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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. FEB 6

    Send Help and Iron Lung Review & Discussion

    Send Help is the latest film directed by Sam Raimi. It's from a script by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift, and stars Rachel McAdams as Linda Liddle, and her new boss Bradley Preston, played by Dylan O'Brien. Linda, a faithful and diligent financial strategist, is also a Survivor enthusiast. When she and Bradley find themselves the only survivors of a plane crash on a Pacific island, the two forge a new life and new power dynamics while awaiting rescue. Iron Lung is a 2026 horror film directed, written, starring, edited, and produced by Mark Fischbach aka Markiplier and is an adaptation of the videogame Iron Lung developed by David Szymanski. Mark plays Simon, a convict in a future in which an event known as the Quiet Rapture has caused all stars and planets to vanish. Simon is placed inside an "iron lung," a rudimentary submarine vessel, and dumped into an ocean of blood on a moon to conduct research that may help the struggling remnants of humanity and earn him his freedom. Time Stamps: (01:33) Send Help (29:26) Spoilers (47:33) Iron Lung (1:15:52) Spoilers (1:36:28) Next Time: The Secret Agent on February 19 Works Cited: Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie (James Rolfe, 2014) Eight Grade (Bo Burnham, 2018) The Evil Dead 2 (Sam Raimi, 1987) Darkman (7/11) Movie CLIP - The Pink Elephant (1990) HD  Darkman (Sam Raimi, 1990) Dr. Strange and the Multiverse of Madness (Sam Raimi, 2022) Drag Me to Hell (Sam Raimi, 2009) Dusk (David Szymanski, 2018) Fred: The Movie (Clay Weiner, 2009) Iron Lung (David Szymanski, 2021) Iron Lung (Mark Fischbach, 2026) Locke (Steven Knight, 2013) Oz the Great and Powerful (Sam Raimi, 2013) The Quick and the Dead (Sam Raimi, 1995) Resident Evil (Zach Cregger, 2026) Return to Silent Hill (Christophe Gans, 2026) Send Help (Sam Raimi, 2026) Shelby Oaks (Chris Stuckmann, 2025) Speak No Evil (Christian Tafdrup, 2022) Speak No Evil (James Watkins, 2024) Talk to Me (Danny and Michael Philippou, 2022) 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.substack.com/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/ @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Reginald P. Turtledove III can be found working at the Idaho Department of Correct Citations 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 40m

  2. JAN 30

    2025 Wrap Up and 1st Annual Miseys

    This week we have a special episode for you. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has released the nominees for the upcoming 98th Academy Awards, and we have some opinions on them. We then wrap up 2025 with both Ben and Steven listing out their top 5 films of 2025 with special (and not so special) Miseys awarded intermittently. They also go over the best and worst punishment films that were doled out and the bottom five films of 2025. Time Stamps: (01:15) The 98th Academy Award nominations (35:29) Top 5 of 2025 & 1st Annual Miseys (1:49:00) Best & Worst Punishments (1:54:27) Bottom 5 of 2025 (2:02:39) Next time: Double Feature: Send Help & Iron Lung Works Cited: "35mm" (John Malkovich in Opus, 2025) "The 50 Best Films of 2025," by Walter Chaw - FILM FREAK CENTRAL THE ACADEMY PARTNERS WITH YOUTUBE FOR EXCLUSIVE GLOBAL RIGHTS TO THE OSCARS® AND OTHER ACADEMY CONTENT STARTING IN 2029 | Academy Press Office Cymbeline (Michael Almereyda, 2014) David Ehrlich's  THE 25 BEST FILMS OF 2025: A Video Countdown [not mentioned but 100% worth watching]  "Designer: all right Mr. Del Toro here's those Frankenstein's monster designs…" if i embarrassed myself like this i would make sure the video never goes public Oscars: Full List of Nominations (Hilary Lewis, Kimberly Nordyke, 2026) "Play Me" (Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson in Song Sung Blue, 2025) "Trunks" (A$AP Rocky, 2025) The Year's First Oscars Villain Has Arrived (Joe Reid, 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.substack.com/ 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 Miseys Best of 2025 music is "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver" by Primus Miseys Punishments and Worst of 2025 music is "Lady Sniff" by Butthole Surfers 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 6m

