What Is A Movie?

Sep 26 2024 127 ep. 55 mins
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Dan tries his darndest to help Kevin, a man who has somehow never seen a movie, understand what a movie is. Uploads biweekly on Thursdays.

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The Florida Project

Sep 26 2024 59 mins  
It's the finale of our Tour DeFoe! Our last stop: Florida. Hop on in, we're going to Disney and it's totally gonna break your heart.We chat about sad movies, childhood summertime, and rank our opinions on the whole Dafoe season.---Content warning: discussions of poverty, pedophiles, & sex work.You can shoot us an email at [email protected]

The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou

Sep 12 2024 41 mins  
We all live in a yellow submarine.(editor's note: it's pronounced anjelica 'hyoo-ston' but we say 'huss-ton' here. oops.)You can shoot us an email at [email protected]

Spider-Man (2002)

Aug 29 2024 58 mins  
GODSPEED, SPIDER-MAN!As we continue to barrel through our Tour Dafoe, we take a lil stop at 2002's Spider-Man. We got Tobey, hamfisted "romance," and appx. 40% Raimi. Thwip thwip, baby.And, get this - they say that a hero could save us. Me? I'm not gonna stand here and wait.You can shoot us an email at [email protected]

The Last Temptation of Christ

Aug 15 2024 53 mins  
The Summer Of Dafoe (or whatever we're calling this season) continues! Parables, sin, humanity, and superman - oh my!You can shoot us an email at [email protected]

Platoon

Aug 01 2024 63 mins  
We're back with a new season! This time we're competing in the Tour De Dafoe - a dive into the prolific career of one Mr. Willem Dafoe. First up, it's 1986's Platoon and all the complicated feelings that a war movie can drum up.Is this a movie worth making? How should we grapple with our past crimes? Perhaps most importantly: would you smoke from the barrel of Willem Dafoe's weed g

Space Jam: A New Legacy

Jun 27 2024 60 mins  
COME ON AND SLAM AND WELCOME TO THE JAM.We've arrived at the end of the New Season, let's celebrate in style. Tie those laces, get on the court, but don't you dare mention video games. It's Space Jam 2 time!Let's chat about vanity projects, bad animation, cash grabs, corporate self hatred, and try to decide.... Is This A Movie? Also: the Best and Worst of our New Season.Everybody g

Synecdoche, New York

Jun 13 2024 55 mins  
Warehouse? There house!You can shoot us an email at [email protected]

The Twilight Saga: New Moon

May 30 2024 65 mins  
Join us on a bold New experiment as we dive into the middle of a series that Dan has previously seen none of. Hop on, spider-monkey, we're going back to 2009 and re-litigating the Team Edward v. Team Jacob debates of old.CW: discussions of domestic abuse, gaslighting, & misogynyYou can shoot us an email at [email protected]

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

May 16 2024 38 mins  
Our New Season continues! This time it's also secretly a Sequel Season and what better to take us there than our good friends Dick Miller and the Gremlins.Let's chat about sequels, Christopher Lee, the ol bait & switch, and the good goofs we find along the way.You can shoot us an email at [email protected]

Escape From New York

May 02 2024 50 mins  
It's high time for something New. Join us as we venture into a New season - nay, a New era - of What Is A Movie. Today we Escape from New York and chat about pulp, plisskin, politics, and the joys of well-executed creative theft (lookin at you, Metal Gear Solid).Welcome to: Season Four - The New Season---Going forward we'll be doing shorter, more frequent seasons. Same episode form