The Extra Credits
Kelsi and Trey
The Extra Credits is hosted by two teachers searching for meaning in your favorite movies and shows. We cover new releases with movie drafts, ranking games, interviews, and more!
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Nov 29, 2025 • 2h 25min
‘Wake Up Dead Man: A (Pretty Good) Knives Out Mystery' + 'Hamnet': The Best Film of 2025?
Kelsi and Trey break down why Hamnet might genuinely be the best film of 2025 from Chloé Zhao with career-defining performances by Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal. Then we dig into Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, exploring how Rian Johnson and Daniel Craig reinvent the whodunnit once again with sharp satire. If you enjoy the episode, consider signing up for our Patreon below. Free members already get exclusive access to dozens of bonus episodes, and full members unlock our entire archive of 80+ deep dives, commentaries, and monthly recaps.Hamnet (start of pod)Wake Up Dead Man (01:13:45)The Extra Credits YouTube ChannelBecome a member of The Extra Credits+ on Patreon hereLetterboxd: The Extra CreditsTikTok: The Extra CreditsReddit: r/TheExtraCreditsInstagram: @theextracreditsTwitter: @theextracreditsSend requests, questions, and thoughts to our email: extracreditspod@gmail.com
Nov 20, 2025 • 1h 46min
'Sentimental Value': Joachim Trier’s Most Emotional Film Yet
Kelsi and Trey talk Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value through its themes of trauma, lineage, forgiveness, and family wounds. Featuring breakdowns of Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, and Elle Fanning’s performances, plus an exploration of the house as memory, the film’s meta filmmaking layers, and why this might be Trier’s most powerful drama yet with some minor issues along the way.The Extra Credits YouTube ChannelBecome a member of The Extra Credits+ on Patreon hereLetterboxd: The Extra CreditsTikTok: The Extra CreditsReddit: r/TheExtraCreditsInstagram: @theextracreditsTwitter: @theextracreditsSend requests, questions, and thoughts to our email: extracreditspod@gmail.com
Nov 10, 2025 • 2h 23min
Everything Is Not Okay in 'Bugonia' and 'Die My Love'
Kelsi and Trey dive into Yorgos Lanthimos’s Bugonia—starring Jesse Plemons and Emma Stone—before switching gears to Lynne Ramsay’s brutal new film Die My Love with Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson. We talk apocalyptic thrillers, strange sincerity, art-house madness, and why both films feel like we're staring into the end of the world. For more on Lanthimos and Pattinson check out our free episodes on Poor Things, The Batman, and more on our Patreon for free members below!Bugonia (17:40)Die My Love (01:34:35)The Extra Credits YouTube ChannelBecome a member of The Extra Credits+ on Patreon hereLetterboxd: The Extra CreditsTikTok: The Extra CreditsReddit: r/TheExtraCreditsInstagram: @theextracreditsTwitter: @theextracreditsSend requests, questions, and thoughts to our email: extracreditspod@gmail.com
Sep 27, 2025 • 1h 54min
A Complicated Deep Dive into Paul Thomas Anderson's 'One Battle After Another'
Kelsi and Trey take a complicated deep dive into Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another (2025), the bold new epic starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Benicio Del Toro, Teyana Taylor, Regina Hall, and Sean Penn. Is it a modern masterpiece or an important piece of big budget art considering our political moment? A bit of both! Sign up for free on our Patreon (link below) to unlock our full Phantom Thread deep dive and other exclusive movie episodes.The Extra Credits YouTube ChannelBecome a member of The Extra Credits+ on Patreon hereLetterboxd: The Extra CreditsTikTok: The Extra CreditsReddit: r/TheExtraCreditsInstagram: @theextracreditsTwitter: @theextracreditsSend requests, questions, and thoughts to our email: extracreditspod@gmail.com
Sep 25, 2025 • 2h 27min
Mailbag: Best and Worst of 2025, Timothée Chalamet vs. Austin Butler, the Power of Pedro Pascal, and more!
Kelsi and Trey's Mailbag 2025 episode is here: we talk pod origin lore, real vs. fake IMAX, and the movies that defined the year - Black Bag, 28 Years Later, Sinners, Weapons, and more. We get into the biggest disappointments (Mickey 17, Highest 2 Lowest), the actors everywhere in 2025 (Pedro Pascal, Chalamet, Butler), plus our scariest horror moments and best theater experiences. Next up: PTA’s One Battle After Another, and for a limited time free listeners can hear our 3-hour Phantom Thread deep dive on Patreon.The Extra Credits YouTube ChannelBecome a member of The Extra Credits+ on Patreon hereLetterboxd: The Extra CreditsTikTok: The Extra CreditsReddit: r/TheExtraCreditsInstagram: @theextracreditsTwitter: @theextracreditsSend requests, questions, and thoughts to our email: extracreditspod@gmail.com
Sep 4, 2025 • 1h 5min
What Went Wrong with Spike Lee’s ‘Highest 2 Lowest’?
