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Each episode Ben Verschoor and Steven Santana will talk about a contemporary release and then two related repertory screenings. The relation can be as thin as possible or explicitly obvious.

  1. 5d ago

    12 Films from Virginia Film Festival 2026

    This year Ben was able to once again attend the Virginia Film Festival and saw 12 films which he recorded on-scene audio diaries of which we intercut into our debriefing conversation a few days afterward. Timestamps: (0:01:57) The Only Living Pickpocket in New York (Noah Segan, 2026) (0:12:12) Giants Do Fall (Megan Ponder, Stiv Wilson, 2026) (0:22:11) Cherry and Virgin (Masanao Kawajiri, 2026) (0:29:36) Missing out on TheyDream (William D. Caballero, 2026) & Long Day's Journey Into Night (Jonathan Kent, 2026) (0:33:41) Minotaur (Andrey Zvyagintsev, 2026) (0:44:01) All of a Sudden (Ryusuke Hamaguchi, 2026) (0:53:39) A Bit of Light (Ali Asgari, 2026) (1:02:46) When a Witness Recants (Dawn Porter, 2026) (1:11:18) Short Films: ReCAPTCHA - Memento Mori (Betsy Kenyon and Benjamin Ades, 2026) (1:21:50) A Long Winter (Andrew Haigh, 2026) (1:31:48) Rehearsals for a Revolution (Pegah Ahangarani, 2026) (1:50:00) We Are Aliens (Kohei Kadowaki, 2026) (1:59:01) Nina Roza (Geneviève Dulude-De Celles, 2026) (2:12:20) Next Time: You Can See Everything (Lance Oppenheim, Nathan Fielder) & Wildwood (Travis Knight) Works Cited: The Only Living Pickpocket in New York (Noah Segan, 2026) Giants Do Fall (Megan Ponder, Stiv Wilson, 2026) Giant Do Fall festival photo Cherry and Virgin (Masanao Kawajiri, 2026) TheyDream (William D. Caballero, 2026) Long Day's Journey Into Night (Jonathan Kent, 2026) Minotaur (Andrey Zvyagintsev, 2026) All of a Sudden (Ryusuke Hamaguchi, 2026) A Bit of Light (Ali Asgari, 2026) When a Witness Recants (Dawn Porter, 2026) Short Films: ReCAPTCHA - Memento Mori (Betsy Kenyon and Benjamin Ades, 2026) A Long Winter (Andrew Haigh, 2026) Rehearsals for a Revolution (Pegah Ahangarani, 2026) We Are Aliens (Kohei Kadowaki, 2026) Nina Roza (Geneviève Dulude-De Celles, 2026) Email us at Miseenscreenpodcast@gmail.com! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/  @benverschoor.bsky.social https://swvadcta.org/  Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/  @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is "Root Beer Rag" by Billy Joel Closing music is "G-Spot Tornado" by Frank Zappa Subscribe, rate and review us! Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

  2. 6d ago

    Blue Heron Review & Discussion

    Blue Heron is a 2026 semi-autobiographical drama, the debut feature of writer-director Sophy Romvari, based on her short film Still Processing. In the mid-1990s, a Hungarian family emigrates to Vancouver Island. The eldest of the children, Jeremy (Edik Beddoes), exhibits increasingly defiant and dangerous behavior, to the dismay of his parents, played by Iringó Réti and Ádám Tompa. The film also features Eylul Guven, Liam Serg, Preston Drabble, and Amy Zimmer. Timestamps: (0:02:03) Blue Heron (Sophy Romvari, 2025) (0:31:58) Spoilers (1:05:17) Next Time: Virginia Film Festival 2026 Works Cited: Aftersun (Charlotte Wells, 2022) Blue Heron (Sophy Romvari, 2025) Blue Heron (2026) (Walter Chaw, 2026) "Blue Heron" Is an Exalted Drama of Troubled Childhood (Richard Brody, 2026) The Butcher Boy (Neil Jordan, 1997) Email us at Miseenscreenpodcast@gmail.com! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/  @benverschoor.bsky.social https://swvadcta.org/  Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/  @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is "Root Beer Rag" by Billy Joel Closing music is "G-Spot Tornado" by Frank Zappa Subscribe, rate and review us! Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

