Watching Movies at the Bar

Return of ch'boy Allen Strickland Williams (our ep on LAST DAYS OF DISCO) to talk Kids in the Hall. We got two devotees of the cause, one noob. Can you guess who is which? And which KITH sketch is your favorite? Sound off in the comments! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Noted Rock God Mike Adams (MIKE ADAMS AT HIS HONEST WEIGHT, UNSPOKEN REQUESTS) joins us to talk hair metal and 80's LA. Additional topics discussed: Longmot Potion Castle, Norma Jean, Penelope Spheeris' music video history, this movie's Dave Mustaine vs. the one we see in SOME KIND OF MONSTER. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amanda Hasaka of Disneyland Foodies came through to talk, weirdly enough, about a non-theme park installment of the 3 Ninjas franchise. Go figure! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We say au revoir to our Francophone era with IRMA VEP. Official Assayas fanboy Thomas gets Bethy deep into Irma, and Bethy gets Ben Collins (THE NIGHT HOUSE, nu HELLRAISER) into the Situationist International. A real brainy one! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mohanad Elshieky (IM SORRY podcast, FULL FRONTAL) joins us for part 2 of moviebarpod's inadvertent journey to France. Thomas and Bethy are divided on this one! Come for the debate, stay for the obseqious fawning over Patton Oswalt. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The incomparable Caissie St. Onge (The Rosie Show, Busy Philipps Is Doing Her Best) came by to talk about Prince, Prince, and more Prince. Prince the film auteur, Prince the joke-maker, Prince the woman iconographer. Get into it! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Addie Weyrich (Everything's Great at Dynasty Typewriter) joins us to talk about the ultimate heist film, the ultimate Vegas film, and the ultimate dudes rock film: Ocean's 11. We talk about masculinity, control vs. loosey goosey in Soderbergh jawns, plus a cameo by Producer Colin. Come have fun with us! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Michael Chau (@Srirachachau on Twitter) joins us to talk coming-of-age classing SUPERBAD. We answer the world's oldest question: soup, or bad? Plus realizing that this movie is, and always has been, ACAB. Join us! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Are y'all ready to rock? Are you ready to discuss whether therapists should need degrees if they're going to be messing around in rockers' brain meat? What about laughing at Lars Ulrich, y'all ready to do that? Alison Zeidman (Full Frontal, Adam Ruins Everything) joins us to talk Metallica, therapy, and the combination thereof. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're really back, for real this time! Allen Strickland Williams (CONAN) joins us to talk Whit Stillman, the purity of the club, and Chloe Chloe Chloe. Please get a crush on Chloe Sevigny right before the indie sleaze revival comes in full force. It'll treat you right. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Happy New Year, moviebar fam! In honor of MATRIX: RESURRECTIONS, we're re-releasing our very first ep, the Wachowski's CLOUD ATLAS. But stay tuned for a bonus minisode about that dang ol M4TRIX. We love it, we understand it perfectly, and we've never been wrong in our entire lives. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

SEQUELS ONLY ON THIS PODLIZ MAUPIN IS ON THE TRACK WE ARE NOT AFRAID OF ANY GHOSTS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

BenDavid Grabinski (HAPPILY, ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK, THOMAS' BROTHER) joins us to talk about the weirdly good Psycho II. A movie that has no right to be as good as it is. A movie that uses a lot of the same sets as Back to the Future. A movie that is, in many ways, about Meg Tilly's hair. This podcast is SEQUELS ONLY. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lesbian Vamptober comes to its chilling conclusion. Literal professor Alex Hollett joins us to talk about VAMPYROS LESBOS, perhaps the pinnacle of certified ~~~p h r e a k~~~ Jesus Franco's career. Fritz Lang (yes, that Fritz Lang) said of Franco's Necronomicon that it was "the first erotic film I've seen all the way through because it's a beautiful piece of cinema." So if you love filmmaking that is so pure, it compels silent film auteurs to admit that they watch porn for j/o reasons, this is the film for you! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lesbian Vamptober continues apace with what should be the straightest movie ever made. Twilight? The one about toxic hetero relationships, conceived of by a Mormon housewife and acted by people who hated what they were doing the whole time? Trust us, it's queer as heck. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

