Best Clint Worthington Podcasts (2024)

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It's Such a Beautiful Day with Daniella Mazzio 1:58:15

5h ago1:58:15

1:58:15

Culture writer Daniella Mazzio joins us to discussing the singular work of Don Hertzfeldt with the legacy of It's Such a Beautiful Day. Together we talk about the zillennial bridge Don Hertzfeldt builds from viral videos to cinema, influence from Rejected and adult swim --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/exitingthroug…

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Logan Lucky with Sarah Welch-Larson 2:51:44

7d ago2:51:44

2:51:44

We revisit the Ocean’s 7/11 as Sarah Welch Larsen (Bright Wall Dark Room) joins us! Together we discuss the careers of Daniel Craig and Riley Keough, Soderbergh’s retirement, Clay’s West Virginia hatred and how well the movie has aged since 2017 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/exitingthroughthe2010s/support…

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They Came Together with Allegra Frank 2:12:29

14d ago2:12:29

2:12:29

Allegra Frank (The Daily Beast) joins us for a rom com parody that was dead on arrival with 2014’s THEY CAME TOGETHER. Together we discuss the careers of the two leads, the movies cruel tones, comparisons to lonely island and Wet Hot American Summer influence --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/exitingthroughthe2010s/s…

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Tomorrowland with Mitchell Beaupre 2:31:02

19d ago2:31:02

2:31:02

Mitchell Beaupre (Letterboxd, Paste magazine) is back to discuss 2015’s Tomorrowland! Together we talk about the career of Brad Bird, optimistic blockbusters and why the movie didn’t connect with audiences --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/exitingthroughthe2010s/support…

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Sicario with Jon Gabrus 2:07:29

28d ago2:07:29

2:07:29

Comedian Jon Gabrus is back and joins us to take a look back at the prescient thriller in SICARIO. Together we discuss the careers of the three leads, Denis Villeneuve’s significance in the 2010s and the unique tension captivated by Taylor Sheridan --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/exitingthroughthe2010s/support…

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The Act of Killing and Look of Silence with Clint Worthington 1:35:21

1M ago1:35:21

1:35:21

Clint Worthington returns as we discuss the profound moral dilemmas Josh Oppenheimer’s The Act of Killing and Look of Silence! Together we unpack the suppression of Indonesian history from the genocide, the difference in form from the first documentary to the follow up and the striking ending in Act of Killing --- Support this podcast: https://podc…

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Room with Morgan Roberts 2:18:46

1M ago2:18:46

2:18:46

Morgan Roberts (Film Gaze podcast) is back as we revisit 2015’s Room! Together we look at the careers of Brie Larson and Jacob Tremblay’s careers, mid 2010s adaptations, 2015 Oscars and the tonal balance risked by Abrahamson in the movie --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/exitingthroughthe2010s/support…

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#75: Trading Paint/Running with the Devil 50:16

1M ago50:16

50:16

Nathan and Clint return after another short hiatus to break down another two-fer of VOD dreck -- first with Travolta's slow-moving racing drama Trading Paint, then with Cage's gonzo Tarantino/Guy Ritchie drug-biz knockoff Running with the Devil! Pledge to our Patreon at patreon.com/travoltacage Follow us on Twitter @travoltacage Email us questions …

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Everybody Wants Some!! with Noah Gittell 2:02:55

2M ago2:02:55

2:02:55

Noah Gittell (The Ringer, The Guardian, author "Baseball: The Movie") joins us for one of the best comedies of the decade with Richard Linklater's Everybody Wants Some!! Together we go through the breakout Glen Powell performance, the Dazed and Confused connections and Linklater baseball references --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spoti…

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Brooklyn with Aramide Tinubu 1:31:07

2M ago1:31:07

1:31:07

Aramide Tinubu (Variety) is here to revisit how hard it is to leave behind the sad irish life with Brooklyn! We unpack Saris Ronan’s. Second Oscar nom, movies made for the elderly and love triangles --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/exitingthroughthe2010s/support

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The Grand Budapest Hotel with Guy Dolby 2:29:09