  3. Oct 22

    Street Fighter (2026) Review & Discussion

    Street Fighter the 2026 film adaptation of the world famous Capcom fighting game series, directed by Kitao Sakurai from a screenplay by T.J. Fixman and Kitao Sakurai. Callina Liang stars as Chun-Li who recruits Andrerw Koji as Ryu and Noah Centineo as Ken to participate in the World Warrior Tournament alongside Joa "Roman Reigns" Anoa'i as Akuma, Cody Rhodes as Guile, Andrew Schulz as Dan Hibiki, Vidyut Jammwal as Dhalsim, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson as Balrog, Jason Momoa as Blanka, Don Lee as Gouken, Orville Peck as Vega, Olivier Richters as Zangief, Hirooki Goto as E. Honda, Mel Jarnson as Cammy, and David Dastmalchian as the villainous M. Bison. Also starring Eric Andre as Don Sauvage. Timestamps: (0:02:03) Undefeatable (Godfrey Ho, 1993) (0:24:08) The Employer (Frank Merle, 2013) (0:37:48) Street Fighter (Steven E. de Souza, 1994) (1:00:04) Street Fighter (Kitao Sakurai, 2026) (2:27:17) Next Time: Blue Heron (Sophy Romvari, 2025) Works Cited: Best fight scene of all time (Mastabiff, 2006) Best of the Worst: Blood Debts, The Tomb, and Undefeatable (RedLetterMedia, 2015) EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Cynthia Rothrock (Undefeatable, China O'Brien) | Bristol Bad Film Club  EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: John Miller and Don Niam (stars of Undefeatable) | Bristol Bad Film Club  Mortal Kombat II (Simon McQuoid, 2026) Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (John R. Leonetti, 1997) Official Evo Moment #37, Daigo vs Justin Evo 2004 in HD Street Fighter (1994) - Movie Review : Alternate Ending (Tim Brayton, 2020) Street Fighter (Kitao Sakurai, 2026) Street Fighter (Steven E. de Souza, 1994) Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (Gisaburō Sugii, 1994) Street Fighter review: Video game adaptation trips over its own gi (Clint Worthington, 2026) Street Fighter: The Movie — What went wrong (Chris Plante, 2014) Street Fighter: The Movie feat. Devan Scott (Hit Factory, 2023) 'Street Fighter' review by Devan Scott • Letterboxd 'Street Fighter' Review: Get Ready to Be Beaten Into Submission (Matt Singer, 2026) The Addams Family (Barry Sonnenfeld, 1991) The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan, 2008) The Employer (Frank Merle, 2013) ‎The world's biggest Street Fighter movie fan explains why it's an accidental masterpiece (Pete Volk, 2024) Undefeatable (Godfrey Ho, 1993) Email us at Miseenscreenpodcast@gmail.com! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/  @benverschoor.bsky.social https://swvadcta.org/  Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/  @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is "Root Beer Rag" by Billy Joel Closing music is "G-Spot Tornado" by Frank Zappa Subscribe, rate and review us! Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

