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120. The Bling Ring
Crimewave summer continues with Sofia Coppola's film about celebrity thieves! We discuss the movie in the context of Coppola's filmography, her artis…
1 year, 11 months ago
119. Scarface (w/ Glenn Kenny)
DePalma, Stone, Pacino, Montana. We are joined by Glenn Kenny (author of The World is Yours: The Story of Scarface) to discuss excess, capitalism, ha…
1 year, 11 months ago
118. Public Enemies (w/ Liam Billingham and Phil Gawthorne)
The guys from Die Hard on a Blank are here to kick off CRIMEWAVE SUMMER and talk all things John Dillinger with us! Crime doesn't pay, but it sure is…
2 years ago
117. Bull Durham (w/ Noah Gittell)
Let us all worship at the Church of Baseball! We are joined to talk Bull Durham by Noah Gittell, author of the recent book Baseball: The Movie. We di…
2 years ago
116. Hot Tub Time Machine (w/ Mitchell Beaupre)
Let's get it started, in the TUB! We sit down with Mitchell Beaupre (Letterbox'd) to discuss male friendship, regrets, the allure of youth, reliving …
2 years, 1 month ago
115. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (w/ Edward Lewis)
What's a moody anti-Western got to do with mythmaking, outlaws, celebrity, bold robbers, parasocial relationships, betrayal, guilt, capitalism, Roger…
2 years, 1 month ago
114. Sympathy for the Devil (w/ Yuval Adler and Matt Strohl)
Nicolas Cage has been on a run of making several movies a year for decades now, and Sympathy for the Devil is one of his latest experiments, a pulpy …
2 years, 2 months ago
113. Dogville (w/ Agnes Callard)
Today we explore the dark recesses of the human soul with Agnes Callard (Chicago). We discuss von Trier's minimalist staging, the movie's parable, th…
2 years, 2 months ago
112. Red Dawn (w/ Nat Hansen)
John Milius's 1984 film Red Dawn has a reputation as being a jingoistic conservative fever dream, but we talk with Nat Hansen, who argues that its po…
2 years, 3 months ago
111. Dune Part Two (w/ John DeVore)
We go BACK to Arrakis, desert planet, homeworld of the spice and the Fremen and keeper of Shai Hulud. We're joined again for the journey by major spi…
2 years, 3 months ago