Barbarian (2022) Spineless: The Future Films Of Criterion podcast

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AHHH I’m so scared there’s a scary ghost in this movie! Just kidding, no ghosts here. Just a very ornery dressmaker. Join Nick and Brennan as they discuss Paul Thomas Anderson’s haute couture character study Phantom Thread, a film that makes the Spineless Boys pose questions such as: Do Vicky Krieps and Daniel Day-Lewis be f***ing? Is this film secretly about Alfred Hitchcock? And, most importantly, what do Reddit incels think about all this? The only thing Nick and Brennan can agree for sure on is Harriet Samson Harris Oscar yesterday, please. FOR THE HUNGRY BOY Melancholy (that's right we brought it up again) The Criterion Collection is an ever-growing roster of movies deemed internationally significant on an artistic level. Each new film added to the collection is given a Spine Number, making any film NOT in the collection: SPINELESS. Join Nick and Brennan (your very-favorite SPINELESS BOYS) as they cover the classic and contemporary films they feel are most deserving of the Criterion treatment. REACH OUT TO THE SPINELESS BOYS: Email: spinelessboys@gmail.com Instagram: @Spinelessfilms Letterboxd: @SpinelessFilms As always, thank you to Joey Johnson for our music and to Sparrow Potter for our artwork.…

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Freddy Got Fingered (2001) 1:29:11

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ARRROOOOOOO!!!! *boss nass jowl flapping noises* In one of their most delirious episodes yet, Brennan and Nick come to you LIVE (well, live six weeks ago) from the Windy City to discuss 2001’s FREDDY GOT FINGERED, a harbinger of things to come. It’s late at night and they got jewels, sausages, and a truly locked-in performance from Rip Torn on the brain, so get on into your rocket-powered wheelchair and take a listen to this good good podcast. In the episode Brennan talks about a scene from The Fanatic (2019) which we couldn't find as its own video so here is a link to the whole movie please tell us if you watch it it's supposed to be really bad. The scene Brennan refers to starts at 31:09 The Criterion Collection is an ever-growing roster of movies deemed internationally significant on an artistic level. Each new film added to the collection is given a Spine Number, making any film NOT in the collection: SPINELESS. Join Nick and Brennan (your very-favorite SPINELESS BOYS) as they cover the classic and contemporary films they feel are most deserving of the Criterion treatment. REACH OUT TO THE SPINELESS BOYS: Email: spinelessboys@gmail.com Instagram: @Spinelessfilms Letterboxd: @SpinelessFilms As always, thank you to Joey Johnson for our music and to Sparrow Potter for our artwork.…

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I Saw the TV Glow (2024) with Robin Borden 2:06:16

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NO RED ONE JOKES APPEAR IN THIS EPISODE. DON’T EVEN THINK WE’RE GONNA DO A JOKE ABOUT RED ONE IN THIS EPISODE. In this Very Special Episode of Spineless , Nick and Brennan are joined by friend and comedian Robin Borden to discuss Jane Schoenbrun’s 2024 film I Saw The TV Glow. The recipient of a record-setting number of Golden Spine Awards, it’s a real lovefest here as we go over all the reasons this movie cooks, which it does, and so does Sonic 3. Plus, Nick has a suggestion for a very normal and understandable Oscars sketch. Let’s-a go! The Criterion Collection is an ever-growing roster of movies deemed internationally significant on an artistic level. Each new film added to the collection is given a Spine Number, making any film NOT in the collection: SPINELESS. Join Nick and Brennan (your very-favorite SPINELESS BOYS) as they cover the classic and contemporary films they feel are most deserving of the Criterion treatment. REACH OUT TO THE SPINELESS BOYS: Email: spinelessboys@gmail.com Instagram: @Spinelessfilms Letterboxd: @SpinelessFilms As always, thank you to Joey Johnson for our music and to Sparrow Potter for our artwork.…

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The 1st Annual Golden Spine Awards with Andy Germuga 2:34:42

