Let's Take Five

Austin Lugar and Eric Martindale look into some of the greatest artists in cinema and pick five of their films to closely examine.

A Little Delay 09/29/2021

A Little Delay We're going to be off for a few weeks, but we'll be back! /episode/index/show/letstakefive/id/20649950

For a Few Dollars More 09/11/2021

For a Few Dollars More The guys continue into the Man with No Name trilogy but it gets a little Bad. They talk about the complexity of the story, how the shooting scenes talk about character and, of course, Klaus Kinski. /episode/index/show/letstakefive/id/20438852

A Fistful of Dollars 09/06/2021

A Fistful of Dollars Cue the Morricone score! The guys start their Sergio Leone Five with the beginning of his Man With No Name trilogy. They talk about its Kurosawa roots and what makes his movies so cool. /episode/index/show/letstakefive/id/20383583

Kate Winslet Wrap-Up 08/27/2021

Kate Winslet Wrap-Up The guys look back at the career of one of their favorite working actors, tangent briefly to talk about Alan Rickman and then reveal the subject of their next Five... /episode/index/show/letstakefive/id/20287658

Revolutionary Road 08/20/2021

Revolutionary Road And we're back in the suburbs. Last time we discussed the nuance of Little Children and this week we're discussing the.....we're discussing Revolutionary Road! /episode/index/show/letstakefive/id/20208794

Bonus - Reflections Through the Glass: Darkly Visions of Movies and Moving Away 08/13/2021

Bonus - Reflections Through the Glass: Darkly Visions of Movies and Moving Away In which Eric is in town and wants to talk about the nature of art criticism. /episode/index/show/letstakefive/id/20121830

Little Children 08/09/2021

Little Children Austin and Eric record in person for the first time since Season One to discuss the adaptation of Tom Perrotta's Little Children. /episode/index/show/letstakefive/id/20085917

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 08/02/2021

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Didn't we already record this? The guys continue their Kate Winslet Five with another Oscar nomination for her on the modern sci-fi classic, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. A movie where she gets to wear jeans! /episode/index/show/letstakefive/id/20012981

Quills 07/28/2021

Quills Get washed up and get ready for the guys talk about the 2000 film, Quills, about the final months of the Marquis de Sade and the young woman who risks everything to get his work to the public. /episode/index/show/letstakefive/id/19960982

Heavenly Creatures 07/16/2021

Heavenly Creatures In her first feature film, Kate Winslet shocked the world with her bold and complicated performance of one of the two notorious participants in the Parker-Hulme case. Listen as the guys talk about the nuances of sympathy in the movie as well the ambitious of tone in this early Peter Jackson film. /episode/index/show/letstakefive/id/19835537

Jackie Chan Wrap-Up 07/13/2021

Jackie Chan Wrap-Up The boys have made it to the end of their Jackie Chan Five and one of them is very relieved. They talk once more about what makes Jackie Chan action movies different from other action movies and then get distracted talking about 90s cartoon adaptations of movies. Then they unveil the new Five... /episode/index/show/letstakefive/id/19789238

Rush Hour 07/02/2021

Rush Hour Are you listening to the words coming out our mouths? Yes, the guys changed up their line-up so they can talk about the wildly successful Rush Hour. /episode/index/show/letstakefive/id/19681844

Rumble in the Bronx 06/25/2021

Rumble in the Bronx We've been to Hong Kong, we've been to Spain and now we're in America* with Jackie Chan! The guys had to change their schedule due to availability, but that means they get to watch this movie earlier than expected. Is that a good thing? /episode/index/show/letstakefive/id/19610177

Police Story 06/21/2021

Police Story The guys have hit Jackie Chan's biggest international hit, Police Story. It is filled with awe-inspiring stunts and a more grounded story. But.....what do they think? /episode/index/show/letstakefive/id/19545044

Wheels on Meals 06/11/2021

Wheels on Meals Jackie Chan is in Spain! The guys talk about this wacky comedy of two food truck cooks teaming up with a fake private eye to save a secret heiress by storming a castle. Obviously. Find out if this movie broke Eric! /episode/index/show/letstakefive/id/19438277

