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Episode #432: ‘Jay Kelly’ with Justin Tyler

George Clooney is JAY KELLY in Noah Baumbach’s latest film…and that might be true in more ways than one. The film chronicles the career of a fictional movie star. Speaking of chronicles, we’re joined by actor and filmmaker Justin Tyler, voice of the titular Derf in MaxFun’s newest show, The Young Old Derf Chronicles [https://maximumfun.org/episodes/mission-to-zyxx/d01-the-derfect-crime/]. And we have a movie quiz about real actors playing fictional actors on film! What’s Good Alonso - “Buy a Christmas tree that’s considered too big for your apartment.” Drea - Forks Out on Sesame Street [http://youtube.com/watch?v=gJxzhUAGBDw] Justin - end of year check-out Kevin - Paranormal Activity play ITIDIC * Netflix [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/netflix-warner-bros-deal-5-big-questions-1236443671/]/Warner [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/hollywood-unions-warner-bros-netflix-deal-blocked-1236443355/] Bros. Monopoly [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/paramount-launches-hostile-bid-for-warner-bros-1236444601/] Insanity * Original Star Wars film to be Rereleased in Theaters for 50th Anniversary [https://www.ign.com/articles/star-wars-returns-to-theaters-in-february-of-2027-in-its-original-1977-theatrical-release-form] Christmas Movie Minute The Christmas Cup (Hallmark) She’s Making a List (Hallmark) Staff Picks Drea - Goodbye June [https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/goodbye-june] Alonso - The Swimmer [https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-swimmer] (1968) Justin - Blue Moon [https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/blue-moon-2025] Kevin - Three Kings [https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/three-kings] Follow us on BlueSky [https://bsky.app/profile/maximumfilmpodcast.bsky.social], Facebook [http://facebook.com/groups/maximum_film], Instagram [http://instagram.com/maximumfilmpodcast], or Letterboxd [https://letterboxd.com/maximumfilm/] With Kevin Avery [https://www.instagram.com/kevinaverycomedy] Drea Clark [http://twitter.com/thedreaclark] Alonso Duralde [https://bsky.app/profile/aduralde.bsky.social] Produced by Marissa Flaxbart [http://instagram.com/flaxbart] Sr. Producer Laura Swisher [http://twitter.com/swish]

Episode #431: See 'Hamnet' in a Good Mood

What’s Good Alonso - the magic of podcasting Drea - the magic of a repainted bathroom Kevin - the magic of live jazz improvisation (The Tyler Hammond Jazz Experience) [Morgan Freeman falling asleep clip [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa70le3h7oM]] ITIDIC 1. 2020 and 2021 Titles Coming to Indie Theaters for ‘Lost Films of COVID’ Series [https://variety.com/2025/film/news/lost-films-of-covid-red-rocket-first-cow-theaters-1236587650/] 2. Shrek 5 is back in the news as 3 actors are cast as his triplets [https://www.vulture.com/article/shrek-5-marcello-hernandez-skyler-gisondo.html] Staff Picks Alonso - BLKNWS: Terms and Conditions [https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/blknws-terms-and-conditions] Drea - Wild Rose [https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/wild-rose] Kevin - Hamlet 2 [https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/hamlet-2] Follow us on BlueSky [https://bsky.app/profile/maximumfilmpodcast.bsky.social], Facebook [http://facebook.com/groups/maximum_film], Instagram [http://instagram.com/maximumfilmpodcast], or Letterboxd [https://letterboxd.com/maximumfilm/] With Kevin Avery [https://www.instagram.com/kevinaverycomedy] Drea Clark [http://twitter.com/thedreaclark] Alonso Duralde [https://bsky.app/profile/aduralde.bsky.social] Produced by Marissa Flaxbart [http://instagram.com/flaxbart] Sr. Producer Laura Swisher [http://twitter.com/swish]

Episode #430: 'Train Dreams' with Nicole Arbusto

The new film from the team behind JOCKEY and SING SING is a lyrical life story starring Joel Edgerton. We’ve got casting director Nicole Arbusto with us to discuss this, and take on a Hotline question asking for professional shoutouts. Plus our annual Turkeys of the Year and the first post-Thanksgiving Christmas Movie Minute! What’s Good Alonso - magazines Drea - Buzz Ballz/BeatBox/Cutwater cocktail challenge Nicole - LA cloud formations lately Kevin - “books I haven’t even cracked open” Staff Picks Drea - All That’s Left of You [https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/all-thats-left-of-you] Alonso - Jesus’ Son [https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/jesus-son] Nicole - A Little Prayer [https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/jesus-son] Kevin - Zero Dark Thirty [https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/zero-dark-thirty] Pick up Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas [https://bookshop.org/p/books/have-yourself-a-movie-little-christmas-revised-updated-edition-alonso-duralde/11d1ae3ea977fba5] Leave a message for the Hotline! [http://www.maximumfun.org/hotline] Get some Maximum Film! [https://maxfunstore.com/collections/maximum-film]merch Follow us on BlueSky [https://bsky.app/profile/maximumfilmpodcast.bsky.social], Facebook [http://facebook.com/groups/maximum_film], Instagram [http://instagram.com/maximumfilmpodcast], or Letterboxd [https://letterboxd.com/maximumfilm/] With Kevin Avery [https://www.instagram.com/kevinaverycomedy] Drea Clark [http://twitter.com/thedreaclark] Alonso Duralde [https://bsky.app/profile/aduralde.bsky.social] Produced by Marissa Flaxbart [http://instagram.com/flaxbart] Sr. Producer Laura Swisher [http://twitter.com/swish]

