Blow the Man Down! Good Cod almighty! A person might just go stir crazy cooped up in the house all day with nothing to watch. Don't worry, Jim and Teal have got you covered. Well...Jim does anyway. Teal is still trying to find his grove with this whole self-distancing thing.
Jim was craving a film mission. And for his sins, Teal gave him one. And when it was over, Jim never wanted another. Leviathan is the name of a pretty bad late 80s Alien under the sea movie, and it is also the name of a well-regarded Russian film from 2014. But the Leviathan Teal's been chatting up on several episodes is an 85 minute sensory ethnography documentary about deep-sea fisherman from New Bedford, and for that this can be said: Teal was right, there isn't another film quite like it.
Jim insists that this movie does not qualify as a best of the decade movie, because it isn't a narrative film. However, Jim does insist it qualifies for best dedicated 6 minutes of screen time to a dented can of Seagrams Ginger Ale.
To balance Leviathan, Jim took in another sea-themed movie this week, and it is the Amazon Prime offering, Blow the Man Down. This independent neo-noir set in a coastal fishing village in Maine won't set the awards calendar ablaze, but it might just be quirky enough to pass the time while you're stuck inside for the next month or so.
Want to know what to look out for on the Criterion Channel this month? Jim and Teal highlight a few things you might want to check out in April.
Academy Awards? Academy Awards did you say? If you've been following along the past few episodes, you know that Jim and Teal have been walking down the garden of yesteryear by dissecting the Academy's Best Picture pics in various decades. Last week they made it half-way through the 80s. This week they finish the decade, and realize there are a lot of movies nominated for Best Picture that no one talks about anymore. But if you are looking for some movies to catch up on, and fill your streaming queues, this episode is going to help you out.
Enjoy!
Bonus: Can you name this week's opening film dialogue, and film score track?
Stuff We’ve Seen is Back in Action
There’s a lot of Things to Stream Right Now
Paolo Sorrentino and The Hand of God
F the Academy. Teal and the Morlock Critique Poor Oscar Decision-Making
2022 Oscar Nominations Discussion
Hitchcrock! The Later Films of Alfred Hitchcock
The Trial of Licorice Pizza
West Side Story, House of Gucci, and Inherent Vice
Get Back and Licorice Pizza
Last Night in Soho
The Jake Gyllenbrawl
The Platform: Calling all Squid Game Fans: More Social SciFi Horror for You!
The Wicker Man and Other Folk Horror Fun
No Time to Die
Many Saints of Newark
Craig Wasson is The Outsider
Malignant: A Discussion with What Shannon Watched
Introducing the Movie Morlock
An Evening with Mike McQuilkin: The Suicide Squad for Dinner and Hudson Hawk for Dessert
Neo Noir Part 5: Watching the Kid Detectives
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It is Free
The Multiverse Fancast
Cinema: A to B
I Finally Watched...
Pod Meets World
Kill James Bond!