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This week, Jesse recaps his visit to the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival. Apart from a view of the festival as a whole, Jesse rattles off his five favorite pictures he saw there, as well as a look at some of the other high-profile titles.

This week, Jesse and guest Daniel Feingold discuss new releases such as Gran Turismo, Strays, and Blue Beetle. Then, stick around as Jesse talks to filmmakers Eren Celeboglu and Ari Costa about their new horror feature All Fun and Games.

This week, Jesse talks with filmmaker André Øvredal about his high seas vampire picture The Last Voyage of the Demeter, plus five movies to check out to remember the career of William Friedkin.

This week, Jesse and guest Hunter Heilman discuss the ongoing strikes among the WGA and SAG, what the summer's biggest box-office bombs say about the state of movies, and whether or not we're on the verge of a major paradigm shift in the movie industry.

It's the movie event of the year! In one corner, Greta Gerwig's candy-colored feminist satire; Barbie. In the other is Christopher Nolan's biopic Oppenheimer, chronicling the physicist's work on the atomic bomb. Both Jesse and Film Inquiry's Bailey Jo Josie dive into both movies and explore why they are two of the summer's richest releases.

This week, Jesse and guest Hunter Heilman talk all about Mission Impossible, its status as the best franchise at the movies, Tom Cruise's dedication to death-defying stunts, and their favorite parts of the latest entry, Dead Reckoning: Part 1.

This week, Jesse reviews Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, then Film Inquiry Editor-in-Chief Kristy Strouse joins to discuss the Indy series as a whole and break down the career of its star, Harrison Ford.

This week, Jesse and guest Jordan Snyder discuss the filmography of director Wes Anderson, including his latest film, Asteroid City. Then, stay to the end of the episode to get Jesse’s thoughts on the Jennifer Lawrence comedy No Hard Feelings.

This week, Jesse and critic Gabe Lampalombella discuss whether or not The Flash lives up to the hype of "one of the best superhero movies ever made," then they take a look at the latest animated picture from Pixar, Elemental.

This week, Jesse is joined by Daniel Feingold from Scripps News to discuss two excellent new releases. First, they talk about the dazzling animation of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, followed by the emotionally overwhelming Sundance-darling Past Lives.

This week, Jesse and critic Hunter Heilman discuss Disney's live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid. Plus, the two recap some of the news out of the Cannes Film Festival, and wrap things up with recommendations on You Hurt My Feelings and Master Gardner.

This week, Jesse and Film Inquiry's Emily Wheeler rev up their engines to discuss the latest entry in the Fast & Furious series, and why it's the campiest action franchise at the movies.