It's a Grouper! (".Com for Murder" with Tojo Yamamoto's Larry Joe Treadway)

It's a Grouper! (".Com for Murder" with Tojo Yamamoto's Larry Joe Treadway)

Is .COM FOR MURDER a tech-thriller? An unintentional comedy? A prophetic look at the future? Even a 2001 movie? We try to answer some of those questions this week with our special guest Larry Treadway, lead singer of Tojo Yamamoto and a renowned aficionado in cinema that’s … less loved than most. Directed by longtime D-lister Nico Mastorakis and staring Nastassja Kinski, Nicollette Sheridan, Roger Daltrey and Huey Lewis, the film follows a paralyzed woman who stumbles upon a live-stream killer on the early internet. We dive into the film’s peak-Y2K aesthetic, the hilarious logistics of its technology, and how it captured a unique moment when the World Wide Web really did feel “wide.” In our bonus feature segment, we leverage Mastorakis’s “pedigree” to dig into the history of exploitation cinema. From the grindhouse theaters of the 1970s and the direct-to-video boom of the '80s and '90s to how the genre's DNA has mutated in our modern media landscape, these movies have shaped our culture far more than they often get credit for. Let us know some of your favorites! Does .COM FOR MURDER matter in 2026? Let’s just say it took us two attempts to record this episode to completion — that’s how much we cared!!! SHOW NOTES: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PP_TcMdNJMQeIAHX1nH9uTUmkEaM04m5JgGObaQNFWQ/edit?tab=t.0 [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PP_TcMdNJMQeIAHX1nH9uTUmkEaM04m5JgGObaQNFWQ/edit?tab=t.0] Buy all kinds of Tojo Yamamoto stuff: https://thetojoyamamoto.bandcamp.com/album/tojo-yamamoto [https://thetojoyamamoto.bandcamp.com/album/tojo-yamamoto] Follow Tojo Yamamoto on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tojo.yamamoto/ [https://www.instagram.com/tojo.yamamoto/] Follow Larry on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gotreadgo/ [https://www.instagram.com/gotreadgo/] Brains on Film - But not us: https://youtu.be/v5e2g635YdI?si=ZhndI3zlY64cjcGY [https://youtu.be/v5e2g635YdI?si=ZhndI3zlY64cjcGY] Outro song: "A Face Made For Radio (Hog Jowls)" by Tojo Yamamoto [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CaToZ57ogA] NOT ANOTHER 2001 MOVIE PODCAST is a limited series exploring movies released in the first year of a chaotic century. · Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NotAnother2001MoviePodcast [https://www.youtube.com/@NotAnother2001MoviePodcast] · Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/notanother2001moviepodcast/ [https://www.instagram.com/notanother2001moviepodcast/] · Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@na2001mp [https://www.tiktok.com/@na2001mp]

Die Vergangenheit wiederholt sich ("Nowhere in Africa")

This week we’re traveling across continents and deep into our feels with NOWHERE IN AFRICA (NIRGENDWO IN AFRIKA) Caroline Link’s sweeping 2001 drama captivated global audiences and went on to win the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 75th Academy Awards (an important distinction particularly for our show). Based on Stefanie Zweig's autobiographical novel, the film tells the story of a Jewish family fleeing Nazi Germany to start a new life on a remote farm in Kenya. We dive into the film’s exploration of cultural displacement, the nuanced portrayal of familial relationships through the lens of a young girl approaching adolescence and discuss what it “home” really means. We use this week’s bonus feature to highlight other prominent 2001 movies directed by women before a bigger discussion about Hollywood’s general treatment of female directors, especially how things have improved and how it could be better. Finally: does NOWHERE IN AFRICA still matter? Spoiler: it may more than ever. SHOW NOTES: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Dalo25upuTX8iYqReT8WDm4DPS7uF696HUl1Bggwqdo/edit?usp=sharing [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Dalo25upuTX8iYqReT8WDm4DPS7uF696HUl1Bggwqdo/edit?usp=sharing] DON'T BE A SUCKER (1943 U.S. Department of Defense propaganda film): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGAqYNFQdZ4 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGAqYNFQdZ4] NOT ANOTHER 2001 MOVIE PODCAST [https://notanother2001moviepodcast.neocities.org/] is a limited series exploring movies released in the first year of a chaotic century. Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NotAnother2001MoviePodcast [https://www.youtube.com/@NotAnother2001MoviePodcast] Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/notanother2001moviepodcast/ [https://www.instagram.com/notanother2001moviepodcast/] Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@na2001mp [https://www.tiktok.com/@na2001mp]

BONUS: This Movie Destroyed Me ("A.I. Artificial Intelligence" with Derek from the Glitterjaw Podcast Collective)

