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A movie analysis show looking at your favorite cult and genre films from across cinema history. Each week, Dustin, Arthur, and Dalton try to apply academic rigor and critical analysis to the films you wouldn’t talk about in a film studies class while having a few laughs along the way. It’s the conversations you have in the lobby of the multiplex with a little more room to breathe, and the occasional footnote. Stay tuned to the feed for bonus episodes on new releases.
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Jul 30, 2015
Jul 30, 2015
59 min
#YouPickTheTrash is back and we're joined by listener and recurring guest host, Nick Sanford. This week, we pick the film he suggested Twister. The blockbusters keep on coming, so get to your safe place and check out this weeks show. We talk formalism, westerns, naturalism, and social commentary. We pick some of our favorite spectacle films, and finally we wind up in the pop culture arena. We also urge you to sit through the credits for a little more fun.
The Rabbit Hole
Jul 25, 2015
Jul 25, 2015
58 min
Have you got your vaccination, dear listener? That's right, we need camo to avoid infection as we struggle through World War Z. The movie gets a mild reaction as we talk production, class, adaptation, and a post-9/11 cinematic world. We highlight some of Brad Pitt's finest moments and end with pop culture as always. Thanks for listening Dear Listener.
The Rabbit Hole
For more on the production history of World War Z, go check out this piece from Vanity Fair, entitled "Brad's War".
For a more in-depth look at Horror Blockbusters, and also a really good podcast, go check out The Faculty of Horror.
Jul 16, 2015
Jul 16, 2015
52 min
We get back around the table, ladies and gentlemen, to discuss a keystone from the 80s; Steven Spielberg's E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial. In a rare moment, Dalton does not make it to the table, so Alex searched high and low for a decent replacement; please welcome @huffmanheath Heath Huffman as he provides a generic trope reading of the film. The rest of the gang talk psychoanalysis, cultural immersion, christian iconography, and narrative scoring. We talk about what movie creatures we would like as pets or friends. And we end as always, with what has us fired up in pop culture.
Jul 11, 2015
Jul 11, 2015
59 min
We're back dear listener! This week we bring, political, religious, queer and neocolonial readings to 1987's Predator.
Jul 4, 2015
Jul 4, 2015
2hr 18 min
Just because we love you, dear listener: here's a commentary track on ID4 from Dustin and Arthur to go with this week's regularly scheduled programming.
Jul 3, 2015
Jul 3, 2015
1hr 3 min
It gets seasonal dear listener, as we take a look at 1996's Box Office Hit: Independence Day. We look at a young Will Smith and a hot Jeff Goldblum and talk Americana, pollution, and commodification of race. The game sees us talking about our favorite conspiracy films we want to see on film, and we finish as always with what has us fired up in Pop Culture.