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More Than The ScoreboardNCAA Football-Transfer Portal, NIL & What The Future May Hold.Click to Book your EpisodeIn this short 10 minute episode, Corbin Smith breaks down the state of the NCAA's Transfer Portal, NIL and what the Future my hold from a prediction made 25 years ago by 24 year veteran FBS Head Football Coach, Larry Smith.
2026-01-0909 min
The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast"Hail Mary" (1985, Dir: Jean-Luc Godard)Merry Christmas. In the mid-80's, Godard made a fascinating high art movie about the Virgin Mary and the Christmas story. It made some people extremely angry. Should they have been angry? We discuss. Watch the movie here. Also check out these essays about the film, if you're inclined. Corbin rec. Matt's rec is life management based. Next episode is about THE MASTERMIND. It's available on Mubi, a service Corbin does not have access to. Hope he figures that out!
2025-12-251h 40
The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast"Earth" (1930, Dir: Alexander Dovzhenko)Corbin plays a flu game for "Earth," early Soviet filmmaker Alexander Dovzhenko's weird mashup of Soviet Propoganda and Art Film. Topics include: Soviet Cinema: what's up with that, Lenin's role in constructing the industry, Ukraine, and the question of the spiritual in Soviet soceity. An article about Earth that could be worth check out. Corbin rec. Corbin accidently skipped Matt's rec rushing out of the episode. He apoligizes. Check out the show on Letterboxd if you're into that thing. Matt is also on there. We also got a Bluesky going! Our nex...
2025-12-121h 41
The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast"Nouvelle Vague" (2025, Dir: Richard Linklater)Why did a great American director who doesn't speak French make a movie about one of the most famous French movies of all time? What was the French new wave all about? Why does Zoey Deutch resemble Jean Seberg as deeply as she does? Why didn't Corbin remeber Hit Man when talking about Linklater and Netflix? How is Michael Bay involved in all this? Why doesn't anyone do this kind of thing anymore? IT'S NOUVELLE VAGUE FOLKS! Watch it here! Corbin rec. (Corbin also recommends Plurbis). Matt recommends The Museum. Next episode is about EARTH...
2025-12-051h 49
Locked On Seahawks - Daily Podcast On The Seattle SeahawksJaxon Smith-Njigba, Seattle Seahawks Look to STAY HOT in Atlanta vs. Struggling FalconsTwo birds traveling in different directions will collide on Sunday as the Seahawks aim to keep up with the NFC's elite and the Falcons try to right the ship amid a lengthy slump. Hosts Corbin Smith and Aaron Freeman examine the Seahawks' potential reinforcements who could return from injury in Atlanta, dive into what has gone wrong to this point for the Falcons in a disappointing season, share their thoughts on several noteworthy matchups that bear watching at Mercedes Benz Stadium, including Leonard Williams and a dominant defensive line against Atlanta's suspect interior, and dig into keys for both...
2025-12-0531 min
The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm PodcastTHE DARK CRYSTAL (1982, Dir: Jim Henson and Frank Oz)'The Dark Crystal' is a monument to craft, a movie made entirely with puppets, primative robots, strings, fog machines, lighting rigs, and spit. A true monument to analog filmmaking. But is it any good? We discuss. Matt rec. Corbin rec. Corbin apoligizes for rambling about rap lists like a weirdo at the end of this episode. Check out the show on Letterboxd if you're into that thing. Matt is also on there. We also got a Bluesky going! Our next episode is about Nouvelle Vague, watch it here.
2025-11-271h 39
The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast"Eddington" (2025, Dir: Ari Aster) w/ John WilmesEarlier this year Ari Aster released a movie About Now that some people liked and some people didn't like. Corbin and Matt and friend of the program John Wilmes DID like it and we get into it! Feelings! Politics! Money! The whole gang is here, folks! Corbin recommends a book. Ellis recommends this article. Wilmes recommends a Jazz musician. Check out the show on Letterboxd if you're into that thing. Matt is also on there. We also got a Bluesky going! Out next episode is about THE DARK CRYSTAL, which you can watch on...
2025-11-211h 47The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast"The Shrouds" (2025, Dir: David Cronenberg) w/ Nathan LeeHappy Halloween! To celebrate spooky season, Corbin and Matt are joined by NATHAN LEE, a film academic and critic whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Film Comment, The Village Voice, and NPR, among others, to discuss THE SHROUDS, David Cronenberg's movie about the SPOOKIEST topics of all... Grieving and Technology and Anxiety and Conspiracy. SpoooOOOoooOOOoooOOOky! Read Nathan's fabulous essay on The Shrouds here. Corbin's rec is in theaters right now. Matt's rec. Nathan's rec. Our next episode is about METALLICA: SOME KIND OF MONSTER, and it should come out earlier next week to make...
2025-10-311h 45The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast"Tokyo Drifter" (1968, Dir: Seijun Suzuki)Hey! We are joined here by ANDY MORSE, the host of REKINDLING OUR BONDS, a podcast about the motion pictures regarding the life and career of JAMES BOND (available on: iTunes! Youtube! Spotify!) to talk about TOKYO DRIFTER, a kind of James Bondy-French New Wavvy Yakuza movie with wild vibes. Topics include: the particular qualities of a work made under pressure, wondering if Seijun Suzuki knew about Godard or not, and a bunch of other stuff. Sorry for ther lateness: Corbin had a bunch of reporting this weekend and was seperated from his laptop, touching grass.
2025-10-202h 24
Locked On Seahawks - Daily Podcast On The Seattle SeahawksSam Darnold, Jaxon Smith-Njigba Forming HISTORIC Connection For SeahawksTeaming up for yet another 50-plus yard bomb in Jacksonville, the Sam Darnold/Jaxon Smith-Njigba tandem is quickly climbing the ranks as the NFL's best. Hosts Corbin Smith and Rob Rang examine Darnold's lethal chemistry with Smith-Njigba so far and why it tops his previous connection with Justin Jefferson in Minnesota, tackle listener mailbag questions, and dish out their Monday Musings coming out of Seattle's impressive 20-12 win in Jacksonville, including an utterly dominant performance from defensive tackle Byron Murphy II and company. Follow & Subscribe on all Podcast platforms… 🎧 https://link.chtbl.com/LOSeaha...
2025-10-1438 min
Locked On Seahawks - Daily Podcast On The Seattle SeahawksSeahawks Postgame: Jaxon Smith-Njigba SHINES, Pass Rush Comes ALIVE in Road Win vs. JaguarsIn a game where both offenses opted not to show up for most of the afternoon, Jaxon Smith-Njigba and a ferocious pass rush carried the Seahawks to a signature win in Jacksonville. Host Corbin Smith dives into Sunday's punt fest and how Seattle managed to weather an early storm to fly back home with another big road victory, including more fireworks from Smith-Njigba and Sam Darnold, dishes out his weekly game balls on offense, defense, and special teams, and plays "3 Up, 3 Down" looking at which Seahawks shined and which ones struggled in Week 6. Follow & Subscribe o...
2025-10-1329 minThe Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast"Nashville" (1975, Dir: Robert Altman)Matt and Corbin are joined by the famous music writer NATALIE WEINER (Don't Rock the Inbox, other famous publications) to discuss NASHVILLE, Robert Altman's sprawling sociological survey of the city of Nashville, home of the Country Music Industry, and also America. Is it a convincing portrait of either? We discuss. Natalie wrote about the movie's use of country music as metaphor here. Natalie's rec. Matt's. Corbin's. Next week's episode is about HAPPY-GO-LUCKY. Watch it here.
