I'm Thinking of Watching Things

It's Happening Again. The pod is rearing it's ugly head right in time for the end-of-the-year shebang. This week, we kinda just shoot the shit. Will we talk about movies? Maybe. Will it be movies you want to hear people talk about? Maybe. Maybe not. Maybe we'll talk about Tubi Original Celebrity Exorcism (2021). Fuck you. Caleb: @caleb4tribe on Twitter and Letterboxd Alicia: @aliciadevero on Twitter and @aliciadev on Letterboxd Arjun: @rjonfsicher on Twitter and @ArjunFischer on Letterboxd Brooke: @reesbrooke1 on Twitter and you can DM her for access to her notes app.

Well, it's the podcast season finale. Hopefully. We'll pick things up once life settles down a bit for the cohosts- or perhaps you can expect random catch-up episodes here and there. In the meantime, we check out M. Night Shyamalan's latest, Old. And we're pretty positive on it! Caleb: @caleb4tribe on Twitter and Letterboxd Alicia: @aliciadevero on Twitter and @aliciadev on Letterboxd Arjun: @rjonfsicher on Twitter and @ArjunFischer on Letterboxd Brooke: @reesbrooke1 on Twitter and you can DM her for access to her notes app. Erik: @erikwhales on Twitter and @feverdog on Letterboxd

It's been teased all summer, but it's finally here: we talk Star Wars. Brooke has been watching through them for the first time, Davidson has seen them all a million times over, and Caleb just had gum surgery so he tries not to speak too much (very difficult for him). Listen for Brooke's wild takes galore, including hating yoda, loving Jar Jar, hating the original trilogy, and more. Brooke: @reesbrooke1 on Twitter and you can DM her for access to her notes app. Caleb: @caleb4tribe on Twitter and Letterboxd Davidson: @davidsonrnorris on Twitter and @risnor on Letterboxd

Come on in, make yourself at home in this intimate 1 on 1 discussion of the movie year so far. Friend of the show Pete joins the pod, Caleb lectures about whatever obscure foreign cinema he's found, and everybody has a nice time. Links: Caleb/Pete Horror Short Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoZZ22HEj7k Shiva Baby: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fxDLHOwt5I Malcolm & Marie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO_f2n8VFFY No Sudden Move: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Igmaqjyi8C8 Pete: @pete_deaver on Twitter & @petedeaver on Letterboxd Caleb: @caleb4tribe on Twitter & Letterboxd

This week, we're taking a short break from our "Race to Kane" series in order to dive into Steven Soderbergh's latest release on HBO Max. We try to keep it short this week even as we try and discuss every actor individually. Caleb: @caleb4tribe on Twitter and Letterboxd Alicia: @aliciadevero on Twitter and @aliciadev on Letterboxd Arjun: @rjonfsicher on Twitter and @ArjunFischer on Letterboxd Brooke: @reesbrooke1 on Twitter and you can DM her for access to her notes app. Erik: @erikwhales on Twitter and @feverdog on Letterboxd

No time to write anything of substance here. Fistful of Dollars, we're a podcast, you know the deal. So far, the Sequence is this: Widows (2018) --(Robert Duvall)-->> Rambling Rose (1992) --(Diane Ladd)-->> Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) --(Jodie Foster) -->> Contact (1997) --(William Fichtner)-->> Heat (1995) --(Deborah L. Scott) -->> To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday (1996) --(Claire Danes)-->> Romeo + Juliet (1996) --(William Shakespeare)->> Throne of Blood (1957) --(Akira Kurosawa)-->> A Fistful of Dollars (1964) --(Clint Eastwood)-->> ??? Caleb: @caleb4tribe on Twitter and Letterboxd Alicia: @aliciadevero on Twitter and @aliciadev on Letterboxd Arjun: @rjonfsicher on Twitter and @ArjunFischer on Letterboxd Brooke: @reesbrooke1 on Twitter and you can DM her for access to her notes app.