  4. Oct 15

    The Social Reckoning Review & Discussion

    The Social Reckoning is a 2026 legal thriller written and directed by Aaron Sorkin and is a sequel to the 2010 film The Social Network. We find Mark Zuckerberg twelve years later and now played by Jeremy Strong as his company experiences a whistleblower leak by data engineer Frances Haugen, played by Mikey Madison, who feeds information on Facebook's algorithmic changes, their consequences, and Facebook leadership's indifference of those consequences to Jeff Horwitz of the Wall Street Journal, played here by Jeremy Allen White. Costars include Bill Burr and Wunmi Mosaku as Zuck's advisors who are coaching him through a rehearsal of an impending Senate hearing, and Bill Magnussen as Facebook media fixer Teddy. Timestamps: (0:7:35) Pulse (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2001) (0:31:57) Molly's Game (Aaron Sorkin, 2017) (0:47:36) The Social Network (David Fincher, 2010) (1:10:38) The Social Reckoning (Aaron Sorkin, 2026) (1:49:53) Spoilers for The Social Reckoning (2:12:30) Next time: Street Fighter (Kitao Sakurai, 2026) (2:13:47) Punishment: Undefeatable (Godfrey Hall, 1993) Works Cited: 20 Years Later, Pulse Is Still the Creepiest Horror Movie About Internet Ghosts (Cheryl Eddy, 2020) A Few Good Men (Rob Reiner, 1992) Aaron Sorkin's Farce to Be Reckoned With (Adam Nayman, 2026) All the President's Men (Alan J. Pakula, 1976) Being the Ricardos (Aaron Sorkin, 2021) Film of the Week: Molly's Game (Jonathan Romney, 2017) Molly's Game (Aaron Sorkin, 2017) Molly's Game | The New Yorker (Richard Brody, 2017) ‎'Molly's Game' review by Josh Lewis • Letterboxd  Moneyball (Bennett Miller, 2011) Pulse (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2001) Ringu (Hideo Nakata, 1998) Steve Jobs (Danny Boyle, 2015) Street Fighter (Kitao Sakurai, 2026) Sweet Home (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 1989) The Social Network (David Fincher, 2010) The Social Reckoning (Aaron Sorkin, 2026) "The Social Reckoning" Leaves Out the Human Element | The New Yorker (Richard Brody, 2026) The Social Reckoning review – a diluted version of a far better film (Hannah Strong, 2026) 'The Social Reckoning' Wants to Be 'All the Zuckerberg's Men' (David Fear, 2026) The Wolf of Wall Street (Martin Scorsese, 2013) Trial of the Chicago 7 (Aaron Sorkin, 2020) Email us at Miseenscreenpodcast@gmail.com! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/  @benverschoor.bsky.social https://swvadcta.org/  Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/  @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is "Root Beer Rag" by Billy Joel Closing music is "G-Spot Tornado" by Frank Zappa Subscribe, rate and review us! Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

  5. Oct 8

    Digger Review & Discussion

    Digger is a satirical black comedy film directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu who co-wrote with Sabina Berman, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Nicolás Giacobone. Tom Cruise stars as oil tycoon Digger Rockwell who triggers a catastrophic global environmental disaster and scrambles to control the narrative in its wake. Costarring Riz Ahmed as Dr. Nirav Ganesh, Digger's head of environmental safety, John Goodman as President Compson, Sandra Huller as Emma Rockwell, Digger's half sister and business partner for a environmental friendly company, Michael Stuhlbarg as Vice President Eddie, Jesse Plemons as Kenny, and Emma D'Arcy as Lina, Digger's assistant. Timestamps: (0:03:03) Born on the Fourth of July (Oliver Stone, 1989) (0:28:50) Risky Business (Paul Brickman, 1983) (0:48:06) Digger (Alejandro Iñárritu, 2026) (1:27:00) Spoilers for Digger (2:04:37) Next time: The Social Reckoning (Aaron Sorkin, 2026) Works Cited: Asteroid City (Wes Anderson, 2023) Born on the Fourth of July (Oliver Stone, 1989) Burn After Reading (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2008) Christian Bale's American Psycho Inspiration Was Tom Cruise (Ben Hardwick, 2021; the current version was updated June 21, 2025 with a conspicuously pro-Cruise disclaimer and counterpoint.) The Death of Stalin (Armando Ianucci, 2017) Digger (Alejandro Iñárritu, 2026) 'Digger' review: Tom Cruise swings big and misses in Alejandro G. Iñárritu's latest (Kristy Puchko, 2026)  Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Stanley Kubrick, 1964) Four Lions (Chris Morris, 2010) I'm Thinking of Ending Things (Charlie Kaufman, 2020) In the Loop (Armando Ianucci, 2009) O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2001) Review: 'Digger' Is a Brazen Act of Self-Sabotage (Bilge Elbiri, 2026) Risky Business (Paul Brickman, 1983) "Risky Business" Remains One of the Most Daring Films of the '80s (Daniel Joyaux, 2024) Sorcerer (William Friedkin, 1977) Thief (Michael Mann, 1980) The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (Wes Anderson, 2023) Zoolander (Ben Stiller, 2001) Email us at Miseenscreenpodcast@gmail.com! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/  @benverschoor.bsky.social https://swvadcta.org/  Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/  @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is "Root Beer Rag" by Billy Joel Closing music is "G-Spot Tornado" by Frank Zappa Subscribe, rate and review us! Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

