Friday Night Movie By @pancake4table

Anastasia Olowin, star of Ben and Suzanne, A Reunion in 4 Parts, drops in to the Friday Night Movie SXSW HQ to talk about working on a movie 10 years in the making, growing with her character, and filming all over Sri Lanka. Ben and Suzanne perfectly captures the humor, heart, and awkwardness of reuniting with your partner when you've been worlds apart. Follow all of Friday Night Movie's award-winning SXSW Coverage. Sign up for the Friday Night Movie Newsletter for giveaways, curated episode playlists from the hosts and guests (including our mom), and at MOST one email per month (and probably fewer).  Closed captions for this episode are available via the player on the official Friday Night Movie homepage, the Podbean app and website, and YouTube.  The Friday Night Movie Family supports the following organizations: HIAS | NAACP Legal Defense Fund | Equal Justice Initiative | Asian American Journalists Association | The Entertainment Community Fund. Subscribe, rate and review us on your favorite podcast platfo

Jonah Bechtolt and Claire L. Evans of the genre-defying band, YACHT, dropped in to FNM HQ with Director, Kailee McGee (CAN), to talk about making a music video for their song My Idea. We also cover our favorite all-time music videos, movie-music moments, and the Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai across the 8th Dimension. Shai also pleads with YACHT to become their new best friend because they are the coolest. (Kailee McGee already having attained the coolest status had previously agreed to be friends during her earlier SXSW interview... so don't worry about Shai's feelings too much). Follow all of Friday Night Movie's award-winning SXSW Coverage. Sign up for the Friday Night Movie Newsletter for giveaways, curated episode playlists from the hosts and guests (including our mom), and at MOST one email per month (and probably fewer).  Closed captions for this episode are available via the player on the official Friday Night Movie homepage, the Podbean app and website, and YouTube.  The Friday Night Movie Family supp

Where do all the socks go? Who is the Bleacher? We don't answer all those questions in this episode because NO SPOILERS, but we did get to have an amazing conversation with star - the brilliant Kate Micucci (Garfunkel and Oates) - and producer Zeus Kontoyannis. We also talked animation, musical comedy, and the future of AI in the movie industry. Follow all of Friday Night Movie's award-winning SXSW Coverage. Sign up for the Friday Night Movie Newsletter for giveaways, curated episode playlists from the hosts and guests (including our mom), and at MOST one email per month (and probably fewer).  Closed captions for this episode are available via the player on the official Friday Night Movie homepage, the Podbean app and website, and YouTube.  The Friday Night Movie Family supports the following organizations: HIAS | NAACP Legal Defense Fund | Equal Justice Initiative | Asian American Journalists Association | The Entertainment Community Fund. Subscribe, rate and review us on your favorite podcast platform, incl

Jacob Moskovitz, star of a little film coming up called The Floaters, dropped in to talk about his latest movie, Y2K, directed by Kyle Mooney and starring Rachel Ziegler (West Side Story), Jaeden Martell (Lords of Metal), Julian Dennison (Hunt for the Wilder People), and wait for it... Fred Durst (Limp Biskit). We also had special guest host, Andra Gordon, producer and writer on The Floaters, who along with Jacob, told some fun behind the scenes stories of our camp / movie making adventure. Follow all of Friday Night Movie's award-winning SXSW Coverage. Sign up for the Friday Night Movie Newsletter for giveaways, curated episode playlists from the hosts and guests (including our mom), and at MOST one email per month (and probably fewer).  Closed captions for this episode are available via the player on the official Friday Night Movie homepage, the Podbean app and website, and YouTube.  The Friday Night Movie Family supports the following organizations: HIAS | NAACP Legal Defense Fund | Equal Justice Initiativ

Sam Shainberg returns to talk about master pick pockets, shooting on trains in New York, and his new short, Shotplayer. Sam also joins our ongoing debate about Poor Things. Follow all of Friday Night Movie's award-winning SXSW Coverage. Sign up for the Friday Night Movie Newsletter for giveaways, curated episode playlists from the hosts and guests (including our mom), and at MOST one email per month (and probably fewer).  Closed captions for this episode are available via the player on the official Friday Night Movie homepage, the Podbean app and website, and YouTube.  The Friday Night Movie Family supports the following organizations: HIAS | NAACP Legal Defense Fund | Equal Justice Initiative | Asian American Journalists Association | The Entertainment Community Fund. Subscribe, rate and review us on your favorite podcast platform, including iTunes | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Play | Podbean | Overcast. Play along with Friday Night Movie at home! Read the FNM Glossary to learn the about our signature bits

