linktr.ee/CatchingUpOnCinema This January at Catching Up On Cinema, we’ll be doing a bit of housekeeping and Catching Up On cinema from the year 2021. This week, Trevor and Kyle sit down to review Michael Sarnoski’s, Pig (2021)! A critical indie darling from 2021, the film pulls double duty as both a skillful and confident directorial…
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Episode 145 – Shirley (2020)
linktr.ee/CatchingUpOnCinema “The Month of Moss” continues at Catching Up On Cinema as Kyle and Trevor reunite to record in person for the first time since the pandemic to review Josephine Decker’s, Shirley (2020)! A largely fictionalized account of a chapter in the life and career of novelist Shirley Jackson, the film is an murky and…

Episode 144 – Her Smell (2018)
linktr.ee/CatchingUpOnCinema “The Month of Moss” continues at Catching Up On Cinema, as Trevor and Kyle review Alex Ross Perry’s, Her Smell (2018)! Starring Elisabeth Moss as the self-destructive front woman of a 90’s femme punk band, the film is a scummy and delirious descent into and out of the depths of madness. Segmented into 5…

Episode 142 – The One I Love (2014)
linktr.ee/CatchingUpOnCinema This August is “The Month of Moss” at Catching Up On Cinema!This month, we’ll be doing a deep dive into the filmography of actress Elisabeth Moss. Kicking things off is our review of Charlie McDowell’s, The One I Love (2014)! Serving as the director’s feature debut, the film is a deftly constructed, minimalist comedic…

Episode 110 – The Wolf of Snow Hollow (2020)
*WARNING!* THIS EPISODE INCLUDES FULL SPOILERS FOR THE FILM! *WARNING!* In this episode of Catching Up On Cinema’s “Kyle’s Brutal Christmas” event month, Kyle and Trevor review Jim Cumming’s thoroughly enjoyable sophomore feature film, The Wolf of Snow Hollow (2020)! Written, directed by, and starring Jim Cummings, the film is a pitch black comedy centered…

Episode 92 – Clerks (1994)
In this week’s installment of Catching Up On Cinema’s Catching Up On Black & White event, Kyle has Trevor sit down to review Kevin Smith 90’s indie classic, Clerks (1994)! Written, directed, and edited by Smith (who is also featured in the cast as Silent Bob), the film is an American cultural artifact of the…

Episode 83 – From the Dark (2014)
In this week’s installment of Catching Up On Cinema’s “May is for Monsters” event month, Kyle has our hosts review Conor McMahon’s, From the Dark (2014)! Shot on a shoestring budget in the Irish countryside, the film is one part relationship drama, one part home invasion creature feature set in an isolated farmhouse. With only…

Episode 67 – Highway to Hell (1991) and Audition (1999)
This week we bring our F*cked Up Sh!t event month to a close with a double-header review of 2 dramatically different and (unfortunately) not-especially-f*cked up movies: Highway to Hell (1991) and Audition (1999)! Directed by Ate De Jong, Highway to Hell (1991) is a fairly tame screwball adventure comedy that features some charming effects work…

Episode 66 – We Are the Flesh (2016)
Catching Up On Cinema’s “F*cked Up Sh!t” month continues, as Kyle and Trevor sit down to review the Emiliano Rocha Minter’s challenging and indisputably f*cked up indie film, We Are the Flesh (2016)! A Mexican and French joint production, the film is equal parts horrifying and provocative, featuring themes and images that might be too…