SXSW 2022 Movies RANKED - Let Us Explain
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A breakdown of the 2022 SXSW Film festival and all the Must-Watch movies to have on your radar!
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jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy LIVE SPOILERS | Let Us Explain
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jeen-yuhs, A documentary trilogy about Kanye West explained.
Read MoreEuphoria Season 2 Finale LIVE SPOILERS | Let Us Explain
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Let Us Explain the Euphoria Season 2 Finale LIVE with SPOILERS.
Read MorePalm Springs | Let Us Explain with director Max Barbakow and writer Andy Siara
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The latest Andy Samberg comedy threw audiences for a loop, so we're enlisting the help of the writer and the director of 'Palm Springs' to break it down. Amanda the Jedi joins Intercut for our Let Us Explain interview with Max Barbakow and Andy Siara to discuss balancing comedy with drama, 'Groundhog Day' comparisons, and Nana's mysterious role.
Read MoreDa 5 Bloods (2020) - Let Us Explain
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Let Us Explain - Spike's new movie on Netflix with @Movie Files
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Director Cory Finley Explains Bad Education - HBO (2020)
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Director Cory Finley joins Intercut to explain Bad Education. How much of the true story really happened? What are the movie's ties to Roslyn High School? How much direction does Hugh Jackman need? What does that ending mean?
Read MoreContagion vs. Outbreak | Let Us Explain
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People have been turning to pandemic-themed media, as Contagion sits atop movie rental charts and Outbreak trends on Netflix. How do these disease-centric movies hold up in the age of COVID-19?
Read MoreThe Platform | Let Us Explain
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A vertical prison in which captives are fed by a platform that descends from the top, leaving those at the bottom to fight for scraps, is the locale for the Spanish horror/thriller The Platform. How does The Platform comment on our society from its science fiction setting?
Read MoreNever Rarely Sometimes Always | Let Us Explain
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A teenager's unintended pregnancy sends her and a cousin across state lines in search of medical care. The third feature film from Eliza Hittman (It Felt Like Love, Beach Rats) is a starkly told and intimate glimpse at the obstacles that a young woman faces when she seeks out an abortion.
Read MoreWatchmen | Let Us Explain
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HBO's update of the classic Alan Moore graphic novel comes from Lost and The Leftovers creator Damon Lindelof. 2019's Watchmen takes place over 30 years after the events depicted in the original comics, focusing on a policewoman from Tusla named Angela Abar (Regina King).
Read MoreDownhill vs Force Majeure | Let Us Explain
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Downhill is the American revision of Ruben Ostlund's cringeworthy 2014 masterpiece, Force Majeure. Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Will Ferrell play a married couple on a ski trip with their kids whose pleasant stay is upended by scary incident.
Read More1917 | Let Us Explain
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1917 is filmed to look like two long, uncut shots, a remarkable technical achievement; however, is it more impressive than good? Art & Zach are joined by Intern Fernando to analyze this potential Best Picture Oscars contender.
Read MoreUncut Gems | Let Us Explain
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This is how we win. An anxiety-fueled vision of New York City's Diamond District from Josh and Benny Safdie, Uncut Gems stars Adam Sandler as a degenerate gambler who gets his hands on an immensely valuable stone. With an impressive cast including LaKeith Stanfield and Idina Menzel, as well as Kevin Garnett and The Weeknd playing themselves, the film is full of charismatic people giving great performances. It's also an intensely uncomfortable experience at times. Join Art, Zach, and AmandaTheJedi as they analyze Uncut Gems.
Read MoreDark | Let Us Explain
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Dark is a German science fiction thriller series on Netflix currently in between its 2nd and 3rd seasons. After two children go missing from a small German town, dark secrets and double lives are exposed in this puzzle-filled show. Rhianna from Rhiannatoria joins Art and Zach to break down the convoluted mysteries of Netflix's Dark.
Read MorePortrait of a Lady on Fire | Let Us Explain
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A painter is commissioned to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman betrothed by her mother to a man in another country. The two women come to find they have more in common than they had expected. Amanda the Jedi and Alina Montemayor join Art & Zach to break down Celine Sciamma's exquisite period piece, 'Portrait of a Lady on Fire.
Read MoreGreener Grass | Let Us Explain
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A hilarious and subversive look at suburban conformity. The mysterious and highly entertaining new comedy has layered jokes. What does it all mean? Join Art & Zach for answers on this edition of Let Us Explain.
Read MoreMarriage Story | Let Us Explain
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The story of a marriage falling apart as a family fights to stay together. Noah Baumbach's new film is an incisive look at divorce and the knots that are hardest to untie. With Adam Driver, Scarlet Johansson, Laura Dern, Ray Liotta, Alan Alda, Julie Hagerty, and Merritt Weaver, Marriage Story is a Netflix film considered by many to be a strong contender for end-of-year awards.
Read MoreThe Irishman | Let Us Explain
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THE IRISHMAN (2019): Young Robert De Niro, middle-aged Robert De Niro, and old Robert De Niro star in the new Martin Scorsese movie The Irishman. The film tells the story of a mob fixer over the course of several decades; as he comes up in the ranks of a crime syndicate through his involvement with Jimmy Hoffa (Al Pacino). Scorsese's nearly three-and-a-half-hour gangster epic is also a big gamble for Netflix who dropped over $160 million and much of their awards hopes onto The Irishman. Zach was at the World Premiere for the New York Film Festival, so Art asks what to expect, how it compares to movies like Casino & Goodfellas, as well as if it's worth seeing this movie in a movie theater before it hits streaming.
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The 2024 Toronto International Film Festival has wrapped up and we're back to recap all the movies - from midnight madness to awards winners!