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It's Oscars weekend, and we wanted to get in on the fun...introducing the Golden Spine Awards, Spineless' own awards show celebrating excellence in 2024 cinema. We are joined by Andy Germuga (Cannes I Kick It? podcast) to pick our personal nominees and winners in 8 major categories: Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Supporting (x2), and Screenplay (x2). Plus, stick around for our own coveted award: Most Spineless. Nick and Brennan have some zags, and Andy came swinging with some excellent out-of-left-field picks. You will never, ever guess who Andy nominated for Best Actress. Before watching Conan host the Oscars, tune into the Golden Spines to hear about some of the nominees, and some excellent movies that the Oscars snubbed. The Criterion Collection is an ever-growing roster of movies deemed internationally significant on an artistic level. Each new film added to the collection is given a Spine Number, making any film NOT in the collection: SPINELESS. Join Nick and Brennan (your very-favorite SPINELESS BOYS) as they cover the classic and contemporary films they feel are most deserving of the Criterion treatment. REACH OUT TO THE SPINELESS BOYS: Email: spinelessboys@gmail.com Instagram: @Spinelessfilms Letterboxd: @SpinelessFilms As always, thank you to Joey Johnson for our music and to Sparrow Potter for our artwork.…

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If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) 1:18:53

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In what is quite literally our sickest episode yet, Nick reveals himself to be one of the most masterful editors in podcasting history as he edits around every cough, hack, and wheeze during our discussion of Barry Jenkins’ IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK (2018). Horrifically snubbed at the Oscars that year, BEALE STREET is a heartrending portrait of a love torn apart by the societal ills of its time, gorgeously adapted by Jenkins from a masterful novel by James Baldwin, also a guy dresses like a Minion at one point. 🎶Bye Bye🎶 The Criterion Collection is an ever-growing roster of movies deemed internationally significant on an artistic level. Each new film added to the collection is given a Spine Number, making any film NOT in the collection: SPINELESS. Join Nick and Brennan as they cover the classic and contemporary films they feel are most deserving of the Criterion treatment. REACH OUT TO THE SPINELESS BOYS: Email: spinelessboys@gmail.com Instagram: @Spinelessfilms Letterboxd: @SpinelessFilms Substack: The Spineless Boys’s Substack As always, thank you to Joey Johnson for our music and to Sparrow Potter for our artwork.…

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Stop Making Sense/American Utopia (1984/2020) 1:41:12

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Before we go any further Brennan would like to hold space for the fact that he has partied with Jesse Eisenberg on multiple occasions. Put on your tap shoes! It’s time for Spineless’ first ALL-SINGING, ALL-DANCING musical extravaganza! Just kidding there’s only one song but it goes on for like two uninterrupted minutes. In their first ever double-header, Nick and Brennan discuss Jonathan Demme’s STOP MAKING SENSE (1984) and Spike Lee’s AMERICAN UTOPIA (2020), two of the greatest concert films of all time and certainly some great purveyors of unhinged David Byrne antics. Can you feel the Byrne? Rest in peace to the Shrek Donkey btw. Tom Hanks singing Once in a Lifetime and there are Racist Fish Kermit the Frog singing Once in a Lifetime (no racism it's actually incredible) The Criterion Collection is an ever-growing roster of movies deemed internationally significant on an artistic level. Each new film added to the collection is given a Spine Number, making any film NOT in the collection: SPINELESS. Join Nick and Brennan as they cover the classic and contemporary films they feel are most deserving of the Criterion treatment. REACH OUT TO THE SPINELESS BOYS: Email: spinelessboys@gmail.com Instagram: @Spinelessfilms Letterboxd: @SpinelessFilms Substack: The Spineless Boys’s Substack As always, thank you to Joey Johnson for our music and to Sparrow Potter for our artwork.…

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Aftersun (2022) with Adelina Marinello 1:36:51