Spike Lee’s Highest 2 Lowest is bold, stylish, funny, and frustrating all at once. In this episode, Trey and Kelsi explore Spike’s return to the crime thriller with Denzel Washington and Jeffrey Wright grounding the story, and A$AP Rocky stepping in as a surprising antagonist. We dig into how the film tries to channel the social bite of Inside Man, and the moral weight of Kurosawa’s High and Low, but often veers into goofy tangents, uneven tone, and surface-level commentary instead of the sharper critique Spike’s known for. Sign up below on Patreon as a free member to get access to our review of Kurosawa's High and Low.The Extra Credits YouTube ChannelBecome a member of The Extra Credits+ on Patreon hereLetterboxd: The Extra CreditsTikTok: The Extra CreditsReddit: r/TheExtraCreditsInstagram: @theextracreditsTwitter: @theextracreditsSend requests, questions, and thoughts to our email: extracreditspod@gmail.com
Aug 31, 2025 • 37min
Mailbag! + September Updates + Venice & Telluride Highlights
Kelsi and Trey return to update you on a few things: send your questions for our upcoming Q&A mailbag, programming mainfeed/patreon updates for September, and diving into all the buzz out of Venice and Telluride. From Emma Stone’s ovation in Bugonia to Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein to Jeremy Allen White in Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere. If you haven’t already, sign up as a free member on Patreon! You’ll instantly get access to our High and Low breakdown (along with a bunch of other free episodes), and you’ll stay in the loop on all the extras we’re cooking up.The Extra Credits YouTube ChannelBecome a member of The Extra Credits+ on Patreon hereLetterboxd: The Extra CreditsTikTok: The Extra CreditsReddit: r/TheExtraCreditsInstagram: @theextracreditsTwitter: @theextracreditsSend requests, questions, and thoughts to our email: extracreditspod@gmail.com
Aug 9, 2025 • 1h 37min
The Deeper Meaning of Zach Cregger’s 'Weapons'
Kelsi and Trey review Zach Cregger’s movie Weapons, sharing how they spoke with Cregger and how he sent them the screenplay after hearing their Barbarian deep dive (available now on Patreon). They dig into the current wave of modern horror shaped by filmmakers like Jordan Peele and Ari Aster, then explore how Cregger has quickly made his mark by balancing sharp genre thrills, dark humor, and deeply weird vibes into a style all his own.The Extra Credits YouTube ChannelBecome a member of The Extra Credits+ on Patreon hereLetterboxd: The Extra CreditsTikTok: The Extra CreditsReddit: r/TheExtraCreditsInstagram: @theextracreditsTwitter: @theextracreditsSend requests, questions, and thoughts to our email: extracreditspod@gmail.com
Aug 8, 2025 • 1h 7min
'Barbarian' with Writer/Director Zach Cregger | Re-Release for 'Weapons'
In anticipation for Zach Cregger's new movie Weapons, Kelsi and Trey re-released their conversation with Cregger for a SPOILER-filled deep dive of Barbarian. Their deep dive of Barbarian is free for free members on Patreon below! Weapons deep dive coming very soon.The Extra Credits YouTube ChannelBecome a member of The Extra Credits+ on Patreon hereLetterboxd: The Extra CreditsTikTok: The Extra CreditsReddit: r/TheExtraCreditsInstagram: @theextracreditsTwitter: @theextracreditsSend requests, questions, and thoughts to our email: extracreditspod@gmail.com
Jul 29, 2025 • 5min
Akira Kurosawa's 'The Hidden Fortress' (1958) | Patreon #65
Kelsi and Trey explore Akira Kurosawa’s The Hidden Fortress on Patreon. This is just a free sample. In the full episode, we kick off our Kurosawa journey by unpacking the film’s influence on Star Wars and diving into its narrative structure, tone, and characters. It’s part of our ongoing series pairing classic Kurosawa films with deeper Star Wars deep dives!The Extra Credits YouTube ChannelBecome a member of The Extra Credits+ on Patreon hereLetterboxd: The Extra CreditsTikTok: The Extra CreditsReddit: r/TheExtraCreditsInstagram: @theextracreditsTwitter: @theextracreditsSend requests, questions, and thoughts to our email: extracreditspod@gmail.com
