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Double Bill Chill
Two movie-obsessed buddies (Spike Alkire & Jake Kelley) pick a movie every week to cover at length and then each pairs the chosen film with yet another film. Three movie recommendations a week (and probably more). Our episodes are researched and we go pretty in-depth on the breakdowns. We love doing it, and we thank you for listening! Enjoy!
Episodes
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Blue Velvet (Movie History, Plot Breakdown, & Pairings)
This week we are covering David Lynch's 1986 masterpiece, "Blue Velvet." We discuss the creation of the film in Wilmington North Carolina, as well as the…
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Dune (1984) (Movie History, Plot Breakdown, & Pairings)
This week we cover a movie which David Lynch has disowned, and we discuss why that might not be a bad decision. We also discuss the things we like about big…
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Elephant Man (Movie History, Plot Breakdown, & Pairings)
This week we continue our David Lynch season with his second film, 1980's "The Elephant Man." We discuss how exactly Lynch came to this project as well as all…
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Eraserhead (Movie History, Plot Breakdown, & Pairings)
Somehow, David Lynch's film career arrived fully formed with the surreal black comedy, "Eraserhead." This episode kicks off our "Films of David Lynch" season…
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Oscar Reactions 2025
Oscar Season is officially over, and we are happy and sad about it. We love to celebrate film and now we're celebrating the show. We give our thoughts on this…
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Oscar Predictions 2025
This episode is full of our predictions for the winners of the 2025 Academy Awards hosted by Sir Conan O'Brien. We go through every category, then end the…
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The Brutalist (Movie History, Plot Breakdown, & Pairings)
This week we are diving into Brady Corbet's Epic Oscar contender, "The Brutalist." We discuss the long fraught road that led to this film being made as well as…
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Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts 2025 (Movie History, Plot Breakdown, & Pairings)
This week we are doing our yearly dive into one of our favorite categories, "Animated Short Film." We will be going over all five nominees, "Yuck!," "Magic…
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Memoir of a Snail (Movie History, Plot Breakdown, & Pairings)
This week we dive into the Best Animated Feature Oscars 2025 category with Adam Elliot's "Memoir of a Snail." We discuss a lot of behind-the-scenes info…
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The Substance (Movie History, Plot Breakdown, & Pairings)
This week we are covering a rare genre film in the Oscar race, Coralie Fargeat's "The Substance." We discuss the behind-the-scenes information of the film…
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The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Movie History, Plot Breakdown, & Pairings)
This week we are continuing our Oscars 2025 coverage with International Film nominee, "The Seed of the Sacred Fig." We discuss the undercover shooting of this…
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Oscar Nominations 2025
This episode is the official beginning to our Oscars 2025 coverage. Listen as we go through all of the nominees describing the things we like and might not…
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Anora (Movie History, Plot Breakdown, & Pairings)
This week we are beginning to look at this year's Oscar nominees. Because of the delay, we are not sure exactly what "Anora" will be nominated for, but we are…
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All About Eve (Movie History, Plot Breakdown, & Pairings)
It's OSCAR SEASON!!! We are beginning our annual Oscar Season with the 75th anniversary of "All About Eve." We talk a lot about this movie, so much so that we…
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Eyes Wide Shut (Movie History, Plot Breakdown, & Pairings)
MERRY CHRISTMAS! This week we are uncovering the many mysteries of Stanley Kubrick's final film, "Eyes Wide Shut." Spike says it is rare to read this much…
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Miracle on 34th Street (Movie History, Plot Breakdown, & Pairings)
This week we are diving into the holiday classic, "Miracle on 34th Street" from 1947. We discuss, director, George Seaton's early days as The Lone Ranger, and…
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Female Trouble (Movie History, Plot Breakdown, & Pairings)
This week kicks off our 4 weeks of Holiday movies! We begin with John Waters' Christmas classic, "Female Trouble." We discuss the appeal of the film that may…
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BONUS: The Films of Stephen King RANKED
This episode is our final episode of the Season King Stephen King spectacular! Spike & Jake each rank the movies and talk about why they liked certain films…
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The Mist (Movie History, Plot Breakdown, & Pairings)
