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Why do people leave Christianity?Dr. Todd Phillips recently shared eight reasons why he no longer identifies as a Christian. In this episode of The Caffeinated Christian, Mike and Ryan walk through each objection and ask a simple question:Are these actually good reasons to reject Christianity?In this two part series, we discuss:• Does Christianity's geographic origin make it less credible?• If God exists, why does He remain hidden?• Can we actually choose what we believe?• If human beings wrote the Bible, can we trust it?• Do thousands of Christian denominations prove Christianity is confused?• Is the doctrine of original sin morally defensible?• Does suffering disprove an all-loving, all-powerful God?• Can an all-loving God and the doctrine of hell coexist?Mike approaches these questions primarily from a biblical and theological perspective, while Ryan tackles the philosophical and logical arguments behind them.We aren't interested in mocking Todd or dismissing these questions. In fact, we think Christians should be willing to confront difficult objections honestly.Because there's a difference between a question that is difficult to answer and an argument that actually disproves Christianity.Ultimately, the question isn't simply “Can Christianity answer every question?"It's “Is Christianity true?"CHAPTERS: 0:00 – Intro: Why We're Responding to Todd Phillips5:32 – Objection #1: Does Geography Determine Your Religion?10:11 – Being Born Into a Religion Doesn't Make It True12:21 – The Resurrection: Christianity's Central Claim13:22 – Objection #2: The Problem of Divine Hiddenness16:18 – If God Revealed Himself, Would Everyone Believe?18:45 – Is God's Hiddenness Actually an Act of Mercy?20:43 – The Philosophical Responses to Divine Hiddenness23:30 – God Has Revealed Himself in Jesus25:51 – Objection #3: Belief Isn't a Choice27:52 – Is Belief Voluntary? The Philosophical Debate30:20 – Biblical Faith Is More Than Intellectual Belief32:26 – Christianity Doesn't Ask You to Manufacture Belief33:35 – Objection #4: Does the Bible Look Too Human?35:28 – Did Humans Write the Bible?36:00 – Dual Authorship: God and Human Authors37:04 – The Bible Describes Sin Without Always Endorsing It38:47 – The Criterion of Embarrassment39:40 – What Should Divine Inspiration Actually Look Like?42:20 – Human Authors, Divine Inspiration & the Bible43:08 – Part One Conclusion#ChristianApologetics #Christianity #ChristianDeconstruction #DivineHiddenness #Atheism #Bible #ChristianTheology #TheCaffeinatedChristian Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, the boys head to Aussie Dave's native Australian Outback (& Adelaide) to discuss 1971's “Walkabout”. The film shows you how easy it is to die in the Australian desert, and we drink while discussing the artistic achievement, even if we didn't all feel the same way about our viewing experiences. John also got us started with a mini-review of “Tony”. Grab a beer and join us! inktr.ee/theloveofcinema - Check out our YouTube page! Our phone number is 646-484-9298. It accepts texts or voice messages. 0:00 Intro; 4:35 “Tony” mini-review; 11:41 1971 Year in Review; 30:29 “Walkabout”: Films of 1971; 1:10:30 What You Been Watching?; 1:17:34 Next Week's Episode Teaser Additional Cast/Crew: Nicholas Roeg, Jenny Agutter, Edward Bond, John Meillon, Luc Roeg, David Gulpilil, Dominic Sessa, Antonio Banderas, Emilia Jones, Matt Johnson, Todd Bartels, Lou Howe, Leo Woodall, Stavros Halkias, Michael Jibrin, Monica Raymund, Dagmara Dominczyk. Hosts: Dave Green, Jeff Ostermueller, John Say Edited & Produced by Dave Green. Beer Sponsor: Carlos Barrozo Music Sponsor: Dasein Dasein on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/77H3GPgYigeKNlZKGx11KZ Dasein on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/dasein/1637517407 Recommendations: Parenthood, Strange New World, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Stewart Fails To Save The Universe, Until Dawn, Nat Geo The Rescue, Criterion 24/7, Norwegian Pathfinder, detour, Sugar, Cape Fear, The Northman. Additional Tags: Dolby Cinemas, Peter Parker, Stanley Kubrick, Argentina, Spain, England, France, The Odyssey, Christopher Nolan, Moana, Toy Story 5, Focus Features, A24, Curry Barker, The Tenant, Rosemary's Baby, The Pianist, Cul-de-Sac, AI, The New York City Marathon, Apartments, Tenants, AMC, IMAX Issues, Tron, The Dallas Cowboys, Short-term memory loss, Warner Brothers, Paramount, Netflix, AMC Times Square, Academy Awards, BFI, BAFTA, BAFTAS, Adelaide, Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Melbourne, The British, England, The SEC, HBO Max, Amazon Prime, casket maker, Seven Samurai, Roshomon, Sergio Leone, Clint Eastwood, Stellan Skarsgard, the matt and mark movie show, The Southern District's Waratah Championship, Night of a Thousand Stars, The Pan Pacific Grand Prix (The Pan Pacifics), Jeff Bezos, Rupert Murdoch, Larry Ellison, David Ellison, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg.