The team behind the darkly hilarious Audrey joined Friday Night Movie to discuss how they constructed their dysfunctional, compelling, and fearless on-screen family. We couldn't get enough of Director Natalie Bailey, Writer Lou Sanz, and the outstanding actors - Josephine Blazier, Hannah Diviney, and Jeremy Lindsay Taylor. Follow all of Friday Night Movie's award-winning SXSW Coverage. Sign up for the Friday Night Movie Newsletter for giveaways, curated episode playlists from the hosts and guests (including our mom), and at MOST one email per month (and probably fewer).  Closed captions for this episode are available via the player on the official Friday Night Movie homepage, the Podbean app and website, and YouTube.  The Friday Night Movie Family supports the following organizations: HIAS | NAACP Legal Defense Fund | Equal Justice Initiative | Asian American Journalists Association | The Entertainment Community Fund. Subscribe, rate and review us on your favorite podcast platform, including iTunes | Spotify 

We Were Dangerous is a gripping and uplifting film about the triumph of friendship as three young women rebel against an institution for delinquent girls on a remote island in 1954 New Zealand. Director Josephine Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu, Writer Maddie Dai, and Producer Morgan Waru take us behind the scenes of the film and how they crafted this beautiful and memorable film that stole our hearts. Follow all of Friday Night Movie's award-winning SXSW Coverage. Sign up for the Friday Night Movie Newsletter for giveaways, curated episode playlists from the hosts and guests (including our mom), and at MOST one email per month (and probably fewer).  Closed captions for this episode are available via the player on the official Friday Night Movie homepage, the Podbean app and website, and YouTube.  The Friday Night Movie Family supports the following organizations: HIAS | NAACP Legal Defense Fund | Equal Justice Initiative | Asian American Journalists Association | The Entertainment Community Fund. Subscribe, rate

Director and star of Doomsday (Shudder), Sonja O'Hara, joins the Fam to talk about cults, horror, and the non-stop amazing projects she has in the works. We also share our mutual love of the incredible and talented, Kelsey Lynne Stokes. Follow all of Friday Night Movie's award-winning SXSW Coverage. Sign up for the Friday Night Movie Newsletter for giveaways, curated episode playlists from the hosts and guests (including our mom), and at MOST one email per month (and probably fewer).  Closed captions for this episode are available via the player on the official Friday Night Movie homepage, the Podbean app and website, and YouTube.  The Friday Night Movie Family supports the following organizations: HIAS | NAACP Legal Defense Fund | Equal Justice Initiative | Asian American Journalists Association | The Entertainment Community Fund. Subscribe, rate and review us on your favorite podcast platform, including iTunes | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Play | Podbean | Overcast. Play along with Friday Night Movie at hom

Becky, Alli, and Shai attended the world premieres of Jake Gyllenhaal and Doug Liman's rockin' Road House remake and the absolutely terrifying Irish horror film, Oddity from director Damian Mc Carthy. Tune for our instant reactions to the muscles, Connor McGregor's acting, and the most haunting wooden mannequin in the history of film. Follow all of Friday Night Movie's award-winning SXSW Coverage. Sign up for the Friday Night Movie Newsletter for giveaways, curated episode playlists from the hosts and guests (including our mom), and at MOST one email per month (and probably fewer).  Closed captions for this episode are available via the player on the official Friday Night Movie homepage, the Podbean app and website, and YouTube.  The Friday Night Movie Family supports the following organizations: HIAS | NAACP Legal Defense Fund | Equal Justice Initiative | Asian American Journalists Association | The Entertainment Community Fund. Subscribe, rate and review us on your favorite podcast platform, including iTune

Visionary director / writer / actor Kailee McGee and producer JP Bolles joined Friday Night Movie to talk about their hilarious and heart-punching short, "CAN," which tells the story of McGee's journey with stage 4 breast cancer that blurs the lines between fiction and reality in all the best ways. Follow all of Friday Night Movie's award-winning SXSW Coverage. Sign up for the Friday Night Movie Newsletter for giveaways, curated episode playlists from the hosts and guests (including our mom), and at MOST one email per month (and probably fewer).  Closed captions for this episode are available via the player on the official Friday Night Movie homepage, the Podbean app and website, and YouTube.  The Friday Night Movie Family supports the following organizations: HIAS | NAACP Legal Defense Fund | Equal Justice Initiative | Asian American Journalists Association | The Entertainment Community Fund. Subscribe, rate and review us on your favorite podcast platform, including iTunes | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Play 

