This week we're heading north to break down Fargo, the Coen Brothers' pitch-black crime comedy where a mild-mannered car salesman (William H. Macy) hires two bumbling criminals (Steve Buscemi and Peter Stormare) to kidnap his wife, and a very pregnant, very polite police chief (Frances McDormand) follows the trail of bodies through the snow. It's a real good time, you betcha, with a whole lot of 'oh jeez' and 'yah, no, for sure' on the way to some of the coldest murders in the movies. Grab a

New live episode out today! This is the second live episode that MTP recorded with our good buddy, Charlie of Kaiju Mapping, at our aquatic horror event at Frothy Beard! This episode, Kevin and Charlie sit down to do a signature MTP Bracket War in which the theme is...movie renting! It's Friday night and you're at Blockbuster...but you can only rent one aquatic horror movie! Kevin, Charlie, and the audience sit down to decide together which movie they're renting that Friday night! Which movie

Lance Oppenheim’s Primetime paints problematic TV phenomenon To Catch a Predator — and especially its host, Chris Hansen — as an enterprise fueled by ambition, amorality, and a tenuous grasp of journalistic ethics. Those qualities put us in mind of the cursed collaboration between desperate press agent Sidney Falco and influential columnist J.J. Hunsecker in 1957’s Sweet Smell of Success, so this week we’re digging into the twisted loyalties and razor-sharp dialogue of

New episode! Jay is joined by Todd Liebenow (@forgottenfilmz) for the snake mania movie Rattlers (1976), in which snakes are enraged by chemical warfare and take out everyone in their vicinity! On this episode they discuss condescending music, mid-crisis vacations, and casino snakes!

Abby and Sarah spoil 1945’s La Otra for Hispanic Heritage Month.Deeper into Mexico’s Golden Age of Cinema, this film noir drama has some interesting ideas about what to do when you’re fed up with struggling to make ends meet while your twin sister has a wardrobe to die for. Feliz Navidad! If you don't want to wait a year before listening to our full bonus episodes, support us on patreon and get access to monthly themed bonus content.

Justice is coming! This week, Emilio, Madeline and Julian welcome back friend of the podcast and delightful social media cinephile Jamie Homs to discuss one of her comfort movie of the 90s, and a first time watch for the three main cohosts - 1993's 'Tombstone', directed (somewhat disputed) by George P. Cosmatos, featuring an all star cast including Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Bill Paxton, Michael Biehn, Powers Booth, Sam Elliott, Stephen Lang, and many others. The group praises the cast a...

The Admiral has returned for an exclusive interview with Denver Colorado’s own, MIMER21. Tune for an in-depth conversation where he takes a deep dive about his music, influences, current projects and of course, upcoming live performances. Here’s your chance to get to know the man behind the cadence. Edited and engineered by: Wesley Swanson Background music provided by: Admiral Atlas. Intro/outro: MIMER21

Can Capra take home another win? Does Paul Muni prove that the biopic is here to stay? And what DO you do with a dead lithium battery? Find out on today's episode!You can find more info on the show as well as the full film list and watch order on Patreon:Or use our Letterboxd list!Support for Once Upon a Time at the Oscars is provided by our Patreon backers. For as little as $3 a month you can help support our show as well as receive fun benefits, including the chance to vote for what film you think

We'll be honest; we both spent a good chunk of the 2000s watching grown men sit down at a kitchen table they'd regret, and neither of us thought much about the man holding the clipboard. Primetime, the narrative debut from Ren Faire documentarian Lance Oppenheim, does — casting Robert Pattinson as Chris Hansen, the Dateline correspondent who turned sting operations into appointment television. Bryan found it a mess; Chris found it a compelling one. However, we both left asking the same question:

Filmmaker, musician, and writer Jeremy Mathews takes a couple tacks in his selections for 1915. In addition to a couple National Film Registry entries and another widely praised American drama, he selects an offbeat short comedy and a surreal, macabre, and underseen Russian horror, of a kind.Jeremy’s film criticism has appeared in Eye for Film in the UK and Paste Magazine in the US. He fronts the indie band NSPS as singer, songwriter and guitarist, with upcoming projects including the new NSPS

Jack once again braves the solo pod. This week, after sharing some takes on his recent viewings of films that have come out this year, he explores the use of weather in movies. Weather can obviously occur in, or prominently affect, any film. Sometimes it's a plot point, sometimes it's a character of its own. Sometimes it just looks good. Jack gives his top 25 of whatever the weather is calling for.