  3. JAN 29

    Hamnet Review & Discussion

    Hamnet - a 2025 biographical drama directed by Chloe Zhao, written by Zhao with Maggie O'Farrell, based as stated on the 2020 novel of the same title by Farrell. It stars Jessie Buckley as Agnes Hathaway and Paul Mescal as William Shakespeare, who after a courtship and shotgun wedding give birth to and raise a daughter Susanna (Bodhi Rae Breathnach) and twins Judith and Hamnet (Olivia Lynes and Jacobi Jupe). The death of one of their children sends them both into a spiral of grief, which may only be arrested by William's work on the Globe Theater in London. Time Stamps: (01:49) Hamnet (57:50) Spoilers (1:35:57) Next Time: Our 2025 Wrap Up and The 1st Annual Miseys Works Cited: All is True (Kenneth Branagh, 2018) Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare (Isaac Asimov, 1970) Chimes at Midnight (Orson Welles, 1966) Coriolanus (Ralph Fiennes, 2011) Days of Heaven (Terrence Malick, 1978) The Death of Hamnet and the Making of Hamlet (Stephen Greenblatt, 2004) The Eternals (Chloé Zhao, 2021) Ghostlight (Kelly O'Sullivan and Alex Thompson, 2024) Hamlet (William Shakespeare, c. 1598-1602) Hamlet (Laurence Olivier, 1948) Hamlet (Kenneth Branagh, 1996) Hamnet (Chloé Zhao, 2025) "Hamnet" Feels Elemental, but Is It Just Highly Effective Grief Porn? (Justin Chang, 2025) Hamnet Review: Paul Mescal & Jessie Buckley Rip Your Heart Out (David Ehrlich, 2025) Henry V (Laurence Olivier, 1944) Macbeth (Roman Polanski, 1971) Macbeth (Justin Kurzel, 2015) Ran (Akira Kurosawa, 1985) Shakespeare: The World as Stage (Bill Bryson, 2007) Shakespeare in Love (John Madden, 1998) Throne of Blood (Akira Kurosawa, 1957) Titus (Julie Taymor, 1999) The Tragedy of Macbeth (Joel Coen, 2021) Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare (Stephen Greenblatt, 2004) The Witch (Robert Eggers, 2015) The Zone of Interest (Jonathan Glazer, 2023) 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.substack.com/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/ @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Reginald P. Turtledove III can be found working at the Idaho Department of Correct Citations 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 41m

  4. JAN 22

    No Other Choice Review & Discussion

    No Other Choice is a 2025 dark comedy directed by Park Chan-wook, written by     Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar, and Lee Ja-hye. It is adapted from 1997 novel The Axe by Donald Westlake. It stars Lee Byung-hun plays Yoo Man-su, who has lost his longstanding position at a paper mill and must search for work in a shrinking job market. To reduce the competition he enacts a plan to kill the better qualified individuals for a job opening he will create through more murder so that he may once again provide for his family. This family includes his wife Lee Mi-ri (Son Ye-jin), son Si-one (Woo Seung Kim), daughter Ri-one (So Yul Choi), and dogs Si-two and Ri-two. Time Stamps: (01:00) Atlas Shrugged Part I & II (37:34) Full Time (47:48) Z (1:02:30) No Other Choice (1:47:58) Spoilers (2:20:40) Next Time: 2025 wrap up and Hamnet Works Cited: Atlas Shrugged: Part I (Paul Johannson, 2011) Atlas Shrugged: Part II (John Putch, 2012) Atlas Shrugged Part III: Who is John Galt? (J. James Manera, 2014) The Axe (Costa-Gavras, 2005) The Ax (Donald E. Westlake, 1997) Big Sister is Watching You (Whittaker Chambers, 1957) A Brief Look at Texting and the Internet in Film (Tony Szhou, 2014) The Fountainhead (King Vidor, 1949) Full Time (Éric Gravel, 2021) No Other Choice (Park Chan-Wook, 2025) "No Other Choice" Eliminates the Competition with Style (Justin Chang, 2025) Taggart Trainwreck, Part 1 (Ben Verschoor, 2012) Z (Costa-Gavras, 1969) Z movie review & film summary (1969) | Roger Ebert (Roger Ebert, 1969) Z: Sounding the Alarm (Armond White, 2009) 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.substack.com/ 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 24m

