This week, we are have our 3rd Annual State of the Friendship podcast with our friend and William's brother Sean (@dvrk_jed1)! We discuss growing up with rage, cigarettes, and wanting to do better by our kids.

This week, we wrap up Season 8 of the podcast with Michael Mann's twelfth feature film Ferrari (2023) and discuss Mann's return to form, ranking his filmography, and Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another.

This week, we watch Michael Mann's eleventh feature film Blackhat (2015) and discuss our live concert experience, when should a director call it quits, and announce what show we will watch for season nine.

This week, we watch Michael Mann's tenth feature film Public Enemies (2009) and discuss feeling safe, directing as a profession, and artists running out of things to say.

This week, we watch Michael Mann's ninth feature film Miami Vice (2006) and discuss gun violence in entertainment, directors flirting with self parody, and if "vibes" are enough.

This week we are joined by our friend Joshua Jenkins (@thehandunseen)! We watch Michael Mann's eighth feature film Collateral (2004) and discuss Mann making a commercial hit, casting ups and downs, and the full digital embrace.

This week, we watch Michael Mann's seventh feature film Ali (2001) and discuss the challenges of portraying a legend, conventional biopics, and an alternate universe where Will Smith won the Oscar.

This week for a bonus episode, we watch Shin Godzilla (2016) and discuss its similarities to Neon Genesis Evangelion, American individualism, and what childhood movie is a bond between us.