High concept ideas don’t need studio money, just nerve, invention, and a willingness to get weird.

This week on Binge Movies, Jason is joined by Paul from The Slashers and The Countdown to rank and eliminate a lineup of high-concept, low-budget films that swing big with limited resources. These are movies built on bold premises, scrappy execution, and the kind of creative problem-solving that only comes from constraint.

Some stretch their ideas to the breaking point. Others prove that a great hook can outweigh a thin wallet. All of them raise the same question: when money is scarce, what really matters? El Mariachi (1992) Cube (1997) Primer (2004) The Man from Earth (2007) Coherence (2013)

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After years of service under a binding billion-year contract, the former caretaker of the Last Video Store in the Universe now resides somewhere quiet, clean, and unsettlingly expensive. Far away from the Last Video Store in the Universe. But...

The store is still open. The aisles are intact. The lights are on.

Please begin making your way back to Akron.

Film critic and author Alonso Duralde joins Jason for a holiday special packed with classic cinema, sharp takes, and seasonal martinis.

They dive into Christmas movie traditions, give a festive review of The Thin Man (1934), and talk about the newly expanded edition of Alonso’s essential guide, Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas.

If you like your holiday cheer classy and movie-obsessed, this one’s for you!

Alonso Duralde online: • Podcast: Linoleum Knife • Writing: Breakfast All Day