Ya know how in quarantine, we were all sitting around thinking “tomorrow and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day”? Well, to stave off that nihilistic emptiness, we started a podcast! And finally, the pod touches on one of the world's greatest filmmakers Akira Kurosawa. Evan joins the pod for the second week in a row to continue his proselytizing of Shakespeare, Alicia hops back on the pod to dole out some Noh-ledge, and Caleb is also there. So far, the Sequence is this: Widows (2018) --(Robert Duvall)-->> Rambling Rose (1992) --(Diane Ladd)-->> Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) --(Jodie Foster) -->> Contact (1997) --(William Fichtner)-->> Heat (1995) --(Deborah L. Scott) -->> To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday (1996) --(Claire Danes)-->> Romeo + Juliet (1996) --(William Shakespeare)->> Throne of Blood (1957) -->> ?? Caleb: @caleb4tribe on Twitter and Letterboxd Alicia: @aliciadevero on Twitter and @aliciadev on Letterboxd Arjun: @rjonfsicher on Twitter and @ArjunFischer on Letterboxd Brooke: @reesbrooke1 on Twitter and you can DM her for access to her notes app. Evan: go to Texas and shout his name, I'm sure you'll find him

The Race (ha!) to Kane continues! This week, a rag-tag crew including Devin and Evan discusses Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet (1996) by way of Claire Danes. Evan flexes his Shakespeare knowledge, Devin relays the experience of his decennial Romeo + Juliet watch, Caleb somehow links it to Tarantino, and Brooke bites her thumb at Yoda. So far, the Sequence is this: Widows (2018) --(Robert Duvall)-->> Rambling Rose (1992) --(Diane Ladd)-->> Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) --(Jodie Foster) -->> Contact (1997) --(William Fichtner)-->> Heat (1995) --(Deborah L. Scott) -->> To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday (1996) --(Claire Danes)-->> Romeo + Juliet (1996) --(William Shakespeare)->> ??? Caleb: @caleb4tribe on Twitter and Letterboxd Alicia: @aliciadevero on Twitter and @aliciadev on Letterboxd Arjun: @rjonfsicher on Twitter and @ArjunFischer on Letterboxd Brooke: @reesbrooke1 on Twitter and you can DM her for access to her notes app. Devin: @trofimov on Letterboxd Evan: go to Texas and shout his name, I'm sure you'll find him

Dead wife? Grief-fueled depression? Sexual banter with a 16-year old? Oh no! This week, Anna Campion of Oh No! with Anna Campion joins us to discuss yet another forgotten 90s drama that nobody has watched since 1996, To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday (1996). Brooke does a bang-up job filling in for Caleb, who's unable to make it because he was too busy winning a sand castle competition that he prepped way too much for. Yet another curio on our (leisurely amble) to Kane, welcome to the pod! So far, the Sequence is this: Widows (2018) --(Robert Duvall)-->> Rambling Rose (1992) --(Diane Ladd)-->> Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) --(Jodie Foster) -->> Contact (1997) --(William Fichtner)-->> Heat (1995) --(Deborah L. Scott) -->> To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday (1996) --(Claire Danes)-->> ??? Caleb: @caleb4tribe on Twitter and Letterboxd Alicia: @aliciadevero on Twitter and @aliciadev on Letterboxd Arjun: @rjonfsicher on Twitter and @ArjunFischer on Letterboxd Brooke: @reesbrooke1 on Twitter and you can DM her for access to her notes app. Anna: @iamthecampion and @ohnothepod on Twitter and @annacamps on Letterboxd... here is a linktree https://linktr.ee/iamthecampion

You, the listener: Why'd I get mixed up with that pod? Us, the pod: Cause they got a GREAT CAST... and you got your head all the way up it! This week, our leisurely amble to Kane continues with the '95 crime classic Heat (1995). Erik joins the pod and is our saving grace while the rest of us suffer from the burnout of living normal lives in America. Next week, Anna will join us to talk about ... a surprise! We'll announce what that surprise is on our twitter. So far, the Sequence is this: Widows (2018) --(Robert Duvall)-->> Rambling Rose (1992) --(Diane Ladd)-->> Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) --(Jodie Foster) -->> Contact (1997) --(William Fichtner)-->> Heat (1995) --(???) Caleb: @caleb4tribe on Twitter and Letterboxd Alicia: @aliciadevero on Twitter and @aliciadev on Letterboxd Arjun: @rjonfsicher on Twitter and @ArjunFischer on Letterboxd Brooke: @reesbrooke1 on Twitter and you can DM her for access to her notes app. Erik: @erikwhales on Twitter and @feverdog on Letterboxd

