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Break the Frame: The Companion PodcastThat's a Wrap...Starring Erin KeaneHow do you wrap up a series featuring amazing women doing amazing work? Easy: by featuring another amazing woman who is doing amazing work. When not in her role as Chief Content Officer for Salon, my friend Erin Keane writes books (Runaway: Notes on the Myths That Made Me, Death-Defying Acts, The Gravity Soundtrack, and more), pours a good drink or two, and loves loves loves movies. I thought who better to speak to than someone who admires the directors featured in Break the Frame and can provide a thoughtful and critical analysis of...
2025-09-0441 min
Break the Frame: The Companion PodcastAccess and Archives... Starring Chris HegedusFor over four decades, Chris Hegedus has shaped the documentary landscape with her empathetic approach and compelling narratives. She first rose to prominence co-directing The War Room (1993) with D.A. Pennebaker, which earned the duo an Academy Award nomination. In films like Startup.com, Kings of Pastry, and Unlocking the Cage, she provides intimate, behind-the-scenes portraits of politics, culture, and the arts, giving us a side not normally seen on camera. With works that often ask us to explore and examine ambition, creativity, and change, she continues to look beyond a headline and give us more. I...
2025-08-1233 min
Break the Frame: The Companion PodcastNo Simple Favors...Starring Jessica Sharzer "Want to trade confessions?" I’ll admit that I’ve seen A Simple Favour more than a dozen times. When I shared this confession with the screenwriter, Jessica Sharzer, she told me that people still come up to her on a regular basis quoting lines from this very quotable movie. Jessica is also the director of the 2004 film Speak, which was the first role for a little known actress named Kristin Stewart; not too sure what she’s been up to these days (wink). I got to catch up with Sharzer from her office between...
2025-08-0533 min
Break the Frame: The Companion PodcastThe Directing Woman...Starring Cheryl DunyeWhen you create a style of storytelling that merges your life with fiction, you need to give it a name. What better name to describe the works of filmmaker, scholar, and trailblazer in Black queer cinema than the Dunyementary? Cheryl Dunye first burst onto the scene with her groundbreaking 1996 debut feature The Watermelon Woman, becoming the first openly out Black lesbian to direct a narrative feature. A witty, self-reflexive exploration of erasure in film history, this first Dunyementary was added to the National Film Registry in 2021. Her recent work has brought her distinct style to episodes of Q...
2025-07-1528 min
Break the Frame: The Companion PodcastCaptain Marvelous...Starring Anna BodenDirecting in a team with Oakland-born Ryan Fleck, Boston Anna Boden has taken us into the centre of a addict’s pain to the far reaches of space. And while a Boden Fleck joint is often about characters failing to overcome their limitations, their movies do not revel in despair but look with great tenderness into the eyes of the despairing. Their time and concern for how a character tries, fails and tries again is a large part of why the world's most famous actors--Ryan Gosling, Brie Larson, Pedro Pascal--seem to continually want to work with them. Fresh...
2025-07-0133 min
Page One PodcastEp. 53 Break the Frame: Kevin SmoklerPage One, produced and hosted by author Holly Lynn Payne, celebrates the craft that goes into writing the first sentence, first paragraph and first page of your favorite books. The first page is often the most rewritten page of any book because it has to work so hard to do so much—hook the reader. We interview master storytellers on the struggles and stories behind the first page of their books.About the guest author:Kevin Smokler is a writer, documentary filmmaker and purveyor of pop culture. He’s the author of the four books Break...
2025-06-3053 min
Break the Frame: The Companion PodcastThe Bones of Directing... Starring Debra GranikKnown for her powerful, character-driven storytelling and focus on marginalized communities, Debra Granik gained widespread recognition for the critical and box office hit Winter’s Bone (2010), which launched Jennifer Lawrence’s career and earned four Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay. Her distinct style of storytelling and an empathetic lens results in films that serve to highlight and remind us of America’s overlooked and misunderstood. I had a chance to catch up with Debra just before I headed out on tour for the books and she was taking a break from her latest...
2025-06-2424 min
Break the Frame: The Companion PodcastBeyond Crossroads...Starring Tamra DavisWho says a director should only direct just films or just television? Tamra Davis has shown that you can have a multifaceted career that includes music videos, feature films, television, and documentaries. Her unique visual style and collaborative approach has resulted in genre-defining music videos for Hanson, Tone Loc and NWA as well as career defining roles for Adam Sandler, Britney Spears and Drew Barrymore. Tamra Davis’s versatility and commitment to storytelling continues with episodes of our favourite TV shows, films, and documentaries. Selected Filmography 13 (2022) Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child (2010) Crossroads (2002) Half Bak...
2025-06-0330 min
Break the Frame: The Companion PodcastHarvesting Honey - Starring Felicia PrideIn a world where women of a certain age or of a certain shade are often overlooked, Felicia Pride tells stories that center Black women and their nuanced experiences. The acclaimed writer, director, and producer who initially started out as a journalist made the switch to screenwriting in her mid-30s. Pride contributed to such hit television series as Queen Sugar, Grey’s Anatomy, and most recently the Fresh Prince reboot, Bel-Air. Her directorial debut, the short film Tender, explores the intimacy between two Black women post one-night stand. From there, Pride wrote and executive pro...
2025-05-2728 min
Dr. Andy's Poetry and Technology HourEve West Bessier, Kevin Smokler, and Grant FaulknerOn the 5/22/25 edition of Dr. Andy’s Poetry and Technology Hour:Eve West Bessier joins the program to talk about her New Mexico poetic endeavors. She shares details about her two most recent collections, both poetic micro-essays: Poems Before Breakfast (2023), and The Road Home (2024). Bessier shares two poems “The Clothes Translation Hope” and “This Labor Mess.” The next guest is Kevin Smokler, who discusses his new book, Break the Frame: Conversations with Women Filmmakers, published by Oxford University. Smokler conducted 24 career-length interviews for this book, focusing on the successes of these women throughout their careers directing films. The last g...
2025-05-2251 min
Reckoning with Jason HerbertEpisode 132: Conversations with Women Filmmakers with Kevin SmoklerWriter and filmmaker Kevin Smokler returns to the pod to talk about his discussions with 25 different women filmmakers.About our guest:Kevin Smokler is a writer, documentary filmmaker and event host focused on our relationship as human beings with pop culture. His most recent book BREAK THE FRAME: CONVERSATIONS WITH WOMEN FILMMAKERS contains 24 career-retrospective conversations with directors behind box office phenomenon like Captain Marvel, Oscar winners like Free Solo and the filmmakers who launched actors such as America Ferrera, Paul Rudd, Ryan Gosling and Jennifer Lawrence. His previous books, BRAT PACK AMERICA is a love l...
