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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:

The Hustle May 20, 2019

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In episode eighty-five of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about the Anne Hathaway-Rebel Wilson con woman comedy THE HUSTLE and they also discuss a couple fellow diva pictures in Stephen Frears’ THE GRIFTERS and Preston Sturges’ THE LADY EVE. Ben celebrates the GRIFTERS’ self-sabotage, Daniel admires its headscarves on display, and Brandon makes sure we mention one fantastic shot between Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda.

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If Beale Street Could Talk Dec 24, 2018

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In episode sixty-four of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Barry Jenkins’ third film, the James Baldwin adaptation IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK. They also discuss one of Jenkins’ #FilmStruck4: Wong Kar-wai’s IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE. Ben breaks down a few key choices in tone between Baldwin’s novel and Barry’s adaptation, Daniel celebrates the secrets behind Maggie Cheung’s high collars, and Brandon gushes over Regina King’s entrance to Puerto Rico.

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Shoplifters Dec 10, 2018

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In episode sixty-two of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about this year’s Palme d’Or winner: Hirokazu Kore-eda’s SHOPLIFTERS. They also discuss Kore-eda’s AFTER THE STORM, STILL WALKING, and NOBODY KNOWS. Ben advises a page one rewrite for Paul Dano’s WILDLIFE, Daniel appreciates the way Kore-eda characters behave in rooms by themselves, and Brandon calls out STILL WALKING’s grandpapa for the seething ball of resentment that he has become in old age.

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Widows Nov 26, 2018

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In episode sixty of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Steve McQueen’s deconstructed heist-slash-political corruption-slash-grief thriller WIDOWS. They also discuss two classic crime films: Michael Mann’s HEAT and Jules Dassin’s RIFIFI. Ben doesn’t wanna yuck anyone’s yums but wonders whether Gillian Flynn is a talent, Daniel gushes about the greatest gay love story of the 90s between Al Pacino and Bob De Niro, and Brandon gets too lit to quit on the power of five star cinema.

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Crazy Rich Asians Sep 03, 2018

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In episode forty-eight of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about the super fun, swoon-filled box office sensation CRAZY RICH ASIANS. After getting down to the Michelle Yeoh of it all, they depart from the delightful romantic comedy in Singapore to explore a couple East Asian experiences around family in early aughts Taiwan with YI YI and post-WWII Japan with TOKYO STORY. Ben declares the greatest film ever made period, Daniel finds Yeoh’s characterization to reveal complicated layers beyond formulaic villainy, and Brandon feels the love across the room between Constance Wu and Henry Golding in a flooded church.

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BlacKkKlansman Aug 20, 2018

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In episode forty-six of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Spike Lee’s electric and incendiary slice of Americana, BLACKkKLANSMAN, as well as previous SL joints DO THE RIGHT THING, MALCOLM X, BAMBOOZLED, and CHI-RAQ. Ben exalts Lee for his ability to capture crises of identity without passing judgment, Daniel admires his ability to disturbingly re-contextualize pillow talk as an act of white supremacy, and Brandon calls out Flip as an intersectional analog for conflicted identity, and Adam Driver as a potential Oscar player.

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Pride 2018: A Very Special Episode Jun 28, 2018

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In episode thirty-nine of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about their favorite films from the queer canon in a Very Special Pride Edition of the podcast. Ben brings Jennie Livingston’s seminal Harlem vogueing documentary PARIS IS BURNING to illustrate its portrayal of the American Dream (as well as Kenneth Anger’s subversive touchstone FIREWORKS and Todd Haynes’s First Amendment firebrand POISON), Daniel celebrates Donna Dietch’s DESERT HEARTS for its queering of the western milieu and strong character work (and also Pedro Almodóvar’s queer noir LAW OF DESIRE starring a murderous, smoldering Antonio Banderas), and Brandon makes sure that everyone knows to watch James Ivory’s magnetic MAURICE on account of it being his new favorite film (in addition to Jamie Babbit’s idiosyncratic, stylish comedy BUT I’M A CHEERLEADER). Happy Pride to our queer family, now and forever. ✊🏼🏳️‍🌈

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You Were Never Really Here Apr 23, 2018

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In episode twenty-nine of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Lynne Ramsay, Queen of Scots’s blunt force thriller YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE before pummeling themselves with her previous three features WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN, MORVERN CALLAR, and RATCATCHER. Ben wonders whether we should discuss her latest film in conversation with the Safdies’s GOOD TIME, Daniel turns out to be the missing child from the RATCATCHER council estate, and Brandon brings the hammer in stanning Ezra Miller.

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Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars Feb 12, 2018

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In episode eighteen of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film - this year’s slate of nominees, historical oversights and canon classics in the category, and what all those titles say about the taste of this Academy branch over the years. In what appears to be an agreeable year on the surface, your fav film f*gz dig in to vigorously debate (or shamelessly drag) A FANTASTIC WOMAN, THE INSULT, LOVELESS, ON BODY AND SOUL, & THE SQUARE before moving onto favorite winners from the past. Ben fights to free Fellini’s rightful Oscars from state possession, Daniel exalts the Chilean entry and a rural Chili’s, and Brandon celebrates the chunking of a sacred chair.

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Star Wars: The Last Jedi Dec 25, 2017

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In Episode XI of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about the latest (and greatest?) Star War yet, Rian Johnson's STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI. Handily outgunning the 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special by a half dozen parsecs, we push the Falcon to hyperspeed and track the universe for the faith-shaken gradients of Luke Skywalker's middle age, the unbreakable tenacity of General Leia Organa, and the red-salted reasons why we go to the cinema in the first place. Ben ponders the setting of two suns, Daniel insists upon calling Laura Dern by her space name, and Brandon proves to be the Jane Goodall of porgs.

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