The Princess Bride is hands down my favorite movie. The guys break it down and draw new insights that I never knew or thought of. It’s a good listen, without talking over your head. It’s a conversation you’d have with friends or around the dinner table. Give it a try, and learn more about your favorite movies and directors!

Really enjoy the mix of directors and films discussed.

Great Podcast with lots of really cool insights on your favorite directors!

REVIEW UPDATE: this podcast started out focused exclusively on the works of David Fincher and has since expanded to examine a wide breadth of filmmakers and their filmographies. Love the insightful conversations. A must-listen for film lovers.

This is a fun podcast with good hosts coving films from the perspective of directors and what they mean to the movies. You can’t go wrong with this one.

UPDATED: By and large I’ve really enjoyed this podcast and their analysis but I got to the Mad Max series and it really gave me serious pause. They continuously insult the intelligence of fans of these movies. First they say there must only be two kinds of people who like “Mad Max”- those that were of age when I came out and grew up with the movie (ie. nostalgia) or “film snobs who really don’t like it but say they do cause they feel they have to.” What an incredibly insulting statement to make about fans of this film. Mad Max won multiple awards, has a 90% on RT, and has a huge fan base. Perhaps you don’t get the appeal, that’s fine. But don’t insult those that do. Next they say that fans who say they love the editing in Fury Road “actually mean they like the cinematography, not the editing.” Fury Road won 13 AWARDS for Best Editing- including the Academy Award and numerous film critics awards. But none of them know the difference between cinematography and editing? Seriously. It’s beyond crass. Any film reviewer who asserts that THEIR read of a movie is the final word and anyone who disagrees clearly doesn’t know anything about film is pretentious, snobbish, and truly short sighted. Clearly a portion of people who might listen to a podcast about any film are probably fans of it. Instead of insulting them when you don’t like the film, why not ask them to engage with you by writing or calling in with their takes? Really disappointing.

UPDATING MY REVIEW SINCE I WROTE THE FIRST ONE THREE YEARS AGO WHEN IT WAS JUST FOCUSED ON DAVID FINCHER: The show’s great. It’s equal parts funny, informed, informative, and spirited. The chemistry between the hosts is terrific. I usually start listening while applying my first regimen of moisturizer in the morning, which usually takes about an hour. I’ll then wrap up listening to the podcast while I boil some peanuts nd then throw them out because boiled peanuts are one of the grossest things ever invented. Thank goodness this podcast keeps me rooted in anything but boiled peanuts.

It’s 2023 and you don’t know how to pronounce Saorsie Ronan or Lea Seydoux, but you can complain about aspect ratio for an hour? A couple dumb bros with nothing interesting to say. This is a pretty worthless podcast in an over saturated field.

I have loved this podcast’s tone. The hosts are engaging and their research/discussions are the right mix of deep dive and entertaining. Keep up the great work!

What started as the House of Fincher, now retitled Houselights, the podcast is a film by film analysis of our favorite directors. For the first set, the crew studied David Fincher starting with his music videos, all the way through to his TV series. For me, it was a great excuse to revisit these films and listen to opinion and analysis about each. Second is the films of Nolan, a director I personally don’t enjoy as much so it’ll be interesting to see what the discussions bring. I hope this series continues to other directors, well done!

Fincher is one of the greatest filmmakers working right now. The hosts give a lot of great insights to his work. Cool concept for a podcast.

David Fincher is one of the best directors out there and this podcast comes up to that level with great commentary, insight and reviews of his filmography

Fincher is my favorite film director and I love listening to these guys. Give them a shot and you won’t be disappointed.

I’m excited to bring this podcast to you. David Fincher is my favorite director and John and Brandon have a great deal of insight. I hope you enjoy it.

These guys are the best! Insightful and knowledgeable about all things film. Fincher is a master of film and deserves to be studied and talked about. Great show!!!