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Maximum Film!

A movie podcast that isn't just a bunch of straight white dudes. Comedian Kevin Avery is joined by film producer Drea Clark and film critic Alonso Duralde for a fast, funny, flight through film. Maximum Film! is news, reviews and in-depth insight, beamed directly into your ears every week.

Episode 252: ‘Elvis’ with Maria Lewis

68 hours 59 mins; July 01, 2022

Episode 251: ‘Jurassic World Dominion’ with Steven Ray Morris

62 hours 11 mins; June 24, 2022

Episode 250: 'C.R.A.Z.Y.' with Guy Branum

57 mins; June 17, 2022

Episode 249: ‘Fire Island’ with Parvesh Cheena

63 hours 34 mins; June 10, 2022

Episode 248: ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ with Amy Nicholson

66 hours 5 mins; June 03, 2022

Episode 247: ‘Petite Maman’ with Pamela Ribon

61 hours 41 mins; May 27, 2022

Episode 246: 'On the Count of Three' is a Tonal Balancing Act

59 mins; May 20, 2022

Episode 245: 'Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness' with Riley Silverman

62 hours 34 mins; May 13, 2022

Episode 244: 'The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent' with Keith Phipps

59 mins; May 06, 2022

Episode 243: 'The Batman' with Glen Weldon

67 hours 47 mins; April 29, 2022

Episode 242: ‘Memoria’ Sounds Different, with Justin Chang

61 hours 29 mins; April 22, 2022

Episode 241: 'Aline' with Kyle Buchanan

63 hours 0 mins; April 15, 2022

Episode 240: Everything ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once,’ All At Once

62 hours 12 mins; April 08, 2022

Episode 239: 'Titane' Goes Bananas

60 hours 55 mins; April 01, 2022

Episode 238: ‘Drive My Car’ and the Return of Inkoo Kang

63 hours 26 mins; March 25, 2022

Episode 237: ‘West Side Story’ with Brandon Collins

65 hours 41 mins; March 18, 2022

Episode 236: ‘After Yang’ Is Existential Solar Punk

64 hours 8 mins; March 11, 2022

Episode 235: Baby, It's 'A Madea Homecoming' with Tre'vell Anderson

67 hours 25 mins; March 04, 2022

Episode 234: A Double Dose of Van Peebles with Michael Jai White

64 hours 12 mins; February 25, 2022

Episode 233: 'Pariah' with Director Olivia Peace

65 hours 40 mins; February 18, 2022

Episode 232: Celebrating Sidney Poitier with Reinaldo Marcus Green and 'Lilies of the Field'

64 hours 8 mins; February 11, 2022

Episode 231: 'Eternals' with Angie Han

72 hours 47 mins; February 04, 2022

Episode 230: Watch 'The Tragedy of Macbeth' with the Captions On

64 hours 34 mins; January 28, 2022

Episode 229: 'The Lost Daughter' with Biz Ellis

71 hours 10 mins; January 21, 2022

Episode 228: Disney’s Encanto with Ricky Carmona

74 hours 11 mins; January 14, 2022

Episode 227: ‘The Matrix Resurrections’ Is Nonbinary AF

71 hours 41 mins; January 07, 2022

The End of 2021 Bonanza!

54 mins; December 31, 2021

Hallmark’s ‘Every Time a Bell Rings’ with Santa Claus

64 hours 1 min; December 24, 2021

'Single All the Way' with Riley Silverman

68 hours 36 mins; December 17, 2021

‘Red Rocket’ is Extremely My Sh**

62 hours 21 mins; December 10, 2021

Getting Groovy with ‘Last Night in Soho’

61 hours 49 mins; December 03, 2021

A Belated ‘Shang-Chi’ Show and Our Turkeys of the Year with Andrew Ti

55 mins; November 26, 2021

Rebecca Hall's 'Passing' with "Artist, Educator, and Instigator" Nayland Blake

56 mins; November 19, 2021

‘The Harder They Fall’ and Black Westerns with Filmmaker Jared Moshe

72 hours 55 mins; November 12, 2021

'Dune' is For Lovers of Bureaucracy and Economics

60 hours 34 mins; November 05, 2021

‘Interview With The Vampire’ Should Have Been Gayer with Jordan Crucchiola

62 hours 42 mins; October 29, 2021

'Lyle' Is Not Just a "Lesbian Rosemary's Baby" with Comedy Writer Monica Vasandani

64 hours 1 min; October 22, 2021

Best & Worst Movie Advice with ‘My Brother, My Brother and Me’ and ‘Maximum Film!’

29 mins; October 19, 2021

‘A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge’ with Filmmaker Michael Varrati

67 hours 12 mins; October 15, 2021

‘Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker’ with Horror Director Sam Wineman

