In the Season 4 finale — Cade and Diane discuss two films about vampires: 20th Century Women (2016) and Phantom Thread (2017).
Watch the video version at: YouTube.com/@CadeThomas/streams
Double Feature Movie Club is a weekly movie review show with a retro vibe.
Two movies. Three people. One rambling conversation.
Each film is our first time watching them. We often go off-topic.
20th Century Women is a 2016 American coming-of-age comedy drama film written and directed by Mike Mills and starring Annette Bening, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, Lucas Jade Zumann, and Billy Crudup. It is set in 1979 in Southern California and partly inspired by Mills's childhood. Phantom Thread is a 2017 American historical drama film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, and starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Vicky Krieps and Lesley Manville. Set in 1950s London, it stars Day-Lewis as couture dressmaker who takes a young waitress, played by Krieps, as his muse. It marked Day-Lewis's final film role to date.
Cade and Diane discuss two films starring Paul Giamatti and directed by Alexander Payne: Sideways (2004) and The Holdovers (2023). Watch the video version at: YouTube.com/@CadeThomas/streams
Double Feature Movie Club is a weekly movie review show with a retro vibe.
Two movies. Two hosts. One rambling conversation.
Each film is our first time watching them. We often go off-topic.
Sideways is a 2004 American comedy-drama road film directed by Alexander Payne and written by Jim Taylor and Payne. A film adaptation of Rex Pickett's 2004 novel of the same name, Sideways follows two men in their forties, Miles Raymond (Paul Giamatti), a depressed teacher and unsuccessful writer, and Jack Cole (Thomas Haden Church), a past-his-prime actor, who take a week-long road trip to Santa Barbara County wine country to celebrate Jack's upcoming wedding. Sandra Oh and Virginia Madsen also star as women they encounter during their trip. The Holdovers is a 2023 American comedy-drama film directed by Alexander Payne, written by David Hemingson, and starring Paul Giamatti, Da'Vine Joy Randolph and Dominic Sessa. Set in 1970, it follows a curmudgeonly history teacher at a New England boarding school who is forced to chaperone the handful of students with nowhere to go over Christmas break.
Cade and Diane discuss two films directed by Kelly Reichardt: First Cow (2019) and Certain Women (2016). Watch the video version at: YouTube.com/@CadeThomas/streams
Double Feature Movie Club is a weekly movie review show with a retro vibe.
Two movies. Two hosts. One rambling conversation.
Each film is our first time watching them. We often go off-topic.
First Cow is a 2019 American drama film directed by Kelly Reichardt, from a screenplay by Reichardt and Jonathan Raymond based on Raymond's 2004 novel The Half-Life. It stars John Magaro, Orion Lee, Toby Jones, Ewen Bremner, Scott Shepherd, Gary Farmer, Stephen Malkmus, Alia Shawkat, and Lily Gladstone. Certain Women is a 2016 American drama film edited, written, and directed by Kelly Reichardt. Based on "Native Sandstone", "Travis, B." and "Tome"—three short stories from Maile Meloy's collections Half in Love and Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It—it stars Laura Dern, Kristen Stewart, Michelle Williams, Lily Gladstone, James Le Gros, and Jared Harris.
Cade and Diane discuss two films featuring apocolyptic visions: Take Shelter (2011) and Melancholia (2011). Watch the video version at: YouTube.com/@CadeThomas/streams
Double Feature Movie Club is a weekly movie review show with a retro vibe.
Two movies. Two hosts. One rambling conversation.
Each film is our first time watching them. We often go off-topic.
Take Shelter is a 2011 American psychological thriller film, written and directed by Jeff Nichols and starring Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain. The plot follows a young husband and father (Shannon) who is plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, and questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself and his increasing worries over having paranoid schizophrenia.
Melancholia is a 2011 apocalyptic psychological drama thriller art film written and directed by Lars von Trier and starring Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, and Kiefer Sutherland, with Alexander Skarsgård, Brady Corbet, Cameron Spurr, Charlotte Rampling, Jesper Christensen, John Hurt, Stellan Skarsgård, and Udo Kier in supporting roles. The film's story revolves around two sisters, one of whom marries just before a rogue planet is about to collide with Earth.
