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Brad watches Hacksaw Ridge for the first time, and both hosts wrestle with a film that turns Desmond Doss’ extraordinary true story into an uneven mix of powerful heroism, clunky dialogue, brutal combat, and surprisingly unexplored questions about faith and pacifism. Then they review Heaven Hill’s Kentucky-exclusive Square 6 Wheated Bourbon, a youthful-tasting 105-proof whiskey whose $90 price tag earns one of the clearest do-not-recommend verdicts in Film & Whiskey history. For longer episodes and special bonus content, consider joining our ⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠ for as little as $3/mo! Film & Whiskey ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ Film & Whiskey ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠ Film & Whiskey ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Email us⁠⁠! ⁠⁠Join our Discord server!⁠⁠ For more episodes and engaging content, visit Film & Whiskey's website at ⁠⁠www.filmwhiskey.com⁠⁠.

Brad finally watches David Fincher’s Se7en for the first time, leading to a debate over whether its legendary serial-killer story is a masterpiece of moral pessimism or simply an exceptionally well-made crime procedural. Then Bob and Brad review Bardstown Bourbon Company Discovery Series 2026, a mature, oak-forward 112-proof blend that comes tantalizingly close to the show’s "no-brainer recommendation" line. For longer episodes and special bonus content, consider joining our ⁠Patreon⁠ for as little as $3/mo! Film & Whiskey ⁠Instagram⁠ Film & Whiskey ⁠Facebook⁠ Film & Whiskey ⁠Twitter/X⁠ ⁠Email us⁠! ⁠Join our Discord server!⁠ For more episodes and engaging content, visit ⁠www.filmwhiskey.com⁠.

Brad watches Richard Linklater’s Before Sunrise for the first time, and both hosts fall hard for its honest portrait of young love, memory, longing, and two people talking their way toward something profound over one night in Vienna. Then they finish their Clyde May’s lineup with Alabama Style Whiskey, a pour that lands lower in quality than the brand’s bourbon and rye. For longer episodes and special bonus content, consider joining our ⁠Patreon⁠ for as little as $3/mo! Film & Whiskey ⁠Instagram⁠ Film & Whiskey ⁠Facebook⁠ Film & Whiskey ⁠Twitter/X⁠ ⁠Email us⁠! ⁠Join our Discord server!⁠ For more episodes and engaging content, visit ⁠www.filmwhiskey.com⁠.

Bob and Brad finally watch Martin McDonagh’s In Bruges and fall hard for its mix of pitch-black comedy, tragedy, moral philosophy, and extraordinary performances from Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, and Ralph Fiennes. Then they review Clyde May’s Straight Rye Whiskey, a bright, fruit-forward 94-proof rye that continues the brand’s surprisingly strong showing. For longer episodes and special bonus content, consider joining our ⁠Patreon⁠ for as little as $3/mo! Film & Whiskey ⁠Instagram⁠ Film & Whiskey ⁠Facebook⁠ Film & Whiskey ⁠Twitter/X⁠ ⁠Email us⁠! ⁠Join our Discord server!⁠ For more episodes and engaging content, visit ⁠www.filmwhiskey.com⁠.

Bob and Brad kick off a new three-film run with Arthur Penn’s Bonnie and Clyde, debating whether its groundbreaking violence, editing, and New Hollywood influence still make it a great movie or merely an important one. Then they finally try Clyde May’s Straight Bourbon Whiskey, a surprisingly flavorful 92-proof pour that ends up impressing both hosts far more than expected. For longer episodes and special bonus content, consider joining our ⁠Patreon⁠ for as little as $3/mo! Film & Whiskey ⁠Instagram⁠ Film & Whiskey ⁠Facebook⁠ Film & Whiskey ⁠Twitter/X⁠ ⁠Email us⁠! ⁠Join our Discord server!⁠ For more episodes and engaging content, visit ⁠www.filmwhiskey.com⁠.

