Join Charlene and Jackie, two NYC film crew workers with an absolute love of art house films

…and an absolute lack of press passes to see those films at the major festivals where they premiere.

Each month your two hosts will venture through the wilds of NYC public transportation and psychotic post screening Q&A’s to discuss a festival film that has finally been released to the general public.

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Ep. 4: The Wedding Banquet
Ep. 4: The Wedding Banquet

We discuss Andrew Ahn’s The Wedding Banquet, a 2025 update of Ang Lee’s celebrated 1993 film starring Lily Gladstone and Bowen Yang, premiered at Sundance Film Festival 2025.

Episode 3: Opus
Episode 3: Opus

Charlene and Jackie debrief on Opus, the A24 pop star multi murder thriller/comedy (?) starring Ayo Adebiri and John Malkovich, a movie that shot straight from Sundance 2025 to the common multiplex in a mere two months. 

Episode 2: On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
Episode 2: On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

We discuss On Becoming a Guinea Fowl by Rungano Nyoni, a film that premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.