Hello everyone! The Summer of Lists returns! Last year, we ran down our Top 100 movies of all time. This summer, we're presenting a series of lists, and we kick things off with Our Top 10 Directors of All Time. In an agonizing extra-long episode, we try to verbalize which directors speak to us and how their filmographies have impacted us. Tune in now to hear us talk about our favorite directors!
Hello friends and familiars, we're so happy to catch up with you in this life for another Garbage Chute special review. Dalton and Arthur made it out to the picture show to catch the anticipated new romance from Celine Song, Past Lives . This festival favorite from A24 has been building buzz since Sundance, but can it live up to the hype? Dalton and Arthur give you their thoughts and recommendations on whether or not you should check out Celine Song's Past Lives . Tune in now!...
Hello friends and familiars! The GenreCast is back for another adventure. We dust off our fedoras and take on the fourth chapter in the Indiana Jones franchise: The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull from 2008. The much maligned fourth film is being brought up in light of a brand new entry: Dial of Destiny . Has Crystal Skull aged like a fine wine? Or is it still a stinking relic? We're joined by writer, editor, and all around fun friend, Lucas Dunn. On this episode, we get to the analysis table to ta...
Friends and familiars, it's time to grab your petroleum jelly and practice your talents because the beauty pageant begins soon. This week, we're taking a look at the 1999 cult classic Drop Dead Gorgeous . This mockumentary features an incredible ensemble of up-and-comers and character actors. This week, we talk political pandering, beauty pageants and the American dream, presentations of intellectual disabilities, and much, much more as we bring this contestant to the analysis table. Join us now...
This week, we've somehow stumbled into a sorta marathon thanks to Dustin who is reviving host picks. His choice is Catherine Breillat's updated take on Charle's Perrault's classic fairy tale, The Sleeping Beauty —hard article. This week, we're talking gender and femininity, auteurism, TV movies, French television distribution, and much, much more! Join us this week as we head to France for The Sleeping Beauty. TIMESTAMPS 00:30 - Introductions and Synopsis 05:10 - Quick The Sleeping Beauty Review...
Friends and familiars, our sleepy boys put a bow on their deadCenter 2023 coverage. From long hot days to late night shorts, it was a great time, but now sleep awaits. We hope you've enjoyed our coverage of this year's event—and we hope to be back next year with even more coverage! Make sure to subscribe to catch our normal shows and any future special events that might await us.
Sorry for a late update, but Day 3 of deadCenter Film Festival was a hoot. We're feeling the festival sleepies by now. On this recap, Dalton, Dustin, and Alex sit down for a conversation with Theo and the .22 director/writer Caleb Vesely and Fry Bread Jesus director/co-star/writer Erik Sanchez. Then, our very sleepy boys sit down to talk about the comedy shorts block as well as two narrative features; Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls and Quantum Cowboys . Please, send your thoughts ...
Welcome back friends and foes! The festival is well underway, and day two brought a lot with it. Dustin, Alex, and Dalton recap the second day of deadCenter Film Festival 2023. They discuss narrative features The Awkward Stage and Know Your Place as well as two blocks of short films; Okie Shorts 1 and Sinful Sinema Shorts.
Somewhere between a preview and a night cap, Dalton, Dustin, and Alex are here with a precap of Day 2 of the deadCenter Film Festival. In the midst of Day 2, Alex, Dalton and Dustin sit down with Caleb Masters from The Cinematic Schematic to talk festival life and preview the remainder of the day.
The deadCenter Film Festival 2023 kicked off in earnest yesterday, and Dustin, Dalton, and Alex Sanchez are continuing their coverage. Per Dalton, they consider the vibe of the opening night wrap party before Dustin recaps his watch of What Rhymes with Reason . Then, the boys discuss the Oklahoma premier of the screwball, neo-noir, comedy of manners that is Hell Hath No Fury from Okie director Zachary Burns and writer Jacob Leighton Burns.
Drop your Roy Orbison vinyl on the deck, and let down your hair, it's time to revisit THE rom-com of the 1990s: Pretty Woman. It's the movie that certified Julia Roberts as box office gold. We talk all about fairy tales, rom-coms, movie stars, the classic Hollywood style, and much, much more. TIMESTAMPS 00:30 - Introductions and Synopsis 05:07 - Quick Pretty Woman Reviews 20:55 - Expanding the Syllabus 36:26 - Analysis 54:42 - Shelf or Trash 57:02 - Wrap Up and Next Week's Film...
