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#182 - There Goes the Neighborhood
In this spooky Halloween episode, we consider the politics of horror by looking at the ultimate slasher film, John Carpenter's classic HALLOWEEN (1978). We discuss the way that the horror genre has t…
Published on 4 years, 10 months ago
PREVIEW - #181 - West Wingin' It (w/ Briahna Joy Gray and Nathan J. Robinson)
PATREON-EXCLUSIVE EPISODE - https://www.patreon.com/posts/43221887 Just when Luke thought he was out, they pull him back in. In another crossover event with the Current Affairs podcast, our resident …
Published on 4 years, 10 months ago
PREVIEW - Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (Patreon Bonus)
PATREON BONUS - https://www.patreon.com/posts/43213235 We had to do it. We discuss the new Borat movie, the difference between "good" and "bad" liberal comedy, and the difference between liberal and …
Published on 4 years, 10 months ago
#180 - The Informer
After he named names for HUAC, Elia Kazan made a movie about an informer. We watched ON THE WATERFRONT (1954), one of the great American films by the most famous American rat, and discuss its persona…
Published on 4 years, 10 months ago
PREVIEW - #179 - A Man Walks Into a Talent Agent's Office...
PATREON-EXCLUSIVE EPISODE - https://www.patreon.com/posts/42981654 Since ancient times, a sacred caste of people known as "comedians" have told a secret joke - so powerful, so dangerous, that mere mo…
Published on 4 years, 10 months ago
#178 - The Lame Show with David Letterman
A former prickly TV personality tries to become a better man... a former president tries to refine his brand... on the pilot episode of the stupefyingly dull Netflix talk show MY NEXT GUEST NEEDS NO …
Published on 4 years, 10 months ago
PREVIEW - #177 - The Lie That Tells The Truth
PATREON-EXCLUSIVE EPISODE - https://www.patreon.com/posts/42744256 What is real? What is fake? What is art? Is there such thing as expertise, and who should be the arbiter? Is there such thing as obj…
Published on 4 years, 10 months ago
#176 - You've Got Mail: 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 Marcetic for a roundtable discussion of Nora Ephr…
Published on 4 years, 10 months ago
PREVIEW - #175 - Ssssssomebody Stop Him!
PATREON-EXCLUSIVE EPISODE - https://www.patreon.com/posts/42484228 What happens to a man when he becomes the biggest star in the world overnight? The hair-raising documentary JIM & ANDY: THE GREAT BE…
Published on 4 years, 11 months ago
#174 - Rule of Thumb, Part II
What does it mean to be "America's Critic"? What does it take to be the most powerful critic the world has ever known? Several months back we discussed "Siskel & Ebert," but now we turn our attention…
Published on 4 years, 11 months ago