Better Than You Remember

Episode 8 - A Perfect Murder: Sex, Lies, and Remakes

When a director knows they shouldn’t remake a classic, or a classic doesn’t need a remake, but they want to remake it – what should they do? Andrew Davis’ 1998 A Perfect

Trailer Park - Exactly how many times did the editors of The Pelican Brief trailer watch JFK?

Good things come in small packages - at least that is the hope of movie trailer editors. In this bonus episode, Jack and Rebecca queue up the trailer for The Pelican Brie

Episode 7 - The Pelican Brief: The Hazards of Being the Teacher’s Pet

The Pelican Brief doesn’t sound all that thrilling: a young college student writes an academic paper theorizing about who is responsible for the murders of two Supreme Co

Episode 6 - WEIRD SCIENCE: This One's Gonna Hurt

The patriarchy enjoys regular energy injections from cinema (see: the James Bond franchise, Roadhouse, My Fair Lady). John Hughes gave it a big shot in the arm in 1985 wi

Episode 5 - Witness: Is This a Perfect Movie or is Harrison Ford Just Really, Really Good Looking?

Han Solo and Indiana Jones were well established cinematic heroes when Witness was put into heavy VHS rotation at the Fons household. But in Peter Weir’s crime drama, Har

Episode 4 - The Hand That Rocks the Cradle: This is Why You Always Do a Background Check

When you were ten years old, if you weren't staying up late, eating Pizza Hut personal pan pizzas and watching The Hand That Rocks the Cradle on VHS at a sleepover with a

Episode 3 - Sleeping With the Enemy: Symphonie Fantastique and Other Relationship Red Flags

Between the age of nine and twelve, Rebecca probably watched Sleeping With the Enemy – in the theater, at sleepovers, and on basic cable – at least a dozen times (Rebecca

Episode 2 - Ordinary People: Let's Have a Good Cry

Do you cry more when you watch a sad movie alone, with someone you love, or in a movie theater with strangers? Until Harvard does a very specific behavioral study, we’ve

Episode 1 - Memory & Moviegoing

In this first episode, Rebecca and Jack introduce themselves (they're married!), and the impetus for the podcast, the significant and special link between memory and movi