2M ago2:29:09

2:29:09

Guy Dolby (Polygon, Gawker) returns for somehow after four and a half years the first Wes Anderson we’ll be covering with THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL! Together we discuss the Wes Anderson reputation circa 2014, the 2015 Oscars, Ralph Fiennes in the 2010s and how it ranks among the best comedies of the decade--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters…

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Venom with Fletcher Peters 2:14:39

2M ago2:14:39

2:14:39

In a decade filled with homogeneous comic book movies, none is quite like 2018’s Venom! Fletchers Peters (Daily Beast) returns for all things Tom Hardy career talk, the bizarre origin of the movie, journalists that could be infected with venom and improvements in the movie made by the sequel--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/p…

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King Arthur with Lyvie Scott 1:36:55

3M ago1:36:55

1:36:55

Lyvie Scott (Slash film) returns for 2017's disastrous KING ARTHUR adaptation. Together we discuss 2010s failed fantasy, Game of Thrones influence over the movie, the troubled production and Charlie Hunam career talk --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/exitingthroughthe2010s/support…

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Jay Wadley (Franklin) 41:13

3M ago41:13

41:13

When last we spoke to composer Jay Wadley, he'd just finished scoring the mercurial Charlie Kaufman film I'm Thinking of Ending Things. Four years and a million projects later, the Charles Ives Award-winning composer (and co-founder of music production house Found Objects, with previous guest Trevor Gureckis) has been keeping busy, from films like …

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Martha Marcy May Marlene with Tyler Harford 2:18:30

3M ago2:18:30

2:18:30

We escaped a cult to pod about Martha Marcy May Marlene as Tyler Harford is back! Together we touch on the career of Sean Durkin, the films Oscar buzz, career of Sarah Paulson and Durkin's haunting writting --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/exitingthroughthe2010s/support…

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Mike Post (Law & Order, Message from the Mountains & Echoes of the Delta) 39:40

3M ago39:40

39:40

This week, I talk to legendary TV composer Mike Post about everything from the Law and Order dun-dun to his original album of musical suites. If you've had a TV turned to a network station anytime in the last forty years, you've heard Mike Post's music. A stalwart in the TV scoring game, he is the voice of so many police and law procedurals, from T…

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The Three Stooges with Cullen Atchley and Jesse Catherine Webber 1:59:11

3M ago1:59:11

1:59:11

Why I outta! Jesse Catherine Webber and Cullen Atchley (Cannes I Kick It podcast) are back to discuss the failure and reclamation of 2012’s THE THREE STOOGES! Together, we come up with MANY recastings, the development hell the movie found itself in, how the movie was doomed to fail and the sincerity that makes the movie work 12 years later --- Supp…

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In a World with Alex Kittle 2:19:56

3M ago2:19:56

2:19:56

Alex Kittle(Pan and Scan illustrations) joins us for 2013’s industry romantic comedy as well as Lake Bell’s directorial debut with In a World! Together we discuss Bell’s career, her chemistry with Demetri Martin, the movies poignant ending, careers that Hollywood doesn’t know what to do with and how well the movie has aged since 2013 --- Support th…

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#74: Speed Kills/A Score to Settle 44:54

4M ago44:54

44:54

This week, Nathan and Clint dig back into the classic mold of Travolta/Cage double features -- unfortunately, it's for more late-aughts VOD dreck. First up is Speed Kills, a Dollar Tree Casino riff starring John Travolta as a fictionalized version of speedboat manufacturer and mobbed-up multimillionaire Donald Aronow (here "Ben Aronoff"). It looks …

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The Adventures of Tintin with Matt Singer 2:41:02

4M ago2:41:02

2:41:02

Matt Singer (Screencrush, Opposable Thumbs book) joins us for the mo-cap era and the Adventures of Tintin! Together we talk all the odd visual choices of Tintin’s design, comparison to the Robert Zemeckis motion capture films, Spielberg comedies and uses of 3D --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/exitingthroughthe2010s/…

