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Back to Search"The Tragedy of Man" (2011, Dir: Marcell Jankovics)
Twenty years in the making, Marcell Jankovics' animated adaptation of Imre Madách's sort-of play is a terribly ambitious intellectual undertaking about the role of man's inherent nature in the onspoo…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
"Happy-Go-Lucky" (2008, Dir: Mike Leigh)
In 2008 Mike Leigh made a movie about a genuinely nice lady coming into contact with a lonely right wing maniac. Sooner or later it became the model for how society was structured. Let's talk about i…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
"Nashville" (1975, Dir: Robert Altman)
Matt and Corbin are joined by the famous music writer NATALIE WEINER (Don't Rock the Inbox, other famous publications) to discuss NASHVILLE, Robert Altman's sprawling sociological survey of the city …
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
"Harvest" (2024, Dir: Athina Rachel Tsangari)
This is, somehow, the third movie we've done about pesants and the second movie we've done about agricultural barons trying to remove a community from the land where they live so it can be overwhelme…
Published on 3 months ago
"Celine and Julie Go Boating" (1975, Dir: Jacques Rivette)
Matt and Corbin, recording from the Portland Convention Center, talk about "Celine and Julie go Boating," a movie about two friends who are looking to have a good time and also maybe save a girl from…
Published on 3 months ago
DIGITAL FRONTIERS FINALE: "Melancholia" (2011, Dir: Lars Von Trier)
Corbin and Matt wrap up Digital Frontiers with MELANCHOLIA, a movie about depression, the end of the world, and like fifty other things. It's been a second since we recorded so I cannot properly reme…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
DIGITAL FRONTIERS: "Captain America: The First Avenger" (2011, Dir; Joe Johnston)
Hi! THis week, Matt and Corbin talk about "Captain America, The First Avenger," a movie about Captain America, an American Superhero. Topics: The MCU as a sort of end-product of the first two decades…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
DIGITAL FRONTIERS: LEVIATHAN (2012, Dir: Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel)
Whoops, a little late! Sorry everyone Matt is busy and I am something aside from busy but diverting enough that I forgot to post the episode. This one is about "Leviathan," a documentary from the Sen…
Published on 4 months ago
DIGITAL FRONTIERS: HUGO (2011, Dir: Martin Scorsese)
Old Cinema! New Cinema! Here they are, together! Ellis and Corbs talk about "Hugo," Martin Scorsese's honestly conspicously excellent family movie about a an orphan, a great filmmaker, and the open w…
Published on 4 months, 1 week ago
DIGITAL FRONTIERS: "Certified Copy" (2010, Dir: Abbas Kiarostami)
Welcome. In this episode Matt and Corbin talk about Abbas Kiarostami's 2010 brainscrew "Certified Copy," a movie about two strangers hanging out in the Italian countryside. Topics include: Binoche's …
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago