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For this week’s main podcast review, Megan Lachinski, Josh Parham, Cody Dericks, and Tom O’Brien join me to review and discuss the latest film from four-time Academy Award winner Alejandro González Iñárritu, “Digger,” starring Tom Cruise, Riz Ahmed, John Goodman, Sandra Hüller, Michael Stuhlbarg &...

THE STORY – Musicians gather at the legendary Abbey Road Studios to record HELP(2), a star-studded charity album supporting War Child Records’ mission to aid children impacted by conflict around the globe. THE CAST – Damon Albarn, Arctic Monkeys & Jarvis...

THE STORY – A former child prodigy living in the shadow of a storied musical family leaves his position with an orchestra in Chicago — fleeing a soured relationship with a manic ex — and returns to Los Angeles to record...

“Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother” is a 2026 American action thriller film written and directed by Bassam Tariq, starring Mahershala Ali, John Cho, Giancarlo Esposito, Abubakr Ali, Tramell Tillman, Tiffany Boone, and Laith Nakli. The film follows a devoutly...

THE STORY – Paul Thomas Anderson captures Brooklyn musician Cameron Winter’s minimalist performance in a striking concert film, THE CAST – Cameron Winter THE TEAM – Paul Thomas Anderson (Director) THE RUNNING TIME – 75 Minutes Last fall, during the awards...

THE STORY – “Lady” is an absurdist comedy about a lonely, self-obsessed aristocrat who dupes a struggling, opportunistic director into filming her every move. While pursuing her artistic expression, Lady Isabella’s life takes a surreal turn as she realizes that if...

THE STORY – While at work, Thomas, a 40-year-old crane operator, receives a phone call: His wife is in the hospital and asks him to pick her up. He finds her crying. THE CAST – Vladimir Vulević, Agathe Bonitzer & Birte...

THE STORY – A guard vanished on his first night at an old psych hospital in 2023. His bodycam footage shows unexplainable incidents that continue to baffle investigators. THE CAST – Paul Syre, Mark Anthony Williams & Danielle Kennedy THE TEAM...

“Godzilla Minus One” was a lightning-in-a-bottle phenomenon: For less than $15 million, Takashi Yamazaki crafted an intense, immersive, impassioned Godzilla film that stood out as one of the very best films of 2023. Standing strong with a whopping 99% on...

It’s rare to see a festival crowd with as infectious an energy as the New York Film Festival’s audience was toward Mike Leigh following the screening of his new, and likely final, film “Tender Loving Care.” After its Telluride premiere,...