I found this quite late in its existence. I already subscribe to other film podcasts, so was uncertain about this, as they can become redundant. Also being in the film business, some things can just feel monotonous, but I really love this. Very simple conversation about films across the many different facets of our emotions in which we watch them. Also it has introduced me to some films that I have never come across before which I am always a fan of. Equally, it has reminded me to revisit certain films, as the situation, state of mind or outside circumstances might have skewed my original view. Try everything twice (or more).

This podcast is so good in ways it has no right to be good. I’m alternately weeping and laughing while walking the dog? What is this? Brett Goldstein, you sneaky rascal, Barbara Walters has nothin’ on you. “Let’s talk about death and movies,” he casually suggests. And then proceeds to demonstrate that those two topics apparently make up the Venn diagram that encompasses the entire universe. Oh and it’s funny. Go figure.

I’ve been listening to this show, which is my favorite podcast probably (even above off menu), for a long time but I have never heard anyone give the correct answer to what is objectively the best film ever. The answer is La Jete by Chris Marker. I’ve waited until today to write this review because it was only as I was thinking about the Roger ebert quote Brett and Nish mention, that films are an “empathy machine,” that I realized that the subject of La Jete is the workings and importance of that machine. Thanks for the show

I found this after becoming a Brett Goldstein fan from Ted Lasso and Shrinking. Listened to the Daisy Ridley episode and came to leave a note about a film I love. I can never pick a full favorite, but as a LotR book fan, that trilogy is still some of the best cinema ever made. I don't think any other adaptation has captured source material quite that well. Indiana Jones and Return of the Jedi, and Back to the Future are still my most watched going back to childhood though. I also have to say, Ted Lasso is one of the best TV shows around. We rewatch it constantly, perfect comfort show. Brett and everybody did a wonderful job creating a feel good show with interesting character arcs, while still being wholesome and not needlessly dramatic for no reason. I still find new gems hidden in the show. I think it's a masterpiece of television. Rainbow is one of my favorite episodes of any show I've ever seen. Brett did a phenomenal job of making the viewer feel the emotions of that journey, culminating with those seconds of near silence before the roar of the crowd as Roy steps out of the tunnel, finally at home again with the rush from being on the pitch. Just excellent television at its finest.

There continues to be debate on the Ted Lasso Facebook fan page about Beard’s first name. Many believe it is “Willis”, because Ted says to him, “I love you Willis.” I believe it is still a mystery, and that he calls Beard Willis as a nickname, because in an earlier episode, Ted says to Beard, “What you talkin’ about Willis?” I took that as an homage to the Gary Coleman line in “Diff’rent Strokes” to his brother, in the 1970s. Please please, solve this mystery!! Loved seeing you in Milwaukee. Cheers!

Been listening forever and the best part is when I have to pause to search for a mentioned film to add to my list (justwatch is great for this). My favorite movie is Antonia’s Line.

Brett Goldstein is a fantastic host and this podcast is really not about film, but has such a rich and deep pattern of asking excellent questions about spirituality and the hard questions of dealing with our mortality.

Are you kidding me?! Two of my favorite entertainers in one episode?! Brett interviewing Zachariah Porter was a full circle moment in my life I didn’t know I needed, but I’m so happy I have now. Amazing episode 🤍

i laughed! i cried! i wished i smoked cigarettes! boy o boy, that last one was a doozy… even more curious about how you explored these ideas in ALL OF YOU. well, at least the soulmates part. doubt The Test is there. hopefully we’ll be able to stream before the end of the year XOXO

It’s such an odd, hilarious movie that pulls steadily on your heartstrings. The premise of this podcast is really, really crazy, but brilliant and delightful. A wonderful easter egg is to find the old episode with the guest who comes on the show without knowing how it works. AWKWARD COMEDY GOLD! Brett is a great host and a voracious consumer and lover of cinema. It’s not about football. At all.

I found this podcast without a clue who the host was. Listened for a month before Leslie Jones dropped the penny! This is my favorite podcast, it’s also a great way to get to know friends and family better, or reconsider your acquaintances!

This episode touched me in a way… I just lost my dad back in May 2024, and the talk of death somehow felt very comforting… Thank you

I love this pod so SO MUCH! I just wish I could join in on the conversation! It’d be so cool if you decided to interview fans every now and then! They could pay to have their names entered into a pool, then you could draw a name every month and ask that fan the film questions! The money could go to charity!

