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100. The Virgin Suicides
It's just us for our one hundredth episode talking Sofia Coppola's The Virgin Suicides! We hit all the good stuff: suburban malaise, fear, control, p…
2 years, 8 months ago
99. King Arthur (2004) w/ Jon Gabrus
Have you ever wanted to know the TRUE story that inspired King Arthur? Did you know that Arthur was a freedom fighter battling for the independence o…
2 years, 9 months ago
98. Starship Troopers (w/ Liam Billingham)
Liam Billingham (Die Hard on a Blank / OuevreBusters) joins us to discuss Paul Verhoeven's meta-propaganda Brechtian war film Starship Troopers. We d…
2 years, 9 months ago
97. Star Wars Episode I - The Phantom Menace (w/ Matt Teichman)
The Phantom Menace has weathered the highs and (mostly) lows of fan appraisal. Once derided, then reclaimed, where does it stand in 2023? We issue th…
2 years, 10 months ago
96. Roma (w/ Agustín Rayo)
We sit down with my colleague Agustín Rayo (Professor of Philosophy, Dean of SHASS at MIT, and winner of the big number duel) to discuss Alfonso Cuar…
2 years, 10 months ago
95. Oppenheimer (w/ Bilge Ebiri)
Join us and Bilge Ebiri (New York Magazine / Vulture) to discuss Christopher Nolan's deconstructed biopic about the man who birthed a very big bomb. …
2 years, 11 months ago
94. What Maisie Knew (w/ Daniela Taplin Lundberg)
Joining us to talk about What Maisie Knew (2012) is the film's producer, Daniela Taplin Lundberg (whose feature credits include The Kids Are All Righ…
2 years, 11 months ago
93. Tar (w/ Emily St. James)
We sit down with Lydia Tár expert Emily St. James to talk about guilt, repression, cancel culture, subjectivity, moral hazards, the Todd Field Cinema…
3 years ago
92. Gremlins (w/ Brandon Polite)
Bright light! Bright light! We sit down with Brandon Polite (Philosophy, Knox College) to discuss Joe Dante's horror comedy masterpiece. Topics inclu…
3 years ago
91. Solaris (2002 version, w/ Phil Iscove)
How did Steven Soderbergh remake an obscure Soviet art-house film based on an even more obscure science fiction novel starring the most bankable A-li…
3 years, 1 month ago