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Unburied BooksTeaser: Dante in Motion and the Ethereal Art of Silent FilmIn this clip, Dylan and Kassia discuss the 1911 Italian silent film adaptation of Dante's Inferno, a text covered on the main show.
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2024-10-2003 min
Unburied BooksTeaser: Iliad or Odyssey?We test Dylan's theory that all stories can be classified as either an Iliad or Odyssey by going through the list of NYRB Classics that we've covered.
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2024-09-1215 min
Unburied BooksCastle Gripsholm by Kurt TucholskyDylan and Kassia return to discuss Castle Gripsholm written by Kurt Tucholsky and translated from German by Michael Hofmann. The novel tells the story of "the Princess" and her lover on holiday in Sweden. It's a simple summertime fairy tale ... or is it? We talk about metafiction, love and friendship, and the book's sly critique of 1930s Germany.
The Last Sane Woman review: https://therumpus.net/2024/07/16/the-archive-as-potters-field-hannah-regels-the-last-sane-woman/
NYRB Classics film adaptations list: https://letterboxd.com/greenchile42/list/nyrb-classics/
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2024-07-2652 min
Unburied BooksTeaser: Strange Pilgrims by Gabriel García MárquezDylan and Kassia read Strange Pilgrims, a short story collection suggested by a listener.
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2024-07-1906 min
Unburied BooksBelchamber by Howard SturgisDylan and Kassia discuss Howard Sturgis' 1904 novel Belchamber. It follows the coming of age of Sainty, a not-so-average English boy who prefers needlepoint to riding and Tennyson to girls. We talk about the novel's interweaving of comedy and tragedy, the nature of being a sissy, and, of course, Henry James' famous critiques.
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2024-07-111h 19
Unburied BooksTeaser: The Silmarillion with Alex CuellarTolkien enthusiast Alex Cuellar joins us to discuss The Silmarillion. One of us has to test the limits of our edurance for the fantasy genre.
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2024-06-2006 min
Unburied BooksTun-huang by Yasushi InoueIn this episode, Kassia and Dylan discuss the Japanese novel Tun-huang written by Yasushi Inoue and translated by Jean Oda Moy. This work of historical fiction imagines how a trove of early Buddhist sutras came to be hidden in caves along the Silk Road for centuries. We talk about the book’s criticism of education, bureaucracy, and materialism, as well as the significance of freedom, preservation, and translation.
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2024-01-2358 min
Unburied BooksNYRB Classics DraftIn this taster for the Patreon, Dylan and Kassia compete to draft their four favorite books covered on the show thus far. If you're interested in more lighthearted episodes like this, please consider trying out a subscription here: patreon.com/user?u=84429384
2023-12-0525 min
The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowNosferatu/Pandora's Box Silent Film ExtraveganzaApologies for the delay on epsidoes! We have been stuck in a rut with lost recordings as well as Dylan moving states. We have a few episodes backed up that we hope to bring you soon. For now, enjoy our full discussion on Nosferatu and Pandora's Box, two great silent films worthy of rememberance with some of the most memorable filmic devices in history.
2023-05-101h 27
Unburied BooksIn a Lonely Place with Farran Smith NehmeFilm critic Farran Smith Nehme joins us to discuss In a Lonely Place written by Dorothy B. Hughes and adapted into a movie by Nicholas Ray. We talk about the book's unique approach to suspense, the film's relocation of the characters from the margins of Hollywood to the center, and some of our guest's favorite noirs. Listeners unfamiliar with the plot may want to wait until they've read the book (and watched the movie) to tune in.
Check out Farran's Sight and Sound list here. As promised, you can view Dylan's Ray ranking here and Kassia's top 100...
2023-05-0252 min
Unburied BooksChess Story by Stefan ZweigDylan and Kassia unpack Stefan Zweig's Chess Story translated from German by Joel Rotenberg. They toy with some chess pieces, discuss the psychological effects of fascism, and heap praise on this thrilling novella.
