Ajay Discusses Movies

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Ep 398The 2026 Academy Awards

The 2026 Academy Awards was a near 4 hour long award show that had plenty of twist and turns. I wouldn't recommend re-watching it in its entirety. book recommendation: Salman Rushdie - Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder https://bookshop.org/shop/ajayandnathan

Mar 17, 202628 min

Ep 397Maggie Gyllenhaal's The Bride!

Despite a stellar cast and some memorable performances, Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride! is a tediously dull film that misses on the horror and the humor, but will eventually develop a cult following in the coming years. Book Recommendation: Jay McInerney - Bright Lights, Big City https://bookshop.org/shop/ajayandnathan

Mar 12, 202611 min

Ep 396John Patton Ford's How to Make a Killing

With just the right amount of campiness and adventure, How to Make a Killing is a fun dispensable film that will entertain you throughout its runtime. Book Recommendation: Nick Cave - The Death of Bunny Munro https://www.bookshop.org/shop/ajayandnathan

Feb 25, 20268 min

Ep 395Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights

An emotionless, soulless film despite a great cast, Wuthering Heights overstays its welcome with a daunting 2 hour 16 minute runtime. Check out the bookshop.org link where I recommend Vladimir Nabokov's Pale Fire. My favorite Nabokov book and one of my favorite books I've ever read.

Feb 18, 202612 min

Ep 394Sam Raimi's Send Help

The bookshop has been updated. This week's read is Fernanda Melchor's Paradais. Check it out https://www.bookshop.org/shop/ajayandnathan.

Feb 4, 202610 min

Ep 393Nia DaCosta's 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

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Jan 21, 20269 min

Ep 3922025 State of the Film Address

Hey everyone! Just wanted to update you on my current opinion on the film industry after a crazy 2025 film schedule. Here, I discuss the best and worst films of 2025 as well as the industry shake-up with Paramount/Netflix trying to buy Warner Bros. The bookshop has been updated. Check out https://bookshop.org/shop/ajayandnathan

Jan 14, 202643 min

Ep 391Josh Safdie's Marty Supreme

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Dec 31, 202511 min

Ep 390Park Chan-wook's No Other Choice

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Dec 10, 20256 min

Ep 389November Film Recap (The Running Man, Sentimental Value, Predator: Badlands, Megadoc, Hamnet)

TIMESTAMPS (subject to be different from the video version) 0:00 RIP Ajay and Nathan Discuss Movies (February 2024-August 2025) 3:31 - Dan Trachtenberg’s Predator Badlands 9:37 - Ruben Fleischer’s Now You See Me: Now You Don’t 14:30 - Edgar Wright’s Running Man 20:48 - Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value 26:30 - Mike Figgis’ Megadoc 32:00 - Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet 38:10 - Wrap Up

Dec 3, 202538 min

Ep 388Josh and Benny Safdie's Uncut Gems with Nic Ferreira

We are joined by Nic Ferreira. He is a Boston comedian who performs in the Boston area. Follow him on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/nicferreira14

Nov 19, 202530 min

Ep 387Lynne Ramsay's Die My Love

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Nov 12, 202510 min

Ep 386Yorgos Lanthimos' Bugonia

The bookshop has been update. Go check out https://www.bookshop.org/shop/ajayandnathan to see our picks.

Nov 5, 20259 min

Ep 385Chris Stuckmann's Shelby Oaks

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Oct 30, 202515 min

Ep 384Aziz Ansari's Good Fortune

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Oct 22, 20257 min

Ep 383Joachim Rønning's Tron: Ares

Our bookshop has been updated! Check out https://www.bookshop.org/shop/ajayandnathan! Go see Roofman instead

Oct 16, 202511 min

Ep 382Benny Safdie's The Smashing Machine

Our bookshop is updated. Go check out https://www.bookshop.org/shop/ajayandnathan to see our October picks thus far.

Oct 8, 202510 min

Ep 381Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another

our bookshop is updated. Go to https://www.bookshop.org/shop/ajayandnathan to see our picks!

Oct 2, 202516 min

Ep 380Ajay Discusses Bob Saget's Dirty Work (1998) with Dan Doherty

Bob Saget's Dirty Work stars Norm Macdonald as Mitch Weaver and Artie Lange as Sam McKenna. They are half-brothers as they start a revenge for hire business to pay off their father's surgery. It is, dare I say, one of the best comedies of the 90s that no one saw at the time but has since garnered a cult following. Nathan is out, so we got friend of the pod Dan Doherty to discuss the film. You can see Dan all over the New England area doing stand up and gambling his money away. Wow, he really took the Norm Macdonald inspiration a little too literally. Our bookstore has been updated with this week's picks. https://www.Bookshop.org/shop/ajayandnathan

Sep 17, 202531 min

Ep 378Darren Aronofsky's Caught Stealing & Macom Blair's The Toxic Avenger

We're now a bookshop.org affiliate. check out https//www.bookshop.org/shop/ajayandnathan for our September picks! Nathan will be out for an extended period of time. He'll be back, but for now you're stuck with me and the various guests that I'll bring on a weekly basis.

Sep 4, 202521 min