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Episode 109 – 3-Iron (2004)

It started with a student story about phrogging. It ended with us watching a 20-year-old Korean movie that had us reflecting on class, small appliance repair, and the utter beauty of not talking.

Thanks to slfhlp for providing us some SICK BEATS for our intro and outro.

Get in touch with Joe & Cheryl at twoforspacejamplease @ gmail.com and subscribe on iTunes or Spotify.

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Episode 107 – The Zone of Interest (2023)

This was (obviously) a heavy conversation. We covered the banality of evil, the ways we remember atrocity, familial protectionism, gradations of complicity, small acts of resistance, and the practice of viewing present-day horrors through the lens of future generations. It’s a lot. We muddle through, together.

Thanks to slfhlp for providing us some SICK BEATS for our intro and outro.

Get in touch with Joe & Cheryl at twoforspacejamplease @ gmail.com and subscribe on iTunes or Spotify.

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Episode 103 – Israelism (2023)

We returned after a few months of…stuff…to talk about the 2023 documentary Israelism. If you’d like to learn more about the occupation, we also recommend the now classic documentary Five Broken Cameras. For visual narratives of Palestine from a Palestinian perspective, browse the Palestine Film Institute’s archives. If you’re ready for the some background reading, The Palestine-Israel Conflict: A Basic Introduction is a great place to start if you need…a basic introduction. To learn more about the 1948 Nakba, check out the Israeli historian Ilan Pappe’s deeply researched The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine. Ready to understand the current moment in the context of the Palestinian liberation struggle? Check out All the Walls Will Fall: 2023 Palestine Liberation Resources List.  

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Episode 100 – Oppenheimer (2023)

We didn’t expressly set out to do it, but we took a stance on Barbenheimer and watched Oppenheimer first. We had sooooo many things to say about this movie about a war criminal feeling bad for his crimes (bomb-and-cry). It was late but we were jazzed to talk about war movies, anti-war movies, and what it means to think you’re saving the world. Joe edited out a burp from Cheryl. You’re welcome.

Thanks to slfhlp for providing us some SICK BEATS for our intro and outro.

Get in touch with Joe & Cheryl at twoforspacejamplease @ gmail.com and subscribe on iTunes or Spotify.

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Episode 99 – The Blackening (2023)

We’re back and we watched The Blackening and had a lot of fun talking about why this horror-comedy / comedy-horror worked. Turns out — you need good writing and good performances to make a good movie. Easy. Also, Joe reveals a secret! As always, spoilers abound.

Thanks to slfhlp for providing us some SICK BEATS for our intro and outro.

Get in touch with Joe & Cheryl at twoforspacejamplease @ gmail.com and subscribe on iTunes or Spotify.

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Episode 95 – White Noise (2022)

It’s 1984 but it’s also 2023 and we’re afraid of dying and fumbling our way to survival and it’s goofy and tender with an airborne toxic event still keeping us up at night.

Thanks to slfhlp for providing us some SICK BEATS for our intro and outro.

Get in touch with Joe & Cheryl at twoforspacejamplease @ gmail.com and subscribe on iTunes or Spotify.

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Episode 94 – The Triangle of Sadness (2022)

After a looooong hiatus, we’re (finally!) back. And we missed you. We watched Triangle of Sadness, one of the more recent iterations of the increasingly popular eat-the-rich theme, and talked all about representations of class struggle, villianizing billionaires, and the kinds of dismantling capitalism stories we wish were being made. 

Thanks to slfhlp for providing us some SICK BEATS for our intro and outro.

Get in touch with Joe & Cheryl at twoforspacejamplease @ gmail.com and subscribe on iTunes or Spotify.