2025-05-221h 12
New Books in Popular CultureKevin Smokler, "Break the Frame: Conversations with Women Filmmakers" (Oxford UP, 2025)In the twenty-first century alone, women filmmakers have succeeded at directing every size, genre, and style of motion picture. Their movies have won Oscars (Free Solo), made actors into household names (Jennifer Lawrence in Winter's Bone), received induction into the Library of Congress's National Film Registry (Real Women Have Curves), and become worldwide box office phenomena (Captain Marvel, Deep Impact). Nevertheless in 2023, the year of Barbie, women directed only 12% of the top 250 movies in America. demonstrating how far moviemaking remains from gender parity. When women filmmakers succeed, they do so against these odds.Break th...
2025-05-2251 min
New Books in FilmKevin Smokler, "Break the Frame: Conversations with Women Filmmakers" (Oxford UP, 2025)In the twenty-first century alone, women filmmakers have succeeded at directing every size, genre, and style of motion picture. Their movies have won Oscars (Free Solo), made actors into household names (Jennifer Lawrence in Winter's Bone), received induction into the Library of Congress's National Film Registry (Real Women Have Curves), and become worldwide box office phenomena (Captain Marvel, Deep Impact). Nevertheless in 2023, the year of Barbie, women directed only 12% of the top 250 movies in America. demonstrating how far moviemaking remains from gender parity. When women filmmakers succeed, they do so against these odds.Break th...
2025-05-2249 min
New Books in GenderKevin Smokler, "Break the Frame: Conversations with Women Filmmakers" (Oxford UP, 2025)In the twenty-first century alone, women filmmakers have succeeded at directing every size, genre, and style of motion picture. Their movies have won Oscars (Free Solo), made actors into household names (Jennifer Lawrence in Winter's Bone), received induction into the Library of Congress's National Film Registry (Real Women Have Curves), and become worldwide box office phenomena (Captain Marvel, Deep Impact). Nevertheless in 2023, the year of Barbie, women directed only 12% of the top 250 movies in America. demonstrating how far moviemaking remains from gender parity. When women filmmakers succeed, they do so against these odds.Break th...
2025-05-2251 min
In Conversation: An OUP PodcastKevin Smokler, "Break the Frame: Conversations with Women Filmmakers" (Oxford UP, 2025)In the twenty-first century alone, women filmmakers have succeeded at directing every size, genre, and style of motion picture. Their movies have won Oscars (Free Solo), made actors into household names (Jennifer Lawrence in Winter's Bone), received induction into the Library of Congress's National Film Registry (Real Women Have Curves), and become worldwide box office phenomena (Captain Marvel, Deep Impact). Nevertheless in 2023, the year of Barbie, women directed only 12% of the top 250 movies in America. demonstrating how far moviemaking remains from gender parity. When women filmmakers succeed, they do so against these odds.Break th...
2025-05-2251 min
New Books in Performing ArtsKevin Smokler, "Break the Frame: Conversations with Women Filmmakers" (Oxford UP, 2025)In the twenty-first century alone, women filmmakers have succeeded at directing every size, genre, and style of motion picture. Their movies have won Oscars (Free Solo), made actors into household names (Jennifer Lawrence in Winter's Bone), received induction into the Library of Congress's National Film Registry (Real Women Have Curves), and become worldwide box office phenomena (Captain Marvel, Deep Impact). Nevertheless in 2023, the year of Barbie, women directed only 12% of the top 250 movies in America. demonstrating how far moviemaking remains from gender parity. When women filmmakers succeed, they do so against these odds.Break th...
2025-05-2251 min
New Books in Women's HistoryKevin Smokler, "Break the Frame: Conversations with Women Filmmakers" (Oxford UP, 2025)In the twenty-first century alone, women filmmakers have succeeded at directing every size, genre, and style of motion picture. Their movies have won Oscars (Free Solo), made actors into household names (Jennifer Lawrence in Winter's Bone), received induction into the Library of Congress's National Film Registry (Real Women Have Curves), and become worldwide box office phenomena (Captain Marvel, Deep Impact). Nevertheless in 2023, the year of Barbie, women directed only 12% of the top 250 movies in America. demonstrating how far moviemaking remains from gender parity. When women filmmakers succeed, they do so against these odds.Break th...
2025-05-2251 min
Break the Frame: The Companion PodcastReal Women Make Movies... Starring Patricia CardosoThe stand out monologue by America Ferrara in 2023’s Barbie may not have happened if it weren’t for the trailblazing director Patircia Cardoso, who first cast Ferrera in her in her debut feature, Real Women Have Curves (2002). Cardoso who set out to become a anthropologist became the first Latinx director to win the Sundance Audience Award, and to have a film inducted into the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress. Cardoso’s anthropological background informs her storytelling, bringing depth and authenticity to underrepresented voices. She looks for the beauty in the things and people that ar...
2025-05-2032 min
Break the Frame: The Companion PodcastBut I'm a Director! Starring Jamie BabbitKnown for her sharp, satirical storytelling and commitment to LGBTQ+ representation, Jamie Babbit’s career has been shaped by her own life experiences. In this episode we dive deeper into the film that made both her and its star, Natasha Lyonne famous. But I’m A Cheerleader is Babbit’s debut and centers around a high school cheerleader whose parents send her to a residential in-patient conversion therapy camp to "cure" her lesbianism. Learn how improvised moments made it into the final cut, how Jamie’s eye for talent has turned small scenes into bigger roles, and what fil...
2025-05-1037 min
Reckoning with Jason HerbertEpisode 124: Don’t You Forget About Me: The Breakfast Club and Brat Pack America with Kevin SmoklerThis week Kevin Smokler drops in to talk about The Breakfast Club, the Brat Pack, John Hughes, and the legacy of 80s teen movies. About our guest:Kevin Smokler is a writer, documentary filmmaker and event host focused on our relationship as human beings with pop culture. His most recent book BREAK THE FRAME: CONVERSATIONS WITH WOMEN FILMMAKERS contains 24 career-retrospective conversations with directors behind box office phenomenon like Captain Marvel, Oscar winners like Free Solo and the filmmakers who launched actors such as America Ferrera, Paul Rudd, Ryan Gosling and Jennifer Lawrence. His previous books, BR...
2025-04-031h 29
Page One PodcastEp. 39: Kevin Smokler - Brat Pack AmericaPage One, produced and hosted by author Holly Lynn Payne, celebrates the craft that goes into writing the first sentence, first paragraph and first page of your favorite books. The first page is often the most rewritten page of any book because it has to work so hard to do so much—hook the reader. We interview master storytellers on the struggles and stories behind the first page of their books.About the guest author:Kevin Smokler is a writer, documentary filmmaker and purveyor of pop culture. He’s the author of the four books Brat...
