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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. 1d ago

    Scary Movie (2026) Review & Discussion

    Scary Movie is a horror spoof directed by Michael Tiddes and written by Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Craig Wayans, and Rick Alvarez. As a parody of legacy sequels and the Scream series in particular, it follows Sara Campbell (Olivia Rose Keegan), daughter of the original movie's Cindy Campbell (Anna Faris), who returns to her hometown with her conspicuously suspicious boyfriend Jack (Cameron Scott Roberts) after her legally distinctive younger sister Tuesday (Savannah Lee Nassif) is stabbed by the also legally distinctive Ghostface killer. The ensuing murders reunite Cindy with her high school friends Shorty (Marlon Wayans), Brenda (Regina Hall), Ray (Shawn Wayans), along with problematically special officer Doofy Gilmore (Dave Sheridan). The film also features Sydney Park, Gregg Wayans, and Cheri Oteri.  Timestamps: (0:03:13) Epic Movie (0:28:30) Disaster Movie (0:53:47) Scary Movie (1:33:41) Spoilers (1:46:07) Two Week Break and then: Disclosure Day and The Furious Works Cited: 10,000 BC (Roland Emmerich, 2008) Airplane (Jim Abrahams, David and Jerry Zucker, 1980) Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (Jay Roach, 1997) Beowulf (Robert Zemeckis, 2007) Best Night Ever (Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, 2013) Blazing Saddles (Mel Brooks, 1974) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Tim Burton, 2005) Date Movie (Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, 2006) Disaster Movie (Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, 2008) Disaster Movie Review | Entertainment Weekly  (Owen Gleiberman, 2008) Enchanted (Kevin Lima, 2007) Epic Movie (Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, 2007) Epic Movie (Nathan Rabin, 2007) Funny Like a Guy | The New Yorker (Tad Friend, 2011) Galaxy Quest (Dean Parisot, 1999) Hannah Montana (Michael Poryes, Rich Corell, and Barry O'Brien, 2006-2011) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Mike Newell, 2005) Hot Fuzz (Edgar Wright, 2007) Hot Shots Part Deux (Jim Abrahams, 1993) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Steven Spielberg, 2008) Juno (Jason Reitman, 2007) Kung Fu Panda (John Stevenson and Mark Osborne, 2008) Meet the Spartans (Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, 2008) Mission: Impossible III (J. J. Abrams, 2006) Marlon Wayans unveils first trailer for raucous 'rebooquel' Scary Movie: 'The world needs a big-ass laugh' (exclusive) (Ryan Coleman, 2026)  Movie 43 (Multiple, 2013) No Country for Old Men (Joel & Ethan Coen, 2007) Popstar Never Stop Never Stopping (Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone, 2016) Scary Movie (Keenen Ivory Wayans, 2000) Scary Movie (Michael Tiddes, 2026) Scary Movie 2 (Keenen Ivory Wayans, 2001) Scary Movie 3 (David Zucker, 2003) Scary Movie 4 (David Zucker, 2006) Scary Movie 5 (Malcolm D. Lee, 2013) 'Scary Movie' at 20: How a low-budget horror spoof became one of the biggest sleeper hits of all-time (Ben Falk, 2020) Scream (Wes Craven, 1996) Sex and the City (Darren Star, 1998-2004) Shaun of the Dead (Edgar Wright, 2004) Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the 13th (John Blanchard, 2000) Snakes on a Plane (David R. Ellis, 2006) Spaceballs (Mel Brooks, 1987) Superbad (Greg Mottola, 2007) Superfast! (Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, 2015) Superhero Movie (Craig Mazin, 2008) Surely They Can't Be Serious (Matt Patches, 2014) The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe (Andrew Adamson, 2005) The Da Vinci Code (Ron Howard, 2006) The Naked Gun (Akiva Schaffer, 2025) The Naked Gun (David Sucker, 1988) The Starving Games (Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, 2013) Top Secret (Jim Abrahams, David and Jerry Zucker, 1984) Vampires Suck (Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, 2010) Young Frankenstein (Mel Brooks, 1974) 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

