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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 Mar 19, 2020
Thursday Mar 19, 2020
Song of Praise continues this week with a look at Bong Joon-ho's monster hit, The Host from 2006. The story of a father chasing a sea mutant in order to get his daughter back hits many of the marks of a Bong Joon-ho film, including economic displacement, class struggle, and human interaction. It also tacks on economic factors focusing on the what if based on real life events following the dumping of chemicals by American forces. We're tapping into all of those big Es on the eye chart, before diving into a discussion of how the film functions as a monster movie, while also discussing its subversions of the genre. Tune in as we go through another verse of this very fun marathon focusing on Song Kang-ho.
Thursday Mar 12, 2020
Thursday Mar 12, 2020
Song of Praise continues into the next chorus on episode 358 as we take a look at Song Kang-ho in the first chapter of Park Chan-wook's Vengeance Trilogy. That's right, this week we're discussing the 2002 revenge thriller that led us to Oldboy. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance is the first in a spiritual trilogy of revenge tales that engage with the cycles of violence that we find ourselves in and fascinated by. Ryu needs money, so he kidnaps Mr. Park's daughter—a move that will lead both men down a path to revenge. This week, we're talking violence, class warfare, and much more as we dissect Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance.
Thursday Mar 05, 2020
Thursday Mar 05, 2020
Welcome to Episode 357 of the GenreCast! This week, we're going to be starting our Song of Praise marathon dedicated to the work of the great Song Kang-ho. The illustrious Korean star has had a career spanning decades and reached even greater acclaim with the stateside Korean hit, Parasite. In honor to celebrate Song and Parasite, we're looking at four other films Song starred in, starting with The Foul King. The Foul King focuses on an everyman loser who sets out to find something more. That something more turns out to be professional wrestling, and soon Dae-ho is confident inside and outside the ring. But that confidence soon comes at a cost. Join us this week as we explore professional wrestling, inside baseball, capitalism, and much more as we discuss Kim Jee-woon's The Foul King.
Thursday Feb 27, 2020
Thursday Feb 27, 2020
Episode 356 is a celebration of Leigh Whannell in anticipation of the newly released Invisible Man. That's right, this week we're talking all about the high-concept action horror Upgrade. It's your classic revenge thriller meets Venom as Logan Marshall-Green gets an upgrade and goes to work on some two-bit crooks. We talk about our reactions and then open it up on the analysis table. This week, we're talking androids and AI, fridging, Blumhouse, and much more. Tune in now!
Thursday Feb 20, 2020
Thursday Feb 20, 2020
On episode 355 of the GenreCast, we're crossing the country with style and flare. The movie? To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar. The title is a mouthful and the movie is a lot, but we have a good time doing our best opening this one up for analysis. We start unofficially getting into the layers in our review section, which then carries over into our Syllabus Expansion and finally business time. We've also got notes from our beloved Alexandra Bohannon who was going to be on this week, until her schedule got shaken up at the last minute. But, prepare us she did. This week, Dalton coins the term "Rainbow Face" to allude to a cisgender and/or heterosexual performer playing outside their identified spectrum. We also get into questions of race, as well as economics. Dustin also spends time analyzing Sheriff Dollard as well. As three cis white men, we know it's not completely in our realm, but we do our best to analyze and discuss To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar. Enjoy!
Wednesday Feb 19, 2020
Wednesday Feb 19, 2020
Hello Twi-hards, and welcome to another episode of TwiLit! Your favorite cohorts are back to talk all about Swans and Cullens as Kirsten and Erin take on Twilight: New Moon. That's right, our fearless hosts are pushing on to the second entry in the Twilight Cinematic Universe(?). They're asking all the right questions and probably coming up with all the wrong answers. But, it's a good time nonetheless! So, tune in as they delve into all things Twilight: New Moon.
Thursday Feb 13, 2020
Thursday Feb 13, 2020
Happy Valentine's Day! We're back and love is in the air this week as we look at a tale of star-crossed lovers. This week, we're taking a look at Steven Soderbergh's Out of Sight. This Clooney-Lopez charmer has us talking about style, noir, the male gaze, race and much more. Tune in now to hear our thoughts about Out of Sight.
Thursday Feb 06, 2020
Thursday Feb 06, 2020
We interrupt your regularly scheduled GenreCast content to bring you our Best Movies of 2019 episode! That's right, it's the one of the few times a year we break from tradition and focus on the now in movie culture! We've finally caught all of the 2019 releases we could and locked in our lists of the best movies of 2019. We're giving you our top 10s, we're talking highs and lows, and we're even highlighting some under seen gems, great performances, and story concepts! So, did your favorite movies make the cut? Tune in to find out as we countdown the best movies of 2019!
Thursday Jan 30, 2020
Thursday Jan 30, 2020
The shuttle is touching down for AntiTrash 2020, this week. We're bringing the ship in with a movie from 2019 that opened on the 20th day of September! Arthur made it work. He did it. The crazy son of a gun did it. This week, we're talking all about the Brad Pitt vehicle Brad Astra, sorry, Dad Astra, sorry, Ad Astra. Yep, everyone else has made those puns, so we're running them into the ground! This week, we're talking homage and intertextuality, dads, humanism, and so much more as we break open Ad Astra en route to our Best Movies of 2019 episode next week.
Thursday Jan 23, 2020
Thursday Jan 23, 2020
Things get fuzzy on episode 352 of the GenreCast as we try to recall the details of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Made on a budget of $20 million dollars, this cult classic tragicomedy has become heralded as one of the great films of the 21st century. Based around two lovers who wipe their memories of the other from their minds, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind dives into the surreal. We talk all about memory wiping, relationships, authorship, and the films approach to masculinity, manic pixie dream girls, and love.