Fat Bear Week making me feel nothing this year, that's how dead I am inside.

Josh and I shift to new releases this week to talk Francis Lawrence's THE LONG WALK. Much discussion of Stephen King, adaptations, fascism, Vietnam, male-male situationships, and more. Bonus discussion of HIM and our favorite poorly regarded King films. open.spotify.com/episode/3pK0...

Hey, it's me, the guy who sort of liked HIM. "Do horror films even need to make sense, or are style, spectacle, and creepy vibes enough to keep a feature afloat?" thetake-up.com/him/

This week The Take-Up opens its doors to St. Louis film legend Cliff Froehlich, who walks us through his formative experiences with Martin Scorsese's dark, galvanic, and still-contentious character study, TAXI DRIVER (1976). open.spotify.com/episode/2ZWm...

On The Take-Up podcast, our inventory of "permanent cinema" continues with my inaugural pick, Joel and Ethan Coen's arguably perfect neo-noir/western, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (2007). open.spotify.com/episode/7fb1...

After a hiatus, The Take-Up podcast has returned with a format shake-up and a new mission: Establishing a "permanent cinema" of old and new classics. The first film up for consideration is Josh's pick, Todd Haynes' 2022 Douglas Sirk homage, FAR FROM HEAVEN (2002). open.spotify.com/episode/0LA0...

Anyways, WEAPONS is great. Like an adaptation of a lost Roald Dahl novel as directed by George Romero, not to mention the giddiest horror climax I've seen in ages. thetake-up.com/weapons/

I think I'm done.

cemeteries grow larger the number of defenders is smaller yet the defense continues it will continue to the end and if the City falls but a single man escapes he will carry the City within himself on the roads of exile he will be the City