This is the history part of our Redline episode and today I'm joined by an actual expert guest- author and longtime Japanese culture journalist Roland Kelts. Roland is the author of the very good book Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture Has Invaded the U.S., as well as the upcoming (out in July!) The Art of Blade Runner: Black Lotus. He's also a…

It's the comedy part of our Redline episode with Natasha Li and Leah Ly. We love improv. I can't stress that enough. We love it. And we like it when people make us do it. We also find out the hard way about space cocaine, pitch a much more emotional journey for racers in Redline 2, and find out a SHOCKING SECRET about Sweet J.P. Then we cash in our…

A new film, and this time it's another 2009 classic- the Japanese sci-fi/Wacky Races fever dream anime film Redline. And by classic, I mean cult classic. I'm joined by Natasha Li and Leah Ly to break down our relationship with anime, pick out our favorite racers and die for JP. This movie rules. We like wholesome dummies on this podcast. You can fo…

Well, it finally happened. Kate Lindsay (The Atlantic) and Dylan Fugel (Sigh) have demanded their own segments. Dylan uses his on history's least problematic safari and Kate gives us a peek behind the SoHo yarn doors. We also talk the Met Gala, hilarious movie title conventions and of course, who are today's most famous celebrities that no one has …

This is the history part of our The Secret in Their Eyes episode and I'm joined by Dustin Molina. In this one, we talk about two things- one of the architects of the Dirty War in the 1970s in Argentina and also what the director of The Secret in Their Eyes did after making his huge hit. He made the most expensive Argentine movie of all time. By lik…

It's the comedy part of our The Secret in Their Eyes episode with Andrea Cardenas and Dustin Molina. We're the only girls in Boston (The Town), we have low grade Amelie Fever, and we are studying those Euphoria makeup tutorials. Then we fold our paper hats tight to protect us on the construction site, and play the game No More Secrets where we spoi…

Our first South American movie and it's a great one. In this episode, we're talking about the Argentine mystery/ thriller/ workplace romance film The Secret in Their Eyes with Andrea Cardenas and Dustin Molina. We hate law movies, learn to love Chile, and apparently we need to go rewatch Strangers with Candy ASAP. Juan Jose Campanella has a very su…

It's another Intermission episode, where we take a break from watching movies and just chat. In this very good episode, we're joined by Kate Lindsay (The Atlantic) and also, sigh, Dylan Fugel. Dylan was recovering from COVID as we recorded this, which is why Hugh Bonneville made so much more sense to him this time. Speaking of Hugh, this episode we…

It's the comedy part of our All Monsters Attack episode with Nick Milanes and Lani Harms. We spend all the important parts of this episode discussing the IMPORTANT character of the cowboy painter. Why did the cowboy lifestyle speak to him so much, besides holsterability in what ways is a paintbrush like a six shooter, and of course, will he be aven…

This is the history part of our All Monsters Attack episode with Nick Milanes and Lani Harms (They Thought I Was You podcast). In this one, we're talking more about the life of director Ishiro Honda and we're tracing the evolution of the Kaiju film genre up through All Monsters Attack. Obviously the genre peaked with Hanna Barbera's classic 1978 ca…

A new episode, a new movie. And in this episode, we're talking about the Japanese monster movie/parenting advice film All Monsters Attack (aka Godzilla's Revenge) with Lani Harms (They Thought I Was You podcast) and Nick Milanes. This might be a strange Godzilla movie but it dominated the Harms household and made them the people they are today. And…

It's another Intermission episode, where we take a break from watching movies and just chat. This is a very exciting episode we're joined by Kate Lindsay (The Atlantic) and also Dylan Fugel as we enter our Dakota era, consult our local saddler, and pick up another shift at the yarn store. We're also very proud to announce our new program: No Alibi.…

It's the comedy part of our Train to Busan episode with Nicole Adsit and Christina Song. We missed out on the remake rights to Train to Busan, so we put our Goofy costumes on, stuck our whole head and face into the candy mixture, and designed our own zombie movies. Plus we play a GOOD game about movie trains, a SUCCESSFUL game that people were wron…

It's the history part of our Train to Busan episode with Nicole Adsit and Christina Song. We follow the clues all the way to the political climate in Korea when Train to Busan was coming out. President Park Guen-hye's administration from 2013-2017 was riddled with scandals, corruption and incompetence, which helped inspired a whole wave of politica…

In this episode, we talk the 2016 zombie thriller Train to Busan with Nicole Adsit and Christina Song. We get in depth on how these zombies sprint, what would (will?) be different in the American remake, and who the REAL monster is. And as always, we swim with the fishes, we accept her love, and we move the kill count bar much higher. You can follo…

It's our first Intermission episode, where we take a break from watching movies and just chat. This episode we're joined by Kate Lindsay and Dylan Fugel to talk about how to be a healthy movie person, why the MoMA is cancelled, and the worst movie I've ever picked out for a date. We want your feedback with any questions, comments and non-pedantic c…

This is the comedy part of our Wild Strawberries episode with Kate Lindsay and Dustin Molina. We remake the movie Rat Race, we read situations REALLY wrong, and we play the great game Dinner is the Movie. And you can play along at home with our contestants! You can follow us: On Instagram https://www.instagram.com/nofuturenyc/ On Twitter https://tw…

This is the history part of our Wild Strawberries episode with Kate Lindsay and Dustin Molina. We talk about the star of Wild Strawberries, Victor Sjöström. He was a leader of the Golden Age of Swedish Cinema and also never missed his 5pm whiskey. We also cover Dagen H, the LARGEST LOGISTICAL EVENT IN SWEDISH HISTORY. It happened on September 3, 19…

In this episode, we talk about the 1957 Swedish existential road trip movie Wild Strawberries with Kate Lindsay and Dustin Molina. We go over exactly how smart and cultured we wanted to seem in college, we're getting around to seeing Parasite, and we try to make sense of Ingmar Bergman's big year. We don't think there's any reason for people who ar…

It's the second part of our pilot episode, and like all great pilots, we've got a taste for bird murder. It's the comedy part of our Paddington Episode with Kate Lindsay and Dylan Fugel- Kate does some good improv, Dylan remembers there's already a Philly Paddington, and we all play a game of Years Mate! "Hitchcock loved marmalade" - Dylan Fugel Cl…

In our first episode, we're talking about the 2014 instant classic, Paddington, with the two most English people we know- Dylan Fugel and Kate Lindsay. We give the background of this movie, talk about what it does and does not get right about London, and remember to summarize the plot. This episode has the comedy of Amélie, the emotional complexity…