The Filmography

In the first ever Filmography Bonus Episode, Reece and Bjorn discuss their respective top 10 favourite films released in 2024.

Reece and Bjorn wrap up their Paul Schrader season with the second part of their rankings from least to most favourite.

Reece and Bjorn compare notes on Schrader's films, ranking them from least to most favourite.

Reece and Bjorn are joined with very special guest and fellow former Queen Video clerk Adam Trozzolo for a deep dive into Paul Schrader final entry in his late period "man in a room" trilogy, starring Joel Edgerton as a reformed Neo-Nazi (surprise, surprise) seeking redemption through love.

Reece and Bjorn discuss Paul Schrader's 22nd picture, "The Card Counter," the second in the so-called "man in a room" trilogy, starring Oscar Isaac as a gambler with a very dark past.

Reece and Bjorn discuss Paul Schrader's comeback picture, starring Ethan Hawke as the most Schrader-esque of protagonists, a priest suffering a crisis of faith. A 180-degree-turn from his last film, "First Reformed" is a provocative and deeply moving meditation on love, guilt, grief, and God (but way more entertaining than that suggests).

Reece and Bjorn take a deep dive into Paul Schrader's wildest picture, his second collaboration with Nic Cage (doing his best Bogart) in the bonkers 2016 neo-noir, Dog Eat Dog, featuring a gleefully unhinged supporting turn from Willem Dafoe., and based on (most of) a novel by Edward (Mr.Blue) Bunker.

Reece and Bjorn are joined by returning special guest and noted Cage-o-holic Mark Hanson to discuss the first of two Schrader / Nic Cage pictures, 2014's CIA spy thriller, Dying of The Light, as well as Schrader's own bootleg cut, "Dark."

Reece and Bjorn discuss (and disagree on!) Paul Schrader's divisive, self-financed Bret Easton Ellis collaboration, "The Canyons," starring Lindsay Lohan and pornstar James Deen in a story about sex, jealousy, and murder.

Reece and Bjorn discuss Paul Schrader's 2008 psychological drama starring Jeff Goldblum as a Holocaust survivor struggling to hold onto his sanity after suffering unspeakable loss and humiliation at the hands of Willem Dafoe's Nazi officer.

Reece and Bjorn discuss Paul Schrader's return to his "man in a room" films with this 2007 crime-drama starring Woody Harrelson, as the eponymous "walker," a gay man who escorts the wealthy wives of Washington elites to social events in place of their neglectful husbands - until, as these men in rooms tend to do, he gets caught up in a murder.

Reece and Bjorn discuss Paul Schrader's divisive 2005 prequel to William Friedkin's horror classic, starring Stellen Skarsgard in the role made famous by Max Von Sydow in the original. Considering Schrader was fired off the picture, replaced by Renny Harlin (Die Hard 2: Die Harder) and the film was mostly re-cast and reshot, it's a miracle that this version even exists!

Reece and Bjorn discuss Paul Schrader's 2002 Bob Crane biopic about twin obsession: sex and videotape, featuring some career-best performances by Greg Kinnear and Willem Dafoe.

Reece and Bjorn are joined by very special guest Cameron Pulley, to discuss Paul Schrader's ultra-strange 1999 noir melodrama, Forever Mine, starring Joseph Fiennes, Gretchen Moll, and Ray Liotta.

Reece and Bjorn discuss Paul Schrader's second feature of 1997, Affliction, an adaptation of Russell Banks' novel, starring a powerhouse Nick Nolte, and a hard-as-nails James Coburn as his abusive father. Both were nominated for Oscars (Coburn won).

Reece and Bjorn are joined by returning special guest Noah Taylor to discuss Paul Schrader's adaptation of Elmore Leonard's strangest novel, “Touch,” the first of two films Schrader released in 1997.

Reece and Bjorn discuss Paul Scrader's strange, comic, supernatural noir, Witch Hunt, starring Dennis Hopper, as a ‘50s private dick, surrounded by magic and murder.

Reece and Bjorn discuss Paul Schrader's 1992 existential crime drama, Light Sleeper, starring Willem Dafoe as a middle-aged drug dealer ready for anything but change.

Reece and Bjorn discuss Paul Schrader's seductive and dangerous 1990 thriller, The Comfort of Strangers, starring Natasha Richardson and Rupert Everett as young lovers searching for passion in Venice, finding instead the not-so-comforting strangers, played by Christopher Walken and Helen Mirren.

Reece and Bjorn discuss Paul Schrader's 1988 true crime biopic, Patty Hearst, starring Natasha Richardson as the eponymous heiress who was kidnapped by and then joined (willingly?) the SLA.

