Friday Night Double Features Vol. 66

Friday Night Double Features Vol. 66

From F This Movie! by fthismovie.com

May 4, 2026

About this episode

The episode discusses ten new double features to watch after the NBA Playoffs, focusing on films with strong ensemble casts.

  by Adam Riske and Patrick Bromley Ten new double features to watch after your team is eliminated from the NBA Playoffs. Double Feature 1: Adam: #1: American Graffiti (1973) Patrick: #2: Dazed and Confused (1993) Patrick: Trailers/Shorts: Fast Times at Ridgemont High , Can’t Hardly Wait , The Outsiders Patrick: Theme: Castmakers Patrick: I like these movies in which the cast is totally stacked with up-and-comers, but no one quite knows it yet except maybe a casting agent who is very, very good at his or her job. I haven’t seen American Graffiti in a number of years so I’m excited to revisit it at our theater. It’s a movie I’ve always respected more than actually liked, but I get smarter (in some ways) as I get older and I learn to see things in older movies that maybe I didn’t see the first time or two. Dazed and Confused is a movie I kind of rejected early on because I thought I was rejecting the fan base, but it gets better every time I see it. Maybe the best hangout movie ever? Adam: This is an amazing, perfect double feature with two movies I love. On my last viewing of American Graffiti , I realized it’s one of my favorite movies (probably top 25 or somewhere in that…

People in this episode

Hosts: Adam Riske, Patrick Bromley

Topics covered

  • double features
  • NBA Playoffs
  • film analysis
  • nostalgia
  • castmakers

Keywords

  • double feature
  • American Graffiti
  • Dazed and Confused
  • NBA Playoffs
  • film discussion

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: American Graffiti, Dazed and Confused, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Can’t Hardly Wait, The Outsiders

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