2025-09-261h 38
The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast"Celine and Julie Go Boating" (1975, Dir: Jacques Rivette)Matt and Corbin, recording from the Portland Convention Center, talk about "Celine and Julie go Boating," a movie about two friends who are looking to have a good time and also maybe save a girl from a cycling ghost house deep in the heart of Paris, France. Topics: friendship, theater, improv, The French New Wave, and other stuff. I liked this essay that discusses the movie. Corbin recc. Matt recc. Next week's episode is about Harvest (2024), which is available on MUBI if you're into that sort of thing.
2025-09-151h 44
The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm PodcastDIGITAL FRONTIERS: "Captain America: The First Avenger" (2011, Dir; Joe Johnston)Hi! THis week, Matt and Corbin talk about "Captain America, The First Avenger," a movie about Captain America, an American Superhero. Topics: The MCU as a sort of end-product of the first two decades of digital cinema, the function of the superhero as a multi-meaning storytelling device, the production design in this movie (Good!) and the cinematography in this movie (Less good!), adapting Jack Kirby's fly by night ethic to a large, settled metanarrative, how the movie's depiction of the Red Skull conforms to Nazi neurosis, and, of course, the question of if Captain America is Good or Bad.
2025-08-292h 09The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm PodcastDIGITAL FRONTIERS: "Certified Copy" (2010, Dir: Abbas Kiarostami)Welcome. In this episode Matt and Corbin talk about Abbas Kiarostami's 2010 brainscrew "Certified Copy," a movie about two strangers hanging out in the Italian countryside. Topics include: Binoche's performence, an anchor in a storm, Kiarostami as a natural candiate for digital cinema owing to his particular unfussiness, and Walter Benjamin. So much Walter Benjamin. Matt's recc. Corbin's recc is available on your music streaming application of choice. Our next episode is about "Hugo." Watch it here.
2025-08-011h 53
The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm PodcastDIGITAL 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: capital and moral hazard, the Winkelvosses and Eduardo, the movie's make believe version of Zuckerberg, Fincher setting the palette for the future by accident, and a bunch of other stuff. I dont know if you can see, but this episode is very long. Corbin rec. Ellis rec. Next episode is about "Certified Copy." Have a good day!
2025-07-272h 04
Locked On Seahawks - Daily Podcast On The Seattle SeahawksCamp Preview: Will Jaxon Smith-Njigba, New-Look WR Corps Allow Seattle Seahawks to Keep Soaring?With DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett playing elsewhere in 2025, the Seahawks will lean on Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Cooper Kupp to keep their passing game afloat. Can that group still be a potent one? Hosts Corbin Smith and Rob Rang continue their training camp preview by examining a reconstructed receiving corps headlined by JSN and Kupp and share their thoughts on a few X-factors who could help the unit thrive without Metcalf and Lockett, discuss and debate their Seahawks "Mount Rushmore" selections, and continue their 90-man countdown with No. 20-16, including Byron Murphy II and Abraham Lucas.
2025-07-1739 min
The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm PodcastDIGITAL 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 frame of Tony Scott's 2006 sort-of-sci-fi movie Deja Vu. Topics are wide and varied and include: comic book storytelling, film scanning, the digital console, Jim Caviezel, Ozu (again), and Michael Bay, the angel and the demon in one manifestation and the role of superhero movies in rebelling AGAINST post-continuity. Read Bordwell on late (intensified) continuity here. Read Shaviro on Post-Continuity here. Corbin rec's Mu...
2025-06-062h 16
The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm PodcastDIGITAL FRONTIERS: "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" (2007, Dir: Sidney Lumet)Corbin and Matt ride their horses across the Digital Frontiers and arrive at BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD, a world-historic bummer that legendary director Sidney Lumet stages in a series of disgusting interiors. Also PSH drops a bunch of rocks on a glass table. It's excruciating. Corbin recommends a donut shop. Matt recommends "The Studio," on Apple TV. Next week's episode is about "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story," which you might have to rent? Sorry.
2025-05-231h 26
The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm PodcastDIGITAL FRONTIERS: 'Zodiac' (2007, Dir: David Fincher)We got a live one here, folks! Matt and Corbin talk about 'Zodiac,' David Fincher's digital cinema landmark that also happens to be one of the best movies of the aughts. Topics include: slip sliding into the place where no knowledge can validate you and the terror that remains, Fincher's San Fran past, ILM, a smoking fetus, digital's capacity to enable control freaks in directors chairs and executive's offices alike, and Matt's buckwild thesis on how the Zodiac killer is digital cinema. Corbin recommends this game. Matt recommends the second section of the second season Andor, w...
2025-05-161h 43The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm PodcastDigital Frontiers: "INLAND EMPIRE" (2006, Dir: David Lynch)Corbin and Matt have spent week dreading the moment when they would have to watch INLAND EMPIRE, David Lynch's extreme digital cinema expirment that he shot with a skateboard camera. But what if... it's actually kind of sick with it? Corbin recommends The Long Good Friday. Matt recommends Protean Magazine. Our next episode will be about STAR WARS EPISODE THREE: REVENGE OF THE SITH. It was in theaters again! It's not in theaters anymore, boo!
2025-05-021h 36The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm PodcastDIGITAL FRONTIERS: 'The Long Take'Corbin and Ellis talk about the new proliferation of tracking takes at the dawn of digital cinema, focusing in particular on "Children of Men,' Alfonso Cauron's movie about the whole world losing their minds when fertility ends. Also metioned: Timecode, Russian Ark, video games, Gravity, and 1917. Matt reccomends an album. Corbin reccomends a movie. Next week's episode is about APOCOLYPTO, which you can watch on Hulu.
2025-04-181h 39The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm PodcastDigital Frontiers, Episode Seven: "Miami Vice" (2006, Dir Michael Mann) (w/ Eric Marsh)ERIC MARSH joins Matt and Corbin to talk about MIAMI VICE, Michael Mann's digital fantasia/globalization fable/index of excruciatingly hot one liners. Topics include: globalization as topic and as aesthetic driver, the insane looking sky, and the unstability of digital filmmaking in an unstable time. Matt Recommends "Tokyo Vice" on MAX. Corbin recommends "Hell Hath No Fury," an album available on your local music streaming service. Eric recommends the song "Alone," by The Cry. Check out Eric's Podcast, "The Gaunlet," here. Next week's episode is about CRANK. It's not streaming for free anywhere, somehow, b...
2025-04-041h 40
The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm PodcastDigital Frontiers Seven: "STILL LIFE" (2006, Dir: Jia Zhangke) (w/ Tyler Theus)Corbin and Matt are joined by TYLER THEUS, a famous academic, to discuss "Still Life," a movie by a friend of the program who I have never said anything bad about, Jia Zhangke. Topics include: slow cinema, fiction/doc hybridization, the movie's relationship to neorealism, critical forms and aesthetic forms, hyper-mediated Mise-en-scène and the Three Gorges Dam. Watch Still Life here. Seriously, watch it, it's great. Corbin reccommends an album, avaibale on album streaming services or at your local record shop. Tyler reccomends Passing Fancy, an Ozu movie. Matt reccommends Eternity's Pillar, available here....
