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Mama Needs a Movie

Mama Needs a Movie

Join Anne Rieman (a proud mama) and Ryan Perez (not a mama) — two lifelong movie enthusiasts — as they dive into smart, funny, and thoughtful discussions about movies both old and new. Mama Needs a Movie also features guests like Jordan Morris of Jordan, Jesse, Go, Mike Mitchell and Nick Wiger of Doughboys, Ally Hord of Late Night with Seth Meyers, and Kayla Bates of ScreenVomit, who join Anne and Ryan for engaging, witty conversations about cinema. Also listen to patreon.com/MNAM to hear about

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01:23:55

Wayne's World with Eric Appel

Mama Needs a Movie ·

2023/02/21

Director Eric Appel (Weird: The Al Yankovic Story) returns to MNAM to discuss the 1992 comedy WAYNE'S WORLD starring Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Rob Lowe and Tia Carrere. Directed by Penelope Spheeris, WAYNE'S WORLD was the second ever cinematic adaptation of Saturday Night Live sketch, following two lovable heavy metal headbangers whose sudden opportunity to bring their public-access show to a wider audience risks compromising their integrity and friendship. WAYNE'S WORLD was an unexpected

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01:41:22

Triangle of Sadness with Joe Saunders

Mama Needs a Movie ·

2023/02/14

Joe Saunders (Solar Opposites) returns to MNAM discuss Ruben Östlund's Academy Award-nominated comedy, TRIANGLE OF SADNESS starring Charlbi Dean, Harris Dickinson, Dolly de Leon, Zlatko Brić and Woody Harrelson. Östlund's acerbic satire, set amongst the rich and beautiful passengers of a luxury yacht, premiered at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, taking home the Palme d'Or and eventually achieving crossover success in U.S. art houses. Now nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Orginal

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01:39:27

The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit with Tim Barnes

Mama Needs a Movie ·

2023/02/07

Writer and comedian Tim Barnes, (Maurice on Mars), returns to discuss the 1998 direct-to-video comedy THE WONDERFUL ICE CREAM SUIT starring Joe Mantegna, Edward James Olmos, Clifton Collins Jr., Gregory Sierra, and Esai Morales. Based on a Ray Bradbury short story and written for the screen by Bradbury himself, the fantastical plot concerns five men in East Los Angeles who pitch in to buy an exquisite white suit with magical properties, agreeing to take turns wearing it over the course of a single

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01:45:50

Serenity with Brad Evans

Mama Needs a Movie ·

2023/01/31

Writer Brad Evans (The Tonight Show) joins to discussthe 2019 neo-noir SERENITY starringMatthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jason Clarke, and Djimon Hounsou. Steven Knight wrote and directed this sultry pulp tale of a fisherman seduced by his ex-wife into a plot to murder her current husband. A steamy thriller with a jaw-dropping twist, SERENITY was unceremoniously dumped into theaters by its distributor, Aviron Pictures in January 2019 with little to no promotional push. The film was an unqualified

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01:59:07

Dune with Jon Daly

Mama Needs a Movie ·

2023/01/24

Actor, writer Jon Daly (Ding Dong Delicious) joins for an epic discussion of David Lynch's 1984 version of the science fiction classic DUNE starring Kyle MacLachlan, Virginia Madsen, Patrick Stewart, Kenneth McMillan, Dean Stockwell, Max von Sydow, and Sting. Based on author Frank Herbert's mammoth novel, DUNE was conceived as a mega-budget blockbuster to follow in the footsteps of STAR WARS, only to be met with scathing reviews and a disappointing box office take. In the decades since DUNE,

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01:44:39

Avatar: The Way of Water with Craig Rowin

Mama Needs a Movie ·

2023/01/17

Writer Craig Rowin (Search Party) joins to discuss James Cameron's long-awaited blockbuster sequel, AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER, starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, and Stephen Lang. Coming 12 years after the original AVATAR became the highest grossing film of all time, expectations were uncertain for Cameron's followup. Would audiences rush to revisit the Pandora's favorite family fortress, or neg the Na'vi in favor of BABYLON's flappers? Now THE WAY OF WATER