This week we finish out our Season King with Frank Darabont's 2007 film, "The Mist." We discuss the conception of this idea in the 1980s as well as the fast…
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Dreamcatcher (Movie History, Plot Breakdown, & Pairings)
This week we cover Lawrence Kasdan's Stephen King mess of a film, "Dreamcatcher." We discuss everything from the making of the film to Morgan Freeman's stupid…
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The Shawshank Redemption (Movie History, Plot Breakdown, & Pairings)
This week we enter into prestige Stephen King films with Frank Darabont's highly lauded "The Shawshank Redemption." We discuss the background of the film and…
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Misery (Movie History, Plot Breakdown, & Pairings)
This week we continue our Season King with one of Spike's favorite movies, "Misery." We discuss the book, originally planned to be a Richard Bachman written…
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The Running Man (Movie History, Plot Breakdown, & Pairings)
This week marks our first foray into Stephen King's pseudonym, Richard Bachman, with "The Running Man." We begin the episode discussing Richard Bachman and why…
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Stand By Me (Movie History, Plot Breakdown, & Pairings)
This week we visit Castle Rock in 1959 for Rob Reiner's "Stand By Me." We discuss the ups and downs of the child actors in the film as well as the bumpy road…
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Maximum Overdrive (Movie History, Plot Breakdown, & Pairings)
This week our podcast goes into "Maximum Overdrive" to discuss Stephen King's directorial debut and swan song. We discuss the short story, "Trucks," which…
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Christine (Movie History, Plot Breakdown, & Pairings)
This week we tackle our first John Carpenter movie, "Christine." We discuss Stephen King's formulation of the book, and the film's pre-book release…
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The Dead Zone (Movie History, Plot Breakdown, & Pairings)
Our Season King continues with another Stephen King classic film. This week we are covering our first David Cronenberg, and it is his adaptation of "The Dead…
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Creepshow (Movie History, Plot Breakdown, & Pairings)
This week we get into anthology horror in a big way. We're covering George Romero's "Creepshow!" We discuss the development of the film from the beginnings…
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The Shining (Movie History, Plot Breakdown, & Pairings)
The 13th Season of Double Bill Chill continues with "Season King." This week we cover one of our favorite films of all time, Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining."…
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Carrie (Movie History, Plot Breakdown, & Pairings)
This week we kick off our Season King with "Carrie." We discuss the phenomenon that is Stephen King, and how without De Palma starting the adaptations of his…
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3rd Anniversary Episode: Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky
This week we celebrate three years of Double Bill Chill with our favorite Category III film, Lam Nai Choi's "Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky." We love this movie…
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Season 12 RANKED
This week, we arbitrarily rank this season's films against each other. It was tough going to put these in order, but we don't stand by anything we said in this…
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Serial Mom (Movie History, Plot Breakdown, & Pairings)
This week we are diving head first into the strange world of John Waters for his 1994 classic, "Serial Mom." We discuss the production of the film, and the…
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Safe (Movie History, Plot Breakdown, & Pairings)
This week we cover Todd Haynes' 1995 film, "Safe." We love this movie, and I think it shows in the discussion. We discuss the original conception of the idea…
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The Swimmer (Movie History, Plot Breakdown, & Pairings)
This week we are covering one of Spike's favorites, "The Swimmer." Starring Burt Lancaster and directed by Frank Perry, this film is so strange and doesn't…
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Mikey & Nicky (Movie History, Plot Breakdown, & Pairings)
This week we cover the 1976 masterpiece by Elaine May, "Mikey & Nicky. This is the last part of our series on "Masculine Portraits by Female Directors." We…
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You Were Never Really Here (Movie History, Plot Breakdown, & Pairings)
This week we continue our series on Masculine Portraits by Female Directors with Lynne Ramsay's "You Were Never Really Here." We begin the episode by gushing…
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Beau Travail (Movie History, Plot Breakdown, & Pairings)
This week we join the French Foreign Legion in Claire Denis' 1999 masterpiece, "Beau Travail." We discuss the film's influences including "Le Petit Soldat" and…