Once again, I apologize for my (Caleb) audio in this one. I tried to spot check it and make it bearable, but it's annoying for sure. Anyways, that aside, we have a great episode for you today! Contact is yet another stop on our Journey to Citizen Kane, and it was a worthwhile one for sure. Later in the ep, Erik Wells joins us to choose next week's movie - Heat (1995) by way of William Fichtner. So far, the Sequence is this: Widows (2018) --(Robert Duvall)-->> Rambling Rose (1992) --(Diane Ladd)-->> Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) --(Jodie Foster) -->> Contact (1997) --(William Fichtner)-->> Heat (1995) Caleb: @caleb4tribe on Twitter and Letterboxd Alicia: @aliciadevero on Twitter and @aliciadev on Letterboxd Arjun: @rjonfsicher on Twitter and @ArjunFischer on Letterboxd Brooke: @reesbrooke1 on Twitter and you can DM her for access to her notes app.

I wonder- how did we end up with a smart ass podcast like this? We got pregnant (with the idea of one)! This week, we tackle Martin Scorsese's 1974 Romance/Comedy/Drama Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. We all loved it, Alicia more than anyone- despite all of us being tired train-wrecks this week. Arjun, come back to us. The Race to Kane continues! So far, the Sequence is this: Widows (2018) --(Robert Duvall)-->> Rambling Rose (1992) --(Diane Ladd)-->> Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) --(Jodie Foster) -->> Contact (1997) Caleb: @caleb4tribe on Twitter and Letterboxd Alicia: @aliciadevero on Twitter and @aliciadev on Letterboxd Arjun: @rjonfsicher on Twitter and @ArjunFischer on Letterboxd Brooke: @reesbrooke1 on Twitter and you can DM her for access to her notes app.

Good. God. We watched this extremely odd movie so you don't have to. This is the second week in "The Race to Kane" wherein each week, a host will select a movie based off a filmography connection to someone in the last movie. Arjun gave Brooke Robert Duvall's filmography to pick from, and she chose... this. The 90s, man, the 90s, when Laura Dern could be jerked off by a 13 year old Lukas Haas and get an Oscar Nom for it. Very weird stuff. Thanks, Brooke. So far, the Sequence is this: Widows (2018) --(Robert Duvall)-->> Rambling Rose (1992) --(Diane Ladd)-->> Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) Caleb: @caleb4tribe on Twitter and Letterboxd Alicia: @aliciadevero on Twitter and @aliciadev on Letterboxd Arjun: @rjonfsicher on Twitter and @ArjunFischer on Letterboxd Brooke: @reesbrooke1 on Twitter and you can DM her for access to her notes app.

A New Series Has Begun! This week, we kick off "The Race to Kane" wherein each week, a host will select a movie based off a filmography connection to someone in the last movie. Our starting point? Arjun selected Widows (2018)! In this episode, we discuss how great it is, and Brooke reveals how wrong she is by hating it. And I mean hating it. No matter- Brooke gets to pick the next movie based on Arjun's chosen connector. Spoilers for the listen- Arjun selected Robert Duvall (as Brooke had never heard of him ?!), and Brooke selected Rambling Rose (1991) as the next movie we'll talk about. So far, the Sequence is this: Widows (2018) --(Robert Duvall)-->> Rambling Rose (1992) Caleb: @caleb4tribe on Twitter and Letterboxd Alicia: @aliciadevero on Twitter and @aliciadev on Letterboxd Arjun: @rjonfsicher on Twitter and @ArjunFischer on Letterboxd Brooke: @reesbrooke1 on Twitter and you can DM her for access to her notes app.

The crew takes a step back this week and chooses to just hang out and talk about what they've been watching. We talk about how Brooke is a colonizer, Mamma Mia, The Warriors, Eric Rohmer, Signs, the Oscars, the Empty Man, Chronicle, Widows, Wes Anderson/The Grand Budapest Hotel, Splash, and more. Caleb: @caleb4tribe on Twitter and Letterboxd Alicia: @aliciadevero on Twitter and @aliciadev on Letterboxd Arjun: @rjonfsicher on Twitter and @ArjunFischer on Letterboxd Brooke: @reesbrooke1 on Twitter and you can DM her for access to her notes app.

