Can paying close attention to a movie change your life for the better? Can you get better at determining what to pay attention to in your life by watching a movie closely?

"I felt he was as close to the phenomenon of life and why we're here and why we have to die than any artist I've ever met." - Mel Brooks (describing David Lynch)

Are you worried? Depressed? Lonely? Hopeless? Angry? Burned Out? Lost in Late-stage Capitalism? Looking for a partner? Want a divorce? Tired of fighting with everyone online? Difficulty parenting your children? Difficulty with your parents? Trying to become an artist? Trying to understand art? Hate movies? Love movies? Looking for religion? Sibling Rivalry? Addicted to anything? Looking for the metaphysical? Looking for a good laugh? Searching for that movie that you half-remember that taught you something important about life?

Watch a movie with me and my guest. We try to figure it all out through a discussion that doesn't recap the movie, doesn't read a plot summary to you, won't tell you what to think about a movie, doesn't mansplain, doesn't tell you what "film-bro's" think you should like. People like what they like. We won't argue.

How many stars? Thumbs up? Thumbs down? We don't pass that kind of judgement, unless the dice tell us to.

We watch horror films, fantasy films, history films, action adventure films, animated films, drama, comedy, avant-garde films, noir, romance, westerns, independent films (indie), mainstream Hollywood films, Bollywood films, foreign films, documentaries, erotic thrillers, musicals, sports films, children's films, cult classics.

We talk about the BIG QUESTIONS and pay attention to the little moments in individual frames. We'll pay respect to the thousands of people who worked to create a lengthy work of art for us.

If you leave the podcast thinking about something new and interesting to try to pay attention to in your life: then we will have a success on our hands, you and I. And I hope you'll return.