Eat Your Veggies

Leashes and excretions, hark! This week, we're singing our siren song and blearing our foghorn with "The Lighthouse," a mystical sea yarn by Robert Eggers. Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson are lighthouse keepers marooned by a storm. Ghosts of the past and a mesmerizing lamp seduce the men into murky waters. We unveil our final decisions on Halloween costumes, and attend an Eckhaus Latta walk-off. Then, a pop culture tête-á-tête. Is the new Star Wars an artistic letdown, or fun, soulless entertainment? Who's watching us watch the Watchmen? Are we team Marvel or team Scorsese? And at long, long last: are we actually dating? Last Bites include the Impossible Burger, Kristen Stewart on Vanity Fair, Friends, Anna Glantz at Foxy Production, and sandbag houses. Also on the table: Billy Elliot, We The Animals, Call Me By Your Name, Spring Breakers, Mad Men, Emily Nussbaum, Breaking Bad, The Wire, Succession, The Simpsons, and more.

Yet another year of the scammer? This week, we're forging our resumes and working for high society in Bong Joon-Ho's satirical thriller, "Parasite." Choi Woo-shik is Kim Ki-woo, the son of a poor family who cons his way into the pockets of the wealthy Parks. Will the Parks be the Kim family’s meal ticket, or their undoing? We discuss our favorite things about fall, and scammer-centric Halloween costumes (Anna Delvey, Elizabeth Holmes). Also, our final screenings at NYFF. Michael is our New Yorker Festival correspondent, peeping Michael Chabon with Deborah Treisman. Last Bites include Harry Styles, Star Trek: Picard, Jerome Rothenberg’s Barbaric, Vast, and Wild, hamster Tiktoks, and husband ASMR

This week, we're laughing through tears in Todd Phillips' villainous thriller "Joker." Joaquin Phoenix is Arthur Fleck, a party clown who dreams of comedy stardom. Deprived and degraded by Gotham City, his ambitions take a nasty turn, transforming him into the clown prince of crime. Michael is our NYFF correspondent. Special mention goes to Pedro Almodóvar's Pain and Glory. Last Bites include Dave Navarro, Rosalía, Eckhaus Latta's Spring 2020 collection, and Succession. Original image by Attila Szarka.

This week, we travel to the far reaches of space and the human psyche in James Gray's sci-fi drama "Ad Astra." Brad Pitt is Roy McBride, an astronaut investigating a streak of galactic power surges with mysterious ties to his long-lost father. Last Bites include Hot Ones with Sean Evans, the Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj, the Mark Twain Prize speeches, and Surfer Magazine. Also on the table: Crystal Hana Kim, Colson Whitehead, Jia Tolentino, The Last Black Man in San Francisco, Elisabeth Moss, Alex Ross Perry, Sea Wall / A Life, American Psycho, Final Destination, Japanese RPGs, Choose Your Own Adventure Books

This week, we chase down the half-baked and headstrong heroines of "Broad City." After years of misadventures in New York, BFFs Abbi and Ilana are growing up and apart as they pursue big-girl careers in the show's 5th and final season. We've also rounded up our other comedy favorites: "The Other Two," "Veep," and "Shrill." Last Bites include "The Inventor: Out For Blood in Silicon Valley," "Survivor: Edge of Extinction," Bjork's "Utopia" and accompanying music videos, and "Caught and Free" by Nikki Maloof at Jack Hanley Gallery

This week, we join the weed-dealing Guy of "High Maintenance" as he pedals through the streets of Brooklyn and the interior lives of his clients. We discuss the TV drama's Season 3 finale, and its rise from plucky Vimeo web series to HBO darling. Plus, we hear what you've brought to share in the first ever Tupperware Time. You ready to roll?

This week, we join in the horseplay and revelry of “The Favourite.” Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest social farce crackles with the fiery trifecta of Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz, and Olivia Colemon. Last Bites include The Hollywood Reporter’s Actress Roundtable, a grandma’s Animal Crossing file, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s “Friday Black,” and RRUCCULLA’s “Shush.” Also sampled: Timothée Chalamet, The Dewey Decimal System, ASMR, Lisa Brennan-Jobs, Michael Chabon, “The King’s Speech,” Sebastian Stan's beard, food porn, and The Post

This week we're taking a stroll down Beale Street in "If Beale Street Could Talk." Director Barry Jenkins brings the classic James Baldwin novel to life with vibrant hues, full-bodied jazz, and a sterling supporting cast. This week's Last Bites include Baltimore band Chaunter's music video debut, celebreality competition show "The Masked Singer," BBC Earth's "Dynasties," and the Kurt Vonnegut stage adaptation "A Modest Proposal." Also sampled: Papyrus vs Hallmark, Wume, Muji, "One Night in Miami," Up, The Deuce, Yo Gabba Gabba, Minimalism

The trailer for Eat Your Veggies, featuring our premiere episode.

In our premiere episode, it's Scotland against England, Catholics against Protestants, queen against queen in Mary Queen of Scots. Is sex better in a barn? Is simulated bread sentient? These questions are perhaps better left unanswered, but we’ll ask them anyway. This week's Last Bites include The Best American Short Stories 2018, edited by Roxane Gay, and 2018 Game of the Year God of War. Also sampled: Goat Simulator, Austin Powers in Goldmember, naked Chloe Sevigny, the Grey's Anatomy icicle disaster, eBaum's World, Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy, bumpits, Katy Perry's "Witness" live stream, Trisha Paytas, Sad Jennifer Aniston.