Genre Equality

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, Avatar: The Way of Water and The Witcher: Blood Origins are the main topics for Genre Equality #61! Plus we review the best of the Fall anime season such as Mob Psycho 100 season 3, Chainsaw Man, Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, My Hero Academia season 6, Spy x Family season 1 part 2, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury, and more. Finally, we discuss Star Trek: Prodigy, Willow, Kindred, and the controversial overhaul of the DCEU. Intro - 00:00 Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio - 03:50 Avatar: The Way of Water - 15:41 The Witcher: Blood Origin - 27:40 Star Trek: Prodigy - 31:00 Willow - 34:25 Kindred - 35:17 Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War - 37:05 My Hero Academia - 41:37 Spy x Family - 43:28 Golden Kamuy - 44:55 Mob Psycho 100 - 45:20 To Your Eternity - 48:51 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean - 50:36 Raven of the Inner Palace - 51:25 Blue Lock - 52:56 Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury - 59:21 Akiba Maid War - 1:02:31 Chainsaw Man - 1:04:34 Do It Yourself!! - 1:07:30 More than a married couple, but not lovers - 1:08:23 Notable mentions - 1:09:30 DCEU overhaul - 1:10:12 Most anticipated of 2023 - 1:17:55

On the 59th episode of BEHOLD!, we spotlight the best films from the 2nd half of the year. We discuss S. S. Rajamouli’s RRR (India), Audrey Diwan’s Happening (France), Charlotte Wells’ Aftersun (UK) and Park Chan-wook’s Decision to Leave (South Korea). Plus, we run down our top 10 films of 2022 overall! Intro - 00:00 RRR - 03:15 Happening - 25:48 Aftersun - 38:50 Decision to Leave - 51:42 The 10 Best Films of 2022 - 1:04:35 Outro - 1:32:00

On the 58th episode of BEHOLD!, we spotlight the best NEW shows from the 2nd half of the year. We discuss FX / Hulu’s The Bear and Amazon Freevee’ High School, alongside HBO’s The Rehearsal and Somebody Somewhere. Plus, we rundown our top 10 TV shows of 2022 overall! Intro - 00:00 The Bear - 02:59 High School - 15:22 The Rehearsal - 23:52 Somebody Somewhere - 35:33 The 10 Best TV Shows on 2022 - 41:19

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Andor, Interview with the Vampire, and Barbarian are the main topics for Genre Equality #60! Plus, we pay tribute to the late Kevin Conroy and Jason David Frank. Finally, we review Donmar Warehouse’s theatrical audio play Blindness, alongside The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, Wednesday, Don’t Worry Darling, Let The Right One In, 1899, Strange World, Disenchanted, Hammer and Bolter and Singaporean horror series - Mister Midnight. Intro - 00:00 R.I.P. Kevin Conroy & Jason David Frank - 01:49 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - 14:53 Andor - 29:27 Interview with the Vampire - 48:35 Barbarian - 52:58 The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special - 55:30 Don’t Worry Darling - 59:48 Wednesday - 1:03:22 Let The Right One In - 1:09:36 1899 - 1:10:40 Strange World - 1:13:45 Disenchanted - 1:14:39 Blindness - 1:17:28 Mister Midnight - 1:25:05 Hammer and Bolter (Warhammer+) - 1:28:32 Outro - 1:32:48

On the 57th episode of BEHOLD!, we discuss FX’s fantastic neo-Western crime series - Justified. Based on the stories of Elmore Leonard, no other screen adaptation has captured the crackling wit, abundant charisma, and impeccably cool style of the author’s characters more vibrantly than this show. Intro - 00:00 Justified - 00:26 November recommendations - 1:06:50

