Originally recorded ten years ago during a conversation sparked by David Robert Mitchell’s It Follows, Adam is joined by Michael Phillips for a Top 5 about standout horror films from the 21st century. The conversation captures a moment tied to a film whose influence remains strong, with a sequel set to begin filming this summer.

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Originally recorded ten years ago during a conversation sparked by David Robert Mitchell&rsquo;s It Follows, Adam is joined by Michael Phillips for a Top 5 about standout horror films from the 21st century. The conversation captures a moment tied to a film whose influence remains strong, with a sequel set to begin filming this summer.
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Top 5 Horror Movies of the 21st Century | Archive

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Blue Velvet turns 40 this month—Adam and Josh have a Sacred Cow review coming later this week—so we're going back to 2014 for our Top 5 David Lynch Scenes.

Blue Velvet turns 40 this month&mdash;Adam and Josh have a Sacred Cow review coming later this week&mdash;so we're going back to 2014 for our Top 5 David Lynch Scenes.

Top 5 David Lynch Scenes | Archive

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Alexander Ullom's It Ends is a daring little piece of microbudget drama about four friends at transition points in their lives, who find themselves in a place where life and death no longer hold any meaning. Whether it’s a film about despair, about the afterlife, about the human condition, or all of the above, is up for discussion this week, as well as how It Ends fits into this current moment in independent horror cinema. After that, we bring Andrei Tarkovsky’s Solaris back in for Connections to discuss these two films’ respective existential journeys, the baggage their characters are bringing with them, and how each movie uses its genre premise to explore a big central metaphor. Then for Your Next Picture Show, we take a quick look at how Steven Soderbergh’s 2002 version of Solaris compares to Tarkovsky’s.

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Next Pairing: Padraic McKinley’s The Weight and William Friedkin’s Sorcerer

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Alexander Ullom's It Ends is a daring little piece of microbudget drama about four friends at transition points in their lives, who find themselves in a place where life and death no longer hold any meaning. Whether it&rsquo;s a film about despair, about the afterlife, about the human condition, or all of the above, is up for discussion this week, as well as how It Ends fits into this current moment in independent horror cinema. After that, we bring Andrei Tarkovsky&rsquo;s Solaris back in for Connections to discuss these two films&rsquo; respective existential journeys, the baggage their characters are bringing with them, and how each movie uses its genre premise to explore a big central metaphor. Then for Your Next Picture Show, we take a quick look at how Steven Soderbergh&rsquo;s 2002 version of Solaris compares to Tarkovsky&rsquo;s.
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Next Pairing: Padraic McKinley&rsquo;s The Weight and William Friedkin&rsquo;s Sorcerer
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Existential Zones, Pt. 2 — It Ends

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For a few days in the summer of 2024, the world’s attention was focused on Dr. Rachel Gunn — and not for anything good. Gunn, aka “Raygun”, was representing Australia at the Paris Olympics in the inaugural breakdancing competition, when her infamous performance became the subject of mockery, outrage, and even conspiracy theories. That’s the subject of the new Netflix documentary Untold Raygun: Breaking Badly. Matt and Jordan have a review, and use the film as an opportunity to recommend a film from the dawn of on-screen breakdancing and a sports doc about a ‘90s-era rivalry. Plus, streaming recommendations for a listener looking for movies with adrenaline-rush-inducing twists.  

Intro (00:00:00–00:07:20)

Untold Raygun: Breaking Badly (00:07:21–00:23:38)

Rec Seg! (00:23:39–00:40:27)

Listener Req Seg: Movies With Twists (00:40:28–00:52:47)

New to Streaming / Credits (00:52:48–01:00:16)

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For what film should Alison Willmore make her triumphant return to SVU?

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For a few days in the summer of 2024, the world&rsquo;s attention was focused on Dr. Rachel Gunn &mdash; and not for anything good. Gunn, aka &ldquo;Raygun&rdquo;, was representing Australia at the Paris Olympics in the inaugural breakdancing competition, when her infamous performance became the subject of mockery, outrage, and even conspiracy theories. That&rsquo;s the subject of the new Netflix documentary Untold Raygun: Breaking Badly. Matt and Jordan have a review, and use the film as an opportunity to recommend a film from the dawn of on-screen breakdancing and a sports doc about a &lsquo;90s-era rivalry. Plus, streaming recommendations for a listener looking for movies with adrenaline-rush-inducing twists.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Intro (00:00:00&ndash;00:07:20)
Untold Raygun: Breaking Badly (00:07:21&ndash;00:23:38)
Rec Seg! (00:23:39&ndash;00:40:27)
Listener Req Seg: Movies With Twists (00:40:28&ndash;00:52:47)
New to Streaming / Credits (00:52:48&ndash;01:00:16)
Show Notes
For what film should Alison Willmore make her triumphant return to SVU?
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We Can’t Look Away From Netflix’s Untold Raygun: Breaking Badly | SVU

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