2025-03-281h 43
The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm PodcastDIGITAL FRONTIERS, EPISODE SIX: "Cars" (2003, Dir: John Lasseter)PIXAR TIME BABY! Ellis and Corbin talk about 'Cars,' a movie about a civilization of Cars. Why are the Cars alive? What build the world they live in? How do they reproduce? Then, after they talk about the important stuff, they talk about Pixar, their history and centrality to digital cinema as a practice, the Pixar-to-SFX pipeline, their storytelling technique, and the nostalgia for modernity that lives in this particular movie. Good Episode! Corbin reccomends a new video game, available in your video game e-store of choice. Matt reccomends this. Friday's episode will be...
2025-03-241h 37
The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm PodcastDIGITAL FRONTIERS EPISODE FIVE: What is Digital Cinema?Corbin and Matt talk about 'WHAT IS DIGITAL CINEMA,' a 1995 essay by Lev Manovich concerned the difference between filmic cinema of the 20th Century, and the emerging technological and artistic form that we have been talking about the last few weeks. It's a little hard to explain this episode to be honest, but it's good. Read Manovich's essay here. Corbin reccomends a movie currently in theaters. Matt reccomends "Blackberry," a movie. Next week's episode is about 'Cars,' from 2006. We will have a bonus episode regarding "Me and You and Evereyone We Know" and a...
2025-03-171h 25Locked On Seahawks - Daily Podcast On The Seattle SeahawksIs Sam Darnold Best Fit to Replace Geno Smith as Seattle Seahawks' Quarterback?Coinciding with the bombshell that the Seahawks were trading Geno Smith to the Raiders, Sam Darnold immediately surfaced as his suspected replacement. Is he the best fit and could he be a long-term answer? Hosts Corbin Smith and Rob Rang revisit Darnold's breakout season with the Vikings and discuss what they'd be willing to pay to sign him as Smith's heir apparent under center, break down other potential targets to fill the gap at quarterback in free agency or via trade, and share their thoughts on what they expect from John Schneider with the legal tampering period set to...
2025-03-1034 minLocked On Seahawks - Daily Podcast On The Seattle SeahawksSTUNNER: Seattle Seahawks Ship Geno Smith to Las Vegas, Hit Reset Button at QBIn a move that few saw coming, the Seahawks capped off a crazy week by restarting at quarterback, shipping Geno Smith to Las Vegas. Why did they make the move and what's next under center for Seattle? Host Corbin Smith breaks down a stunning move that came out of left field with negotiations that broke down and ultimately led to Smith being sent packing rather than extended, creating a huge hole in the Seahawks' offense. Follow & Subscribe on all Podcast platforms… 🎧 https://link.chtbl.com/LOSeahawks?sid... Locked On NFL Leag...
2025-03-0824 minThe Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm PodcastDIGITAL FRONTIERS, EPISODE 3: '28 Days Later" (2002, Dir: Danny Boyle)28 Days Later is a "Zombie" movie made with a TV Camera that you watch on a big screen. It's really great! We talk about the practical and impractical applications of digital technology, materiality and zombie movies, the movie's depiction of fascism and soildering, then and now, and also what a spectacular bummer this thing is. Read a great essay about filmic materiality and the zombie movie here. Research also pulled up this extemely weird but kind of nifty essay about how 28 Days Later is kind of about the new apocolyptic bent that food writing took in the e...
2025-03-011h 36Locked On Seahawks - Daily Podcast On The Seattle SeahawksSeattle Seahawks Open Extension Talks With Geno Smith at NFL CombineContinuing to reaffirm their commitment to Geno Smith, the Seahawks plan to open negotiations on a new contract with the quarterback's agent on Friday. What may the deal look like when it is completed? Hosts Corbin Smith and Rob Rang dive into the latest comments on Smith from Mike Macdonald and John Schneider, examine the right price point for retaining the veteran signal caller, and list their winners from day one of athletic testing at the combine for defensive tackles, edge rushers, and linebackers, including a local product turning heads in Carson Bruener. Follow & Subscribe o...
2025-02-2837 min
The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm PodcastDIGITAL FRONTIERS, EPISODE TWO: 'Star Wars, Episode Two: Attack of the Clones' (2002, Dir: George LucasBro we're so back. We've never been more back. Because two white guys got in a room and talked about STAR WARS EPISODE TWO: ATTACK OF THE CLONES, which is, in addition to being one of the most reviled movies (By total weight, not percentage of hatred per person) of all time, the first major motion picture ever shot on digital cameras. We sorta think it's neat? Topics include anything but the plot, which, you know, it not important. The cameras they made, the difficult dransition to HDR Sensors, Lucas's monumental individual role in pushing movie technology...
2025-02-202h 03The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm PodcastDIGITAL FRONTIERS, EPISODE ONE: "The Celebration" (1998, Dir: Thomas Vinterberg)HEY EVERYONE! Corbin and Matt are starting a new series! It's called Digital Frontiers: Digital Cinema From 1998-2011, and it's about the movies' transition to digital as a primary medium, as seen in the movies that took the first steps forward. We are excited for you to join us on this journey, seeking answers to the eternal present question: "hey, why do movies look like that now?" Our first episode is about "Festen," ('The Celebration,' in English), The first certified Dogme 95 movie and an absolute banger. Topics include: the weird little camera they made it with a...
2025-02-121h 40The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm PodcastTHE BRUTALIST (2024, Dir: Brady Corbett) (w/ Ryder Canepa)Matt and Ryder love The Brutalist! Corbin thinks it's fine. We talk about it! Topics: codings in the text, the question of a broad anti-oppression reading vs. a zionist one, and the life of an artist, which sucks ass. Corbin reccomends TWO MOVIES currently in theaters. Ryder reccomends "Different Trains" by Steve Reich. Matt reccomends "Blueprinting" by the Aizuri Quartet. Next week's episode will be the beginning of a new series, DIGITAL FRONTIERS, a history of the early days of Digital Cinema. Our subject will be "The Celebration" by Thomas Vintenberg. Watch it here.
2025-02-011h 26
The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast'Don't Look Back' (1967, Dir: D.A. Pennebaker, With Ryder Canepa)Last year, Timothee Chalamet played the role of Bob Dylan in a major motion picture. It was all a little pointless, though, seeing as Robert Zimmerman has been playing the role of Bob Dylan in the movies for 60 years now. This week, we watched America's Onery Boy in 'Don't Look Back," D.A. Pennebaker's Cinéma vérité classic about Dylan's 1965 tour of England, where our hero spins Donnovan around, gets in fights with journalists, and meets the high sherrif's wife, and talked about it with Corbin's fellow Dylan sicko Ryder Canepa. Corbin reccomends Skyrim, which you prob...
2025-01-241h 56The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm PodcastMULHOLLAND DR. (2001, Dir: David Lynch)This week, David Lynch, a titan of the form and one of the great American artists of the post-war era, passed away at the age of 78. In tribute, Corbin and Matt talked about 'Mulholland Dr.,' his 2001 masterpiece. Watch it here. Check out a really neat essay about the movie's multifuntional narrative here. Matt reccomends The Brutalist, currently in theaters. Corbin reccomends UFO 50, snag it here. Our next episode will PROBABLY be about "Don't Look Back," finally, but it could end up being about The Brutalist. We'll find out together.