References:The Life and Death of Colonel BlimpMilgram experimentHow the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything in It by Arthur HermanMarquis de WavrinOne Way PassageHistory Is Made at NightLet Them All TalkGrand Hotel Abyss: The Lives...
2023-03-0755 min
Unburied BooksA Belated IntroductionIn this bonus episode, we explain how the podcast got started, detail our plan to tackle the collection, and describe our personal taste in books. Once Kassia started listing her favorite NYRB books it was impossible to get her to stop. Hopefully the run of this podcast will be equally protracted.
References:Moby-Dick by Herman MelvilleVillette by Charlotte BronteThe Age of Innocence by Edith WhartonDanteHomerThe Silmarillion by J. R. R. TolkienIvy Compton-Burnett: A Memoir by Cicely GreigA House and Its Head by...
2023-02-2830 min
Unburied BooksShort Letter, Long Farewell with Joshua JonesWriter and artist Joshua Jones joins us to discuss Peter Handke's Short Letter, Long Farewell. We disassemble the machinery of American mythmaking, drift through the empty avenues of modern alienation, and wonder why Europeans are so weird about the Land of the Free. If you're anti-spoiler, we recommend saving this episode until you've had a chance to read the book.
More about our guest:
Joshua Jones is a queer, autistic writer and artist from South Wales, now residing in Cardiff. He is the Director of Dyddiau Du, a DIY community library and art/literature space...
2023-02-211h 13The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review Show2022 DA MOVIES AWARDS SHOW!Dylan, Nick, and Jana have gathered to partake in their most important yearly episode...dolling out awards from the films in the past year. This will include the classic Oscar categories as well as lots of silly awards like Achievement in Hotness and Best Bronco Henry!
2023-02-162h 58
Unburied BooksPeach Blossom Paradise with Canaan MorseTranslator and poet Canaan Morse joins us to discuss his translation of Peach Blossom Paradise, a Chinese historical novel written by Ge Fei. In this conversation, we unpack the book's relationship to utopia, revolution, and Communist history. We also learn more about Canaan's background and the publication process at NYRB Classics. Listeners unfamiliar with the plot may want to wait until they've read the book to tune in.
Books and authors (and songs!) mentioned:The Invisibility CloakMo YanKang YouweiWhite Deer Plain by Chen ZhongshiWater Margin by Shi Nai'an
2023-02-071h 25
Unburied BooksAn Ermine in Czernopol with Alina StefanescuWriter and translator Alina Stefanescu joins us to discuss An Ermine in Czernopol, a humorous and deadly serious novel written by Gregor von Rezzori and translated by Philip Boehm. In this multilayered discussion, we seek the ghosts of Chernivtsi, a city in present-day Ukraine, and probe the meaning of honor and belonging in light of creeping fascism and anti-Semitism. Listeners unfamiliar with the plot may want to wait until they've read the book to tune in.
Learn more about Alina's work at https://www.alinastefanescuwriter.com.
To purchase books we've covered and browse some of D...
2023-01-241h 23
Unburied BooksA High Wind in Jamaica by Richard HughesDylan and Kassia's 'innocent voyage' begins! We discuss our first of many NYRB Classics: Richard Hughes' A High Wind in Jamaica, a book about a group of children taken aboard a pirate ship.
2022-11-2946 minThe Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowSight and Sound Predictions!We got a couple days till the Sight and Sound 2022 ballot is released! Nick and Dylan sit down and try to make some general, and bold, predictions about what you might see from the new ballot.
2022-11-291h 32The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowNashvilleIn for an interesting episode this week, Nick, Jana, and Dylan break down the Altman classic Nasvhille. There's Oscar talk, character drafts, 9/11 tangents and more supplementing the truly insightful discussion.
2022-10-101h 57
The Criterion ProjectS4 E10: Gertrud with Dylan CuellarConrado and Rachel are joined by Dylan Cuellar, co-host of the Great Movies podcast, to talk about GERTRUD, the final film by legendary Danish filmmaker Carl Theodor Dreyer. We talk about impenetrable performances, impeccable camera movements, transcendental ways of looking at love, and great last films.
