Hi there. My name is Jon, and since 2019 my friend Chris and I have been doing a monthly movie podcast called Cinema Dual, where we talk about a pair of movies around a theme of our choosing. Nice and simple. Well, we watch movies more often than we can talk about movies together, so... Continue Reading →
Shaken, Not Stirred takes a (brief) look at the James Bond canon from Eon Productions. Twice a month, Chris and Jon share their impressions of each film, both on its own terms and in terms of the cultural landscape as well as the genre it helped to create, not to mention its intersection in the... Continue Reading →
That's right, we're back for another round. When Jon and I started compiling ideas for this series, exploring the Bond films was an early suggestion from me. Beyond the personal connection – the Connery films in particular were very important to my father, and was one of the things he shared with me as a... Continue Reading →
On this episode of Cinema Dual, Jon and Chris dive back into their pile of unwatched Criterion Collection discs.
On this episode of Cinema Dual, Jon and Chris dive into the films of Satyajit Ray.
On this episode of Cinema Dual, Jon and Chris return to the worlds of Spike Lee featuring Denzel Washington.
Being Film #31 for Hooptober 2025 I don't remember exactly what they say about the best laid plans, but of course after finishing last night's movie and looking at my list I realized I still needed 1) a Canadian film, and 2) a post-apocalyptic film. And I really didn't want to watch Bird Box, so... Continue Reading →
Being Film #30 for Hooptober 2025 Here's the deal. I just realized I got all my requirements in for this year's Hooptober by review #29. So rather than watch films I thought I needed, I picked two films I needed. As in, "my stress level is so high I just need some FUN" needed. And... Continue Reading →
Being Film #29 for Hooptober 2025 We've finally gotten to the "Hooper" of Hooptober - and Eggshells is a doozy of a debut for the director, a dark and experimental abstraction of the concept of community and utopia in a world intent on pushing back on anything that doesn't fall in line with the regimented,... Continue Reading →
Being Film #28 for Hooptober 2025 Is this the first time we're covering a film that we already covered on the podcast? Yes, but in this case I wasn't there for Episode 32 which focused on the films of Karyn Kusama, so The Invitation was a new experience for me. And now having watched it,... Continue Reading →
Being Film #27 for Hooptober 2025 I don't need to re-watch The Wizard Of Oz to recall with perfect clarity the impact of the flying monkeys had on my six-year-old psyche. I suspect for a large group of people my age watching the film was an annual tradition: VCRs and cable television were still uncommon... Continue Reading →
Cinema Dual 