I know what you are all thinking: "People don't talk enough about the Oscars... what if my favorite group of non-experts weighed in on things they have no clue about and called it content?" Well folks, we work to please. Brooke is on hiatus this week, so Arjun, Alicia, and Caleb pontificate on this years Oscars for a whole episode. That is until Caleb and Alicia gang up and bully Arjun enough to where he leaves. Such is the pod. Caleb: @caleb4tribe on Twitter and Letterboxd Alicia: @aliciadevero on Twitter and @aliciadev on Letterboxd Arjun: @rjonfsicher on Twitter and @ArjunFischer on Letterboxd Brooke: @reesbrooke1 on Twitter and you can DM her for access to her notes app.

OH NO! We have a very special guest on today, the one-of-a-kind Anna Campion, host of Oh No! with Anna Campion. She joins the crew to discuss a new film that instantly shot up to her top 5 films of all time, Shiva Baby. Listen for insightful analysis, personal story teasers, Arjun's power outage, and immediate retribution for talking smack anytime somebody's zoom image freezes. Caleb: @caleb4tribe on Twitter and Letterboxd Alicia: @aliciadevero on Twitter and @aliciadev on Letterboxd Arjun: @rjonfsicher on Twitter and @ArjunFischer on Letterboxd Brooke: @reesbrooke1 on Twitter and you can DM her for access to her notes app. Anna: @iamthecampion and @ohnothepod on Twitter and @annacamps on Letterboxd

We're off the rails with this one. After a brief hiatus and without Caleb, the crew returns to Cage March. Except it's not March, and we didn't talk about Nic Cage for about half of the episode. That attention went to one Mr. Kong and another Mr. Godzilla. It's a wacky chaotic episode, a fitting way to end the Cage marathon (if indeed this is the end). Caleb: @caleb4tribe on Twitter and Letterboxd Alicia: @aliciadevero on Twitter and @aliciadev on Letterboxd Arjun: @rjonfsicher on Twitter and @ArjunFischer on Letterboxd Brooke: @reesbrooke1 on Twitter and you can DM her for access to her notes app.

This week on Cage March, the crew pits Nic Cage's 2 Oscar Nominated performances against each other. Adaptation is one of Arjun's favorite movies, so he's psyched to chat about it. Alicia defends Leaving Las Vegas (she takes an adamantly pro-Boozy tits stance). Devin keeps us grounded as always. Brooke is somewhere in the ether. Good episode as always. Devin: @trofimov on Letterboxd Caleb: @caleb4tribe on Twitter and Letterboxd Alicia: @aliciadevero on Twitter and @aliciadev on Letterboxd Arjun: @rjonfsicher on Twitter and @ArjunFischer on Letterboxd Brooke: @reesbrooke1 on Twitter and you can DM her for access to her notes app.

Cage March marches on as the crew (minus an Arjun, plus an Erik) tackles Romantic Comedy Cage. The paring starts with Valley Girl, an LA teen rom-com featuring Nic Cage's 1983 breakout role as Randy, an alt-punk God. The other film is Moonstruck, Cage & Cher's 1987 outsized Italian American Rom-Com that gave Cher her Oscar and features a Cage at a crucial apex between young hot boy Cage and the crazy Cage we know and love. This episode also feature's Alicia's roommate Emma, so that's cool. Caleb: @caleb4tribe on Twitter and Letterboxd Alicia: @aliciadevero on Twitter and @aliciadev on Letterboxd Arjun: @rjonfsicher on Twitter and @ArjunFischer on Letterboxd Brooke: @reesbrooke1 on Twitter and you can DM her for access to her notes app. Erik: @erikwhales on Twitter and @feverdog on Letterboxd

"I'm going to steal it. I'm going to steal the Declaration of Independence." Cage March is in full swing this week as the crew attempts to put Snake Eyes (1998) against the National Treasure movies in a Conspiracy Thriller Cage Match! Nadiah joins us again, Brooke gets weirdly sexual, Caleb reveals his long lost one true love, Arjun plays a mean Commander Dunne, Alicia hates on Snake Eyes but secretly loves it. Caleb: @caleb4tribe on Twitter and Letterboxd Alicia: @aliciadevero on Twitter and @aliciadev on Letterboxd Arjun: @rjonfsicher on Twitter and @ArjunFischer on Letterboxd Brooke: @reesbrooke1 on Twitter and you can DM her for access to her film notes app Nadiah: no twitter, @Nadiah on Letterboxd

