Part movie review show, part game show, Odd Splice is a movie podcast that revels in strange combinations, off-kilter humor, and surprisingly deep analysis. Join your hosts Josh, Caleb, and Wes as they choose and debate a pair of movies based on a pre-selected theme to determine the true Odd Spliceā¦
Odd Splice: A Podcast About Movies
Josh and guest Grand Rapids Filmmaker Steven Punk(@_theartofb_ on twitter) program their dream festival of 10 double features over 5 "nights"
Jackal (@JackalJester) from Mammonburg joins Odd Splice for a discussion of the history of the Slasher genre with special focus on John Carpenter's Halloween (1978)
Nicholas Slayton (@NSlayton on twitter) joins Odd Splice to discuss Under the Silver Lake (2018). Subscribe to Nick's newsletter: https://nslayton.substack.com/ Articles discussed on the show: https://mubi.com/pt/notebook/posts/shadows-dancing-david-robert-mitchell-discusses-under-the-silver-lake https://www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2019/07/10/secrets-under-the-silver-lake/
Sam Fassler of MN pop-punk superstars Vermillion Heights joins Josh to talk about the highly controversial films The Hunt and Very Bad Things. It's a fun time. Check out Vermillion Heights' tunes here: https://vermillionheights.bandcamp.com/
As part of the Very Legal, Very Cool/Odd Splice marvel-style crossover event, Josiah Sutton joins the show to talk about Paul Schrader's First Reformed, and the Father's Day Special of Donald Trump Jr.'s talk show Triggered. Check out VLVC here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/very-legal-very-cool/id1522211962
Dr. Michael Van Dyke joins the podcast to talk about Network, Uncut Gems, New York (babyyy) and NEOLIBERALISM
Pat Blanchfield and Dan Yowell of the CarteBlanchfield twitch channel (https://www.twitch.tv/carteblanchfield) join Josh to discuss The First Purge (2018) along with the wider Purge franchise, and the infamous police training video Surviving Edged Weapons. Here are links to Pat's articles that were mentioned in the show: https://www.businessinsider.com/mccloskeys-in-st-louis-history-of-guns-race-violence-separation-2020-7 https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/declaration-of-war/ And Dan's Illustrations: https://www.danyowell.com/ Check out oddsplice.com for more Odd Splice!
In the quest to define what constitutes Good Denzel, the Original Killer Bees discuss and evaluate Fences (2016) and Man on Fire (2004).
Josh (@GnomeChamsky) and Aja (@ajaelectricc) break down why Final Destination is Actually Good and Important while managing not to ruin their relationship at the same time.
On the long awaited Queerness episode, the original gang discuss the portrayals of queerness in Moonlight and I Love You, Phillip Morris.
Anna Stoutenberg (@annastout34) joins Josh to talk some Blade Runner 2049. The takes get spicy. Listen to Good Faith Comrades HERE: https://soundcloud.com/ale-crevier/virtue-ethics-and-being-online Read Anna's writing HERE: https://talkfilmsociety.com/articles?author=5b0d8ec9562fa76d631b0b51
In lieu of our regularly scheduled programming (and definitely not scheduling errors or miscalculation of a certain film's availability) your humble hosts sat down to chat about their backgrounds, approaches to film criticism, and some of their favorite movies.
In Odd Splice's definitive take on love in cinema, Caleb pits Barry Jenkins' beautiful and heartbreaking If Beale Street Could Talk against Josh's pick, Boots Riley's hilarious and scathing Sorry to Bother You. While Wes faces his most difficult decision yet, the gang is joined by resident James Baldwin expert Alex, and newly minted sister podcaster LA of the Libated Film Critic podcast(@libatedfilm)! Listen to Libated Film Critic here: https://soundcloud.com/libatedfilmcritic
In this bonus episode Josh chats with Jacob Given of the Post-Structuralist Tent Revival podcast about Darren Aronofsky's mother! Read Jake's review here: https://t.co/Nc7its8Pf8 Check out Post-Structuralist Tent Revival here: https://soundcloud.com/ptrpodcast
With the mandate that there must be #PeensOnScreens, the fellas debate the relative merits of Eastern Promises and The Hunt.
In this special episode Scout Tafoya (@Honors_Zombie) stops by to talk about Alien 3, The Predator, and his video essay series The Unloved, amongst other tangents. Check out Scout's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/honorszombie
With "Utilized Nonsense" in mind, the gang argues whether or not Anchorman 2 or The Lobster is the true essence of the theme.