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We're a weekly movie podcast for cineastes, cinephiles, cinema snobs, and you know...everyone else! We're going one by one through the Sight and Sound list of Greatest Movies of All Time. Listen up and find out if agree with Sight and Sound's summation of cinema history. And as a bonus, if you listen to this podcast you are eligible to become a bona fide cinephile.
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Flixwise: CANADA Ep. 44 – Batman '89 & Batman Returns
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Martin is joined by John Arminio and Alexandria Daniels to discuss the Tim Burton Batman films!
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Flixwise: CANADA Ep. 43 – Spree (featuring director Eugene Kotlyarenko)
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Martin is joined by director Eugene Kotlyarenko to discuss his dark satirical film, Spree.
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Martin is joined by actor and writer Galen Howard for a fast-paced conversation about Martin Scorsese's After Hours.
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Martin is joined by returning guests Dave Eves and Zachary Curl to discuss The Ring and its various incarnations. Happy Halloween!
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Flixwise: CANADA Ep. 40 - The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw (featuring director Thomas Robert Lee)
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An interview with Canadian writer and director, Thomas Robert Lee about his upcoming folk horror film, The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw.
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On the 50th anniversary of its release, Martin is joined by Matthias van der Roest for a conversation about Jerzy Skolimowski's Deep End.
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Flixwise: CANADA Ep. 38 – Wait Until Dark
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Martin is joined by filmmaker and illustrator Patrick Horvath to discuss the 1967 adaptation of Frederick Knott's play Wait Until Dark, starring Audrey Hepburn and Alan Arkin.
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Flixwise: CANADA Ep. 37 – Vincent van Gogh on Film
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Martin is joined by returning guest, illustrator Tony Stella. The pair discuss cinematic renderings of the artist Vincent van Gogh.
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Martin is joined by returning guest Amanda for an epic and sprawling conversation about the Star Wars franchise.
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Flixwise: CANADA Ep. 36 – Female Prisoner Scorpion
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Martin is joined by returning guest Spencer Seams get together to to discuss the Meiko Kaji starring film Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion and its sequels.
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Flixwise: CANADA Ep. 35 - Satoshi Kon
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Martin is joined by returning guests Zachary Curl and Amanda to talk about the work of mast animator Satoshi Kon.
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Martin Kessler, Emma Guerard, and Dave Eves get together to discuss Louis Feuillade's classic silent serial Fantômas!
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Flixwise: CANADA Ep. 33 – The Materiality of Film with Daniel Bird
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Martin is joined by film maker and expert Daniel Bird to discuss the physical and ephemeral nature of film. Hear all about the nitty-gritty of producing a number of film restoration projects and 'reinventing the DVD extra as conceptual art'.
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Lady P makes a bid for a late-career resurgence as Flixwise host. She is joined by fellow UW-Madison grad students Megan Boyd and Tim Brayton to discuss the legacy of the 127th film on the Sight and Sound International Critics Poll, Pulp Fiction (Tarantino, 1994). With the recent release of Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood, director Quentin Taranti…
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Flixwise: CANADA Ep. 32 – Khrustalyov, My Car!
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Martin is joined by Peter Rinaldi of Filmmaker Magazine and Back To One podcast, and filmmaker/actor/teacher Mtume Gant to discuss Aleksei German's Khrustalyov, My Car! They get into their personal experiences with the film and if feeling the film is more important than understanding it.
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Flixwise: CANADA Ep. 31 - Sex, Okra and Salted Butter / A Screaming Man
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Martin is joined by returning guest Spencer Seams to follow-up their conversation on Daratt. On this episode they discuss two more of Mahamat Saleh Haroun's films; a French comedy Sex, Okra and Salted Butter, and a Chadian tragedy A Screaming Man. They compare and contrast the two films, and further explore Haroun's approach to political subjects, …
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Flixwise: CANADA Ep. 30 – Revenge of a Kabuki Actor (a.k.a. An Actor's Revenge)
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Martin is joined by master poster designer and dilm enthusiast Tony Stella to discuss Kon Ichikawa 1963 film, Revenge of a Kabuki Actor. They cover the film's unexpectedly pulp serial roots, talk about unlikely heroes and archetypical villains, and look at how the film fits into Kon Ichikawa's long and varied career.…
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Marcus Pinn joins Martin in discussing Leigh Whannell's 2018 film Upgrade. They talk about the virtues of small budgets, dweeby villains, and what a potential sequel would entail. They also get into what the film says about our relationship with technology, and look at how the film puts a fresh spin on old tropes.…
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To discuss Pier Paolo Pasolini's Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, we've assembled a quartette of liberties: Danica Anna Uskert Quinn, Caleb Quinn, Emma Guerard, and Martin Kessler. They cover the film's enduring notoriety, its source material written by Marquis de Sade, its significance in Pasolini's filmography, and its relevance to today. Then the…
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Martin is joined by Amanda, to discuss the animated film of Pom Poko. They cover a wide array of cartoon racoon-related subjects including environmentalism, the legacy of Rascal the Raccoon, and Tanuki 'pouches'. They also discuss the late, great Isao Takahata's body of work, as well as his unique working relationship with Hayao Miyazaki.…
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The Academy Award nominees were announced a week ago today, so theoretically we should have had a sufficient amount of time to mull over the various categories. However, this podcast offers something of a collective scratching of the heads at the hodgepodge of different Best Picture nominees. Host, Lady P, is joined by Oscar enthusiasts, and fellow…
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Ep 81: The Magnificent Ambersons with Joseph McBride
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We're kicking off 2019, with a trip back in time! It is a look back to turn-of-the-Century Midwestern America with Orson Welles's adaptation of Booth Tarkington's The Magnificent Ambersons (1942). Film historian and author, Professor Joseph McBride joins host Lady P to talk about the legacy of Welles' feature follow-up to Citizen Kane. McBride delv…
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Flixwise: CANADA Ep. 27 - Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
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Martin is joined by returning guests Zachary Curl and Leanne Kubicz to discuss Nagisa Oshima's atypical war film, Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence. They talk in-depth about the film's four leads: Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Bowie, and Takeshi Kitano. They examine Oshima's themes and dream-like style, look at the films flashback structure, and t…
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Flixwise: CANADA Ep. 26 - A History of Violence & Eastern Promises
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Martin is joined by returning guest Matthias van der Roest to discuss a pair of David Cronenberg films: A History of Violence and Eastern Promises. They talk about what makes the pair a pair, and where they fit into Cronenberg's filmography as a whole. Then they talk about both films status as 'Canadian films', and what makes a film 'Canadian'.…
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Flixwise: CANADA Ep. 25 - Broadcast News
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Martin is joined by returning guest Becky D'Anna to discuss her second favourite film of all time, Broadcast News. Becky explains why the film means so much to her, and they take a deep dive into its themes, characters and performances. Becky and Martin then politely debate the film's ending, and bemoan the lack of film award recognition for Albert…
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