2025-01-221h 32The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm PodcastUNREST (2022, Dir: Cyril Schäublin)A few months back, Corbin and Ellis watched a movie about anarchist swiss watchmakers. Then they talked about it. Whatever else happened, Corbin cannot presently recall. Next week's episode will PROBABLY be about 'Don't Look Back,' but David Lynch's death (RIP) might complicate that plan. Whatever the case it will exist.
2025-01-171h 38The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm PodcastSONGS FROM THE SECOND FLOOR (2000, Dir: Roy Andersson)Hey I know we promised you Bob Dylan Sicko Stuff but the episode has some tech problems we gotta work out so first Ellis and Corbin are talking about 'Songs from the Second Floor," a Swedish Kids in the Hall Movie. It's been. while since we watched it so I can't remember what happens in it. Watch it here. Next week's episode will be about either 'Unrest' or 'Don't Look Back,' depending on like six things. Sorry for the break, It was New Year's.
2025-01-111h 20Locked On Seahawks - Daily Podcast On The Seattle SeahawksGeno Smith's Career Day Leads Seattle Seahawks to 30-25 Win Over Los Angeles RamsCashing in on a number of incentives along the way, Geno Smith put the Seahawks on his right arm and helped vault the team to 10 wins for the first time since 2020, tossing a quartet of touchdowns in a 30-25 victory over the Rams. Hosts Corbin Smith and Connor Benintendi take a close look at Smith's stellar performance and how a balanced offensive attack helped fend off Los Angeles at SoFi Stadium, dish out their final game balls for the season on offense, defense, and special teams, and play "3 Up, 3 Down" stock watch looking at which players shined in the...
2025-01-0637 minLocked On Seahawks - Daily Podcast On The Seattle SeahawksJaxon Smith-Njigba, Seattle Seahawks Playing For Milestones in Season FinaleA playoff spot may no longer be up for grabs, but at least from an individual standpoint, there's still plenty left to play for as the Seahawks close out their season against the Rams on Sunday. Hosts Corbin Smith and Rob Rang dive into key milestones players such as Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Leonard Williams have a chance to reach in the season finale and dish out their six key positional battles to watch in the final Matchup Wednesday of the 2024 season. Follow & Subscribe on all Podcast platforms… 🎧 https://link.chtbl.com/LOSeahawks?sid...
2025-01-0335 minThe Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm PodcastMIRACLE ON 34th STREET (1947, Dir: George Seaton)Corbin and Matt talk about 'MIRACLE ON 34th STREET, a Sentimental Christmas Classic about Department Stores and the supremac y of the suburban lifestyle. We recorded it a few weeks ago so Corbin forgot specific topics but he suspects they talk about the emergence of consumer culture in America, the eternal American Christmas Disconnection, and the movie's oddly cynical edge. Watch the movie here. Check out Land of Desire, a book about the history of the department store, here. Corbin reccomends "THE JOY OF CHRISTMAS," a Bob Dylan album. Matt reccomends his own website. Next we...
2024-12-201h 15Locked On Seahawks - Daily Podcast On The Seattle SeahawksSeattle Seahawks Dodge Bullet With Geno Smith Avoiding Significant InjuryAfter exiting Sunday night's loss to the Packers with a knee injury, the Seahawks received a bit of positive news on Geno Smith on Monday, hinting that he may be able to return to action without missing another game with the NFC West title up for grabs. Hosts Corbin Smith and Rob Rang discuss the latest details on Smith's injury and how the team should proceed with Sam Howell preparing for next week's game against Minnesota, tackle listener mailbag questions, and dish out their Monday Musings takeaways from Sunday's blowout home loss, including continued struggled developing a balanced offense...
2024-12-1737 minLocked On Seahawks - Daily Podcast On The Seattle SeahawksWill Geno Smith, Seattle Seahawks Go Into Attack Mode vs. Banged Up Green Bay Packers?Closing in on Sunday's massive prime time matchup at Lumen Field, the Seahawks may have caught a significant break to use to their advantage with the Packers ruling out one of their top defenders for Sunday Night Football. Hosts Corbin Smith and Nick Lee examine how Jaire Alexander's unexpected absence could open things up for Seattle's passing game and what Ken Walker III's lingering calf issue means for the offense, assemble a game plan for the Seahawks to snag a fifth straight victory, and dish out their weekly Picks to Click and game predictions on a loaded Blue Friday...
2024-12-1435 minThe Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast"VOLCANO" (1997, Dir: Mick Jackson) w/ CAM CROWELLMatt and Corbin are joing by CAM CROWELL (Inaction) to talk about VOLCANO, a Los Angeles Disaster Movie. Topics include: Anne Heche, sweet as pie, Mike Davis, man's craving to see LA Doomed, the percise geography at work in this bad boy, and, of course, Don Cheadle. Watch Volcano here. Read "The Literary Destruction of Los Angeles" by Mike Davis here. Matt reccomends the director's cut of Ridley Scott's Napolean. Cam reccomends Christmas Evil. Corbin reccomends Corbin reccomends "The Duelists." Next week's episode is about "Miracle on 34th Street," the 1947 version. (I do n...
2024-12-131h 15The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm PodcastRAP WORLD (2024, Dir: Connor O'Malley, Danny Scharar)Ellis and Smith talk about 'RAP WORLD,' Connor O'Malley's lo-fi fantasia about America after the 2008 Crash and also three dunces trying and failing to make a rap song. Topics: handmade culture's pre-social lack of gloss, melllenial trash culture, just how terribly sad the project is, O'Malley's early appearences in Corbin's consiousness and the dog he is watching. Matt reccomends a mexican resturaunt. Corbin reccomends Bob's Burgers. Next week's episode is about "VOLCANO," a movie about a Volcano. Watch it here.
2024-12-061h 30Locked On Seahawks - Daily Podcast On The Seattle SeahawksCould Geno Smith's Future Hinge on Seahawks' NFC West Title Pursuit?Leading the Seahawks to a 7-5 start and the top of the NFC West standings, Geno Smith will face his biggest test yet with a chance to further solidify the team's playoff hopes with a road rematch against the Cardinals on tap. Hosts Corbin Smith and Rob Rang discuss and debate why Sunday could be the biggest game of Smith's career to this point, how the result could play a huge role in determining his future under center in the Pacific Northwest, and break down six key positional battles to watch in Glendale as the Seahawks look to clinch...
2024-12-0537 minThe Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm PodcastNOIRVEMBER: THIEF (1981, Dir: Michael Mann) w/ JOHN WILMESWilmes Joins us to talk about THIEF, Michael Mann's totallyt realized debut. Topics: reversenoir, Nietzsche and capitalism, and sone other stuff. Matt reccomends coffee. Corbin reccomends Hobswan. John reccomends Saul Bellow. Next week's episode is about RAPWORLD. Watch it here.
2024-12-021h 35The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm PodcastNOIRVEMBER: "Le jour se lève/Daybreak" (1939, DIR: Jacques Prévert)Noirvember goes to FRANCE, where Corbin and Matt talk about 'Le jour se lève,' known as Daybreak in America, a sorta-noir/sorta-crime movie/sort of allegory for the annhilation of Europe as Hitler prepared to invade everyone. Does it resonate in the present political climate? Unfortunately, yes! Corbin reccomends Elliott Smith and Quasi on the Live Music Archive. Matt reccomends this song, I think? hard to say. Our next episode is about THIEF. Special guest! Rent it or watch it on MGM+, I guess.