Cade and Diane discuss two Michael Fassbender films: Frank (2014) and The Killer (2023). Watch the video version at: YouTube.com/@CadeThomas/streams
Double Feature Movie Club is a weekly movie review show with a retro vibe.
Two movies. Two hosts. One rambling conversation.
Each film is our first time watching them. We often go off-topic.
Frank is a 2014 independent black comedy film directed by Lenny Abrahamson, produced by David Barron, Ed Guiney and Stevie Lee and written by Jon Ronson and Peter Straughan. It stars Michael Fassbender, Domhnall Gleeson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Scoot McNairy, and François Civil. The Killer is a 2023 American action thriller film directed by David Fincher from a screenplay by Andrew Kevin Walker. It is based on the French graphic novel series The Killer written by Alexis "Matz" Nolent and illustrated by Luc Jacamon. The film stars Michael Fassbender in the title role, alongside Arliss Howard, Charles Parnell, Kerry O'Malley, Sala Baker, Sophie Charlotte, and Tilda Swinton in supporting roles.
Cade and Diane celebrate 50 episodes and discuss two films: The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009) and Priscilla (2023). Watch the video version at: YouTube.com/@CadeThomas/streams
Double Feature Movie Club is a weekly movie review show with a retro vibe.
Two movies. Two hosts. One rambling conversation.
Each film is our first time watching them. We often go off-topic.
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee is a 2009 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Rebecca Miller. The screenplay is based on her novel of the same name. It features an ensemble cast including Robin Wright, Alan Arkin, Maria Bello, Monica Bellucci, Blake Lively, Julianne Moore, Keanu Reeves, and Winona Ryder. Priscilla is a 2023 American biographical drama film written, directed, and produced by Sofia Coppola, based on the 1985 memoir Elvis and Me by Priscilla Presley (who serves as an executive producer) and Sandra Harmon. It follows the life of Presley (played by Cailee Spaeny) and her relationship with Elvis Presley (Jacob Elordi).
Cade, Diane, and Sam Carrico of The Film Fanclub Show discuss two films starring Adam Driver: Annette (2021) and While We're Young (2014).
Watch the video version at: YouTube.com/@CadeThomas/streams
Check out Sam's YouTube channel here: YouTube.com/@TheFilmFanclub
Double Feature Movie Club is a weekly movie review show with a retro vibe.
Two movies. Three people. One rambling conversation.
Each film is our first time watching them. We often go off-topic.
Annette is a 2021 musical romantic drama film directed by Leos Carax in his English-language directorial debut. The film's story and music were written by Ron Mael, Russell Mael, and Leos Carax, with lyrics co-written by Leos Carax. The film, which has been described as a rock opera, follows a stand-up comedian (Adam Driver) and his opera singer wife (Marion Cotillard), and how their lives are changed when they have their first child. Simon Helberg and Devyn McDowell also appear.
While We're Young is a 2014 American comedy-drama film written, produced, and directed by Noah Baumbach. The film stars Ben Stiller, Naomi Watts, Adam Driver, and Amanda Seyfried; its plot centers on a New York–based documentary filmmaker and his wife, a couple in their 40s, who develop a friendship with a couple in their 20s.
Cade, Diane, and Jennifer discuss two offbeat horror films: Rubber (2010) and The Love Witch (2016).
Watch the video version at: YouTube.com/@CadeThomas/streams
Double Feature Movie Club is a weekly movie review show with a retro vibe.
Two movies. Three people. One rambling conversation.
Each film is our first time watching them. We often go off-topic.
Rubber is a 2010 English-language French independent horror comedy film written and directed by Quentin Dupieux. The film is about a tire that comes to life and kills people with psychokinetic powers. The Love Witch is a 2016 American comedy horror film written, edited, directed, produced, and scored by Anna Biller. The film stars Samantha Robinson as Elaine Parks, a modern-day witch who uses spells and magic to get men to fall in love with her with disastrous results.
