Tag: Films

  • Episode 103: (The Rest of the) Big Night

    Episode 103: (The Rest of the) Big Night

    When Noah and Louisa left off last week, all the pieces were on the board, and it was time to throw them against each other and see what happens—in the Aristotelian crucible of the Big Night, of course. In this part, Noah and Louisa discuss the kind of movies you can’t make anymore, talk about…

  • Episode 102: Big Night

    Episode 102: Big Night

    Since Louisa finally watched Chef, Noah finally had to watch Big Night: the movie that asks, “can a traditional Italian restaurant survive when one-third of its crew is Marc Anthony?” In this part, Louisa and Noah rip on American customers, nominate the performance of the movie, and discuss the general level of heightened sexiness.

  • Episode 101: Chef! Again!

    Episode 101: Chef! Again!

    Last time, Louisa and Noah left Carl Casper on the cusp (cusper?) of a road trip during which he would rediscover his love of cooking and finally have a relationship with his human child that he has. In this part, we discuss the incongruousness of Russell Peters, ten-year-old kids being social media managers, and what…

  • Episode 100: Chef!

    Episode 100: Chef!

    For our centennial celebration, we tried something a little bit different! Louisa and Noah watch Chef, the movie that asks, “is it possible for a man to serve both his own artistic goals and be commercially successful, as long as Robert Downey Jr and Sofía Vergara front him all the money?” In this part, they…