2024-11-261h 11The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm PodcastNOIRVEMBER: 'Stray Dog" (1949, Dir: Akira Kurosawa)Listen to Corbin and, lesser degree, Matt, get all swoony over STRAY DOG, a police procedural by THE MASTER Akira Kurosawa. Topics include: soup, noir-and-not-noir elements at work, Kurosawa's enduring influence, and the heroic impulse vs. the rational impulse. Corbin reccomends a movie currently in theaters. Matt reccomends "Tokyo Vice" on HBOMAX. Next week's episode is about Le Jour Se Leve/Daybreak, which you will have to rent. Matt: "Song at end: Himiko Kikuchi- Don't Be Stupid. Famous Japanese Jazz album apparently"
2024-11-161h 28The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm PodcastNOIRVEMBER: "KISS ME DEADLY" (1955, Dir: Robert Aldrich)Matt and Corbin talk about "Kiss Me Deadly," a film noir about a Nietzschean superman lost in an existential world... right up until the point when it turns out he's actually in a science fiction disasterpiece. Our analysis of the election: wrong. Sorry! Corbin reccomends "BALATRO," a video game. Matt reccomends e-readers. Next week's NOIRVEMBER selection is "STRAY DOG," which you can watch here.
2024-11-081h 19Locked On Seahawks - Daily Podcast On The Seattle SeahawksGeno Smith, Seattle Seahawks Implode in Gut-Wrenching 26-20 OT Loss to Los Angeles RamsUnable to maintain a 10-point lead due to poor decisions made by Geno Smith in the red zone, the Seahawks suffered a deflating 26-20 overtime loss to the Rams on Sunday, dropping them into fourth place in the NFC West. Hosts Corbin Smith and Connor Benintendi break down Seattle's latest breakdown at Lumen Field, including Smith's back-breaking interceptions inside the opposing 10-yard line, dish out game balls on offense, defense, and special teams, and select their "3 Up, 3 Down" recipients for their weekly stock watch segment. Follow & Subscribe on all Podcast platforms… 🎧 https://link.chtbl.c...
2024-11-0438 minThe Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast"Let's Scare Jessica to Death" (1971, Dir: John Hancock)Corbin and Ellis are joined by MATEA, Portland's Elvira (Letterboxd here, subscribe today!), for a conversaion about the early indie horror touchstone "Let Scare Jessica to Death." Topics include: the shifting uses of mental health care as a literary device, the bitter end of the sixties playing out on screen, the thin line between madness and a vampire invading your mind, and the movie's wild sound design. Corbin reccomends a movie. Matt reccomends another movie. Matea reccomends yet another movie. Next week's episode, which i neglected to mention, will be the first in a series of...
2024-10-311h 23The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast"The Apprentice" (2024, DIR: Ali Abbasi)Corbin and Matt talk about "The Apprentice," a movie that persues an impossible goal and comes out Interesting. Topics: Sebastian Stan, who is incredible, where orbin was when Trump won, Fred Trump, and how "Humanization" is actually like, the only honest way of telling this story. Corbin reccomends "Persona 5," he guesses. Available wherever you buy games. Matt reccomends "It Happened One Night," watch it here. Next week: "Let's Scare Jessica to Death." Watch here. After that: NOIRVEMBER
2024-10-251h 31The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm PodcastMEGALOPOLIS (2024, Dir: Francis For Coppola) with CORY ATADCory Atad (The Baffler) Joins Dr. Movies and The Corb to talk about "MEGALOPOLIS," a movie about Francis Ford Coppola getting extremely baked and creating a drastically less efficent method of public transit. Corbin writing this right now just wants to say: my opinion on this movie has curdled into something meaner and less forgiving after recording this episode. I have come to think of it as a monument to one man's narcissim, a canker sore on the art of cinema, a pile of garbage for precisely no one. I will concede that it is not boring, t...
2024-10-101h 38The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm PodcastFredric Jameson's thoughts on "VIDEODROME" (Dir: David Cronenberg, 1983)Matt and Corbs talk about the recently departed Frederic Jameson and his thoughts on VIDEODROME, David Cronenberg's 1983 masterpiece about the terrifying merger of man and machine occuring en masse in front of your very eyes and also the pleasures and perils of having a gigantic hole in your abdomen that someone can stick living videotapes inside, compelling you to murder people on behalf of a shadowy right wing technoconspiracy. Read 'Totality as Conspiracy' here. Matt told me to link this piece about Jameson by Jeet Heer. If it's bad, I didn't read it, blame Matt. M...
2024-10-041h 33The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast"The Young Master" (1980, Dir: Jackie Chan)Jackie Chan. Early eighties. Fred Astaire. Buster Keaton. Buddy if you need convincing to watch The Young Master please, get your fun switches cleaned. Check out a good essay about Jackie here. Corbin reccomends a sandwhich. Next week's episode is about VIDEODROME. Then: MEGAOLOPOPPOIS!
2024-09-281h 32Locked On Seahawks - Daily Podcast On The Seattle SeahawksCan Geno Smith Lead Seattle Seahawks to Another Road Victory vs. Detroit Lions?Amid a career renaissance with the Seahawks, two of Geno Smith's best games as starting quarterback have come at Ford Field in upset wins over the Lions. Can the veteran signal caller do it again on Monday Night Football? Locked On Seahawks host Corbin Smith and Locked On Lions host Matt Dery discuss how Smith has dominated in the past two outings between the NFC rivals, including tossing three touchdowns in a 48-45 shootout win in 2022, take a look at key storylines revolving around both franchises heading into Monday's prime time battle, share their keys to victory, and predict...
2024-09-2727 minThe Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast"Christ Stopped at Eboli" (1979, Dir: Francesco Rosi)Big Matt and Lil' Corbs talk about 'CHRIST STOPPED AT EBOLI,' a movie about a dissident who get sent to the world's cruddiest village by Benito Mussolini. He learns lessons. Topics include: Pringles, anarchism, its similarities and differences to "The Tree of Wooden Clogs," another movie about pesants, and which came first: Christianity or History? Matt reccomends Roger Waters' new Dark Side of the Moon remake. Corbin reccomends a video game. Next week's episode is about "The Young Master," available at Criterion. RIP Fredric Jameson.
2024-09-241h 28The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast"Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World" (2023, Dir: Radu Jude)Ellis and the Corbot talk about "DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD," Radu Jude's recent bang bang exploration of the feeling of being alive under late capitalism. Subjects include: terrible Romanian techno, exploitated people observing other exploited people for the purpose of exploitation, and international business's wholesale domination of our lives. Corbin reccomends concerts by Ted Leo, Matt reccomends ASASSINS CREED. Next week's episode is about "Christ Stopped At Eboli," which you can watch here.
2024-09-141h 30The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast"The Rocketeer" (1991, Dir: Joe Johnston)Ellis and Corbin talk about "The Rocketeer," a Walt Disney Live Action Classic™ about a guy who acquires a Rocketpack and becomes... not like, a superhero but like... a guy with a jetpack and good intentions? Topics include: Fredric Jameson, the nexus of technological emergence in turn of the century California, and the deep and profound tragedy at the center of this movie: lazy casting. Corbin reccomends "Red Mars," a book available at your local library. Ellis reccomends "Promethus" and "Alien: Covenent." Next week's episode is about "Do Not Expect too Much from the End of t...