Hello friends, deadCenter Film Festival 2023 is almost underway. Dalton, Dustin, and pals will be reporting from the event with interviews, responses, and reactions to this year's programming. Dalton is here on Day 0 with a preview of the festival and general festival thoughts with friend of the show and Praisedown co-host, actor, comedian, and all around good soul Alex Sanchez. Tune in to hear their thoughts, and subscribe to keep up with all the news that fit to print coming out of deadCenter ...
Grab your schedules and your best costume party fit, it's time to go back to school with a Patreon-selected pick: Legally Blonde. The Reese Witherspoon comedy classic crosses our table, so we totally had to analyze it. We're talking sexual politics, empathy devices, representation, and much, much more as we dive into the comedy fave that is Legally Blonde. TIMESTAMPS 00:30 - Introductions and Synopsis 05:14 - Quick Legally Blonde Reviews 18:23 - Expanding the Syllabus 34:12 - Analysis 55:22 - Sh...
As Part Threes: Part Tres comes to a close, happenstance has taken us to a galaxy far, far away as we look at Return of the Jedi on its 40th anniversary. Do the Ewoks hold this back? Is the Skywalker family drama too much for us? We talk trilogies and franchises, Freud, storytelling, post-modernism, and much, much more. TIMESTAMPS 00:30 - Introductions and Synopsis 05:08 - Quick Return of the Jedi Reviews 22:10 - Expanding the Syllabus 35:38 - Analysis 1:07:53 - Shelf or Trash 1:08:56 - Wrap Up ...
Welcome back to Woodsboro fiends and familiars... Well, to be more exact, welcome to Hollywood by way of Woodsboro. That's right, Part Threes: Part Tres continues with Wes Craven's meta franchise Scream 3 . The, at-the-time, final part of Sidney Prescott's story is bigger and badder, and this week we talk the rules of trilogies, postmodernism, cultural literacy, and much, much more as we take apart Scream 3. Tune in now for 100% less Cotton. TIMESTAMPS 00:30 - Introductions and Synopsis 05:33 - ...
Hello and welcome, friends and familiars! Our Part 3s: Part Tres marathon continues this week with an animated adventure filled with laughs and kung fu. That's right, it's Kung Fu Panda 3. Jack Black is here to make us laugh with an ensemble of A-listers. This week, we talk Kung Fu, animation, voice acting contracts, parenting and children, and much, much more—also, Arthur spends a lot of time trying to figure out a movie featuring Snoop Dogg. It's a good time—you should join the conversation be...
Well, hello again. Franchises, am I right? This week, we dust off one of our silliest marathons as we take a look at Part Threes for a third time (meta!). We kick of Part Threes: Part Tres with James Mangold's finale of the Wolverine saga: Logan. Jackman is old and tired, just like the rest of us—but Logan has one more mission to go on (until the inevitable Disney intervention). We talk R-rated super heroes, genre flexibility in regards to comic adaptations, westerns, and much, much more as we s...
Mount up fiends and familiars, we're taking it back to 2001 to talk about knights, jousts, and Geoffrey Chaucer—that's right, it's A Knight's Tale . Sometime after being told there were 10 things hated about him but before becoming the clown prince of crime, Heath Ledger took to horse back in an attempt to change his stars. This week, we talk about needledrops and soundtracks, changing destiny, literary intertextuality, and much more as we discuss A Knight's Tale . TIMESTAMPS 00:30 - Introductio...
All aboard fans and fiends! We're taking the first train out of the station to take a look back at Tony Scott's final film, Unstoppable. Last week, we talked Ridley, and this week is all about Tony. So, get ready. We got Denzel, Chris Pine, trains, the media, companies weighing human lives, and much, much more as we ride the rails with Unstoppable. TIMESTAMPS 00:30 - Introductions and Synopsis 04:14 - Quick Unstoppable Reviews 17:04 - Expanding the Syllabus 29:03 - Analysis 48:29 - Shelf or Tras...
At ease friends and familiars! This week, we've enlisted in a high-specialized force of podcasters to take on Ridley Scott's G.I. Jane from 1997. Starring Demi Moore and Viggo Mortensen, G.I. Jane marked a pivotal point in the at one time highest paid actress in Hollywood. But, does the film deserve the hate? We talk about sexism, equality and equity, boot camp movies, and much, much more as we get this 1997 action war movie to the analysis table: Join us now! TIMESTAMPS 00:30 - Introductions an...