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BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOOOMMMM! In Spineless’ first ever guest episode, The Spineless Boys are joined by Adelina Marinello: actor, playwright, and partner to one Nicholas Kinney, to discuss Charlotte Wells’ melancholy masterpiece AFTERSUN. There’s trouble in paradise though, as Adelina and The Boys discuss Hall Passes (and Nick’s lack thereof), The Costco Guys, and the horrifying realization that you can never truly know another person. Offense to all boys. If you or someone you know is struggling, find resources for mental health and support here. The Criterion Collection is an ever-growing roster of movies deemed internationally significant on an artistic level. Each new film added to the collection is given a Spine Number, making any film NOT in the collection: SPINELESS. Join Nick and Brennan as they cover the classic and contemporary films they feel are most deserving of the Criterion treatment. The Costco Guys Bring the Boom to AMC Theatres Paul Mescal SNL Monologue LEGO Wicked Trailer REACH OUT TO THE SPINELESS BOYS: Email: spinelessboys@gmail.com Instagram: @Spinelessfilms Letterboxd: @SpinelessFilms Substack: The Spineless Boys’s Substack As always, thank you to Joey Johnson for our music and to Sparrow Potter for our artwork.…

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Jackie Brown (1997) 1:29:22

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! For the very first Spineless episode of 2025, Brennan and Nick do a deep dive on Quentin Tarantino's most underrated film: Jackie Brown. A stacked cast, including Rochester native Robert Forster! An expertly orchestrated heist-esque sequence! Countless throwbacks to 70s Blaxploitation films, including Jackie Brown herself, THE Pam Grier! It's all here in QT's third feature, folks, and we talk about all that and more as we fantasize about a Criterion release. No tangents to be heard, especially not an extended one about an actor who isn't even in Jackie Brown. That would be insane. Jake Gyllenhaal "Melancholy" Interview Brennan's Other Favorite Jake Gyllenhaal clip (no he is not in Jackie Brown) The Criterion Collection is an ever-growing roster of movies deemed internationally significant on an artistic level. Each new film added to the collection is given a Spine Number, making any film NOT in the collection: SPINELESS. Join Nick and Brennan (your very-favorite SPINELESS BOYS) as they cover the classic and contemporary films they feel are most deserving of the Criterion treatment. REACH OUT TO THE SPINELESS BOYS: Email: spinelessboys@gmail.com Instagram: @Spinelessfilms Letterboxd: @SpinelessFilms Substack: The Spineless Boys’s Substack As always, thank you to Joey Johnson for our music and to Sparrow Potter for our artwork.…

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It's A Wonderful Life (1946) 1:34:49

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Christmas Eve. A supernatural force. A shot at redemption. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. This week, the Spineless Boys discuss the timeless classic RED ONE (2024). Just kidding, we’re actually talking about Frank Capra’s 1946 masterpiece IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE, the best film ever made about an uncle named Billy (among other things). Can Brennan and Nick make it through discussing the life-affirming beauty of Capra’s film without crying? The answer: Just barely! David Lynch crying talking about It's A Wonderful Life The Greatest Gift by Phillip Van Doren Stern--the basis for It's A Wonderful Life The Criterion Collection is an ever-growing roster of movies deemed internationally significant on an artistic level. Each new film added to the collection is given a Spine Number, making any film NOT in the collection: SPINELESS. Join Nick and Brennan (your very-favorite SPINELESS BOYS) as they cover the classic and contemporary films they feel are most deserving of the Criterion treatment. REACH OUT TO THE SPINELESS BOYS: Email: spinelessboys@gmail.com Instagram: @Spinelessfilms Letterboxd: @SpinelessFilms Substack: The Spineless Boys’s Substack As always, thank you to Joey Johnson for our music and to Sparrow Potter for our artwork.…