Writer, director, actor and producer extraordinaire, Rebekka Johnson, joins us this week to discuss her feature directorial debut, Step Aside (Amazon Prime). We chat about the amazing cast and team behind the dance comedy, which Rebekka describes as “Best in Show meets Dance Moms”. We also talk about her fantastic podcast Non Drinking Buddies, a hilarious, vulnerable show co-hosted by Anne Gregory about sober life as a comedian. Sign up for the Friday Night Movie Newsletter for giveaways, curated episode playlists from the hosts and guests (including our mom), and at MOST one email per month (and probably fewer).  Closed captions for this episode are available via the player on the official Friday Night Movie homepage, the Podbean app and website, and YouTube.  The Friday Night Movie Family supports the following organizations: HIAS | NAACP Legal Defense Fund | Equal Justice Initiative | Asian American Journalists Association | The Entertainment Community Fund. Subscribe, rate and review us on your favorite

Shai, Lily, and Becky are together in person for this two-in-one episode that takes place before and after they went to see Dune Part 2. Get a recap of what Lily remembers from Dune Part 1 before we saw the movie and all of your favorite segments - Buy/Rent/Meh, MVPs and LVPs - from our reaction afterwards. This giant sand worm-sized episode is not to be missed! Sign up for the Friday Night Movie Newsletter for giveaways, curated episode playlists from the hosts and guests (including our mom), and at MOST one email per month (and probably fewer).  Closed captions for this episode are available via the player on the official Friday Night Movie homepage, the Podbean app and website, and YouTube.  The Friday Night Movie Family supports the following organizations: HIAS | NAACP Legal Defense Fund | Equal Justice Initiative | Asian American Journalists Association | The Entertainment Community Fund. Subscribe, rate and review us on your favorite podcast platform, including iTunes | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Play

Real text from Shai to Lily and Becky: “I just walked out of Poor Things, about halfway through, but you have to see it!” Challenge accepted! Lily immediately went to see Poor Things and loved it. Both Lily and Shai make their cases to Becky in favor and against the movie, though everyone agrees that the acting is outstanding and the film definitely gives you something to talk about. Whether you’ve seen the film or not, don’t miss this FNM debate!  Sign up for the Friday Night Movie Newsletter for giveaways, curated episode playlists from the hosts and guests (including our mom), and at MOST one email per month (and probably fewer).  Closed captions for this episode are available via the player on the official Friday Night Movie homepage, the Podbean app and website, and YouTube.  The Friday Night Movie Family supports the following organizations: HIAS | NAACP Legal Defense Fund | Equal Justice Initiative | Asian American Journalists Association | The Entertainment Community Fund. Subscribe, rate and review u

Advertising titan, Mark Aronson, returns for our annual review of the Super Bowl commercials, the halftime show, and celebrities in the crowd. Sign up for the Friday Night Movie Newsletter for giveaways, curated episode playlists from the hosts and guests (including our mom).  Closed captions for this episode are available via the player on the official Friday Night Movie homepage, the Podbean app and website, and YouTube.  The Friday Night Movie Family supports the following organizations: HIAS | NAACP Legal Defense Fund | Equal Justice Initiative | Asian American Journalists Association | The Entertainment Community Fund. Subscribe, rate and review us on your favorite podcast platform, including iTunes | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Play | Podbean | Overcast. Catch up on all the Friday Night Movie SXSW special coverage in this playlist, including featured interviews from SXSW Wonder House hosted by the University of Arizona.  Play along with Friday Night Movie at home! Read the FNM Glossary to learn the abou

Non-stop darkness, endless snow and ice, ghosts and a very strange murder scene - True Detective: Night Country (HBO Max) has got our attention. Shai and Lily discuss the first few episodes and we’re definitely on board. Without revealing any spoilers, we talk about the amazing cast, supernatural theories, and just how cold everyone in the show should be. We also give some updates about our brand new IMDB profiles (or in Lily's case, her three profiles that have all been entered wrong). Sign up for the Friday Night Movie Newsletter for giveaways, curated episode playlists from the hosts and guests (including our mom).  Closed captions for this episode are available via the player on the official Friday Night Movie homepage, the Podbean app and website, and YouTube.  The Friday Night Movie Family supports the following organizations: HIAS | NAACP Legal Defense Fund | Equal Justice Initiative | Asian American Journalists Association | The Entertainment Community Fund. Subscribe, rate and review us on your fav