LESBIAN VAMPTOBER begins with returning guest Katie Walsh! We discuss Tony Scott's divisive classic THE HUNGER -- the deep sadness within it, the visceral gore, and the killer opening 6 minutes or so. Bauhaus rocks, Katie rocks, the Hunger rocks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jeremy Levick joined us to talk about (perhaps) Thomas' favorite movie. Happy Licorice Pizza trailer release week, y'all! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

FILM CRITICISM HULK joined us to discover whether we know the definition of the word "shambolic." We discuss certified freak on a leash Monte Hellman, whether or not anyone's life has like a purpose or meaning or whatever, and all our cross-country roadtrips to LA. Plus, three bicons discuss James Taylor's whole vibe! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Writer and comedian Maddie Connors joins us to talk about one of Thomas' favorite movies, ANNIHILATION. Is it a road movie? A jungle movie? What is the self if the body changes? We shall address all these questions and more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our end-of-summer road trip continues with A GOOFY MOVIE. Maggie Maye brings us discussions of strip club bathrooms, Goofy's unseen wife, and the career Tevin Campbell DESERVES! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kevin Costello (BRIGSBY BEAR, BAD TRIP) brought us everybody's favorite Martin Sheen in a tight T-shirt opus, BADLANDS. We talk psychopath tests, punching your producer, and which movie we've already covered would pair best with this in a double feature. It's NOT what you'd think! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Do you like fun? Do you like queering heterosexuality? What about ice puns? Join us and Ben Mekler (KIPO AND THE AGE OF WONDERBEASTS) to talk about the criminally underrated Batman and Robin. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

(TW: sexual assault) NEON baddie Mason Speta joined us to talk about CRUEL INTENTIONS, a walking-talking trigger warning of a film. But it's not all cringing in hindsight. We also talk about the harbinger of p*rn to come the whole stepsibling thing is, the use of color, and Sarah Michelle Gellar absolutely delivering. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dave Schilling joins us to talk about his favorite movie, ROBOCOP. It's a banger, it's a legend, it is a tome that forecasted our present. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS weoooww weoowMichael Hartney (SCHOOL OF ROCK ON BROADWAY, THROWING SHADE, THE BREAK W/ MICHELLE WOLF) joins us to talk about Jungle Cruise: what went wrong, what works for whomst, and what's sponsored by Applebees. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Time for a hazy summer mirage of a movie, PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK. What happened to the 3 girls and their queercoded math teacher on St. Valentine's Day 1900? Iunno. This was Peter Weir's second movie, government-funded, and cool as all get out. We talk bridal veils, influence of Sofia Coppola, and Bethy's meh Australian accent. Crikey! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hippies! Brownface! Gavin McLeod! A murderess! Did we mention brownface? Siddhant Adlakha wanted to talk about the Peter Sellers/Edward Blake co-joint THE PARTY, and who are we to stop him? Tune in for Claudine Longet talk, Indira Gandhi's take on the film, and more Rudyard Kipling talk than you'd normally find at a bar. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bonjour mesdame et mesieurs! Bienvenu a notre petite podcast, avec Rebecca Alter de Vulture, qui revise des nouritures des artistes. In honor of Bastille Day, aka Eat the Rich Day, Rebecca Alter of Vulture joined us to talk Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette. The virtues of Kirsten Dunst, our greatest living actress(?); needle drops; nepotism. It's all here, mon bebe. Ecoutez vous! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Clay Keller of Screen Drafts joins us to talk Disney corporate structure, Patrick Warburton, and how on earth Bethy had this blind spot in her Disney catalogue. And also Patrick Warburton. Did we mention Patrick Warburton? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nothing says summer like skeet shooting! Join Jocey Coffman (Lovett or Leave It) as we talk about one of the best comedies to flop on initial release. Plus, now Swayze and Kilmer have a real run for "most represented actor on Watching Movies at the Bar." Who will win? Will they guest? Only time will tell. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We had to hold this bad boy until summer had officially started. You need DIRTY DANCING in the muggy summer. We talked to Sara Schaefer (The Schaefer Shakedown, her memoir GRAND) about this classic of the teen girl canon. We also talk about hating Robbie and his Ayn Rand agenda, our religious trauma, and which members of the pod are or are not baby. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're talking Road House with A.A. de Levine (@soalexgoes on Twitter)! It's all about the body, the male body, and the feminization of the male body through sacred wounds! Pain don't hurt, but Lacanian analysis of a movie that features a monster truck might. Plus, discussion of Sam Elliott's bush. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Halle Kiefer, of Ruined podcast fame, discusses THE CONJURING: THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT with us! CW for total creeps, because we talk about the real life Warrens. But we also talk about Vera Farmiga's blouses, why "based on a true story" is a hindrance to the Conjuring series and NUN NUN NUN NUN. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