I love this podcast and I adore Brett Goldstein! This is one of the only podcasts I listen to every week, and in the meantime go back and listen to old episodes. The premise is 10 out of 10 and a super fun way to learn interesting things about the guests, and also learn about and appreciate films to check out, and it’s so entertaining! I’m always adding new films to my list of what to watch based on the episodes. Brett is the most gracious host - inviting the guests into a bit of improv and fun, while always being a safe place to land. He listens so kindly and it’s lovely to hear what he has to add about all the films. This is a podcast that really gets me through. Thanks, Brett and everyone involved for making it! ❤️

Holy Christ, a TOTAL 15 minutes of ads is too much. This is recent overload. I mean...c'mon

This is my favorite podcast by far, great interviews and I started a list of movies to watched based on guest answers which has been a lot of fun. Goldstein is an excellent interviewer and shows great interest in all his guests and highlights them well. I’ve listened obsessively for years and helped me through some difficult times. My favorite movie of all time is The Princess bride, but a close second for me is Waking Ned Devine 😊 Thank you and can’t want for more!

This show is approching ten minutes of ads per episode. Good lord, there are things more important than money. Like- well, everything worthwhile

Hey Brett, Have you ever heard of the film The Peanut Butter Solution? It’s like a fever dream! I watched it when I was a kid and nobody else had heard of it. When I started talking about the story line everyone though I was explaining a dream I had! This boy goes into a haunted house and gets so scared his hair falls out. He gets visited by a ghosts who tells him to make this paste out of peanut butter to put in his head. He over does it and his hair grows uncontrollably! So then he gets kidnapped by a painter who uses the boys hair to make paint brushes. These magical paint brushes make magical painting that you can travel into… Also Celine Dion does the entire soundtrack! Epic! When the internet became a thing I started looking for it and found all these posts of folks with the same story as me. Didn’t know if the film was real or a fever dream, nobody else had ever heard of it and so on… I ended up finding a VHS copy from a rental store in Canada that was going out of business. Can confirm, it’s real! Let me know if you’d like me to be on the show and talk about it! Hugs and kisses, Adam

A gift to us all. Aside from the films and the funny, it’s a masterclass in how excellent listening can lead to more openness and connection. And I must say, Brett is one of my favorite feminists. Nobody has yet to mention the film I most relate to - Stranger Than Fiction. We’ll talk about it one day. :)

This podcast is just the best thing ever. I went back and started at episode 1 and it was great right from the start. I love comparing opinions with guests and the conversations are just like listening to two friends talking. Some of my dream guests would be Joel McHale (another guy who hates compliments as much as Brett seems to), Kevin McDonald, Melissa McCarthy, Leslie Jones, Jason Bateman, Amy Sedaris—really anyone as entertaining as the other guests have been. Here’s my controversial answer to worst film: Jurassic Park. I was actually mad watching it. So loud in the theater, so much hype about how much it all cost. Just, no. I’m sure it was just fabulous but I wasn’t in the right mind space when I saw it.

When we were around 23 my best friend picked me up and didn’t tell me where we were going one night, just drove straight to the cinema and bought two tickets for this movie. We continued seeing B action movies together all through our 20’s, and I continue the tradition even now that he’s gone. I like to think he’s sitting next to me in the theater.

With every episode I’m reminded of why I love movies and have learned to appreciate them in new ways. My one wish is to have a list of all the movies discussed and the categories each guest placed them in. There have been so many movies I’ve never heard of and forget to note so I watch them later.

Gosh, some of these reviews are making me cry! I’m way late to this party, but thankful a friend passed along this podcast rec when I stuck in a long line at the airport last week. Now I’m mildly obsessed. Living in LA, I’ve become so tired of the competitive and pretentious ways people talk about films, that I started to question if I even like movies anymore. But listening to these open-hearted, personal, funny conversations about the interplay between life and film has reminded me how deeply formative and meaningful movies have been to my life. I really appreciate how Brett never Yuks anyone’s Yums, but celebrates each guest’s unique tastes and experiences. And, also, it’s an incredibly funny podcast. Thanks Brett, for sharing your curiosity, wit and care! If I died in a freak accident tomorrow, bury me with Billy Elliot. When it’s my turn for movie night we will all dance to New Wave, cry at fathers trying their best to sort out toxic masculinity and love their kids, wring our hands at conservative politics, and rejoice at the potential in the human heart to create and endure! That’s all the things!

