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Blank Check with Griffin & David

Miller's Crossing with Ari Aster

Blank Check with Griffin & David

Blank Check Productions / Talkhouse

Tv & Film, Society & Culture, Comedy, Film Reviews

4.66.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2025

⏱️ 128 minutes

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Summary

It’s a movie about hats, and a movie about giving folks the high hat. It’s also a movie about how Jon Polito is the greatest actor in the world. It’s Miller’s Crossing! Filmmaker Ari Aster (go see Eddington!)  joins Griffin and David to discuss the Coen Brothers’ knotty homage to the gangster genre, a film overloaded with memorable characters and witty lines of dialogue. We’re doing a deep-dive on Gabriel Byrne, litigating Marcia Gay Harden’s surprise Oscar win for Pollock, and once again examining the Coens’ body of work through the lens of Jewish identity. Don't watch Tino's Dick Fart Read Faber Screenplay Books Check out Straight Time See Eddington Sign up for Check Book, the Blank Check newsletter featuring even more “real nerdy shit” to feed your  pop culture obsession. Dossier excerpts, film biz AND burger reports, and even more exclusive content you won’t want to miss out on. Join our Patreon for franchise commentaries and bonus episodes. Follow us @blankcheckpod on Twitter, Instagram, Threads and Facebook!  Buy some real nerdy merch Connect with other Blankies on our Reddit or Discord For anything else, check out BlankCheckPod.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Blank Jack with Griffin and David

0:05.0

Black Jack with Griffin and David

0:09.0

Don't know what to say or to expect

0:12.0

All you need to know is that the name of the show is blank check

0:18.0

Talking about friendship. I'm talking about character. I'm talking about friendship. I'm talking about character. I'm talking about hell, Leo, I ain't embarrassed to use the word. I'm talking about podcasts.

0:29.6

What's the word you're replacing that? Ethics. Ethics. That's the opening line of the movie.

0:33.0

That's Polito. Yeah. I'm going to give you the high hat. No, I'm not. I was trying to see if there was a high hat is my favorite thing in this movie.

0:41.2

I think people need to say that more.

0:35.0

I think it needs to be said all the time. Right, right.

0:36.6

Or I need to give people the high hat more and tell them I'm doing so.

0:38.2

But I feel like you actually can only say, are you giving me the high hat?

0:42.0

No, I think we need to be doing it and saying it.

0:45.4

I think you're right that you can't only say, are you giving me the high hat? No, I think we need to be doing it and saying it.

0:47.6

I think you're right that you can't tell someone else you're giving the high hat.

0:55.4

You can accuse someone else of giving you the high hat and you can give someone else the high hat.

0:59.2

But you can never call it before you do it.

1:04.2

Lex G always talks about getting the high hat, which is why he's one of our finest film critics. One of. Not number one. I was trying to find a high hat quote. Yeah, sure. But it's mostly just him screaming, are you giving me the high hat? Yes. Or like, you're giving me the high hat. Yeah. Yeah. Jawing. Keep going. Last time we jawed. Calling women twists? Yes. That's something that they do in this movie? My stomach has seized. I like everything he says. I think he's a good man of good character. Yeah. He's kind of a nightmare. No. No, no, no, no, good character. And he's letting you know from the beginning.

1:07.5

It's about ethics.

1:44.6

It's about ethics.

1:45.5

It's about ethics and game journalism.

1:46.1

Uh-huh.

1:48.2

That's what this movie's about, right?

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