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SideTalks - The Official Sidewalk Podcast

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SideTalks is the official podcast of the Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema. Hosted by Sidewalk Creative Director Rachel Morgan and Programmer Corey Craft and featuring the Sidewalk staff as well as industry professionals, SideTalks takes on all things cinematic. Produced by Boutwell Studios in Birmingham, Alabama, the podcast provides a fun, fast-paced spotlight on select current and retrospective films from all eras and genres and related cinematic topics by way of debates, deep dives, interviews and notes on "what we're watching". The podcast also highlights select events and films screening at the annual Sidewalk Film Festival and year-round Sidewalk Cinema and provides an awesome companion for festival-goers, cinema patrons and film enthusiasts alike. Email us at podcast@sidewalkfest.com with your questions, comments, and counter arguments.
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Episodes

SideTalks #75 - The Yuppie Nightmare Cycle Of It All

Starring: Phone a Friend (with Lisa!) Fast Film Terms: Dots; 1900 Box Filmmaker Lightning Round: Meryl Streep Hosted by your own personal cinematic Jennifer Love Hewitt and Sarah Michelle Gellar! Music by Splash '96

Mar 24, 202126 min

SideTalks #73 - The Oompa-Loompas Were Known for Hard Partying Off Set

Including: What's This Shit?! - Evacuation Zone. What We're Watching: Rachel: Nomadland; Blood Simple Corey: The Mauritanian; The United States vs. Billie Holiday ~Retractions~ about a cylinder of sausage in Chicago (Vince Vom) Film History Minute with Charlie Brown: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Hosted by your own personal cinematic Rick Flair and Stone Cold Steve Austin! Music by Splash '96

Mar 19, 202128 min

SideTalks #72 - That's In The Rick Moranis Section

Featuring: Phone a Friend - You'll never guess who we call! Pick a City St. Louis Edition Fast Film Terms - MOW; Unit base / base camp Hosted by your own personal cinematic Prince Charles and Prince Andrew! Music by Splash '96

Mar 17, 202115 min

Bonus Ep: The 2021 Oscar Nominations - Unedited, Unrated, Uncut, and Unhinged

Recorded from separate underground bunkers using tin can and string (zoom). (The cover image is Laura Dern because frankly, Laura Dern. Laura Dern Laura Dern Laura Dern. Sidewalk also screened the now-Oscar-nominated short "If Anything Happens I Love You" at the 2020 festival which Laura Dern happened to executive produce. Even if that didn't happen, the cover image would still be Laura Dern, because as previously stated, Laura Dern.)

Mar 15, 202114 min

SideTalks #70 - Okay, Spider-Friend.

Including: Fast Film Terms: Uplighting + Space Opera Pick a City NY Edition Film History Minute With Charlie Brown: MALLRATS Hosted by your own personal cinematic Hall & Oates! Music by Splash '96

Mar 12, 202111 min

SideTalks #67 - David Fincher's 'House Hunters' With Baby K-Stew

Including: Phone a Friend with Lisa (featuring Lisa IRL!) - Panic Room (aka David Fincher's House Hunters) ~~Retractions~~ on... Gina Rodriguez, Lakeith Stanfield, DeWanda Wise, and Alex Moffat's appearance alongside Brittany Snow in the 2019 Netflix Original Feature Film SOMEONE GREAT directed by Jennifer Kate Robinson Film History Minute With Charlie Brown: THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (1955) Hosted by your own personal cinematic Angus Young and Bon Scott! Music by Splash '96

Mar 05, 202121 min

SideTalks #64 - That Silver Lining Is What We Call "Harry Styles"

Starring your favorites: What's THIS Shit?!!?! firing guns from a window, big giant metal things, and then they hang glide out the window Fast Film Terms: Cheese Plates and Glide Cams What We're Watching Corey: Willy's Wonderland; Barb and Star; Saint Maud Rachel: Someone Great; Summer of Soul Pick a City: Chicago Edition Hosted by your own personal cinematic Cole and Dylan Sprouse! Music by Splash '96

Feb 26, 202126 min

SideTalks #63: James Caan Sponge Bath Action

Starring: Phone a Friend with Lisa! Spoiler alert: We call Lisa this time Film History Minute with Charlie Brown: ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST Hosted by your own personal cinematic Coke and Pepsi! Music by Splash '96

Feb 24, 202114 min

SideTalks #60 - A Moment of Cultural Reevaluation

"It's not like I was coal mining, I was watching a movie" Starring: Phone a Friend: The One Where We Call Lisa What We're Watching: Jockey; Night of the Kings; Tragic Beauty All The President's Men, the best movie about journalism ever made Malcolm and Marie Hosted by your own personal cinematic Aidan and Mr. Big Music by Splash '96

Feb 17, 202128 min

SideTalks #58 - Not Just Guys Hanging Out With Sheep On a Mountain, Or: The Brokeback Throwback

Featuring an ensemble cast: New segment! Pick a City: Seattle Phone a Friend: You'll never guess who we call! Film History Minute with Charlie Brown: The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) Fast Film Terms: Dope Sheet; Mockbuster Hosted by your own personal cinematic Harry and Zayn! Recorded, produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, scattered, smothered, covered, and chunked by the audio wizards at Boutwell Studios in Birmingham, Alabama. Music by Splash '96