House of the Dragon, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Rick and Morty season 6, and Black Adam our main topics on Genre Equality #59. Plus we review Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi, Star Trek: Lower Decks season 3, Los Espookys season 2, Halloween Ends, Hellraiser, Wendell & Wild, The Midnight Club, Werewolf by Night, and Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities. Intro - 00:00 She-Hulk: Attorney at Law - 02:44 House of the Dragon - 11:40 Rick and Morty - 22:23 Star Trek: Lower Decks - 27:59 The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power - 36:07 Los Espookys - 47:24 Wendell & Wild - 55:31 Werewolf by Night - 57:28 Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - 1:00:08 Black Adam - 1:06:26 The Midnight Club - 1:13:33 Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities - 1:16:17 Halloween Ends - 1:18:26 Hellraiser - 1:19:47 Outro - 1:22:39

On the 56th episode of BEHOLD!, we spotlight our favourite sports documentary films such as Steve James’ Hoop Dreams (1994), National Geographic’s Free Solo (2018), ESPN 30 for 30’s O.J.: Made in America (2016) and Asif Kapadia’s Senna (2010). Intro - 00:00 Hoop Dreams - 01:22 Free Solo - 16:53 O.J.: Made in America - 27:55 Senna - 42:12 October recommendations - 51:08

What We Do In The Shadows season 4, Primal season 2, Harley Quinn season 3, Shin Ultaman, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On and a retrospective of cult classic space opera Babylon 5 are our main topics on Genre Equality #58. Plus, we review Pinocchio, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, Hocus Pocus 2. Finally, Isa highlights the best from the current anime season such as Made in Abyss season 2, The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting, Lycoris Recoil, Call of the Night, and more! Intro - 00:00 What We Do In The Shadows - 02:12 Harley Quinn - 14:31 Primal - 23:47 Marcel the Shell with Shoes On - 36:37 Pinocchio - 42:25 Hocus Pocus 2 - 43:35 Cyberpunk: Edgerunners - 45:45 Shin Ultraman - 51:15 Returning anime (Classroom of the Elite, Shadow House, The Devil is a Part-Timer, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean Part 2, Danmachi, Overlord) - 57:46 Made in Abyss - 59:48 The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting - 1:03:42 Lycoris Recoil - 1:06:00 Call of the Night - 1:08:15 Parallel World Pharmacy - 1:10:56 Uncle from Another World - 1:12:42 Honorable mentions: 1:14:55 Babylon 5 - 1:17:10 Outro - 1:37:16

On the 55th episode of BEHOLD!, we spotlight classic French films such as François Truffaut’s The 400 Blows (1959), Jean-Luc Godard’s Masculin Féminin (1966), René Laloux’s Fantastic Planet (1973), and Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Three Colours trilogy (1994).  All of these films are streaming on MUBI. Intro - 00:00 The 400 Blows - 04:47 Masculin Féminin - 16:02 Fantastic Planet - 30:11 Three Colours trilogy - 40:40 Honorable mentions - 52:25 September recommendations - 56:54

The Sandman, Nope, For All Mankind season 3, Tuca & Bertie season 3, and Prey are the main topics for Genre Equality #57. Plus, we review DC League of Super-Pets, Paper Girls, Three Thousand Years of Longing, Plan 75, Westworld season 4, Day Shift, I Am Groot, Satan’s Slaves 2: Communion, and Samaritan. Finally we catch up with Star Trek’s animated shows - Lower Decks and Prodigy. Intro - 00:00 The Sandman - 01:18 For All Mankind - 26:51 Prey - 45:29 Tuca & Bertie - 59:28 Plan 75 - 1:02:18 Nope - 1:04:50 Paper Girls - 1:21:42 DC League of Super-Pets - 1:23:22 Three Thousand Years of Longing - 1:24:35 Westworld - 1:26:42 Day Shift - 1:28:32 I Am Groot - 1:29:33 Satan’s Slaves 2: Communion - 1:30:18 Samaritan - 1:33:24 Star Trek: Lower Decks - 1:35:17 Star Trek: Prodigy - 1:42:42 Outro - 1:48:24