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Clueless (1995) 1:14:50

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Does anybody have any idea what's going on? Please help...we're CLUELESS!!!!!!!!!!!!! In their most chaotic episode yet, Nick and Brennan discuss Amy Heckerling’s bright and bubbly teen comedy CLUELESS while facing the existential threat of an Election Day. Does Cher have a better policy on immigration than Trump? Yes. Does Breckin Meyer look distractingly like a young Shia Laboeuf? Also yes. Is the incest plot O.K., actually? Nick and Brennan are divided on that one. Plus, the story of Nick and Brennan’s first meeting, and the particularly wimpy piece of clothing that brought them together. The Criterion Collection is an ever-growing roster of movies deemed internationally significant on an artistic level. Each new film added to the collection is given a Spine Number, making any film NOT in the collection: SPINELESS. Join Nick and Brennan (your very-favorite SPINELESS BOYS) as they cover the classic and contemporary films they feel are most deserving of the Criterion treatment. REACH OUT TO THE SPINELESS BOYS: Email: spinelessboys@gmail.com Instagram: @Spinelessfilms Letterboxd: @SpinelessFilms Substack: The Spineless Boys’s Substack As always, thank you to Joey Johnson for our music and to Sparrow Potter for our artwork.…

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Shattered Glass (2003) 1:13:57

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Watch your step, there's Shattered Glass all over the place! Just kidding folks, we’re having a good time here. There’s no shattered glass like shards anywhere it’s actually just a movie called Shattered Glass. On this week’s episode, The Spineless Boys dive in to one of the most underrated indies of the early-2000s. No lie here: The Boys talk about Hayden Christensen’s transformative performance as Stephen Glass, a serial manipulator and one of the first “fake news” cases on the internet, plus Bad Ape, their love of outdated machinery, and clipping the mic while screaming about character actors. Five Pinocchios. The Criterion Collection is an ever-growing roster of movies deemed internationally significant on an artistic level. Each new film added to the collection is given a Spine Number, making any film NOT in the collection: SPINELESS. Join Nick and Brennan (your very-favorite SPINELESS BOYS) as they cover the classic and contemporary films they feel are most deserving of the Criterion treatment. Lies, Damn Lies and Fiction - The original expose on Stephen Glass's lies, as published in the Forbes Digital Tool in May of 1998. Steve Zahn plays Forbes reporter Adam Penenberg in the film. Hack Heaven - The piece that brought Stephen Glass down. In the film, Chuck Lane brings Glass to Bethesda to corroborate this story, which of course Glass cannot do Spring Breakdown - One of Stephen Glass's fabricated articles, discussed in the film during Glass's meeting with editor Michael Kelly SHATTERED GLASS | Vanity Fair | September 1998 - The article on which the film is based REACH OUT TO THE SPINELESS BOYS: Email: spinelessboys@gmail.com Instagram: @Spinelessfilms Letterboxd: @SpinelessFilms Substack: The Spineless Boys’s Substack As always, thank you to Joey Johnson for our music and to Sparrow Potter for our artwork.…

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Martin (1977) 1:10:58

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Good eeeeeevvveeening! On the final episode of their SPINE-chilling month of horror, Brennan gives Nick permission to enter and discuss George Romero’s spookily-underrated vampire classic. The Spineless Boys talk about Romero’s love of Pittsburgh and his love of amateur actors, his enduring legacy as horror raconteur, and the fact that Martin looks like Nick, which honestly? Very conceited of him to say. Plus, a visit from The Ghost With The Most, and the introduction of the Maestro Jar. The Criterion Collection is an ever-growing roster of movies deemed internationally significant on an artistic level. Each new film added to the collection is given a Spine Number, making any film NOT in the collection: SPINELESS. Join Nick and Brennan (your very-favorite SPINELESS BOYS) as they cover the classic and contemporary films they feel are most deserving of the Criterion treatment. REACH OUT TO THE SPINELESS BOYS: Email: spinelessboys@gmail.com Instagram: @Spinelessfilms Letterboxd: @SpinelessFilms Substack: The Spineless Boys’s Substack As always, thank you to Joey Johnson for our music and to Sparrow Potter for our artwork.…

