Podcast Episodes

CROSSOVER: Cold War Cinema Bonus: The Phoenician Scheme (2025, Dir. Wes Anderson)

(sorry for the double post. this is a repost of a bad upload. LISTEN TO THIS ONE)

Hi there! Matt made a guest appearance on a great new podcast about cinema, history, and the left and we are sharing …

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Cold War Cinema: The Phoenician Scheme (2025, Dir: Wes Anderson)

Hi there! Matt was on a different podcast, and we are sharing it, with you, RIGHT HERE! It's called 'Cold War Cinema,' and you can find it here and here. 

Join Ellis and hosts Jason Christian, Tony …

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

DIGITAL FRONTIERS: "The Social Network" (2010, Dir: David Fincher)

Corbin and Matt talk about THE SOCIAL NETWORK, David Fincher's (and also Aaron Sorkin's) parable about the fouding of Facebook and the terrible dream of what felt like was coming next. Topics include…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

"A Married Couple" (1969, Dir: Alan King) w/ Christopher Jason Bell

Documentarian CHRISTOPHER JASON BELL (MeansTV, 'Miss Me Yet,' the upcoming 'Failed State') joins us to talk about 'A Married Couple,' Alan King's 1969 documentary about a disintegrating Canadian marr…

Published on 5 months ago

DIGITAL FRONTIERS: "Paranormal Activity" (2007, Dir: Oren Peli)

Ellis and Corbin talk about post-continuity infused, found footage horror extravaganza PARANORMAL ACTIVITY. Topics include: real estate in 2006 (the true horror), why there wasn't a second demonologi…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

DIGITAL FRONTIERS: "Avatar" (Dir: James Cameron, 2009)

We had to do it, so we did. Topics include: the insane camera setup they used on this, Cameron: Movie Napoleon, the...particular aesthetics, and the faint nostalgia for Michael Bay real heads feel wh…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

DIGITAL FRONTIERS: "Speed Racer" (Dir: The Wachowskis, 2008)

Speed Racer. It's a masterwork. It also might give you a headache. We must live in that contradiction. Topics: Comic Books and post-continuity cinema, the movie's collage-like qualities, the alternat…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

DIGITAL FRONTIERS: "Che: Part One" (2008, Dir: Steven Soderbergh) (W/ Eric Marsh)

Ellis and Corbin and ERIC MARSH discuss "Che: Part One," Steven Soderbergh's process-oriented tale of the Cuban Revolution, and the first movie ever shot on a 4K Movie Camera. Topics include: Oakley …

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

DIGITAL FRONTIERS: "Rachel Getting Married" (2008, Dir: Jonathan Demme)

Eyy! Rachel Getting Married! It's a heavy movie! We talk about Ann Hathaway playing into public type, the incredibly strange casting, Demme as a physical filmmaker working in a kinetic-digital world,…

Published on 6 months ago

DIGITAL FRONTIERS: Post-Continuity (With a Special Focus on Deja Vu, Tony Scott, 2006)

Some big news: Corbin and Matt lost their minds and recorded about film academy stuff for two hours. Our topic is Hollywood Continuty and its accelerants and defectors, which we process through the f…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago