Cinema Callback

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• The Baltimorons (2025)

  October 7, 2026 · 58 min

  In this episode of Cinema Callback, Andy and Michael take a deep dive into Jay Duplass’s The Baltimorons, an unconventional indie holiday romance co-written by Duplass and Michael Strassner, and starring Strassner alongside Liz…

• Gate of Flesh (1964) - The Criterion Series

  September 30, 2026 · 34 min

  As part of Cinema Callback’s Criterion Collection series, Andy and Michael take a deep dive into Seijun Suzuki’s Gate of Flesh (1964), a bleak but surprisingly energetic portrait of sex workers attempting to survive among the ruins of…

• Pickpocket (1959) - The Criterion Series

  September 23, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min

  As part of Cinema Callback’s Criterion Collection series, Andy and Michael take a deep dive into Robert Bresson’s Pickpocket (1959), a stark, stripped back portrait of crime, isolation, and a young man who seems almost completely checked…

• Love Jones (1997) - The Criterion Series

  September 16, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min

  As part of Cinema Callback’s Criterion Collection series, Andy and Michael take a deep dive into Theodore Witcher’s 1997 cult classic Love Jones, a soulful romantic drama powered by the sizzling energy and chemistry between Larenz Tate and…

• Ashes and Diamonds (1958) - The Criterion Series

  September 9, 2026 · 56 min

  As part of Cinema Callback’s Criterion Collection series, Andy and Michael take a deep dive into Andrzej Wajda’s Ashes and Diamonds (1958), one of the defining films of postwar Polish cinema. Through the show’s signature voice note…

• Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) - The Criterion Series

  September 2, 2026 · 1 hr 7 min

  Spoiler Warning: This episode contains full spoilers for Picnic at Hanging Rock. Criterion Week continues on Cinema Callback as Andy and Michael take a deep dive into Peter Weir’s 1975 cult classic Picnic at Hanging Rock, revisiting a film…

• Tampopo (1985) - The Criterion Series

  August 26, 2026 · 1 hr 15 min

  Cinema Callback kicks off Criterion Week with Andy and Michael taking a deep dive into Juzo Itami’s Tampopo (1985), the joyous and wonderfully eccentric Japanese classic that transforms the conventions of the American Western into a story…

• Full Alert (1997)

  August 19, 2026 · 48 min

  In this episode of Cinema Callback, Andy and Michael take a deep dive into Ringo Lam’s Full Alert (1997), a forgotten gem of Hong Kong crime cinema that offers a grounded, hardboiled alternative to the more heightened action films of its…