In this episode, Brian talks about some recent Criterion pickups and his large haul from DiabolikDVD over the last several months. This week's episode is also brought to you by the fine folks at DiabolikDVD - a great place to buy your discs from! https://www.diabolikdvd.com/ Just the Discs Now has a YouTube Channel! Check it out here and subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCffVK8TcUyjCpr0F9SpV53g Follow the Show on Twitter here for Episode previews and new Blu-ray News! https://bsky.app/profile/justthediscs.bsky.social Brian's Directed By shirts can be found here: https://www.teepublic.com/user/filmmakershirts We're also on Instagram! instagram.com/justthediscspod/
En esta ocasión hablamos de la fascinación por gastar fortunas en artículos coleccionables y de por qué la media física sigue siendo insustituible. Además, conversamos sobre nuestras peores anécdotas de resaca y debatimos si Spider-Man es realmente el mejor superhéroe.GRACIAS A:NordVPN Deal ➼https://nordvpn.com/ednDeal exclusivo de 4 meses gratis.Síguenos en nuestras redes sociales:ESCUELA DE NADAInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/escueladenada/Twitter: https://twitter.com/escueladenadaTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@escueladenadaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/escueladenada0:00 Intro1:30 Las peores resacas de nuestra historia5:13 ¿Por qué las historias de vómito son tan humillantes?11:00 El arte de disfrutar una borrachera13:12 El mayor logro de Bob Marley15:20 ¿Spider-Man es el mejor superhéroe?22:00 Los X-Men venezolanos28:06 El superhéroe venezolano de DC29:35 La mayor colección de Dragon Ball33:09 Los muñecos coleccionables más caros37:27 The Criterion, las mejores ediciones de las películas40:24 ¿Es innecesario usar un HiBy para escuchar música?43:32 Los hobbies relacionados con la media física son los mejores
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David and Trevor revisit the recently upgraded set, following up on their conversation about these films back in 2016.
This week, the boys got conspiratorial again! We headed to 1974 to give Alan J. Pakula's “The Parallax View” a spin. Starring Warren Beatty, this political thriller about a journalist trying to uncover the secret conspiracy behind a senator's assassination, two of the co-hosts called this movie “great”, and one called it “fucking tragic”. How was there such a divide? Grab a beer and join in. inktr.ee/theloveofcinema - Check out our YouTube page! Our phone number is 646-484-9298. It accepts texts or voice messages. 0:00 Intro; 7:36 1974 Year in Review; 29:45 “The Parallax View”: Films of 1974; 1:17:52 What You Been Watching?; 1:24:50 Next Week's Episode Teaser Additional Cast/Crew: William Daniel, Feeney, Feeny, Gordon Willis, Paula Prentiss, Walter McGinn. Hosts: Dave Green, Jeff Ostermueller, John Say Edited & Produced by Dave Green. Beer Sponsor: Carlos Barrozo Music Sponsor: Dasein Dasein on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/77H3GPgYigeKNlZKGx11KZ Dasein on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/dasein/1637517407 Recommendations: Parenthood, Strange New World, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Stewart Fails To Save The Universe, Until Dawn, Nat Geo The Rescue, Criterion 24/7, Norwegian Pathfinder, detour, Sugar, Cape Fear, The Northman. Additional Tags: Dolby Cinemas, Peter Parker, Stanley Kubrick, Argentina, Spain, England, France, The Odyssey, Christopher Nolan, Moana, Toy Story 5, Focus Features, A24, Curry Barker, The Tenant, Rosemary's Baby, The Pianist, Cul-de-Sac, AI, The New York City Marathon, Apartments, Tenants, AMC, IMAX Issues, Tron, The Dallas Cowboys, Short-term memory loss, Warner Brothers, Paramount, Netflix, AMC Times Square, Academy Awards, BFI, BAFTA, BAFTAS, Adelaide, Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Melbourne, The British, England, The SEC, HBO Max, Amazon Prime, casket maker, Seven Samurai, Roshomon, Sergio Leone, Clint Eastwood, Stellan Skarsgard, the matt and mark movie show, The Southern District's Waratah Championship, Night of a Thousand Stars, The Pan Pacific Grand Prix (The Pan Pacifics), Jeff Bezos, Rupert Murdoch, Larry Ellison, David Ellison, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg.
