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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.

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Feb 21, 2025 · 1 hr 3 min
Episode 390: 'Paddington in Peru' with Abby Olcese
Cinema’s favorite little bear has come out of hibernation…
Feb 14, 2025 · 1 hr 9 min
Episode 389: 'A Complete Unknown' with Enrique Chi
Folk music smashes, culture clashes, and all the face acting the Academy can handle
Feb 7, 2025 · 1 hr 8 min
Episode 388: 'Emilia Pérez' with Emily St. James
It has 13 Oscar nominations...but should you Screen It?
Jan 31, 2025 · 1 hr 18 min
Episode 387: 'The Brutalist' with Kendra Gaylord
Architecture & pop culture fanatic Kendra Gaylord gets Brutalized with us!
Jan 24, 2025 · 1 hr 3 min
Episode 386: One of Them Days
Did Keke crush it and SZA sizzle?! This is but one question on this week’s show. Another? Plus, “Drea, Alonso and Kevin bring on “Bring It On”” is a sentence that makes little to no sense. It will make more sense after you listen to the episode. Fine. They reveal the female buddy comedies that made each of them LOL. But literally made them laugh out loud.
Jan 17, 2025 · 1 hr 4 min
Episode 385: "Hard Truths" with Kirby Howell-Baptiste
With a city in flames, four individuals come together to confront Hard Truths. Kirby Howell-Baptiste (“The Good Place”, “Killing Eve”) joins us from London to talk Mike Leigh’s latest film “Hard Truths”. Wildfires have claimed historic Hollywood landmarks. And movies that capture the locations they’re set in perfectly.
Jan 10, 2025 · 1 hr 8 min
Episode 384: “Babygirl” with Lucé Tomlin-Brenner
It’s Maximum Horny on today’s Maximum Film. We are looking at the 2024 erotic thriller(?), Babygirl, starring Nicole Kidman, written and directed by Halina Reijn. Our returning guest today is filmmaker, writer, comedian, and the host of the It’s Always Halloween Podcast, Lucé Tomlin-Brenner.
Jan 3, 2025 · 1 hr 3 min
Episode 383: "Nickel Boys” with Tristán T.A. Hill
We are looking at the 2024 film, Nickel Boys, directed by RaMell Ross, based off the 2019 Colson Whitehead book of the same name. Plus we look at other films covering lesser known historical events. Our guest today is the talented director and writer, Tristán T.A. Hill.
Dec 27, 2024 · 1 hr 16 min
Episode 382: Best of 2024!
The end of the year is upon us and we’re here to talk about our favorite films of 2024 aka the BEST films of the year.
Dec 20, 2024 · 1 hr 6 min
Episode 381: "Nightbitch" with Mo Perkins
Today we are looking at the 2024 film, Nightbitch, directed by Marielle Heller, based on the 2021 novel by Rachel Yoder of the same name, starring Amy Adams, Scoot McNairy, and beautiful pack of pooches. Plus we are looking at other films that portray motherhood in a more complicated light. Writer and director, Mo Perkins, joins us.
Dec 13, 2024 · 1 hr 14 min
Episode 380: “Queer” with H. Alan Scott
Today we’re looking at the 2024 period drama, Queer, directed by Luca Guadagnino, starring Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey, based on the 1985 novella by William S. Burroughs of the same name. Plus, we are looking at other straight action stars who have portrayed queer characters on screen. Senior Culture Writer for Newsweek, H. Alan Scott, joins us.
Dec 6, 2024 · 1 hr 19 min
Episode 379: “Wicked: Part I” with Paul Miles Schneider
Today we are looking at 2024’s hit musical movie adaptation, Wicked: Part I, directed by Jon M. Chu, starring Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey, Michelle Yeoh, and Jeff Goldblum. Plus we hear from the listener looking for movie recs while they recover from surgery. Author Paul Miles Schneider (The Silver Shoes trilogy) joins us.
Nov 29, 2024 · 1 hr 16 min
Episode 378: “Gladiator II” with Kevin Avery
We are looking at 2024’s Gladiator II, a sequel to the original 2000 film, also directed by Ridley Scott. It stars Denzel Washington, Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, and Connie Nielsen. Plus we look at the Top Turkeys of 2024 and our favorite Legacy Sequels. Writer and comedian, Kevin Avery (The Great North, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver), joins us.
Nov 22, 2024 · 1 hr
Episode 377: “The Piano Lesson” with Shelby Stone
We are looking at the 2024 Netflix adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning August Wilson play, The Piano Lesson, directed by Malcolm Washington, starring John David Washington, Danielle Deadwyler, Ray Fisher, and Samuel L. Jackson. Plus we take a music-movie quiz written by Steven Ray Morris. Emmy-winning film and television producer, Shelby Stone, joins us.
Nov 15, 2024 · 1 hr 8 min
Episode 376: “Heretic" with Ross Blocher
We are taking a look at A24’s 2024 spiritual horror film, Heretic, starring Hugh Grant, Sophie Thatcher, and Chloe East about two Mormon missionaries whose faith is tested by a seemingly awkward, but polite man. Plus we look at more movies about playing games. Oh No, Ross and Carrie's Ross Blocher joins us.
Nov 8, 2024 · 1 hr 1 min
Episode 375: “Blitz”
We are taking a look at the new Steve McQueen film Blitz, the 2024 historical war drama starring Saoirse Ronan as Rita, a single mother, working in a bomb factory, and introducing Elliot Heffernan as her son, George. Plus we look at other films where characters go on a journey to find their way home again.
Nov 1, 2024 · 1 hr 14 min
Episode 374: “Woman of the Hour” with Lucy Fitzgerald (from Wine & Crime)
We are taking a look at Anna Kendrick’s directorial debut, Woman of the Hour, the new Netflix movie focusing on the true story about serial killer Rodney Alcala’s 1978 appearance on The Dating Game. Plus we look at other true crime stories dramatized on film. Lucy Fitzgerald from Wine & Crime joins us.
Oct 25, 2024 · 1 hr 6 min
Episode 373: “Anora”
Anora is a 2024 romantic-comedy (?) written and directed by Sean Baker (Tangerine, The Florida Project), starring Mikey Madison as stripper Anora Mikheeva, and follows her beleaguered romance with Vanya (Mark Eidelstein), the son of a Russian Oligarch. All that and a discussion of other films portraying sex work.
Oct 18, 2024 · 1 hr 4 min
Episode 372: “The Substance” with Katya Zamolodchikova
The Substance is a 2024 body horror film written and directed by French filmmaker Coralie Farageat, starring Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, and Dennis Quaid. The film follows a recently displaced celebrity who decides to take a secret drug that temporarily creates a younger version of herself with unexpected side effects. All that and a discussion of films that make you squirm. The one and only Katya Zamolodchikova joins us.
Oct 11, 2024 · 1 hr 3 min
Episode 371: "Joker: Folie à Deux"
Joker: Folie à Deux is the 2024 follow-up to 2019’s Joker. Directed again by Todd Phillips (of The Hangover fame originally), it stars Joaquin Phoenix (reprising the Oscar-winning role as Arthur Fleck), joined by musician-turned-actor Lady Gaga, playing the iconic comic book character Lee Quinzel aka Harley Quinn. All that and discussion of other musical moments in “none-musicals.”