Here we go again! We're back with episode 501 as we keep the crazy train rolling down the tracks. And we're making a hard pivot into a dance, dance revolution as we take a look at the cult classic Mamma Mia . Adapted from the stage show of the same name, this island adventure pulls from the greatest hits of ABBA. We're talking camp, musicals, ABBA, feminism and much more as we take on the dancing queens. So, put on your dancing shoes and join us at the analysis table for Mamma Mia. TIMESTAMPS 00...
We're back friends for episode 500! What a wild ride it has been. To celebrate this momentous occasion, we're taking a look at the first three chapters of the John Wick franchise. The vigilante has a special place in our hearts, and with episode 500 lining up with the release of Chapter 4, it felt like the perfect time to tackle this trilogy of films in one megasode! We talk stunts, intertextuality, violence, grief, and much, much more as we look back at the initial John Wick trilogy. Join us no...
Grab your mom's spaghetti and get ready, we're heading to the 313 to talk the 'not a biopic' biopic of Marshall Mathers, 8 Mile. This 2002 musical drama was heavily influenced by the rappers career and sees Eminem take the leading role. In an era that saw the rise in mainstream popularity of rap battles, 8 Mile was the forerunner. We breakdown its popularity, its approach to storytelling, the poor ways it has aged, and much more in this week's show. So, join us at the analysis table as we walk t...
Welcome everyone to a once upon a time tale set in the House of Mouse. 1988's Willow is a cult classic beloved by many. Ron Howard's fantasy story of a young man who finds a baby and tries to fulfill its destiny recently saw a revival thanks to a Disney+ Streaming Series. We gather around the analysis table this week to talk Lucas, Disney, Fantasy, Hero Journeys and much, much more. So join us as we analyze Willow. TIMESTAMPS 00:30 - Introductions and Synopsis 05:10 - Quick Willow Reviews 21:30 ...
Things get reflective this week as our dear Patreon friend Keithan has thrown a mighty powerful gauntlet at us in the form of Terrence Malick's A Hidden Life. The 2019 Biopic marked a bit of a return to form critically for Malick after a slate of critically mixed releases from the revered filmmaker. This week, we talk about Malick's style, the way we discuss real heroic figures, doing what is right, and much, much more. So, join us as we work through this thoughtful, meditative picture. TIMESTAM...
Welcome back to the multiverse fiends and foes! We're returning to end our East Goes West Crime Wave Marathon with a little white collar crime—never mess with the I-R-S! That's right, we're finishing this marathon with Michelle Yeoh and the acclaimed 2022 picture Everything Everywhere All at Once. The Academy-aloved sci-fi family drama from A24 and Daniels has captured hearts and acclaim since its release. But, is there much here to dissect? We have a hearty conversation about family dynamics, m...
Happy Friday dear fiends! We're back to continue our East Goes West Crime Wave Marathon. And this week, we're here with the heavy hitter—one Mr. Jackie Chan. But, we're going modern with his 2017 old man action tale The Foreigner , directed by Martin Campbell and co-starring Pierce Brosnan. On this week's episode, we're talking about the IRA, terrorism, old man action, and much, much more as we attempt to get to the heart of the troubles in The Foreigner. 00:30 - Introductions and Synopsis 05:38...
Hello friends and foes! We return to our East Goes West Crime Wave Marathon with the irresistible force Jet Li in The One. We're crossing the multiverse in an attempt to attain the power of all the GenreCasts out there! This week though, we talk Jet Li, multiverses, soundtracks from 2001, and much, much more! So join us as we prepare to jump to the next multiverse! TIMESTAMPS 00:30 - Introductions and Synopsis 04:26 - Quick The One Reviews 16:48 - Expanding the Syllabus 34:34 - Analysis 55:01 - ...
Our audio is back to normal! And we're also starting a new marathon! But, we're keeping the crime wave going as we start our East Goes West Crime Wave marathon. We're looking at stars of Asian cinema taking center stage in Hollywood. And we kick things off with Chow Yun Fat in The Replacement Killers . Tune in now to join us as we have some fun with this little seen piece from 1998. TIMESTAMPS 00:30 - Introductions and Synopsis 03:55 - Quick The Replacement Killers Reviews 18:54 - Expanding the ...
Editor's Note: Apologies for the audio flaws throughout this episode, if you don't listen, we understand. I know it sounds like Max Headroom guest hosted, but unfortunately it is just us. Well, we wrap up our 2023 AntiTrash Crime Wave with an indie darling—the Coens' Blood Simple . The movie that brought the brothers to the dance and made them famous takes the final slot this month. We talk Coens, crime, hitmen, and much, much more as we dive into this American classic. Again, sorry for the glit...
