Movies and Chaos Podcast
1) CHAOS!
Send us a text With America on edge, Mark and Serena discuss cancellations, censorship (and how it could affect future movies), and whether it's ok to express political views as a film programmer. Als...Show More
2) Movies 2 Machines
Send us a text New Canadian stats reveal who's going to see movies theatrically in 2025, just as various distributors make known their hopes and fears for the AI future. Serena discusses Spike Lee's H...Show More
3) Comedy Comeback?
Send us a text With the reboot of THE NAKED GUN released this Summer and sequels to SPACEBALLS and SCARY MOVIE on the way, will we finally enter a new era of film comedies? Serena and Mark have some i...Show More
4) That Woke Isn't Funny Anymore
Send us a text Eddington and South Park give their last rites to the social justice era, but to what end? A mockingly nude Trump may be the only way to can get through to power. Meanwhile, American Ea...Show More
5) Big Swingin' Flicks
Send us a text It's Big Swing Summer at the movies, or so reviewers keep telling us. We look at the risk vs. success ratio of James Gunn's nation-dividing (of course!) SUPERMAN, the revamping of Mille...Show More
6) Ick Factor with Joseph Kahn
Send us a text This is a fantastic discussion with filmmaker Joseph Kahn (DETENTION, BODIED, TORQUE, your fave music videos) about his very cool and funny new movie ICK. He also reflects on writing DE...Show More
7) Material Girls
Send us a text We dive into Celine Song's sophomore effort MATERIALISTS (the movie and its relationship politics), and then discuss other movies that had misleading trailers. Plus, Ana De Armas kills ...Show More
8) Everyone's a (Letterboxd) Critic
Send us a text We talk the state of professional film criticism in the Letterboxd era and the growing influence of user reviews. Plus, the overstep of the BALLERINA review embargo, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE:...Show More
9) Franchise Tales
Send us a text Join us as we discuss what makes good franchise movies while revisiting the Final Destination series. Plus, we take a look at the new '80s-set anthology film Freaky Tales, Mark reviews ...Show More
10) The Politics of Hollywood Movies with Ryan Jackson
Send us a text We're joined by repeat guest Ryan Jackson, looking at what Hollywood wants to say and is willing to say about race, poverty and politics through the lens of Ryan Coogler's highly acclai...Show More