Once you have learned the fundamentals of Infinite Banking and decided to put it into action, one question tends to surface almost immediately: What is the best whole life insurance company for Infinite Banking? It is a good question. The carrier you choose forms a long-term relationship, one that stays in place for the rest of your life if you keep the policy in force. https://youtu.be/QzNg3h_7tcI So let's be upfront: this article will not hand you a ranked list of the best dividend paying whole life insurance companies by name. Public comparisons between named carriers are riddled with the bias of whoever is doing the comparing, and ranking companies without knowing what you are trying to accomplish is the wrong way to do it. What you will get instead is more durable than any ranked list: the criteria to evaluate any carrier with confidence, on your own terms. Table of ContentsWhy the Whole Life Insurance Company You Choose Matters for Infinite BankingHow to Choose a Whole Life Insurance Company: The Criteria That Actually MatterCriterion 1: It Must Be a Mutual CompanyCriterion 2: Dividend History, Not Today's Dividend RateCriterion 3: Financial Strength Ratings, Used CorrectlyCriterion 4: Ease of Doing Business and Alignment With Infinite BankingThe Right Way to Compare Whole Life Insurance CompaniesWhy Working With an Infinite Banking Practitioner Changes the DecisionChoosing the Right Company Is About Fit, Not RankingsFrequently Asked QuestionsHow do I choose the best whole life insurance company for Infinite Banking?What makes a whole life insurance company good for cash value?Why doesn't The Money Advantage rank specific whole life insurance companies?Does the company have to be a mutual company?Is a mutual holding company a bad sign?Should I pick the company with the highest dividend rate?How important are financial ratings when choosing a carrier?What is the right way to compare whole life insurance companies?Does the company matter more than my own behavior? Key takeaways: This is a decades-long relationship, not a one-time purchase Look past surface numbers like illustration projections and ratings alone Four criteria matter most: mutual structure, dividend history, ratings used correctly, and ease of doing business, plus alignment Compare carriers by stress testing them, not racing their illustrations A knowledgeable practitioner adds real value on top of these criteria Why the Whole Life Insurance Company You Choose Matters for Infinite Banking With term insurance, the company mainly needs to be solvent enough to pay a claim someday. Whole life insurance built for Infinite Banking is different. You are storing capital and using the cash value throughout your life. The death benefit may not be paid for decades. If the insured survives to the policy's contractual maturity age (often age 120 or 121), the policy endows, and the value is paid to the owner. That makes this one of the most consequential financial choices you will make. It is easy to judge a company by what is easiest to see: a bigger illustration number, a higher rating than the next carrier on the list. But those numbers are effects, not causes. They are the visible result of internal factors most people never think to check. It is a bit like judging character by appearance. You are only seeing half the picture. What actually matters is whether a company can weather economic cycles and stretches of low interest rates across the entire span of your policy, not whether it looks strong today or even over the next ten years. One more thing worth sitting with: among solid, well-established mutual carriers, the differences that matter to your outcome are often smaller than people assume. Your own behavior, how consistently you fund the policy, and how you use it, tends to shape your results more than which specific company issued the contract. How to Choose a Whole Life Insurance Company: The Criteria That Actually Matter Here is how to evaluate the internal qualities that drive long-term performance. Criterion 1: It Must Be a Mutual Company This filter is non-negotiable. A mutual company, or a mutual holding company, is owned by its policyholders. When it performs well, profits are distributed back through dividends. A stock company works differently: its primary beneficiaries are stockholders, and sharing in that upside would mean owning the stock itself, not just holding a policy. For Infinite Banking, you want to be an owner. Dividends grow your cash value beyond the guaranteed rate and fund paid-up additions, which pushes the death benefit further ahead of the cash value. Because the two are designed to meet around age 120 or 121, dividends are built to compound larger over time. Do not let the word "holding" throw you off. The nuance between a mutual company and a mutual holding company matters less than you would think. What is worth knowing here is why a mutual converts in the first place. It is usually about raising capital, sometimes under regulatory pressure, but often simply to fund better systems through a merger. The better question is not whether a company converted, but why. Criterion 2: Dividend History, Not Today's Dividend Rate Resist comparing two illustrations and picking whichever shows the higher declared rate. Rates shift year to year, and the same stated rate does not mean the same thing at two companies, since how a dividend is credited to your policy is proprietary information that varies by carrier. What deserves your attention is the track record. Has the company paid dividends with discipline through the Great Recession and other hard times? The large, established mutuals in this space have paid dividends for well