The film that means the most to me, not because of the film itself, but because of your memories around seeing it: Saving Private Ryan - my dad never talked about his experiences in the war, however during the horrific beach scenes my dad suffered a PTSD episode and we left the cinema. Outside he told me he had been in one of the first waves ashore on D-Day and those scenes in the movie had brought a lot of repressed memories back. We became much closer after this.

I’ve been meaning to listen for some time and now I am kicking myself for the time lost. The podcast is such a fun concept. I really enjoy the conversations and have a list of films to watch or rewatch based on the guests. FWIW, the film that made me cry the most was Big Fish. I cried for 10 minutes at the end of that one. Could. Not. Stop. 😭

As a self styled film nerd I cannot get enough of this podcast and it has given me several recommendations that I’ve enjoyed.

Grease 2 was honestly how I learned about reproduction. Michelle or Max as guests, please!

Just leaving a review so that I can share my “troubling boner” film: Gnomeo & Juliet. In particular, James McAvoy’s voice. When the movie came out, I told a friend about it, and they were skeptical until they went to go see it and corroborated the feeling. You’re welcome.

I’d Love to sit and chat with Goldstein and another celeb about my favourite films. Obviously that’s unlikely to happen so this is the next best thing. Brett loves films, his guests love films, if you love films this is the perfect podcast.

This podcast is absolutely brilliant. It is funny and thought-provoking.

I love Roy Kent this podcast this amazing

The film that means the most to me because the circumstances around seeing it is Shrek.  In December, my dad was recovering from procedures to treat liver cancer. We wanted him as well as possible, as quickly as possible, so he was seeing specialists two hours away from my home. On his third stint in the hospital, we were waiting for his pancreas to settle down after being irritated by an operation. The most serious things were passed- they removed half his liver in October, so we were smooth sailing. He was getting around and communicating well, so I didn’t need to make the trip down. I did, though, and found myself having a 7:00AM start to a long day in the hospital. The cafeteria was inexplicably closed, so all I had to eat was a couple of snacks I happened to squirrel away. Somehow, hospital sitting really takes it out of you, and by 8:00 that evening I was wiped out. Dad couldn’t talk much because the pancreatitis caused pain and difficulty, but he told me to head back home. I dawdled, and he flipped channels until he saw the opening credits to Shrek. My dad loved movies, and he had a particular fondness for Shrek. He’d already seen it a million times, but he wanted to watch it then, and I stayed in our comfortable quiet to watch with him. When it was over, I tucked him into bed, hooked up all his contraptions: feet squeezers for clots, IV in the right spot, and left for the night. By Monday afternoon, he was in ICU, and by that night he was gone.  My dad was the person who loved me just because I was- with no conditions or qualifications- and gosh, that was a good feeling. I put the memory of that night in the box of small blessings that comfort me now that he’s gone. I had one last night we got to spend enjoying one of his favorites, and then tuck him into bed for a change.  I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to watch Shrek again, but it’ll always be important to me. 

Am I the only one that thinks Brett should start a new podcast with Ed Gamble? I don’t even care what the topic is, I just love listening to those two talk.

The film that means the most to me is the Incredibles because I saw it in theaters with my dad and little brother. I remember my dad was laughing harder than I’d ever seen and it’s one of the happiest memories I have with him

Love spending time with the wonderful Brett Goldstein and his fascinating friends!

I listen to a lot of film pods. I go this one first! Brett Goldstein’s way about him is just so. Magical? I love hearing my favorite people as guests, but I appreciate being introduced to some many Brits—especially the comics that are new to me. Worth every single second, this pod is. I 💜BG.

I believe the film that made Ray Winstone cry was Random Harvest, starring Greer Garson… My favorite film is Desk Set, starring Katherine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, and Joan Blondelle. Love this podcast! Thanks for being a fantastic human, Brett.

