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Gerry Hartman and Sammy Ray
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Gerry and Sammy talk about movies. Old, new, bad, good, and everything in between. Generally, two films that are loosely connected in some form or fashion will be discussed in each episode, but the boys will divert from this format to rank the filmographies of certain directors, discuss end-of-the-year best-of lists, etc. Come listen to the two smartest people in the world deliver their objectively correct analyses on a variety of films. Hosts: Gerry Hartman, Sammy Ray. Theme song produced by Eric Powell

  1. JAN 1

    #56: 2025 Year in Review - Fin de Podcast

    After many months on hiatus, Sammy and Gerry have returned for one last ride. They're talking everything in film from the year 2025. They'll go through their favorite and least favorites from the year, as well as other notable titles they watched. Join the boys one last time in the concluding episode to the It's On the List odyssey - they may be back one day, so treat this more as a "see ya later" than a "goodbye." The podcast is dead. Long live the podcast. Sincerely, thank you to all our listeners. It's been a privilege to share our film conversations with you. (00:00:00) Intro (00:05:17) Worst films of 2025 (00:34:12) Best films of 2025 (01:33:33) Worst new-to-us viewings of 2025 (02:00:15) Best new-to-us viewings of 2025 (02:34:19) Outro

    2h 36m

  2. 07/03/2025

    #55: Dissociating at the Zoo

    Sammy and Gerry tackle one of the great pop melodramatists of his time - you know him, you love him, it's the one and only Cameron Crowe. The boys discuss his despairing Y2K head-trip, Vanilla Sky (2001), and his beautifully bittersweet family drama We Bought a Zoo (2011). They discuss the effectiveness of his cornball leanings, his excellent direction of actors, and the amount of times that they cried listening to Matt Damon talk about that damn zoo. Contains spoilers for both films. (00:00:00) Intro (00:01:14) Cameron Crowe background (00:09:07) Vanilla Sky (00:36:50) We Bought a Zoo (01:04:24) Outro

    1h 6m

  3. 07/02/2025

    #54: Milwaukee Film Festival 2025

    On this VERY belated podcast covering April's Milwaukee Film Festival, Gerry takes on hosting duties by himself to discuss the films he saw. Titles include: The Shrouds, Cloud, Black Dog, Magic Farm, WTO/99, and more! (00:00) Intro (02:39) The Shrouds (11:10) Dead Lover (12:30) Midnight Shorts (19:34) AJ Goes to the Dog Park (20:44) Black Dog (23:14) Cloud (26:59) Magic Farm (30:04) WTO/99 (32:43) Outro

    33 min

  4. 05/20/2025

    #53: Bava Told Me To

    Genre schlock or high art? The answer is yes. Sammy and Gerry are talking about Giallo maestro Mario Bava's A Bay of Blood (1971) and New York crime/horror filmmaker Larry Cohen's God Told Me to (1976), two films that explore violence and the cinematic apparatus from a variety of angles. Deranged content is discussed, and this episode contains spoilers for both films. (00:00:00) Intro (00:02:00) Bava background (00:08:35) A Bay of Blood (00:27:32) Cohen background (00:31:42) God Told Me To (00:49:17) Outro

    50 min

  5. 03/29/2025

    #52: Here (2024) and There

    In the last episode, Gerry and Sammy discussed films about trains - one of cinema's oldest subjects, and a topic which innately ties into cinema's essence of moving images. This episode, we're leaning in the other direction, toward isolated locations and still images. The films discussed are Here (2024), Robert Zemeckis' experimental melodrama from last year, and Contactos (1970), Paulino Viota's elusive, under-seen film which was made in secret during Franco's dictatorship in Spain. The two films provide much to discuss, both formally and thematically, with regard to spacial and temporal machinations. Contains spoilers for both films. (00:00:00) Intro (00:01:23) Zemeckis background (00:09:51) Here (00:42:06) Viota background (00:43:23) Contactos (01:02:55) Outro

    1h 4m

  6. 03/03/2025

    #51: Trains

    We're talking about train movies - more specifically, Nazi train movies. Discussed today are: John Frankeneheimer's suspense-filled The Train (1964) and Lars Von Trier's stylish neo noir Europa (1991). Contains spoilers for both films.

    44 min

  7. 01/31/2025

    #50: Nosferatu(s)

    Another year goes by, another Dracula adaptation hits the cinemas... Sammy and Gerry are discussing 3 of the most famous film adaptations of the classic text - the 3 which are entitled "Nosferatu:" F.W. Murnau's 1922 silent classic, Werner Herzog's 1979 reimagining, and the latest version from Robert Eggers. The boys discuss which features of the original text the respective filmmakers emphasize and focus on, the various virtues (or downfalls) of their different stylistic approaches, as well as how the films fit into their different time periods. Spoilers for all films, but it's Dracula, you probably know what happens already. (00:00:00) Intro (00:01:37) Murnau background (00:08:00) Nosferatu 1922 (00:20:47) Herzog background (00:25:08) Nosferatu 1979 (00:42:12) Eggers background (00:46:14) Nosferatu 2024 (01:07:37) Outro

    1h 8m

  8. 12/28/2024

    #49: 2024 in Review

    Another year has come and gone, the unstoppable march of time continues to yield physical and psychological torment, and another crop of new films has hit the public consciousness. Sammy and Gerry dive into the cinema that 2024 had to offer: their favorite films from the year, their least favorites, and the best older films they watched in the year of our lord 2024. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times - thank you for listening to the boys ramble about movies this year. (00:00:00) Intro (00:05:40) Best New Releases of 2024 (01:04:18) Honorable Mentions (01:09:52) Worst New Releases of 2024 (01:44:24) Best New-to-Us Films (02:26:28) Outro

    2h 27m
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Gerry and Sammy talk about movies. Old, new, bad, good, and everything in between. Generally, two films that are loosely connected in some form or fashion will be discussed in each episode, but the boys will divert from this format to rank the filmographies of certain directors, discuss end-of-the-year best-of lists, etc. Come listen to the two smartest people in the world deliver their objectively correct analyses on a variety of films. Hosts: Gerry Hartman, Sammy Ray. Theme song produced by Eric Powell

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    Gerry Hartman and Sammy Ray
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