The Root Beer Cinema Podcast
Join hosts Max Vanderwerf and Carter Haskins as they explore the wonderful worlds of cinema and root beer.
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Tuesday Oct 14, 2025
Tuesday Oct 14, 2025
Prepare for Episode 6 by watching Gus Van Sant's Good Will Hunting (1997) and buying an IBC Root Beer.
Another guest joins us on this episode! His name is Dhruv Mehra. This episode's picks:
War of the Worlds (2025) dir. Rich Lee
Paired with Hank's Gourmet Root Beer
00:00 Introduction
03:08 War of the Worlds
17:17 Hank's Gourmet Root Beer
20:29 Ratings
All links: https://linktr.ee/rootbeercinema
Intro song written and performed by India Morrison & Phoebe Von Conta
Logo designed by Mia Sciabica
Tuesday Sep 30, 2025
Tuesday Sep 30, 2025
Prepare for Episode 5 by watching Rich Lee's War of the Worlds (2025) and buying a Hank's Gourmet Root Beer.
This episode's picks:
Drunken Angel (1948) dir. Akira Kurosawa
Paired with Not Your Father's Root Beer
00:00 Introduction
01:41 Drunken Angel
12:59 Not Your Father's Root Beer
15:40 Ratings
All links: https://linktr.ee/rootbeercinema
Intro song written and performed by India Morrison & Phoebe Von Conta
Logo designed by Mia Sciabica
Tuesday Sep 16, 2025
Tuesday Sep 16, 2025
Prepare for Episode 4 by watching Akira Kurosawa's Drunken Angel (1948) and buying a Not Your Father's Root Beer.
In this episode, Max and Carter have a guest! Her name is Mia Sciabica. This episode's picks:
Mortal Kombat (1995) dir. Paul W.S. Anderson
Paired with Culver's Root Beer
00:00 Introduction
02:19 Mortal Kombat
11:05 Culver's Root Beer
16:19 Ratings
All links: https://linktr.ee/rootbeercinema
Intro song written and performed by India Morrison & Phoebe Von Conta
Logo designed by Mia Sciabica
Tuesday Sep 02, 2025
Tuesday Sep 02, 2025
Prepare for Episode 3 by watching Paul W.S. Anderson's Mortal Kombat (1995) and buying a Culver's Root Beer.
This episode's picks:
Full Frontal (2000) dir. Steven Soderbergh
Paired with OLIPOP Classic Root Beer
0:00 Introduction
02:18 Full Frontal
09:55 OLIPOP Classic Root Beer
14:50 Ratings
All links: https://linktr.ee/rootbeercinema
Intro song written and performed by India Morrison & Phoebe Von Conta
Logo designed by Mia Sciabica
Tuesday Aug 19, 2025
Tuesday Aug 19, 2025
Prepare for Episode 2 by watching Steven Soderbergh's Full Frontal (2002) and buying an OLIPOP Classic Root Beer.
Welcome to the first episode of The Root Beer Cinema Podcast where hosts Max Vanderwerf and Carter Haskins review movies and root beers. For the first episode, two movies and two root beers are reviewed:
Cecil B. Demented (2000) dir. John Waters
Paired with Dr. Brown's Root Beer
&
La Haine (1995) dir. Mathieu Kassovitz
Paired with WBC Chicago-Style Root Beer
00:00 Introduction
04:59 Cecil B. Demented
22:47 Dr. Brown's Root Beer
25:22 Ratings
27:56 La Haine
47:33 WBC Chicago-Style Root Beer
50:35 Ratings
All links: https://linktr.ee/rootbeercinema
Intro song written and performed by India Morrison & Phoebe Von Conta
Logo designed by Mia Sciabica