The Film Studies Club Podcast

#37 Madrigals Majesty. (Feat. Camille Brown and Jackson Spencer) (Run, Happiest Season, Hillbilly Elegy)

Run (IMDb): A homeschooled teenager begins to suspect her mother is keeping a dark secret from her.

Happiest Season (IMDb): A holiday romantic comedy that captures the range of emotions tied to wanting your family's acceptance, being true to yourself, and trying not to ruin Christmas.

Hillbilly Elegy (IMDb): An urgent phone call pulls a Yale Law student back to his Ohio hometown, where he reflects on three generations of family history and his own future.

#36 Robert Gets Cancelled. (The Life Ahead, Holidate, The Princess Swap: Swapped Again)

The Life Ahead (IMDb): In seaside Italy, a Holocaust survivor with a daycare business takes in a 12-year-old street kid who recently robbed her.

Holiday (IMDb): Fed up with being single on holidays, two strangers agree to be each other's platonic plus-ones all year long, only to catch real feelings along the way.

The Princess Switch: Switched Again (IMDb): When Duchess Margaret unexpectedly inherits the throne to Montenaro and hits a rough patch with Kevin, it's up to her double Stacy to save the day before a new lookalike, party girl Fiona foils their plans.

 

#35 Screen Recorded Episode (On YT!) (American Utopia, Jingle Jangle, Totally Under Control)

David Byrne's American Utopia (IMDb): Spike Lee documents the former Talking Heads frontman's brilliant, timely 2019 Broadway show, based on his recent album and tour of the same name.

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (IMDb): An imaginary world comes to life in a holiday tale of an eccentric toymaker, his adventurous granddaughter, and a magical invention that has the power to change their lives forever.

Totally Under Control (IMDb): An in-depth look at how the United States government handled the response to the COVID-19 outbreak during the early months of the pandemic.

 

#34 Kennedy Hates Christmas (Feat. Kennedy D) (Op. Christmas Drop, Borat 2, On The Rocks)

Operation Christmas Drop (IMDb): Congressional aide Erica (Graham) forgoes family Christmas to travel at her boss's behest. At a beachside Air Force base, she clashes with Capt. Andrew Jantz (Ludwig), who knows her assignment is finding reasons to defund the facility.

Borat 2 (IMDb): Follow-up film to the 2006 comedy centering on the real-life adventures of a fictional Kazakh television journalist named Borat.

On The Rocks (IMDb): A young mother reconnects with her larger-than-life playboy father on an adventure through New York.

 

#33 Halloween Special (Halloween, The Witches, Bad Hair)

Halloween (IMDb): Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.

The Witches (IMDb): A young boy and his grandmother have a run-in with a coven of witches and their leader.

Bad Hair (IMDb): In 1989 an ambitious young woman gets a weave in order to succeed in the image-obsessed world of music television. However, her flourishing career may come at a great cost when she realizes that her new hair may have a mind of its own.

#32 Bloody Armpits (World of Tomorrow Ep 3, Kajillionaire, Rebecca, The Trial of the Chicago 7)

World of Tomorrow Ep 3: Philosophical, time traveling future stuff. 

Kajillionaire (IMDb): A woman's life is turned upside down when her criminal parents invite an outsider to join them on a major heist they're planning.

Rebecca (IMDb): A young newlywed arrives at her husband's imposing family estate on a windswept English coast and finds herself battling the shadow of his first wife, Rebecca, whose legacy lives on in the house long after her death.

The Trial of the Chicago 7 (IMDb): The story of 7 people on trial stemming from various charges surrounding the uprising at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.

#31 AHHHHHHHH (Hubie Halloween, Dick Johnson Is Dead, Trump Card)

Hubie Halloween (IMDb): Despite his devotion to his hometown of Salem (and its Halloween celebration), Hubie Dubois is a figure of mockery for kids and adults alike. But this year, something is going bump in the night, and it's up to Hubie to save Halloween.

Dick Johnson Is Dead (IMDb): A daughter helps her father prepare for the end of his life.

Trump Card (IMDb): Filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza examines the ideas of socialism and the state of politics in America.

#30 Nick's dad gives opinions (Antebellum,The Boys in the Band, The Glorias)

Antebellum (IMDb): Successful author Veronica Henley finds herself trapped in a horrifying reality and must uncover the mind-bending mystery before it's too late.

The Boys in the Band (IMDb): At a birthday party in 1968 New York, a surprise guest and a drunken game leave seven gay friends reckoning with unspoken feelings and buried truths

The Glorias (IMDb): The story of feminist icon Gloria Steinem's itinerant childhood's influence on her life as a writer, activist and organizer for women's rights worldwide.

#29 Banjos!!!! (Enola Holmes, Antebellum, FRANCISCO GRIJALVA)

Enola Holmes: When Sherlock's teen sister (Enola Holmes)-discovers her mother missing, she sets off to find her, becoming a super-sleuth in her own right as she outwits her famous brother and unravels a dangerous conspiracy around a mysterious young Lord.

Antebellum: Successful author Veronica Henley finds herself trapped in a horrifying reality and must uncover the mind-bending mystery before it's too late.

#28 The Broken Episode (The Devil All the Time, Unpregnant)