68 hours 29 mins; October 08, 2021

‘The Mad Women’s Ball’ with Julia Prescott

75 hours 9 mins; October 01, 2021

‘Everybody’s Talking About Jamie’ with the Incomparable Frank DeCaro

65 hours 17 mins; September 24, 2021

Malignant

70 hours 36 mins; September 17, 2021

'CODA' with Moshe Kasher

72 hours 27 mins; September 10, 2021

‘Annette’ and the Maximum Film Hall of Excellence

65 hours 8 mins; September 03, 2021

‘The Kid Stays in the Picture’ with Nathan Rabin

59 mins; August 27, 2021

‘Los Angeles Plays Itself’ with Carlos Aguilar

56 mins; August 20, 2021

'The Suicide Squad' with The Maria Lewis

66 hours 40 mins; August 13, 2021

‘The Green Knight’ and an A24 Quiz with Letterboxd’s BRAT Mia Vicino

61 hours 14 mins; August 06, 2021

The 30th Anniversary of ‘Thelma & Louise’ with Katie Walsh

66 hours 47 mins; July 30, 2021

Space Jam: A New Legacy

62 hours 18 mins; July 23, 2021

‘Black Widow’ and a Bug Superhero Quiz

49 mins; July 16, 2021

'Zola' and "Up All Night" Movies

54 mins; July 09, 2021

'F9' with Demi Adejuyigbe

76 hours 33 mins; July 02, 2021

'Mind Game' and Bad Movie Accents

55 mins; June 25, 2021

In the Heights

59 mins; June 18, 2021

‘Cruella’ with Fishnet Flix’s Marie Lodi & Blaire Bercy

79 hours 57 mins; June 11, 2021

‘Together Together’ with Riley Silverman

62 hours 50 mins; June 04, 2021

And The Winner Is...

2 mins; June 01, 2021

‘Army of the Dead’ with Lucé Tomlin-Brenner

61 hours 32 mins; May 28, 2021

‘The Mitchells vs. the Machines’ with Round Springfield’s Julia Prescott

60 hours 13 mins; May 21, 2021

'Space Jam' with Carl Tart

83 hours 14 mins; May 14, 2021

‘Pacific Rim’ with The Flop House’s Elliott Kalan

83 hours 8 mins; May 07, 2021

‘Mortal Kombat’ with Nick Wiger

66 hours 22 mins; April 30, 2021

‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ and the Awful Wigs That Took Us Out of Movies

59 mins; April 23, 2021

Steve McQueen’s Lovers Rock, Alex Wheatle, and Education with Robert Butler III

73 hours 10 mins; April 16, 2021

‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ with Heather Anne Campbell

63 hours 40 mins; April 09, 2021

Steve McQueen’s ‘Mangrove’ and ‘Red, White and Blue’

57 mins; April 02, 2021

‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League’ with Jordan Morris & Ricky Carmona

78 hours 16 mins; March 26, 2021

‘Minari’ and Breaking Down the Oscar Nominations

60 hours 15 mins; March 19, 2021

'Coming 2 America' with Dan Murrell

59 mins; March 12, 2021

‘Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar’ with ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’s’ Mary Elizabeth Ellis

57 mins; March 05, 2021

‘Nomadland’ with Mpls-St.Paul Magazine Senior Writer Steve Marsh

59 mins; February 26, 2021

'Judas and the Black Messiah' and Recasting 'My Dinner with Andre'

55 mins; February 19, 2021

‘Malcolm & Marie’ and Macaroni & Cheese

59 mins; February 12, 2021

‘One Night in Miami’ with ‘Screen Drafts’ Co-Host Clay Keller

70 hours 26 mins; February 05, 2021

'Another Round’ with ‘The Greatest Generation’ Host Benjamin Harrison

61 hours 53 mins; January 29, 2021

‘Promising Young Woman’ with TCM Programmer Millie De Chirico

59 mins; January 22, 2021

‘Soul’ with New York Times Opinion Columnist Jamelle Bouie

61 hours 17 mins; January 15, 2021

“Hey! We Actually Liked Wonder Woman 1984!”

60 hours 59 mins; January 08, 2021

End of Year Extravaganza! The Whoshie Awards and Our Top 10 Movies of 2020

70 hours 51 mins; January 01, 2021

Christmas Spectacular: ‘The Christmas House’ with Esquire’s Justin Kirkland

65 hours 10 mins; December 25, 2020

‘This Christmas’ and All Those Dang New Disney Titles

52 mins; December 18, 2020

‘Mank’ You Very Much with ‘The Thrilling Adventure Hour’ Co-Creator Ben Acker

55 mins; December 11, 2020

‘Happiest Season’ with Jordan Crucchiola

57 mins; December 04, 2020

‘The World’s End’ and Turkeys of the Year

53 mins; November 27, 2020

‘Hot Fuzz’ with Ricky Carmona

57 mins; November 20, 2020

‘Shaun of the Dead’ with Screenwriter Michael Varrati

54 mins; November 13, 2020

‘Bad Hair’ with Inkoo Kang

55 mins; November 06, 2020

The Halloweenies vs. The Horror Freaks: ‘The Witches’ with Halle Kiefer & Alison Leiby of ‘Ruined’ Podcast

60 hours 6 mins; October 30, 2020

‘Kajillionaire’ with TV Writer and ‘Dummy’ Creator Cody Heller

60 hours 25 mins; October 23, 2020

“White Man With a Black Woman’s Butt” and ‘The Forty-Year-Old Version’

55 mins; October 16, 2020

The Boys Are Back to Banter ‘Bout ‘The Boys in the Band’

55 mins; October 09, 2020

‘Enola Holmes’ and How to Watch Depressing Movies

53 mins; October 02, 2020

‘Lingua Franca’ with Myq Kaplan

55 mins; September 25, 2020

‘I’m Thinking of Ending Things’ with the Incomparable Inkoo Kang

56 mins; September 18, 2020

‘Mulan’ with Nancy Wang Yuen

58 mins; September 11, 2020

‘Bill & Ted Face the Music’ with Cody Ziglar

58 mins; September 04, 2020

‘Before Midnight’ with Director Richard Linklater

54 mins; August 28, 2020

‘Before Sunset’ and Its Video Game Adaptation with Dave Schilling

55 mins; August 21, 2020

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