Feb 12, 202119 min

SideTalks #57 - 5, 6, 7, Steep Drop in Quality, 3, 2, 8, 1, and 4

Starring: Rachel's favorite What's THIS Shit?!?! so far: If you keep running your pie-hole, you're gonna smell an ass-kicking. What We're Watching Corey: Richard Kelly's Southland Tales + Donnie Darko Rachel: Sex and the City + The Way We Were Hosted by your own personal cinematic Elon Musk and Warren Buffett! Recorded, produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, scattered, smothered, covered, and chunked by the audio wizards at Boutwell Studios in Birmingham, Alabama. Music by Splash '96

Feb 10, 202117 min

SideTalks #56 - Is That Chloë Sevigny?

Featuring: Five Minute Fight: BLACK SWAN ~~Reflections~~ on Sundance and the Film Festival Experience Hosted by two people with fresh haircuts Recorded, produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, scattered, smothered, covered, and chunked by the audio wizards at Boutwell Studios in Birmingham, Alabama. Music by Splash '96

Feb 08, 202123 min

SideTalks #55 - Nacho Cheese, Nacho Problem: The Aaron Pinhas Come On the Podcast Challenge

Featuring: ~Reflections~ and also... ~Retractions~ Film History Minute with Charlie Brown: There Will Be Blood Fast Film Terms: Juicer Hosted by your own personal cinematic Blane and Steff! Recorded, produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, scattered, smothered, covered, and chunked by the audio wizards at Boutwell Studios in Birmingham, Alabama. Music by Splash '96

Feb 05, 202121 min

SideTalks #54 - All You Had to Say Was 'Long-Haired Crazy Scientist Guy'

Starring: What's THIS Shit??!?! - men in E.T. suits What We're Watching Rachel: Bad Timing Corey: Stephen King's Needful Things Hosted by your own personal cinematic Stanley Kubrick and Steven Spielberg! Recorded, produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, scattered, smothered, covered, and chunked by the audio wizards at Boutwell Studios in Birmingham, Alabama. Music by Splash '96

Feb 03, 202117 min

SideTalks #53 - Corey 2024

Starring: Five Minute Fight: Chasing Amy Filmmaker Lightning Round: Darren Aronofsky Hosted by your own personal cinematic Johnny Slash and Muffy Tepperman! Recorded, produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, scattered, smothered, covered, and chunked by the audio wizards at Boutwell Studios in Birmingham, Alabama. Music by Splash '96

Feb 02, 202120 min

SideTalks #52 - Is Baby Yoda Like a New Gay Icon?

Starring: What We're Watching Rachel: Sex and the City Corey: Criterion Channel's The Films of Jane Fonda Film History Minute With Charlie Brown: Who Framed Roger Rabbit #bumpthelamp Hosted by your own personal cinematic Baby Yoda and Babadook! Recorded, produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, scattered, smothered, covered, and chunked by the audio wizards at Boutwell Studios in Birmingham, Alabama. Music by Splash '96

Jan 30, 202119 min

SideTalks: #51 - The Problem With the Dribble Glass

Featuring: What's THIS Shit?!?! - there's a cage. Phone a Friend: This Time, We Call Lisa Fast Film Terms: Gang Boss Hosted by your own personal cinematic Paris and Nicole! Recorded, produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, scattered, smothered, covered, and chunked by the audio wizards at Boutwell Studios in Birmingham, Alabama. Music by Splash '96

Jan 27, 202115 min

SideTalks #49 - The Great Scarf Incident of Whatever Year That Was

Featuring your favorites: Phone a Friend: Guess Who? It's Lisa! Fast Film Terms: Nostalgic Video Formats - Hi8, MII, U-matic, VHS, Super VHS, VHSC, Digibeta, Betamax, Laser disc, DVD Film History Minute With Charlie Brown: What We Do In the Shadows (2014) Hosted by your own personal cinematic Charlotte and Samantha! Recorded, produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, scattered, smothered, covered, and chunked by the audio wizards at Boutwell Studios in Birmingham, Alabama. Music by Splash '96

Jan 22, 202116 min

#48 - Ben Affleck Starts Shooting People, He Looks Mildly Regretful But Then Is Kinda Like, Okay

Starring: What's This Shit?!?!? - Loud things, Spanish, Ben Affleck, the word "kilo" What We're Watching: Promising Young Woman; Take Shelter Hosted by your own personal cinematic Corey and Corey! (Haim and Feldman) Recorded, produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, scattered, smothered, covered, and chunked by the audio wizards at Boutwell Studios in Birmingham, Alabama. Music by Splash '96

Jan 20, 202114 min

SideTalks #47 - Microwaves and Restaurants, Streaming and Cinemas

"You can't have great art without some kind of gallery space." - R "It ceases to become cinema. It just becomes content." - C Including: Five Minute Fight: Wonder Woman 1984 ~~Reflections On The Future of Cinema~~ Hosted by your own personal cinematic Dawson and Pacey! Recorded, produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, scattered, smothered, covered, and chunked by the audio wizards at Boutwell Studios in Birmingham, Alabama. Music by Splash '96

Jan 18, 202124 min
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