The podcast is a delight. Living in fervent hope that a guest will one day mention 1968’s The Lion in Winter. Randomly borrowed from the library for me by my Dad in an apologetic armload of iffy VHS tapes to occupy me after having my wisdom teeth removed in middle school. The film is a wild ride, with the opening 20+ minutes being tough to watch - like, moments so bad you perhaps aren’t sure you can endure. Even Anthony Hopkins is rough. But then, as the characters of King Henry and Queen Eleanor (O’Toole and Hepburn) begin to circle one another, reunited at Christmas for annual respite from her incarceration, and the tension and snark and obsession and disdain and admiration and loathing takes off between them, All Is Forgiven. It’s like watching your favorite team and your most hated one battle it out in the final minutes of the Championship, but you find your allegiance keeps changing as the clock clicks down. It feels nearly impossible to breathe yet you notice you are panting. When you finally, exhausted and battered, reach the blessed shore and begin to rise, you are leveled again by a stealth wave. Their combined performance of this script is one of the most exciting things I’ve ever seen on screen. I hope more folks will revisit it.

Going through some family stuff, thinking of Tokyo Story right now 🥺💙

Okay, first things first. Brett is not only an incredibly talented actor and writer and all-around decent human being, but he is a better interviewer than most journalists and leagues better than most who venture into podcasting. He asks probing but answerable questions and is an expert listener, and you really leave each episode feeling like you’ve gotten to know the person he’s been speaking to. This podcast has led me to curate a lengthy and now invaluable “to watch” list, as I have been plowing through said list the last few days while stuck in my bedroom with COVID. And because I understood the assignment, I am now super soulmates with Michael Urie because the movie I’m taking to heaven is 100% Amadeus. It’s flawless. One of my first “dates” with my husband in college was when I hosted an incredibly un-nerdy watch party for Mozart’s death day. It’s become a yearly tradition not to be missed; Brett and Michael, you absolutely have standing invitations.

You don’t have to have a love or extensive knowledge of film to enjoy this podcast. I discovered this after seeing Brett’s live comedy show and I have been binging the episodes. The guests on the show are all so gracious, funny and interesting and it’s hard not to develop a serious crush on Brett - his accent and his quiet charm and quick wit keeps me listening. Continue being excellent - well done👏🏻👏🏻

Brett said to leave a review talking about what film I’d answer. I have always loved Hedwig, it still holds up, and it’s the film I’ve rewatched the most in my life. I hope someday a guest mentions it because it would please me to no end to listen to them talk about it. I love the format of this show and I love listening to Brett. Listening to this show makes me wish I could have my own conversation about movies with him, but this is the next best thing.

Finally, Chelsea Peretti said it! Walter Mitty was a fantastic movie and it’s personally my film I most identify with. Long time listener and fan, first time rater. Love the show and its added lots of movies to my To Be Watched list.

I love Brett Goldstein on Ted Lasso! I also love Fortune Fiemster and their episode together drew me to this podcast. So entertaining and hilarious!! Can’t wait to listen to more!

Great shows. Have to tell you a story. Had a bunch of friends over last week, and led them through your movie questions. It was awesome!! You should make this a party game for folks. We voted on whether answers were sufficient. No good, no drink. A blast! Thanks for all your hard work, and please keep it up.

Hello Brett! Absolutely LOVE you, especially as Roy Kent. Favorite movie, Breakfast Club. The one I can watch over & over, Shawshank Redemption. Be well & thank you for the laughs. Lots of love from Maine, Rayanne

Love the podcast, favorite film is probably Big Fish, reminds me of my grandfather.

The entire concept of the show is brilliant. Brett’s knowledge of movies is astounding. The guests are always game for his questions and the conversations are often both rich and hilarious. The show is already perfect, but I would love for guests to also answer this question: What movie’s score or soundtrack (or song) did you develop an obsession over? (Because everyone who loves movies has been obsessed with a movie score or soundtrack at least once in their life.) To fulfill Brett’s request: My favorite movie is probably West Side Story. It was the first musical I fell in love with, and it’s one I watch every year. It’s definitely an artifact of its time, but I think the overarching message endures and holds up, despite its flaws.

Great conversations and just so funny and engaging! Love hearing how the people that make the content I love enjoy some of the same movies I do! I find myself constantly adjusting my own answers to the questions every time I listen. If I was even the slightest bit famous, I’d want to be on this podcast. I’ll settle for going to see Brett’s stand up instead. Objectively the greatest film of all time: Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. And… debate.

I came to listen just because of loving the Roy Kent character, but wow it’s wildly different than I expected…in the best way ever! Hilariously interesting!