Cade, Diane, and Harrison discuss two films set in Oklahoma: I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020) and Killers of the Flower Moon (2023).
Watch the video version at: YouTube.com/@CadeThomas/streams
Double Feature Movie Club is a weekly movie review show with a retro vibe.
Two movies. Three people. One rambling conversation.
Each film is our first time watching them. We often go off-topic.
I'm Thinking of Ending Things is a 2020 American surrealist psychological thriller film written and directed by Charlie Kaufman. It is an adaptation of the 2016 novel of the same name by Iain Reid. The plot follows a young woman (Jessie Buckley) who goes on a trip with her boyfriend (Jesse Plemons) to meet his parents (Toni Collette and David Thewlis); throughout the film, the main narrative is intercut with footage of a school janitor (Guy Boyd) going to work, with both stories intersecting by the third act. Killers of the Flower Moon is a 2023 American epic revisionist Western crime drama film directed and produced by Martin Scorsese, who co-wrote the screenplay with Eric Roth, based on the 2017 book of the same name by David Grann. Its plot centers on a series of Oklahoma murders in the Osage Nation during the 1920s, committed after oil was discovered on tribal land. Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, and Lily Gladstone lead an ensemble cast that includes Jesse Plemons, Tantoo Cardinal, John Lithgow, and Brendan Fraser.
Cade and Diane discuss two gothic horror films: Crimson Peak (2015) and The Lighthouse (2019).
Watch the video version at: YouTube.com/@CadeThomas/streams
Double Feature Movie Club is a weekly movie review show with a retro vibe.
Two movies. Three people. One rambling conversation.
Each film is our first time watching them. We often go off-topic.
Crimson Peak is a 2015 gothic romance film directed by Guillermo del Toro and written by del Toro and Matthew Robbins. The film stars Mia Wasikowska, Tom Hiddleston, Jessica Chastain, Charlie Hunnam, and Jim Beaver.
The Lighthouse is a 2019 film directed and produced by Robert Eggers, from a screenplay he wrote with his brother Max Eggers. It stars Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson as nineteenth-century lighthouse keepers in turmoil after being marooned at a remote New England outpost by a wild storm.
In a special bonus episode of Double Feature Movie Club — Cade, Diane, and Harrison discuss the double feature of the year: Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer and Greta Gerwig’s Barbie. Oppenheimer is a 2023 biographical thriller film written and directed by Christopher Nolan. Based on the 2005 biography American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, the film chronicles the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, a theoretical physicist who was pivotal in developing the first nuclear weapons as part of the Manhattan Project, and thereby ushering in the Atomic Age. Cillian Murphy stars as Oppenheimer, with Emily Blunt as Oppenheimer's wife, Katherine "Kitty" Oppenheimer, Matt Damon as General Leslie Groves, Oppenheimer's military handler, and Robert Downey Jr. as Lewis Strauss, a senior member of the United States Atomic Energy Commission. The ensemble cast includes Florence Pugh, Josh Hartnett, Casey Affleck, Rami Malek, and Kenneth Branagh. Barbie is a 2023 American fantasy comedy film directed by Greta Gerwig and written by Gerwig and Noah Baumbach.[6] Based on the Barbie fashion dolls by Mattel, it is the first live-action Barbie film after numerous computer-animated direct-to-video and streaming television films. The film stars Margot Robbie as Barbie and Ryan Gosling as Ken, and follows the two on a journey of self-discovery following an existential crisis. The film also features an ensemble cast that includes America Ferrera, Kate McKinnon, Michael Cera, Ariana Greenblatt, Simu Liu, Issa Rae, Rhea Perlman, Helen Mirren, and Will Ferrell.
Cade and Diane rank their favorite and least favorite movies from the second season of Double Feature Movie Club!
Join us next week for a special episode: Barbenheimer!
In the Season 3 finale — Cade and Diane discuss two films about vampires: Only Lovers Left Alive (2013) and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012).
Watch the video version at: YouTube.com/@CadeThomas/streams
Double Feature Movie Club is a weekly movie review show with a retro vibe.
