High Life with Abby Monteil

Josh Polanski (Boston Hassle) returns as we chat about Jia Zhangke! Together we discuss the anthology film, fav segments, that epilogue and the Chinese restrictions

Peyton Robinson (Roger Ebert) returns with 2013’s The Double! Together we discuss how the movie is an overlooked comedy, the Jesse Eisenberg leading man appeal, movies we thought of in reference to The Double, the look of the movie and Richard Ayoade’s career

Sam Herbst returns as we discuss Debra Granik’s superb Leave No Trace. Together we go through the careers of the leads, films we thought of on our rewatch, earning the movies’ rotten tomatoes record and 2018 as a movie year

We are joined once more by Almost Major pod's Kevin Tudor and Bryden Doyle to discuss 2014's THE GUEST! Together we cover Dan Stevens' career, what happened to Adam Wingard, the horror director, the late Lance Reddick and the memorable score

Abby Monteil returns with us for Claire Denis' space odyssey "High Life" together we discuss the view of assault and violence in the movie, Rob Pattinson, queuer making scifi, using Mia Goth and nihilism

Chris Feil (This Had Oscar Buzz) returns as we discuss 2016's Toni Erdman. Together, we touch on Clay's view on uncomfortable comedy, Sandra Huller's career, the view on capitalism beneath the surface of the movie, and the lingering remake

Josh Spiegel joins us for the fourth installment in the Mission: Impossible franchise with Ghost Protocol! Together we discuss the highest highs of the movie, the Brad Bird of it all, rebooting a franchise, anticitiation for Final Reckoning and lazer tag

Kyle Amato (Hawke Cast) returns for Wes Anderson's stop motion adventure in 2018's Isle of Dogs! Together we discuss the cultural appropriation that surrounds the movie, Bryan Cranston's performance, Kyle's relationship to Wes Anderson and its an animated movie without a quick pace

Hit the slopes! Alexa Heard joins us for the 2014 family drama as we discuss the role that gender plays in the movie, Swedish family dynamics, Ruben Östlund as a cultural filmmaker and role that the kids play in the movie

Marya Gates (Roger Ebert, author of Cinema Her Way) returns as we discuss 2014's BEYOND THE LIGHTS! Together we get into the trademarks of Gina Prine Bythewood, controversies surrounding Nate Parker and why the film successes at ernst melodrama