    1h 50m

  2. Jun 4

    Episode 47: Backrooms

    Backrooms is a horror film directed by Kane Parsons and written by Will Soodik. It is based on the web series created by Parsons in which individuals accidentally find themselves within the liminal backrooms, an infinite maze of familiar spaces laid out in increasingly illogical ways. It stars Chiwetel Ejiofor as Clark, a divorced furniture store owner who becomes trapped in the backrooms connected to his store's basement floor with his employee Kat, played by Lukita Maxwell, and her boyfriend Bobby, played by Finn Bennett. The film also stars Renate Reinsve as Dr.Mary Kline, Mark Duplass as Phil, and Robert Bobroczki as [spoiler]. Timestamps: (0:01:17) Slender Man (0:34:31) We're All Going to the World's Fair (0:53:46) Ringu (1:07:59) Backrooms (1:49:32) Spoilers (2:15:47) Next week: Scary Movie Works Cited: Architecture: The Cult Following of Liminal Space–Musée Magazine (Karl Emil Koch, 2020) Backrooms (Kane Parsons, 2026) The Backrooms (Kane Pixel, 2019-2025) A Few Great Pumpkins X, Fourth Night: Ringu (Michael Koresky, 2015) How 'Backrooms' Blew The Doors Off The Box Office With $118M WW Opening, Best Ever For A24 (Anthony D'Allesandro, 2026) I Saw the TV Glow (Jane Schoenbrun, 2023) The Pleasant Head Trip of Liminal Spaces (Madelyne Xiao, 2021) Punch-Drunk Love Mattress Man Commercial Ringu (Hideo Nakata, 1998) The Ring (Gore Verbinski, 2002) A Self-Induced Hallucination (Jane Schoenbrun, 2018) Slender Man (Sylvain White, 2018) Slender Man Review: A Terrible Movie About the Internet's Best Monster (David Ehrlich, 2018) Unpainted Arizona We're All Going to the World's Fair (Jane Schoenbrun, 2021) When You Gaze Into the TV, the TV Also Gazes Into You (Ben Verschoor, 2024) Why I Spent Months Making An Archival Documentary about The Slenderman (Jane Schoenbrun, 2018) Email us at Miseenscreenpodcast@gmail.com! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/  @benverschoor.bsky.social 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

    2h 19m

  3. May 28

    I Love Boosters Review & Discussion

    I Love Boosters is a crime-comedy written, directed, and produced by Boots Riley and starring Keke Palmer as Corvette, leader of the Velvet Gang, which includes Naomi Ackie as Sade and Taylour Paige as Mariah, who boost from fashion stores throughout the Bay Area to resell themselves to low-income community members. Demi Moore plays Christie Smith, owner of the fashion stores being boosted from who is both the idol and villain of Corvette's life. Also starring is Poppy Liu as Jianhu, Eiza Gonzalez as Violeta, LaKeith Standfield as Pinky Ring Guy, Will Poulter as Grayson, Don Cheadle as Dr. Jack, and Kara Young as Crying Black Mother. Timestamps: (0:01:17) Sex and the City 2 (0:34:31) The Bling Ring (0:53:46) Bullitt (1:07:59) I Love Boosters (1:49:32) Spoilers (2:15:47) Next week: Backrooms Works Cited: Action cinema begins with Bullitt (Tom Breihan, 2016) Barbie (Greta Gerwig, 2023) Boots Riley, Tommy Orange and the Summer of the Oakland Artist (Sandhya Dirks, 2018) Boots Riley's Closet Picks (The Criterion Collection, 2026) Bullitt (Peter Yates, 1968) Burkas and Birkins (Lindy West, 2010) Cannes: Teens Living Dangerously in Sofia Coppola's 'The Bling Ring' and Francois Ozon's 'Young and Beautiful' (Erik Kohn, 2013) Cruella (Craig Gillespie, 2021) Election (Alexander Paye, 1999) ENNIO MORRICONE -"Navajo Joe" (1966) God's Not Dead (Harold Cronk, 2014) I Love Boosters (Boots Riley, 2026) I Love Boosters (Original Motion Picture Score) - YouTube  ‎I Love Boosters (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - EP - Album by Keke Palmer - Apple Music I Love Boosters Is Colorful, Gonzo, and an Absolute Mess (Angelica Jade Bastien, 2026) 'I Love Boosters' Is Fashionably Frustrated - The Ringer (Adam Nayman, 2026) I'm a Virgo (Boots Riley, 2023) On 'I Love Boosters' & Who Gets To Critique Capitalism (Kathleen Newman-Bremang, 2026) Sex and the City: Love at the End of History (Broey Deschanel, 2021) Sex and the City 2 (Michael Patrick King, 2010) Sex and the City 2 is ugly on the inside (no author listed, no date given) Sorry to Bother You (Boots Riley, 2018) The Bling Ring (Sofia Coppola, 2013) The Coup - "I Love Boosters!" (Full Album Stream) The death of Sex and the City (Hadley Freeman, 2010) The Suspects Wore Louboutins (Nancy Jo Sales, 2010) Who's Afraid of Carrie Bradshaw? (Broey Deschanel, 2025) Email us at Miseenscreenpodcast@gmail.com! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/  @benverschoor.bsky.social 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