Two movies. Three people. One rambling conversation.
Each film is our first time watching them. We often go off-topic.
Only Lovers Left Alive is a 2013 fantasy comedy-drama film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch, starring Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowska, Anton Yelchin, Jeffrey Wright, Slimane Dazi, and John Hurt. An international co-production of the United Kingdom and Germany, the film focuses on the romance between two vampires and was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is a 2012 American action horror film directed by Timur Bekmambetov and based on the novel of the same name by Seth Grahame-Smith, depicting a fictionalized history of the American Civil War with the eponymous 16th president of the United States reimagined as having a secret identity as a lifelong vampire hunter fighting against a caste of vampiric slave owners. Benjamin Walker stars as Abraham Lincoln with supporting roles by Dominic Cooper, Anthony Mackie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rufus Sewell, and Marton Csokas.
Cade and Diane are joined by the amazing Ava to discuss two films about icons from the 1960's: First Man (2018) and Love & Mercy (2014).
Watch the video version at: YouTube.com/@CadeThomas/streams
Double Feature Movie Club is a weekly movie review show with a retro vibe.
Two movies. Three people. One rambling conversation.
Each film is our first time watching them. We often go off-topic.
First Man is a 2018 American biographical drama film directed by Damien Chazelle from a screenplay by Josh Singer, based on the 2005 book of the same name by James R. Hansen. The film stars Ryan Gosling as Neil Armstrong, alongside Claire Foy, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler, Corey Stoll, Christopher Abbott, and Ciarán Hinds, and follows the years leading up to the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon in 1969.
Love & Mercy is a 2014 American biographical drama film directed by Bill Pohlad about the Beach Boys' co-founder and leader Brian Wilson and his struggles with mental illness during the 1960s and 1980s. It stars Paul Dano and John Cusack as the young and middle-aged Wilson, respectively, with Elizabeth Banks as his second wife Melinda Ledbetter and Paul Giamatti as his psychologist Dr. Eugene Landy. The title comes from Wilson's 1988 song.
Cade and Harrison are joined by filmmaker Luca Silver to discuss two bizarre, offbeat horror films: In Fabric (2018) and The Greasy Strangler (2016).
Watch the video version at: YouTube.com/@CadeThomas/streams
Check out Luca's YouTube channel here: YouTube.com/@lucasilver2240
Double Feature Movie Club is a weekly movie review show with a retro vibe.
Two movies. Three people. One rambling conversation.
Each film is our first time watching them. We often go off-topic.
In Fabric is a 2018 British horror comedy film, written and directed by Peter Strickland. The film follows a haunted red dress as it torments various owners. It stars Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hayley Squires, Leo Bill, and Gwendoline Christie.
The Greasy Strangler is a 2016 American black comedy horror film directed by Jim Hosking, and written by Hosking and Toby Harvard. The film stars Michael St. Michaels, Sky Elobar, Elizabeth De Razzo, Gil Gex, Abdoulaye NGom and Holland MacFallister.
Cade is joined by Alex Clair, co-host of Cade & Friends, to discuss two retro-themed films: Cold in July (2013) and Beyond the Gates (2018).
Watch the video version at: YouTube.com/@CadeThomas/streams
Double Feature Movie Club is a weekly movie review show with a retro vibe.
Two movies. Two people. One rambling conversation.
Each film is our first time watching them. We often go off-topic.
Cold in July is a 2014 American independent crime thriller film directed by Jim Mickle, written by Mickle and Nick Damici, and starring Michael C. Hall, Sam Shepard, and Don Johnson. The film takes place in 1980s Texas and is based on the novel Cold in July by author Joe R. Lansdale. Hall plays a man who kills a burglar, whose father (Shepard) subsequently seeks revenge. The plot is further complicated when a private investigator (Johnson) shows up.
Beyond the Gates is a 2016 American horror film directed by Jackson Stewart and starring Barbara Crampton. It premiered on June 2, 2016, at the Los Angeles Film Festival where it won the audience award in the festival's midnight section.