Episode #429: 'Nouvelle Vague' with Tarik R. Davis

An ode to a classic of French New Wave cinema – Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless (A Bout de Souffle) – Nouvelle Vague is more than a heady film nerd love fest. It’s a Linklater movie, which means it’s a hangout film; it’s just that the gang we’re hanging with happens to be reinventing modern cinema, whether they know it or not. We’ve got writer, actor, and teacher Tarik R. Davis [https://tarikdavis.com/] (The Amber Ruffin Show) with us to talk about the petite charms of this Cannes premiere. Then we pitch our own making-of hangout movies! What’s Good Alonso - “Trans Images on Film [https://www.tcm.com/articles/now-playing-newsletter/59754/trans-images-on-film]” on TCM (w/Caden Mark Gardner and Willow Catelyn Maclay) Drea - Library Tool Checkout Tarik - a really good rehearsal Kevin - Conduct Your Own Orchestra (Golden Records) ITIDIC 1. Filmmakers Meet the Pope [https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxr5drrpqxo] (text of the pope’s full address is here [https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/speeches/2025/november/documents/20251115-mondo-del-cinema.html]) 2. D&D: Honor Among Thieves Team Working on new Star Trek Movie [https://www.avclub.com/star-trek-reboot-movie-jonathan-goldstein-john-francis-daley] Staff Picks Alonso - Faces Places [https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/faces-places] Drea - Rental Family [https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/rental-family] Tarik - Brother John [https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/brother-john] Kevin - For Your Consideration [https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/for-your-consideration] Follow us on BlueSky [https://bsky.app/profile/maximumfilmpodcast.bsky.social], Facebook [http://facebook.com/groups/maximum_film], Instagram [http://instagram.com/maximumfilmpodcast], or Letterboxd [https://letterboxd.com/maximumfilm/] With Kevin Avery [https://www.instagram.com/kevinaverycomedy] Drea Clark [http://twitter.com/thedreaclark] Alonso Duralde [https://bsky.app/profile/aduralde.bsky.social] Produced by Marissa Flaxbart [http://instagram.com/flaxbart] Sr. Producer Laura Swisher [http://twitter.com/swish]

Episode #428: 'Christy' with Daresha Kyi

CW: discussion of domestic abuse We get into the good the bad and the ugly of the new boxing biopic CHRISTY, which tells the story of pioneering boxer Christy Martin and her dark power struggles both in and outside the ring. Then we have a movie quiz about bio pics with first-name titles.  What’s Good Alonso - successful Parker House rolls trial run Drea - remembering a detail of Arrival Daresha - screening her new film to big crowd at a Black church in Cambridge, MA Kevin - was in a play! ITIDIC 1. Kristen Stewart declares "state of emergency" over gender inequality in film [https://www.avclub.com/kristen-stewart-state-of-emergency-female-filmmakers] 2. Warners Making ‘Gremlins 3’ With Steven Spielberg, Chris Columbus Returning [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/warners-gremlins-3-steven-spielberg-chris-columbus-1236419932/] Staff Picks Drea - Rebuilding [https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/rebuilding] Alonso - Little Amelie or The Character of Rain [https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/little-amelie-or-the-character-of-rain] Daresha - Natchez  [https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/natchez] Kevin - Unknown Number: The High School Catfish [https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/unknown-number-the-high-school-catfish] Love, Joy, & Power at DOC NYC [https://www.docnyc.net/film/love-joy-power-tools-for-liberation/] Alonso’s book, Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas [https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/have-yourself-a-movie-little-christmas-9781493087440/] Follow us on BlueSky [https://bsky.app/profile/maximumfilmpodcast.bsky.social], Facebook [http://facebook.com/groups/maximum_film], Instagram [http://instagram.com/maximumfilmpodcast], or Letterboxd [https://letterboxd.com/maximumfilm/] With Kevin Avery [https://www.instagram.com/kevinaverycomedy] Drea Clark [http://twitter.com/thedreaclark] Alonso Duralde [https://bsky.app/profile/aduralde.bsky.social] Produced by Marissa Flaxbart [http://instagram.com/flaxbart] Sr. Producer Laura Swisher [http://twitter.com/swish]