The Low Ceiling

Thank you for listening.

Now You See Me 2: (“It should have been called Now You Don’t!”) The Second Act extended edition Redux, a movie that revokes your cinephile card if you watch it. We talk about another Woody Harrelson wig fiasco, Snoopy in the vestibule, and the dumbest scene ever shot.Follow us @thelowceiling on Instagram. Rate, review, and follow wherever else you want to listen.

We made it! Our raison d’etre, the single film that exemplifies our wayward and godforsaken show, Now You See Me! The Fast & the Furious of card tricks! A film unbound by the rules of our universe! Because: magic. Pri again gaslights everyone into thinking she’s seen a movie she hasn’t and then we talk about Jesse Eisenberg’s career, bad performances, and solving crimes for the pride of Europe.Follow us @thelowceiling on Instagram. Rate, review, and follow wherever else you want to listen.

It’s the final X-Mennnn, duh nuh nuh nuhhh duh nuh nuhnuh nuhhhh. Dark Phoenix. Jon has face hurting disease but still manages to rank every X-Men film. We talk about the serious hair problems in this film, ponder how the world healed so fast after the literal Apocalypse, and laud the Domino’s Pizza of actors, James McAvoy.Follow us @thelowceiling on Instagram. Rate, review, and follow wherever else you want to listen.

We’re back puzzling over the work of Scott Cooper. Antlers! A film that no one can really tell if Pri has actually seen and she won’t tell you anyway, in fact she’ll probably gaslight you. We talk about the greatest film technique, someone disappearing into the shadows, the short story the film was based on, and the death of the American town.Follow us @thelowceiling on Instagram. Rate, review, and follow wherever else you want to listen.

Saw! The one that started it all and kicked off a whole genre renaissance and massive film franchise. Naturally, Jon and Pri talk about what kind of serial killers they’d be, quintessential cinema twists (there’s only 2), and their favourite torture devices. Join us for this life affirming episode so you too can be grateful for being alive.Follow us @thelowceiling on Instagram. Rate, review, and follow wherever else you want to listen.

We’re back to the Ritchie-verse with The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. We talk about our recent experiences watching two mediocre movies (Warfare and Sinners) and a piece of true film art (The Amateur) before talking about our favourite cinema Churchills and how World War II could have been prevented if Hitler had watched the Michael Sheen Amazon Prime series Good Omens.Follow us @thelowceiling on Instagram. Rate, review, and follow wherever else you want to listen.

This week it’s the scariest film ever based on science (?!). Scott Derrickson’s 2012 hit Sinister! We’re big into whimsy on this pod so we whimsically discuss snuff films, Shirley Jackson’s husband, wife, or dog who went to college, and Forbes, the AI Magazine. Release the Bughuul cut!Follow us @thelowceiling on Instagram. Rate, review, and follow wherever else you want to listen.

Welcome to the Hawke-verse. We talk about Daybreakers, a depressing, contrast-heavy film that completely resists its own premise. Before that we discuss Pri’s cinema adventures to see Novacaine and The Alto Knights and how superhero movies don’t ever address the most burning questions. Then, we break down good dummy performances, Chevy sponsorships, and tell people to go donate blood.Follow us @thelowceiling on Instagram. Rate, review, and follow wherever else you want to listen.

Road House Redux the director’s extended edition! When I see the sea I dive in! We talk about Jacked Gyllenhaal’s entry into the Road House canon, a remake that could have used Jon Bernthal or Bradley Cooper but didn’t. Furthermore, we discuss Irish crocodiles, fight scene CGI, and Timothee Chalamet’s limp hand.Follow us @thelowceiling on Instagram. Rate, review, and follow wherever else you want to listen.

Pain don't hurt! This film requires no introduction because it transcends quality and, frankly, dignity. Road House! A story about a guy who turns a dive bar into a Denny's. Jon talks about seeing Mickey 17 then we dive into this classic movie which is a triumph for feminism and the Midwest. Blood on the floor every night, mijo.Follow us @thelowceiling on Instagram. Rate, review, and follow wherever else you want to listen.

This week, we talk about the missionary position of films. The Sum of All Fears, a Ben Affleck vehicle where the greatest fear is trying to get a candy bar from a vending machine and causing a nuclear explosion. On this episode we explain how this is a perfect 6/10 film, make a plea for libertarian dark money, and talk about the stiff, thick, hard American national anthem.Follow us @thelowceiling on Instagram. Rate, review, and follow wherever else you want to listen.

Finally, we take on Big Spielberg and the entire Warner Brothers' pantheon of IP. Ready Player One is a movie that's message is war is great and money buys happiness. We talk about copyright (?!), video game economies (????), and busty Goth chick avatars (!!!!).Follow us @thelowceiling on Instagram. Rate, review, and follow wherever else you want to listen.

We continue our trend of doing strictly comedies with Hostiles, another laugh riot from Scott Cooper. In this chipper episode Jon expounds on his fantasy of Jacob Elordi crawling into his arms so he can swaddle him like a baby and asks the all important question: what happened to Jonathan Majors? Then, we talk about the system of American violence, various reasons to dig, and a guy who wrote a whole PDF using Adobe Acrobat Pro.Follow us @thelowceiling on Instagram. Rate, review, and follow wherever else you want to listen.

A pod riddled with audio problems and Pri's insistence on recording lying down, we dig into Out of the Furnace, another Scott Cooper joint that's a barrel of non-stop laughter and mirth. In this joy filled episode we discuss the death of the working class, revenge, and crushing emotional despair.Follow us @thelowceiling on Instagram. Rate, review, and follow wherever else you want to listen.

For today's tense political atmosphere we cover Air Force One But on the Ground. White House Down is Roland Emmerich's radical film about the military industrial complex and a president who wears cool shoes. We talk about faceless politcal villains who have a thing underground, Canada's ongoing feud with the Baltic states, and The Order. Then we pitch a movie that's Hotel Rwanda meets National Treasure and reminisce about the seminal folk album Inside Richard Jenkins.Follow us @thelowceiling on Instagram. Rate, review, and follow wherever else you want to listen.

Scottfest barrels on like a runaway train from a whole different movie! A big week of movie watching. We talk about Presence, The Girl with the Needle, The Order, and Queer. Then Jon gets back to keeping everyone abreast on Uncharted 2 news before we talk about Tony Scott's Spy Game, a film starring Robert Redford and literally his son, Brad Pitt.Follow us @thelowceiling on Instagram. Rate, review, and follow wherever else you want to listen.

Father, son, House of Gucci. Scottfest returns with a work of cinema art where Jared Leto plays a dude doing another dude and Lady Gaga plays a Russian oligarch. We talk about Nickel Boys, bucket-headed ladies, and how this film accurately depicts how all Italians really behave. Remember everyone, murder actually is a crime.Follow us @thelowceiling on Instagram. Rate, review, and follow wherever else you want to listen.

We're back! In our odd tradition we cover the 92nd and 97th Academy Awards. The intrigue, the suspense, the casual dismissal of Nicholas Hoult. Pri drinks seed water endorsed by Regular F. Kennedy as we dig deep into awards season. Always remember, if there's a knife you run away but if there's a gun you run at them.Follow us @thelowceiling on Instagram. Rate, review, and follow wherever else you want to listen.

OLD SPORT! We talk about The Brutalist, before moving on to an intellectually stimulating conversation about Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby (2013). We discuss Daisy's villainy and the best show on TV, Industry, all while getting f*cked up on over-the-counter pharmacy alcohol. Follow us @thelowceiling on Instagram. Rate, review, and follow wherever else you want to listen.