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Widows with Azhar 2:56:38

4M ago2:56:38

2:56:38

We’re deep in politically charged Chicago and talking all things 2018’s provocative WIDOWS! We discuss the careers of the cast, why the movie failed at the box office, Oscars 2018 and how much Clay loves the Liam Neason almost hate crime --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/exitingthroughthe2010s/support…

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#73: Color Out of Space 45:37

4M ago45:37

45:37

This week, Nathan and Clint stare into some glowy rocks for a single serving of Cage in Richard Stanley's Lovecraft adaptation Color Out of Space! Serving as a spiritual followup to Mandy (with its cosmic-horror stylings and full-on Rage Cage moments), Color Out of Space puts Cage in another tale of rural tranquility disrupted by neon-tinted raving…

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Ad Astra with Roxana Hadadi 2:09:11

4M ago2:09:11

2:09:11

Roxana Hadadi (Roger Ebert, Vulture) returns as we discuss James Gray’s cerebral sci fi odyssey in 2019’s Ad Astra! Together we unpack the haunting Brad Pitt performance, the theme of fathers and sons through Gray’s films, the films view on catharsis and 2010s auteur space films --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/exit…

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Vince Pope (True Detective: Night Country) 30:02

4M ago30:02

30:02

This week's guest is RTS winning and BAFTA-nominated composer Vince Pope, a London-based composer who cut his teeth on scores ranging from Misfits to episodes of Black Mirror. But his most exciting collaborations of late have been those with filmmaker Issa Lopez, starting with her 2017 magical-realist horror film Tigers Are Not Afraid. Now, the pai…

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Captain America: The First Avenger with William Goodman 2:22:44

4M ago2:22:44

2:22:44

William Goodman (GQ, Complex) returns for 2011’s WW2 adventure romp in CAPTAIN AMERICA THE FIRST AVENGER! Together we talk casting would ifs, MCU state of the union, Joe Johnston and Hayley Atwell being taken for granted and what MCU phase one --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/exitingthroughthe2010s/support…

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#72: Inconceivable/Looking Glass 48:22

5M ago48:22

48:22

This week, Cage plays two flavors of bad husband in a pair of VOD-ready erotic thrillers! First, we cover the Gina Gershon-starring Inconceivable, an overamped Lifetime movie about a crazy mommy (Nicky Whelan) who cozies up to a well-to-do couple (Gershon, Nicolas Cage) whose IVF-born child just so happens to be from her egg. Hitchcockian antics en…

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Ma with Hanna Phifer 1:46:16

5M ago1:46:16

1:46:16

Hanna Phifer is here for 2019’s horror comedy with MA! We dig into why Octavia Spencer’s filmography needs fixing, how the movie is such a joke online, Blumhouse in 2019 and how bullying is a hidden theme of horror thriller in the 2010s --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/exitingthroughthe2010s/support…

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Carlos Rafael Rivera (Griselda, Monsieur Spade) 41:43

5M ago41:43

41:43

Grammy- and two-time Emmy-winning composer Carlos Rafael Rivera has spent the last decade building moody, complex musical worlds around complicated characters. His earliest prominent work was with regular collaborator Scott Frank on films like A Walk Among the Tombstones, and the Netflix miniseries Godless. But it was his mercurial work on Frank's …

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#71: 211/Between Worlds 43:28

5M ago43:28

43:28

This week, we're back to the unfortunate Nic Cage double features -- this time with our boy Nicolas on either side of the law! First, there's the staggeringly sloppy cop thriller 211, in which Cage plays an aging cop who teams up with his fresh-faced rookie son-in-law and a teenage ridealong to thwart a four-man bank robbery in Massachusetts. It's …

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21 Jump Street and 22 Jump Street with Bailey Herdè 2:19:04

5M ago2:19:04

2:19:04

Bailey Herdè returns to help us discuss the clever Jump Street duology. Along with Tatum and Hill’s career and missed potential, how Phill Lord and Chris Miller weaponize nostalgia to their advantage and how the movie has a longer shelf life online through gifs and meme --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/exitingthroug…

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The Wind Rises with Kambole Campbell 1:33:35