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I Saw the Devil (Movie History, Plot Breakdown, & Pairings)
This week we finish up our serial killer series with Kim Jee-Woon's "I Saw the Devil." We begin the episode with the history of the film's production in Seoul…
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Se7en (Movie History, Plot Breakdown, & Pairings)
This week we are diving head first into the seven deadly sins with David Fincher's "Se7en." We discuss the road from script to screen with all the various…
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The Silence of the Lambs
This week we cover a perfect film, Jonathan Demme's serial killer masterpiece, "The Silence of the Lambs." We discuss the road to the creation of this film…
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Showgirls
This week we cover the much-derided Paul Verhoeven classic, "Showgirls." Masterpiece? Shit? Masterpiece of shit? We cover this film from its early conception…
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Starship Troopers
This week we cover one of Jake's favorite films, "Starship Troopers." We discuss the complicated road to being seen as satire, and the collaboration between…
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Total Recall (1990)
Our season kicks off with three films by Paul Verhoeven, and part one is "Total Recall!" We love Arnold, and we discuss his early interest in the role as well…
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Oscars 2024 Reactions
We watched em all! The Oscars happened tonight and we watched the hell out of them. We now have a post-mortem on the show and discuss the winners and losers…
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2024 Oscar Winner Predictions (The Answer Key)
This week we try to help you win your Oscar pool by going through each category and picking who we think has the best shots at winning. We finish the episode…
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The Zone of Interest
This week, we cover Jonathan Glazer's disturbing look at the routine of evil, "The Zone of Interest." First, we cover the history of the film and book by…
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Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts 2024
This week we cover all 5 of the Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts and pair them each with another film for a total of 10 double bills! We cover the background…
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Four Daughters (Oscar Nominated Documentary)
This week we discuss Kaouther Ben Hania's experimental documentary, "Four Daughters." We do a deep dive on this special film with Kaouther Ben Hania's career…
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Anatomy of a Fall
This week we are covering Justine Triet's courtroom procedural, "Anatomy of a Fall." We discuss everything from the initial script to how exactly they got that…
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Poor Things (Breakdown & Pairings)
This week we discuss Yorgos Lanthimos' Best Picture nominated film "Poor Things." First, we discuss the book and the film's long path to production. Then, we…
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Oppenheimer (History/Film Breakdown/Pairings)
We continue our 2024 Oscar coverage this week with Christopher Nolan's historical biopic, "Oppenheimer." We open the episode with our general thoughts on…
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Killers of the Flower Moon
This week we begin our coverage of the 2024 Oscars with Martin Scorsese's newest film, "Killers of the Flower Moon." We cover the history within the film as…
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Oscar Nominations 2024 Reactions (Plus Season Plan)
Spike and Jake react to the 2024 Oscar nominations and plan out the rest of the season. Thank you so much for listening! Support us at Patreon at…
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It Happened One Night (90th Anniversary)
We are beginning our Oscars 2024 season with a throwback, Frank Capra's romantic comedy, "It Happened One Night." In this episode, we discuss the making of the…
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Season 10 Rankings & Discussion
This week we are ending the year with our look back at season 10. Each of us rank the season, and discuss all the movies covered in Double Bill Chill's tenth…
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Christmas Evil
Merry Christmas everybody! This week, we cover Lewis Jackson's cult Christmas horror, "Christmas Evil" (aka "You Better Watch Out"). We discuss the making of…
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It's a Wonderful Life
This week we cover Frank Capra's holiday classic, "It's a Wonderful Life." We discuss the making of the film from the short story, and the different iterations…
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Carol (Breakdown & Pairings)
This week we cover a new favorite film for Jake, Todd Haynes' "Carol." We discuss everything that makes this film magical from its Super 16mm film…
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L.A. Confidential (Breakdown & Pairings)
This week we cover Curtis Hanson's ode to 50s-era Hollywood with "L.A. Confidential." We discuss the scandal of hiring two hardly known Australians in the lead…