOGS. Th...
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Love, Simon from 2018-03-26T14:04:58
In episode twenty-five of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel take a step back into the closet and break its doors down with LOVE, SIMON, the first major American studio film to follow a gay teen...
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A Wrinkle in Time from 2018-03-19T15:33:26
In episode twenty-four of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Ava DuVernay’s history-making first foray into big-budget filmmaking, the long-awaited Disney adaption of ...
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Red Sparrow from 2018-03-12T14:40:39
In episode twenty-three of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about the Jennifer Lawrence sexual espionage-cum-state sanctioned humiliation vehicle RED SPARROW, and whether ...
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80th Academy Awards 10th Anniversary from 2018-03-05T16:14:25
In episode twenty-two of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about the tenth anniversary of the 80th Academy Awards, especially the five films nominated for Best Picture: NO ...
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2018 Oscar Predictions from 2018-03-02T06:29:26
In a Very Special episode twenty-one of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each about their extremely informed, unbiased, and frankly spectacular predictions for the 90th Academy Award...
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Black Panther from 2018-02-26T15:44:11
In episode twenty of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Ryan Coogler’s groundbreaking superhero film BLACK PANTHER, and how his sensibilities as a director in FRUITVAL...
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Fifty Shades Freed from 2018-02-19T16:55:09
In episode nineteen of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about the climactic, free association finale of the greatest comedy franchise of all time: FIFTY SHADES FREED. Afte...
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Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars from 2018-02-12T16:16:38
In episode eighteen of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film - this year’s slate of nominees, historical oversights and canon cla...
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Oscar Nominations 2018 Reactions from 2018-01-25T00:19:19
In Episode 16 of movies imo, Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about the 90th annual Academy Award nominations. Together they get to the bottom of the announcement's most pressing quest...
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Best Films of 2017 from 2018-01-22T16:22:56
In Episode 15 of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other but, more importantly, *at* contemporary film culture in regards to their personal picks for the top twenty-five motion p...
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Phantom Thread from 2018-01-15T15:10:17
In Episode 14 of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about the exquisite new picture by wunderkind daddy Paul Thomas Anderson, PHANTOM THREAD, an irresponsibly elegant, impos...
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi from 2017-12-25T16:52:51
In Episode XI of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about the latest (and greatest?) Star War yet, Rian Johnson's STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI. Handily outgunning the 1978 Star ...
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The Shape Of Water from 2017-12-18T15:37:25
In episode 10 of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Guillermo Del Toro's THE SHAPE OF WATER and other movies that want to f*** Classical Hollywood Cinema
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri from 2017-11-27T16:46:51
In episode seven of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Martin McDonagh's THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI and discuss the Academy Awards' history of rarely gi...
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Wonderstruck & Todd Haynes from 2017-11-06T16:50:38
This week on movies imo. we yell over each other about WONDERSTRUCK (but mostly CAROL)and the oeuvre of Todd Haynes (...but mostly CAROL) .
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The Florida Project from 2017-10-30T15:41:39
This week on movies imo. we yell over each other about THE FLORIDA PROJECT and movies about children for adults.
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