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Movies imo

Movies imo is a pop culture podcast where Daniel Crooke, Ben Empey, and Brandon Kirby talk about film, television, literature, music, and fruity miscellanea.

Latest Episodes:

Midsommar Jul 15, 2019

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In episode ninety-three of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Ari Aster’s pagan group therapy retreat MIDSOMMAR before discussing two other cult-based horror films with an emphasis on divine authority in Robin Hardy’s THE WICKER MAN and Ingmar Bergman’s THE VIRGIN SPRING. Ben draws a parallel between Aster and the music of celebrated conductor Harold Hill, Daniel opines upon the purgatory of graduate school, and Brandon finds the film of the week to be not quite his tempo.

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Transit Mar 18, 2019

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In episode seventy-six of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Christian Petzold’s audacious World War II thriller TRANSIT before discussing his previous two films: fellow period piece psychodramas PHOENIX and BARBARA. Ben unravels the mysteries of the mind and heart in Hitchcock’s VERTIGO, Daniel unglues over ghost stories, and Brandon unzips Peter Farrelly’s latest project.

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Everybody Knows Feb 25, 2019

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In episode seventy-three of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Asghar Farhadi’s newest socially conscious thriller - and his first in the Spanish language - EVERYBODY KNOWS, starring Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem. They also discuss Farhadi’s Academy Award-winning A SEPARATION, and his international breakout ABOUT ELLY. Ben wants more people to get hit by cars in movies, Daniel compares the melodrama of Farhadi to Sirk, and Brandon becomes too lit to quit on all things Asghar.

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Velvet Buzzsaw Feb 11, 2019

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In episode seventy-one of movies imo., Ben, Brandon and Daniel yell over each other about the latest Netflix original: Dan Gilroy's art house trash horror-comedy, Velvet Buzzsaw, starring everyone's favorite bottom Jake Gyllenhaal.

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Roma Dec 17, 2018

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In episode sixty-three of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Alfonso Cuarón’s ROMA. They also discuss his previous two Spanish-language features Y TU MAMÁ TAMBIÉN and SÓLO CON TU PAREJA. Ben evokes the texture of memory within Cuarón’s long shots, Daniel loves the mini-maximalism of ROMA’s scope but wishes there were fewer airplanes, and Brandon reveres the elegiac melancholy of the final diner scene in Y TU MAMÁ TAMBIÉN.

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The Other Side of the Wind Nov 19, 2018

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In episode fifty-nine of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Orson Welles’s long-awaited final film THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND in the contexts of his own biography, filmography, and the accompanying production history documentary THEY’LL LOVE ME WHEN I’M DEAD. They also chat about a couple other unwieldy auteur pictures with Elaine May’s ISHTAR and Francis Ford Coppola’s APOCALYPSE NOW. Ben declares Orson to be his daddy and wonders what did he do wrong, Daniel wants someone to give Norman Foster a hug, and Brandon bangs his head against a wall HEREDITARY-style until the credits roll on Hoffman and Beatty.

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Twin Peaks: The Return Jul 30, 2018

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In episode forty-three of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about David Lynch’s (continuation of, twenty-five years later) expansive and nightmarish trip through trauma in contemporary America, TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN. Nearly one year since Lynch and Mark Frost wrapped up the latest chapters in the Laura Palmer saga - and changed television in the process - your fave film f*gz do their best to decode the multidimensional odyssey. Ben deconstructs the final episode according to Greek myths and classical Hollywood films, Daniel strings out the shattered structure to explore Lynch’s strategies of subjection, and Brandon finally has his wish come true of discussing television on the podcast - or is it a film? [disclaimer: it does not matter, it just exists]

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Let The Sunshine In Jul 09, 2018

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In episode forty of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Claire Denis’ transcendent romantic comedy LET THE SUNSHINE IN then get out their best shirts to iron in the desert and discuss other Denis favorites including 35 SHOTS OF RUM, WHITE MATERIAL, THE INTRUDER, TROUBLE EVERY DAY, and BEAU TRAVAIL. Ben hails the film for its open emotional borders and bestows upon it early frontrunner status for his best of the year, Daniel obsesses over the hallways and humanism of 35 SHOTS OF RUM, and Brandon decides who does and does not have Big Dick Energy in the Claire Denis Extended Universe.

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Zama May 21, 2018

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In episode thirty-three of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other - and the hyper-ambient soundscapes of Lucrecia Martel - about the Argentinian auteur’s latest descent into subliminal disorientation, ZAMA. They also discuss Martel’s previous three films - LA CIÉNAGA, THE HOLY GIRL, & THE HEADLESS WOMAN - and how they inform the riddles of her most recent masterwork, and may just give an elusive answer to the central mystery behind an ongoing equestrian concern. Ben breaks down the ZAMA llama’s absurd interruption, Daniel provides free ad copy for don Diego de Zama’s vintage network sitcom, and Brandon worries whether the flood of rushing sound will warrant a trip to the water closet.

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The Rider May 07, 2018

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In episode thirty-one of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Chloé Zhao’s poetic slice of Badlands realness in THE RIDER. From there they jump off into the roots of Italian Neorealism with ROME, OPEN CITY and the American Independent cinema’s current fascination with hyper-realism in the films of Sean Baker and the Safdies. Ben delivers the Rossellini keynote, Daniel loves Zhao’s dance between docu-verité and self-conscious style, and Brandon becomes the bully now.

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