2024-06-2950 min
The Way87) History of Vinyl w/ Christopher Boone and Kevin SmokerThe vinyl record renaissance over the past decade has brought new fans to a classic format. Sales grew a whopping 61% in 2021 as this dinosaur is coming back from the dead. Why is the vinyl record so appreciated and loved by music lovers?
I was happy to welcome Kevin Smokler and Christopher Boone on todays show. They have recently finished their documentary "Vinyl Nation." A film that dives into the history and appreciation behind the oldest music format.
Film - https://vinylnationfilm.com/
Christopher Boone - https://twitter.com/bartondeepwood
2022-07-191h 17
Cinema Chop Shop268. Vinyl Nation - A Conversation with Director, Kevin SmoklerIn this special episode, the Chop Shop gang is joined by Kevin Smokler, co-director of the new documentary, Vinyl Nation - A Documentary Dig into the Record Resurgence. Kevin shares his insights on vinyl, collecting, and the documentary process then joins us for a look at some of the most iconic Record Store Movies in cinema. vinylnationfilm.com kevinsmokler.com
2022-05-221h 06
Life in the Credits044 Vinyl Nation with Co-Directors Kevin Smokler and Christopher BooneKevin Smokler and Christopher Boone, Directors, join Susan and Ben to discuss Vinyl Nation, a 2020 documentary. Kevin and Chris share what it was like co-directing Vinyl Nation. They discuss their love of film from an early age, the filmmaking process in post-production, and what a documentary on vinyl uncovers about human connection. Kevin and Chris play our “Finding the Reel: Documentary Edition” game.
Follow Kevin on Instagram @smokler, Twitter @Weegee or IMDB. Follow Chris on Twitter @bartondeepwood or IMDB. Find out more about Vinyl Nation at vinylnationfilm.com
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2022-04-281h 23
Backstage With Gentry ThomasVinyl Records new Resurgence Kevin Smokler talks new documentaryOn today's episode of Backstage Pass with Gentry Thomas we listen to author and director Kevin Smokler. The two talk about Smokler's new documentary 'Vinyl Nation' which looks into the new resurgence over the past decade of vinyl records. The documentary is available to watch on YouTube, Apple TV, and Amazon Prime. They also touch on the coming up vinyl record day which is August 12th where you celebrate by going out and supporting a local record store. The director discusses his obsession with 80s movies and how he always wanted to live in Hill Valley California with Marty...
2022-04-2320 min
John and Heidi Show04-22-22-Kevin Smokler documentary VINYL NATIONJohn & Heidi share funny stories of people doing weird things... plus we continue our segment #AsSeenOnTV as John chats with Kevin Smokler documentary VINYL NATIONLearn more about our radio program, podcast & blog at www.JohnAndHeidiShow.com
2022-04-2224 min
"Lately, I've been thinking about..."Kevin Smokler - ConsequencesOn our pilot episode, author and documentarian Kevin Smokler and I talk about consequences. We also get into owning versus sharing, being ourselves, and how to think about restorative justice in a punishment-oriented world. Recommended content from this episode:BooksThe Sum of Us by Heather McGheeThe Half Has Never Been Told by Edward E. BaptistMovies/TVExterminate All the BrutesThe WorkVideo"Restorative Welcome and Reentry Circle"Our intro and outro music is "Humbug"...
2021-12-301h 04
Quaid In FullS05E03: Gang RelatedKevin Smokler joins us for the third least Quaidy project QIF has covered to date: Gang Related. It's Tupac Shakur's last film, and he's very good, but it's also three or four different films patched together into a quilt of dropped threads and tone problems -- and it's NOT very good, despite an all-star cast, a couple of hilarious line readings, and a guy we'll call Nott William Winters. And as for Quaid, well, if you ever wondered what it might look like to throw Andy Dufresne's Shawshank testimony in a blender with Jason Priestley trying to cry? Here...
2021-10-1442 min
Finding Favorites with Leah JonesCollecting used vinyl records with Kevin SmoklerKevin Smokler, a San Francisco-based author and filmmaker, loves used vinyl and is here to walk us through how to create a music curriculum at your local record store. You can catch his documentary Vinyl Nation at film festivals across the country or hear the Pointer Sisters wafting out of his windows in the Bay Area.
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Show Notes
Kevin Smokler website
Vinyl Nation documentary
Bike Aid
The Vinyl...
2021-08-221h 05
Story ForwardIndependence Day - Remembering the Mayhem, and Counting FlagsThis week Larry and Christian get into a particularly memorable July 4th weekend that took place on San Juan Island in 1989. A dozen friends, all dudes. Far too much beer. Plenty of laughter, injuries, fuzzy antics, and stories that have lived on as pieces of the puzzle that was our lives back in our early twenties. We get into how we all remember and tell the story of that weekend from a unique vantage, and how memory has and continues to shape that years-gone narrative as time has marched on.
We managed to wrangle one old friend f...
2021-07-0546 min
The Normandie Records PodcastKevin Smokler and Christopher Boone of Vinyl NationOn this episode we have Kevin Smokler and Christopher Boone, directors and producers of the documentary film Vinyl Nation. https://vinylnationfilm.com/ Vinyl Nation is a documentary film about the resurgence of vinyl and how it impacts everyone from old collectors, new collectors, pressing plants and record shops.
In this conversation we discuss the inspiration behind the film, what Kevin and Chris hope viewers take from their film, and of course vinyl record collections.
Please make sure to subscribe or follow the podcast. Share with your friends and leave a review on the Apple Podcast ap...
2021-06-1459 min
The Bob Cesca ShowDirectors Kevin Smokler & Chris Boone[Explicit Language] Kevin Smokler and Christopher Boone are the directors of a brand new documentary called Vinyl Nation. VinylNationFilm.com. We'll talk about what killed record albums, what's creating the resurgence in vinyl, and especially how enthusiasm for the old technology is bringing people together in the age of digital downloads and streaming content. Vinyl Nation will be available on Bluray and DVD exclusively on Record Store Day, June 12. Email info@vinylnationfilm.com for a record store near you. Meanwhile if you like what you hear today, don't forget to subscribe to our bonus content at patreon.com/bobcescashow.
2021-06-0957 min
Talkin' Rock With Meltdown PodcastTalkin' Rock with Pop Evil's Matt DiRito & Vinyl Nation's Kevin SmoklerThe new pop Evil album is out, and bassist Matt DiRito joins me to talk about it.... -Why it's called Versatile -Who he's on the road with now. -Working with different producers -The passing of producer Kato Khandwala....and lots more Then (around the 19 minute mark) it's Kevin Smokler. Kevin is part of a documentary called Vinyl Nation. They have some cool stuff planned for it around Record Store Day. We talk all things vinyl and lots more.... Enjoy! -Meltdown- https://popevil.com/
2021-06-0934 min
Radio Rehab with Dayna KeyesRR Entertainment: Kevin Smokler & Christopher Boone of Vinyl NationDay 2 of Film Festival Week! On this special RR Entertainment series, we're dropping an interview every day this week, featuring conversations from the recent San Luis Obispo & South By Southwest Film Festivals. In this Episode, we spend another day at SLO Film Fest with the Co-Directors of the documentary Vinyl Nation, Kevin Smokler & Chistopher Boone. Vinyl Nation digs into the crates of the record resurgence in search of truths set in deep wax: Has the return of vinyl made music fandom more inclusive or divided? What does vinyl say about our past here in...
