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David Lowery’s is back in his ethereal bag (or is it a dress? defo there's a ghost though...right?) with MOTHER MARY, a look at art, soul, collaboration, and self, through the relationship of a mega popstar and her once-and-future fashion queen. Then, we do a movie quiz about pop star cinema!

What’s Good

Alonso - Pop Tarts Super-Stuffed

Drea - MTV Rewind

Kevin - LA Times Festival of Books

ITIDIC
Gen Z Going to the Movies
CinemaCon Recap

Staff Picks

Alonso - The Serpent’s Skin

Drea - Phantom Thread

Kevin - The Five Heartbeats 

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With
Kevin Avery
Drea Clark
Alonso Duralde
Produced by Marissa Flaxbart
Sr. Producer Laura Swisher

It's MaxFunDrive. And here, for the first time, we give you an exclusive look (well, listen) at the craft of podcasting: presenting Casters on Casters.

For MaxFilm! listeners, we're kicking off the MaxFunDrive with a DOUBLE FEATURE of Casters on Casters. Both Alonso Duralde and Drea Clark participated in two separate recordings of this incredibly important podcasting event. The first episode you'll hear features Alonso chatting with Ben Blacker (Dead Pilots Society) and Hal Lublin (Tights and Fights & We Got This with Mark and Hal). In the second episode, the Queen of the Midwest chats with Ella Hubber (Let's Learn Everything!) and Allan McLeod (Walkin' About). In other words, we're bringing you six different podcasting perspectives in one big super episode. You'll hear name dropping, podcast origin stories, ruminations on the art form, listener contributions to the show and what makes Maximum Fun a great place to have a show. All this, and more!

If this glamorous, in-depth journey into what makes your favorite hosts tick inspires you, support them by joining as a member at maximumfun.org/join.

Produced by Laura Swisher for Maximum Fun.

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With
Kevin Avery
Drea Clark
Alonso Duralde
Produced by Marissa Flaxbart
Sr. Producer Laura Swisher

A rom-com is going to rom-com, but YOU, ME, & TUSCANY is actually doing at least one thing that feels pretty unique. We talk about this new movie from Kat Coiro and producer Will Packer (starring Halle Bailey & Regé-Jean Page) with All the Feels podcast’s Dory Benford.

What’s Good

Drea - friends coming by and doing helpful stuff

Dory - Easter candy

Alonso - chocolate pound cake

ITIDIC
Over 1000 Big Hollywood Names Sign Letter Opposing Paramount/WB Merger 
Elaine May’s MIKEY & NICKY to get 50th Anniversary Theatrical Rerelease
Mario Bros. Sequel Sets Record…for Smallest Popcorn Bucket

Staff Picks

Drea - French Kiss & Only You

Dory - Bull Durham

Alonso - Yes

This episode was edited by Gabe Mara.

 

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With
Kevin Avery
Drea Clark
Alonso Duralde
Produced by Marissa Flaxbart
Sr. Producer Laura Swisher

What’s the drama behind director Kristoffer Borgli’s new film, THE DRAMA? And, unlike Mary J. Blige, do we want said drama? We unpack all that with film critic Ariel LeBeau, and then talk about some movies that were secretly darker than advertised.

 

What’s Good

Alonso - Flossing first

Drea - Artemis II

Ariel - soft boiled eggs for breakfast (6m)

Kevin - rediscovering Billy Joel

ITIDIC

Writers Guild Reaches Tentative 4-Year Deal with Studios

“It’s Not Your Imagination: Movies ARE Getting Longer”

Staff Picks

Alonso - Marc by Sofia

Drea - The Christophers

Ariel - Dogfight

Kevin - One Hour Photo

this episode edited by Gabe Mara

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With
Kevin Avery
Drea Clark
Alonso Duralde
Produced by Marissa Flaxbart
Sr. Producer Laura Swisher

Ryan Gosling is on a one-man mission to save the universe...but he's not alone. We've got film critic Rendy Jones with us to discuss PROJECT HAIL MARY from directing duo Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. Then we share some of our favorite science fiction concepts from cinema.

What’s Good

Alonso - Free airplane Wifi

Drea - skin flooding

Rendy - taking time to rest

Kevin - taking down Christmas decorations

ITIDIC
K-Pop Demon Hunters 2 Is a Big Payday for Its Directors
Lord and Miller to Produce Murder She Wrote Film With Jamie Lee Curtis

Staff Picks

Drea - Europa Report

Alonso - UFOria (available on 4K UHD)

Rendy - Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Kevin - Warrior

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With
Kevin Avery
Drea Clark
Alonso Duralde
Produced by Marissa Flaxbart
Sr. Producer Laura Swisher