2024-09-061h 34The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast"Los Angeles Plays Itself" (2003, Dir: Thom Anderson)Ellis and Corbs talk about "Los Angeles Plays Itself," Thom Anderson's lengthy video essay about Movie City's place in the Movies, and the Movies place in Movie City. Topics include: Modernist Architecture: is it evil? The germ of the other American cinema we see in the end of this movie, and filming driving in Los Angeles and in Portland. Corbin's reccomendation is an album, you can find it on a streaming service. Matt's is a video game he only kind of enjoyed. Watch the movie here. Next week's episode is about "The Rocketeer," which you ca...
2024-08-311h 19Locked On Seahawks - Daily Podcast On The Seattle SeahawksGeno Smith, Seattle Seahawks Bust Out Explosives in 37-33 Preseason Win vs. Cleveland BrownsBarely breaking a sweat before he turned his helmet in for a ball cap, Geno Smith made an emphatic statement in his first action of the 2024 season as the Seattle Seahawks lit up the explosives for a 37-33 win in their preseason finale over the Cleveland Browns. Hosts Corbin Smith and Connor Benintendi break down Smith's scintillating performance in a brief debut and Seattle's abundance of chunk plays on offense and special teams in victory, dish out their weekly game balls on offense, defense, and special teams, and play their weekly 3 Up, 3 Down stock watch segment looking at the...
2024-08-2535 minThe Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast"Cruel Intentions" (1999, Dir: Roger Kumble)Corbin, Matt, and SPECIAL GUEST MATEA (Check out her ROBUST Letterboxd here) talk about CRUEL INTENTIONS, a truly wild erotic thriller/black comedy from the precise moment when the Americans were most sick and tired of their own bullshit. Topics include a lengthy diatribe about Clinton and Bush, the gauzy-TV look of the movie, and the movie's depiction of Step-sisters as well as the culture's. Check out a cool intertextual essay about the movie here. Matt reccomends the podcast "Fall of Civilizations." Corbin reccomends Pauline Kael aggregregator accounts. Matea reccomends a book by the 40 Laws o...
2024-08-221h 31Locked On Seahawks - Daily Podcast On The Seattle SeahawksShould Seattle Seahawks Extend Geno Smith Before Start of 2024 Season?Having yet to play a snap in Ryan Grubb's offense in a game situation, the Seahawks don't have to rush to extend Geno Smith. But could doing so actually be a wise decision for the organization? Hosts Corbin Smith and Rob Rang dive into the latest scoop from Mike Garafolo of NFL Network and debate the pros/cons of extending Smith at this stage of his current contract, put a bow on Seattle's joint practices in Tennessee, including the latest injury updates coming out of Nashville, and chat with second-year guard Anthony Bradford about playing for Scott Huff and...
2024-08-1630 minThe Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast'All That Heaven Allows' (1955, Dir: Douglas Sirk)Big Corbs and the El Train talk about "All That Heaven Allows," Douglas Sirk's MASTERFUL melodrama about conformity, love, and how your daughter likes Freud too much. Topics: Digital Restoration: Not Actually That Bad, justice for the daughter, television, and the relationship between beaknikism and nostalgia. Good essay about the movie here. Matt's reccomendation is in theaters. Corbin's is Tetris, I guess? Next week's episode is about CRUEL INTENTIONS, which you can watch on FreeVee with ads, which is, in truth, the best way to watch it.
2024-08-151h 29The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast'North by Northwest' (1959, Dir: Alfred Hitchcock)Corbin and Ellis talk about NORTH BY NORTHWEST, a movie about Cary Grant, world class charmer, getting chased around America by a faint idea about the Cold War. Topics: Grant, who is charming and handsome, the movie as a of proto-action thriller and how it succeeds and doesn't in that capacity, and style Hitch vs. Neurosis Hitch. Matt's reccomendation may or may not be in theaters. Corbin reccomends the Portland Pickles Baseball Club in Portland's beautiful Lents Neightborhood. Our next episode is about Douglas Sirk's "All that Heaven Allows." It's not streming anywhere for free at...
2024-08-071h 29The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast'The Rules of the Game' (1939, Dir: Jean Renoir)Ellis and Corbin talk about "THE RULES OF THE GAME," and are kind of bowled over by how much there is in it. Topics include: farce in collapse, the movie's technical achivements, and how it functions as a frustrated, bordering on nihlistic flipside to Renoir's other prewar masterpiece. Corbin reccomends "Link's Awakening," available on your Nintendo Switch or your Nintendo Game Boy. Matt reccomends a bar in Portland. Next week's episode is NOT about 'All that Jazz,' because it was hard to find on the internet and Matt got annoyed while watching it. Instead we talked a...
2024-07-271h 24The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast'The Roaring Twenties' (1939, Dir: Raoul Walsh)Matt and Corbin talk about THE ROARING TWENTIES, a remarkably sedate gangster picture featuring the talents of JAMES CAGNEY, America's mean lad. Topics include: a weirdly progressive view on the twenties, Bogey, and Matt's band. Matt reccomends this song. Corbin reccomends the act of zoning out in front of Mario Kart. Next week's episode is about "The Rules of the Game," a very famous movie. Watch it on Criterion or Kanopy.
2024-07-201h 21The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast'ANOTHER ROUND' (2020, Dir: Thomas Vinterberg)Ellis and Smith discuss 'Another Round,' Danish director Thomas Vinterberg's tribute to the wonder and dangers of both booze and male friendship. We discuss the little liberation of .05, the modern condition vs the human condition, and MADS. Ellis reccomends 'The Roaring Twenties,' which talk about on next week's episode. Watch it here. Corbin reccomends 'Doppelganger,' a book by Naomi Klein, available at your local library.
2024-07-121h 29The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast'LOST HORIZON' (1937, Dir: Frank Capra)Corbin and Matt talk about LOST HORIZON, Frank Capra's fantasy movie about how the road to utopia runs through the elimination of soceity. Corbin gets a little irritated. Corbin's reccomendation here. Matt reccomends Tubi. Next week's episode is about 'Another Round,' which you can watch here.
2024-07-061h 36The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast'GOOD MORNING' (1959, Dir: Yasujirō Ozu)Ellis and Corbin talk about "GOOD MORNING," Ozu's little fable about two brave little boys and their quest to acquire the most forbidden of all fruits... a television. It's also about adults running their mouths. Matt and Corbin both reccomended books. Corbin also reccomends "Hit Man," the new Richard Linklatter movie, which you can watch on Netflix (Ugh). Next week's episode is about Frank Capra's 'Lost Horizon,' which you can watch on the Internet Archive. Ellis send my this with the file: 'Song at the end, if you want to put it into notes, i...
2024-06-281h 18The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast'Shane" (1953, Dir: George Stevens)Folks it's time to say "Symptomatic," because we're watching SHANE! Topics include: why is this movie basically Heaven's Gate, the weird glimpse of Hollywood's narrative future it provides, and just how guilt a violent person needs to feel to experience some degree of redemtpion in the eyes of the audience. Warning: Corbin sounds a little weird Watch Corbin's reccomendation here. Matt reccomended shirts. Next episode is about "GOOD MORNING," which you can watch here.
2024-06-201h 21The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast'Werckmeister Harmonies' (2000, Dir: Bela Tarr)Hey! Me and Matt had a little scheduling SNAFU this week so we are releasing and episode we recorded a while back, just in case we got off schedule. It's about "Werckmeister Harmonies," a movie by Bela Tarr, Mr. Turin Horse Himself. Watch Corbin's reccomendation here, if you dare. Matt's can be listened to here. Next week's episode has been AUDIBLED. We are doing "SHANE," the western classic by George Stevens. It's on Paramount Plus and Pluto.