2021-04-1415 min
San Francisco Writers Conference PodcastRevisiting the 80s with Kevin SmoklerSubjects covered Kevin Smokler is an author and filmmaker. Kevin's documentary Vinyl Nation, is the study of the comeback of vinyl records in America over the last 12 years, the diversification of vinyl fans, and what it means for America in this divided time. Kevin explained that records have come back because we use music and its physical manifestation to seek human connection with others. When asked about the current state of some of the themes discussed his book, Brat Pack America, a Love Letter to 80s Teen Movies, Kevin explained that he was fascinated by how much pop culture from...
2021-01-1512 min
The Best Advice ShowModulating Energy with Kevin SmoklerKevin Smokler is Co-Director of the documentary film, Vinyl Nation and author of three books about pop culture, including most recently Brat Pack America: A Love Letter to ’80s Teen Movies. His essays and cultural criticism have appeared in the LA Times, Salon, Fast Company, BuzzFeed, Vulture, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Decider and on National Public Radio.
To offer your own advice, call Zak @ 844-935-BEST
TRANSCRIPT:
ZAK: For way too long, like a couple years, my wife and I have been planning to sit down and make a household budget. I don't think it's gonna be that hard bu...
2021-01-1204 min
The Best Advice ShowModulating Energy with Kevin SmoklerKevin Smokler is Co-Director of the documentary film, Vinyl Nation and author of three books about pop culture, including most recently Brat Pack America: A Love Letter to ’80s Teen Movies. His essays and cultural criticism have appeared in the LA Times, Salon, Fast Company, BuzzFeed, Vulture, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Decider and on National Public Radio.To offer your own advice, call Zak @ 844-935-BESTTRANSCRIPT:ZAK: For way too long, like a couple years, my wife and I have been planning to sit down and make a household budget. I do...
2021-01-1205 min
School for WritersBuilding a Writing Career from your Passions with Kevin SmoklerHey School For Writers listeners! We're back with another great episode and this time we're welcoming our first male guest on the show! Kevin Smokler is a writer, speaker, and filmmaker. His creative soul is known for forging stories, characters, and entire books based on daily life and popular culture. This episode is packed with a great deal of inspiring jewels as Kevin joins Lauren to talk about all things writing and filmmaking. Throughout the conversation, you'll hear them talk about the different definitions of success and what it means to be a successful...
2020-12-0858 minTalkin' Rock With Meltdown PodcastTalkin' Rock with Uriah Heep's Mick Box & Kevin and Chris of Vinyl Nation docTwo great listens, one mediocre podcast! LOL Mick Box from Uriah Heep joins me first. 2020 has been a rough year for a lot of people, but for Mick it's been extraordinarily hard with the passing of Ken Hensley and Lee Kerslake. He talks about that with me as well as.... -The 50th anniversary box set "50 Years In Rock" -Success in America -Bands they toured with in the 70's -The RNR Hall of Fame and more... Then, it's Vinyl Nation film makers Kevin Smokler and Christopher Boone. Vinyl...
2020-11-1250 min
Limited EngagementLE 149 - Kevin Smokler and Christopher BooneOn this episode, a conversation about the culture and ecosystem of record collecting with Kevin Smokler and Christopher Boone, directors and producers of the documentary Vinyl Nation, which can be seen at https://vinylnationfilm.com/ until November 30th (50% of proceeds post-platform fees go directly to their ticket partners, which include movie houses and records stores impacted by COVID-19).
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2020-11-0959 min
Heat RocksKevin Smokler & Christopher Boone on B.T. Express' "Non-Stop" (1975)The disco funk group B.T. Express hit the ground running with their debut studio album Do It ('Til You're Satisfied), which reached the top spot in the US R&B albums chart and went gold. The title track went on to become a staple in club playlists and the band started work on their next project. Just a year later, their sophomore album Non-Stop was released and it once again reached the top of the R&B chart, but did not enjoy the same amount of commercial success. Nonetheless, the album's funky vibes and distinct sound stood out...
2020-11-0545 min
Behind The Marquee | Ann Arbor District LibraryBehind The Marquee: Episode 42 - Kevin Smokler and Christopher Boone, Vinyl NationNick speaks with Kevin Smokler and Christopher Boone, directors of the documentary Vinyl Nation, about the resurgence of vinyl over the past decade, filming across the country, their personal connections with records, and more!
2020-09-0430 min
GrottoPodEpisode 130: Kevin Smokler’s ‘Vinyl Nation’
Kevin Smokler is an author, documentary filmmaker and event host based in San Francisco. Today on the GrottoPod, he discusses his documentary, Vinyl Nation: A Deep Dig into the Record Resurgence, which debuted digitally on what would have been Record Store Day 2020 (April 19) in partnership with 200 independent record stores across the United States. Smokler is also the author of Practical Classics: 50 Reasons to Reread 50 Books You Haven't Touched Since High School and Brat Pack America: A Love Letter to '80s Teen Movies. For more info on how to see the film, go to the "Vinyl Nation" website: https://vinylnationfilm.com.
2020-07-2135 min
The Blotter Presents142: Stolen Babies and The Phoebe Judge InterviewPiper Weiss returned for a 1993 Lifetime movie about Tennessee baby broker Georgia Tann, Stolen Babies, that won Mary Tyler Moore an Emmy. Is this a notch above the usual '90s Lifetime fare, or do the accents ruin the relatively snappy pacing and shockingly direct villainy of Tann's actions?
We dug into the Tann story thanks to the second part of the podcast: Kevin Smokler's conversation with Criminal and This Is Love host and co-creator Phoebe Judge from April 22, 2020. They talked about everything from Criminal's production timeline, to staying out of "the gotcha game," to how to report m...
2020-05-061h 26
Deviate with Rolf PottsShelter in Place Film Festival“Binge watching is designed to make time disappear. A home film festival is designed to be time well spent.” –Kevin Smokler
Kevin Smokler (@weegee) is a writer, public speaker, critic, and author of Brat Pack America and Practical Classics. He speaks on the future of media and culture and his written work has appeared in such publications as the Los Angeles Times, Buzzfeed, and Vulture. He previously appeared as a guest on Episode 33 of Deviate, Why 1980s coming-of-age movies matter, and Episode 60, “Celebrating the best travel movies ever.”
