A tour through five films that share the cons, capers, twists, and tonal oddities that surfaced while discussing The Brothers Bloom. Truman and Landen follow where the Machine leads, comparing the quirks and energies these movies share with the main film’s con-artist DNA.

What You'll Hear

• How all five films connect through cons, capers, farce, or twist-driven character work

• A wildcard one-location caper involving classical-music ruses and a suspicious widow

• Childhood VHS nostalgia, DVD-shelf archeology, and why The Sting lives in every best friend’s dad’s house

• A brief detour into hats as essential con-artist equipment

• A mini-riff about the Machine sending them toward “Christmas comes early. Really early.”

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Tags: The Brothers Bloom, con artist films, capers, 1980s comedies, crime comedies