Movies While They Sleep

Movies While They Sleep

Movies While They Sleep is the movie podcast from two brothers who watch and talk about them after their wives and children go to bed. Follow us on twitter: @MWTSpod & instagram: @movieswhiletheysleep

Episodes

July 24, 2025 39 mins

Matthew and Mitchell are back with what was a very relevant episode a few months ago: we watched Conclave! And we’re excited to launch our new website with MERCH! Check out https://movieswhiletheysleep.com for a limited edition Conclave tee.

Be sure to follow us on twitter (@MWTSpod) and on instagram (@movieswhiletheysleep) to keep the conversation going and to see our favorite shots from the film. You can...

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Matthew and Mitchell finally get around to naming their top ten movies of 2024. Yes, this is very late, but the good news is most of this is a lot easier to see than it was six months ago. 

Be sure to follow us on twitter (@MWTSpod) and on instagram (@movieswhiletheysleep) to keep the conversation going and to see our favorite shots from the film. You can also share the pod via our new youtube channel. And...

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January 31, 2025 43 mins

Matthew and Mitchell react to this year's Academy Award nominations and the craziness of this year's most nominated film. 

Be sure to follow us on twitter (@MWTSpod) and on instagram (@movieswhiletheysleep) to keep the conversation going and to see our favorite shots from the film. You can also share the pod via our new youtube channel. And be sure to leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts!

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Today we're back with what was a planned episode on our best first time watches of last year (not including 2024 releases). We still covered that, but Mitchell and Matthew also react to the incredibly sad news of the passing of the great director David Lynch, one of the best to ever do it. 

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January 5, 2025 39 mins

We back! Matthew and Mitchell are back with a big New Year's Resolution: release more episodes of the pod this year! 

Be sure to follow us on twitter (@MWTSpod) and on instagram (@movieswhiletheysleep) to keep the conversation going and to see our favorite shots from the film. You can also share the pod via our new youtube channel. And be sure to leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts!

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November 6, 2024 59 mins

On this week's episode Matthew and Mitchell are FINALLY BACK! We discuss Alex Garland's Civil War, which is currently streaming on MAX. NOTE: We recorded this six months ago and just now finally got our act together to get it out to you all (the timing is just coincidental). 

Be sure to follow us on twitter (@MWTSpod) and on instagram (@movieswhiletheysleep) to keep the conversation going and to see our fa...

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February 27, 2024 65 mins

On this week's episode Matthew and Mitchell look back at the last year in movies, it's our top ten lists from 2023, a very good movie year! 

Be sure to follow us on twitter (@MWTSpod) and on instagram (@movieswhiletheysleep) to keep the conversation going and to see our favorite shots from the film. You can also share the pod via our new youtube channel. And be sure to leave us a rating and review on Apple...

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January 30, 2024 50 mins

On this week's episode Matthew and Mitchell discuss The Zone of Interest, a horrifying slice-of-life historical drama directed by and starring Jonathan Glazer. The Zone of Interest was also just nominated for five Academy Awards. 

Be sure to follow us on twitter (@MWTSpod) and on instagram (@movieswhiletheysleep) to keep the conversation going and to see our favorite shots from the film. You can also share...

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January 19, 2024 55 mins

We're back! On this week's episode Matthew and Mitchell discuss Maestro, directed by and starring Bradley Cooper in a biopic about Leonard Bernstein. It's got some great highs and also some confusing lows, we break it all down. 

Be sure to follow us on twitter (@MWTSpod) and on instagram (@movieswhiletheysleep) to keep the conversation going and to see our favorite shots from the film. You can also share t...

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December 8, 2023 72 mins

We're FINALLY back with an episode about a movie! Matthew and Mitchell discuss Killers of the Flower Moon, the latest from Martin Scorsese, need we say more? 

Be sure to follow us on twitter (@MWTSpod) and on instagram (@movieswhiletheysleep) to keep the conversation going and to see our favorite shots from the film. You can also share the pod via our new youtube channel. And be sure to leave us a rating a...

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This week it's a banter episode of MWTS—Matthew and Mitchell catch up on the last couple of months and look ahead to what we're excited about the next couple of months.  

Be sure to follow us on twitter (@MWTSpod) and on instagram (@movieswhiletheysleep) to keep the conversation going and to see our favorite shots from the film. You can also share the pod via our new youtube channel. And be sure to leave u...

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September 11, 2023 72 mins

t's the summer of Barbenheimer! Today's episode is Barbenheimer Part 2, all about Oppenheimer. Matthew and Mitchell discuss Christopher Nolan's epic. We talk what works and what doesn't and the joy of seeing a movie projected on 70MM. 

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August 8, 2023 97 mins

It's the summer of Barbenheimer! Today's episode is Barbenheimer Part 1, all about Barbie. Matthew and Mitchell discuss Greta Gerwig's new smash hit as she continues to make Sacramento proud. We talk Barbie, movie theater stories, and why Barbie's about much more than you might think. 

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July 13, 2023 54 mins

And we're back! Matthew and Mitchell are back with a special all banter episode of Movies While They Sleep. We're checking in and just letting you know that we're still out here watching movies. More episodes coming, we promise! Thanks for listening, sleepy heads. 

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Look, we get it, it's been a while and we're sorry about that. But Matthew and Mitchell are back with their thoughts on the Academy Awards (yeah, we know, it happened almost two months ago, sorry!). So if you still care about movies from 2022, check this episode out! 

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On this week's episode Matthew and Mitchell are joined by a special guest: Sam Yoder (AKA @SiliconeBoone). They talk Sam's favorite movie, an all time classic, Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey. We talk aliens, humanity, existentialism, and why this is an enduring classic. 2001 is streaming now on HBOMax.

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January 25, 2023 89 mins

On this week's episode Matthew and Mitchell look back at the last year in movies, it's our top ten lists from 2022! 

Be sure to follow us on twitter (@MWTSpod) and on instagram (@movieswhiletheysleep) to keep the conversation going and to see our favorite shots from the film. You can also share the pod via our new youtube channel. And be sure to leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts!

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December 23, 2022 82 mins

On this week's episode Matthew and Mitchell discuss James Cameron's long awaited sequel Avatar: The Way of Water! We talk all things Na'vi, modern blockbusters, plus give some Christmas movie recs. 

Be sure to follow us on twitter (@MWTSpod) and on instagram (@movieswhiletheysleep) to keep the conversation going and to see our favorite shots from the film. You can also share the pod via our new youtube cha...

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On this week's episode Matthew and Mitchell discuss the recently released 2022 Sight & Sound List, that once a decade lists of the best movies of all time. Plus we talk about Hitchcock's Vertigo, the last film to hold the top spot on that list. 

Be sure to follow us on twitter (@MWTSpod) and on instagram (@movieswhiletheysleep) to keep the conversation going and to see our favorite shots from the film. You...

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November 16, 2022 70 mins

On this week's episode Matthew and Mitchell watch the newest from director Todd Field TÁR—starring the incomparable Cate Blanchett. TÁR is in theaters and available now on VOD. 

Be sure to follow us on twitter (@MWTSpod) and on instagram (@movieswhiletheysleep) to keep the conversation going and to see our favorite shots from the film. You can also share the pod via our new youtube channel. And be sure to ...

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