The Jonathan Rosenbaum essay mentioned in this episode: https://jonathanrosenbaum.net/2021/06/gertrud-as-nonnarrative-the-desire-for-the-image/
Follow Dylan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DylanCuellar7
Listen to Dylan on The Great Movies Pod: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-great-movies-pod-a-retrospective-film-review-show/id1507636360
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2022-10-021h 00The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review Show2022 Movie Catchup!It's becoming tradition! Jana and Dylan, with Nick gone, decide they're gonna run down some of the big movies that came out over the beginning of the year and summer. We couldn't get to them all but we hope you like the slate. In order of what was discussed we did:
- Kimi- Turning Red- The Batman- Everything Everywhere All At Once- AmbuLAnce- RRR (kinda....)- Top Gun: Maverick- Crimes of the Future- Nope!
2022-09-192h 07The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowVivre Sa VieOur first podcast up in a month, and our 100th ever, is one that comes on a somber day. We celebrate Godard and a great film of his on this day of his passing. Recorded a while back but it was time for me (Dylan) to post it after struggling with it as I was not a positive influence on the podcast that day. Hope you still enjoy the episode Nick and Jana were excellent.
2022-09-131h 38The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowA Canterbury TaleDYLAN GOT A BIRTHDAY WISH! With his birthday this past week he picked a completely unique movie with Nick gone and needing to fill in and he picked....THE ARCHERS' A CANTERBURY TALE!
2022-08-121h 19The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowMetropolisOn this episode, Nick, Dylan, and Jana discuss one of the most pioneering science-fiction films ever made, Daft Punk, Nazis, Barron Trump, and more insane diversions as well.
2022-07-192h 02The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowTOP GUN and TOP GUN MAVERICK!With Nick gone, Jana and Dylan take a highway to the danger zone where guest Stephen Gillespie is waiting to take your breath away with our great filmic analysis of truly one of the most experimental and quietly thoughtful films of all time....
TOP GUN!
2022-06-171h 40The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowManhattan/Maltese Falcon Double ep!Well...Dylan screwed up his audio so the original recording of The Maltese Falcon will now be lost to time. So, in lieu of that problem, we have a combined recording for the makeup of Maltese Falcon and an...interesting discussion on Woody Allen's Manhattan.
2022-05-252h 27The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowScream!Jana takes Dylan in deep with a 5 movie podcast where they discuss one of the most famous, and still ongoing, film franchises ever...SCREAM!
2022-03-211h 36The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowDeja VuAgain Nickless, Jana and Dylan decide for Mardi Gras to go all in and watch maybe the only Mardi Gras movie set we could find...AND COINCIDES WELL AS A SEQUEL TO A PAST EPISODE TALKING CRIMSON TIDE! But we're here discussing Tony Scott's Deja Vu starring Denzel Washington. The two best to do it.
2022-03-021h 25The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowJia Zhangke Spotlight (with guest Sean Gilman)With Chinese Cinema expert guest Sean Gilman, Nick and Dylan break down the career of Jia Zhangke mainly focusing on three of his most acclaimed movies; Platform, Still Life, and A Touch of Sin.
2022-02-171h 53The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowValentine's Day Podcast! Love Me Tonight and Om Shanti OmWe are Jana-less today, but Nick and Dylan have a Guy-Lentine's Day talking about some of their favorite romance movies, 1932's pre code musical Love Me Tonight and 2007's bollywood musical Om Shanti Om.
2022-02-141h 18The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowOscar Nominations 2022 Podcast!!!IT'S FINALLY HERE! Jana and Dylan break down the Oscar nominations category by category discussing predictions, trends, reactions, fun facts, and more.
2022-02-112h 05
The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowThe Lady EveAll aboard the romantic hilarity boat! Get your schemes on while Jana, Nick and Dylan discuss the insane, code breaking, sensual classic rom com The Lady eve.
