Best Seventh Reel Podcasts (2025)

Get, set, ball! They don't actually say that in the movie but this week we visit another James Caan classic. Dystopia! *Subtle* social commentary! Rollerball!

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Thief 20:17

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This week we're living dangerous with Michael Mann's directorial debut. James Caan is tha maaaan!

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The Hand of God 23:01

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This week we skid across the beautiful shores of Napoli in Paolo Sorrentino's The Hand of God.

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The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and her Lover 16:35

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This week we savor the prettiest reds and blues cinema has to offer. Dumbledore is in this, no for real that's him beating his wife. Come join the feast!

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Barbenheimer 30:20

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This week we delve into the two biggest films of the summer. One is a thoughtful critique on how the true impact of women are often diminished and the other is about a dumb doll or something.

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Chinatown 27:40

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This week Youssef pioneers our dive into the murky world of Chinatown. Man. What. A. Bummer of a movie huh? It's kinda amazing. Join us this week and find out why!

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The Invisible Guest 18:32

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This week we take a look at an inventive Whodunnit. So many twists, so many turns! Join us as we try to unravel them all!

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Fight Club 17:26

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This week we re-visit the quintessential "oh you got that poster in your dorm" movie: Fight Club Does it hold up now that we are ravaged by time and supposed jobs and careers? Listen and find out!

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The Last Detail 17:14

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This week we watch another road trip movie where very little happens. But that's kinda the point! We discuss cultural barriers with different time periods, Jack Nicholson's career as well as whether these road movies are really all just painfully dull.

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Rear Window 21:12

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This week we discuss Rear Window! Oh to return to Hitchcock, who knew thrillers could hold substance?

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The Wolf Of Wall Street 17:15

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This week we learn how greed doesn't pay unless it totally does! Also the health benefits of quaaludes. Man, we used to have it all.

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Paris, Texas 24:44

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This week we're talking about a whole lotta landscape. It's Paris, Texas! Leave it to a German director to capture the most beautiful images of America, oh, and the movie's pretty great too. Come find out why!

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The Wicker Man 20:23

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This week we discuss how if you're surrounded by singing hippies on a remote island you may be in some danger. It's the Wicker Man! No not the Bees! Not the Nick Cage one, the OG, good one!

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The Graduate 19:19

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This week, so much Simon and Garfunkle! Join us as we discuss The Graduate, a film centred around how hopelessly directionless a guy can feel in his 20's during the 70's. Gee I'm sure glad that miasma of doubt is like, totally 70's thing, we definetly know what we're doing now!

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Phantom Thread 22:18

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This week we're taking on our first PTA. It's Phantom Thread, a sexy movie containing lots of fashion and lots of uhhh...healthy relationship advice? Join us and find out what!

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WALL-E 23:03

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This week we get into our first Pixar film! Youssef introduces a new segment. It's a right hoot!!

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Dressed to Kill 23:47

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This week we're taking a look at Sexy Hitchcock, I mean Brian De Palma's Dressed to Kill! Potentially the greatest tracking shots in cinematic history?? But also super problematic, but its heart is in the right place. Come check it out!

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Cronenberg Double Bill 2: The Brood & Crimes of the Future 29:06

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This week we're back in body horror...or is it body philosophy? Two Cronenberg movies that are more fun to talk than to watch. So why not listen to us talk about it?

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Delieverance & The Wild Bunch 27:19

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This week we take two recommendations from Tarantino. Two movies about guys being guys and the inevitable bloodbath that stems from guys just being guys. Have a listen!!!

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Waves 26:36

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This week we watch a movie that Youssef and Michelle just can't dig, Trey Edward Shults please don't watch this.

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Sharknado Oscars Spectecular! 32:07

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This week we're taking on the biggest cinematic event of all time! Sharknado!! Oh yeah and the Oscars as well. Join us this week, alongside special guest Hannah as we dissect this very terrible movie and then go on to guess who wins the Oscars! Spoiler Alert: We called a lot of it!!

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Birth 28:30

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This week we watch and Jonathan Glazer's Birth! A movie about a very healthy relationship between a woman and a child.

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An Angel at My Table 17:59

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This week we're delving through Jane Campion's an Angel at My Table. It's like, the Anti-Elvis.

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Elvis 26:56

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This we're taking a look at the King baby. It's the extravagant film of last year. Youssef hated it, Arvin wouldn't shut up about it. Give it a listen, ah-hem thank you very much.

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Babylon 23:09

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This week we watched Babylon! An epic about how sometimes, you just don't have what it takes.

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The Hour of the Wolf 18:46

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This week we finally return to our namesake, back into the uhh...welcoming (?) arms of Ingmar Bergman. It's The Hour of the Wolf, Bergman's most nightmarish output. We think it's rather brilliant. Listen and find out why!

