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Today’s episode is brought to you by the letter K! SpiKe Lee’s Grand Prix winning adaptation of Ron Stallworth’s 1970’s infiltration of the Ku Klux Klan goes under the microscope as we discuss false equivalency and historical revisionism. You can catfish us via email at onlymoviepodcast@gmail.com or put on a different voice when you tweet us www.twitter.com/onlymoviepod See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Love is in the air as Matt and Shahir bring their respective others Jamie Walsh and Shivali Gulab to discuss Richard Linklater's Before Trilogy. If that wasn't enough, we're bringing back friends of the show Patrick and Franchesca from Last Name Basis to help round out this sextet! The conversation gets intimate as we discuss how the story of Jessie and Celine told across three movies relates to our own relationships and our definitions of romantic. We're not taking requests right now but you can still e-mail us with other questions and thoughts at onlymoviepodcast@gmail.com or whisper sweet nothings at us at www.twitter.com/onlymoviepod See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We're kicking it old school with Bo Burnham's Eighth Grade, a teenage coming of age comedy that has us questioning teenagers, age and comedy. Let's get lit as we explore our changing bodies in this deftly directed throwback to the awkwardness and anxiety that comes with being on the cusp of becoming a grownup. It's been a while, but this conversation gives hints what teenage Shahir and Matt might have been like. Hit that subscribe button and share your thoughts via old-school email at onlymoviepodcast@gmail.com. We're not down with the kids and this Snapchat thing, but you can still slide into our DM's on Twitter at www.twiter.com/onlymoviepod See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

It’s the return of our podcast within a podcast! This week, the dream of fulfilling all our listener requests begin to collapse as Matt and Shahir face off against their toughest foe... Imagined realities! The Wachowskis and Christopher Nolan have something in common as we explore the hidden thematic similarities of both SpeedRacer and Inception. Hint: it involves philosopher Jean Baudrillard and idealized visions of the real world. We’re currently in a fifth layer dream state, but send us a subconscious kick at onlymoviepodcast@gmail.com or watch us outrun you faster than Racer X on Twitter at www.twitter.com/onlymoviepod See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to eradicate any doubt about the box office mojo of Thomas Cruise Mapother IV. If seeing Tom risk life and limb isn't enough for your entertainment, you can now listen to two shlubs gasbag about the meaning of those stunts and whether this latest installment in the Mission Impossible franchise actually makes any sense. If you're not entertained, you can email us your complaints (or compliments) to onlymoviepodcast@gmail.com or send us a self-destructing message on Twitter at www.twitter.com/onlymoviepod. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Giddy up because we're back in the saddle with returning guest Jess Tucker who flew in all the way from the city of Angels to help us figure out Boots Riley's directorial debut "Sorry to Bother You" Magical realism, science fiction and absurdist satire all blend together in this office comedy about the way in which corporations can dehumanize our souls in the pursuit of the almighty dollar. Does this wildly irreverent take on capitalism manage to pull together all its multi-faceted narrative strands into a cohesive vision and can we put on our best white voice to either critique or celebrate Riley's vision of corporate America? Bother us via email at onlymoviepodcast@gmail.com or try to sell us the latest Encyclopedia Brittanica via Twitter at www.twitter.com/onlymoviepod See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The time has finally come to clear out our listener requests backlog! First up, The "Jake Gyllenhaal Thriller Double Feature" with Dan Gilroy's Nightcrawler (2014) and Denis Villeneuve's Prisoners (2013). If we can get past Jake's dreamy eyes, will we see the darkness he's hiding in both these incredibly tense thrillers that explore the limits of morality, and will we finally forgive him for Prince of Persia? We're not currently taking any more listener requests but if you'd like to complain about how we're not currently taking any more listener requests, you can email us at onlymoviepodcast@gmail.com or get all up in our business at www.twitter.com/onlymoviepod See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

If you're going to live alone in the woods, make sure you have a fully charged IPod so you can learn how to survive with Matt and Shahir! We're setting up camp with Debra Granik's follow up to Winter's Bone "Leave No Trace" featuring Ben Foster and New Zealander (!) Thomasin McKenzie. Can a film foster empathy or does the conflation of too many good people undermine an emotional response? Sit around the campfire and send us some smoke signals to onlymoviepodcast@gmail.com. Alternatively, you could probably get an actual bird to tweet at us at www.twitter.com/onlymoviepod if you trained it for long enough. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Let's cut the small talk. We've got an Ant-Man, a Wasp and a conversation about Marvel, sequels, villain problems and maybe a little side chat about toxic twitter. We're on a one-way ride to the quantum realm where we're going to try not to be eaten by tardigrades and avoid getting stuck in time talking about the same issues that seem to plague Marvel movies. Does Peyton Reed's sequel to 2015's Ant-Man break the tiny mold he created two years ago or is he forever living in the shadow of Edgar Wright? Shrink yourself down to subatomic scale and travel through the internet to explain how we're wrong about everything at onlymoviepodcast@gmail.com, or surf the toxic wasteland of twitter to let us know how we ruined your childhood by tweeting us at www.twitter.com/onlymoviepod Finally, please keep those iTunes reviews coming as they really help us spread the word! We're going to be clearing out the request list soon, so stay tuned for a lot of special episodes coming soon! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Matt and Shahir are real-life neighbors, so sitting down to have an honest discussion about Mr. Rogers, the current political climate or whether we're both mistakes doesn't take a lot of effort. What does require effort is pondering what Mr. Rogers would have thought of public rhetoric today and whether we're really thinking about the kids. Bring your tissues because we're going to figure out exactly why Morgan Neville's new documentary "Won't You Be My Neighbor" is resonating so powerfully with audiences. Even though we live in the land of make believe you can still send us messages via email at onlymoviepodcast@gmail.com, or whisper softly in our ears via twitter (www.twitter.com/onlymoviepod) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.