2022-01-181h 56The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowThe MatrixNick and Dylan, with a missing Jana, take the red pill and do a non-Ebert great movie to instead discuss a fan and cinematic favorite in wake of the new sequel; the Wachowski 1999 sci fi epic The Matrix.
2022-01-071h 35The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowLa Dolce VitaNick, Jana, and Dylan today take a trip into Rome and fall in love, love, LOVE with Fellini's La Dolce Vita (to an amount that almost surprises all three of them). They discuss the influence, artistry, emotions, and awards season behind the film and more.
2021-12-212h 26The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowJFKJana, Nick, and Dylan deep dive into the Oliver Stone epic JFK, discussing the history of the movie, of Oliver Stone, the Oscars that year, and the plot structure of the film itself.
2021-12-071h 46The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowIt's a Wonderful LifeJana, Nick, and Dylan (a little early for the holidays) delve into this family classic which is MUCH darker thatn we remember, the performances, and what's kept this film alive for so long.
2021-11-222h 03The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowHorror Movie DraftWhile just missing the spooky season (apologies life is busy) we'd like to share a special episode of our Horror Movie Draft where Jana, Dylan, and returning guest Stephen Gillespie pick their favorite horror movies in a variety of subgenre categories.
2021-11-052h 45The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowThe Emperor's New Groove & Lilo and StitchA double Disney podcast brings Jana and Dylan into the post-rennaisance period, where they seem to concur Disney was actually at one of its better points with a lot more creative control churning out two very fun, exciting, excellent films that are shocking to be in the Disney canon at some level.
2021-10-131h 37The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowA Hard Day's NightJana, Nick, and Dylan take an exploration through the manic and funny Beatles concert documentary somewhat narrative film A Hard Day's Night.
2021-09-102h 29The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowThe Damned United (and Ted Lasso)Jana and Dylan, with Nick still off, dive into a soccer movie to commemorate the start of the european soccer season (similar to baseball). In this one they tackle The Damned United, discuss Tom Hooper's career, the history of sports movies, and then dive into the new season of Ted Lasso (with spoilers!!).
2021-08-261h 56The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowMid Year Movie Update!With Nick sadly absent again...Jana and Dylan turn their attentions to the present and review nine (9!!) movies that have recently been released. One by one they go quickly through them spoiler free, and then will have a spoiler and awards discussion afterwards. Movies include:
- Annette
- The Green Knight
- Luca
- No Sudden Move
- Old
- Pig
- THE Suicide Squad
- Summer of Soul
- Zola
2021-08-172h 40The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowThe GodfatherLook at how they massacred our podcast...today, on the day of our daughters wedding, Nick, Jana, Dylan, and special guest and author of the Annotated Godfather Screenplay Book, Jenny Jones will disect, debate, and even play a draft game for one of the most prolific movies of all time.
2021-07-222h 41The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowINHERENT VICE!In this episode we discuss the movie Wolfman starring Benicio Del To.. - wait just getting word from the producer... - oh looks like we're discussing a movie with a character NAMED wolfman...but it also stars Benicio Del Toro...wait I'm feeling really high right now? Why does nothing make sense? How is this supposed to work as an episode description for a movie? What movie is it again?
2021-07-1100 minThe Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowSPEED RACER!Podcasts are the only thing we know how to do...and we gotta do something because TOO MANY PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THIS MASTERPIECE! So Dylan sits down with podcast artist Scott Brady and film twitter and letterboxd reviewer Kailey to break down what makes this film truly one of the greats.
2021-07-012h 11
The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowThe GeneralSHHHH!!!! We're back in the silents with Buster Keaton's The General! While not super fun to root for a Confederate soldier, Buster Keaton is never not fun and takes us on a great romp through action and comedy.
Also discussed in this episode...Shia LeBouf and David Duchovny. Why?? Listen to find out!