  5. JAN 15

    Is This Thing On? Review & Discussion

    Is This Thing On? is a 2025 comedy-drama directed by Bradley Cooper, written by Cooper, Will Arnett, and Mark Chappell, starring Will Arnett and Laura Dern as Alex and Tess Novak, a couple whose marriage is on the rocks, leading Alex to discover stand-up as a way of processing it. They are joined by Bradley Cooper himself as Alex's best friend Balls, Andra Day as Balls' wife Christine, Christine Ebersole and Ciaran Hinds as Alex's parents, Jordan Jensen as Jill, one of the comics Alex befriends; and Blake Kane and Calvin Knegton as Alex and Tess's twin sons Felix and Jude. Time Stamps: (04:45) Top Five (25:32) The King of Comedy (41:29) Is This Thing On? (1:15:15) Spoilers (1:47:04) Next Time: No Other Choice Works Cited: A Star is Born (2018) - Movie Review: Alternate Ending (Tim Brayton, 2018) American Sniper (Clint Eastwood, 2014) Aftersun (Charlotte Wells, 2022) Emancipation (Antoine Fuqua, 2022) Is This Thing On? (Bradley Cooper, 2025) The King of Comedy (Martin Scorsese, 1982) 'The King Of Comedy' At 40: A Terrifying Look At The Early Origins Of "Stan Culture" (Jordan Hoffman, 2023) Lance Reddick | The Eric Andre Show | adult swim Maestro (Bradley Cooper, 2023) Materialists (Celine Song, 2025) Never Just a Movie | Top Five (2014) (Nathaniel Missildine, 2022) No Other Choice (Park Chan-wook, 2025) Orange Is the New Black (Jinji Kohan, 2013) Top Five (Chris Rock, 2014) Why YouTubers Get Weird Will Arnett Reveals the Incredible True Story that Inspired the Film 'Is This Thing On?' Will Smith reveals the real, predictably Will Smithian reason he didn't star in Django Unchained (Sean O'Neal, 2013) [Ben here: the headline I spoke of was actually the top-rated comment of this article, but the A.V. Club's several changes in commenting services over the years have resulted in its legendary reader comments being scattered to the four winds. I don't know who the commenter was, but the exact quote was, "He refused to get djiggy with it."] 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.substack.com/ 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

  6. JAN 8

    Episode 26: Song Sung Blue

    Song Sung Blue is a biographical film about the married musical artist duo Lightning and Thunder, Mike and Claire Sardina, a Neil Diamond tribute act, though they refer to it as "interpretation," while navigating the ups and downs of their regular lives. It is based on a 2008 documentary of the same name by Greg Kohs. Also starring Michael Imperioli as Mark Shurilla, a Buddy Holly impersonator; Ella Anderson as Rachel Cartwright, Claire's daughter; King Princess as Angelina Sardina, Mike's daughter; Fisher Stevens as Dave Watson, Mike's dentist and manager; Jim Belushi as Tom D'Amato, another manager with connections to the local casinos and night life spots; and Mustafa Shakir as Sex Machine, a James Brown impersonator. Time Stamps: (01:02) Saving Silverman (15:56) Tribute (30:03) Amadeus (44:57) Song Sung Blue (1:19:43) Spoilers (1:28:57) Next Time: Is This Thing On? Works Cited:   Amadeus (1984, Milos Forman) 'An unmistakable stab at the USSR': Could Amadeus be the most misunderstood Oscar winner ever? (2024, Tom Joudrey for the BBC) An Incredible Simulation (Jeff Economy, Darren Hacker, 2000) Don't Stop Believing: "Tribute" Filmmakers, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 (Tim Merrill, 2004) Method acting can go too far – just ask Dustin Hoffman (2016, Michael Simkins for The Guardian)Saving Silverman (2001, Dennis Dugan) Son of 'Song Sung Blue' subject calls Kate Hudson, Hugh Jackman 'monsters' (2025, Lauren Huff for EW) 'Song Sung Blue' fact vs. fiction: Eddie Vedder, leg amputation, heart attacks, more (2025, Gerrad Hall for EW) Song Sung Blue (2025, Craig Brewer) Song Sung Blue - The Original Documentary (The Full, Real Story) available for free to watch on YouTube (2008, Greg Kohs) Steve Zahn & Jack Black Taught Neil Diamond His Lyrics While Making 'Saving Silverman' | PeopleTV Tribute (full documentary) available for free to watch on YouTube (2001, Kris Curry & Rich Fox) Tributary: A Study of an American Pop Culture Subculture (2002, Russ Forster) (trailer) 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.substack.com/ 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 58m

