A movie podcast that isn't just a bunch of straight white dudes. Comedian Kevin Avery is joined by film producer Drea Clark and film critic Alonso Duralde for a fast, funny, flight through film. Maximum Film! is news, reviews and in-depth insight, beamed directly into your ears every week.
Latest episodes
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Episode #477: 'Sense and Sensibility' (2026) with Nikki Payne
Did we need another Sense & Sensibility? Turns out, maybe yes. Romance novelist (and cultural anthropologist!) Nikki Payne joins us to weigh the merits of director Georgia Oakley’s…
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Episode #476: How I Met ‘Your Mother, Your Mother, Your Mother’
Years ago, Mahershala Ali announced that he was working with Marvel to develop a new feature Blade with himself as the titular vampire slayer. The first director attached to the pr…
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Episode #475: We Need to Talk about DIGGER
Just the gang today to talk about a movie that has divided critics and moviegoers alike...at least, those moviegoers who actually took the very secretive bait that DIGGER's ad camp…
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Episode #474: 'Primetime' with Gillian Walters
Director Lance Oppenheim's debut feature, Primetime has a sales pitch that's hard to deny: Robert Pattinson as To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen. So does the movie live up to t…
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Episode 473: 'The Musical' with Jessica McKenna and Zach Reino
This week we've got expert musical improvisors Jessica McKenna and Zach Reino with us to discuss a movie about a middle school musical gone way off course, at the hands of a drama…
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Episode #472: 'Practical Magic 2' with Angie Han
The stars of the original Practical Magic stars are back (at least, most of them) and just as cursed as ever. We have Hollywood Reporter TV Critic Angie Han with us to weigh in on…
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Episode #471: It's Absurdist, It's Disturbing, It's 'Buddy'
Casper Kelly might be most famous for his this-shouldn't-be-so-creepy comedy short "Too Many Cooks." Now he's got his feature directorial debut on his hands (but don't sleep on Yul…
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Episode #470: 'Coyote vs. Acme' with David Kittredge
Hey, you! Be a buddy and take our listener survey! It'll help us keep the show great and maybe even...make it better?! THANK YOU IN ADVANCE! - Producer Marissa and the MaxFilm Gang…
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Episode #469: ‘Tony’ with Katie Walsh
Hey, you! Be a buddy and take our listener survey! It'll help us keep the show great and maybe even...make it better?! THANK YOU IN ADVANCE! - Producer Marissa and the MaxFilm Gang…
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Episode #468: 'The Wrong Girls' with Hay Beacon
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Episode #467: 'Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma' with Andrea Subissati
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Episode #466: 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' with Ken Plume
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Episode #465: 'The Dink' with Jaron Myers
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Episode #464: 'The Odyssey' with Dimitry Pompée
Everybody's talking about Christopher Nolan's latest film...and so are we! We've got Eurovangelists co-host Dimitry Pompée with us to discuss the first movie ever shot in 70mm IMAX…
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Episode #463: 'Phantom of the Paradise' [Listener Pick 2026!]
As a MaxFunDrive milestone goal, we set the challenge that if we got enough new/upgrading/joining supporters of Maximum Film!, one of those folks would get to pick a movie for us t…
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Episode #462: 'The Invite' with Amber Healey
Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Amber Sealey joins us to discuss the new marriage dramedy from Olivia Wilde, which premiered at Sundance and is now opening across the country. Cost…
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Episode #461: 'Supergirl' with Amy Nicholson
It’s neither a bird, nor a plane, nor Superman. It’s Supergirl, the newest film from James Gunn’s DC that has some folks talking, but probably not as many as Warner Bros. would lik…
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Episode #460: 'Leviticus' with Justin Kirkland
LEVITICUS is the new Australian horror movie that turns (already quite frightening) gay conversion rituals into something even more haunting. And with us to unpack it is our friend…
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Episode #459: ‘Disclosure Day’ with Jamelle Bouie
Steven Spielberg's new film may be about conspiracies, coverups, and car chases, but it all hinges around the concept of journalism you can trust...so who better to join us than ou…
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Episode #458: Tropical Malady with Harry Dodge and Silas Howard
A dreamy two-piece love story about two men, one a soldier and the other a country boy. Or is three men? Or four? Also there's a tiger. We watch 2004's Tropical Malady from Apichat…