A Century in Cinema

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Join our Patreon for bonus episodes, and thank you to our Patreon subscribers for supporting the show! This week we talk about Avatar The Way of Water. We say goodbye to

2019 A HIDDEN LIFE

With violent right-wing movements around the world in the 2010s, there's never been a better time to visit Terrence Malick's A Hidden Life.  In proper Malick fa

2018 MANDY

What is the cult-classic Nicolas Cage film Mandy actually about? We discuss the masculinity and religious overtones of this insane film from director Panos Cosmatos. In

2017 A GHOST STORY

A Ghost Story offers us a remedy to nihilistic thoughts as we discuss the isolation and depression of our modern age, we also talk about A24 as a brand, what a $100,000 f

2016 THE HANDMAIDEN

Worldwide political extremism has a lot of us turning to film and entertainment in 2016. We talk about Park Chan-wook's The Handmaiden, a South Korean film that Andr

2015 BONE TOMAHAWK

According to the NYT, the racial politics of Bone Tomahawk are "abysmal", and it may not be a film we enjoyed, but it makes for an episode packed with great discussions.

2014 NOAH

What (if anything) does Darren Aronofsky's reinterpretaion of the biblical flood myth have to say about environmentalism in today's world? How does a $160 milli

2013 THE DANCE OF REALITY

40 years after The Holy Mountain, we revisit famed director Alejandro Jodorowsky with his surreal autobiographical film, The Dance of Reality. What is it like for a midni

2012 CLOUD ATLAS (feat. Noah Cannon)

Once again, we're joined by Noah Cannon who is here to help us wrangle the most labyrinthine film on our list: Cloud Atlas, technically one of the most expensive ind

2011 YOUNG ADULT

We talk about leaving our home town, writing as therapy, mental illness in modern films, and more on this week's episode all about Young Adult. Join our Patreon for

2010 CERTIFIED COPY

Abbas Kiarostami's Certified Copy inspires a variety of discussions about hyperreality, film festival bubbles, and why Iran banned a film directed by one of their gr

2009 DOGTOOTH

As the events of the Great Recession play out, we turn to Greece where the country's debt crisis is (or isn't) showcased in the dark allegory of Yorgos Lanthimo

2008 TWILIGHT

Twilight and the mania surrounding the franchise at the time offers us an opportunity to talk about fandoms, romance, (Cronenberg,) modern gothic-horror, and how volatile

2007 PERSEPOLIS (feat. Élise Hanson)

In the wake of 9/11, anti-Muslim bigotry swept across the western world. Artists like Marjane Satrapi push against the hatred with her graphic novel turned animated film,

2006 VOLVER

We talk about the Spanish film Volver  and the life of its esteemed director Pedro Almodóvar. Where to watch VolverRoger Ebert's reviewClip from Ebert & Roeper (wit

2005 A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE

A History of Violence inspires discussions of the American psyche in a post-9/11 world and survival of the fittest within the human species. We talk about how this film f

2004 SAW

While the Saw franchise would later go on to be defined by blood and guts and 3D gimmicks, Arthur and Andrew really admire the genuine tension and horror of the first fil

2003 SPRING, SUMMER, FALL, WINTER... AND SPRING

While the US launches a second war with Iraq, we turn to talk about the burgeoning Korean film industry and Kim Ki-Duk's Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring.

2002 DEVDAS

Arthur and Andrew venture to the grandiose world of Bollywood to discuss Devdas. We talk about the major differences between the films we've come to expect in the we

2001 NO MAN'S LAND

For Arthur and Andrew, the Bosnian War of the 1990s may have been overshadowed by the 9/11 terrorists attacks in 2001,  but it's certainly still worth exploring in a