2021-06-231h 58The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowSeason 4 Finale! (And Albert Brooks' Real Life Review)It's finally here! After this very long we are here to give out awards of the past nine movies we've (officially) discussed as well as reivew one of Ebert's most hated films which, in this case, to honor the late great Charles Grodin, is the 1979 comedy masterpiece Real Life.
2021-06-161h 47The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowBabe! and Pig in the City with Stephen GillespieThe self proclaimed expert of Babe: Pig in the City, Stephen Gillespie, has returned to the podcast to discuss (at length) the 1995 and 1998 masterpieces, anachro communism, the suffocation of society in a capitalist landscape, and how hot James Cromwell is.
2021-06-012h 30The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowCrimson TideWith Nick gone, and Memorial Day coming up, Jana and Dylan decide to discuss a film dealing with the American millitary, and what's a better movie dealing with that than Tony Scott's Crimson Tide. We break down the Oscars from the year it came out where it was snubbed, the film as a whole, and Tony Scott's career arc, and more in this episode.
2021-05-252h 03The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowGates of HeavenErrol Morris' documentary about the pet cemetery business is not always a pleasant or uplifting one, but one that we found emotional resonance and a little bit of unusual hilarity in.
And then we watched Vernon Florida and Herzog Eats His Shoe and laughed our butts off.
2021-05-201h 52The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowKing Kong vs Godzilla vs KongFor a 50th episode special edition, Dylan discusses the recently released Godzilla vs Kong, the movie it remakes/reboots 1962's King Kong vs Godzilla, and the Big G's series in general with quite possibly the only two people that he's ever talked directly to that has ever made him question "do I not know enough about the Godzilla verse as I should?", friends of the pod Justin Decloux and Stephen Gillespie.
You can find Justin Decloux on twitter and letterboxd at DeclouxJ and you can find Stephen Gillespie with his name on letterboxd or his blog at a...
2021-05-102h 40The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowFloating WeedsDylan finally gets his Ozu episode where he, Jana, and Nick explore the town, the drama, and the life of Ozu's Floating Weeds. They discuss the impact this film had on the career of the director and the actors, the style of Ozu, and where this film fits in his canon.
2021-05-052h 05The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowFargo (with special guest Jenny Jones!)Ah jeez. Today we're discussing a super film called Fargo directed by Joel (and Ethan) Coen starring William H Macy, Steve Buscemi, and the incredible now four time Oscar winner Francis McDormand. We also have special guess Jenny M. Jones on the podcast who's written multiple books (cited below) and is a huge Coen Brothers fan and from Minnesota herself to discuss their work and the film as well.
The Big Lebowski: An Illustrated, Annotated History of the Greatest Cult Film of All Time (Voyageur Press, 2012)
The Annotated Godfather: the Complete Screenplay (Black Dog & Leventhal...
2021-04-272h 26The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowBig NightBuonasera e benvenuto all grande serata! With Nick off again, Jana and Dylan take a romp into Paradise and discuss a movie who's recent 25th Anniversary just came around, Stanley Tucci and Campbell Scott's Big Night.
2021-04-231h 51The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowThe Exterminating AngelJana, Dylan, and Nick get stuck inside a podcast discussing the movie The Exterminating Angel where people get stuck inside and can't get out and can't get out.
2021-04-181h 42The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowSimpsons Side Show Pod!Nick has finally done it, he's gotten Dylan to try The Simpsons. Combined is one's all time favorite show with another's all time biggest blind spot to get reactions, discussions, and laughs from Homer at the Bat, A Star is Burns, and of course Marge vs. the Monorail.
2021-04-111h 35The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowBaseball Movies Extravaganza!Happy Opening Day/week of baseball to all those who celebrate! Today it's just Jana and Dylan, so instead of doing an Ebert Great Movies without Nick we decided to do a fun special offhand episode discussing some of our favorite baseball movies. In this episode we discussed A League of Their Own and Everybody Wants Some!! Both of us have a long history with League of Their Own but Everybody Wants Some is one of Jana's all time favorite movies, and Dylan have never seen it...and is not the biggest Linklater fan...so discussion will be abound...