Reece and Bjorn discuss Paul Schrader's 1987 family drama about a working class brother and sister chasing their rock 'n roll dreams in Cleaveland, starring Michael J. Fox, Joan Jett, and Gena Rowlands.

Reece and Bjorn discuss Paul Schrader's 1985 biopic on the life and works of Japanese author (and wannabe fascist!) Yukio Mishima, featuring one of the greatest film scores of all time, courtesy of Mr. Philip Glass!

Reece and Bjorn discuss Paul Schrader's 1982 erotic horror remake of the 1942 Jacques Tourneur film, starring Natassja Kinski, Malcolm McDowell, and John Heard, and a big cat!

Reece and Bjorn are joined by Danny Flynn, co-host of That's Dark podcast, in a discussion about Paul Schrader's 1980 picture American Gigolo, in which Richard Gere goes looking for love while being framed for murder.

Reece and Bjorn discuss Paul Schrader's second film as director, 1979's Hardcore, starring George C. Scott as a devoutly religious midwestern furniture manufacturer who descends into the underworld of hardcore pornography in search of his lost daughter.

Reece and Bjorn are back with the first episode of the second season. Focusing on the works of Paul Schrader this season, we discuss the first four produced screenplays that Schrader wrote for other directors (The Yakuza, Taxi Driver, Obsession, and Rolling Thunder), before taking a deep dive into his directorial debut, Blue Collar.

In the first season finale (until Megalopolis comes out!), Reece and Bjorn finally meet up in person to rank Coppola's 22 major theatrical releases in order from least to most favourite.

Reece and Bjorn discuss Coppola's 2012 spooky ghost story, Twixt, starring Val Kilmer and Elle Fanning.

Reece and Bjorn are joined by special guest Mark Hanson for a discussion about Tetro, Coppola's 2009 drama about family rivalry, starring Vincent Gallo.

Reece and Bjorn discuss Coppola's beguiling 2007 rejuvenation drama Youth Without Youth, starring Tim Roth, the first in a trio of a smaller, more personal pictures.

Reece and Bjorn discuss Coppola's 1997 legal drama, an adaptation of John Grisham's The Rainmaker, with our first special guest: Noah Taylor.

Reece and Bjorn try to find things to like about Coppola's 1996 dramedy Jack.

Reece and Bjorn discuss Coppola's glorious 1992 adaptation of Bram Stroker's Dracula, as well as Eleanor Coppola's 1991 documentary on the making of Apocalypse Now: Hearts of Darkness.

Reece and Bjorn discuss Coppola's divisive 1990 finale to the Godfather trilogy.

Reece and Bjorn discuss Coppola's 1988 biopic Tucker: The Man and His Dream, as well as Coppola's segment from the 1989 anthology film New York Stories.

This week Reece and Bjorn discuss Coppola's thoughtful, 1987 Vietnam-era military drama Gardens of Stone, as well as his "Rip Van Winkle" episode of Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theater.

Reece and Bjorn discuss Coppola's 1986 comedy-drama-fantasy Peggy Sue Got Married, in which Kathleen Turner time travels back to her high school glory days.

Reece and Bjorn discuss Coppola's 1984 musical crime drama The Cotton Club, and its subsequent re-edit, Cotton Club Encore.

Reece and Bjorn discuss the second of two S.E. Hinton novels that Francis Ford Coppola directed in 1983 -- Rumble Fish.

Reece and Bjorn discuss the first of two S.E. Hinton adaptations that Francis Ford Coppola released in 1983 -- the star-studded teen drama The Outsiders.

Considered a critical and commercial disaster upon its release in 1982, Reece and Bjorn discuss Coppola's romantic fantasy One From The Heart and question whether or not the film is due for re-appraisal.

In this week's episode Reece and Bjorn wrap up 70's Coppola with the Vietnam war movie to end all war movies: Apocalypse Now.

Reece and Bjorn discuss Coppola's second masterpiece of 1974 - The Godfather pt. II

This week Reece and Bjorn discuss the first of two masterpieces from Coppola in 1974 - the paranoid surveillance thriller, The Conversation. Starring Gene Hackman as professional eavesdropper Harry Caul.

Reece and Bjorn pull a Ken and talk about the Godfather, as well as Coppola's script for Patton.

Welcome to the Filmography. In this episode, we dive into Francis Ford Coppola's early career to examine the pre-Godfather pictures: The Roger Corman influenced low budget creep show, Dementia 13; his surprising coming-of-age comedy, You're a Big Boy Now; the re-edit of the Russian sci-fi flick, Battle Beyond the Sun; the big budget boondoggle, Finian's Rainbow; and the daringly tender romance/road picture, The Rain People.