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Films for the Void!

Welcome to Films for the Void!, where, every other week, co-hosts and decade-long friends Eric Spitz and Landon Defever take you on a journey through their recent cinematic ventures, as well as take a deep dive into their favorite movies of all-time.

Maura Weaver on Cincinnati Tourism, Returning to Japan, and Her New Album Strange Devotion

42 mins; September 22, 2025

Mike Maple on the Upper Peninsula, Releasing Six Albums in Five Years, and Why Hell is an Airport

21 mins; September 10, 2025

Cathy and Keith Latinen on Playing Their 49th State, the Lions' Super Bowl Chances, and Building an Empire Empire Together

31 mins; September 03, 2025

Dissecting NYT's Best Movies of the Century So Far (w/ coreyfromhome): Part Two

116 hours 43 mins; August 25, 2025

John Galm on Snowing's Reunion, Lehigh Valley, and Swimming Through a River of Blood

52 mins; August 18, 2025

Dissecting NYT's Best Movies of the Century So Far (w/ coreyfromhome): Part One

128 hours 49 mins; August 11, 2025

Patreon Picks #4 (Stick It, Draft Day, The Ghost & Mrs. Muir, Snatch)

56 mins; August 04, 2025

Luke Bentham on The Lash, Hailing Rock & Roll, and Two Decades of The Dirty Nil

30 mins; July 28, 2025

Toby Jones on AJ Goes to the Dog Park, Touring the Midwest, and the Joys of Filming in Fargo

19 mins; July 21, 2025

Interstellar, The Life of Chuck (w/ Cyrus Zerbe)

62 hours 29 mins; July 14, 2025

Alligator, 28 Years Later (w/ Austin Torres)

66 hours 46 mins; June 30, 2025

Paulie, Friendship (w/ Justine Defever)

68 hours 21 mins; June 16, 2025

Josie & the Pussycats, Final Destination: Bloodlines (w/ Mike Yablon)

64 hours 53 mins; June 02, 2025

Enter the Void, Sinners (w/ Cole Shilobrit)

60 hours 47 mins; May 05, 2025

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994), A Minecraft Movie (w/ Megan Loucks)

78 hours 54 mins; April 28, 2025

Brick, One False Move, 2025 Summer Movie Preview (w/ Cameron Ritter)

70 hours 24 mins; April 07, 2025

Gummo, Happiness, Mickey 17 (w/ Ethan Stacey)

70 hours 50 mins; March 24, 2025

Max Mon Amour, The Monkey, Oscars 2025 Recap, A Farewell to Eric Spitz

76 hours 2 mins; March 10, 2025

The Paddington Trilogy

69 hours 27 mins; February 24, 2025

The Howling, Wolf Man

63 hours 42 mins; February 10, 2025

Shadow of the Vampire, Nosferatu (2024)

61 hours 26 mins; January 27, 2025

Secretary, Babygirl

67 hours 48 mins; January 13, 2025

Patreon Picks #3 (Conclave, An American Tail, Madame Web)

65 hours 58 mins; December 30, 2024

Ernest Saves Christmas, The Ref

64 hours 46 mins; December 16, 2024

Cronos, Gremlins

67 hours 2 mins; December 02, 2024

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Anora

72 hours 24 mins; November 18, 2024

The Best Man (1964), The Apprentice

62 hours 22 mins; November 04, 2024

Splice, The Substance

65 hours 45 mins; October 21, 2024

The Innocents (1961), The Innocents (2021)

67 hours 13 mins; October 07, 2024

The People's Joker, Joker (2019)

78 hours 10 mins; September 23, 2024

Peeping Tom, Blink Twice

69 hours 11 mins; September 09, 2024

Vera Drake, 4 Months 3 Weeks & 2 Days

61 hours 46 mins; August 26, 2024

Son of the Mask, The Mask (1994), The Mask (2023)

67 hours 40 mins; August 12, 2024

Barbie as Rapunzel, Tangled

63 hours 12 mins; July 29, 2024

Dogtooth, Kinds of Kindness

62 hours 23 mins; July 22, 2024

A Very Mamma Mia! Double Feature!