2021-04-032h 10The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review Show2020 Year In Review and Movie AwardsThe first annual "Ebert" Awards are happening now! We'll be nominating, and deciding on, our winners for the categories of best screenplay, scene, supporting actor and actress, lead actor and actress, director, and picture. Hope you enjoy and that your favorites show up here too!
2021-03-242h 41The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review Show2021 Year In Review and Movie AwardsThe first annual "Ebert" Awards are happening now! We'll be nominating, and deciding on, our winners for the categories of best screenplay, scene, supporting actor and actress, lead actor and actress, director, and picture. Hope you enjoy and that your favorites show up here too!
2021-03-242h 41The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowOSCAR NOMINATIONS REACTION AND DISCUSSION PODCASTWe're going a bit off script, and actually film topical, as Jana and Dylan discuss and react to this mornings Oscar Nominations 2021 edition. We discuss some of the big snubs, surprises, and where we generally see each category heading. Enjoy!
2021-03-161h 24The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowET: The Extra TerrestrialToday we pod home our thoughts on Steven Spielberg's sci fi family classic which is simultaneously way too scary for a family movie, so cute it's ugly, get way too in the weeds about Drew Barrymore's career, and discuss if 1982 was the best year ever in movies?
2021-03-122h 20The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowDuck SoupTake two podcasters, one movie, four disagreements, but no idea what the heck is going on in the film, and mix them together. After one taste, you'll duck soup for the rest of your life.
2021-03-051h 27The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowDr. StrangeloveWe'll...meet again....don't know where...don't know when...but I'll assume it will be on the Great Movies podcast where we discuss Dr. Strangelove's incredible satirical take on the Cold War, the human condition, and...well...the physical act of love.
2021-02-221h 49The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowDracula (three in one feature!)Flash sale! Flash sale! We got a Dracula episode that not only contains Ebert's "Great" movie version from 1931 but we're here to also talk the 58 and 92 versions as well! So get your bed of home country's soil, a tasty blood transfusion going, and relax while we soliloquize about there horror classics.
2021-02-152h 03The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowDouble IndemnityWe're Wilder-ing again! Back for another Billy Wilder episode this time we discuss the film noir classic Double Inemnity.
2021-02-081h 39The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowSeason 3 Finale!In our season 3 finale we're going to be handing out awards, discussing different wrap up corners, and more to review the last 9 movies we reviewed as well as a preview for next season and a special section discussing one of Roger Ebert's most HATED movies, Death Race 2000.
Do the Right Thing MP3: https://the-great-movies-pod.castos.com/episodes/do-the-right-thing-1
2021-02-011h 49The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowDo the Right ThingYO! YOU NEED TO COOL DOWN! AND LISTEN TO OUR POD ABOUT SPIKE LEE'S DO THE RIGHT THING! And that's the double truth...Ruth.
2021-01-152h 18The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowDetourHappy new years! Today we are discussing the grimy dark sad pitiful horribly wonderful film noir Detour...and how some of the actions in the movie have an uncomfortable parallel with the lives of one of its stars. We also have a weird tangent about the USA Interstate highway system of the merits of a very old Richard Corliss list which turn out to be much more interesting discussions than you'd expect!
2021-01-041h 24The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowDekalog (Decalogue)In this MAMMOUTH pod episode we discuss Krystof Kiewslowski's ten episode minisieres/film The Dekalog and discuss each episode one by one is as brief of a time as we can while still doing justice to this great work of art.
2020-12-212h 52The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowDays of HeavenWow sorry it's been so long since a podcast! But today we discuss Days of Heaven by Terrence Malick and do our best to pay respects to the one and only Linda Manz in an incredible performance.
2020-12-082h 01The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowCity LightsDylan, Jana, and Nick take a blast to the past to watch the Tramp and his journey with a blind girl, a suicidal millionaire, and his own perseverence in poverty....but enjoy that slapstick humor!!