Bob recaps the Kentucky Bourbon Festival before he and Brad explain Vulture’s Movies Fantasy League, including how to join the Film & Whiskey mini-league and why fantasy movies may be easier—and more addictive—than fantasy football. Then they preview the biggest releases still coming in 2026, from Dune: Part Three, Godzilla Minus Zero, and Avengers: Doomsday to awards contenders, strange festival movies, and whatever exactly Tom Cruise is doing in Digger. JOIN THE MOVIES FANTASY LEAGUE HERE: vulture.com/filmandwhiskey For longer episodes and special bonus content, consider joining our ⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠ for as little as $3/mo! Film & Whiskey ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ Film & Whiskey ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠ Film & Whiskey ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Email us⁠⁠! ⁠⁠Join our Discord server!⁠⁠ For more episodes and engaging content, visit Film & Whiskey's website at ⁠⁠www.filmwhiskey.com⁠⁠.

Bob and Brad finally watch Ridley Scott’s Thelma & Louise for the first time and come away stunned by Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon, a brilliant screenplay, and one of the best films they’ve discovered in years. Then they review Bardstown Bourbon Company Victoria Pineapple Finish, an unusually sweet, rum-and-pineapple-influenced whiskey that sparks a debate over whether Bob is allowed to keep calling it a liqueur. For longer episodes and special bonus content, consider joining our ⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠ for as little as $3/mo! Film & Whiskey ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ Film & Whiskey ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠ Film & Whiskey ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Email us⁠⁠! ⁠⁠Join our Discord server!⁠⁠ For more episodes and engaging content, visit Film & Whiskey's website at ⁠⁠www.filmwhiskey.com⁠⁠.

Bob and Brad hit the road with 1977’s Smokey and the Bandit, celebrating Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, and 95 minutes of gloriously uncomplicated car-chase chaos. Then they review Stillman Sonder 10-Year American Single Malt and discover that an impressive age statement doesn’t always make for an impressive whiskey. For longer episodes and special bonus content, consider joining our ⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠ for as little as $3/mo! Film & Whiskey ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ Film & Whiskey ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠ Film & Whiskey ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Email us⁠⁠! ⁠⁠Join our Discord server!⁠⁠ For more episodes and engaging content, visit Film & Whiskey's website at ⁠⁠www.filmwhiskey.com⁠⁠.

Buster Keaton directed and starred in The General (1926), a Civil War train chase turning 100 this year. Bob came in expecting a polite "important silent film" rewatch and left raving about the audacity of it. The pour is Stillman's Sonder 10 Year Bourbon from Dancing Goat Distillery, MGP-distilled and finished in North American and Andean oak. For longer episodes and special bonus content, consider joining our Patreon⁠ for as little as $3/mo! Film & Whiskey InstagramFilm & Whiskey FacebookFilm & Whiskey Twitter/X Email us!Join our Discord server! For more episodes and engaging content, visit www.filmwhiskey.com.

Bob and Brad celebrate 500 episodes of Film & Whiskey by looking back at seven years of movies, arguments, favorite discoveries, listener memories, infamous hot takes, and the community that somehow grew around their weekly conversations. They also mark the occasion with Bardstown Bourbon Company Lochs of Jura, a complex bourbon-and-rye blend finished for 32 months in casks previously used for Scotch from the Isle of Jura. For longer episodes and special bonus content, consider joining our ⁠Patreon⁠ for as little as $3/mo! Film & Whiskey ⁠Instagram⁠ Film & Whiskey ⁠Facebook⁠ Film & Whiskey ⁠Twitter/X⁠ ⁠Email us⁠! ⁠Join our Discord server!⁠ For more episodes and engaging content, visit ⁠www.filmwhiskey.com⁠.

