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A podcast about movies about history, and (sometimes) the history of movies.

History Lesson Part II


    • Feb 9, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 40m AVG DURATION
    • 18 EPISODES


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    18 - The Social Network

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2024 107:30


    [Reuploaded due to audio exporting issues] Sources: Aaron Sorkin versus reality | Salon.com Why Zuckerberg should like the Facebook movie - CNN.com (archive.org) Facebook Founder Says The Social Network ‘Emphasizes Things That Didn't Matter' (archive.org) Mark Zuckerberg rejects his portrayal in The Social Network | Film | The Guardian Facebook Co-Founder Speaks Publicly: What I Learned From Watching “The Social Network” (cnbc.com) “The Social Network” will inspire an entirely new generation of entrepreneurs | Social Media Today (archive.org) “The Social Network” will inspire an entirely new generation of entrepreneurs (archive.org) Mark Zuckerberg rejects his portrayal in The Social Network | Film | The Guardian (archive.org)

    17 - The Wind That Shakes The Barley

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2023 113:54


    We discuss Ken Loach's brilliant war epic The Wind That Shakes The Barley in an unintentionally relevant episode. Plus: Jackson takes a pop quiz.

    15 - Django/The Great Silence w/Cody Severtson

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2023 128:30


    Cody joins us again to talk Spaghetti Westerns and the ways they channel both Italian and US politics of the 1960s and 70s.

    14 - Broken Arrow, High Noon & Rio Bravo w/Cody Severtson

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2023 119:31


    In part 1 of our miniseries on Westerns we discuss a trio of movies with varying degrees of Hollywood Blacklist connections with our friend and first guest, Cody Severtson.

    13 - Trumbo (2015) and the Hollywood Blacklist

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2023 110:07


    We discuss Jay Roach's Trumbo (2015), a pretty ok biopic about blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo. We also talk about a few much shittier movies about the blacklist, including The Front (1976), Guilty by Suspicion (1991), and Good Night and Good Luck (2005).

    12 - M3GAN and AI in Film

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2023 125:10


    We talk Gerard Johnstone's delightful horror-comedy M3GAN as well as Ex Machina, Black Mirror, and Blade Runner in a jumbo-sized ep about how much AI sucks.

    BONUS: Tyler and Jackson Explain Everything

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2023 57:57


    We do things a little different this time by discussing our philosophy towards film criticism and film more broadly. We also discuss the importance (or unimportance) of the artist's intent, how much we weigh the ideology of the film, and whether or not attempting to review films objectively is even possible.

    11- Matewan

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2023 113:05


    In Episode 11, we discuss John Sayles' brilliant Matewan (1987), which dramatizes the events leading up to a violent skirmish between striking miners and the Baldwin-Felts detective agency in 1920s West Virginia. This one was already long enough so no theme music this time.

    10 - Barry

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2023 106:01


    In this episode, Jackson and Tyler discuss "Barry", the godawful 2016 Barack Obama biopic chronicling the former president's first year at Columbia University.

    9 - Knives Out/Glass Onion

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2023 93:19


    Jackson and Tyler discuss the Knives Out cinematic universe, the difficulties of parodying Elon Musk, and contrast Glass Onion's attempts to satirize tech bros with Gerard Johnstone's M3GAN (2022).

    8 - 2022 In Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2023 105:01


    We discuss our favourite (and least favourite) movies of 2022

    7 - It's a Wonderful Life (Part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2022 49:23


    In part 2 of our Christmas mega-sode, we discuss the murderer's row of blacklisted screenwriters that worked on early drafts of the film's script, its second life as tv holiday staple, and its inclusion in a 1947 FBI file on communist influences in Hollywood.

    6 - It's a Wonderful Life (Part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2022 98:55


    We discuss Frank Capra's deceptively complex 1946 Christmas classic It's a Wonderful Life and its relationship to both left and right-wing poltiics.

    5 - Bong Joon-ho

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2022 95:04


    For the first time, we discuss multiple works of a director rather than a single movie itself. In episode five, Jackson and Tyler dive into the films of Bong Joon-ho, specifically The Host (2007), Snowpiercer (2013), Okja (2017), and Parasite (2019). They also have their first major disagreement of the show, with Jackson expressing a dissenting opinion on Parasite that is sure to elicit a clam and rational response from fans of the film.

    4 - Judas and the Black Messiah

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2022 89:19


    We discuss Shaka King's Judas and the Black Messiah (2021). Fred Hampton, The Panthers, and how desperately we lack figures and organizations like them on the modern left. We also talk a little bit about the 1971 documentary The Murder of Fred Hampton, and read some excerpts from a wide-ranging array of reviews and press clippings related to the movie.

    3 - Ready Or Not

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2022 92:55


    It's Halloween, so we're bringing you all a new episode a few days early. We talk about the satirical horror film Ready Or Not, which features the spookiest monster of all... fuckin' rich people!

    2 - The Boondock Saints

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2022 114:16


    In episode 2, we discuss Troy Duffy's The Boondock Saints (1999), which is quite possibly the worst movie we've ever seen. We also inevitably talk a lot about Pulp Fiction, and a little about Overnight, the fantastic documentary that chronicles Duffy falling ass-backwards into directing a successful movie.

    1 - Che

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2022 93:59


    In our debut episode, we discuss Steven Soderbergh's 2008 war epic "Che", which chronicles Che Guevara's role in the Cuban Revolution as well as his subsequent capture and death in Bolivia in 1967.

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