In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Kevin explain how t...
2020-05-0653 minDeviateShelter in Place Film Festival“Binge watching is designed to make time disappear. A home film festival is designed to be time well spent.” –Kevin Smokler
Kevin Smokler (@weegee) is a writer, public speaker, critic, and author of Brat Pack America and Practical Classics. He speaks on the future of media and culture and his written work has appeared in such publications as the Los Angeles Times, Buzzfeed, and Vulture. He previously appeared as a guest on Episode 33 of Deviate, Why 1980s coming-of-age movies matter, and Episode 60, “Celebrating the best travel movies ever.”
In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Kevin explain how t...
2020-05-0653 minThe Blotter Presents138: Atlanta's Missing And Murdered and The Robert Kolker Interview[CW for violence against children]
Toby Ball returns to discuss -- from a safe distance -- HBO's limited series on the Atlanta child murders of 1979-1981, Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children. Is it too ambitious? Did it set out to be a true-crime docuseries, or a sociological study of the rise of The New South? And what did Wayne Williams actually do?
Later, Kevin Smokler talks to Lost Girls author Robert Kolker about how that book became a film; trusting the filmmaking process; "the true-crime media apparatus"; and how his thinking about his new...
2020-04-071h 58The Blotter Presents136: Lost Girls and All Good Things[Mgmt. apologizes for various sound issues, incl. 1) construction noise next door; 2) dog being a yappy heller; and 3) Skype throttling Kevin's sound.]
Kevin Smokler is back to discuss Liz Garbus's feature on one fragment of the Long Island Serial Killer case -- Lost Girls, based on Robert Kolker's excellent book. We like everyone involved, but aren't sure we can recommend the film, because despite excellent sources and performances (mostly), the film isn't sure who it's for.
All Good Things, Andrew Jarecki's FIRST take on Robert Durst's various (alleged?) misdeeds, is worth watching, if only as a primer on...
2020-03-181h 10The Blotter Presents124: Detective Trapp and Savage AppetitesThe latest L.A. Times/Wondery joint project from the Dirty John team, Detective Trapp, may be a podcast in search of a Sunday magazine; Kevin Smokler and I talk about old-media effortfulness, why "merely good" is sometimes great," and narrative choices. The same topics come up again when we look at Rachel Monroe's Savage Appetites, as we ponder difficulty ratings in non-fiction, the power of teenage girls, and how Monroe makes "old" crimes new again. In a nutshell (not that kind), that's The Blotter Presents, Episode 124.
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2019-12-111h 14
DeviateAmerican Beauty, reconsidered“In American Beauty, Lester Burnham’s rebellions seem adolescent and immature because that’s all he’s got. His world is so stultifying that you can either be a walking-dead adult or a footloose and fancy-free teenager. In retrospect that seems sad rather than triumphant.” –Kevin Smokler
In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Kevin talk about how American Beauty, a movie that seemed dazzling when it was released, eventually came to feel less original and interesting (2:50); which elements in the movie are still effective after 20 years (8:00); how the movie’s sour take on suburbia was not all that origin...
2019-09-2653 minDeviate with Rolf PottsAmerican Beauty, reconsidered“In American Beauty, Lester Burnham’s rebellions seem adolescent and immature because that’s all he’s got. His world is so stultifying that you can either be a walking-dead adult or a footloose and fancy-free teenager. In retrospect that seems sad rather than triumphant.” –Kevin Smokler
In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Kevin talk about how American Beauty, a movie that seemed dazzling when it was released, eventually came to feel less original and interesting (2:50); which elements in the movie are still effective after 20 years (8:00); how the movie’s sour take on suburbia was not all that origin...
2019-09-2653 min
DeviateBest travel movies“We are all one seat away on the train from meeting the person that could change our lives.” – Kevin Smokler
In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Kevin Smokler do a deep-dive on travel movies, starting with a discussion of The Beach (2:00) before delving into what constitutes a travel movie (12:00); and their top travel and road movies, focusing on Into the Wild, Lost in Translation, and Before Sunrise (1:01:00).
Kevin Smokler (@weegee) is a writer, public speaker, critic, and author of Brat Pack America and Practical Classics. He speaks on the future of media and culture and his...
2019-06-181h 52Deviate with Rolf PottsBest travel movies“We are all one seat away on the train from meeting the person that could change our lives.” – Kevin Smokler
In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Kevin Smokler do a deep-dive on travel movies, starting with a discussion of The Beach (2:00) before delving into what constitutes a travel movie (12:00); and their top travel and road movies, focusing on Into the Wild, Lost in Translation, and Before Sunrise (1:01:00).
Kevin Smokler (@weegee) is a writer, public speaker, critic, and author of Brat Pack America and Practical Classics. He speaks on the future of media and culture and his...
2019-06-181h 52
30something Movie PodcastEpisode #228: Talk with Kevin SmoklerI had the opportunity to spend some time chatting with author and speaker, Kevin Smokler (Brat Pack America, Practical Classics). Our discussion ran the gamut from Batman & James Bond to favorite 80s movies and great places to eat in Chicago!
Check out Kevin's website here: https://www.kevinsmokler.com/
Follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/weegee
2019-02-231h 15
The Blotter Presents086: The Onion FieldKevin Smokler returns to discuss Joseph Wambaugh's canonical account(s) of the murder of Ian Campbell On the Rushmore of true-crime classics, there's one face Kevin and I hadn't contemplated yet: Joseph Wambaugh's The Onion Field, which narrates the fateful kidnapping of LAPD officers Ian Campbell and Karl Hettinger, the murder of Campbell, and the precursors and aftermaths of that night in the onion field in 1963. It's a quick read whose influences you can see in Ellroy, Mailer and others, but may have suffered from being written while various court cases were still in process...and from not including...
2019-02-201h 14
GrottoPodEpisode 89: Kevin Smokler On Innovative Book ToursWe celebrate John Hughes and others this week with author Kevin Smokler, who joins Larry to talk about his book Brat Pack America: A Love Letter to '80s Teen Movies. Join Larry and Kevin as they touch on innovative book-tour strategies,
2018-10-231h 01
DeviateKevin Smokler“John Hughes, and really all of best 1980s teen movies, were saying that the stories of teenagers are the stories of all of us. They have the same human need and longing that the stories of adults have.” —Kevin Smokler
In this episode of Deviate, Rolf discusses classic coming-of-age films with Kevin Smokler (@Weegee), author of Brat Pack America: A Love Letter to ’80s Teen Movies.
The discussion themes, cultural references, and time-codes that outline this expansive conversation are as follows:
Kids having adult adventures movies
[2:30 – 17:00]
Links:
Stand By...
