ℂ𝕒𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕔𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕗 𝕒 𝕞𝕒𝕟? Today: A silent film we didn’t originally plan on covering. Is DRAGNET GIRL (1933) an interesting curio from Yasujirō Ozu’s early career? Or is there a good reason you’ve never heard of it? (links in 🧵) #filmsky #movies #podcast

That’s a wrap on another great Action Extravaganza. Till next year! @trylon.org

Name your fav non-DC or Marvel comic book movie. Hard to choose, @trylovepodca.st graciously had me on for a Shogun Assassin, but we also did a really fun Rocketeer ep. Let's go with that one!

was completely blown away by this film. highly, highly recommend it.

ᴀʟʟ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴ ᴛɪᴇs ᴀʀᴇ ᴄᴜᴛ ᴏꜰꜰ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴀ sᴇᴠᴇʀᴇᴅ ʀᴏᴘᴇ. Food in the village is tight, so anyone past 70 is left to die in the woods. THE BALLAD OF NARAYAMA (1958) isn’t quite a morality play, but its theatrical inspirations let it wrestle with some big, uncomfortable ideas in a unique way. (links in 🧵)

Producer’s note: While the English transliteration of the character name “Sanshō” features the diacritic ō, the film’s Westernized title largely omits it in favor of the standard “o”. Our episode and show notes preserve the same

Well look, they can't all be MIAMI VICE

For folks in/near the Twin Cities, it's FLOP weekend at ODD MART! They've put together another killer lineup and have panels going both days over at Dreamstate. Somehow they let me join in the fun and I'll be tabling on Sunday with a NEW issue of APACHE REVOLVER! Come by, say hi!

𝐴 𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎 ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑦. SANSHO THE BAILIFF (1954), at @trylon.org for the Kinuyo Tanaka series, is Kenji Mizoguchi's examination of the courage it takes to stand up to systemic cruelty. Also on this episode: RATATOUILLE (2007) and BATMAN V SUPERMAN (2016). (links in 🧵)

John Moret: @trylovepodca.st guest in 2019, 2020 (x2), 2022, 2024 Dan Halsted: @trylovepodca.st guest in 2023 Bret Berg: @trylovepodca.st guest in 2024 Is anyone else seeing what I’m seeing

Legend (1986) Director: Ridley Scott Cast: Tom Cruise, Tim Curry, David Bennent, Mia Sara, Robert Picardo Watch Review wp / wd

Trylon programmer John Moret is getting things done. www.indiewire.com/features/int...

ℍ𝕒𝕣𝕕𝕤𝕙𝕚𝕡 𝕕𝕠𝕖𝕤𝕟'𝕥 𝕒𝕕𝕕 𝕦𝕡. With A HEN IN THE WIND (1948), Ozu directed future director Kinuyo Tanaka in a story of postwar desperation, its fallout, and some sort of empathy for both. (links in 🧵) #filmsky #movies #podcast

Me spotting the brand

𝓘'𝓶 𝓽𝓸𝓸 𝓸𝓵𝓭 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓽𝓻𝔂𝓲𝓷𝓰. With today’s episode on FAMILY PLOT (1976), we’ve sandwiched Hitchcock’s entire career on this podcast! With his final film, did the Master of Suspense prove he’s “still got it”? Or is he going for something different entirely? (links in 🧵) #filmsky #movies #podcast

All right I'm doing this! Don't let this flop, people!! August 13th and September 3rd... TRYLON TAKEOVER! More details to come soon!

happy birthday to the GOAT Audrey Hepburn

𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘢, 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘰.

Jason reaches an almost beatific level of polite open mindedness in this episode and will be reincarnated as a lotus flower for his efforts. Meanwhile, I will be reincarnated as a lotus flower for having perfect opinions and excellent takes about the 21st century's finest film

𝕋𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕚𝕤 𝕝𝕦𝕔𝕜. MIAMI VICE (2006) is kind of ridiculous the first time you see it. Then, it’s a masterpiece: An earnest, emotional character play undercover as a sleek neon-noir. Hop in the passenger seat of the go-fast boat in our last episode on the @trylon.org’s Michael Mann series! (links in 🧵)

throwin the book of game at a biracial baddie over mojitos but she doesn't even know the allman brothers

So exciting seeing the iconic locations from William Friedkin’s classic film Cruising.

seeing joe hisaishi conduct the spirited away soundtrack

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲'𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞? At the heart of COLLATERAL (2004), a collision: Active nihilism and passive hope. @codynarveson.bsky.social, @punishedtake.bsky.social, & @nintenduf.us chat about Mann’s only Cruise collab, Foxx’s first really relatable guy & one of The Most LA Movies Ever. (links in 🧵)

𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒆. 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒍𝒚. Today: Womenn on Mann on Trylove! With @kransekage.bsky.social and @nataliesnotinit.bsky.social, we finally crack open this melodramatic, load-bearing high water mark of crime cinema. Then, it’s time for some rapid-fire HEAT-adjacent trivia. Buckle in. (links in 🧵)

One more (final) screening of HEAT has been added! Sunday 11:30AM. www.trylon.org/film/heat/

Hey, remember me? I'm Natalie, I'll be your driver... through a VERY fun guest spot on @daniellamazzio.bsky.social's wonderful Michael Shannon podcast, talking about John Waters' CECIL B. DEMENTED! Come for us extolling "Mike" Shannon, stay for our diatribe on the state of film funding and IP hell!

🎶 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦... 𝘔𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 🎶

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒎𝒆 𝒖𝒑 𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒚 𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒄 𝒂𝒄𝒕. @kransekage.bsky.social brings her “Toxic Bro Energy” to this white-hot episode on THIEF (1981), Michael Mann’s first feature film (and still one of his best)! (links in 🧵) #filmsky #movies #podcast

THIS SATURDAY NIGHT!!! Have you gotten your tickets yet?? If filth is your politics and filth is your life, come out to the Twin Cities' filthiest film screening of 2026!

hell yes

A film that feels almost impossible to comprehensively talk about in the span of two hours, but the Trylove guys always find a way! Noise music, being a woman in an industry built on misogyny, Internet-era decontextualized dehumanization, Gina Gershon's "I ❤️ Gossip" shirt... we talk about it all!

absolutely loved demonlover. blew my socks off.

𝕀'𝕞 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕚𝕟 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕣𝕠𝕝 𝕠𝕗 𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘. @nataliesnotinit.bsky.social knows noise when she sees it, and DEMONLOVER (2002) is chock-full of it. Olivier Assayas's aggressively Web 1.0 look at power, sex, control, and subjugation — a movie that self-destructs while you're watching it. (links in 🧵)

Nevermind that it's already almost April — here's what's coming to the pod through June! 🎞️= 35mm THIEF 🎞️ HEAT COLLATERAL 🎞️ MIAMI VICE FAMILY PLOT 🎞️ A HEN IN THE WIND 🎞️ SANSHO THE BAILIFF 🎞️ THE BALLAD OF NARAYAMA DRAGNET GIRL or 80s ACTION (if we can get tickets)

𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝘄𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘆. Louis Gagnon spent part of grad school learning about American labor movements of the early 20th century, so who else should we have welcomed to discuss John Sayles's MATEWAN (1987)? A bit of solidarity talk, a bit of film crit — nothin' to it! (links in 🧵)

Tickets for the next screening I'm hosting are now live! Come join me for John Waters' infamous 1972 testament to filth, PINK FLAMINGOS One show only, April 11th at 9:45 pm, at the Heights Theater in Columbia Heights, MN ticketing.useast.veezi.com/purchase/640...

𝕀 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕟𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕙𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞 𝕖𝕟𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙. Not so much an adaptation of Hamlet as a take on the source, THE BAD SLEEP WELL (1960) has earned an... odd place in Akira Kurosawa's body of work. Does it deserve better? We discuss in today's episode! (links in 🧵) #filmsky #movies #podcast

I assure you...

It's Hollywood's biggest night

I am begging movie watchers to have any other take coming away from a film than "damn that ending / last shot was crazy"

if you really think about it making a podcast is one of the bravest things anyone can do

𝚈𝚎𝚊𝚑, 𝙸 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚑 𝚒𝚝. @sistersaeko.bsky.social is back on Trylove to discuss her favorite Michael Mann movie, THE INSIDER (1999)! Check it out! Even amid 1999's famously great movie slate, it defined itself by being much sadder and more compelling than the typical biopic. (links in 🧵)

for reference: My Cool Clay Tins, one through four

𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑢𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑑? Who is MICHAEL CLAYTON (2007), exactly? @adapperdanman.bsky.social is just the lawyer to help us figure that out. Check out today’s episode! (links in 🧵) #filmsky #movies #podcast

Remember to grab your time card when attending bad company films. 4 stamps - free popcorn. 8 stamps - a free ticket. ALL 11 movies - Trylon discount card. You are encouraged to attend further Willow Creek screenings for your own enrichment and edification.

We are not covering BLADE RUNNER for @trylovepodca.st (blame @aarbypls.bsky.social idk what to tell you), so I wrote a Perisphere piece on it instead. Big thanks to Perisphere editors @finnematic.bsky.social and Olga for putting up with my tardiness! www.perisphere.org/2026/03/01/h...