Bob and Brad tackle the show's first double feature, watching James Whale's Frankenstein (1931) and Bride of Frankenstein (1935) back-to-back alongside Sagamore Spirit Bottled in Bond Rye, and end up split on nearly everything. On the original, Bob calls it a landmark rather than a great film and praising mainly its craft, while on the sequel Brad sees a campy cash grab that lampoons the first film. For longer episodes and special bonus content, consider joining our Patreon for as little as $3/mo! Film & Whiskey Instagram Film & Whiskey Facebook Film & Whiskey Twitter/X Email us! Join our Discord server! For more episodes and engaging content, visit www.filmwhiskey.com.

Bob and Brad revisit Peter Jackson’s King Kong (2005), over two decades after fourteen-year-old Bob called it “about as damn perfect of a movie as you can get.” They agree that the film’s final two hours remain extraordinary, but sharply divide over whether its first hour provides essential character development or desperately needs trimming. Along the way, they examine King Kong as distinctly American folklore, how Peter Jackson shifted audience sympathy from the Depression-era expedition to Kong himself, and why “beauty killed the beast” is really about a creature whose capacity for wonder leaves him defenseless against exploitation. They also review SHĀNG East + West Kentucky Blend, a softer and more affordable sorghum-whiskey follow-up to Dàn Yǎ. For longer episodes and special bonus content, consider joining our ⁠Patreon⁠ for as little as $3/mo! Film & Whiskey ⁠Instagram⁠ Film & Whiskey ⁠Facebook⁠ Film & Whiskey ⁠Twitter⁠ ⁠Email us⁠! ⁠Join our Discord server!⁠ For more episodes and engaging content, visit Film & Whiskey's website at ⁠www.filmwhiskey.com⁠.

Bob and Brad revisit 1933's King Kong and find it isn't just a landmark, but the full- formed template of the adventure movie itself, right down to the Jurassic Park structural blueprint Spielberg would lift sixty years later. Plus, a genuinely strange whiskey pairing: SHĀNG Dàn Yǎ, a first-of-kind jiàngxiāng whiskey that takes sauce-aroma baijiu from China, redistills it, and ages the result in charred American oak. At 100 proof and $64.99, it splits the hosts harder than almost anything this season over what may or may not be the birth of a new spirits category. For longer episodes and special bonus content, consider joining our Patreon for as little as $3/mo! Film & Whiskey Instagram Film & Whiskey Facebook Film & Whiskey Twitter Email us! Join our Discord server! For more episodes and engaging content, visit Film & Whiskey's website at www.filmwhiskey.com.

The first Let's Make It a Double chain of Season 11 closes with Bob's Pick, The Wild Robot, one of his favorite animated films of the last few years, and a first-time watch for guest and five-time co-host Lee Diaz of ReserveBar. The whiskey pairing is Heaven Hill's Bernheim Original Wheat Whiskey, a category the show has barely explored. The conversation about what The Wild Robot does spectacularly well and where it fumbles is one of the sharper animated-film breakdowns of the run so far. For longer episodes and special bonus content, consider joining our Patreon for as little as $3/mo! Film & Whiskey Instagram Film & Whiskey Facebook Film & Whiskey Twitter Email us! Join our Discord server! For more episodes and engaging content, visit Film & Whiskey's website at www.filmwhiskey.com.

Bob and Brad drop a guest episode with John McCarthy, founder of the John Barleycorn Society, to walk through the full Spring 2026 Barleycorn Awards, including the biggest upset of the season in both Best Bourbon and Best Spirit of Spring 2026. John explains how Barleycorn's remote-first judging format works, reveals every category winner from Chivas 18 to Uncle Nearest to Dogfish Head to Starlight, and gets Bob and Brad on record with their individual favorites from the samples they score, including Brad's honest endorsement of a Goo Goo Cluster Cream Liqueur and Bob's continued one-man crusade for amburana finishes. For longer episodes and special bonus content, consider joining our Patreon for as little as $3/mo! Film & Whiskey Instagram Film & Whiskey Facebook Film & Whiskey Twitter Email us! Join our Discord server! For more episodes and engaging content, visit Film & Whiskey's website at www.filmwhiskey.com.