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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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Thursday Jun 15, 2023
Thursday Jun 15, 2023
This week, we've somehow stumbled into a sorta marathon thanks to Dustin who is reviving host picks. His choice is Catherine Breillat's updated take on Charle's Perrault's classic fairy tale, The Sleeping Beauty—hard article. This week, we're talking gender and femininity, auteurism, TV movies, French television distribution, and much, much more! Join us this week as we head to France for The Sleeping Beauty.
TIMESTAMPS
00:30 - Introductions and Synopsis
05:10 - Quick The Sleeping Beauty Reviews
18:23 - Expanding the Syllabus
29:29 - Analysis
58:41 - Shelf or Trash
1:02:03 - Wrap Up and Next Week's Film
Monday Jun 12, 2023
Monday Jun 12, 2023
Friends and familiars, our sleepy boys put a bow on their deadCenter 2023 coverage. From long hot days to late night shorts, it was a great time, but now sleep awaits. We hope you've enjoyed our coverage of this year's event—and we hope to be back next year with even more coverage! Make sure to subscribe to catch our normal shows and any future special events that might await us.
Sunday Jun 11, 2023
Sunday Jun 11, 2023
Sorry for a late update, but Day 3 of deadCenter Film Festival was a hoot. We're feeling the festival sleepies by now. On this recap, Dalton, Dustin, and Alex sit down for a conversation with Theo and the .22 director/writer Caleb Vesely and Fry Bread Jesus director/co-star/writer Erik Sanchez. Then, our very sleepy boys sit down to talk about the comedy shorts block as well as two narrative features; Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls and Quantum Cowboys. Please, send your thoughts to be with us as we find time to rest and finish the fest.
Saturday Jun 10, 2023
Saturday Jun 10, 2023
Welcome back friends and foes! The festival is well underway, and day two brought a lot with it. Dustin, Alex, and Dalton recap the second day of deadCenter Film Festival 2023. They discuss narrative features The Awkward Stage and Know Your Place as well as two blocks of short films; Okie Shorts 1 and Sinful Sinema Shorts.
Friday Jun 09, 2023
Friday Jun 09, 2023
Somewhere between a preview and a night cap, Dalton, Dustin, and Alex are here with a precap of Day 2 of the deadCenter Film Festival. In the midst of Day 2, Alex, Dalton and Dustin sit down with Caleb Masters from The Cinematic Schematic to talk festival life and preview the remainder of the day.
Friday Jun 09, 2023
Friday Jun 09, 2023
The deadCenter Film Festival 2023 kicked off in earnest yesterday, and Dustin, Dalton, and Alex Sanchez are continuing their coverage. Per Dalton, they consider the vibe of the opening night wrap party before Dustin recaps his watch of What Rhymes with Reason. Then, the boys discuss the Oklahoma premier of the screwball, neo-noir, comedy of manners that is Hell Hath No Fury from Okie director Zachary Burns and writer Jacob Leighton Burns.
Thursday Jun 08, 2023
Thursday Jun 08, 2023
Drop your Roy Orbison vinyl on the deck, and let down your hair, it's time to revisit THE rom-com of the 1990s: Pretty Woman. It's the movie that certified Julia Roberts as box office gold. We talk all about fairy tales, rom-coms, movie stars, the classic Hollywood style, and much, much more.
TIMESTAMPS
00:30 - Introductions and Synopsis
05:07 - Quick Pretty Woman Reviews
20:55 - Expanding the Syllabus
36:26 - Analysis
54:42 - Shelf or Trash
57:02 - Wrap Up and Next Week's Film
Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
Hello friends, deadCenter Film Festival 2023 is almost underway. Dalton, Dustin, and pals will be reporting from the event with interviews, responses, and reactions to this year's programming. Dalton is here on Day 0 with a preview of the festival and general festival thoughts with friend of the show and Praisedown co-host, actor, comedian, and all around good soul Alex Sanchez. Tune in to hear their thoughts, and subscribe to keep up with all the news that fit to print coming out of deadCenter 2023.
Thursday Jun 01, 2023
Thursday Jun 01, 2023
Grab your schedules and your best costume party fit, it's time to go back to school with a Patreon-selected pick: Legally Blonde. The Reese Witherspoon comedy classic crosses our table, so we totally had to analyze it. We're talking sexual politics, empathy devices, representation, and much, much more as we dive into the comedy fave that is Legally Blonde.
TIMESTAMPS
00:30 - Introductions and Synopsis
05:14 - Quick Legally Blonde Reviews
18:23 - Expanding the Syllabus
34:12 - Analysis
55:22 - Shelf or Trash
58:08 - Wrap Up and Next Week's Film
Thursday May 25, 2023
Thursday May 25, 2023
As Part Threes: Part Tres comes to a close, happenstance has taken us to a galaxy far, far away as we look at Return of the Jedi on its 40th anniversary. Do the Ewoks hold this back? Is the Skywalker family drama too much for us? We talk trilogies and franchises, Freud, storytelling, post-modernism, and much, much more.
TIMESTAMPS
00:30 - Introductions and Synopsis
05:08 - Quick Return of the Jedi Reviews
22:10 - Expanding the Syllabus
35:38 - Analysis
1:07:53 - Shelf or Trash
1:08:56 - Wrap Up and Next Week's Film