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Watch This List is a podcast aimed at getting your film world down to a more manageable size. Every episode will feature a different movie topic, and a very special guest will share their personal top five favorites. Tune in to hear hidden gems, underrated classics, and curated selections.

Amy Hensarling


    • May 1, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 59m AVG DURATION
    • 108 EPISODES


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    Amy's Progress: Calvary / Evil Does Not Exist

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2025 58:30


    Amy & Mitch chat moral relativism + the nature of evil and search for an edifying benefit of weighing both sides to everything.

    Amy's Progress: Moneyball

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2025 44:39


    Amy, God, and Billy Beane.

    Amy's Progress: WarGames

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2025 37:59


    Stephen Falken, Step Six, and a story about a toothache.

    PROVOCAUTEUR: Charlie Kaufman

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2025 86:32


    Amy and Frank talk themselves into Kaufman's filmography and find their way out of the swamp.

    PROVOCAUTEUR: Ingmar Bergman

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2025 70:24


    Amy & Hutch cover crises of faith, relationships, and self via a special handful of Bergman classics.

    Amy's Progress: My Dinner with Andre

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2025 72:44


    Amy & Lowe revisit the big existential questions Wally & Andre pondered circa '81 and discuss what it means "to be truly alive."

    VALENTINE'S SPECIAL: Love & Robots

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2025 64:03


    Amy & Jenna chat human (/artificial) intelligence, unconditional android affection, and what we *really* want from romantic companionship. Happy Valentine's!

    PROVOCAUTEUR: Werner Herzog

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2025 66:33


    Honored to have Adam back on the pod for WTL's 100th episode. Amy's recovering from the flu, and Adam gives a dynamite Herzog impression.

    PROVOCAUTEUR: Gus Van Sant

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2025 65:09


    Amy & Victor chat Van Sant's Death Trilogy, his artsy indies, award-winning crowd-pleasers, and everything in-between.

    Amy's Progress: Clean and Sober

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2025 41:01


    Amy reflects on 550 days of sobriety with help from an underrated gem.

    WATCH THIS LIST PRESENTS: 2024 In Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2024 163:53


    Amy, Tyler, & Frank share best first-time watches of the year, top three 2024 releases, and conduct their very own full-length awards ceremony. Happy New Year, kids.

    PROVOCAUTEUR: Nagisa Ōshima

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2024 67:05


    Merry Christmas, kids! Amy & Bob talk power dynamics, unlikable protagonists, and how Ōshima masterfully merges politics & passion.

    PROVOCAUTEUR: Alfred Hitchcock

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2024 59:43


    Merry Hitchmas, kids! Amy & Satchel spotlight Alfred's 50s filmography & attempt to decipher his blonde preoccupation.

    PROVOCAUTEUR: Lars von Trier

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2024 74:55


    Amy & Miles chat all things von Trier, auteur theory, and capturing tender moments on film.

    PROVOCAUTEUR: Mario Bava

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2024 64:25


    Amy & Rob gush over all things Bava in this special Halloween episode.

    Amy's Progress: Minding the Gap

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2024 70:51


    Amy & Andrew discuss the sensitive subjects of domestic abuse, cycles of violence, and forgiveness alongside Bing Liu's Minding the Gap.

    PROVOCAUTEUR: Terrence Malick

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2024 79:58


    Amy & Mitch chat Malick movies and their mystical musings on nature, suffering, and grace.

    Amy's Progress: Hulk Punch Love

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2024 71:47


    Amy & Seth uncover how Ang Lee's Hulk + PT Anderson's Punch-Drunk Love = a match made in cinema heaven.

    PROVOCAUTEUR: Ken Russell

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2024 70:25


    Russellmania! (feat. Amy & Jetta)

    PROVOCAUTEUR: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2024 68:44


    Amy & Sakana chat Fassbinder's grandiose filmography and its timeless EMOTION.

    PROVOCAUTEUR: Tsai Ming-liang

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2024 77:39


    Amy & Jerry chat the deep & tender work of a truly one-of-a-kind provocateur.

    PROVOCAUTEUR: Ridley Scott (Director's Cut)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2024 109:56


    Amy & Tyler ⁠cover Ridley's standouts, their alignment with Tony's, his themes, preoccupations, and eternal search for truth. Longest episode to date for a filmmaker who never bothered to be brief.

    Amy's Progress: Leaving Las Vegas/Pig

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2024 67:55


    Amy & Katrina cover two Nic Cage gems on opposite sides of the spectrum, beginning with Leaving Las Vegas and ending with Pig.

    PROVOCAUTEUR: Robert Altman

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2024 71:09


    Victor presents a solid case for proper Altman appreciation to a formerly skeptical Amy who's just now seeing the light and becoming a fan.

    PROVOCAUTEUR: Sidney Lumet

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2024 66:44


    Amy & Lowe focus on The Hill & Network and hone in on Lumet's deepest themes.

    Amy's Progress: Donnie Darko

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2024 45:00


    Amy finds a portal into Richard Kelly's headspace and reflects on one year sober.

