The Midnight Film Society

Hosts Damian Sherman and Derek McDuff discuss recent movie news and review 'A Working Man', 'Death of a Unicorn', and the re-release of 'Princess Mononoke'.

["Damian Sherman opens Midnight Film Society episode 229 on Friday, April 17, 2026 by teeing up Christopher Borgli's The Drama, with Zendaya and Robert Pattinson as the headliners.", "The first stretch runs through Cannes 2026 names including Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Pedro Almod\u00f3var, Pawel Pawlikowski, Ira Sachs, Cristian Mungiu, Asghar Farhadi, Hirokazu Kore-eda, and Nicolas Winding Refn, plus a note that American directors are thin on the ground.", "Their watch list spans Peter Weir's The Year of Living Dangerously, Exit 8, Tarsem Singh's The Fall, Bernardo Bertolucci's The Last Emperor, Peter Weir's The Plumber, John Carpenter's Dark Star, and Primate.", "Derek McDuff's sharpest reactions come on Exit 8 and Super Mario Galaxy, where he calls the first a psychological horror adaptation and the second a plotless pile of fan service."]

Damian Sherman and Derek McDuff discuss Lord and Miller's Project Hail Mary adaptation, Peter Weir's Picnic at Hanging Rock, and Ready or Not 2: Here I Come.

Damian Sherman and Derek McDuff discuss the 98th Academy Awards, movie and TV news, and their Letterboxd assignments.

Hosts Damian Sherman and Derek McDuff discuss movies about people trapped in various settings, including Sam Ramey's Senhulp, Marge Fishback's Iron Long, and Gore Verbinski's Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die, along with movie news and their Letterboxd assignments.

Damian Sherman and Derek Duff frame episode 224 of The Midnight Film Society around February 6, 2026, a batch of movie news, and their month-end catch-up after "Dumpuary." The sharpest discussion turns to Markiplier’s "Iron Lung" adaptation, which they say opened on about 3,475 screens and turned a three million dollar budget into roughly "$21 million." They also argue about Joseph Kosinski’s "F1," with Brad Pitt, Damson Idris, Javier Bardem, and Kerry Condon all named while Derek calls it a "legacy sequel for a movie that doesn't exist." The rest of the conversation moves through Catherine O’Hara, "Erin Brockovich," "Brokeback Mountain," and a run of older film discoveries, with several of those titles discussed as first-time watches.

Ryan Coogler's Sinners gets 16 nominations, and the hosts explain why the new casting award matters.

Midnight Film Society episode 222, dated January 9, 2026, is Damian Sherman and Derek McDuff's countdown of their favorite movies of 2025.

Midnight Film Society episode 215, dated September 19, 2025, opens with Damian Sherman and Derek McDuff setting up fall awards season, TIFF, and the week's movie news.

Documentary filmmaker Ashley Sabin discusses her career, how she got into filmmaking, and how her approach has evolved over 20 years.

Hosts Damian Sherman and Derek McDowell preview the 2024 fall movie season, recap summer movie winners and losers, and discuss recent movie and TV news.

Damian Sherman and Derek McDuff discuss the 2024 summer movie season, including films like Trap, It Ends With Us, and Alien: Romulus, and check in on their summer movie wager.