68 hours 57 mins; July 01, 2024

Pretty Poison, Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels

62 hours 4 mins; June 17, 2024

Juice, Hustle & Flow

62 hours 55 mins; June 03, 2024

The Fountain, Upstream Color

70 hours 5 mins; May 13, 2024

Patreon Picks #2.5 (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Hot Rod, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen)

69 hours 25 mins; April 29, 2024

Millennium Actress, Patreon Picks #2 (Margin Call, Pillow Talk)

65 hours 20 mins; April 15, 2024

Blood Debts, Death Wish

59 mins; April 01, 2024

The Wiz, The Wizard of Oz

71 hours 18 mins; March 18, 2024

Chris Nichols on Everything Metalcore, SLC Straight Edge, and Breaking the Only Rule of First Grade Fight Club

60 hours 35 mins; March 11, 2024

It Happened One Night, Wings

67 hours 39 mins; March 04, 2024

Mannequin, Simply Irresistible

67 hours 4 mins; February 19, 2024

Wings of Desire, Angels in the Outfield

75 hours 48 mins; February 05, 2024

Cheekface (Greg Katz, Amanda Tannen, and Echo Edwards) on Their Surprise New Album, Label Independence, and Getting Things Sorted

61 hours 22 mins; January 29, 2024

The Devils, God's Not Dead

79 hours 52 mins; January 22, 2024

Mitch Gulish on Saturdays at Your Place, the Year Ahead, and Becoming the Midwest's Next Emo Darlings

58 mins; January 15, 2024

One Missed Call (2008), Mean Girls (2004)

71 hours 5 mins; January 08, 2024

Hardcore, A Christmas Story

73 hours 3 mins; December 22, 2023

Jack Frost (1997) vs. Jack Frost (1998), The Nightmare Before Christmas

81 hours 26 mins; December 11, 2023

George of the Jungle, The Dirties (feat. Charlie Mangan)

68 hours 3 mins; November 13, 2023

Patreon Picks #1! (The Fog, Queen of the Damned, VeggieTales: Where's God When I'm S-Scared?)

55 mins; October 30, 2023

Megan is Missing, Night of the Living Dead

69 hours 15 mins; October 16, 2023

The Wicker Man (1973), Angst

75 hours 44 mins; October 02, 2023

The Iron Giant, Lost in Translation

76 hours 42 mins; September 18, 2023

Office Space, Oldboy (2003) Re-Release

87 hours 33 mins; September 04, 2023

Boyhood, Oppenheimer

103 hours 30 mins; August 21, 2023

Timecrimes, Barbie

71 hours 35 mins; August 07, 2023

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakstan, Elemental

74 hours 26 mins; July 24, 2023

Jacob's Ladder, Asteroid City

81 hours 23 mins; July 10, 2023

Tropic Thunder, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, and Superhero Films!

96 hours 2 mins; May 29, 2023

Serial Mom, Beau is Afraid, and Fictional Mothers!

74 hours 3 mins; May 08, 2023

North, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, and Box Office Bombs!

83 hours 13 mins; April 24, 2023

Thunderpants, John Wick: Chapter 4, Tetris, Money Shot

65 hours 53 mins; April 10, 2023

American Movie, Shazam! Fury of the Gods, Scream VI, Champions

68 hours 49 mins; April 03, 2023

Lizzie Baumgartner on Emo Social Club, the Genre's Biggest Hits, and the Future of Podcasting

66 hours 3 mins; March 27, 2023

Spring in a Small Town, Creed III, Cocaine Bear, We Have a Ghost

61 hours 14 mins; March 13, 2023

Buffalo '66, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood & Honey, You People

72 hours 16 mins; February 27, 2023

Charlie Mangan on the Joys of Cinema, Oscar Predictions, and Fighting for His Right to Party