2020-11-171h 37The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowCity LightsDylan, Jana, and Nick take a blast to the past to watch the Tramp and his journey with a blind girl, a suicidal millionaire, and his own perseverence in poverty....but enjoy that slapstick humor!!
2020-11-171h 37The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowCitizen KaneIt's finally here....you provide the picutre, we provide the review. You will think what we tell you to think. I can't think of a way to make rosebud into a podcast description like I just did with some of the other famous lines just now...but hope you enjoy our discussion on the one, the only, Citizen Kane!
2020-10-271h 55The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowChinatownForget it listeners...it's the Chinatown podcast.
2020-10-211h 48The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowCasablancaIt's finally here...the Casablanca pod. What a classic. I hope you enjoy our in depth discussion on the film.
2020-10-142h 04The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowNomadland Spoiler Free Review, NYFF RoundupSurprise extra episode! We mainly discuss Nomadland from the recent digital New York Film Festival lineup (as it's the only one Dylan was able to see) but we discuss more that Jana and Nick have gotten a chance to check out too. Also a lot of Oscar snub tangent discussions.
2020-10-061h 49The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowBroken BlossomsNick, Jana, and Dylan discuss the great, and problematic, work and life of DW Griffith and just how stunningly incredible Lillian Gish is. Like, seriously, can anyone act like Lillian Gish can? All this wraped up into a discussion on this week's Ebert Great Movie Broken Blossoms.
2020-10-021h 49The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowSPECIAL EPISODE! Avatar Movie and TV Series Review!Going off book before the third season of the show starts, Jana, Dylan, and friend of the pod and podcast artist Scott Brady join up to discuss Avatar the Last Airbender, the show that just came on Netflix, the movie that attempted adaptation, and explore where and how it went wrong.
2020-09-232h 04The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowSeason 2 Finale Discussion!We made it through season 2! In this episode we look back on our favorite (and some least favorite) things from the last 9 movies, give out awards, talk some fashion, but only after reviewing one of Ebert's most HATED movies....Armageddon!
2020-09-102h 21The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowBride of Frankenstein (And More!)In this Frankenstein-athon, we of course focus on the movie picked from Ebert's book, Bride of Frankenstein, but also dig deep into the original Frankenstein, the Young Frankenstein, the first silent Franknestein (produced by none other than Thomas Edison), fill in gaps from the book, and later adaptions as well.
2020-08-292h 10The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowBonnie and ClydeWe ain't no loverboys on this podcast as we talk about Warren Beatty's gritty teeth, Faye Dunaway's fashion style, Gene Hackman being happy(?!), the 1968 Oscars, and more on the Bonnie and Clyde discussion!
2020-08-241h 58The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowBody HeatConversations get...heated as we discuss, and argue, the merits and story of Body Heat!
2020-08-172h 05The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowBlow-UpBlowup? Blow-Up? Blow Up? Who knows how the title is supposed to be spelled, we're still talking mod fashion and ennui today on the podcast about Michelangelo Antonioni's film!
2020-07-301h 45The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowThe Big SleepUhhh...what? What happened? Nick, Jana, and Dlan try to decipher what the heck happens in the Big Sleep and review a classic noir mystery thriller.
2020-07-231h 39The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowThe Bicycle ThievesBack to positives all around! Nick, Jana, and Dylan discuss the wonerfully happy movie of a man and his Bicycle :D.....also get distracted with Inarritu's bad Oscar Wins and John Goodman's Oscar Nominee-less career for some reason...
2020-07-171h 40The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowBelle de JourWell....this is gonna get awkward haha. Jana, Nick, and Dylan talk the talk with Bunel's sexual masochist fantasy romp Belle de Jour.
2020-07-101h 54The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowBeauty and the BeastAll non-Condon Beauty and the Beasts come forth and be judged, ye he enters the the castle of the pod! We will be discussing (mainly) the 1946 La Belle et La Bete but also a side of Disney's Beauty and the Beast as we discuss our next Ebert Great Movie.
