Alex Ross Perry’s Her Smell perfectly depicts the push-and-pull ecosystem of the public’s relationship to a celebrity whose toxicity overshadows her talent.

Stories that pit man against nature are classic and universal. They remind us how far we’ve come and yet how easily it can all be taken away. The films Arctic, Sorcerer and Embrace of the Serpent each touch upon different existential horrors one can encounter when exposed to the elements.

Jenna and Veronica bring I Watched It So You Don’t Have To segment to the podcast to discuss Gaspar Noe’s hyper violent dance-torture film Climax. They suspect this is actually the superior remake of Suspiria.

It’s The Man vs Florida Man in this double feature focusing on Magic Mike and Wild Things. Both films focus on the unhappiness of those who have money all of the money in the world and those who are desperately trying to claw their way to the top.

Carlo interviewed writer, actor, composer, and jack-of-all-trades Carmine Capobianco! Best known for his work on Psychos In Love, Galactic Gigolo, Cemetery High, and a whole lot of other stuff.

This week on Notes From The Back Row, we dive into women filmmakers and the movies they created - from the overlooked to the downright classic.

Ishtar’s reputation stinks. But do you know what stinks even more? The men that undermined director Elaine May at every opportunity throughout the production, shooting, editing and promotion of the film.

Resourceful, talented, intelligent, strong and super cute, Taraji P Henson makes you believe the American Dream is actually achievable. Around the Way Girl: A Memoir: Taraji P. Henson is full of interesting anecdotes about working in and breaking through a system that’s working against you.

Dan & Carlo recap their participation in the CHUD Buddies Challenge, discussing films such as American Anthem (1986), Parole Violators (1994), Lady Terminator (1989), as well as some questionable breakfast practices.

Guest contributor Russell discusses the recent animated film trend of directly addressing toxic masculinity. Between how The LEGO Movie 2, LEGO Batman and Ralph Breaks The Internet tackles the topic, he wishes more movies like these had been around when he was a kid.

Jenna and Carlo go on a chronological foray into Jerry Lewis’ cartoon-like films, starting with Frank Tashlin’s Artists & Models and The Geisha Boy, to Lewis’ own The Nutty Professor. They like it, they like it!

We’re two years old and we’re learning how to run, talk and be more social. We’re also throwing tantrums, so click the damn link already!!

Bored by the Oscars? In this episode of Notes From the Back Row, Jenna, Veronica and Carlo make up their own awards show and categories in order to award the movies that mattered.

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, it’s a double feature of Le Notti Bianche and The Science of Sleep–two films that can offer some therapeutic soul deflation to counteract the pressures of the day.

Carlo is here, in living color, with a brand new video essay on Shaw Brothers’ The Vengeful Beauty (1978), a proto-girls with guns movie.

In the latest episode of Notes From the Back Row, Dan and Carlo discuss some older, lesser-known hidden-gems they watched for the first time last year.

Contrary to the somewhat giddy title, this is not a happy double feature. Both Burning and The Vanishing center around male protagonists trying to find a woman who has mysteriously disappeared.

Dan Gorman lists his favorite new-to-him films of 2018, including a whole lot of Robert Wiseman documentaries and live-action cartoon C.H.O.M.P.S.

To simply rattle off the movies I enjoyed, and the reasons why, would be too safe and too shallow. What follows is not a list of my favorite movies this year but rather an examination of one obvious, omnipresent theme: desperation.

In 2018 I watched 326 films, with around 41 of those being 2018 releases. Unfortunately, while I enjoyed many 2018 movies, very few stood out as outstanding to me.