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The Binge Movie Podcast

Chatty movie reviews brought to you by queer SoCal pals with inescapable Ohio roots: writer Jason LeRoy (lifelong devotee, Lilith Fair) and producer Rebecca Olarte (lifetime subscriber, Cat Fancy).

tv & film

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01:17:44

The Suicide Squad | Pray Away | Homeroom | Val

The Binge Movie Podcast ·

2021/08/23

We assess James Gunn’s long overdue crack at THE SUICIDE SQUAD and a trio of docs: Kristine Solakis’ gay conversion history PRAY AWAY, Peter Nicks’ snapshot of Oakland’s class of 2020 in HOMEROOM, and Ting Poo and Leo Scott’s portrait of Val Kilmer, VAL.

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01:39:27

Black Widow | Zola | Luca | Summer of Soul | Mary J....

The Binge Movie Podcast ·

2021/07/13

In which a slight difference of opinion on Cate Shortland’s highly anticipated BLACK WIDOW leads to lethargic semi-discussions of Janicza Bravo’s ZOLA and Enrico Casarosa’s LUCA, before we’re revived by Questlove’s SUMMER OF SOUL and restore harmony by being unimpressed with Vanessa Roth’s MARY J. BLIGE’S MY LIFE.

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01:05:33

In The Heights | Army of the Dead | Plan B & more

The Binge Movie Podcast ·

2021/06/27

We have polar opposite reactions to Jon M. Chu’s IN THE HEIGHTS, get spooked by Michael Chaves’ THE CONJURING: THE DEVIL DO IT, muddle through Zack Snyder’s ARMY OF THE DEAD, revel in Anders Thomas Jensen’s RIDERS OF JUSTICE, and exalt in Natalie Morales’ PLAN B.

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01:26:11

The Woman in the Window | Those Who Wish Me Dead |...

The Binge Movie Podcast ·

2021/05/23

After debriefing this year's pandemic Oscars, we review Joe Wright’s misbegotten THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW, Taylor Sheridan’s riveting THOSE WHO WISH ME DEAD, Mike Rianda and Jeff Rowe’s delightful THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES, Nikole Beckwith’s tender TOGETHER TOGETHER, and Azazel Jacobs’ uneven FRENCH EXIT.

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01:07:05

Godzilla vs. Kong | Shiva Baby | Moffie | Concrete...

The Binge Movie Podcast ·

2021/04/19

It’s strange bedfellows this week on The Binge, in which we mix Adam Wingard’s stupidly fun spectacle GODZILLA VS. KONG with three considerably more taxing films: Emma Seligman’s caustic cringe comedy SHIVA BABY, Oliver Hermanus’ apartheid military drama MOFFIE, and Ricky Staub’s scared-straight morality tale CONCRETE COWBOY.

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00:53:30

The Father | Another Round | Moxie | Breaking News in...

The Binge Movie Podcast ·

2021/04/05

On this episode we review two Oscar hopefuls, Florian Zeller’s THE FATHER starring Anthony Hopkins and Thomas Vinterberg’s ANOTHER ROUND starring Mads Mikkeksen, and two Oscar doubtfuls, Amy Poehler’s MOXIE and Tate Taylor’s BREAKING NEWS IN YUBA COUNTY.

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01:23:05

Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar | Nomadland |...

The Binge Movie Podcast ·

2021/03/13

It’s another super-sized episode full of heavy hitters! We disagree over the Midwestern realness of BARB AND STAR GO TO VISTA DEL MAR, parse where NOMADLAND sits in Frances McDormand’s pantheon of roles, praise Lee Isaac Chung’s family drama MINARI, lament the sprawling wreckage of Lee Daniels’ THE UNITED STATES VS. BILLIE HOLIDAY, revel in the proudly amoral I CARE A LOT, and get into an unexpectedly weighty debate about the gay tearjerker SUPERNOVA.

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01:29:38

Promising Young Woman | Judas and the Black Messiah |...

The Binge Movie Podcast ·

2021/03/01

In our first new episode of 2021, we round up six notable releases from this very peculiar awards season: Emerald Fennell’s provocative PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN, Shaka King’s enraging JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH, Sam Levinson’s painful MALCOLM & MARIE, Regina King’s edifying ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI, Kornél Mundruczó’s uneven PIECES OF A WOMAN, and John Lee Hancock’s derivative THE LITTLE THINGS.

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01:19:15

Wonder Woman 1984 | Soul | The Midnight Sky |...

The Binge Movie Podcast ·

2021/01/04

In our final new releases episode of 2020, we evaluate the year’s unprecedented Christmas Day streaming mega-releases, WONDER WOMAN 1984 and SOUL, as well as George Clooney’s phone-friendly THE MIDNIGHT SKY and Eugene Ashe’s tender Black romance SYLVIE’S LOVE.

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01:29:01

The Prom | Ammonite | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Let...

The Binge Movie Podcast ·

2020/12/24

In this super-sized December episode, we disagree on the failings of Ryan Murphy’s queer musical comedy THE PROM, agree on the failings of Francis Lee’s period lesbian romance AMMONITE, hail Chadwick Boseman’s final performance in George C. Wolfe’s MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM, discuss our own cruise memories in relation to Steven Soderbergh’s LET THEM ALL TALK, are underwhelmed by David Fincher’s MANK, and are overwhelmed by every aspect of Darius Marder’s SOUND OF METAL.