    2h 19m

  4. May 21

    Is God Is Review & Discussion

    Is God Is, is a thriller written, directed, and produced by Aleshea Harris based on her play of the same name. It stars Kara Young and Mallori Johnson as twins Racine and Anaia who are summoned by their long lost mother Ruby, Vivica A. Fox, to be sent on a quest to kill their father, Sterling K Brown, who set the fire that immolated the family, and left each with extensive burn scars.  Timestamps: (0:01:33) Cool Cat Saves the Kids: The Director's Cut (0:29:32) Lady Snowblood (0:50:01) Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. (1:10:04) Is God Is (1:37:14) Spoilers (2:10:41) Next week: I Love Boosters Works Cited: 'Honk for Jesus' provides an uncomfortable reflection of the Black church | National Catholic Reporter (Candice Marie Benbow, 2022) 420 AWARDS (Derek Savage, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2025) Aleshea Harris Is the Ruler of Her World (Maya S. Cade, 2026) American Fiction (Cord Jefferson, 2023) Bak Mei - Wikipedia  Black Panther (Ryan Coogler, 2018) Cool Cat Finds a Gun (Derek Savage, 2013) Cool Cat in the Hollywood Christmas Parade (Derek Savage, 2012) Cool Cat Loves You (Derek Savage) Cool Cat Saves the Kids (Derek Savage, 2015) Cool Cat Saves The Kids - The Search For The Worst - IHE (I Hate Everything, 2015) 'Cool Cat Saves the Kids' review by Devan Scott Cool Cat Stops Bullying (Derek Savage, 2012) Cool Cat vs Dirty Dog: The Virus Wars (Derek Savage, 2023) Dirty Dog Threatens to Shoot Up Cool Cat's School (coolcatfunhouse, 2025) Double Down (Neil Breen, 2005) Eye for an Eye (William Ian Miller, 2009) Film review: Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul | National Post (Chris Knight, 2022) Frozen II (Jennifer Lee & Chris Buck, 2019) Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. (Adamma Ebo, 2022) How Aleshea Harris Combined Influences from Across History to Create Her Tragic, Absurd Debut 'Is God Is' (Lovia Gyarkye, 2026) Is God Is (Alesha Harris, 2026) Jason Johnson: The Cat is Out of the Bag (Super Media Bros Podcast, 2019) Kill Bill Volume 1 (Quentin Tarantino, 2003) Kill Bill Volume 2 (Quentin Tarantino, 2004) Lady Snowblood (Toshiya Fujita, 1973) Mission: Impossible (Brian De Palma, 1996) Prepare to be Horrified by the Tasteless Idiocy of Cool Cat Stops a School Shooting (Jim Vorel, 2018) Theatre Review: 'Is God Is' Seeks the Divine (Sara Holdren, 2018) The World's Worst Children's Movie Director (Turkey Tom, 2022) YMS: Cool Cat Saves the Kids (Part 1 of 2) (YMS, 2015) Email us at Miseenscreenpodcast@gmail.com! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/  @benverschoor.bsky.social 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