  6. Sep 30

    Primetime Review & Discussion

    Primetime is a 2026 psychological thriller film directed by documentarian Lance Oppenheim and based on the 2007 Esquire article "Tonight on Dateline This Man Will Die" by Luke Dittrich. Robert Pattinson stars as Chris Hansen, the host of To Catch a Predator as he sets out to make television history with his program. Costarring Merritt Wever as Hansen's producer at Dateline NBC Andie Bender, Skyler Gisondo as Dan Plumb, an aspiring actor hired to be a decoy "teenager," Matthew Marre as Xavier Von Erck, the founder of perverted justice who do most of the online chats with potential predators, Phoebe Bridgers as Del Harvey, a veteran decoy, Jeff Zucker as himself, overseer of programming for NBCUniversal, and Aw-nah Farris as Mary Joan Hansen, Hansen's wife. Timestamps: (0:02:33) Howard the Duck (Willard Huyck, 1986) (0:19:37) Out of Reach (Leong Po-Chih, 2004) (0:38:05) Predators (David Osit, 2025) (0:59:08) Nightcrawler (Dan Gilroy, 2014) (1:11:57) Primetime (Lance Oppenheim, 2026) (1:56:16) Spoilers for Primetime (2:08:14) Next time: Digger (Alejandro G. Iñárritu, 2026) Works Cited: American Graffiti (George Lucas, 1973) American Psycho (Mary Harron, 2000) Even the film grain feels filthy in Robert Pattinson's skin-crawling 'Primetime'  (Amy Nicholson, 2026) From 'Primetime' to 'Company,' 39 Cinematographers Talk the Looks of Their Venice Films (Sarah Shachat, 2026) Howard the Duck (Willard Huyck, 1986) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Steven Spielberg, 1984) Nightcrawler (Dan Gilroy, 2014) ‎'Out of Reach' review by GrumpyMustard • Letterboxd  Out of Reach (Leong Po-Chih, 2004) Predators (David Osit, 2025) Primetime (Lance Oppenheim, 2026) Predators review: Chris Hansen has a seat in true-crime reckoning (Brent Simon, 2025) Primetime review: An ethics drama with a horror movie heart (Matt Zoller Seitz, 2026) 'Primetime' Review: Robert Pattinson Is Even Creepier Than IRL Chris Hansen in a Bleakly Invigorating 'To Catch a Predator' Thriller (Ryan Latanzio, 2026) 'Primetime': What's Real and What's Not in Robert Pattinson's 'To Catch a Predator' (Samantha Bergeson, 2026) 'Primetime': 'To Catch a Predator' In the Hot Seat (Matt Singer, 2026) Revisiting the calamitous Howard the Duck at 35 | The Spool (Peter Sobczynski, 2021) Strange Bedfellows (John Cook, 2006) Email us at Miseenscreenpodcast@gmail.com! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/  @benverschoor.bsky.social https://swvadcta.org/  Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/  @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is "Root Beer Rag" by Billy Joel Closing music is "G-Spot Tornado" by Frank Zappa Subscribe, rate and review us! Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

