A podcast for widening your movie horizons in a fun, non-intimidating style. Hosts Ben and Nick Renkoski talk about a different movie each week that may be a Hollywood classic, a foreign masterpiece, or a lesser-known gem. They discuss what they liked, what they didn't, and hopefully help you appreciate movies in a whole new way.
In the Season 4 finale Ben and Nick talk about the all-time classic tale of Hollywood's dark side: Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard from 1950.
Ben and Nick head to Bed-Stuy as they watch Spike Lee's modern classic Do The Right Thing.
Ben and Nick wait at the train station to watch the titan of British film: Brief Encounter.
Ben and Nick discuss the ethics of the real estate game of the late '80s and early '90s in the talky classic Glengarry Glen Ross.
Does a documentary about two relatives of Jackie Onassis who live in squalor sound appealing to you? Then you already like Grey Gardens better than Ben does!
Ben and Nick finally discuss an action movie (or is it?) in Michael Mann's Heat from 1995, starring two guys named Pacino and DeNiro you may have heard of.
Ben and Nick discuss the Hong Kong masterpiece In The Mood For Love from 2000, starring Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung as two neighbors who become close after learning their spouses are having an affair with each other.
Ben and Nick go down the rabbit hole in Oliver Stone's conspiracy thriller JFK.
This week Ben and Nick visit a theater company in Nazi-occupied Warsaw that must save the day in the black comedy To Be Or Not To Be from 1942.
The brothers want to hold your hand while watching A Hard Day's Night, the first movie starring a little rock and roll act called The Beatles.
The brothers dive into Raise the Red Lantern, the Chinese classic of world cinema about a young woman who must navigate life as a concubine in the compound of a wealthy man.
Get ready for a creepy tale of a psychopathic "preacher" in this classic tale of tale of good and evil - The Night of the Hunter from 1955.
Ben and Nick discuss one of the most beautiful movies ever made. Is it Heaven Can Wait? Heaven's Gate? Gates of Heaven? Days of Thunder? Nope, its Days of Heaven from 1978, directed by Terrence Malick.
Don you beret and grab a baguette, Nick and Ben are getting into the French New Wave with a seminal work of the genre: Breathless from 1960.
The brothers delve into the dark side of the favelas of Rio as they discuss the international classic, City of God from 2002.
The brothers go on the run in the early Hitchcock classic The 39 Steps.
Ben and Nick dive in to the dark underbelly of 1930's Berlin to watch Fritz Lang's classic thriller M. Who knew a 90 year old movie with only a one letter title could be this good?
It's French New Wave time again as the brothers watch Truffaut's Stolen Kisses from 1968. One of them loved it and one of them hated it. Tune in to find out which!
The brothers get heisty discussing the most recent release they have ever discussed on the podcast: 2018's Widows.
Welcome to 2022 and Season 4 of WTRM! Ben and Nick kick off the new year discussing the nostalgia-tinged American Graffiti from 1973, directed by some guy named George Lucas whose next project would be a little movie called Star Wars.
Ben and Nick close their Third Season, appropriately, discussing the The Third Man. This classic noir tale of post-war Vienna is hailed as one of the greatest movies of all time, and hopefully you will see why after closing out this season with the Renkoski Brothers.
Ben and Nick try not to preach while discussing the very preachy Inherit the Wind, telling the fictionalized story of the Scopes Monkey Trial.
The brothers discuss the intersecting stories and problems of miscommunication in Alejandro González Iñárritu's Babel from 2006.
Ben and Nick talk climbing the corporate ladder, sexism, and Manhattan real estate prices of the '60s as they discuss The Apartment.
Get ready for an unforgettable night out on the town as Ben and Nick talk about one of Martin Scorsese's lesser known works: After Hours.
Ben and Nick dive in to the classic of world cinema, L'Avventura from director Michelangelo Antonioni. Get ready for a lot less adventure than you were expecting and a lot more ennui.
Ben and Nick discuss the screw ball comedy "My Mad Godfrey" where a rich socialite hires a homeless man to be her butler, and then - gasp! - fall in love with him.
The brothers talk about the suspenseful subway thriller "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three" from 1974. It's got Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw and tons of New Yawker accents.
Ben and Nick make a deal with the devil to watch Mephisto, the 1981 Hungarian classic about a German actor who rises in popularity under the Nazi regime.
Ben and Nick discuss Stanley Kubrick's passion project about an Irish rogue climbing the 18th century social ladder in Europe.
These Iowan discuss Texas, the border, and the truth about Buddy Deeds in this episode on Lone Star, the indie classic from 1996
Ben and Nick welcome their first ever guest, Will Tarbox, to discuss the sci-fi masterpiece and eternally re-edited Blade Runner.
Ben and Nick talk about the colorful classic The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. This French musical from 1964 is completely sung-through and completely romantic.
It's time for Ben and Nick to get crazy talking about Aguirre, The Wrath of God; Werner Herzog's vision of madness in the Amazon that was almost as much torture to make as the horrors the characters encounter in the movie.
Ben and Nick get chippy talking about this weeks film: Certified Copy. It is one of Nick's favorite movies, and you can guess Ben's opinion of a trilingual art film about a dissolving relationship that is mostly dialogue.
If you like your Shakespeare with more explosions and fascist overtones, then have Ben and Nick got the movie for you! Richard III from 1995 starring Sir Ian McKellan as the master schemer himself brings The Bard to life in a whole new (very '90s) way.
Jump into the magical world of Studio Ghibli with Ben and Nick as they discuss My Neighbor Totoro; a movie high on cuteness and low on plot.
Ben and Nick chat it up about the classic British film The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp from 1943.
Ben and Nick talk basketball in the '90s and one of the best documentaries of all time: Hoop Dreams.
Ben and Nick kick off Season 3 talking about the classic tale of Texas, Giant, starring Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and some guy named James Dean.
Ben and Nick close out Season 2 (2015) talking about Days of Heaven
It's springtime for Ben and Nick in this Classic Episode from 2015 discussing The Producers
Ben and Nick discuss L.A. Confidential off the record, on the QT, and very hush-hush in this Classic Episode from 2015
Ben and Nick chat it up about Killer of Sheep in this Classic Episode from 2015
Ben and Nick talk about the Spike Lee joint 25th Hour in this Classic Episode from 2015
Ben and Nick discuss An Autumn Afternoon in this Classic Episode from 2015
Ben and Nick talk about Playtime in this Classic Episode from 2015
Ben and Nick talk about the Seventh Seal in this Classic Episode from 2015
Ben and Nick talk about The Wild Bunch in this Classic Episode from 2015
Ben and Nick talk about Lola Montes in this Classic Episode from 2015
Ben and Nick discuss Chimes at Midnight in this Classic Episode from 2015
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