Middle Class Film Class
Weekly movie news and review released every Monday and Wednesday. Mondays are Gab & chatter (movie news, discussion) and streaming recommendations. Wednesday is one deep dive review chose from the Wheel of Destiny. Recorded live to tape with Joseph, Pete & Tyler. Email us to be featured on the air, or for general inquiries MCFCpodcast@gmail.com
Episodes
589 episodes
Who won the Oscar pool, Dune Fever, and STREAMING PICKS!
Hello classmates!PTA finally wins his Oscar, Joseph is shifting into Dune mode, and Pete pays his penance Visit the YouTube channel Saturdays @ 12:30 PM Pacific to get in on the live stream, or just watch this episode rat...
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Season 3
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Episode 588
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1:03:31
No Other Choice (2025) review / dir. Park Chan-Wook
Pete and Joseph eliminate the competition this week as they review a movie that being touted as THE Oscar snub of 2025, No Other Choice. If you're a fan of PCW already, it may be difficult to not compare this movie to classics like Oldboy or I ...
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Season 3
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Episode 587
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48:39
Razzie winners, Oscars-worthy fatigue, and STREAMING PICKS!
Hello classmates!Academy voters are sick of it all, The razzies rear their ugly head again, and Who will win Dallas’ High Roller Oscar game tomorrow??Visit the YouTube channel Saturdays @ 12:30 PM Pacific to get in on the live...
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Season 3
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Episode 586
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1:09:07
The Secret Agent (2025) review / dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho
Pete and Joseph finish the last of the Best Pictures nominees as they review the Wagner Moura 70's thriller, The Secret Agent. While the name may be misleading, and the themes and historical details may go over the heads of Amercian audiences, ...
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Season 3
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Episode 585
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45:31
Sentimental Value (2025) review / dir. Joachim Trier
Pete and Joseph speak Norwegian this week as they review Joachim Trier's follow up to The Worst Person in the World, Sentimental Value (2025). Starring Stellan Skarsgard and Renate Reinsve as a father daughter duo wrestling with past hurts and ...
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Season 3
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Episode 583
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49:34
Listener DALLAS brings some gambling to the show!
Hello classmates!The Oscars are upon us, Pete & Joseph make their predictions with the help of The Big Red Dal… and another gambler has entered the chat Visit the YouTube channel Saturdays @ 12:30 PM Pacific to get in...
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Season 3
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Episode 584
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49:13
BAFTA blunders, Paramount sucks, and a few good streaming picks
Hello classmates!Paramount gains a new symbiotic parasite, 2026 movies we’re excited for, and the BAFTAs somehow become a symbol of two ‘isms as the same timeVisit the YouTube channel Saturdays @ 12:30 PM Pacific to get in on ...
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Season 3
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Episode 582
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55:59
Hamnet (2025) review / dir. Chloe Zhao
Pete and Joseph get sad together this week as they review another Best Picture nominee, Hamnet (2025). Chloe Zhao's follow up to Marvel's Eternals shows that she did not fall completely into the studio system, as she brings the viewer on a tale...
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Season 3
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Episode 581
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54:58
Movie news, Streaming Picks, and PLAY DATE hits the festival circuit!!
Hello classmates!2026 claims a handful of Hollywood greats, Sam Raimi is BACK… and Play Date hits the festival circuit Visit the YouTube channel Saturdays @ 12:30 PM Pacific to get in on the live stream, or just watch thi...
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Season 3
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Episode 580
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53:52
F1: The Movie (2025) review / dir. Joseph Kosinski
Joseph & Pete hit the track this week as they review the surprise nominee for Best Picture at the 2026 oscars, F1: The Movie. If you think you've seen this sort of story before, well buckle up because you have! And if you think you can pred...
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Season 3
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Episode 579
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1:00:33
Joseph's new short film PLAY DATE debuts... plus streaming picks
Hello classmates!The world lost a comedic genius, Sam Raimi is BACK… and Texas Chainsaw Massacre gets the A24 treatment Visit the YouTube channel Saturdays @ 12:30 PM Pacific to get in on the live stream, or just watch th...
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Season 3
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Episode 578
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59:16
The Testament of Ann Lee (2025) review / dir. Mona Fastvold
Joseph & Pete head to the theater to watch a musical biopic of the woman the brought Shakers to America... in 70mm! The Testament of Anne Lee stars Amanda Seyfried, and is gorgeous and expansive. Surprisingly, Testament was passed over by t...
