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Alys Murray's connection of the new Wuthering Heights to Grease 2 is some chef's-kiss film criticism. #filmsky 📽️

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Over a yellow image of a bare tree on the moors, pink text reads "Episode 442: 'Wuthering Heights' with Alys Murray." Below the text, there's a screenshot from Zoom of four faces smiling out from their respective Zoom windows. Drea, Alys, Alonso (holding a copy of Nathan Rabin's new book, The Fractured Mirror) and Kevin. Below this, a cutout of Cathy and Heathcliff face to face in a heated, windswept encounter. Three text blocks read: "Remembering Late Legends; Goopy, Gothic, and a lot like 'Grease 2'?; Characters who need counseling".

Whether you're on the screen or in the audience, emotions are running high in the new WUTHERING HEIGHTS. But which emotions? Listen & learn in this episode w/special guest Alys Murray! Plus we got a Hotline call about characters who might benefit from counseling...

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@emilystjams.bsky.social thanks for mentioning Ken Burns' Shakers doc on @maximumfilmpodcast.bsky.social, it was a great companion piece to The Testament of Ann Lee. @aduralde.bsky.social you'll be glad to know I watched it on Kanopy!

Omg too true

Have you heard about the new A24 kinda-rom-com about gay BDSM biker culture? That’s PILLION, starring Alexander Skarsgaard and Harry Melling, and we’re thrilled to have our friend @naylandblake.bsky.social riding with us! #filmsky

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Available now through May 31. Tell every single person you know!

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Desert Island Movies As discussed in Episode 440: 'Send Help' with Kristen Lopez, here are some loved movies that are set on an island (the characters need not actually be deserted there, but an island is gonna be a remot...

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As our guest @kristenklopez.bsky.social sagely observes, you never know what's gonna be weaponized next in Sam Raimi's SEND HELP! We had a blast talking about this movie and comparing notes on our favorite (literal) "desert island movies". #filmsky

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Emily! So glad you're okay but DAMN! That's so scary!

So perfect to have secret Shaker-stan @emilystjams.bsky.social back with us to talk about Mona Fastvold's epic historical musical THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE. Plus we're talking Oscar nominations, Sundance's last hurrah in Park City, and our favorite unusual musicals.

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A screenshot from Slack of several Maximum Fun employees discussing the fact that, had it come out a week earlier, the episode on '28 Years Later: The Bone Temple' would have been 28 episodes after the one discussing the first '28 Years Later.'

Danny @maximumfun.org noticed that we narrowly missed an incredible convergence with our latest episode about THE BONE TEMPLE. Still worth a listen, even if it came out "29 episodes later..."

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I'm on the Green Line towards downtown Minneapolis ICE OUT protest.

The train filled immediately. Even 20 stops away from our destination we reached capacity.

People are cheering at every stop when they see people waiting to board because we are all starting to realize how big this is.

Now entering The Bone Temple: @jordanmorris.bsky.social We're talking 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE. This time Nia DaCosta is in the director's chair, the needle drops are hitting, and the kids (and their wigs) are not alright. Plus a Hotline Call about food movies!

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Thanks for listening! It seems like showings are popping up here and there, especially at more art house style venues. Here's hoping you get the chance to see it on the big screen and won't have to wait for streaming/rental!

Very exciting to talk about Kristen Stewart's new-to-theaters directorial debut with @roxanegay.bsky.social and @alainmartin.bsky.social. We're talking THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER, plus a discussion of memoir movies we love and ones we'd like to see get made. #filmsky

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The Forgotten Occupation: Jim Crow Goes to Haiti The Forgotten Occupation: Jim Crow Goes to Haiti is a masterclass in how to inform with film, and it being such a comprehensive yet accessible source of information about Haitian history more than dou...

“To Date, The Forgotten Occupation is the best Haitian history documentary I’ve seen.” - videolibrarian.com/reviews/docu...

We were looking for a title for whatever this content would be and I think we just found it!

In front of a green background, a screenshot of four people smiling out from their respective zoom window. Kevin, Marissa, Alonso, and Drea. Below the screenshot there is a cut out of the character Marty from the movie Marty supreme wearing glasses and walking angrily text on the image Reed “episode 436: MARTY SUPREME is a real a**hole.”

Our first regular episode of the new year and we’re covering one of the buzziest titles of last year (still in theaters!). It’s MARTY SUPREME, and in his honor we’re also naming some of our favorite movies about assholes.
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There’s some great news for families of trans kids today. 🧵!

HHS announced a rule recently not only forbidding Medicare and Medicaid pay for gender-affirming care for youth, but saying ANY institution that provided GAC for youth couldn’t get ANY Medicare or Medicaid funding for ANY procedure.

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Extremely grateful to the extraordinary Tim Blake Nelson for sitting down with @jorcru.bsky.social to talk about his career as an actor, director, & writer, from Juilliard (where he was studying when he first saw Jim Jarmusch’s DOWN BY LAW) to THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE, & beyond! #filmsky

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Happy New Year! Kick it off by catching up with us on our Top Ten Lists for 2025, complete with explanations, reminiscences, and even a little friendly contention! Plus we hand out our annual Maxie Awards and name some titles we're hotly anticipating for 2026.

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Merry Christmas MF’ers! (That’s short for Maximum Film! listenERS, obvi). We’re looking at an indie holiday movie you might want to add to the rotation this 2nd Day of Christmas. It’s THE BALTIMORONS with the hilarious Ben Katzner!

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The @maximumfun.org wrapped is the best wrapped I’ve received this year 😂

The newest batch of CCM Holiday Movie Reviews from resident Christmas Zaddy @aduralde.bsky.social !

The newest batch of CCM Holiday Movie Reviews from resident Christmas Zaddy @aduralde.bsky.social !

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The @flophousepodcast.com's Elliott Kalan joins us to put his “Mad about Mads”-ness where his mouth is as we discuss a stylized new horror-ish thriller DUST BUNNY! Then we’ll talk about movies that would make good genre entry points for kids who are ready. #filmsky

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I’m calling for a boycott until they get rid of this dry dick Santa and give us the Santa That Makes Chicks Cream that we deserve

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hashtag not my Santa

It’s December, and is it really a holiday movie podcast without the man who wrote the book on the subject, @aduralde.bsky.social (@maximumfilmpodcast.bsky.social)? It’s the audio commentary for Paul Feig’s festive rom-com with a twist: “Last Christmas”. #FilmSky

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We’re taking a look at the life of a fictional bonafide movie star (as played by actual bonafide movie star George Clooney) in JAY KELLY. Then we’ll have a movie quiz about pretend-movie-star movies! With our guest, the voice of Old Derf himself, Justin Tyler! #filmsky
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