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The Fabelmans 18:34

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This week we're delving into Spielberg's sorta true sorta made up movie about himself! You're telling me he was THIS good at making movies at that age? Sure, why not. Join us for as we delve into this legacy filmmaker's legacy!

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Claire Denis Double Bill - Beau Travail & White Material 22:16

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This week we're watching movies that we cannot pronounce!!! It's...ahem...Beau Travail and White Material! Both set in Africa, both dissecting the aftershocks of colonialism, but one has killer dance scenes and the other has Isabelle Huppert being very unreasonable. Listen and enjoy!!

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Pulp Fiction 26:27

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This week it's all about the rule of cool. It's Pulp Fiction! Join us as Arvin and Youssef spend too much time instead fawning over Jackie Brown while Michelle attempts to put up with that nonsense. It's fun, I swear!

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Andrei Rublev 25:25

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This week it's back to Arvin's favorite filmmaker (oh no)! It's Andrei Rublev! We return to Tarkovsky's glaci- I mean measured embrace. Fun? Well....listen and find out!

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Sensational Almodovar Double Bill 24:49

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This week we're slipping into the wild, wild mind of Pedro Almodovar. A filmmaker whose work defies genre classification but always remains fun and engaging. How? Listen and find out!

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The Aviator of Hells Angel's 35:37

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This week we're soaring through the clouds with The Aviator and Hell's Angel's. A film about Howard Hughs paired with a film by Howard Hugh's. This guy is wow...a piece of work. And as it turns out, his movie actually has something to say! Genuinely shocking. Join us this week and find out what!

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Tár 26:40

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This week we're taking a look at one of the best films of the year. Nick Nightin- I mean Todd Field's razor sharp epic of one woman's downfall ascends the trappings of "just another Me Too movie" into, well...something else. Listen and find out what!

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The Vanishing Point of a Getaway Bullit 24:50

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This week we messed up again and watched the wrong films...again! It's okay though, they're all about cars. One even has one of the most gorgeous American creations in it. No not Steve Mcqueen, I'm still talking about the car!

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The Rescuers 1 & 2 23:24

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This week we take a look at two Disney classics. Did you know that the Rescuers 2 was the first sequel Disney made? But like...why? Tune in as we ponder why!! Links in our bio

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Does the Bride of Frankenstein have a Mummy? 22:53

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This week we watch two films where Boris Karloff struggles to get a date. To whacky results!!

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Fassbinder Double Bill: Beware the Holy Whore & Chinese Roulette 27:33

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This week we delve into the whirlwind mind of Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

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Nosfera2 28:21

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This week we're sinking our fangs back into the vampire genre, and it's the OG himself! Dracu- I mean Nosferatu! No it's actually the same thing! How did they get away with this? Is it any good? Listen and find out!! Links in our Bio!

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Blonde 34:24

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This week we take on one of the year's most controversial films! Maybe this one is better off not being made. Nevertheless, listen to one of us make futile efforts at defending its artistic merit. Fun times for all!! Links in our Bio!

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Daughters of Darkness Near Dark 21:09

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This week it's all about da blood baby. We watch two vampire movies where the vampires deliberately never address themselves as vampires. What's with that? Tune in and find out!!

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The Crossfire of Tender Comrades 23:41

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This week we're watching films that got their directors in hot water. Well, just one director in this case. Did you know you can insert a moral message within a story? Well this guy does!

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Top Gun 1 & 2 29:48

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This week it's all about the need for speed baby. It's Top Gun 1 & 2! Does 2 Top 1? Don't you want to know? Join us this week as we ponder life's big questions. Links in our bio!

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Say Nope to Vengeance 27:54

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This week we watch two comedy writers make movies! Both are about things in the clouds! Well, not really, just one, but the other has clouds in it so… anyways! Listen!

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Black Swan & Whiplash 26:54

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This week we watch two obsessions unravel creative people! It’s really entertaining but we talk about how one doesn’t really hold up and why! Listen up, Phillip! And anyone else whatever your name is, I don’t care.

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The Resurrection of Men 21:27

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This week we watch two powerfully brutal performances in spooky stories about women going through a terrible time. Listen to us talk about it!

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Some Like it Hot for Seven Year Itches 23:37

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This week we watch two films that deceptively market Marilyn Monroe as being in them for longer than a few scenes. Anyways, listen to us talk about it!

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Alexandria Why 25:05

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This week we watch a film selected by Yehia, or as he is otherwise known, Youssef’s brother. We talk about how the film explores Egyptian identity and why yehia picked it! Listen up!

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Casablanca, Play it Again Sam 27:04

3y ago27:04

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This week we're looking at you kid! This week we watch the motion picture Casablanca and Woody Allen watches it too! Find out how we feel about it and about Woody Allen’s bachelor lifestyle!

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A Good Fairy on a Roman Holiday 27:08

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This week we watch two movies about a young lady finding her way and exploring the world! Or, at least, I think… because of a certain mix up. Well, listen and you’ll find out what or why.