A B C D E F G! H I J K L M N O P! Q R S, T U V, W X W Y AND Z! HUH?! THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE TO DOOOO!!!! Ladies and Gentleman, welcome to the greatest programming idea we ever had. And by we, I mean frequent guest and friend of the pod Erik. Every week during the month of March, the crew will be pitting two Nicolas Cage movies against each other. This week the pairing is horror/comedy, a genre that allows Cage to really exemplify the batshit (pardon the pun) craziness the actor is best at. This is a great episode, and we're excited to dive into the mind of one Nic Cage as the month goes on. Caleb: @caleb4tribe on Twitter and Letterboxd Alicia: @aliciadevero on Twitter and @aliciadev on Letterboxd Arjun: @rjonfsicher on Twitter and @ArjunFischer on Letterboxd Brooke: @reesbrooke1 on Twitter and you can DM her for access to her film notes app

This week, the crew gets deep and sad in their discussion of the latest Hulu release Nomadland. The film engages with heavy topics like loneliness, purpose and purposelessness, the victims of capitalism, death and grief, and more... and the hosts follow suit. Caleb isn't able to make this one, but filling in is Alicia's friend Rahul. It's a good discussion- probably the heaviest episode to date. Rahul: (Reminder to ask Alicia for Rahul's socials) Caleb: @caleb4tribe on Twitter and Letterboxd Alicia: @aliciadevero on Twitter and @aliciadev on Letterboxd Arjun: @rjonfsicher on Twitter and @ArjunFischer on Letterboxd Brooke: @reesbrooke1 on Twitter and you can DM her for access to her film notes app

"We've got to face the fact that some people say you fight fire best with fire, but we say you put fire out best with water. We say you don't fight racism with racism. We're gonna fight racism with solidarity. We don't say you fight capitalism with Black capitalism. We're gonna fight capitalism with socialism." -Fred Hampton This week, the crew (minus Arjun, plus Devin) takes on the newest HBO Max release Judas and the Black Messiah. We speak on everything from the direction to the performances to the politics of the film. Upon editing, I realized that we never spoke on the score & soundtrack... which rules, in my (caleb's) opinion. Devin: @trofimov on Letterboxd Caleb: @caleb4tribe on Twitter and Letterboxd Alicia: @aliciadevero on Twitter and @aliciadev on Letterboxd Arjun: @rjonfsicher on Twitter and @ArjunFischer on Letterboxd Brooke: @reesbrooke1 on Twitter and you can DM her for access to her notes app.

Don't worry- we address the weird amount of pee in this movie. Caleb: @caleb4tribe on Twitter and Letterboxd Alicia: @aliciadevero on Twitter and @aliciadev on Letterboxd Arjun: @rjonfsicher on Twitter and @ArjunFischer on Letterboxd Brooke: @reesbrooke1 on Twitter and you can DM her for access to her film notes app Nadiah: no twitter, @Nadiah on Letterboxd

This week, the crew decides to play a game, seeing as how The Little Things wasn't quite up to snuff. After a quick 20 minute discussion of the new Denzel Washington, Rami Malek, and Jared Leto vehicle, we play variations on the Cinephile game to test which one of us is the one true cinephile. I had to edit multiple jeopardy themes into the pauses. Hope it was worth it lol. Caleb: @caleb4tribe on Twitter and Letterboxd Alicia: @aliciadevero on Twitter and @aliciadev on Letterboxd Arjun: @rjonfsicher on Twitter and @ArjunFischer on Letterboxd Erik: @erikwhales on Twitter and @feverdog on Letterboxd

