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PREVIEW - #407 - Trust the Fungus
PATREON-EXCLUSIVE EPISODE - https://www.patreon.com/posts/79406807 We discuss a movie that has, for some unknowable reason, been much-requested by ou…
3 years, 7 months ago
#406 - I Am Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Abbas Kiarostami's masterpiece CLOSE-UP (1990) used the true story of a poor man who impersonated a famous filmmaker to meditate on class, identity, …
3 years, 7 months ago
#405 - Empire Records: A Michael & Us Symposium (w/ Meagan Day and Branko Marcetic)
Some topics are too vast, too vital for us to cover on our own. Today, we address one such topic. We invited Jacobin Magazine's Meagan Day and Branko…
3 years, 8 months ago
PREVIEW - #404 - The Boy in the Bubble
PATREON-EXCLUSIVE EPISODE - https://www.patreon.com/posts/404-boy-in-78936344 We look back on the prototypical modern viral media phenomenon: the "Ba…
3 years, 8 months ago
#403 - Fully Automated Luxury Centrism
The amateur documentary MY YANG GANG DIARY (2021) gives us opportunity to look back on the presidential candidacy of Andrew Yang. We discuss how the …
3 years, 8 months ago
PREVIEW - #402 - The State of Disunion
PATREON-EXCLUSIVE EPISODE - https://www.patreon.com/posts/78564941 On February 7, Joe Biden delivered his State of the Union to a new congress. A lit…
3 years, 8 months ago
#401 - Heaven and Earth
Terrence Malick perfected his now-signature style with his rapturously beautiful second film, DAYS OF HEAVEN (1978). We discuss the film's depiction …
3 years, 8 months ago
PREVIEW - #400 - Amityville Michael & Us - A 400th Episode Spectacular
PATREON-EXCLUSIVE EPISODE - https://www.patreon.com/posts/400-amityville-78332944 We've reached episode #400, and we're celebrating this auspicious a…
3 years, 8 months ago
#399 - Own Your Bad
A key moment in the evolution of the modern blockbuster, JURASSIC WORLD (2015) is a cynical reboot about cynical reboots. We discuss what this enormo…
3 years, 8 months ago
PREVIEW - #398 - The Cheese Stares Back
PATREON-EXCLUSIVE EPISODE - https://www.patreon.com/posts/398-cheese-back-77885785 First, Luke breaks down exactly what's going on in the peculiar sa…
3 years, 8 months ago