Anthroposcenes Podcast

We talk about some big ol' monsters smackin' each other around for just no reason whatsoever.

We return to the movie that started it all and in so doing talk about bowel movements, a lot.

Back at it again, this time to talk about Oscar favorite Nomadland and the place of objectivity in art about a deeply diseased society.

What we have here is a failure to communicate.

We compare a couple of films about homecoming and leaving. Had an issue with my sound so there is a weird buzz, sorry. Will sounds fine.

We celebrate the holidays by discussing a documentary about the insanity of small town America.

This episode matches the title of the film. Listen as we run out of steam trying to squeeze some enjoyment of out the Sci-Fi "classic" Silent Running.

This episode is (God forgive me) VERY NICE!

We get downright spooky while talking about The Conjuring universe.

Don't call it a comeback, we've been going on an unexplained hiatus for years, but now we're back to talk about No Country for Old Men.

In which we revel in the 90s action nostalgia of Twister.

In which we talk about surreal leftist dramedy Sorry to Bother You directed by Boots Riley.

In which we talk about 1989 Spike Lee joint Do the Right Thing.

We get waist-deep into the issues around recent documentary Planet of the Humans.

We finally get around to discussing the sublime and meticulous Roma, directed by show favorite Alfonso Cuaron.

Lord help us.

We put the movies aside for a week as we discuss John Prine's debut album as a uniquely American work of art.

We revisit the globetrotting sad fest that is Babel.

We talk about what we see as a true 90s gem: Phenomenon.

We take a look at a couple of films that have become more relevant in our current realty: the mostly not bad contagion and the bafflingly not good Outbreak.

We wrap up our Australia double feature with the hammer smash of social critique that is Walkabout.

We track a trip back to 70s Australian cinema with a discussion of Peter Weir's The Last Wave.

We gush over Bong Joon-ho's Parasite while still managing to slip in some asinine buffoonery.

We continue to wax poetic about the peculiar cultural shifts of the 90s, this time as seen in movies and media that take up the Amish as punchline.

We're back at it again, this time with a sack full of late 90s movies that challenge our perception of the world: The Truman Show, The Matrix, and Pleasantville.

In which we reach back to the 60s for the work of a master: Michelangelo Antonioni's Red Desert. Industrial collapse and existential dread are on the menu.

We discuss 2000's Erin Brockovich and the power of righteous anger leading to justice.

In which we discuss climate change horror film The Last Winter in all of its SyFy Original Movie glory.

We return to the work of Kelly Reichardt to pay homage to one of the most unique and powerful directors working today.

We talk about 2015's Embrace of the Serpent and how it checks all the boxes to receive the official Anthroposcenes stamp of approval.

We finally did it. We talked about Fight Club.

In which we discuss a random sampling of the Disney Plus streaming platform, the nature and purpose of streaming platforms, and a bunch of grievances with the world.

We finally get around to talking about 2007's Into the Wild, wanderlust, and all that good stuff.

In our first ever installment of anthroposentences we discuss Amitav Ghosh's 2019 novel Gun Island, as well as a bunch of other things. Bust out your tweed jacket with the leather elbow patches because its time to talk books, baby.

Once again we find ourselves talking about a perfectly fine film and an abhorrent failure, this time simultaneously as we canoe down the river criticism with the Burt Reynolds double feature of Deliverance and Without a Paddle.

We wrap up Doctober with a documentary based on a long and detailed book, so you know it's fire. You better believe we get off track.

Doctober continues with a discussion of truth in art revolving around Peter and the Farm and The Biggest Little Farm.

Doctober continues with a look at a pair of films link by subject matter, a common director, and the heavy involvement of everyone's favorite chubby lothario, Leonardo DiCaprio.

Doctober has arrived and we kick it off with a big ol' double shot of Al Gore: An Inconvenient Truth and An Inconvenient Sequel.

In the latest, last-minute addition to our Anthropocene Auteur Theory series we talk about the wacky and wonderful world of Wes Anderson (yuck, that alliteration) and what it has to tell us about living well in the end times.

In this episode we revisit the final frontier, including some ghosts of Anthroposcenes past, in discussing the recently released big budget "space parable," Ad Astra. (Many spoilers ahead in case you care)

In a very special episode we talk about the cinematic train wreck that is 1996's Bio-Dome.

We finally get around to talking about everyone's favorite cannibalism classic, Soylent Green.

25 - Anthropocene Auteur Theory 4 - Peter Berg by Anthroposcenes Podcast

In this episode we revisit director Jeff Nichols and talk about his 2012 film Mud and how we have way more questions about it now than we did 7 years ago.

Our first short focuses on greenways and their place within our very un-green cities.

Our triumphant return in which we wax poetic about our love or Cormac McCarthy while sort of discussing the film adaptation of The Road.

In which we discuss affective labor, irony vs emotional honesty, and the infinite loop of nostalgia, or whatever.

In the third installment of Anthropocene Auteur Theory we talk about the Qatsi trilogy of Godfrey Reggio, who from what we've learned is a righteous dude with some tubular ideas about art.

In which we discuss the 2018 film Leave No Trace and why we both love it so much. Hint: it's because we're sad bastards.

In which we discuss the blast from the romanticized past that is 1992's FernGully: The Last Rainforest. We discuss the pitfalls of human progress, how to translate environmentally conscious narratives to a broad audience, and why in the hell some 90s cartoons had a little too much junk in the trunk.