    2h 13m

  5. May 14

    Mortal Kombat II (2026) Review & Discussion

    Mortal Kombat II is the sequel to 2021's Mortal Kombat and directed by Simon McQuoid and written by Jeremy Slater, a reboot of a film series based on the long running fighting videogame series of the same name. New heroes introduced in this film are Kitana, played by Adeline Rudolph, adopted daughter of Shao Khan, played by Martyn Ford, ruler of Outworld, and Johnny Cage, played by Karl Urban, a washed up Hollywood actor unwillingly drafted into the eponymous Mortal Kombat tournament that will decide the fate of Earthrealm. Also appearing are newcomers Tati Gabrielle as Jade, Damon Herriman as Quan Chi, CJ Bloomfield as Baraka, and returning characters Sonya Blade, Jessica McNamee, Jax Briggs, Mehcad Brooks, Liu Kang, Ludi Lin, Kano, Josh Lawson, Lord Raiden, Tadanobu Asano, Shang Tsung, Chin Han, Bi-Han, Joe Taslim, Hanzo Hasashi/Scorpion, Hiroyuki Sanada, Kung Lao, Max Huang, Cole Young, Lewis Tan, and finally, a cameo by Ed Boon as a bartender. Timestamps: (0:01:19) Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (0:29:12) The Last Hurrah for Chivalry (0:43:18) The Hidden Fortress (0:58:11) Mortal Kombat (2021) (1:14:08) Mortal Kombat II (1:41:48) Next week: Is God Is Works Cited: A Better Tomorrow (John Woo, 1986) Aquaman (James Wan, 2018) Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen (Brian Raftery, 2019) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee, 2000) Dead Alive (Peter Jackson, 1992) Dreams (Akira Kurosawa, 1990) Furious 7 (James Wan, 2015) Hard Boiled (John Woo, 1992) Hero (Zhang Yimou, 2002) High and Low (Akira Kurosawa, 1963) Hostel (Eli Roth, 2005) Ikiru (Akira Kurosawa, 1952) Jackie Chan - How to Do Action Comedy (Every Frame a Painting, 2014) Last Hurrah for Chivalry (John Woo, 1979) Mile 22 (Peter Berg, 2018) Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997) - Movie Review: Alternate Ending (Tim Brayton, 2016) Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997) - Review - AllMovie (Jason Gibner, date unknown, archived 2012) Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (John R. Leonetti, 1997) Mortal Kombat (Paul W. S. Anderson, 1995) Mortal Kombat (Simon McQuoid, 2021) Mortal Kombat II (Simon McQuoid, 2026) Ran (Akira Kurosawa, 1985) Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa, 1950) Saw (James Wan, 2004) Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa, 1954) Stray Dog (Akira Kurosawa, 1949) The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (Chia-Liang Liu, 1978) The Hidden Fortress (1958) [The Criterion Collection] – Dual-Format Edition (Walter Chaw, 2014) The Hidden Fortress (Akira Kurosawa, 1958) The Hidden Fortress | Current | The Criterion Collection (Armond White, 2001) The Killer (John Woo, 1989) The Killer (John Woo, 2024) Violence In Video Games - Highlights of the American Senate Committee Hearings in 1993 (NeoGamer - The Video Game Archive, 2019) Wolf Creek (Greg McLean, 2005) Email us at Miseenscreenpodcast@gmail.com! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/  @benverschoor.bsky.social 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