CW: a lot of Miramax founder talkWe discuss the schadenfreude fest that is OVERNIGHT with the writer director of THE OVERNIGHT, Patrick Brice. He made this more complicated than it needed to be, and we love that! In 1997, Troy Duffy was offered a deal w/ Miramax to make THE BOONDOCK SAINTS and a record deal with Maverick for his band The Brood, as well as a promise from Harvey Weinstein to buy him the bar he worked at. OVERNIGHT is the story of how Duffy effed each one of those deals up by being an abusive jerk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode is so money, and it doesn't even know it. Or it does know it, but it's pretending to not know it because it thinks that will help it get chicks? Anyway, this was actually the first WMATB ever recorded. Bethy explores her masculinity, Thomas plays a game, and we all learn a lot about what the names of the characters are in the movie SWINGERS. This one is special, y'all. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Film critic Katie Walsh joins us to talk about everyone's favorite homoerotic plane party, Top Gun! We discuss the cult of Tom Cruise (not that one), how Goose be honkin, and the legacy of Tony Scott. It's the 35th anniversary of this film, and we are not thinking about Top Gun: Maverick right now, so quit asking! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We talked to Brodie Reed (THE DARK WEEB, THE MALE GAZE PODCAST) about kung fu, the Shaw Bros. version of the studio system, and what one could learn building scaffolding at Guitar Center. Check out this doc on the Shaw Bros (https://youtu.be/rDe-cUBl7es) and this twitter (https://twitter.com/TimesSqKungFu) for more kung fu action/edification. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Late Night with Seth Meyers writer Mike Scollins joined us to talk about Gale Weathers' hair! And other stuff, too, but mostly Gale. This ep features the first of many MEN WOMEN AND CHAINSAWS namedrops. Collect them all! Check out our Instagram for Mike's copy of OUT OF DARKNESS by Sidney Prescott. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We talked Ernest P. Worrell with THE ART OF SELF-DEFENSE writer/director Riley Stearns! Listen for insights into dog acting, wet puppets, and googling "Jim Varney gay?" in the wee hours of the morning. Lindsay Theirl did our cover art. Colin Jenkins does our editing. Quentin Mulligan does our intro. Stan Ernest. Stan Eartha Kitt. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For our first full episode, we decided to go all in. CLOUD ATLAS: a sometimes beautiful, sometimes incomprehensibly misguided, movie. Tom Hanks says the C word, like, 10 minutes into this bad boy. We talk about orientalism, activism, and that one time Thomas' friend jumped into a bush because he thought "it looked fluffy." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Watching Movies at the Bar, a podcast about bar movies and movie bars. In this lil teaser, Thomas and Bethy create the podcast's format before your eyes! We hadn't discussed what the podcast would be about until this moment, so you are really getting in on the ground floor. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.