This week, Izzy and Murtada interview Palestinian activist Basel Adra and Israeli journalist Yuval Abraham whose documentary, No Other Land, won the Panorama Audience Award for Best Documentary Film at the 2024 Berlinale Film Festival. The film captures the reality of life in Masafer Yatta, a small group of villages in the West Bank subject to the laws of the apartheid state of Israel. The film is an urgent call to action anchored by astounding footage captured on the ground by these genuine...

This week, Izzy and Murtada review four films they saw at the New York Film Festival: Anora, Rumours, Nickel Boys, and Maria. Is the first person framing in Nickel Boys a gimmick or a unique, empathic tool? Did Anora deserve the Palme d’Or? Will Angelina Jolie get an Oscar nom for her performance in Maria? Is Guy Maddin okay?? Tune in to find out! ollow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @IMPictureShow. To hear more from Izzy and Murtada check them out on social media: Izzy...

We’re back and hotter than ever!! Murtada and Izzy discuss Coralie Fargeat’s sophomore feature, THE SUBSTANCE, a body horror currently making waves in theaters. They debate the film’s gruesome third act and unpack some of its thought-provoking (if limited) politics.  Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @IMPictureShow. To hear more from Izzy and Murtada check them out on social media: Izzy (Twitter: @bkrewind, IG: @bk_rewind); Murtada (Twitter: @ME_Says, IG: murtada_e). See Privacy...

If fall is in in the air, that means the podcast is coming back. As our favorite film season starts, Murtada interviews director Robert Kolodny about his new film, "The Featherweight." Out in New York this week, this is a thrilling boxing drama capturing a chapter in true-life story of Italian-American boxer Willie Pep. Set in 1960s the film works with several genres (comedy, mockumentary and drama) and has star making performances from its leads James Maddio and Ruby Wolf. Kolodny discusses...

This week, Izzy interviews author Carrie Courogen about her book, Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s Hidden Genius. With this biography, Courogen achieved the seemingly impossible task of creating an intimate portrait of a woman who desperately does not want to be known, but very much deserves to be. From the origins of improv comedy to the funniest movies of the 1970s to the notorious legal battles that hovered over May’s career, Courogen gets into all of...

This week Murtada interviews writer and director Fawzia Mirza about The Queen of My Dreams. Mirza discusses her film, a mother/ daughter drama inspired by both Bollywood musicals and Mirza's own life as a queer Pakistani Muslim, and how she wanted to make a hopeful narrative and how she collaborated with her actors to ground its fantastical elements in reality. Before that Izzy and murtada discuss the fall film festival announcements and which films they are excited to see (Lady Gaga! Pedro...

After a busy few summer weeks, Izzy and Murtada catch up on the things they’ve been watching, including the latest documentaries from Tribeca like the recent Liza Minnelli documentary. Then the real debate heats up over Netflix’s Hit Man: is it a crowd-pleaser or not? Is Glenn Powell the next big movie star or would his PR people just like you to think that? They debate, you decide! Article mentioned: Every Hollywood “it” boy is a white guy! Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram:...

This week, Karl Delossantos joins Izzy and Murtada to report on his experience at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival! His favorite of the festival? Anora, Sean Baker’s Palme d’Or winning film about a sex worker who becomes involved with the son of a Russian oligarch. We also dive deep into Francis Ford Coppola’s passion project Megalopolis, a confounding statement about we’re-not-exactly-sure but are still excited to see, as well as Yorgos Lanthimos’s latest Kinds of Kindness, starring his usual...

It’s summer 2024 baby! Takes are heating up faster than the alleged chemistry between Nick Galitzine and Anne Hathaway in The Idea of You. Murtada starts us off with rants about that film and The Fall Guy, before the pair turn their attention to Back to Black, the latest biopic covering the life of the late English legend Amy Winehouse. They discuss what the film gets right and wrong, and how challenging it is to play a star of such a huge magnitude. They compare Back to Black to recent...

Izzy and Murtada make their grand return to the podcast to discuss Challengers, the latest from Italian director Luca Guadagnino. Zendaya, Josh O’Connor, and Mike Faist star in this sensual thriller that brings audiences into the melodramatic world of professional tennis. Tensions run high when their lives collide in a make-or-break match that will determine the next steps in their career. In this episode, they discuss the star power of Zendaya, Josh O’Connor’s scene-stealing performance as...

The 96th Academy Awards were on Sunday and Izzy and Murtada have thoughts about them!!! In this episode they review Ryan Gosling’s fun rendition of I’m Just Ken, Jonathan Glazer’s brave political statement, possibly the worst In Memoriam segment to have ever graced a telecast, and, of course, Emma Stone’s Best Actress win. Why didn’t Killers of the Flower Moon win any awards? How come everyone loved Oppenheimer so much? Listen to find out what we think! See Privacy Policy at...