The crew tries something new this week, as they play a "game" of sorts where we each give a "gift" of one of our favorite films to a host who hasn't seen it. The topic was loosely defined as being "a film by one of your favorite filmmakers that your person hasn't seen," but Brooke broke the rules, because of course she did. Fake film person tbh. I wonder if she ever reads these descriptions. Brooke, this is YOUR test, just as Erik and Jehan were tested in this episode. Anyways, we discuss Park Chan-wook's The Handmaiden, Albert Brooks' Defending Your Life, Elaine May's Ishtar, and Denis Villeneuve's Arrival. It's a fun episode! Welcome to the greatest podcast in the world. Caleb: @caleb4tribe on Twitter and Letterboxd Alicia: @aliciadevero on Twitter and @aliciadev on Letterboxd Arjun: @rjonfsicher on Twitter and @ArjunFischer on Letterboxd Brooke: @reesbrooke1 on Twitter and you can DM her for access to her film notes app

This week the crew dives into One Night in Miami, the new film on Amazon Prime that tells the story of one night in which Cassius Clay, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown come together to discuss their thoughts and philosophies regarding race, capital, entertainment, and religion. It's a rich film with many ideas presented, and the crew tries to touch on what they got out of it. It's safe to say that we're all excited to see where Regina King's directorial career goes from here! Caleb: @caleb4tribe on Twitter and Letterboxd Alicia: @aliciadevero on Twitter and @aliciadev on Letterboxd Arjun: @rjonfsicher on Twitter and @ArjunFischer on Letterboxd Brooke: @reesbrooke1 on Twitter and you can DM her for access to her film notes app Jehan: @J_haaaaan on Twitter and @JehanNarielvala on Letterboxd

The reigns are loose today as we decided to not have any official programming and just vibe for a bit. We chat about what we've been watching recently, and the pod begins to go off the rails (or at least, Caleb and Arjun) as they lose their grips on reality. We chat about basically everything- Arjun on Con Air, Alicia on Whale Semen, Erik on finessing an Apple TV+ subscription, Caleb on the Fast & Furious franchise. Caleb: @caleb4tribe on Twitter and Letterboxd Alicia: @aliciadevero on Twitter and @aliciadev on Letterboxd Arjun: @rjonfsicher on Twitter and @ArjunFischer on Letterboxd Brooke: @reesbrooke1 on Twitter and @blrees on Letterboxd Erik: @erikwhales on Twitter and @feverdog on Letterboxd

It's that time of year again! This week, the crew reflects on the strange movie year that was 2020. Brooke admits she hasn't watched any new movies at all, even the ones we talked about on the podcast (she's really great at fakin' it till she makes it). Alicia has an existential crisis live on air. Caleb accidentally skips over Sir Steve McQueen and apologizes profusely. Arjun expresses his love for lists and hatred of Rise of Skywalker. Plus- every guest (except for Devin) we've ever had chimes in on their faves of the year! I know I said I'd link to other episodes but I really don't feel like it. Just go look at our channel/podcast feed lol. Caleb: @caleb4tribe on Twitter and Letterboxd Alicia: @aliciadevero on Twitter and @aliciadev on Letterboxd Arjun: @rjonfsicher on Twitter and @ArjunFischer on Letterboxd Brooke: @reesbrooke1 on Twitter and @blrees on Letterboxd

Happy Holidays everyone! In this special edition of ITOWT, Brooke leads the crew in putting together their own lists for their favorite holiday movies of all time. Alicia expresses her love of 30s and 40s screwball. Caleb talks about Eric Rohmer (again). Brooke has a wild #1 pick. Arjun doesn't list a single actual holiday movie. The Great Polar Express Debate of 2020 kicks off in this episode. Chaos reigns. Happy Holidays from the Watching Things crew. Caleb: @caleb4tribe on Twitter and Letterboxd Alicia: @aliciadevero on Twitter and @aliciadev on Letterboxd Arjun: @rjonfsicher on Twitter and @ArjunFischer on Letterboxd Brooke: @reesbrooke1 on Twitter and @blrees on Letterboxd

WE'RE BACK!! Nobody, but NOBODY makes a monkey out of the I'M THINKING OF WATCHING THINGS POD! Today, we discuss Mank and the rest of David Fincher's filmography by playing our favorite little game, the official Thingie Oscars™ (Finchies!). Caleb is back from his COVID-19 experience, and the crew is excited to reunite and slather praise unto The Social Network. Also featured is the gang rightfully ganging up on Brooke for her opinions about Citizen Kane and Zodiac. MANK! Caleb: @caleb4tribe on Twitter and Letterboxd Alicia: @aliciadevero on Twitter and @aliciadev on Letterboxd Arjun: @rjonfsicher on Twitter and @ArjunFischer on Letterboxd Brooke: @reesbrooke1 on Twitter and @blrees on Letterboxd