2020-07-011h 38The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowDa 5 BloodsApologies for the lack of recent podcasts! There were some scheduling, and then a lot of, technical problems. But we got a lot of pods coming your way starting with a new kind of pod! Discussing the new movie release of Da 5 Bloods, Dylan, Nick, and Jana discuss Spike Lee, Delroy Lindo, and the movie as it relates to Vietnam War movies of the past. Spoilers in the second half!
2020-06-2847 minThe Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowBattleship PotemkinRevolution is afoot when comrades Jana, Nick, and Dylan delve back 100 years ago to the Bolshevik Revolution in Sergei Eisenstein's prolific feature Battleship Potemkin and discuss the filmmaking and art that the film contains.
2020-06-161h 03The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowSeason 1 Finale Discussion!Discussion abound as we wrap up our first season of the Ebert Great Movies. We discuss one of his "hated" movies (The Usual Suspects), we give out paper plate awards from the first 9 films, discussion our favorite fashion items, Nick comes up with fun Letterboxd lists, and discuss best script, performances, director, and picture awards from the first group.
2020-06-101h 38The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowThe Apu TrilogyDylan, Jana, and Nick get emotional going thorugh the life of a man in the coming of age tale The Apu Trilogy. From director Satyajit Ray, this Bengali film was one of the most influential and highly praised films of all time to come out of south asia.
2020-06-012h 19The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowApocalypse NowJana, Nick, and Dylan dive into the Vietnam War classic discussing what they brought to the movie, the impact of the film in movie history, and how much the classic still holds up today.
2020-05-251h 57The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowThe ApartmentHot takes come back this episode as Dylan, Jana, and Nick discuss Billy Wilder's The Apartment!
2020-05-211h 42The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowAll About EveFasten your seatbelts...it's gonna be a bumpy pod! Jana, Nick, and Dylan discuss the hollywood classic All About Eve!
2020-05-121h 49The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowAli: Fear Eats the SoulIn this episode Dylan, Jana, and Nick discuss the German New Wave feature Ali: Fear Eats the Soul from 1974.
2020-05-051h 28The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowAguirre, the Wrath of GodGiggles all around, weirdly enough, in this epic adventure tale of how absolutely insane horrendous coloniolism is of the Spaniards as told by an absolutely insane German man. Hopefully you enjoy the episode!
2020-04-261h 42The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review Show8 1/2In this podcast episode Jana, Nick, and Dylan discuss the Fedrico Fellini masterpiece 8 1/2, an ambigioius satire on the life of a filmmaker.
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2020-04-191h 32The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review Show400 BlowsIn this episode Dylan, Jana, and Nick discuss Francois Truffaut's French classic The 400 Blows. Nick finds new enjoyment in the film with fresh eyes, Jana is worried for the children's safety in the movie, and Dylan raises hell with what could be the hottest take the pod will ever have! All that and more in this review discussion.
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2020-04-141h 44The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review Show2001: A Space OdysseyIn this episode we discuss the first movie in Roger Ebert's essay collection "The Great Movies", 2001: A Space Odyssey. 2001: A Space Odyssey is a 1968 Sci-Fi classic from director extraordinaire Stanley Kubrick starring Keir Duella, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, and Douglas Rain. We hope you enjoy the insight and reviews we provide on the film!
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The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowPreview Pod 1In this pod we discuss the topical news of Toshiro Mifune's 100th year of birth, the tragic passing of Adam Schlesinger, and preview our first 9 movies from the Ebert Great Movies book.
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2020-04-0209 minThe Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review ShowIntro Pod: The Directors GameIn this episode we play "The Directors Game", which we heard on the Ringer Big Pic Podcast with Amanda Dobbins and Sean Fennessey with gues Sam Esmail, who brought the game to the table. We hope this gives you an idea of our movie interests and personal history with film.
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