2018-06-122h 02Deviate with Rolf PottsKevin Smokler“John Hughes, and really all of best 1980s teen movies, were saying that the stories of teenagers are the stories of all of us. They have the same human need and longing that the stories of adults have.” —Kevin Smokler
In this episode of Deviate, Rolf discusses classic coming-of-age films with Kevin Smokler (@Weegee), author of Brat Pack America: A Love Letter to ’80s Teen Movies.
The discussion themes, cultural references, and time-codes that outline this expansive conversation are as follows:
Kids having adult adventures movies
[2:30 – 17:00]
Links:
Stand By...
2018-06-122h 02The Blotter Presents053: Wild Wild Country And Beautiful And TwistedA couple weeks after everyone else laid the subject to rest, Kevin Smokler is back to talk with me about Wild Wild Country, Netflix's six-part series on the poisonings, beaver-shakes, and other crimes against traditional values perpetrated by a free-love "cult" in 1980s Oregon. It's eminently watchable, but at the same time noticeably incurious about certain aspects of its subjects -- do the Way brothers try too hard not to take a position on either side of the myriad debates the series describes (and creates)? Did they not know how to end the last episode? And is there really...
2018-04-251h 20
Past ForwardKevin SmoklerToday our podcast reconnects with Kevin Smokler, 2016 The Plaza Literary Prize Judge. Kevin is the author of “Practical Classics: 50 Reasons to Reread 50 Books you Haven’t Touched Since High School” (2013) and a forthcoming book on 80s movies. His cultural essays and criticism have appeared in Salon Vulture, Buzzfeed, The LA Times, Fast Company and on NPR. He lives in San Francisco. Producer: Jon-Barrett Ingels and Kevin Staniec Manager: Sarah Becker Host: Jon-Barrett Ingels Guest: Kevin Smokler
2018-03-0529 min
Past ForwardKevin SmoklerToday we're connected with Kevin Smokler. Kevin is a writer, performer and public speaker based in San Francisco. Producer: Jon-Barrett Ingels and Kevin Staniec Manager: Sarah Becker Host: Jon-Barrett Ingels Guest: Kevin Smokler
2018-03-0534 min
Damn Good Movie MemoriesEpisode 56 - Talking Movies with Kevin SmoklerOnce again we are thrilled to chat with Kevin Smokler, author of the terrific book Brat Pack America: A Love Letter to 80s Teen Movies. In this episode we cover some of the past DGMM topics and be sure to check out a more extended interview with Kevin about 80s teen movies on Episode 19.
2017-10-2127 min
Rare Bird RadioRob Rufus in conversation with Kevin SmoklerRob Rufus, author of Die Young With Me and drummer for The Bad Signs, speaks with Kevin Smokler, writer of Brat Pack America, about discovering new music, haunted concert venues, and why Hollywood needs a bigger imagination.
2017-05-2649 minThe Blotter Presents008: Casting JonBenét And Unsolved MysteriesKevin Smokler and Sarah D. Bunting talk about a not-so-hot take on Boulder's most notorious cold case, plus the granddaddy of TV true crime.
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Special Guest: Kevin Smokler.
2017-05-1044 min
80's Reboot OverdriveBrat Pack America with Kevin SmoklerDave and Scott talk with author Kevin Smokler about his book Brat Pack America - A Love Letter to '80s Teen Movies.
2017-04-111h 16Damn Good Movie MemoriesEpisode 19 - 80s! 80s! 80s! with Kevin SmoklerOur special guest this week is Kevin Smokler, author of Brat Pack America: A Love Letter to 80s Teen Movies. Kevin talks about why he decided to write a book about 80s teen movies and provides tons of fun facts and memories for films like Back to the Future, The Goonies, Real Genius, The Karate Kid, and many more! 80s movie fans will love this episode and be sure to purchase “Brat Pack America” now!
2017-02-031h 28New Books in FilmKevin Smokler, “Brat Pack America: A Love Letter to 80s Teen Movies” (Rare Bird Books, 2016)Kevin Smokler’s new book, Brat Pack America: A Love Letter to 80s Teen Movies (Rare Bird Books, 2016)is what everyone in their 40s who loved watching movies as they were growing up wants it to be. In Brat Pack America, Smokler takes readers on a journey through the fictional and... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/film
2017-01-1859 min
The Kid-Free WeekendEpisode 40 - Kevin Smokler and Brat Pack AmericaThis week we are joined by author and ultra-movie-nerd Kevin Smokler! Mr. Smokler just released his new book, Brat Pack America: A Love Letter to 80s Teen Movies, and he generously agreed to sit down with us to talk about John Hughes films, other beloved 80s movies, modern 80s nostalgia, and the dark, awful truth behind Gremlins. Brat Pack America is available at bookstores nationwide and Amazon in both paperback and Kindle formats. Be sure to look Kevin up on Twitter, kevinsmokler.com, or sign up for his newsletter - he's got a lot of great...
2016-11-2155 min
Fade In:Episode 12: Elly Smokler and Yuval David (Part 1)Follow a group of independent filmmakers, making stories on screen and over the podcast airways. Get to know Connecticut FilmWorks and their projects through interview with cast and crew members. In October, I sat down with a couple of our favorite actors, Elly Smokler and Yuval David. In the first part of our shenanigans-filled interview, Elly puts a "single white female" vibe out there...then proceeds to have a love affair with honey. Yuval gushes about his dream of minimalism before going rogue. The adventure continues NEXT WEEK, Nov.16th in Part 2. You can...
2016-11-1043 min
Five ThingsEpisode 2: Kevin Smokler on Pens, LPs, and '80s MoviesA conversation with Kevin Smokler, San Francisco-based writer and author of the new book "Brat Pack America: A Love Letter to '80's Teen Movies."
2016-10-1330 min
Talking PicturesGenre Busters:In this ep. Dave and Kevin discuss movies set in the historical past and what race means in your favorite movies with flowing dresses and best costume Oscar nominations.
2016-04-1635 minTalking PicturesTalking Pictures Genre Busters Ep. 2 (Romantic Comedy)Wherein Dave and Kevin look at Hitch, Clueless, Top Five, My Best Friend's Wedding and other romantic comedies where everyone doesnt' need to be the same color.
This episode's challenge: "Can you name three romantic comedies where the lead character is not white but every other supporting character isn't also the same color as them?"
2016-03-2226 minTalking PicturesGenre Busters (Race)For our new series on Talking Pictures, Dave and Kevin discuss your favorite movie genres (Action, Romantic Comedy, Crime Movies etc.) through the lens of race.
For each genre we'll look at....
I. What are the moving parts of that genre
II. What are the expectations we movielovers have for that genre in terms of race
III. What movies upset those expectations?
We finish each episode with a challenge.: For action movies the challenge is...
