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Hosted by Mike Stiffler and Darin Zarzecki · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 66 episodes
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“Do you like movies? Do you often catch yourself talking to your significant other about plot points and camera angles and only get a look of disgust in return? We understand. That’s why we’re getting together to unload all that, not on our wives, but to you. The fellow film lover who just wants to hear a different perspective on their favorite movies. Every episode is a deep dive into a particular film to learn and understand more about one of our favorite art forms, film”
Mike Stiffler and Darin Zarzecki hosts West Michigan Film Den, a tv show with 66 episodes published.


This week, we discuss the 1973 classic, American Graffiti.

Mike and Darin head to the theater to see what Backrooms is all about.


This week we discuss Office Space and its relevance in the modern world. Tune in!



This week, we dig into the moral complexities of the film, Hell or High Water. Tune in!

This week, we explore the themes of fate and inevitability within the film, No Country for Old Men.

After a little break, Mike and Darin headed to the theater to check out Project Hail Mary.

A discussion of Mr. Holland’s Opus (1995), following a composer who becomes a high school music teacher and slowly realizes the impact he’s had on generations of students. We reflect on the film’s heart, music, and lasti

We dive into Interstellar—Christopher Nolan’s ambitious space epic about love, time, and humanity’s last shot at survival.

This week on West Michigan Film Den, we dive into Half Nelson — the quiet, heavy indie drama starring Ryan Gosling as a middle school teacher battling addiction while forming an unlikely bond with one of his students.

This week, Mike and Darin discuss The Shawshank Redemption, covering themes of institutionalism, redemption and hope. Tune in!

In the spirit of the Winter Olympics, Mike and Darin discuss 2004’s, Miracle.

This week we’re talking 50/50 — a movie that uses humor to navigate cancer, anxiety, and the friends who show up when things get real.

Join us this This week, the Film Den takes on Denis Villeneuve’s Sicario—a chilling, morally gray thriller that trades heroes for hard truths. We dig into the tension, the craft, and what the film is really saying about


Welcome to Jurassic Park! Join Mike and Darin as they gush over this blockbuster!

This week, we watch Whiplash and ask ourselves, “what are we willing to sacrifice for greatness?”
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