  7. JAN 2

    Marty Supreme Review and Discussion

    Marty Supreme is a 2025 sports comedy-drama film directed, written, produced, and edited by Josh Safdie, with Ronald Bronstein co-writer, co-producer- and co-editor. In this film we follow Marty Mauser, an aspiring table tennis player who seeks to become the world champion of the sport while simultaneously outrunning the consequences of his various scams, affairs, prideful boasts, and collectors. Co-starring Odessa A'zion as Rachel Mizler, his paramour, Gwyneth Paltrow as Kay Stone, a formerly famous actress who Marty pursues, Kevin O'Leary as Milton Rockwell, a wealthy businessman and Kay's husband, Tyler Okonma (Tyler the Creator) as Marty's friend Wally who also plays table tennis, Abel Ferrara as a shady character with a dog named Moses, Fran Drescher as Marty's mother Rebecca, and Geza Rohrig as Bela Kletzki and Koto Kawaguchi as Koto Endo, two other table tennis champions. Time Stamps: (00:55) Marty Supreme (56:03) Spoilers (1:28:57) Next Time: Song Sung Blue Works Cited: Benny Breaks Out (Ethan Shanfield, 2024) Made in America | Los Angeles Review of Books by Sam Bodrojan Marty Supreme's American Hustler (Armond White, 2025) Marty Supreme review by Conrado Falco Inside Timothée Chalamet's Ping-Pong Training for 'Marty Supreme' A Ping-Pong Specific Review of 'Marty Supreme' (Miles Surrey, 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.substack.com/ 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 32m

  8. JAN 1

    2025 Catch Up Reviews & Discussions

    In this episode we discuss a litany of films we watched to fill in the gaps of 2025 releases, full spoilers for all films discussed. Time Stamps: (5:49) Broken Church  (19:36) Star Trek Section 31  (26:07) Avatar: Fire and Ash  (33:21) Black Bag (38:28) Sovereign  (43:31) Eephus (49:58) Train Dreams (56:41) The Phoenician Scheme  (1:01:21) The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar  (1:06:15) Ballad of a Small Player  (1:09:49) The Mastermind (1:13:48) Presence (1:17:37) Weapons (1:22:17) Hag (1:28:24) Novocaine (1:32:42) Flight Risk (1:37:00) One of Them Days (1:42:53) Warfare (1:51:57) Caught by the Tides Works Cited: Avatar (And The Way of Water) Recap (Max Scoville, 2025) The Best of Times (Roger Spottiswoode, 1986) Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets (Turner Ross, Bill Ross IV, 2020) 'Broken Church' review by DoctorLizardBrain The Christmas Campaign (David DeCoteau, 2025) Crank (Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor, 2006) Days of Heaven (Terrence Malick, 1978) Die Hard (John McTiernan, 1988) Elephant (Gus Van Sant, 2003) Goodbye Dragon Inn (Tsai Ming-Liang, 2003) 'The Phoenician Scheme' review by Tristan 'Train Dreams' Is Afraid Of Its Own Shadow | Defector Saving Christmas (Darren Doane, 2014) 'Star Trek: Section 31' review by i_z [Brooks Otterlake]' 10 great early digital films | BFI (Sam Wigley, 2022) 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.substack.com/ 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 60m
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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
    34
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