5M ago1:33:35

1:33:35

Kambole Campbell (Empire Magazine) returns to the pod to help us cover Hayao Miyazaki’s magnum opus with THE WIND RISES. Together we go over the dubbed American cast, disproving how Ghibli isn’t similar to Pixar and similarities to Oppenheimer --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/exitingthroughthe2010s/support…

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Anthony Willis (Saltburn) 34:57

5M ago34:57

34:57

This week, we're catching up with one of the Oscar-shortlisted Best Score nominees -- Anthony Willis' score to Emerald Fennell's lavish, mysterious thriller Saltburn. Fennell's second directorial feature, after Promising Young Woman, is a kind of Brideshead Revisited by way of Tom Ripley and mid-2000s party culture: A mysterious young bloke named O…

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#70: Mandy/Gotti (with Jordan Morris) 1:07:11

6M ago1:07:11

1:07:11

This week, Jordan Morris (Jordan Jesse Go!) returns to the pod for a seminal moment for both our boys -- a 2018 that saw Nic Cage rise from the VOD ashes to enter a new era of cult acclaim, and John Travolta take his biggest swing-and-a-miss yet! First, there's Panos Cosmatos' Mandy, a trippy bit of horror-fantasy psychedelia in which a logger (Cag…

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It Follows with Veronica Phillips 2:01:05

6M ago2:01:05

2:01:05

Veronica Phillips (Film Daze) returns to the pod as we discuss the psychological horror sensation in It Follows! Together we discuss what makes us unsettled about the film being teens when we first saw it, the career of Make Monroe, our interpretations of the monster and horror at Cannes --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/…

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Dave Porter (Echo) 32:21

6M ago32:21

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For nearly fifteen years, composer Dave Porter has been the musical voice of the Breaking Bad universe -- having scored every season of Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, and the film El Camino for good measure. Now, he plies his penchant for atmospheric, guitar-driven thrills to the MCU, with the new Disney+ series, Echo. A spinoff of Hawkeye, Echo h…

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Only Lovers Left Alive with Bryden Doyle and Charlie Nash 2:50:37

6M ago2:50:37

2:50:37

Bryden Doyle and Charlie Nash (Almost Major podcast) are back as they picked Jim Jarmusch’s sensual ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE. Together we talk all things Tom Hiddleston, Detroit on film, Jarmusch going into the 2010s, vampire lore and trip hop --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/exitingthroughthe2010s/support…

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Paul Leonard-Morgan (The Pigeon Tunnel) 35:31

6M ago35:31

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This podcast has had a long and fruitful relationship with composer Paul Leonard-Morgan, the man behind the scores of films like Dredd and Limitless, among countless others. But two commonalities have permeated the scores he's discussed with me: Errol Morris and Philip Glass. For the former, he teamed up to score Amazon's Tales from the Loop; for t…

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#69: American Crime Story: The People vs. OJ Simpson 48:46

6M ago48:46

48:46

Happy new year, boys and ghouls! Our first episode of 2024 (and the first after a bit of a hiatus) finally puts the spotlight back on Travolta after a string of Cage double-features and Johnny T failures. Blessedly, the television gods granted him the kind of role his 2010s VOD output could not: His mannered, theatrical turn as OJ Simpson lawyer Ro…

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Her Smell with Sam Herbst 2:31:33

6M ago2:31:33

2:31:33

Sam Herbst is back for 2019’s Her Smell and how it fits into the 2018/2019 fictional musician character studies. Together, we discuss the careers of Alex Ross Perry and Elizabeth Moss, the excellent sound design, seeing the movie at TIFF, and the movies reputation now --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/exitingthrought…

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Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch (All of Us Strangers) 26:44

6M ago26:44

26:44

This week, we're joined by Ivor Novello and BIFA-nominated composer Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch, a Paris-born artist who has made quite the name for herself in the last few years. Getting her start building scores for friends in film school who needed music for their short films, Emilie quickly cut her teeth on films like 2018's Only You and 2019's …

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Phantom Thread with Alison Herman 2:27:41

