Beer and a Movie

268: Saw X/Exorcist: Believer/It Lives Inside - All Horror October With Guest Kailey Diaz

It's this year's All Horror October batch of the most recent horror new releases with two franchises, Saw X and Exorcist: Believer, along with the PG-13-rated, Hindu lore creature-feature, It Lives Inside. Kailey Diaz joins us and, along with three beers, we balance horror and high-ABV humor well into the 2nd hour of this mega-episode. And most importantly, we really don't see sucked-out-eyeball to eyeball on any of the films.
Beers by Drekker Brewing and Martin House Brewing.

 

267: Bay of Blood/Suspiria - All Horror October Begins With Guest Ronee Martinez

All Horror October IV begins with our Italian Horror Maestro Double Feature: Mario Bava's Bay of Blood (1971) and Dario Argento's Suspiria (1977) with guest Ronee Martinez. Ronee, wearing an Argento T-shirt and a taxidermied bat, brings her expertise as the operator of The Official Corpus Christi Horror Club. 
We kick things off in bloody style with two great films and beers by 3 Nations Brewing and Peroni, the biggest beer in Italy. 

266: Dumb Money/The Social Network - Running Through Lightning With Guest Anthony Zoccolillo

“Paul Dano is a god d@mned American treasure,” says this week’s guest Anthony Zoccolillo. We try to make a little Dumb Money, the new Dano film about the notorious 2021 GameStop stock short controversy, and explain why we paired it with Fincher’s The Social Network? We learn something new about David, Joe still hates The Ring, and Anthony {perfectly?} describes the taste profile of farmhouse ales.

Beers by Lone Pint Brewery, Magnolia, TX, and True Anomaly Brewing Company, Houston, TX.

265: A Haunting in Venice/Don’t Look Now with Guest Kyle Ferguson

Dr. Horror, Kyle Ferguson, is BACK to discuss Kenneth Branaugh's latest, A Haunting in Venice, along with the 1973 Roeg CLASSIC, Don't Look Now! How did we feel about this latest spook-filled Poirot whodunnit? Did Don't Look Now's reputation live up to this first-time-viewing experience for Kyle and Joe?

We save Don't Look Up's spoiler ending until the very end so buckle up, and enjoy this blood-drenched episode of BaaM!

264: Showing Up/Big Eyes With Guest Pamela Brouillard

David gets excited to review one of his favorite working directors, Kelly Reichardt's, new film, Showing Up. This quiet character set in the world of Oregon art allows us to also take a look at Tim Burton's Big Eyes (2014). Returning guest, Pamela Brouillard, brings the high intellectual takes as usual, but then shocks us repeatedly with some great drops. 

Beers by Untitled Art (of course)!

263: Bottoms/Shiva Baby With Guest Meridith Melville

See Bottoms! That's our take this week with first-time-guest Meredith Melville. But should you go back to Bottoms writer/director Emma Seligman's debut, Shiva Baby? That's a little more mixed. Two films from the same director...two beers from the same brewery. Garden Path Fermentation enters the BaaM 5-Timers Club after we enjoy their The Easygoing Drink and The Wet Hopped Ship!

262: Pee Wee’s Big Adventure/Playtime - Complex But Not Complicated - Guest: Ethan Thompson

We remember Paul Reubens by spending a little time down memory lane with Pee Wee's Big Adventure and guest Ethan Thompson. We try not to just do a quote-a-thon, but so...many...quotes. We pair it with Jacques Tati's titular character Monsieur Hulot as featured in Playtime. 

BaaM Patron Beer Saint, Daniel Benavidez, provides us with two 14% barleywines from Weathered Souls Brewing's #BIL series, and they do their job. 

261: Sorcerer/Cruising - A Hegemony of Adjunct Lagers - Guest: Harold Ramos

Dave, Joe and Harold remember 70s directing legend William Friedkin by diving in to two of his early films, Sorcerer and Cruising. Both were box office and critical bombs that have grown in esteem through the decades. What are our verdicts? All while enjoying two beers from Jester King and Nebraska Brewing Company. 

260: Strays/White God - The Same Venn Diagram - Guest: Roland Alaniz

Dave and Joe welcome back comedian Roland Alaniz to discuss the new Will Ferrell/Jamie Foxx canine comedy, Strays, along with the 2014 Hungarian canine revenge opus, White God. Roland hosts the podcast, Sports with Roland, so we start with Sportz, a very blue gose from Turning Point Beer. The interesting sours continue in the second half with a very mochi Berliner Weisse from Parish Brewing. 

259: TMNT: Mutant Mayhem/Sausage Party - Celebrate the Mutagen - Guest: Tyler Chrobocinski

David returns to meet first-time guest Tyler Chrobocinski from the band Left Handed Knives. We ooze into a Seth Rogen co-writer/producer/voice actor double feature: TMNT: Mutant Mayhem and Sausage Party. We explore the beer named after Left Handed Knives (or was that the other way around?) from B&J's Brewpub out of Corpus Christi, TX. Films are accompanied by Ingenious Brewing and 903 Brewing.