We're making our dreams come true today, as we dive into the wonderfully wacky world of our two favorite Milwaukee bottle-cappers while they transverse life, love, and a little vo-de-oh-doh-doh. Yes, we’re talking about Ms. DeFazio and Ms. Feeney today, in the first of our two part celebration of the 50th anniversary of "Laverne & Shirley"! This situation comedy, which aired on ABC from 1976 until 1983, defines the term “classic television”. We’re commemorating the show’s 50th by go...

This week, we’re taking on two sci-fi classics with Alien (1979) and Aliens (1986). We start with Ridley Scott’s original, which follows the crew of the Nostromo as they discover a mysterious and iconic enemy.Then we discuss James Cameron’s sequel Aliens, which takes the ideas of the original in a much more action-heavy direction. Join us as we discuss what makes both films work, how differently Scott and Cameron approach the material, and which parts of these movies still hold up decades

What an (after)shocking movie!You can find more info on the show as well as the full film list and watch order on Patreon:Or use our Letterboxd list!Support for Once Upon a Time at the Oscars is provided by our Patreon backers. For as little as $3 a month you can help support our show as well as receive fun benefits, including the chance to vote for what film you think deserves to win Best Picture every year!Music for the show provided by Michael Barry aka Mountain Dweller on Pixabay!Subscribe to

A few weeks back, MTP returned to Frothy Beard Brewing Company to team up with our good buddy Charlie of Kaiju Mapping to do a live podcast event entirely centered around aquatic horror! This was done to end the summer on a high with talking about all things water-based horror! If you missed the live event...never fear! The episodes are now being released this week for you to listen back to! First up, tune into our first live episode with Kaiju Mapping in which Kevin and Charlie sit down to do a

In honor of Silent Movie Day, we're talking with Kim Souther, professor of music and director of orchestras at Clemson University, all about conducting silent film scores live. From sight-reading through the endurance test of performance runs, she takes us through the process of coordinating, rehearsing and inspiring student musicians. Souther and the Clemson University Orchestra performed Robert Israel's score of "The Freshman" this past spring and will be touring Europe this coming year

Surprise! We're giving you a whole extra episode this week, because when you have the chance to record with the great Dan McCoy of The Flop House podcast, you take it! This week's episode is all about a teeny tiny regional horror film from the makers of JIGSAW: VENGEANCE OF THE DEAD, in which a disaffected teen starts receiving messages from ghosts to burn evildoers in a small Wisconsin town. Hosted by Jarrod Hornbeck and Steve Guntli Theme song by Kyle Hornbeck Logo by Doug McCambridge Email:

Pretty Maids All in a Row is a 1971 comedy about a serial killer at a high school and statutory sexual assault, starring Rock Hudson and Angie Dickinson, written and produced by Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek.Yes. This is a real movie. That's whose in it, and that's who made it. Diamond Feit bravely joins me to dive into the minefield of a movie that, while I find immensely entertaining and enthralling, has aged terribly and may have shone just a bit too much light into the somewhat

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Mark and John discuss the 2012 action horror film Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning. Directed by John Hyams and starring Scott Adkins, Dolph Lundgren, Jean-Claude Van Damme, and an incredible amount of carnage, the low-budget action film is an A-tier direct-to-DVD classic. In this episode, they also talk about action horror films, solid sequels, and Dolph Lundgren having fun. Enjoy!