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01:40:05

Happiest Season | Hillbilly Elegy | Uncle Frank |...

The Binge Movie Podcast ·

2020/12/19

We take issue with the toxic dysfunction at the core of Clea DuVall’s HAPPIEST SEASON, eviscerate the lack of compassion in Ron Howard’s HILLBILLY ELEGY, praise Paul Bettany in Alan Ball’s UNCLE FRANK, compare the first two episodes in Steve McQueen’s SMALL AXE, and throw up our hands at Ben Falcone’s SUPERINTELLIGENCE

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01:21:07

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm | The Craft: Legacy |...

The Binge Movie Podcast ·

2020/11/20

In our first post-2020 election episode, we review Jason Woliner’s perfectly of-its-moment BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM, Zoe Lister-Jones’ thoughtful reimagining THE CRAFT: LEGACY, Miranda July’s cathartic farce KAJILLIONAIRE, Robert Zemeckis’ DOA remake of THE WITCHES, and Justin Simien’s polarizing horror comedy BAD HAIR.

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01:08:40

All In | The Trial of the Chicago 7 | The Glorias |...

The Binge Movie Podcast ·

2020/11/02

In our first episode since Jason’s turbulent rebirth as an Angeleno, we review Liz Garbus and Lisa Cortes’ essential voter suppression doc ALL IN: THE FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY, Aaron Sorkin’s electric courtroom opus THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7, Julie Taymor’s dreadful Gloria Steinem pseudo-biopic THE GLORIAS, Maïmouna Doucouré’s unjustly vilified CUTIES, and Radha Blank’s hilarious knockout debut THE FORTY-YEAR-OLD VERSION.

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01:11:42

Bill & Ted Face the Music | I'm Thinking of Ending...

The Binge Movie Podcast ·

2020/09/27

We review the long-overdue but impressively effective BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC, Charlie Kaufman’s inexplicable I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS, Jeremy Hersh’s explosive ethical drama THE SURROGATE, and in a meta moment we couldn’t resist, The Binge reviews the teen party romp THE BINGE.

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00:56:02

An American Pickle | Crip Camp | Spinster | I Used to...

The Binge Movie Podcast ·

2020/09/02

In our last episode of summer 2020 (such as it is), we review Seth Rogen’s dual performance in Branson Trost’s AN AMERICAN PICKLE, James Lebrecht and Nicole Newnham’s enlightening documentary CRIP CAMP, Chelsea Peretti in Andrea Dorfman’s SPINSTER, and Gillian Jacobs in Kris Rey’s I USED TO GO HERE.

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01:23:06

Yes, God, Yes | The Fight | She Dies Tomorrow | Amulet

The Binge Movie Podcast ·

2020/08/17

We review Karen Maine’s Catholic coming-of-age sex comedy YES, GOD, YES; the blood-boiling but essential ACLU vs. Trump doc THE FIGHT; Amy Seimetz’s unclassifiable contagion mood piece SHE DIES TOMORROW; and Romola Garai’s boring-until-it-isn’t gothic horror film AMULET.

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01:06:49

The Old Guard | Mucho Mucho Amor | The Rental | Relic

The Binge Movie Podcast ·

2020/08/01

We review Gina Prince-Bythewood’s inclusive action saga THE OLD GUARD, Cristina Costantini and Kareem Tabsch’s beguiling Walter Mercado documentary MUCHO MUCHO AMOR, Dave Franco’s Airbnb horror flick THE RENTAL, and Natalie Erika James’ dark dementia fable RELIC.

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01:11:40

Mid-July Roundup: Palm Springs | First Cow |...

The Binge Movie Podcast ·

2020/07/18

In the first episode of our by-popular-demand new biweekly format, we review five movies from the first half of July: David Dobkin’s unexpectedly gentle musical comedy EUROVISION SONG CONTEST: THE STORY OF FIRE SAGA, Max Barbakow’s hilarious and thought-provoking romcom PALM SPRINGS, Kelly Reichardt’s tender ode to friendship FIRST COW, Hirokazu Kore-eda’s French mother-daughter dramedy THE TRUTH, and Dawn Porter’s important but lackluster documentary JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE.

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02:18:53

June Roundup: So! Many! Movies!

The Binge Movie Podcast ·

2020/07/03

In which we celebrate Pride with a grueling death-march marathon of seven in-depth film reviews, joined by our dear friend Jen “Memaw” Chochinov: Judd Apatow’s amiable Pete Davidson vehicle THE KING OF STATEN ISLAND, Jon Stewart’s misbegotten political satire IRRESISTIBLE, Spike Lee’s frenetic Vietnam thriller DA 5 BLOODS, Sasie Sealy’s satisfying action-comedy LUCKY GRANDMA, Josephine Decker’s unconventional literary drama SHIRLEY, Channing Godfrey Peoples’ gentle character study MISS JUNETEENTH,

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01:21:10

May Roundup: The High Note | The Lovebirds | The Half...

The Binge Movie Podcast ·

2020/06/17

In our latest all-streaming roundup, we offer our (unanimous!) opinions of THE HIGH NOTE with Dakota Johnson and Tracee Ellis Ross, THE LOVEBIRDS with Kumail Nanjiani and Issa Rae, Alice Wu’s THE HALF OF IT, HOW TO BUILD A GIRL starring Beanie Feldstein, Andrew Patterson’s THE VAST OF NIGHT, and DRIVEWAYS with Hong Chau and Brian Dennehy.

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