Hi, Josh here. I put off watching A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE for a long time and immediately after watching felt like I had to talk about it. This might be my favorite movie of the year. This is a monumental collaboration between Stanley Kubrick (who conceived it) and Steven Spielberg (who wrote and directed it after Kubrick's death). Haley Joel Osment gives a performance of a lifetime as David, the first Mecha designed to act as a loving child. So much ensues, and it produces way more to feel and think about than I could've dreamed. Bonus episodes are always loose, but this might take the cake. It's honestly a lot of me rambling while Derek (NOT DOUG!!!) from the Glitterjaw Podcast Collective [https://www.glitterjaw.com/] gracefully ebbs and flows through my poorly constructed word salad. Go check out all of his great work and that of Glitterjaw as a whole. I'm gonna be thinking about this movie forever, probably. Follow Derek [https://linktr.ee/DerekBGayle] (Hell, follow Doug too, they both rock) [https://linktr.ee/ickybooley] SHOW NOTES: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13Lkauchj6dG3F90SRndC1-FIp8s3lfibtRj6OXvhppI/edit?tab=t.0 [https://docs.google.com/document/d/13Lkauchj6dG3F90SRndC1-FIp8s3lfibtRj6OXvhppI/edit?tab=t.0] NOT ANOTHER 2001 MOVIE PODCAST [https://notanother2001moviepodcast.neocities.org/] is a limited series exploring movies released in the first year of a chaotic century. * Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NotAnother2001MoviePodcast [https://www.youtube.com/@NotAnother2001MoviePodcast] * Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/notanother2001moviepodcast/ [https://www.instagram.com/notanother2001moviepodcast/] * Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@na2001mp [https://www.tiktok.com/@na2001mp] Glitterjaw [https://www.glitterjaw.com/] is a collective featuring queer creators who make independent, audio-centered podcasts about media. Glitterjaw shows center analysis of specific pieces of media—from tours through film series, to TV episode deep dives, to book clubs, video game history, and more. All of their shows include at least one host with a queer lived experience, and enjoy analyzing media through a queer lens. Glitterjaw provides space for conversations about social justice and advocacy for marginalized peoples, and offers support for developing new podcasts and bringing more queer voices into the media analysis landscape. Check out their newest feed, a badass variety show called Glitterjaw Presents [https://www.glitterjaw.com/glitterjaw-presents]!

Up Yours ("Evolution" with Malcolm of "Hidden Stats: The Podcast")

Check your meteorites at the door, because this week we’re dealing with an outbreak of alien ass! Luckily we’ve got extra help: Malcolm from “Hidden Stats: The Podcast” joins the show. It’s time for EVOLUTION, Ivan Reitman’s 2001 sci-fi comedy that attempted to recapture the lightning-in-a-bottle energy of GHOSTBUSTERS, but with a lot more Head & Shoulders. We dive into the film's bizarrely stacked cast (David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Seann William Scott, and Julianne Moore), debate the merits of product placement and spend more time talking about GHOSTBUSTERS and stealing cable than we probably should have. Our bonus feature this week centers around a big theme of the cast's careers: the leap from TV to film. How have the lines between television actors and major movie stars changed from 2001 to now? Finally, as always*, we ask: does EVOLUTION matter? SHOW NOTES: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EuxUy06FdhIBjy_lKqLIaO_ZnfXGs-xU5UDJMB_UL6M/edit?usp=sharing [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EuxUy06FdhIBjy_lKqLIaO_ZnfXGs-xU5UDJMB_UL6M/edit?usp=sharing] Subscribe to Hidden Stats: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvF02sNOw2xq5BSMVozF6Bg [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvF02sNOw2xq5BSMVozF6Bg] Slate’s interview on Hidden Stats: https://youtu.be/mOLZLSnZIAE?si=uGENElzsIYZtsHZe [https://youtu.be/mOLZLSnZIAE?si=uGENElzsIYZtsHZe] Josh’s interview on Hidden Stats: https://youtu.be/wrNDNiL1E6U?si=RqAs4X_QNLMvMhAg [https://youtu.be/wrNDNiL1E6U?si=RqAs4X_QNLMvMhAg] NOT ANOTHER 2001 MOVIE PODCAST is a limited series exploring movies released in the first year of a chaotic century. Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NotAnother2001MoviePodcast [https://www.youtube.com/@NotAnother2001MoviePodcast] Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/notanother2001moviepodcast/ [https://www.instagram.com/notanother2001moviepodcast/] Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@na2001mp [https://www.tiktok.com/@na2001mp] *Except last week LOL

This One's for the Losers ("Ghost World")

GHOST WORLD, Terry Zwigoff’s 2001 adaptation of the Daniel Clowes comic book with the same name, departs from the source material in some key material ways but is about as faithful, spiritually, as anything you’ll find. The film, like the comic, follows Enid (Thora Birch) and Rebecca (Scarlett Johansson) right at the point where they start to navigate that weird post-high school, pre-rest of our life space we all experience. Here, though, a character named Seymour — a super-minor guy in the book who’s fleshed out considerably in the flick, where he’s played by Steve Buscemi — becomes something of an obsession for Enid. In our bonus feature segment, we trace the history of comic-book and, by extension, superhero adaptations over time. We walk through how the industry transitioned from these quirky, counter-culture anomalies into the (withering) juggernaut of today. Does GHOST WORLD still matter in 2026. Well … we completely forgot that segment LOL. It only took 22 episodes! As a mea culpa, Josh has offered himself up as sacrifice — stick around for the end of the episode to hear him singing karaoke with his sister Brittany. SHOW NOTES: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10vSmi9YuhHvMZJo5nRLrvXPeu3CcUnHNLg4_KThAEgg/edit?usp=sharing [https://docs.google.com/document/d/10vSmi9YuhHvMZJo5nRLrvXPeu3CcUnHNLg4_KThAEgg/edit?usp=sharing] NOT ANOTHER 2001 MOVIE PODCAST [https://notanother2001moviepodcast.neocities.org/] is a limited series exploring movies released in the first year of a chaotic century. Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NotAnother2001MoviePodcast [https://www.youtube.com/@NotAnother2001MoviePodcast] Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/notanother2001moviepodcast/ [https://www.instagram.com/notanother2001moviepodcast/] Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@na2001mp [https://www.tiktok.com/@na2001mp]