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Barbarian (2022) 1:27:27

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On this second spooky episode of Spineless’ Spine-Chilling Month of Horror, Nick and Brennan discuss Zach Cregger’s 2022 film Barbarian, making special note of its wicked smart script, unique marketing campaign, and freaked-up sense of humor. Would this film be better if it starred Alvin and his Chipmunks? Is it the best horror film of the decade so far? And...does it deserve Criterion status? Plus, the Eraserhead baby is back — in waveform! Content Warning for Barbarian The Criterion Collection is an ever-growing roster of movies deemed internationally significant on an artistic level. Each new film added to the collection is given a Spine Number, making any film NOT in the collection: SPINELESS. Join Nick and Brennan (your very-favorite SPINELESS BOYS) as they cover the classic and contemporary films they feel are most deserving of the Criterion treatment. REACH OUT TO THE SPINELESS BOYS: Email: spinelessboys@gmail.com Instagram: @Spinelessfilms Letterboxd: @SpinelessFilms Substack: The Spineless Boys’s Substack As always, thank you to Joey Johnson for our music and to Sparrow Potter for our artwork.…

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The Changeling (1980) 1:10:43

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*breathy ghost child voice* Father… My movie podcast hosted by two white guys… To kick off the month of October, Nick and Brennan bring you their SCARIEST EPISODE YET! as they discuss the slow-burn horror classic THE CHANGELING (1980), a movie which stars George C. Scott as Maestro. Take a trip to the The Changeling House (not to be confused with the Changeling House) and try not to poop your pants as The Spineless Boys talk such scary concepts as Clint Eastwood, Young Sheldon, and dripping wet balls from nearby rivers. Welcome...to the Spineless SPINE-CHILLING MONTH OF HORROR! The Criterion Collection is an ever-growing roster of movies deemed internationally significant on an artistic level. Each new film added to the collection is given a Spine Number, making any film NOT in the collection: SPINELESS. Join Nick and Brennan (your very-favorite SPINELESS BOYS) as they cover the classic and contemporary films they feel are most deserving of the Criterion treatment. REACH OUT TO THE SPINELESS BOYS: Email: spinelessboys@gmail.com Instagram: @Spinelessfilms Letterboxd: @SpinelessFilms Substack: The Spineless Boys’s Substack As always, thank you to Joey Johnson for our music and to Sparrow Potter for our artwork.…

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Introducing the Spineless Substack! 6:40

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Brennan, one-half of Your Very Favorite Spineless Boys™️, is here on his week off to introduce you to the all-new Spineless Substack! Featuring bonus essays and articles, the Substack will serve as auxiliary content on the weeks off, and elaborate on certain themes and ideas introduced in each episode. They’ll also tease what we’ll be covering on the next episode! To subscribe, visit The Spineless Boys’s Substack . The Criterion Collection is an ever-growing roster of movies deemed internationally significant on an artistic level. Each new film added to the collection is given a Spine Number, making any film NOT in the collection: SPINELESS. Join Nick and Brennan (your very-favorite SPINELESS BOYS) as they cover the classic and contemporary films they feel are most deserving of the Criterion treatment. REACH OUT TO THE SPINELESS BOYS: Email: spinelessboys@gmail.com Instagram: @Spinelessfilms Letterboxd: @SpinelessFilms Substack: The Spineless Boys’s Substack As always, thank you to Joey Johnson for our music and to Sparrow Potter for our artwork.…

Spineless: The Future Films of Criterion

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Annette (2021) 1:41:44

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We love each other so much. On this week’s episode of SPINELESS, Nick and Brennan relive fond memories (for Nick, at least) of seeing the film together at IFC, discuss how Baby Annette is just a baby after all, and debate the merits of Diana: The Musical. Nick brings up the film MAESTRO for the first time in the history of the podcast, but it certainly won’t be the last! Plus, Brennan reads a passage from Infinite Jest, because of course he does. So… May we start? The Criterion Collection is an ever-growing roster of movies deemed internationally significant on an artistic level. Each new film added to the collection is given a Spine Number, making any film NOT in the collection: SPINELESS. Join Nick and Brennan (your very-favorite SPINELESS BOYS) as they cover the classic and contemporary films they feel are most deserving of the Criterion treatment. REACH OUT TO THE SPINELESS BOYS: Email: spinelessboys@gmail.com Instagram: @Spinelessfilms Letterboxd: @SpinelessFilms As always, thank you to Joey Johnson for our music and to Sparrow Potter for our artwork.…

Spineless: The Future Films of Criterion

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Sorcerer (1977) 1:27:20

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