The Film Studies Club Podcast

The Graduate (IMDb): A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.

Inside (IMDb): A musical comedy special shot and performed by Bo Burnham, alone, over the course of a very unusual year.

Album: Graduation by Kanye West

Don't Let the Riverbeast Get You! (IMDb): In this campy throwback to 1950's monster films, a vicious monster has risen from its watery lair to terrorize a small New England town. Local tutor Neil Stuart must warn the town and make them believe him before it's too late!

The Mitchells vs the Machines (IMDb): A quirky, dysfunctional family's road trip is upended when they find themselves in the middle of the robot apocalypse and suddenly become humanity's unlikeliest last hope.

Wrath of Man (IMDb): The plot follows H, a cold and mysterious character working at a cash truck company responsible for moving hundreds of millions of dollars around Los Angeles each week.

Those Who Wish Me Dead (IMDb): A teenage murder witness finds himself pursued by twin assassins in the Montana wilderness with a survival expert tasked with protecting him -- and a forest fire threatening to consume them all.

Voyagers (IMDb): A crew of astronauts on a multi-generational mission descend into paranoia and madness, not knowing what is real or not.

Shiva Baby (IMDb): At a Jewish funeral service with her parents, a college student runs into her sugar daddy.

Another Round (IMDb): Four high school teachers consume alcohol on a daily basis to see how it affects their social and professional lives.

Godzilla vs. Kong (IMDb): The epic next chapter in the cinematic Monsterverse pits two of the greatest icons in motion picture history against one another - the fearsome Godzilla and the mighty Kong - with humanity caught in the balance.

Bad Trip (IMDb): This mix of a scripted buddy comedy road movie and a real hidden camera prank show follows the outrageous misadventures of two buds stuck in a rut who embark on a cross-country road trip to NYC. The storyline sets up shocking real pranks.

Seaspiracy (IMDb): Passionate about ocean life, a filmmaker sets out to document the harm that humans do to marine species - and uncovers alarming global corruption.

Zack Snyder's Justice League (IMDb): Determined to ensure Superman's ultimate sacrifice was not in vain, Bruce Wayne aligns forces with Diana Prince with plans to recruit a team of metahumans to protect the world from an approaching threat of catastrophic proportions.

Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal (IMDb): Reenactments drive this documentary investigating the mastermind behind a scam to sneak the kids of rich and famous families into top US universities. 

Nobody (IMDb): A bystander who intervenes to help a woman being harassed by a group of men becomes the target of a vengeful drug lord.

Raya and the Last Dragon (IMDb): In a realm known as Kumandra, a re-imagined Earth inhabited by an ancient civilization, a warrior named Raya is determined to find the last dragon.

Cherry (IMDb): Cherry drifts from college dropout to army medic in Iraq - anchored only by his true love, Emily. But after returning from the war with PTSD, his life spirals into drugs and crime as he struggles to find his place in the world. 

Coming 2 America (IMDb): The African monarch Akeem learns he has a long-lost son in the United States and must return to America to meet this unexpected heir and build a relationship with his son. 

Game: 911 Emergency Dispatch

Album: Punisher by Phoebe Bridgers

The United States vs. Billie Holiday (IMDb): Follows Holiday during her career as she is targeted by the Federal Department of Narcotics with an undercover sting operation led by black Federal Agent Jimmy Fletcher, with whom she had a tumultuous affair.

Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry (IMDb): An intimate look at the singer-songwriter's journey, navigating life on the road, on stage, and at home, while creating her debut album. 

Tom and Jerry (IMDb): A chaotic battle ensues between Jerry Mouse, who has taken refuge in the Royal Gate Hotel, and Tom Cat, who is hired to drive him away before the day of a big wedding arrives.

Minari (IMDb): A Korean family starts a farm in 1980s Arkansas.

I Care A Lot (IMDb): A crooked legal guardian who drains the savings of her elderly wards meets her match when a woman she tries to swindle turns out to be more than she first appears.

To All the Boys: Always and Forever (IMDb): Senior year of high school takes center stage as Lara Jean returns from a family trip to Korea and considers her college plans - with and without Peter.

Nomadland (IMDb): After losing everything in the Great Recession, a woman embarks on a journey through the American West, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.

Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar (IMDb): Lifelong friends Barb and Star embark on the adventure of a lifetime when they decide to leave their small Midwestern town for the first time - ever.

Bliss (IMDb): A mind-bending love story following Greg who, after recently being divorced and then fired, meets the mysterious Isabel, a woman living on the streets and convinced that the polluted, broken world around them is a computer simulation.