    2h 9m

  6. May 7

    Deep Water Review & Discussion

    Deep Water is the latest film from director Renny Harlin and the work of somewhere between four and six credited writers, including Pete Bridges, Shayne Armstrong, S.P. Krause, and Damien Power, for a film about the survivors of a plane crash in the south pacific having to further contend with sharks that want to eat anyone and everyone who puts their leg, arm, or head over and in the open water. Aaron Eckhart is first officer Ben, not to be confused with Ben Kingsley who is the pilot Rich. The supporting cast includes Li Wenhan and Zhao Simei as Sam and Lilly, two esports stars, Kate Fitzpatrick as grandmother Becky, Richard Croughley as gamer Matt, Molly Belle Wright as Cora and Elijah Tamati as Finn, young new stepsiblings separate from their parents, Ryan Bown as Declan and Kelly Gale as Jaya, Lakota Johnson as volatile sportsman Hutch, and Angus Sampson as colossal a*****e Dan. Timestamps: (0:05:19) Mindhunters (and some The Bricklayer) (0:23:58) Deep Blue Sea (0:40:11) Deep Water (1:41:50) Next week: Mortal Kombat II Works Cited: A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (Renny Harlin, 1988) Bodies at Rest (Renny Harlin, 2019) Cliffhanger (Renny Harlin, 1993) Deep Blue Sea (Renny Harlin, 1999) Deep Water (Renny Harlin, 2026) Deep Water 2026 Movie Review: Renny Harlin Back in Shark-Infested Seas (David Ehrlich, 2026) Deep Water review: Aaron Eckhart fights off sharks in shallow plane crash thriller (Peter Sobczynski, 2026) 'Deep Water' Review: Aaron Eckhart in Renny Harlin Disaster Movie (David Rooney, 2026) 'Deep Water' Review: Renny Harlin's Double-Dip Disaster Movie (Owen Gleiberman, 2026) Die Hard 2 (Renny Harlin, 1990) Die Hard With a Vengeance (John McTiernan, 1995) Driven (Renny Harlin, 2001) Elementary (Rob Doherty, 2012-2019) Episode #140 - Mindhunters - No Such Thing As A Bad Movie - Apple Podcasts (2023) Exorcist: The Beginning (Renny Harlin, 2004) Fight Club (David Fincher, 1999) Forget Jaws. The Real Shark Movie to Beat Is Deep Blue Sea | WIRED  (Brian Raftery, 2016) Hackers (Iain Softley, 1995) ‎International Films Made by Disheartened Hollywood Blockbuster Directors, a list of films by Justin Decloux • Letterboxd  Legend of the Ancient Sword (Renny Harlin, 2018) Mindhunter (Joe Penhall, 2017-2019) Mindhunters (Renny Harlin, 2004) Samuel L Jackson on shark thriller Deep Blue Sea: 'I've had many deaths – but everyone remembers this one' | Movies | The Guardian (Chris Boughton, 2025) Saw (James Wan, 2004) Skiptrace (Renny Harlin, 2016) The Bricklayer (Renny Harlin, 2023) The Long Kiss Goodnight (Renny Harlin, 1996) The Strangers: Chapter 1-3 (Renny Harlin, 2024-2026) Email us at Miseenscreenpodcast@gmail.com! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/  @benverschoor.bsky.social 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