"Can yo...
2016-03-0142 minTalking PicturesTalking Pictures: Best Movies 2015, Movie Hopes for 2016Kevin and Dave return for a short, end-of-year roundup, favorite movies of the year from each, best film trends of 2015, and hopes for the year in cinema to come.
2015-12-3040 minTalking PicturesDecember/Holiday/Year End Movie Viewing StrategiesWherein Kevin and Dave discuss how to see maximize Award-Nominated-Best-of-List movies in the last month of the year.
2014-12-1334 minTalking PicturesI Know I Shouldn't Like This, But...Kevin, Dave, and special guest Justin Sondak discuss movies that go against their genre preferences, but they still like anyway.
2014-06-2949 minTalking PicturesOur Modest Oscar ProposalDave puts forth a modest proposal for making the Oscars less of an end-of-the-year spirit and more of a year-long movie love fest. No Academy members or badies are eaten in the process.
Talking Pictures is hosted by Filmmaker David Dylan Thomas (@movie_pundit) and Author Kevin Smokler (@weegee). Discussion of current and past episodes happens on our Facebook Page. Join us!
2014-02-2723 minTalking PicturesOther VoicesIn which we mourn the passing of a great actor and look at the world of films that aren't told from the default point of view.
0:50 - R.I.P. Philip Seymour Hoffman
8:40 - Box Office: Wolf of Wall Street = One long beer commercial. Also, Frozen and the high returns on Bechdel Test-friendly cinema.
23:40 - Feature Segment: Movies about a culture where the main character is actually a part of that culture. Why so rare?
44:05 - Overlooked Gems: It's Dave's turn to pick a documentary. Kevin picks a quiet film from...
2014-02-0251 minTalking PicturesThe State of Film Writing TodayWho's doing the good writing about film these days and how do you find it?
2:42 - Box Office: Lee Daniels gets in on Tyler Perry's marketing tactics.
24:30 - Feature Segment: What kind of writing about film is exciting us these days? What do we look for in good film writing?
40:25 - Overlooked Gems: Kev's pick makes Dave nostalgic for Fametracker, Dave's pick casts new light on a tired genre.
Also, here's the Spielberg Face video essay we mention at the end as well as Los Angeles Plays Itself.
Talking...
2013-08-2052 minTalking PicturesSo Bad It's Good...Or Maybe It's Just GoodMovies you think you'd hate, but won't. Live from Chicago with special guest Justin Sondak.
3:30 - Box Office: Does release date really matter anymore?
17:50 - Feature Segment: "Better than you thought." Movies that surprised us, from action to romcom to whatever the hell Spiceworld was.
40:30 - Overlooked Gems: Dave sings the praises of Michael Shannon, Kevin sings the praises of vets, Justin sings the praises of lo-fi sci-fi.
Talking Pictures is hosted by Kevin Smokler (@weegee) and David Dylan Thomas (@movie_pundit), with special guest Justin Sondak (@jaysondak).
2013-06-2555 min
Smart People PodcastKevin Smokler
Kevin Smokler – Literary enthusiast, speaker, author of Practical Classics: 50 Reasons to Reread 50 books you Haven’t Touched Since High School. When you hear the name Holden Caulfield, does it trigger any memories? Perhaps you get a nervous, jittery sensation that runs down your spine as you reminisce about an old book report gone...
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2013-05-2142 min
Notebook on Cities and CultureS3E12: Freaks and Outcasts with Kevin SmoklerColin Marshall sits down in Westwood, Los Angeles with Kevin Smokler, author of Practical Classics: 50 Reasons to Reread 50 Books You Haven't Touched Since High School. They discuss what makes him think of Holden Caulfield as a Bing user; why we study novels in high school at all, and what it might have to do with Renaissance classics scholarship; how we got turned off to these books the first time around, and the radical notion that we now have time to properly absorb them; his hymn to his obnoxious teenage self, when he felt he possessed many abilities, yet none...
2013-02-2200 minTalking PicturesLooking ahead: 2013 in MoviesThe year to come, cinematically speaking...
2:17 - Box Office: The depressing barren month known as January.
17:58 - Feature Segment: Movies we're looking forward to in 2013.
40:47 - Overlooked Gems: Kevin on the greatest Cold War/Age of Information cusp movie ever. Dave on possibly the most depressing (and best) movie set in a junior high school.
Talking Pictures is hosted by Kevin Smokler (@weegee) and David Dylan Thomas (@movie_pundit).
2013-02-0250 minTalking PicturesYear in ReviewYeah. We went with the obvious topic.
1:19 - Box Office: The success of Skyfall. Crazy early Oscar favorites.
21:38 - Feature Segment: The year in Joss Whedon, disintermediation, and new responsibilities for filmmakers.
53:05 - Overlooked Gems: Dave picks the Oscar-nominated tort flick that's not Erin Brockovich. Kevin picks a sophomore effort that's anything but a slump.
Talking Pictures is hosted by Kevin Smokler (@weegee) and David Dylan Thomas (@movie_pundit).
2012-12-111h 01Talking PicturesWhat Are Film Festivals For?How do film festivals evolve (or not) to meet the needs of the modern filmgoer?
1:05 - Box Office: There's just nothing going on, is there?
17:36 - Feature Segment: The disconnect between film festivals and modern viewing habits.
41:39 - Overlooked Gems: Kevin loves birds and Dave loves Shane Black.
Talking Pictures is hosted by Kevin Smokler (@weegee) and David Dylan Thomas (@movie_pundit).
2012-09-0953 minTalking PicturesNora Ephron and the Perils of EulogyWhat is the most appropriate way to look at an artist's career when they pass away? Is it disingenuous to ignore their less artistically successful work?
2:19 - Box Office: Kevin has a shocking confession.
25:36 - Feature Segment: A tweet about Nora Ephron starts a conversation about how to talk about an artists work when they pass away.
40:58 - Overlooked Gems: Dave returns to his childhood and Kev finds one of the best. casts. ever.
Talking Pictures is hosted by Kevin Smokler (@weegee) and David Dylan Thomas (@movie_pundit).
2012-08-0452 minTalking PicturesTalking Pictures: Location, Location, LocationIn this special episode recorded in Chicago, special guest Justin Sondak helps us discuss the role location plays in modern cinema.
1:05 - Box Office: Prometheus and the role of mystery in marketing.
16:52 - Feature Segment: Three kinds of location in film. Would Raising Arizona work in Florida?
29:30 - Overlooked gems: Justin goes sports, Dave goes Russian mob, and Kev goes quirky cop.
Talking Pictures is hosted by Kevin Smokler (@weegee) and David Dylan Thomas (@movie_pundit). This week's special guest was Justin Sondak (@jaysondak)
2012-06-1644 minTalking PicturesTalking Pictures: Discovering the Back CatalogKev and Dave try to figure out how future generations will find out about movies that came out before, you know, right now.