We are thrilled to share a truly special project that has come to life. Your favorite sibling podcast hosts (AKA Shai, Lily, and Becky AKA K180 Studios), produced a movie along with Andra Gordon (Athena Pictures) and a team of brilliant actors, an incredible crew, passionate producers, and, of course, our visionary director, Rachel Israel. What's it about? What else? JEWISH SUMMER CAMP! Filmed on location at Camp Tel Yehudah where we went as campers and where our parents met, this movie is fun, heartwarming, and a blast. Read all about it in Deadline and Kveller, and listen to our reaction episode. Sign up for the Friday Night Movie Newsletter for giveaways, curated episode playlists from the hosts and guests (including our mom), and at MOST one email per month (and probably fewer).  Closed captions for this episode are available via the player on the official Friday Night Movie homepage, the Podbean app and website, and YouTube.  The Friday Night Movie Family supports the following organizations: HIAS | NAAC

The 2024 Oscar nominations are here and we have a lot to say. Join us as we Buy, Rent, Meh our favorite categories and talk about the shocking snubs of the season (Greta 4 Ever). We also discuss what we’ve been watching this week, including The Righteous Gemstones, Society of the Snow, The Anne Frank Gift Shop, Reacher, Hawkeye, the Blue Beetle and more! Sign up for the Friday Night Movie Newsletter for giveaways, curated episode playlists from the hosts and guests (including our mom), and at MOST one email per month (and probably fewer).  Closed captions for this episode are available via the player on the official Friday Night Movie homepage, the Podbean app and website, and YouTube.  The Friday Night Movie Family supports the following organizations: HIAS | NAACP Legal Defense Fund | Equal Justice Initiative | Asian American Journalists Association | The Entertainment Community Fund. Subscribe, rate and review us on your favorite podcast platform, including iTunes | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Play | Pod

This week the sibs discuss three very different and slightly controversial films: Saltburn, Suitable Flesh, and Anatomy of a Fall. We give our reviews, get into some heated debates and play some hilarious games. Be warned that we talk about some pretty graphic scenes in this ep, and we’re not even referring to the sexy demon possession in Suitable Flesh. Sign up for the Friday Night Movie Newsletter for giveaways, curated episode playlists from the hosts and guests (including our mom), and at MOST one email per month (and probably fewer).  Closed captions for this episode are available via the player on the official Friday Night Movie homepage, the Podbean app and website, and YouTube.  The Friday Night Movie Family supports the following organizations: HIAS | NAACP Legal Defense Fund | Equal Justice Initiative | Asian American Journalists Association | The Entertainment Community Fund. Subscribe, rate and review us on your favorite podcast platform, including iTunes | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Play | Podb

Nothing like a live pop-up show to keep us on our toes. We had so much fun catching up and telling some hilarious stories from this past week - especially the one about a text mishap between Becky and Lily, which resulted in Lily nearly peeing her pants live on the air from laughing so hard. We also talk about the fantastic film The Holdovers and play some signature FNM games.  Sign up for the Friday Night Movie Newsletter for giveaways, curated episode playlists from the hosts and guests (including our mom), and at MOST one email per month (and probably fewer).  Closed captions for this episode are available via the player on the official Friday Night Movie homepage, the Podbean app and website, and YouTube.  The Friday Night Movie Family supports the following organizations: HIAS | NAACP Legal Defense Fund | Equal Justice Initiative | Asian American Journalists Association | The Entertainment Community Fund. Subscribe, rate and review us on your favorite podcast platform, including iTunes | Spotify | Stit

We kick off 2024 with our “pop culture new year resolutions”, discussing the TV and movie challenges we each face this year. We also tell funny stories from our recent family vacation to Puerto Rico, and reminisce about our favorite vacation themed TV eps. Finally, as a special treat, Lily and Shai both open mysterious packages live on the pod.  And last but not least, we ask the important question, "How many pretzels did Shai order and why was it too many pretzels?" Sign up for the Friday Night Movie Newsletter for giveaways, curated episode playlists from the hosts and guests (including our mom), and at MOST one email per month (and probably fewer).  Closed captions for this episode are available via the player on the official Friday Night Movie homepage, the Podbean app and website, and YouTube.  The Friday Night Movie Family supports the following organizations: HIAS | NAACP Legal Defense Fund | Equal Justice Initiative | Asian American Journalists Association | The Entertainment Community Fund. Subscribe