6M ago2:27:41

2:27:41

Alison Herman (Variety) joins us for Paul Thomas Anderson’s beloved dissection into codependency and gender dynamics in 2017’s phenonomal PHANTOM THREAD. Together, we remember how remarkable Vicky Krieps was, showing the film to your partner, Jonny Greenwood’s score which is one of the best of the decade and how this toxic relationship compares bes…

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Mark Sonnenblick, James McAlister (Theater Camp) 46:17

6M ago46:17

46:17

As we've seen this year, and my interview with the songwriters behind Dicks: The Musical some weeks back, 2023 has been a surprisingly solid year for original musicals. But as the year draws to a close, I wanted to highlight one of my favorite films I saw this year, all the way back at Sundance: Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman's Theater Camp. Set i…

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Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows with Scout Tafoya and Tucker Johnson 3:00:48

7M ago3:00:48

3:00:48

Scout Tafoya and Tucker Johnson (End of History video essay series) return to the pod for the forgotten but brilliant Sherlock Holmes sequel and its importance on getting blockbuster action. Together, we discuss RDJ’s and Jude Law’s careers, the relation Guy Ritchie has to Tony and Ridley Scott, lack of this era of London in cinema, and why we saw …

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Mac Quayle (Leave the World Behind) 27:41

7M ago27:41

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This week, we talk to composer Mac Quayle, who burst onto the scene in 2015 with his Emmy-winning score to Sam Esmail's mysterious, genre-bending series Mr. Robot. Since then, he's enjoyed healthy collaborations with Esmail and fellow showrunner Ryan Murphy, for whom he's scored everything from American Horror Story and Pose to 9-1-1. For his lates…

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Arrival with Sophie Shin 2:01:32

7M ago2:01:32

2:01:32

Sophie Shin (Letterboxd) joins us as we unravel the mystery of 2016’s ARRIVAL! Together we talk the unique screenplay, best actress 2017 and the infamous Amy Adams snub, seeing it in theaters, Denis Villeneuve’s 2010s run and the haunting score from the late Johann Johannsson --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/exiting…

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Swiss Army Man with Eric Zipper 1:48:06

7M ago1:48:06

1:48:06

Eric Zipper is back as we revisit 2016’s Swiss Army Man! Together we unpack the career of Daniel Radcliffe, the films brave ending, 2016 in film and how the film compares to the Daniels’ EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/exitingthroughthe2010s/support…

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Jerskin Fendrix (Poor Things) 29:50

7M ago29:50

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This week, I'm thrilled to talk to English musician and nascent film score composer Jerskin Fendrix about his score to the wacky, surreal, oddly poignant new film from Yorgos Lanthimos: Poor Things. Starring Emma Stone as Bella Baxter, the creation of Frankenstein-ian scientist Godwin Baxter (played by Willem Dafoe), the film delves into her ongoin…

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First Reformed with Soraya Sebghati 2:22:07

7M ago2:22:07

2:22:07

Soraya Sebghati (Night Talks band) joins us for Paul Schrader’s haunting and prescient First Reformed and how we see the film aging after 2018. Together we zero in on Ethan Hawke’s remarkable performance, Clay and Jack seeing the film at 18, how Schrader evolves the Travis Bickle character and how the film speaks to America’s helplessness --- Suppo…

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Shutter Island with Taylor Williams 2:08:31

7M ago2:08:31

2:08:31

We conclude a month of covering 2010s Scorsesse by having video essayist and filmmaker Taylor Williams chat with us about the eerie Shutter Island! We get into all, like mindfuck cinema, Leo DiCaprio in 2010, comparisons to The Shining and the films cultural legacy --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/exitingthroughthe2…

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Triple Frontier with Gillian Oakley 2:23:58

8M ago2:23:58

2:23:58

Gillian Oakley joins us for Triple Frontier, which has been reevaluated since 2019 for being more about the fragility of contemporary veterans than just a typical military drama. Together we zero in on the careers of the leading men in the film, Pedro Pascal fandom, alternative castings and the commentary on the military-industrial complex --- Supp…

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