Krloz Ruben

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. What does it take to make an independent horror film, and what happens when you start looking at movies differently because you're the one making them? On this episode of The Physical Cut , I sit down with filmmaker Gare-Scare to talk about ...

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. When does watching a movie become something we feel like we have to document? Krloz sits down with Chris Higgins, AKA Bearded Film Guy , for a conversation about Letterboxd, movie discovery, ratings, film culture, and the increasingly compli...

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. Obsession is going to the Oscars; or at least Focus Features is going all in on an Oscar campaign. With the studio submitting Curry Barker’s Obsession in a long list of categories, the question isn't simply whether the movie deserves to be n...

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. On this episode of The Physical Cut , Krloz sits down with Matt from Asterisk Video , a small physical media business based in West Virginia that grew out of Matt and his wife's own collecting habits. What started with trying to downsize dup...

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. What makes a film worthy of the Criterion Collection? Krloz sits down with Ron from Why This Film? to talk about Criterion, physical media collecting, and the idea behind his podcast: exploring the collection one spine at a time . Ron shares...

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. Every movie collector remembers their first Criterion. In this episode of The Physical Cut , Krloz sits down with Derick McDuff , host of the Underrated Movie Podcast , longtime Barnes & Noble bookseller, and WatchMojo contributor, to explor...

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. Why did Obsession (2026) become one of the biggest horror success stories of the year? In this episode of The Physical Cut , Krloz is joined by special guest John (Spky_Szn95) to break down the unexpected rise of Cory Barker's breakout indie...

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. The future of physical media has never been more uncertain. As streaming services grow and digital purchases become the norm, an important question remains: Do we actually own the movies and games we buy? In this special crossover episode, T...

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. The Criterion Collection July Sale is one of the best times of the year to add new films to your shelf, and in this episode I’m sharing ten releases I think are absolutely worth picking up. These aren’t ranked, and they aren’t necessarily th...

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. What happens when you stop traveling like a tourist and start traveling like a movie collector? In this episode of The Physical Cut , Krloz Ruben compares Rome and Madrid through the lens of physical media collecting . Which city offers the ...