//podcastplus.net/feed/grierson-leitch~0a72f451 Tim Grierson and Will Leitch are lifelong best friends who have been writing and talking about the movies for 25 years. Grierson is vice president of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. Leitch is doing his absolutely best to pretend. Read their work everywhere. But listen to this show for the pure juice, straight on tap. Thu, 20 Aug 2026 06:35:23 +0000 https://chtbl.com/track/E2288/traffic.megaphone.fm/STA9064457719.mp3 The Oscars are Sunday! Yep, even though they're so much later this year, it still feels like they have sneaked up on us. We preview the Oscars and make our predictions for the big winners. Then we discuss Ben Wheatley's pandemic horror film "In the Earth." And our Reboot is the classic Bob Dylan documentary "Don't Look Back."Timestamps:47:23 "In the Earth"1:01:22 "Don't Look Back"Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music.We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or griersonleitch@gmail.com. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 19 Apr 2021 01:55:22 +0000 https://chtbl.com/track/E2288/traffic.megaphone.fm/STA9064457719.mp3 https://chtbl.com/track/E2288/traffic.megaphone.fm/STA3471609661.mp3 Hey, "Mr. Show" fans! Bob Odenkirk is an action star now. Crazy! We discuss his John Wick-esque "Nobody." Then it's the Eric Andre prank comedy "Bad Trip." And our Reboot is the Charlie Kaufman debut "Synecdoche, New York."Timestamps:11:17 "Nobody"35:46 "Bad Trip"53:41 "Synecdoche, New York."Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music.We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or griersonleitch@gmail.com. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 29 Mar 2021 01:53:23 +0000 https://chtbl.com/track/E2288/traffic.megaphone.fm/STA3471609661.mp3 https://chtbl.com/track/E2288/traffic.megaphone.fm/STA2104466783.mp3 It's our penultimate show: Our lighting round show to fit in all the movies left in 2020, packing them all in before Dorkfest. So strap in: LOTS of movies to get to.No timestamps this week: Just the movies. Here they are:"Wonder Woman 1984" "Soul" "The Father" "News of the World" "Promising Young Woman" "One Night in Miami" "Small Axe: Education" "The Midnight Sky"Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music.We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or griersonleitch@gmail.com. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 21 Dec 2020 03:12:21 +0000 https://chtbl.com/track/E2288/traffic.megaphone.fm/STA2104466783.mp3 https://chtbl.com/track/E2288/traffic.megaphone.fm/STA4229304988.mp3 Only three shows left, counting this one, until Dorkfest. That's right: You've almost made it to the end. We start with the acclaimed "Minari," and then hit two Meryl Streep movies: Ryan Murphy's "The Prom" and Steven Soderbergh's "Let Them All Talk." And then the fourth "Small Axe" movie from Steve McQueen, "Alex Wheatle."Timestamps (approximate):15:45 "Minari"38:20 "The Prom"1:01:23 "Let Them All Talk"1:21:27 "Small Axe: Alex Wheatle"Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music.We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or griersonleitch@gmail.com. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 14 Dec 2020 02:37:31 +0000 https://chtbl.com/track/E2288/traffic.megaphone.fm/STA4229304988.mp3 https://chtbl.com/track/E2288/traffic.megaphone.fm/STA9480325519.mp3 It is always a special day when Don Hertzfeldt releases a new film. One of our favorite filmmakers and artists released episode three of his World of Tomorrow series, and we dig deep into it. It's so great.Two other new movies, both interesting in very different ways: Radha Blank's "The 40-Year-Old Version" and the striking documentary "Time."Then, something insane for the Reboot: The crazy '80s BMX movie "Rad." Shoutout to J.E. Skeets!Timestamps (approximate):10:33 "World of Tomorrow, Episode Three"35:30 "The Forty-Year-Old Version"49:29 "Time"1:05:15 "Rad"Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music.We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or griersonleitch@gmail.com. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 12 Oct 2020 02:03:17 +0000 https://chtbl.com/track/E2288/traffic.megaphone.fm/STA9480325519.mp3 https://chtbl.com/track/E2288/traffic.megaphone.fm/STA1731589125.mp3 Is it the biggest movie weekend of the year? No question, right? We've got "Tenet!" We've got "Mulan!" We've got Charlie Kaufman's "I'm Thinking of Ending Things." What a freaking weekend. Let's dig in.Timestamps (approximate):7:22 "Tenet"23:50 "Mulan"42:29 "I'm Thinking of Ending Things"Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music.We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or griersonleitch@gmail.com. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 06 Sep 2020 19:02:42 +0000 https://chtbl.com/track/E2288/traffic.megaphone.fm/STA1731589125.mp3 https://chtbl.com/track/E2288/traffic.megaphone.fm/STA2665104874.mp3 Back to normal? Well, not quite, not even close, actually, but we DID go to the theater to see movies this week. (Grierson went to a drive through, which still counts.) Yes, what we went through for "The New Mutants."We also discuss the return of Bill and Ted in "Bill and Ted Face the Music," and then dance along with Armando Iannucci's "The Personal History of David Copperfield."Timestamps (approximate):8:22 "The New Mutants"29:50 "Bill and Ted Face the Music"48:29 "The Personal History of David Copperfield"Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music.We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or griersonleitch@gmail.com. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 31 Aug 2020 02:06:01 +0000 https://chtbl.com/track/E2288/traffic.megaphone.fm/STA2665104874.mp3 https://chtbl.com/track/E2288/traffic.megaphone.fm/STA4047277182.mp3 People are going back to theaters! Well, not really, but there ARE some theaters open, and there ARE new movies playing in them. What do we think about that? Find out, and also find out what we think of "Unhinged" and "Tesla."Then, in our Reboot segment, we discuss the 1962 horror movie "Burn, Witch, Burn!"Timestamps (approximate):13:05 "Unhinged"31:25 "Testa"47:21 "Burn, Witch, Burn!"Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music.We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or griersonleitch@gmail.com. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 24 Aug 2020 02:02:28 +0000 https://chtbl.com/track/E2288/traffic.megaphone.fm/STA4047277182.mp3 https://chtbl.com/track/E2288/traffic.megaphone.fm/STA3166057939.mp3 We have a very tired co-host, so bear with Leitch this week. Two new movies: Dave Franco's "The Rental," and the coming of age religion comedy "Yes God Yes."In the Reboot, it's Bong Joon-ho! Who is awesome! We discuss his 2006 film "The Host."Timestamps (approximate):13:30 "The Rental"26:10 "Yes God Yes"48:55 "The Host"Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music.We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or griersonleitch@gmail.com. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 27 Jul 2020 01:38:56 +0000 https://chtbl.com/track/E2288/traffic.megaphone.fm/STA3166057939.mp3 https://chtbl.com/track/E2288/traffic.megaphone.fm/STA7966992388.mp3 Is this the best movie weekend of the year so far? It might be! Three big, fascinating movies this week.First, the Gina Prince-Bythewood/Charlize Theron comic book collaboration "The Old Guard." Then, the Andy Samberg/Christi Milioti romantic comedy "Palm Springs." And make sure you've left room for Hanks: It's the Tom Hanks-scripted "Greyhound."Timestamps (approximate):8:21 "The Old Guard"28:36 "Palm Springs"46:55 "Greyhound"Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music.We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter, or griersonleitch@gmail.com. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie you'd like us to review, and we'll discuss it on a later podcast.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 13 Jul 2020 01:24:08 +0000 https://chtbl.com/track/E2288/traffic.megaphone.fm/STA7966992388.mp3