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01:40:18

To Live and Die in L.A. with Ian Pfaff

Mama Needs a Movie ·

2023/01/10

Director Ian Pfaff joins to discuss William Friedkin's 1985 crime thriller TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A. starring William Petersen, Willem Dafoe, John Pankow, Debra Feuer, and John Turturro. The film follows a pair of Secret Service agents resorting to extreme measures to catch a notorious counterfeiter. As a west coast equivalent to Friedkin's own The French Connection, TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A. is remembered for its iconic opening titles, highly authentic counterfeiting sequences, pulse-pounding car

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01:54:28

The Whale with Eva Anderson

Mama Needs a Movie ·

2023/01/03

Writer Eva Anderson (You're the Worst, WeCrashed) helps us kick off a new year of Mama Needs a Movie with a discussion of the year-end awards contender, THE WHALE starring Brendan Fraser, Sadie Sink, Hong Chau, Ty Simpkins and Samantha Morton. Darren Aronofsky directed this 2022 adaptation of playwright Samuel D. Hunter's intimate drama about a reclusive and obese teacher trying to reconcile with his estranged daughter. THE WHALE has received plaudits for Brendan Fraser's comeback role, but

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01:56:48

Tár with Dan Chamberlain

Mama Needs a Movie ·

2022/12/27

Writer and actor Dan Chamberlain (The Tonight Show) joins to discuss Todd Field's drama TÁR starring Cate Blanchett, Noémie Merlant, and Nina Hoss. TÁR was released in 2022 to near unanimous acclaim for Blanchett's lead performance as Lydia Tár, a highly accomplished composer-conductor whose regimented existence begins to unravel in the face of personal scandal. Is this slow-tempo tale fable of the MeToo era Field's crowning opus, or does the film hit too many flat notes? On this, the

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01:41:14

Flashdance with Morgan Cline

Mama Needs a Movie ·

2022/12/20

Writer Morgan Cline joins to discuss the romantic drama FLASHDANCE starring Jennifer Beals and Michael Nouri. This 1983 film was director Adrian Lyne's first breakout success, wowing audiences with the tale of a welder/cabaret performer who, despite no formal dance training, aspires to join the Pittsburgh Conservatory of Dance. FLASHDANCE was a star-making turn for Jennifer Beals, taking home a Best Original song Academy Award for "Flashdance...What a Feeling" composed by Giorgio Moroder and sung by

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01:47:21

The Fabelmans with Danny Jelinek

Mama Needs a Movie ·

2022/12/13

Director Danny Jelinek (Jimmy Kimmel Live!) returns to Mama Needs a Movie to discuss Steven Spielberg's autobiographical family drama, THE FABELMANS starring Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, and Gabriel LaBelle. Spielberg's newest release tells the story of an aspiring filmmaker named Sammy Fabelman coming of age in mid-century America, torn between his scientist father and whimsical, creative mother. This deeply personal film delves into the family rupture that has long informed

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01:54:39

Inception with Michael Cassady

Mama Needs a Movie ·

2022/12/06

Actor and musician Michael Cassady (Don't Stop or We'll Die) joins to discuss Christopher Nolan's INCEPTION starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Elliot Page, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, and Ken Watanabe. This sleek science-fiction caper wowed and confounded audiences in 2010 with its complex heist plot about dream "extractors" on a mission of corporate espionage. Over a decade after its release, INCEPTION is now considered the quintessential Nolan film, but how does

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01:38:49

Big Night with Tim Kalpakis

Mama Needs a Movie ·

2022/11/29

Writer/comedian Tim Kalpakis (The Sloppy Boys) joins to discuss the culinary comedy BIG NIGHT starring Stanley Tucci, Tony Shalhoub, Minnie Driver, Ian Holm, and Isabella Rossellini. Tucci and Campbell Scott co-directed this 1996 independent film that tells the story of two Italian immigrant brothers struggling to keep their restaurant alive on the Jersey Shore in the 1950s. Easily interpretable as an art versus commerce tale that represents the film business, BIG NIGHT was well-received upon