Noirvember continues with an examination of Hitchcock's classic noir Vertigo paired with the neo-noir Nightcrawler. Brooke is on leave, but Professor Evan Price deftly stepped in to help us out! We start out with a quick discussion of Alien, then move onto Vertigo, Nightcrawler, and then a discussion of the two films together. Then members start to leave Willy Wonka-Style until it's an intimate final 5 minutes with just Evan and Caleb. Caleb: @caleb4tribe on Twitter and Letterboxd Alicia: @aliciadevero on Twitter and @aliciadev on Letterboxd Arjun: @rjonfsicher on Twitter and @ArjunFischer on Letterboxd Brooke: @reesbrooke1 on Twitter and @blrees on Letterboxd

In our second Noirvember episode, we discuss Touch of Evil and Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion in an intimate fireside chat between Devin, Brooke, and Caleb. The theme of this episode is ACAB, as both films feature dubious policemen whose questionable morals puts them at odds with truth and righteousness in one way or another. Despite Caleb's continual brain fog, this episode's a good one thanks to Brooke's bravery in the face of unstoppable video freezing and Devin's propensity for coming in clutch when the pod needs it. Caleb's Short Film "The Flower": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH5qLF1plTs Brooke's Comedy Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCok_4IgN7WZkkI9ccz0N7fQ Devin: @trofimov on Letterboxd Caleb: @caleb4tribe on Twitter and Letterboxd Alicia: @aliciadevero on Twitter and @aliciadev on Letterboxd Arjun: @rjonfsicher on Twitter and @ArjunFischer on Letterboxd Brooke: @reesbrooke1 on Twitter and @blrees on Letterboxd

Welcome to Noirvember! This month, the crew will each pick out a classic noir film to discuss, and another host will pick out a neo-noir to match. This week, Caleb chose to discuss Nicolas Ray's 1950 masterpiece In a Lonely Place, as he wanted to fill the blindspot. Arjun selected the Coen Brothers' Barton Fink (1991) to pair with In a Lonely Place; fitting, as the two films both deal with screenwriters teetering on the edge of a breakdown involved in grizzly murders they didn't commit. We finally break away from the monotony of mid in this special episode... happy Noirvember! Check us out on on social media: Caleb: @caleb4tribe on Twitter and Letterboxd Alicia: @aliciadevero on Twitter and @aliciadev on Letterboxd Arjun: @rjonfsicher on Twitter and @ArjunFischer on Letterboxd Brooke: @reesbrooke1 on Twitter and @blrees on Letterboxd

Sofia Coppola is too good for just one episode!! Last week, we discussed her new film On the Rocks. This week, we'll delve into her filmography in order to give our very own Oscars to the best parts of all her films. Which film will come out on top? Listen to find out. Check us out on on social media: Caleb: @caleb4tribe on Twitter and Letterboxd Alicia: @aliciadevero on Twitter and @aliciadev on Letterboxd Arjun: @rjonfsicher on Twitter and @ArjunFischer on Letterboxd Brooke: @reesbrooke1 on Twitter and @blrees on Letterboxd

We've got a double header of Sofia Coppola content coming right up on one of those lush plates from Marie Antoinette. First, we'll discuss Coppola's newest film, On the Rocks. In the next episode, we'll craft our very own awards show to pick out the very best parts of Sofia's entire filmography. Check us out on on social media: Caleb: @caleb4tribe on Twitter and Letterboxd Alicia: @aliciadevero on Twitter and @aliciadev on Letterboxd Arjun: @rjonfsicher on Twitter and @ArjunFischer on Letterboxd Brooke: @reesbrooke1 on Twitter and @blrees on Letterboxd

