The Binge Movie Podcast: A Star Is Born | The Old Man & the Gun | MATANGI / MAYA / M.I.A.

On this episode, Rebecca and Jason review three new releases about myth versus reality. A Star Is Born | cast: Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Sam Elliott, Andrew Dice Clay, Dave Chappelle | screenplay: Bradley Cooper, Eric Roth, Will Fetters |… Continue Reading

The Binge Movie Podcast: Ben-Hur | War Dogs | Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World

This week on The Binge Movie Podcast, we start off with a lengthy analysis of the biggest film-world controversy in recent memory—The Birth of a Nation star/writer/director Nate Parker‘s recently-uncovered college past as an accused rapist—then review three new releases about outsider… Continue Reading

The Binge Movie Podcast: Joy | Concussion | Mustang

This week on The Binge Movie Podcast, we focus on three movies about determined, resilient protagonists bucking up against systems designed to break them. Joy | cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Virginia Madsen, Bradley Cooper, Isabella Rossellini, Diane Ladd,… Continue Reading

The Binge Interview: Derek Cianfrance on “The Place Beyond the Pines”

The Place Beyond the Pines is a great big sprawling man-opera from acclaimed writer/director Derek Cianfrance (Blue Valentine). Epic and ambitious, it is a deeply emotional saga with three distinct acts. In the first, we meet Luke (Ryan Gosling in… Continue Reading