Empathy just one of the themes of Alan Clarke’s Scum, about England’s notorious Borstal youth detention center. It’s a harrowing watch, here to remind you that these prison systems benefit from society’s ability to look the other way when the truth becomes too uncomfortable to witness.

It’s commonplace now for people to assume some massive conspiracy is going on behind the scenes. They Live and They Look Like People cover similar ground but with two very different tones.

A common question among first-year philosophy students, religious types, and stoners is: are we in control of our own destiny? Veronica explores this question through Lisa Frankenstein, She is Conann and The Iron Claw

It’s clear Coen and Cooke missed their window to ironically straddle the past while still wholeheartedly indulging in their cinematic kinks.

Here’s 30 movies that Dan watched in 2023 for the first time and loved to varying degrees.

Enjoy Veronica’s best new to her list of 2023. Featuring more mainstream than usual movies and yet still chock-full of existential dread, sexual themes and gross humor.

Jenna gets into her favorites of 2023, a year of existential dread, rude awakenings, crushing loneliness, painful anxiety, and meditations on empathy.

A look at three different versions of the rich and crazy over the eras to see what we pity, what we covet, and what would ultimately drive us nuts as well.

Cozy up ‘round the speakers, sip on some egg nog and listen as Back Row discusses all the movies we watched in 2023 – including the good, the bad, and the what-the surprises.

While The Fly is implicitly and explicitly about abortion, Dead Ringers takes on the entire sphere of gynecological healthcare – how the patriarchy poisons even a sphere where pregnant people should feel safe and listened to.

Drama Season is that post-Halloween pre-Christmas time of the year where watching hard-hitting dramas just feels right. Here’s some recommendations to get you started.

Who else but Back Row would group together Dumb Money, Bottoms and Lawrence of Arabia? Read Veronica’s latest as she makes a compelling argument to the revolutionary connection throughout all three.

The future is female… weirdos. Veronica dives into female-led comedies that don’t back away from the weirdness and the uncomfortable reality of being a woman – including Joy Ride, Please Baby Please and Mod Fuck Explosion.

Paul Negoescu's Men of Deeds (2023), is a tale of dubious morality and small town politics as filtered through a darkly comedic sensibility, reminiscent of the films of the Coen Brothers or Milos Forman.

Dan and Jenna pit pre-1980 movies against post-1980 movies in the latest podcast. In this episode they focus on two slightly controversial Oscar winners: Sundays and Cybele and Ordinary People.

Society supports and also confines us, so naturally this is very fertile ground for all variety of art; be it satirical, comedic, or body horror.

We've got martial arts, we've got CGI creepies, we've got ghost sex (I think?), we've got regional sci-fi... this episode has it all!

Dan and Carlo are back from an accidental month or two break with more cruddy podcasting for your ears. They talk about BluRay releases from Imprint, Criterion, Shout! Factory, Arrow Video and more before chatting about new horror movies and maybe even something Tokusatsu related?

In this double feature, we follow a whole variety of stories about trapped women, and get to see just how universal the feeling of “where do I go from here?” really is across genders.

Carlo and Dan chat about a handful of new BluRay announcements, film festival introductions, Hong Kong horror movies, an 80s re-edit of a classic film and more!