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Season 3
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Episode 577
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42:57
MOVIE NEWS: Keenan & Kel and 2026 Oscar Noms... plus streaming picks
Hello classmates!The 2026 Oscar nominations are here, Play Date is upon us, and Abbott & Costello move over… Keenan and Kel have arrived Visit the YouTube channel Saturdays @ 12:30 PM Pacific to get in on the live str...
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Season 3
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Episode 576
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55:34
The Toxic Avenger (2023) review / dir. Macon Blair
Joseph & Pete take tackle the remake of a cult B-movie with an aversion to box office profits, THE TOXIC AVENGER! The first one was low budget, ulta violent, full of shocking scenes and dispicible chaarcters... the remake is all that but wi...
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Season 3
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Episode 575
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49:54
Beer fit for a kaiju, David Fincher's Cliff Booth movie, and much more!!
Hello classmates!PBR celebrating our favorite giant lizard, David Fincher wraps on the Cliff Boothiverse, and Motherwound hits Sacramento HorrorfestVisit the YouTube channel Saturdays @ 12:30 PM Pacific to get in on the live s...
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Season 3
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Episode 574
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41:46
Sew Torn (2024) review / dir. Freddy Macdonald
Joseph & Pete take a listener suggestion this week as they review a gem out of Switzerland from a Freshman director... this week we are reviewing SEW TORN. Watch this one on Netflix, AMC, Shudder, Prime Video, or Plex and settle in for some...
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Season 3
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Episode 573
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45:42
News about Tim Burton, Jim Cameron, and a NEW GAME!
Hello classmates!James Cameron joins the 3 comma club one more time, Tim Burton is a Koreaboo, and Pete brings a new game to the show Visit the YouTube channel Saturdays @ 12:30 PM Pacific to get in on the live stream, or...
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Season 3
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Episode 572
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46:41
Bugonia (2025) review / dir. Yorgos Lanthimos
Joseph & Pete review the movie that people are calling Yorgos Lanthimos' most accessible movie yet, Bugonia. Joining V For Vendetta, Les Miserables, and G.I. Jane, Bugonia takes the shears to the long locks of lead actress, Emma Stone, as s...
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Season 3
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Episode 571
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51:31
Literal BUCKETS of popcorn, movie memories game, and STREAMING picks
Hello classmates!Cinemark wants you to OD on popcorn, 2025 Letterboxd wrapped, and movie notes from Joseph’s pastVisit the YouTube channel Saturdays @ 12:30 PM Pacific to get in on the live stream, or just watch this episode r...
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Season 3
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Episode 570
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1:09:41
St. Paul Dano, Netflix takes over the world, and Streaming Picks
Hello classmates!The Academy Awards abandon network television, an update from the State of Tyler, and one of the greats was taken from us Visit the YouTube channel Saturdays @ 12:30 PM Pacific to get in on the live stream, or j...
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Season 3
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Episode 569
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54:40
MARTY SUPREME review + The Best and Worst movies of 2025
Hello classmates!The best and worst of 2025, Pete issues an apology, and Marty reigns supremeVisit the YouTube channel Saturdays @ 12:30 PM Pacific to get in on the live stream, or just watch this episode rather than just list...
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Season 3
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Episode 568
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1:28:09
Train Dreams (2025) review / dir. Clint Bentley
Joseph & Pete tackle the oscar buzz movie that everyone is talking about as they review the new Clint Bentley movie, Train Dreams, out now on Netflix. Follow the life of Robert Granier, a frontiersman at the turn of the 20th century as he l...
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Season 3
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Episode 567
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47:26
St. Paul Dano, Netflix takes over the world, and Streaming Picks
Hello classmates!Pete and Joseph find their new normal, Warner Brothers finds a new sugar daddy, and Paul Dano finds out he’s America’s SweetheartVisit the YouTube channel Saturdays @ 12:30 PM Pacific to get in on the live str...
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Season 3
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Episode 566
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1:10:24
Blonde Venus (1932) review / dir. Josef von Sternberg
The gang (or just Pete) dances their way out of a gorilla costume this week as they wrap up Pre Code November with a Patreon pick, Black Venus. Pete also drops a bomb on the class with a Tyler health update. Send in your well wishes to Tyler at...
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Season 3
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Episode 565
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39:30
Pre-Code chat with Seth Vargas - SOLO POD!
Hello classmates!The winter rains take Joseph to the curb, Tyler gets the Batman Bane treatment, and Seth Vargas joins Pete to talk about some old moviesSolo pod this week with special guest, Seth Vargas from Movie Friends pod...
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Season 3
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Episode 564
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1:04:00