Middle Class Film Class
Episodes
596 episodes
Heist Movies Part 1 - SEXY BEAST (2000) + MASTERMINDS (2016)
Pete and Joseph kick off the new format with two entries into the heist movie genre with two polar opposites. A Jonathan Glazer moody character study set in Spain where you barely see the heist... and a mad cap goofy heist that is full of idiot...
Upcoming Video Game Movies, Disney News & STREAMING PICKS
Hello classmates!Video Game movies are BACK, Coyote vs Acme vs WB, PLUS is Disney still an industry innovator?Visit the YouTube channel Saturdays @ 12:30 PM Pacific to get in on the live stream, or just watch this episode rath...
Crime 101 (2026) review / dir. Bart Layton
Pete and Joseph watch Ruffalo do basic police work this week as they review the crime thriller that Amazon someone paid $90 million for in a bidding war vs Netflix... CRIME 101. Chris Hemsworth plays a grown-up orphan, who is also a thief with ...
Movie news, the most X-rated game we've ever played & STREAMING PICKS
Hello classmates!Joseph bring a new game to the show, Hollywood makes some cuts, and change is upon the classVisit the YouTube channel Saturdays @ 12:30 PM Pacific to get in on the live stream, or just watch this episode rathe...
Gunslingers (2025) review / dir. Brian Skiba
Pete and Joseph watch Nic Cage give the performance of a lifetime while everyone else just tries to keep this, this week, as they review GUNSLINGERS, streaming on Netflix. Sylvester Stalone's daughter tries her best to show a human emotion whil...
K-pop in the Criterion Closet, Travolta in the director's chair & STREAMING PICKS
Hello classmates!Huntrix enters the Criterion Closet, Jonathan Majors is a fucking loser, and John Travolta makes his debut Visit the YouTube channel Saturdays @ 12:30 PM Pacific to get in on the live stream, or just watc...
Joint Security Area (2000) review / dir. Park Chan-Wook
Pete and Joseph cross the MDZ this week as they review Park Chan-Wook's highest rated movie behind Oldboy. This week we are tackling Joint Security Area. Go in blind, and do yourself a favor and give this a watch to see just how far PCW has com...
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...
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 ...
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...
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, ...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...