    PROVOCAUTEUR: John Huston

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2024 64:26


    Amy & Jacob introduce the new directors series & tackle John Huston's literary filmography, focusing on Wise Blood + Moby Dick.

    Amy's Progress: Coen Brothers Special

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2024 62:38


    Amy & Andy Swart set out to cover the Coen Bros double feature of O Brother, Where Art Thou? + A Serious Man and end up chatting their entire filmography, Cormac McCarthy, & relatable anxiety.

    She Said/She Said: Finale!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2024 70:20


    Amy & Jetta close out She Said/She Said Season 1 with spirited debate around Barbie & Bella Baxter.

    Amy's Progress: Minority Report

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2024 46:10


    Amy aims Philip K. Dick's short story, Spielberg's adaptation, and Step 10 toward getting better at predicting the future.

    She Said/She Said: Jenna

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2024 81:48


    Amy & Jenna cover Lina Wertmüller's Seven Beauties and Jane Campion's In the Cut. They chat feminism, gallows humor, the creepiness of fantasy love, and how we watch movies to help define ourselves.

    Amy's Progress: The Last Jedi

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2024 65:29


    Amy & Tristan unpack Star Wars: The Last Jedi's most prominent themes of tradition, failure, self-actualization, & demythologizing legend for the greater good.

    She Said/She Said: Sandy

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2024 71:42


    Amy & Sandy chat sexy vampires, gothic horror, toxic relationships, and thriving in recovery.

    The Noble Truth: Tenet

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2024 63:33


    Amy, Tyler, & Frank chat optimism vs fatalism, their top 5 Nolans, and Amy's total misreading of Dune: Part Two.

    Amy's Progress: Birth

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2024 76:42


    Amy & Jerry delve into the helplessness of grief, Glazer's filmography, and Birth as ghost story.

    Amy's Progress: Happy-Go-Lucky

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2024 63:07


    Amy & Victor contemplate stoicism, reality cooperation, and the benefits of choosing visionary happiness.

    She Said/She Said: Kaylyn

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2024 64:51


    Amy & Kaylyn chat Donkey Skin, Blue Valentine, and compatibility in romantic relationships.

    Amy's Progress: Memento

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2024 49:05


    Amy talks Leonard Shelby & the addiction condition.

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    She Said/She Said: Sakana

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2024 68:19


    Amy & Sakana unpack female asexuality in Vincent Sherman's Harriet Craig & Alfred Hitchcock's Marnie.

    Fast, Cheap, & Out of Control // The Constant Gardener // The Pigeon Tunnel

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2024 66:41


    Amy & Michael chat his favorite comfort films, vocations, moral quests, and how our deepest passions make us whole.

    She Said/She Said: Katrina

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2024 70:14


    Amy & Katrina cover Batman Returns, Nolan vs Burton's Catwoman, The Virgin Suicides, and empowering our true selves.

    Amy's Progress: Memoria

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 29, 2024 68:37


    Amy & Adam chat slow cinema, the healing power of human connection, and following your sound.

    She Said/She Said: Maddy

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2024 53:56


    Maddy & Amy chat Satoshi Kon's Perfect Blue, John Carpenter's Someone's Watching Me!, and how being a female horror fan has its perks & privs.

    Amy's Progress: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2024 23:07


    On memory, love lost, and learning from the pain.

    She Said/She Said: Jetta

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2024 52:20


    Jetta drops in to help launch WTL's brand new series focused on women in film. We talk The To-Do List, The Diary of a Teenage Girl, and the modern day challenges of self-worth, sex, and honest communication.

    Amy's Progress: The Addiction

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2024 30:41


    Amy's meditation on the nature of evil with a little help from St. John, Ferrara, Step 7, and David Foster Wallace.

    Amy's Progress: The Work

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2024 72:57


    Amy & Andrew tackle one of the most profound hidden gem documentaries ever made about rehabilitation, the power of vulnerability, confession, active listening, and restoration. Go inside to go outside.

    Silent Hill // The Revenge of the Sith // Phantom of the Opera

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2024 94:11


    Amy & Tyler chat comfort movies, video games, The Iliad, David Foster Wallace, Macbeth, the masks we wear, and the bright side of human tragedy.

    Amy's Progress: Exotica

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2024 40:21


    Happy New Year, kids! Amy dives into Atom Egoyan's 1994 masterpiece Exotica all on her own in the show's most intimate, unraveling episode to date.

    Amy's Progress: The Shining

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2023 68:26


    In the final episode of 2023, Amy & Jacob discuss alcoholism, traumatic memory, King's narcissism of the writer careening towards the void, Kubrick's depersonalization, shifting identities in time, and what we think shining really means.

    The Friends of Eddie Coyle // Long Day's Journey into Night // Landscape Suicide

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2023 69:12


    Join Amy and Jerry as they chat his top 3 comfort films + a whole host of unrelated (and some related) novels, shows, and movies, including Roadside Picnic, Boardwalk Empire, All the President's Men, and their #1 favorite Tarantino joint.

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