2024-06-161h 22The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast"A Touch of Zen" (1971, Dir: King Hu)This movie whips so hard. Listen to me and Matt try to say something aside from "this whips." Watch it here. Check out Matt's reccomendation here. Corbin's reccomendation is currently in theaters. Next week's episode is about "Mephisto," which you can watch here.
2024-06-101h 35The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm PodcastJesus Month: "The Last Temptation of Christ" (1988, Dir: Martin Scorsese)Corbin and Matt, two male American movie enthusiasts, watched a Martin Scorsese movie, so you KNOW they're juiced. Topics include: what in the movie ACTAULLY a little blasphemous, the ongoing translations of Judas in these movies, David Bowie's Stoic Pilate, and Peter Gabriel. Corbin's reccomendation can be acquired here. Matt's is here. Next week's episode is about TOUCH OF ZEN, which can be seen here.
2024-05-301h 37The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm PodcastJesus Month: "The Gospel According to Saint Matthew" (1964, Dir: Pier Paolo Pasolini)Corbin and Matt talk about THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SAINT MATTHEW, Marxist Neorealist Pier Paolo Pasolini's pretty straight on take on the book of Matthew. Topics: Where's Mary Magdeline?, a political Jesus, yet another disappointing crucifixion, and the temptation to find some sense in Judas. Check out a good essay on the move here. Corbin's reccomendation can be seen on Mubi, if you're that kind of sicko. He also reccomends a movie that is presently in theaters. Acquire Matt's reccomendation here. Next week: THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST! Watch it here!
2024-05-261h 32The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm PodcastJesus Month: 'The Greatest Story Ever Told' (1965, DIR: George Stevens)This week, Corbin and Ellis talk about THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD, a lengthy epic about Jesus from right before New Hollywood started. Topics: Max Von Sydow, John Wayne, Political Jesus, and Nikolai Jokic. Next week (By this I mean in the next few days, on account of this episode's lateness) we are talking about THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SAINT MATTHEW, a neorealist take on the story of Jesus, which you can watch here. Also coming up: The Last Temptation of Christ.
2024-05-2245 minThe Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm PodcastJesus Month: 'KING OF KINGS' (1927, DIR: Cecil B. DeMille)In this, the first episode of TPNWICMFP's first ever JESUS MONTH, Corbin and Matt discuss "KING OF KINGS," a silent picture (With color segments!) from the father of the film epic, CECIL B. DEMILLE. Topics include: why we aren't we doing one specific movie, DeMille's odd theater aesthetic, the scenes that work (The Ressurection!), the scenes that don't (The Crucifixion), and the question of sin-ema trying to navigate the world of values. Watch King of Kings here. Corbin's reccomendation can be seen here. Matt's can be imbibed here. Next week's episode is about 'THE GREATEST STORY EVER T...
2024-05-101h 43The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast"Foxcatcher" (2014, Dir: Bennett Miller)Corbin, Matt and SPACIAL GUEST SAM WHITELEY (Comedian, The Payton Years) talk about Foxcatcher, a BLEAK movie about wrestling (The non-cool kind), the world warping around the wealth of an unstable man, the question of what america actually is, and stamp collecting. If you like hearing Corbin say something unacceptably rude to a guest, this is the one for you! Next week's episode is about Cecil B. DeMille's KING OF KINGS. It will be the first in a series of movies about JESUS OF NAZARETH, reagarded by most Christian sects as the incarnation of God on Earth. W...
2024-05-021h 43The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast"Born in Flames" (1982, Dir: Lizzie Borden)This week, Matt and Corbin talk about BORN IN FLAMES, a facinating little piece of second-wave feminist instigation from Lizzie Borden. I am worried we get something wrong about it by being white men talking about 'Born in Flames' so please do not hurt us. We talk about the movie's sense of feminism in relation to capitalism and how it feels very disassociated in the present day, the music in the movie, the sight of possible futures from the perspective of the present, and other stuff. Watch the movie here. Corbin also vicifoursly reccomends Lizzie Borden's other b...
2024-04-231h 12The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast"Bambi" (1942, Dir: David Hand)Corbin and Matt discuss "BAMBI," Walt Disney's animated classic about animal friends living in a forest idyl, and their deadliest, most terrifying enemy: human beings. You can read an enlightening and low key troubling essay about Bambi's literary origins here. Corbin's reccomendation can be seen here, on Kanopy. Don't read Ellis's reccomendation here. next week's episode is about "Born in Flames," by Lizzie Borden. Check it out here!
2024-04-121h 36The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast"Sexy Beast" (2000, Dir: Jonathan Glazer)Corbin and Matt talk about SEXY BEAST, a prehistoric crime drama from Jonathan Glazer. We talk about the advent of the chatty gangster picture, the way the movie does and doesnt subvert the tennants of this subgenre, end-of-history type blathering, and Ray Winsome, the titular Sexy Beast. You can watch Corbin's reccomendation this week here. Also check out this Reba McEntire music video. Matt's can be seen here. You should check out Matt's if you want to stay current on upcoming episodes if you know what I mean. Next week's episode is about BAMBI. You c...
2024-04-061h 14The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast"News from Home" (1976, DIR: Chantal Akerman)THIS WEEK Corbin and Matt talk about 'News from Home," an avant-garde collage of still life 70's New York Footage and Chantal Akerman's mother's letters to her. It's really great but also there's not much to say about it in a podcast blurb, you know? Next week we are discussing Jonathan Glazer's SEXY BEAST, which you can watch here, on Criterion or here, on Hulu. It's a wonderful movie!
2024-03-221h 26The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast'The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp' (1943, Dir: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger)This week, Corbin and Matt talk about 'The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp,' Powell and Pressburger's incredible exploration of the life and career of a British Solider from the first half of the 20th Century. It's almost hard to talk about because it is such a rich text. We didn't even talk about how the central relationship of the movie reflects that of the movie's creators, we're so deep in it. You can, and should, watch this movie here, on Criterion, and here on HBOMax. If you want to read something really incredible ab...
2024-03-141h 33The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast'Dune' (1984, Dir: David Lynch)Corbin and Ellis and Cam, (A friend, the author of (In)Action), talk about David Lynch's stab at Frank Herbert's 'Dune,' on the eve of the release of Dune: Part Two. Topics include: why did they have David Lynch make this movie, exactly? Pardon the posting mess: it was Ellis's fault. Corbin is a GOOD BOY. Watch this movie here, if you dare.
2024-03-091h 48The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast'Dune' (1984, Dir: David Lynch)Matt and Corbin are joined by fellow DuneHead Cam to discuss David Lynch's take on the franchise. Why, you might ask, was David Lynch tapped to make a sci-fi blockbuster? Probably becase of sheer freakiness of the source material, considered unfilmable until a french guy figured out that you didn't need to focuse on the freakiness. Watch the movie here, on HBOMax. I do not recognize the offical corporate name of that streaming service in this space. Check out Cam's newsletter, (In)Action, here.