69 hours 58 mins; February 20, 2023

The One I Love, Knock at the Cabin, Infinity Pool, Landon Returns to Sundance (Theater Camp/Shortcomings)

78 hours 40 mins; February 13, 2023

Jonathan Diener on Rootless Coffee, Freelance Advice, and Making the Move from Music to Marketing

66 hours 13 mins; February 06, 2023

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, Missing, A Man Called Otto, Skinamarink

72 hours 28 mins; January 30, 2023

Super Mario Bros. (1993), M3GAN, The Whale, Matilda: The Musical

78 hours 32 mins; January 16, 2023

Jackie Kalmink on The Fever Haze's Return, An Apple on the Highest Branch, and Michigan's DIY Legacy

55 mins; January 09, 2023

The Social Network, Avatar: The Way of Water, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, Troll

96 hours 9 mins; January 02, 2023

L.A. Confidential, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Violent Night, Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio, Sr.

99 hours 23 mins; December 20, 2022

Alonso Duralde on Becoming a Film Critic, Holiday Memories, and the Best Ways to Have a Movie Little Christmas

68 hours 50 mins; December 12, 2022

The Christmas Tree vs. Rapsittie Street Kids Believe in Santa, The Fabelmans, The Menu, Spirited, A Christmas Story Christmas

89 hours 5 mins; December 05, 2022

Karsten Runquist on Dirtbag, Building a Following, and Falling in Love with Cinema's Finer Details

68 hours 14 mins; November 28, 2022

ThanksKilling, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, The Banshees of Inisherin, Wendall & Wild, Stutz

75 hours 48 mins; November 21, 2022

Blindspotting, Triangle of Sadness, Tár, Do Revenge

82 hours 24 mins; November 07, 2022

[REC], Halloween Ends, Hocus Pocus 2, Hellraiser, Deadstream

81 hours 26 mins; October 31, 2022

AJ Diaferio on We're Wolves, Florida's Reputation, and Taking Inspiration from Horror's Finest

63 hours 16 mins; October 17, 2022

Scooby-Doo, Don't Worry Darling, Smile, Bros, Resurrection

88 hours 11 mins; October 10, 2022

Jamie Coletta on No Earbuds, Parenthood, and the Disaster Movies That Bring Them Solace

60 hours 49 mins; October 03, 2022

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), Pearl, Barbarian, Pinocchio

81 hours 57 mins; September 26, 2022

Ally Evenson on Thriving in Michigan's Music Scene, The World of Theatre, and Living the American Meme

62 hours 1 min; September 19, 2022

Clueless, Clerks III, Orphan: First Kill, Look Both Ways

81 hours 33 mins; September 12, 2022

Tori Kravitz on Whoa That's Fresh!, Warped Tour Reflections, and Making Sure Your Next Favorite Band is Heard

62 hours 4 mins; September 05, 2022

Eric Egan on Heart Attack Man, Going Independent, and Life Just Starting at 29

69 hours 6 mins; August 29, 2022

The Brave Little Toaster, Bullet Train, Prey, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Not Okay

82 hours 18 mins; August 15, 2022

Mo Doron on the Snark, Style, and Staying Power of Music Festival Brand Management

63 hours 2 mins; August 08, 2022

Matilda, Nope, Beavis & Butthead Do the Universe, Machine Gun Kelly's Life in Pink

81 hours 45 mins; August 01, 2022

Bryan Gorman on Camp Trash Taking the Long Way, the Slow Way, and Every Way In Between

60 hours 30 mins; July 25, 2022

Rear Window, Thor: Love & Thunder, Minions: The Rise of Gru, Elvis, RRR

91 hours 26 mins; July 18, 2022

Maggie Schneider, Alex Downtain, and Alex Norrell on Glimmering in a Sea of Pop-Rock

67 hours 37 mins; July 11, 2022

Jaws, Crimes of the Future, Cha Cha Real Smooth, Fire Island

77 hours 38 mins; July 05, 2022

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