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01:42:33

The Ref with Carly Layne and Andrew Shaver

Mama Needs a Movie ·

2022/11/23

Nashville-based singer-songwriters Carly Layne and Andrew Shaver join us for a special family-themed Thanksgiving episode to discuss the dark comedy, THE REF starring Denis Leary, Judy Davis, and Kevin Spacey. MNAM's holiday season kicks off with this Ted Demme-directed movie about a professional thief who gets more than he bargained for while holding a dysfunctional family hostage. THE REF was released to little fanfare in March of 1994, but has since gained a cult following as an unconventional

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01:54:35

Bad Timing with Bridey Elliott

Mama Needs a Movie ·

2022/11/15

Writer, director and actor Bridey Elliott (Clara's Ghost) joins to discuss Nicolas Roeg's dark psychological drama BAD TIMING starring Theresa Russell, Art Garfunkel, and Harvey Keitel. The film uses a non-linear structure to portray a tumultuous love affair between a free spirited young woman and a psychiatrist living in Vienna. Receiving an extremely limited release in 1980, Roeg's lush and complex film didn't gain notoriety until repeat airings on the Z Channel cable station and, much later, a

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01:49:02

Waterworld with Alison Tafel

Mama Needs a Movie ·

2022/11/08

Writer and performer Alison Tafel (Bojack Horseman) joins to discuss the post-apocalyptic action spectacular WATERWORLD starring Kevin Costner, Jeanne Tripplehorn and Dennis Hopper. Director Kevin Reynolds' environmentalist cautionary tale of a water-submerged planet was the most notoriously troubled production of Hollywood's old school blockbuster era, going wildly over-budget and releasing to middling reviews and an underwhelming box office take in 1995. Time has (somewhat) redeemed the

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01:46:49

Defending Your Life with Courtney Davis

Mama Needs a Movie ·

2022/11/01

Writer/director/actor Courtney Davis joins to discuss the 1991 comedy-fantasy DEFENDING YOUR LIFE starring Albert Brooks, Meryl Streep, Rip Torn, and Lee Grant. This was Brooks' fourth feature film as writer and director and his most ambitious comedy yet, depicting the afterlife as an efficient and religiously-unaffiliated destination called Judgment City, where highly intelligent bureaucrats prosecute, defend, and ultimately judge the lives of the recently dead. DEFENDING YOUR LIFE was a box office

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01:31:44

The Bridge on the River Kwai with Alex Kavutskiy

Mama Needs a Movie ·

2022/10/25

MNAM welcomes its first repeat guest, writer and filmmaker Alex Kavutskiy, who returns to discuss David Lean's World War II epic THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI starring William Holden, Alec Guinness and Sessue Hayakawa. The 1958 film concerns a British Lt. Colonel held in captivity as a prisoner of war by Japanese forces, and his obsessive need to finish a railway bridge connecting Bangkok and Rangoon. THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI was an unqualified success upon release, topping the 1957 box

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01:48:35

Mannequin with Holly Prazoff

Mama Needs a Movie ·

2022/10/18

Comedian and actor Holly Prazoff (Comedy Bang! Bang!) joins to discuss the 1987 romantic comedy MANNEQUIN starring Andrew McCarthy, Kim Cattrall, James Spader, and Meshach Taylor. A loose adaptation of the Pygmalion myth, the Michael Gottleib-directed film tells the story of a department store mannequin inhabited by an ancient Egyptian woman. Though critically dismissed upon its release, MANNEQUIN proved to be a box office success and oft-replayed film on cable TV, earning an Academy Award

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01:41:07

The Craft with Carly Garber

Mama Needs a Movie ·

2022/10/11

MNAM's spooky season continues with writer Carly Garber (The Goldbergs) joining to discuss the teen horror film THE CRAFT starring Fairuza Balk, Robin Tunney, Neve Campbell and Rachel True. The 1996 film deals with a group of Catholic school students who form a secret witch coven, casting spells to fulfill their desires. The Andrew Fleming-directed thriller was a modest hit at the time of release, but has since grown a cult following among generations of teenage viewers. Our discussion with

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