  7. Sep 24

    Resident Evil (2026) Review & Discussion

    Resident Evil is the latest reboot and entry in the Resident Evil film franchise. Directed by Zach Cregger and co-written by Cregger and Shay Hatten, this film follows Austin Abrams as Bryan, a medical courier making a delivery to Raccoon City General Hospital that is waylaid by an encounter with a flesh-eating zombie (Andrea Miltnerová), forcing him into a fight for survival. Costarring Zach Cherry as Dave, Kali Reis as Pauline, Paul Walter Hauser as Carl, and Johnno Wilson as Arklay County sheriff Max. Timestamps: (0:02:34) Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010) (0:32:13) One Cut of the Dead (2017) (0:49:27) Sweet Home (1989) (1:07:30) Resident Evil (2026) (1:45:18) Spoilers (2:08:14) Next time: Primetime & Out of Reach & Howard the Duck Works Cited: A Few Thoughts on Vulgar Auteurism | The New Yorker (Richard Brody, 2013) The 1989 Japanese B-Movie That Inspired Survival Horror Gaming on Notebook | MUBI (James Balmont, 2020) Alice in wasteland: A play-through of the 5 Resident Evil movies (Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, 2014) One Cut of the Dead (Shin'ichirō Ueda, 2018) 'Resident Evil' Movie Review: Zach Cregger's Relentless Adaptation (David Ehrlich, 2026) 'Resident Evil: Afterlife' review by STinG • Letterboxd Resident Evil: Afterlife (Paul W.S. Andereson, 2010) Resident Evil (Zach Cregger, 2026) Resident Evil (2026) Review: One of the Best Video Game Movies Ever (Elijah Gonzalez, 2026)  'Sweet Home' review by Geoffrey Broomer • Letterboxd Sweet Home (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 1989) first time watching ALL 6 RESIDENT EVIL MOVIES (Pretty Much It, 2026) Half in the Bag Episode 38: Resident Evil series Part 1 (RedLetterMedia, 2012) Email us at Miseenscreenpodcast@gmail.com! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/  @benverschoor.bsky.social https://swvadcta.org/  Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/  @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is "Root Beer Rag" by Billy Joel Closing music is "G-Spot Tornado" by Frank Zappa Subscribe, rate and review us! Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

  8. Sep 17

    Hope (2026) Review & Discussion

    Hope is a 2026 South Korean science fiction thriller written, directed, and co-produced by Na Hong-jin. A police chief, a policewoman and a group of hunters try to track down and kill a mysterious creature that's laying waste to the South Korean village of Hope. This stars Hwang Jung-min, Zo In-sung, Jung Ho-yeon, Taylor Russell, Cameron Britton, Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender. Timestamps: (0:02:05) Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (0:22:08) Predator (0:53:10) From Beyond (1:10:58) Hope (2026) (1:45:08) Spoilers (2:16:25) Next time: Resident Evil (2026) & Resident Evil: Afterlife Works Cited: From Beyond (Stuart Gordon, 1986) Hope (Na Hong-jin, 2026) 'Hope' Is a Confoundingly Off-the-Rails Sci-Fi Spectacle Destined for Cult Classic Status (Isaiah Colbert, 2026) Hope Review: Na Hong-jin's Creature Feature Is Undone by Terrible CGI (David Ehrlich, 2026) I Can't Tell If Hope Is a Good-Bad Movie or a Bad-Good One - Reactor (Reuben Baron, 2026) John McTiernan, director of 'Die Hard': 'My movies were quite patriotic, but being in prison changed my attitude' | Culture (Jaime Lorite Chinchón, 2025) Predator (John McTiernan, 1987) Predator movie review & film summary (Roger Ebert, 1987) Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (Nicholas Webster, 1964) Email us at Miseenscreenpodcast@gmail.com! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/  @benverschoor.bsky.social https://swvadcta.org/  Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/  @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is "Root Beer Rag" by Billy Joel Closing music is "G-Spot Tornado" by Frank Zappa Subscribe, rate and review us! Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict

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Each episode Ben Verschoor and Steven Santana will talk about a contemporary release and then two related repertory screenings. The relation can be as thin as possible or explicitly obvious.

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  • Creator
    Ben Verschoor & Steven Santana
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    71
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    Explicit
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