    1h 48m

  7. Apr 30

    Mother Mary Review & Discussion

    Mother Mary is a 2026 psychological drama from writer-director David Lowery. Anne Hathaway plays Mother Mary, a pop music star who suffered a recent accident and seeks out Sam Anselm, played by Michaela Coel, her former designer and friend (friend), in order to tailor an appropriate new dress. Sam utilizes the opportunity to settle the bad blood that exists between them as a result of their breakup, though they soon learn that they are bound by a mysterious, supernatural threat. Timestamps: (0:00:59) Music (0:28:39) The Green Knight (0:52:07) Phantom Thread (1:08:40) Mother Mary (1:34:24) Spoilers (1:55:51) Next week: Deep Water Works Cited: A Ghost Story (David Lowery, 2017) A pop star needs a makeover in 'Mother Mary' but one dress keeps getting in the way (Katie Walsh, 2026) Before you donate  to Autism Speaks, Consider the facts (Autistic Advocacy, 2020) Did you love or loathe 'The Green Knight'? Either way, you're not alone (Mark Olsen, Justin Chang and Jen Yamato, 2026) Maddie Ziegler: Mogul in Training (Danielle McNally, 2019) Maddie Ziegler On Being Sia's "Muse" From Age 11 (Leyla Mohammed, 2023) Mother Mary (David Lowery, 2026) "Mother Mary" and the Problem of Small Movies with Big Stars (Richard Brody, 2026) 'Mother Mary' Is the Mother of All Modern-Pop Superstar Nightmares (David Fear, 2026) 'Mother Mary' Review: Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel Make Beautiful Music Together in David Lowery's Divinely Strange Pop Psychodrama (David Ehrlich, 2026) Music (Sia, 2021) The Old Man & the Gun (David Lowery, 2017) Paul Thomas Anderson on Phantom Thread | Sight and Sound (James Bell, 2020) Peanut Butter Falcon (Tyler Nilson &* MIchael Schwartz, 2019) Phantom Thread (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2017) Sweet-and-Sour Pop - Style Weekly (Chuck Bowen, 2026) The A24 Movie in Which Anne Hathaway Plays a Ravishing, Haunted Facsimile of Taylor Swift (Dana Stevens, 2026) The Green Knight (David Lowery, 2017) Vox Lux (Brady Corbet, 2018) Email us at Miseenscreenpodcast@gmail.com! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/  @benverschoor.bsky.social 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

    1h 59m

  8. Apr 23

    The Christophers Review & Discussion

    The Christophers is an art world comedy from director Steven Soderbergh and writer Ed Solomon. In it Michaela Coel plays Lori Butler, an art restorer who makes her money running a food truck in London. She is called with a job by Sallie and Barnaby Sklar (Jessica Gunning and James Corden), the children of famous artist-turned-talent show judge Julian Sklar (Ian McKellen) who has not painted in decades, and whose home contains a series of unfinished portraits they hope to sell for millions after Lori "completes" them. Timestamps: (0:06:56) To Live and Die in LA (0:25:22) Kimi (0:42:37) The Christophers (1:25:00) Spoilers (1:58:35) Next time: Mother Mary Works Cited: An Artists' Duel Proves Restorative in 'The Christophers' (Justin Chang, 2026) Behind the Making of the Art in The Christophers (Mandi Bierley, 2026) Black Bag (Steven Soderbergh, 2025) Contagion (Steven Soderbergh, 2011) Cruising (William Friedkin, 1980) Heat (Michael Mann, 1995) How Much Does Zoë Kravitz Pay for Her Fictional Seattle Loft? (Jas Keimig, 2022) Kimi (Steven Soderbergh, 2022) 'Kimi' Director Steven Soderbergh & Screenwriter David Koepp Interview - Thrillist (Esther Zuckerman, 2022) Logan Lucky (Steven Soderbergh, 2017) Magic Mike's Last Dance (Steven Soderbergh, 2023) Manhunter (Michael Mann, 1986) Presence (Steven Soderbergh, 2024) SENSE OF URGENCY FUELS ACTION IN `TO LIVE AND DIE` (Gene Siskel, 1985) Sex, Lies, and Videotape  (Steven Soderbergh, 1989) Sorcerer (William Friedkin, 1977) Steven Soderbergh And Ed Solomon Talk About Their Best Collaboration Yet (Corey Atad, 2026) The Christopher's (Steven Soderbergh, 2025) The French Connection (William Friedkin, 1971) Thief (Michael Mann, 1981) To Live and Die in LA (William Friedkin, 1985) Unsane (Steven Soderbergh, 2018) Email us at Miseenscreenpodcast@gmail.com! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/  @benverschoor.bsky.social 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
    51
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2025
  • Show Website
    Mise en Screen