Project A 06/04/2021

Project A The Jackie Chan Five has begun and it's time to go into the simple story of sailors who are now pirates who are tracking down illegal gun sales to pirates. (We think). The guys discuss Jackie Chan's directorial intent, the pros and cons of how much should action heroes bleed and what are the stakes of this movie. /episode/index/show/letstakefive/id/19345976

Francis Ford Coppola Wrap-Up 05/29/2021

Francis Ford Coppola Wrap-Up The time has come! The guys look back at their time with Francis Ford Coppola and where he stands in cinema's past and present. Also they announce their next Five that will start next week. /episode/index/show/letstakefive/id/19287395

Bram Stoker's Dracula 05/21/2021

Bram Stoker's Dracula Is it, though? Is it actually Bram Stoker's Dracula. For better or worse, I'm pretty sure it's Francis Ford Coppola's. Listen as the guys gleefully try to figure out if this movie is any good. /episode/index/show/letstakefive/id/19184867

The Godfather Part III 05/14/2021

The Godfather Part III Finally, the guys are here to talk about the most beloved entry in the Godfather franchise. They are actually looking at both versions of Part III, the original and the newly re-edited version. Listen as they try to answer the immortal question "Does this movie work?" /episode/index/show/letstakefive/id/19099406

Apocalypse Now 05/07/2021

Apocalypse Now Madness....madness. Eric and Austin wrestle with their admiration and confusion about the iconic Vietnam war film. They discuss what it's like to dislike the protagonist and how this fits in as an anti-war movie. /episode/index/show/letstakefive/id/19022267

The Conversation 05/01/2021

The Conversation Did you hear that? The guys end up being recorded as they talk about Francis Ford Coppola's paranoid thriller, The Conversation. /episode/index/show/letstakefive/id/18937493

Let's Not Take Five 04/23/2021

Let's Not Take Five No episode this week, but The Conversation will be out next Friday. /episode/index/show/letstakefive/id/18839558

The Godfather 04/17/2021

The Godfather Well....it's The Godfather! Eric and Austin look at this immortal classic and how it embraces immersion, authenticity and scale. Also Austin talks about You've Got Mail. /episode/index/show/letstakefive/id/18760508

Ethan Hawke Wrap-Up 04/14/2021

Ethan Hawke Wrap-Up The guys have finished another Five and are looking back at how much they just like this good boy. They look at what seems to drive Ethan Hawke, his interest in getting better and they get distracted to talk about Warcraft. They also announce their next Five... /episode/index/show/letstakefive/id/18716438

First Reformed 04/10/2021

First Reformed As we enter the end of our Five, we maybe get to Ethan Hawke's best performance of a depressed priest who starts to radicalize himself. They talk about the movies ambiguous qualities as well as how the film embraces transcendentalism. Don't sit on this underseen masterpiece. /episode/index/show/letstakefive/id/18676337

Before Midnight 04/05/2021

Before Midnight Austin and Eric talk civilly about a movie that is primarily about a fight. The guys talk about the final(?) entry in the Before series by talking about Ethan Hawke returning to the role for the second time. /episode/index/show/letstakefive/id/18612041

Sinister 03/26/2021

Sinister No more of these movies where Ethan Hawke has one very emotional day. We're going to watch one where it's four days! Eric and Austin get into the very scary horror film Sinister to see what it's like to see Hawke play a bad guy and lean into genre. /episode/index/show/letstakefive/id/18480512

Before Sunset 03/21/2021

Before Sunset After several episodes, Eric and Austin return to have a long conversation again about the Before trilogy. They break down Before Sunset with their usual amount of hyperbole including wondering if this is the best sequel ever made. /episode/index/show/letstakefive/id/18410393

Training Day 03/12/2021

Training Day We have covered a number of Ethan Hawke movies before but haven't devoted any time looking purely at his career. We start our Five looking at his first Oscar nomination playing the supporting(?) role in Training Day. Does the movie hold up? At all? Find out! /episode/index/show/letstakefive/id/18304568

Paul Thomas Anderson Wrap-Up 03/11/2021

Paul Thomas Anderson Wrap-Up First Five of the season completed! Eric and Austin look back at Paul Thomas Anderson's career, talk about the films they didn't cover, and what it means to be an event director. Also they announce the next Five... /episode/index/show/letstakefive/id/18278609

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