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Sep 23, 2016 • 55min
AYT #139: Blair Witch / Donnie Darko / Southland Tales
On this latest episode of AYT, Joe and Erik discuss cult franchises and the often futile attempts to recapture lightning in a bottle. Films discussed included Blair Witch, Donnie Darko (on our latest edition of HOLD UP) and Southland Tales.

Sep 21, 2016 • 1h 3min
Over/Under Movies #54: Easy Rider / Lost in America
On this episode, Oktay chooses two films that directly speak to each other and feature road trip narratives about finding yourself while traveling across America: Easy Rider takes the over and Lost In America has the under.

Sep 15, 2016 • 44min
AYT #138: Kicks / Author: The JT Leroy Story
On this episode, Joe and Erik fall hard and fast for Justin Tipping's strong debut film, Kicks. They also give some time to discuss the crazy, truth is stranger than fiction doc, Author: The JT Leroy Story.

Sep 8, 2016 • 54min
AYT #137: Don't Breathe / Antibirth
Joe and Erik discuss two more additions to the ever growing Detroit-set horror movie sub genre, Don't Breathe and Antibirth, but also see potential end of an era parallels between that city and Hollywood's recent output.

Sep 8, 2016 • 41min
Bingeworthy™ Episode 1
Our debut episode of The Playlist's own TV podcast!

Sep 1, 2016 • 31min
Stranger Things And The Problem Of Plotblocking
On this episode, Erik invites indie filmmaker Andrew Matthews (Zero Charisma) for a talk about an article he wrote recently over at The Talkhouse. In the piece, Andrew writes about a frustrating trend he's noticing more and more in popular, binge-worthy TV shows called plotblocking. And so, that's what we dive into on the show.

Aug 30, 2016 • 1h
Over/Under Movies #53: The Artist / Matinee
On this episode, Over/Under Movies takes a look at two different examples of movies about movies. Ryan's picks here and he went with Oscar winner The Artist for Over and Joe Dante's Matinee for the Under.

Aug 25, 2016 • 32min
Female Prisoner Scorpion (Blu-ray review)
This episode is brought to you by Arrow Video’s new blu-ray release Female Prisoner Scorpion: The Complete Collection. This gorgeous box set features all four films in the Female Prisoner Scorpion set, and though they’ve been difficult to access until now, their influence looms large even today. And so we discuss the films, star Meiko Kaji’s iconic performances and the thrill of watching great 70s exploitation cinema.

Aug 22, 2016 • 56min
AYT #136: OJ: Made In America / SubUrbia
On this latest episode of AYT, Joe and Erik look at some recent documentary releases that've gained some attention, but focus mostly on the excellent 7.5 hour ESPN doc OJ: Made in America. The last part of the show sees Joe's pick for Hold Up get discussed: Richard Linklater's oft-forgotten SubUrbia.

Aug 14, 2016 • 54min
Over/Under Movies #52: Pink Flamingos / Taxidermia
For this episode, Erik decided on a grossout double feature. The Over is John Waters' infamous early 70s exploitation picture Pink Flamingos, and the under is 2006 Hungarian oddity Taxidermia.