Another Netflix movie on the docket as this week we're thinking of watching The Trial of the Chicago 7, the newest Aaron Sorkin docudrama starring a slew of big name actors taking the courtroom. We have another guest on this week as Julia Gibson helps us tackle some of the historical and cultural context surrounding the real-life events in Sorkin's script. We get into the limits of crowd pleasing Oscar biopics, our mixed feelings on Sorkin, propaganda, and a host of other interesting topics surrounding this movie that is sure to have a lot of buzz for the rest of the movie season! Check us out on on social media: Caleb: @caleb4tribe on Twitter and Letterboxd Alicia: @aliciadevero on Twitter and @aliciadev on Letterboxd Arjun: @rjonfsicher on Twitter and @ArjunFischer on Letterboxd Brooke: @reesbrooke1 on Twitter and @blrees on Letterboxd Julia: @JuliaSavGib on Twitter

It’s that time of year again- time for all of us to take a break from the horrors of reality in order to escape into the horrors of fiction. This week, however, we’re thinking of watching the best kind of Halloween movie: the horror/comedy. We’ve got our first ever double feature for you all today: Hubie Halloween and The Wolf of Snow Hollow. Devin fills in for Brooke and makes sure the others feel bad for not hating Hubie Halloween, and Arjun takes the gloves off to express his problems with Wolf of Snow Hollow. Caleb and Alicia enjoyed both! 00:00: Hubie Halloween 43.30: Wolf of Snow Hollow 1:31:05: What have we been watching? Check us out on on social media: Caleb: @caleb4tribe on Twitter and Letterboxd Alicia: @aliciadevero on Twitter and @aliciadev on Letterboxd Arjun: @rjonfsicher on Twitter and @ArjunFischer on Letterboxd Brooke: @reesbrooke1 on Twitter and @blrees on Letterboxd Devin: @Trofimov on Letterboxd

Death is all around us this week as the Watching Things crew gets existential with Kirsten Johnson's new Netflix documentary: Dick Johnson is Dead. We have special guest Erik Wells with us to talk about our favorite movie parents, art that gets personal, and our own relationships to a movie we mostly loved. Check us out on social media: Caleb: @caleb4tribe on Twitter and Letterboxd Alicia: @aliciadevero on Twitter and @aliciadev on Letterboxd Arjun: @rjonfsicher on Twitter and @ArjunFischer on Letterboxd Brooke: @reesbrooke1 on Twitter and @blrees on Letterboxd Erik: @erikwhales on Twitter and @feverdog on Letterboxd

If you haven't deduced it already, the Watching Things crew decides to tackle yet another new Netflix film, Enola Holmes. Caleb's out for the week, but his shoes are filled by the King of Chemistry himself, Devin Mickles. It's a great episode!* Check us out on on social media: Caleb: @caleb4tribe on Twitter and Letterboxd Alicia: @aliciadevero on Twitter and @aliciadev on Letterboxd Arjun: @rjonfsicher on Twitter and @ArjunFischer on Letterboxd Brooke: @reesbrooke1 on Twitter and @blrees on Letterboxd Devin: @Trofimov on Letterboxd *our opinions may be biased

This week on I'm Thinking of Watching Things we're talking about The Social Dilemma, the new half-documentary half-drama about the perils of social media that just came to Netflix. Caleb Turner, Brooke Rees, Arjun Fischer, and Alicia Devereaux are all back to get personal, talk about psychology, and discuss why the movie didn't totally hit the mark for us. Come back next week when we'll be taking on another Netflix film with Enola Holmes, the Sherlock Holmes spinoff starring Millie Bobby Brown and Henry Cavill. Check us out on on social media: Caleb: @caleb4tribe on Twitter and Letterboxd Alicia: @aliciadevero on Twitter and @aliciadev on Letterboxd Arjun: @rjonfsicher on Twitter and @ArjunFischer on Letterboxd Brooke: @reesbrooke1 on Twitter and @blrees on Letterboxd

Well, we finally did it.... The obligatory quarantine podcast. True to its name, the pod kicks off with a discussion of Charlie Kaufman's newest mind-bender, "I'm Thinking of Ending Things." Today at the table are Caleb Turner, Brooke Rees, Arjun Fischer, and Alicia Devereaux- with other William & Mary alums and more to come in the future, so stay tuned. Caleb: @caleb4tribe on Twitter and Letterboxd Alicia: @aliciadevero on Twitter and @aliciadev on Letterboxd Arjun: @rjonfsicher on Twitter and @ArjunFischer on Letterboxd Brooke: @reesbrooke1 on Twitter and @blrees on Letterboxd