1:47 - Box Office: We mix some metaphors and talk Hunger Games.
30:20 - Feature Segment: How we discovered older films and how future generations might.
57:40 - Overlooked gems: Dave tries to convince Kev of the merit of political movies whilst Kev picks a film that, by all merits, he should hate.
Talking Pictures is hosted by Kevin Smokler (@weegee) and David Dylan Thomas (@movie_pundit).
2012-04-151h 09Talking PicturesTalking Pictures: Solving the Content ConundrumKev and Dave single-handedly solve the problems of film funding, film distribution, SOPA, and PIPA. You're welcome.
0:16 - We steal a bit from the Filmspotting podcast.
4:11 - Box Office: Just how well does Star Wars hold up?
18:41 - Feature Segment: We talk about the problem of what it means to own and sell content in a digital age...and then kind of solve it maybe.
43:39 - Overlooked Gems: Johnny Depp gets you high and spelunking gets you killed.
Talking Pictures is hosted by Kevin Smokler (@weegee) and David Dylan...
2012-02-1652 minTalking PicturesTalking Pictures: Directors' TrademarksThose little quirks that tie a director's work together and what they say about the artist.
5:20 - Box Office: The Twilight Generation vs. The Muppets Generation.
21:29 - Feature Segment: Director's trademarks, from Tarantino to Brooks.
49:11 - Overlooked Gems: You'd better sit down. Kev picked a documentary. Also, Dave gets 80's nostalgic with a movie from the 00's.
Talking Pictures is hosted by Kevin Smokler (@weegee) and David Dylan Thomas (@movie_pundit).
2011-11-3057 minTalking PicturesTalking Pictures: So, You Wanna Start Watching Web Series?Our special guest Jason Govern takes us through the wild, wooly world of web series. Also, Kevin gets eaten by bears.
2:15 - Box Office: (For 10/7/11) - The Circle of Disney
14:35 - Feature Segment - What the hell are web series and how are us old fogeys supposed to keep track?
29:25 - Kevin gets eaten by bears (which is to say his internet connection breaks and we go on without him).
51:37 - Overlooked Gems - Tom Hooper before The King's Speech and Charlton Heston before, um, Charlton Heston.
Talking Pictures i...
2011-10-1059 minTalking PicturesTalking Pictures: When Comedies Liked to Score1:08 - Dave complains about the weather on two coasts.
2:40 - Box Office: What if all romantic comedies were cast with apes?
19:30 - Feature Segment: What happened to cinematic artistry in comedies?
34:52 - Once again we attempt to psychoanalyze Kevin's deep-seated hatred of Judd Apatow.
48:00 - Overlooked Gems: A Salt Lake City film without any Mormons and a Danny Boyle film you've never heard of.
Talking Pictures is hosted by Kevin Smokler (@weegee) and David Dylan Thomas (@movie_pundit).
2011-08-1959 minTalking PicturesTalking Pictures: When All Else Fails0:50 - We very slowly get around to introducing our special guest, Justin Sondak. Plus, marsupial trivia.
3:08 - Box Office: No alarms and no surprises.
13:32 - Feature Segment: When all else fails, actors that can save your movie.
34:33 - Overlooked Gems: An Ebert favorite, a headbanger with a pilot's license, and a good version of You Got Served.
Talking Pictures is hosted by Kevin Smokler (@weegee) and David Dylan Thomas (@movie_pundit). This week's special guest was Justin Sondak (@jaysondak).
2011-07-1947 minTalking PicturesTalking Pictures: Transmedia0:29 - Box Office: The plague of "blockbuster lite" movies. (Also, Kevin's sound suddenly gets worse for no reason.)
10:19 - Feature Segment: What is transmedia and why should Kevin care? (Also, Kevin's sound suddenly gets better for no reason.)
35:34 - Overlooked Gems: You can't make Christina Ricci ugly and getting nostalgic for a medium that's making a comeback.
Talking Pictures is hosted by Kevin Smokler (@weegee) and David Dylan Thomas (@movie_pundit).
2011-04-0747 minTalking PicturesTalking Pictures: Stoppable0:35 - Bad Movie Title Puns, Inc.
3:38 - Box Office: Harry Potter masks Tangled's success.
18:51 - Feature Segment: How do we find out what's in theaters in the age of the DVR?
41:28 - Overlooked Gems: Dave picks a movie you probably can't see and Kevin picks a title you probably can't define.
2010-12-0751 minTalking PicturesTalking Pictures: Yet Another Social Network PodcastIn which Kevin and Dave discuss the pros and cons of Aaron Sorkin.
0:50 - A discussion of film festivals that has absolutely nothing to do with the rest of the podcast.
16:10 - Box Office: Dave commits film geek heresy.
38:00 - Feature Segment: Is there anything left to say about The Social Network? Probably not, but that never stopped us before.
1:07:20 - Overlooked Gems: Two unlikely but entertaining options for your Halloween viewing pleasure.
2010-10-271h 16Talking PicturesTalking Pictures: Contempt Prior to InvestigationIn which Kevin and Dave confess which movies they just don't like for no reason whatsoever.
0:25 - And now, apropos of nothing, the Great American Songbook
2:15 - Box Office: A protracted discussion of the Robert Rodriguez milieu.
18:30 - Feature Segment: What types of movies do you just not watch even though you probably should?
30:30 - Overlooked Gems: The ultimate Michael Cera film and the last hurrah of Dave Chappelle.
2010-09-1140 minTalking PicturesTalking Pictures: Cruel Summer00:16 - Kevin didn't like Inception! I know, right?
04:15 - Box Office: Kevin is mystified by The Other Guys.
19:41 - Feature Segment: Worst. Summer. Ever. Or was it?
30:50 - Overlooked Gems: What's an eight-letter-word for "competition doc" and the Citizen Kane of movies you haven't seen.
2010-08-1440 minTalking PicturesTalking Pictures: Too Many MoviesThe problem isn't that there aren't any good movies; it's that there are too many.
00:25 - Box Office: Inception is awesome. Let me say that again. Inception is awesome.
18:57 - The Great Sort: How do we find movies that we love in such a great sea?
25:25 - Dave goes off on a rant about what movie theaters need to do to survive and how the studios should help.
32:22 - We somehow get back on topic.
42:45 - Overlooked gems: Kevin meets a celebrity and the documentary that inspired "Vogue".
2010-07-2452 minNotebook on Cities and CultureKevin Smokler and Dave WeichPart two of our special series on the future of books and reading: conversations with writer, thinker, entrepreneur and maker of mischief Kevin Smokler [site] and Dave Weich, director of marketing and development at Portland, Oregon's Powell's Books.
2008-06-0900 min