Cade and Diane are joined by podcast Josh Gammon to discuss two films starring Robert Redford: All is Lost (2013) and The Old Man & the Gun (2018).
Watch the video version at: YouTube.com/@CadeThomas/streams
Check out Josh's podcast So Many Sequels here: https://somanysequels.com
Double Feature Movie Club is a weekly movie review show with a retro vibe.
Two movies. Three people. One rambling conversation.
Each film is our first time watching them. We often go off-topic.
All Is Lost is a 2013 action drama film written and directed by J. C. Chandor. The film stars Robert Redford as a man lost at sea. Redford is the only cast member, and the film has 51 spoken English words. All Is Lost is Chandor's second feature film, following his 2011 debut Margin Call.
The Old Man & the Gun is a 2018 American biographical crime film written and directed by David Lowery, about Forrest Tucker, a career criminal and prison escape artist. The script is loosely based on David Grann's 2003 article in The New Yorker titled "The Old Man and the Gun", which was later collected in Grann's 2010 book The Devil and Sherlock Holmes. The film stars Robert Redford, Casey Affleck, Danny Glover, Tika Sumpter, Tom Waits, and Sissy Spacek. Redford, then 82 years old, announced his intent to retire from acting after the completion of the film.
Cade and Diane are joined by filmmaker Abby Hoover to discuss two horror films: You're Next (2011) and Berberian Sound Studio (2012).
Watch the video version at: YouTube.com/@CadeThomas/streams
Double Feature Movie Club is a weekly movie review show with a retro vibe.
Two movies. Three people. One cinematic conversation.
Each film is our first time watching them. We often go off-topic.
You're Next is a 2011 American slasher film directed and edited by Adam Wingard, written by Simon Barrett and starring Sharni Vinson, Nicholas Tucci, Wendy Glenn, A. J. Bowen, Joe Swanberg, Barbara Crampton and Rob Moran. The plot concerns an estranged family under attack by a group of masked assailants during a family reunion.
Berberian Sound Studio is a 2012 British psychological horror film. It is the second feature film by British director and screenwriter Peter Strickland. The film, which stars Toby Jones, is set in a 1970s Italian horror film studio.
Cade and Diane are joined by visual artist Spencer Plumlee to discuss two female-led coming-of-age films: the comedy film Never Goin’ Back (2018) and the horror film Braid (2018).
Watch the video version at: YouTube.com/@CadeThomas/streams
Check out Spencer Plumlee's artwork here: https://www.spencerplumleeart.com/
Double Feature Movie Club is a weekly movie review show with a retro vibe.
Two movies. Three people. One rambling conversation.
Each film is our first time watching them. We often go off-topic.
Never Goin' Back is a 2018 American stoner comedy written, directed, and edited by Augustine Frizzell. It stars Maia Mitchell and Camila Morrone as two broke teenage waitresses who stumble through a series of misadventures as they try to get away for a vacation to Galveston.
Braid, also known as Dying to Play and Nobody Leaves, is a 2018 American psychological horror thriller film written and directed by Mitzi Peirone and starring Madeline Brewer, Imogen Waterhouse, Sarah Hay, and Scott Cohen.
Cade and Diane are joined by the amazing Ava to discuss two films about love: Plus One (2019) and The One I Love (2014).
Watch the video version at: YouTube.com/@CadeThomas/streams
Double Feature Movie Club is a weekly movie review show with a retro vibe.
Two movies. Three people. One rambling conversation.
Each film is our first time watching them. We often go off-topic.
Plus One is a 2019 American romantic comedy film, written, directed, and produced by Jeff Chan and Andrew Rhymer. Starring Maya Erskine, Jack Quaid, Beck Bennett, Rosalind Chao, Perrey Reeves, and Ed Begley Jr., the film follows two longtime single friends who agree to be each other's plus one at every wedding they're invited to.
The One I Love is a 2014 American comedy thriller film directed by Charlie McDowell and written by Justin Lader, starring Mark Duplass, Elisabeth Moss, and Ted Danson.