2024-03-061h 48The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast'The Birds' (1963, DIR: Alfred Hitchcock)This week, Ellis and Smith discuss 'The Birds,' Hitchock's movie about that time all birds went buckwild and started mauling people. We talk about the various utilites of metaphor in addressing the picture, how fucking weird the non-birds parts of this movie are, the impressive job Hitch does in never giving you anhything close to a satisfactory cause and effect in the movie, and the less than impressive job he did in 'Respecting Tippi Hendren.' At the end of this episode we say that next week's episode will be "THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL B...
2024-02-281h 31The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast'Heaven's Gate' (1980, Dir: Michael Cimino)Today, Corbin and Ellis talk about HEAVEN'S GATE, Michael Cimino's mondo flop about the economics of cattle farming and a romance between a country singer and The Piano Teacher. The Cattle Economics stuff works better. Ellis and I watched the long version of this movie, which is available on DVD and streaming services. To the best of my knowledge, it is the superior version. Next week's episode is about Alfie Hitchie's "THE BIRDS," which can be seen on Criterion for ten or so more days.
2024-02-211h 21The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm PodcastSCARFACE (1931, Dir: Howard Hawks)Hey whoops we were supposed to do Heaven's Gate this week but Corbin got the flu so we're releasing this backstopped episode regarding Howard Hawks' 1931 Pre-Code sleazesterpiece SCARFACE, a movie I suggested as a historical inquiry that ended up being one of the best things we've watched for the show. Topics include: violence, incest, the movie's wild mis en scene, and some other stuff.
2024-02-151h 15The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast'Ferrari' (2023, DIR: Michael Mann)Corbin and Matt and SPECIAL GUEST RYDER (not famous) talk about 'Ferrari,' Michael Mann's 2023 movie about fast cars and human suffering. Corbin also reads from the futurist manifesto in public, which gets a little awkward. Next Week, the movie that single handedly destroyed American cinema: HEAVEN'S GATE. The version we are watching is available on HOOPLA! (Probably: your library might differ in this matter.) See you then!
2024-02-071h 21The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast'The Magician' (1958, DIR: Ingmar Bergman)This week on the show, Corbin and Matt talk about THE MAGICIAN, a 1958 Bergman Bangern about performence, trickery, and the eternal enemy of fun, scientific rationalism. You can watch the movie here, on Criterion. Next week's movie is FERRARI, by Michael Mann. I think it's streaming somewhere but I have already given too much to this blurb. Oh, our new cover art is by SPENCER STANLEY GROSHONG, a wonderful designer known for his work at TRILLBLAZIN. We thank Spencer for rescuing us from Corbin Smith's graphic design instincts, which are not so good.
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The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast'Night of the Comet' (1984, Dir: Thom Eberhardt)Hey! Sorry about the break its been a little crazy around here and there lately. THis week Corbs and Ellis talk LIVE AT WORKERS TAP in PORTLAND, OREGON, about 'Night of the Comet,' a sort-of-zombie movie that mixes a bunch of 1980's stuff in a big ol' bowl and serves it to you, the viewer. Topics include: Star Trek First officers, automation's ghost living on in the ruins of human civilization, how great it would be to work as a projectionist in the early 80's, and a maybe-repeat of a conversation about film vs. digital. We also talk...
2024-01-191h 33The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast'Cure' (1997, DIR: Kiyoshi Kurosawa)Corbin and Dr. Matt talk about 'CURE,' Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 1997 J-Horror classic. Topics: horror or pyshcological thriller (Genre distinctions being the main thing men talk about), pushing pyshcology back through premodernity, Corbin's new book on NYU Press, Mothra, and Naruto's pal the nine-tailed beast. We're not sure what next week's episode is about yet.
2024-01-031h 21The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm PodcastHOLIDAY SPECIAL: MEET JOHN DOE (DIR: Frank Capra, 1941) In a special Christmas Episode, Corbin and Matt talk about MEET JOHN DOE, a 1941 Frank Capra Christmas Joint, staring screen goddess Barbara Stanwyck and the thinking man's John Wayne, Gary Cooper. We talk about Capra's worldview, where soceiry can fix all its problens so long as it doesn't dip intonthe morass of "Politics" or whatever. "Meet John Doe" can be seen here on Criterion, or here, on the Internet Archive, because someone forgot to renew the copyright in the seventies. Coming up next week:
2023-12-231h 53The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm PodcastEpisode Eleven: AFIRE (Dir Christian Peztold, 2023)On paper, Afire seems like it is an alegory for climate change. It is actually a movie about Corbin irritating himself to death. Whoops! Next week's movie, part of a VERY SPECIAL CHRISTMAS PNWICMFP is MEET JOHN DOE, by Frank Capra. You can watch it here, on Criterion, or here, on the Internet Archive, because a long time ago someone forgot to renew the copyright. Did anyone see the new Miyazaki movie, aside from me? My man is operating heavy in an allegorical space right now. Also the use of blues and greens... very cool. N...
2023-12-141h 17The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm PodcastEPISODE NINE: THE EYES OF LAURA MARS (Dir: Irving Kershner, 1987)On this episode, Corbin and Mattbin talk about THE EYES OF LAURA MARS, a movie about violent images and Tommy Lee Jones's nipples. Topics include: images of violence and how we process them as individuals and as a society, Haneke, the difficulty in seeing prolific character actor René Auberjonois as anyone but Odo, and Helmut Newton. Corbin says next week's episode will be about "The Devil, Probably," by Robert Bresson, but he called an audible and we went with Jean-Luc Godard's 'Masculin Feminin' instead. So be aware of that.
2023-11-291h 32The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm PodcastEPISODE SEVEN: JAUJA (2014, Dir: Lisandro Alonso)Corbs and Matts talk about JAUJA, which is sort of like if Taken starred Viggo Mortensen, was excruciatingly slow, and ended with a deeply unsatasifying resolution. It was great! Please note that since recording this episode, Corbin learned about Patagonia. You can watch this week's movie here, on Kanopy.
2023-11-161h 24The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm PodcastEPISODE SIX: THE TREE OF WOODEN CLOGS (Dir: Ermanno Olmi, 1979)Big Corbs and Lil' Matty Movies talk about THE TREE OF WOODEN CLOGS, an Italian neorealist epic about the Last Pesants and their nice community. Topics include: modernity's strange slow creep, the limits of community, and the weird little glasses the priest wears. Features audio problems because Corbin needs a New Mic, but you can handle that, right?
2023-11-031h 09The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm PodcastEPISODE THREE: Oppenheimer (2023, DIR: Christopher Nolan)Corbin and Matt discuss OPPENHEIMER, Christopher "Mr. Movies" Nolan's biographical picture about the life and career of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the director of atomic bomb development at Los Alamos. Topics include: the hole where the idealogy was supposed to go, the movie's IMMACULATE casting, a therotical version of the movie made by Mike Leigh, and Nolan's dialogue.
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The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm PodcastEPISODE ONE: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984, Dir: Hayao Miyazaki)In our DEBUT EPISODE, Matt and Corbin talk about Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, the second film from the master of anime, Hayao Miyazaki. Topics include: natural and technological visions of apocalypse, the comic's more jaded, but also more fulfilling ending, and Matt's weird animation blind-spot.
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TURTLE POND HANGOUTRegarding: Will Smith, GBV, Johnny GuitarCorbin and John talk about Will Smith for a while, like everyone else in the world. Then they talk about Johnny Guitar, a 1955 western that is one of the wildest movies either of them have ever seen.
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