The Drama (2026)

Directed by: Christopher Borgli
Starring: Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Alana Haim, Mamadou Athie
Episode: 115

🎬 Episode Summary

In this episode of Mindframes, Michael and Dave explore The Drama (2026), a psychologically charged romantic drama directed by Christopher Borgli. The film follows an engaged couple whose relationship is destabilized during a wedding tasting dinner when a seemingly ...

Mindframes Show Notes: Sirat (2025)

Film Credits

Title: Sirat
Director: Olivier Laxe
Country: Spain / Morocco
Starring: Non-professional cast
Festival Run: Fantastic Fest, Cannes recognition (director)
IMDb: (Add link once available)

Episode Summary

In this episode of Mindframes, Michael and Dave explore Sirat, a visually striking and spiritually immersive journey through the Moroccan desert. Follo...

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Episode 113: The Bride (2026)

Film: The Bride (2026)
Director: Maggie Gyllenhaal
Starring: Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale, Annette Bening, Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, Penélope Cruz
Genre: Gothic Noir / Horror Reimagining
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/

Episode Summary

In this episode of Mindframes, Michael Cockerill and Dave Canfield discuss Maggie Gyllenhaal's ambitious rei...

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Nirvana the Band the Show the Movie (2026)

Directed by: Matt Johnson
Starring: Matt Johnson, Jay McCarrol
Written by: Matt Johnson & Jay McCarrol
Genre: Comedy / Time Travel / Meta
Runtime: Approx. 100 minutes
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt (insert final ID)

Episode Summary

In this mini-episode of Mindframes, Michael and Dave review Nirvana the Band the Show the Movie, th...

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Episode 111 — Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die

Film Credits

Film: Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die
Director: Gore Verbinski
Writer: Matthew Robinson
Starring: Sam Rockwell, Juno Temple, Michael Peña, Zazie Beetz, Haley Lu Richardson
Genre: Sci-Fi / Time-Loop Thriller / Dark Comedy
Release Year: 2025

IMDb: (Insert official link when available)

Episode Summary

Mic...

Episode 110 — Send Help

Film Credits

Title: Send Help
Director: Sam Raimi
Starring: Rachel McAdams, Dylan O'Brien, Dennis Haysbert, Chris Pang
Genre: Survival Thriller / Dark Comedy / Psychological Horror

Episode Summary

In this episode, Michael and David examine Sam Raimi's Send Help, a survival thriller about two corporate survivors stranded on a deserted island after a plane crash. What begins as ...

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026)

Episode Summary:
In this episode, Michael and Dave dissect 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, the most visually ambitious and thematically rich installment in the iconic 28 Days Later franchise. They explore the film's eerie cult narrative, p...

Show Notes

Film / Topic

• Title: Looking to 2026: The Future of Cinema

• Focus: Industry trends, cultural anxieties, and the most anticipated films of 2026

• IMDb: N/A (discussion episode)

Episode Summary

In this episode of Mindframes, Michael and David look ahead to 2026 and ask a deceptively simple question: what kind of year will it be for movies? Coming off what they consider a creat...

Mindframes — Best of 2025

Episode Title

Best Films of 2025 — Trends, Themes, and the State of Cinema

Film Information

This is a multi‑film recap episode.

Primary Shared Films Discussed:

• Weapons

• Eddington

• Hamnet

• Sinners

• One Battle After Another

• Train Dreams

• Universal Language

• Frankenstein

Additional Films Referenced:

• It Was Just an Accident

• Ebony and Ivory

• ...

🎧 Episode Title: Hamnet and the Ghosts We Inherit

🎮 Film Discussed: Hamnet (2025)
🗓️ Release Date: December 13, 2025
🎧 Hosts: Michael & David

⏱️ Timestamps & Highlights:

• 00:00 – Intro
  Michael and David introduce the show and kick off discussion of Hamnet, Chloe Zhao's adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's novel.

• 00:48 – Film Overview
  Chloe Zhao's recent directorial triumph, premiere at TIFF, her film...

 Bugonia

Directed by: Yorgos Lanthimos
Written by: Will Tracy and Jang Joon-hwan

Starring: Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Aiden Delvis, Alicia Silverstone, Stavros Halkias
Cinematography: Not specified (shot on VistaVision, 35mm, Willcam equipment)
Release: 2025
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12300742/

🎧 Episode Summary

In this episode, Dave and Michael dive deep into Bugonia, the latest satirical and enig...

 Mindframes Podcast: Frankenstein (2025)

Directed by: Guillermo del Toro
Written by: Guillermo del Toro, based on the novel by Mary Shelley
Starring: Oscar Isaac (Victor Frankenstein), Jacob Elordi (The Creature), Christoph Waltz (Von Klemper), Mia Goth (Elizabeth/Claire Frankenstein), Charles Dance, Ralph Ineson, and David Bradley
Cinematography: Dan Laustsen
Release: 2025 (Netflix)
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1312...

Episode 103: Anemone

🎬 Principal Cast & Crew

• Director: Ronan Day-Lewis (feature debut)

• Writers: Ronan Day-Lewis & Daniel Day-Lewis

• Cinematography: Ben Fordsman

• Main Cast:

  • Daniel Day-Lewis as Ray

  • Sean Bean as Jem

  • Samantha Morton as Nessa Stoker

  • Samuel Bottomley as Brian Stoker

  • Safiya Oakley-Green as Hattie

🕰️ Episode Breakdown

00:00 – Intro & Overview
Mich...

Cast & Crew

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Cinematographer: Michael Bauman
Composer: Jonny Greenwood

Fifty boys start walking, three warnings get you shot, and somehow we are the ones out of breath. In this week's Mindframes, Michael and Dave march into The Long Walk—where Cooper Hoffman broods, David Jonsson keeps the heart beating, and Mark Hamill cosplays as your least favorite PE teacher. Along the way we debate whether dyst...

The Roses is a 2025 satirical dark comedy–drama directed by Jay Roach (Austin Powers, Meet the Parents, Bombshell) and written by Tony McNamara (

🎧 Episode 99: Weapons – Horror, Mystery, and Institutions in Crisis

In this episode of Mindframes, Michael and Dave welcome special guest Tim Peebles—theologian, pastor, martial artist, and long-time film aficionado—for a deep dive into Zach Cregger's new film Weapons.

Cregger, known for Barbarian (2022), returns with a multi-layered, genre-bending thriller where a small town unravels after its children mysteriously disap...

Film Overview

• Title: Eddington (2025) by Ari Aster

• Sett...

After some bad uploads and delays, for what is seems like 28 years after the release, Michael and Dave finally delve into the thematic and tonal complexity of 28 Years Later, a film they describe as both rich in ideas and somewhat disjointed. They focus on death, coming of age, and humanity in a post-apocalyptic world dominated by the infected.