In this episode, Izzy chats with host of Turner Classic Movies, Dave Karger, about his book “50 Oscar Nights: Iconic Stars and Filmmakers on their Career-Defining Wins.” This collection of original interviews with actors, filmmakers, musicians, and craftspeople spans 60 years of Oscar history, and provides truly personal insight into a very public, much-discussed event. Karger talks about what it’s like being on the red carpet, his interviews with actors like Jane Fonda and Hilary Swank, and...

The time has come! The Oscars are on March 10th and this week Murtada and Izzy predict the winners in all the major categories. They also advocate for who they want to see win. Gather around and hear arguments for Lily Gladstone, The Zone of Interest, Colman Domingo, Sandra Huller and Anatomy of a Fall and many others. The epsode includes a discussion about what transpired during the Indie Spirit Awards! Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @IMPictureShow. To hear more from Izzy and...

Ever wonder what campy double-header Izzy and Murtada would program for a live event? What’s going on with Meryl Streep’s career? Who should be Sofia Coppola’s next muse? What’s it like balancing personal passions with audience expectations? This week on the pod—you asked, we answered!!!  Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @IMPictureShow. To hear more from Izzy and Murtada check them out on social media: Izzy (Twitter: @bkrewind, IG: @bk_rewind); Murtada (Twitter: @ME_Says,...

This week Karl Delossantos joins us again to review two. best International Film nominees: Society of the Snow and Perfect Days! We discuss whether we’d survive a harrowing plane crash in the Andes (absolutely not) and how slow cinema can actually be extraordinarily riveting. Listen as you trek through the snow from the most recent blizzard for full effect. Read Murtada's review of Perfect Days. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @IMPictureShow. To hear more from Izzy and Murtada...

This week Murtada interviews Moses Bwayo the director of the Oscar nominated documentary Bobi Wine: The People’s President. The conversation encompasses Bwayo’s 5-year long quest to bring to audiences the story of Wine, a popular musician in Uganda who tried to serve his community by challenging an authoritarian dictator and how that impacted him, his family and the people of Uganda. But before that Izzy and Murtada talk about their favorite Oscar category; best actress and what Annette...

The Oscar nominations were announced on Tuesday morning and obviously everyone is being very chill about it—Izzy and Murtada included! This week they caught up to mourn the May December snubs, give their predictions for the major categories, and, YES, wade into the Barbie discourse.  Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @IMPictureShow. To hear more from Izzy and Murtada check them out on social media: Izzy (Twitter: @bkrewind, IG: @bk_rewind); Murtada (Twitter: @ME_Says,...

This week Izzy and Murtada welcome Karl Delossantos to discuss All of Us Strangers, Andrew Haigh’s metaphysical meditation on the relationships of queer children to their parents. Izzy also offers her thoughts on Oppenheimer, which took her far too long to see, but which turned out to not be that urgent in her opinion. Finally, the trio gives their thoughts about the upcoming Oscar nominations—who’s in, who’s out, and who will be out but should be in!  Here's Murtada's review of the fil @ AV...

In their first recording session of 2024, Izzy and Murtada catch up on the Golden Globes and SAG nominations. They lament the gradual erasure of May December, wonder if the Bradley Cooper discourse has gone too far, and debate whether Annette Bening truly will be nominated for NYAD! Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @IMPictureShow. To hear more from Izzy and Murtada check them out on social media: Izzy (Twitter: @bkrewind, IG: @bk_rewind); Murtada (Twitter: @ME_Says,...

This week Izzy and Murtada are joined by Jenny He and Dara Jaffe, the brilliant curators behind The Academy Museum’s John Waters exhibition, “Pope of Trash.” The exhibition, which runs until August 2024, is the first comprehensive exhibition dedicated to Waters’s work. From his earliest 8mm silent films to his most recent film, 2004’s A Dirty Shame, it explores his filmmaking process, singular style, and the core themes of his work. In this interview, He and Jaffe share insight into the...

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This week Murtada interviews Palestinian director Lina Soualem about her Oscar tipped movie, Bye Bye Tiberias. Soualem traces the history of four generations of Palestinian women in her family by pointing the camera at her mother, actress Hiam Abbas, of Succession fame. In playfully recreating moments from Abbas’ life in Palestine, with her sisters, mother and grandmother, Soualem pays tribute to the women in her family while creating a record of the political and cultural issues of her...

This week Izzy chatted with Sydney Urbanek, one of our best writers and thinkers on pop stars and their visual antics. Sydney shared her thoughts on two recent theatrical releases by Beyonce and Taylor Swift—the difference between “concert films” and “filmed concerts,” how the films develop their respective personas, and why Izzy is a fool for having not seen Homecoming yet. You can follow Sydney’s writing with her newsletter, Mononym Mythology: https://sydurbanek.ghost.io/ Follow the show...