Oh my god. Oh my god. It's HERE. It's HAPPENING!
Welcome to the first day of Blank Check March Madness, the only tournament-style competition happening this month, and the only film-related event happening this weekend!
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We’ve been hearing that Resistance….. it might be futile. Help us find out as we beam up again to cover Jonathan Frakes’s 1996 Borg-forward film Star Trek: First Contact.
Topics include: Best SNL Actor, frogs breathe coffee, Ben...
2025-03-01 05:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Join us (and definitely NOT Chip Smith) as we preview this year’s MARCH MADNESS Tournament!
Topics include: the status of Roundball Rock! Should David be embarrassed about something?? NBA broadcast/streaming rights machinations, a...
2025-02-28 05:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
It’s a wonderful night for Blankies! Join us and This Had Oscar Buzz’s Joe Reid as we survey the year that was 2024 in cinema. Not to spoil too much, but some things that happen in this episode: Griffy Crystal sings a tribute to The Brutalist ...
2025-02-23 05:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Blank Check is celebrating A DECADE OF DREAMS with a special anniversary art show—presented in partnership with CODA Gallery and Mutant—and you’re invited!
Join us from March 21st to March 23rd at CODA Gallery, located at 210 Rivington...
2025-02-21 22:05:52 +0000 UTC View Post
We’re beaming up once more as we kick off our commentary series covering the “Picard Treks”; That is to say all the Star Trek feature films staring Sir Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard, commanding officer of the Federation starship USS Ent...
2025-02-21 05:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi friends - we're looking to flesh out our event on Thursday with some more questions. Even if you won't be able to attend in person, we'd still like to...
2025-02-17 18:30:45 +0000 UTC View Post
We’re putting out a bit of a throwback episode for the most iconic (literal) blankie in film history - this week’s E.T. episode is guestless, with Griffin going rogue off the dossier, David making fun of Griffin for being an adult who likes to...
2025-02-16 05:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Blank Check, in partnership with Patreon, is doing a LIVE! Mailbag Episode taping as part of On Air Fest! This free event will be exclusive to Patreon members.
Thursday, February 20th
Doors at 6:30 PM
2025-02-12 21:07:46 +0000 UTC View Post
We’ve reached the halfway point in our Steven Spielberg related bonus episodes but also have kind of gone backwards? We’re tackling his episode of the NBC television series The Name of the Game.”2025-02-11 05:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
You’re a young movie fan. It’s 1981. STEVEN SPIELBERG is teaming up with FREAKING GEORGE LUCAS (!?!?!) to make a movie with HAN SOLO…can you imagine how hyped you’d be?? Marvel Comics legend Brian Michael Bendis joins us to recount the col...
2025-02-09 05:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
He invented the summer blockbuster. He inspired millions of people around the world to “watch the skies.” And now, he has sent Griffin Newman into an existential crisis over the question “what is comedy?” Our friends Mike Mitchell and Nick...
2025-02-02 05:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
We are putting the cap back on the jar, opening the fridge, placing the jar on the shelf, and maybe never revisiting the jar ever again as we wrap up our first commentary series of 2025 and say goodbye to Jelly with the EPIC conclusion to the Vite...
2025-02-01 05:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Five curious tones. A mountain of mashed potatoes. Bob Balaban with a beard speaking french. After the industry-changing success of JAWS, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND feels like a classic “blank check.” But it’s a little more nuanced t...
2025-01-26 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Would you like some peanut butter between your Jellys? Well then we have got just the movie for you. Sit back, relax and practice your best stereotypical Italian accent as we cover 1999’s Kelly Makin film Mickey Blue Eyes (2025-01-21 05:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Dunnnh dun. Dunnnh dun. Never before had two notes provoked such terror as they did in JAWS, the 1975 classic that invented the summer blockbuster, catapulted Steven Spielberg to Hollywood legend status, and inspired generational trauma about wate...
2025-01-19 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Young whippersnapper Steven Spielberg continues his run of dusty, road-centric films with 1974’s THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS, and we’re along for the (surprisingly chill) ride. Writer Esther Zuckerman joins us to discuss the cinematic persona of Gol...
2025-01-12 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
In our first of 4(??) Steven Spielberg related bonus episodes we are tackling his short film and TV works as we discuss his short film Amblin’...
2025-01-11 05:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
2025! Blank Check Year 10! Year of Miracles! In honor of our record 10th year of podcasting, we’re doing something we’ve never done before - going back to fill in the gaps on a filmography we’ve previously only partially covered. And what a ...
2025-01-05 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
2025 is upon us. And if we are being honest… we don’t think you’re ready for this Jelly. But nonetheless, we must proceed. We are kicking off 2025 with the first installment of the long promised “Jelly Trilogy” as we cover Harold Ramis...
2025-01-01 05:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Performed / recorded Live at The Town Hall in New York, NY on March 8, 2024, Blank Check takes on Broadway. Your favorite movie podcast stepped out of the studio and into the big city lights for a very special engagement at Town Hall.
Joined...
2024-12-25 05:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
What year is it? Well, it’s 2024 - but not for long. It’s our last episode of the year! Director of this year’s I SAW THE TV GLOW Jane Schoenbrun joins us to talk about the conclusion of Twin Peaks: The Return, and, by default, the conclusio...
2024-12-22 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
TALKING THE WALK has vanished (for now??). In its absence, the sittister new / old bit has risen from the ashes of its Empire and will not rest until Blankies everywhere, the real present-heads, have rejoiced.
J.D. Amato returns for hi...
2024-12-21 05:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Dougie gets it on (or, more accurately, Naomi Watts gets HER Dougie on), guest Fran Hoepfner pitches her artisanal slime for adults (don’t steal the idea), and we relitigate LOST for the hundredth time in this penultimate episode of our Twin Pea...
2024-12-15 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
😺😸😹😻😼😽🙀😿Memory, all alone in the moonlight!!! But we are not alone! We are joined by Grizabella, Mr. Mistoffelees, Bombalurina, Rumpleteazer, Jellylorum, Demeter, Mungojerrie and the rest of the Jellicle Cats as we wrap up ...
2024-12-11 05:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the podcast. These are the (two) friends. Drink full, and descend. The famous “Atomic Bomb” episode of The Return stands as one of David Lynch’s most defining works, an “origin story” for Twin Peaks, and one of the most experimen...
2024-12-08 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
“CRASH! A Chandelier drops from the ceiling!” Our ALW commentary series continues as we discuss the music movie of the night, Joel Schumacher’s 2004 film The Phantom of the Opera.
Topics include: Gerry B’s trajectory, a Hollywo...
2024-12-01 05:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
It is happening again - we’re covering TV! Or is it an 18-part movie? Much to ponder. We’re heading back to the Pacific Northwest (and Vegas…and New York…and the Red Room…and outer space?) in our first of four episodes covering Showtime...
2024-12-01 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Only on Blank Check would an episode about David Lynch’s deeply destabilizing INLAND EMPIRE turn into a heartfelt celebration of creativity and the human experience. David Rees joins us and brings receipts - including literal receipts for every ...
2024-11-24 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post