over 125 years, and many have never missed a payment. Resist chasing whichever company posted the single highest dividend in its history, too. A one-year spike can be propped up by other business lines entirely unrelated to your policy. What you want is stability: a company that avoids wild swings in either direction, a sign of disciplined management built to sustain performance long term. A quick aside on bonds, since this trips people up. When interest rates rise, the market value of existing long-dated bonds falls. That is real, but only if those bonds are sold. A well-run insurer simply keeps collecting the yield and lets them mature at par. Insurers manage across a hundred-year horizon, not daily headlines, which is exactly the consistency you are trying to identify. Criterion 3: Financial Strength Ratings, Used Correctly Agencies like AM Best, Fitch, and Moody's, along with composite scores like Comdex, offer an objective read on financial strength. As a rule of thumb, look for carriers in the top ten of these systems, ideally the top five. Do not stop at the letter grade. Look at the trajectory. Is the company's capital-to-asset ratio strong and improving? That signals its ability to weather economic turmoil across the full life of your policy, not just hold up well in calm markets. Criterion 4: Ease of Doing Business and Alignment With Infinite Banking This is the most overlooked criterion. A carrier can have excellent ratings and an attractive illustration and still be difficult to work with. Every insurer must allow policy loans by law, but not every insurer makes that process easy. A company with more of an accumulation mindset may be slower to process loans, harder to reach, or saddled with a clunky portal. Some carriers publish service metrics, like the percentage of calls answered within a set time, and those are worth checking. Alongside ease of doing business sits philosophical alignment. Does this carrier actively support the Infinite Banking community, or merely tolerate it? Carriers vary a lot on paid-up additions flexibility: how much you can skip in a given year, and how much you can catch up later if life gets in the way. That flexibility is worth understanding before you commit to a design. The Right Way to Compare Whole Life Insurance Companies It is tempting to pull up two illustrations and pick whichever shows the bigger number. Resist it, since chasing the higher dividend rate this way tends to mislead more than it helps. The one certainty about any illustration is that it will end up being wrong. The non-guaranteed portion extrapolates today's dividend rate forward as if it will never change. It will change. The guaranteed portion shows what would happen with zero dividends ever paid, which is not realistic for a carrier with a century-plus history of paying them. Neither column is where you will actually land. A better approach is to stress test the policy instead. What happens if dividends drop for a few years? If you miss a premium? If you skip paid-up additions for two or three years and then resume? These "life happens" questions reveal more about how a policy will perform for you than any projected number ever could, and notice how much of this still comes back to your own behavior. Why Working With an Infinite Banking Practitioner Changes the Decision Everything above is something you can evaluate on your own. That is the point. But there is real value in working alongside someone who knows this terrain well. A knowledgeable practitioner typically works with a modest number of carriers, often four to six, understanding a handful deeply rather than spreading thin. That depth matters because the nuances between carriers are hard to master at scale. A good practitioner also tends to have real relationships within these companies, which can occasionally open doors that would otherwise stay closed. The goal is not just picking a company. It is matching the right company, policy design, and professional guidance to your situation. Choosing the Right Company Is About Fit, Not Rankings ...
In honor of Criterion's new Southern Gothic collection, we're sharing some of our favorite Southern Gothics from past episodes. ---Have you seen Cape Fear or have you seen Cape Feare (The Simpsons episode paraodying the movie)? Cape Fear (1991) Dir. Martin Scorsese. Screenplay by Wesley Strick. Starring Robert DeNiro, Juliette Lewis, Nick Nolte, and Jessica Lange.Email sogothicpod@gmail.com. Follow Chance and Amanda on Letterboxd @mrchancelee and @mcavoy_amanda. Instagram @sogothicpod Closing music "Gothic Guitar" by Javolenus 2014 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0)
Welcome back to Not A Bomb, the podcast where we resurrect cinema's most infamous box office disasters and ask the burning question: is it a bomb? This week, Troy and Brad descend into the gritty, morally tangled world of Sidney Lumet's 1981 neo‑noir crime epic Prince of the City. It's one of those underseen gems that cinephiles whisper about, critics champion, and everyone else somehow missed entirely. Prince of the City follows a narcotics detective pulled into a sprawling corruption investigation, and the deeper he goes, the more the film tightens its grip. At the center of it all is Treat Williams, delivering a performance so raw, so committed, and so quietly devastating that it's honestly a “treat” to watch him work. This is the kind of role actors dream about, and Williams attacks it with a mix of vulnerability and intensity that feels almost dangerous. If you ever needed proof he was one of the most underrated actors of his era, this is the movie.Troy and Brad dig into Lumet's meticulous direction, the film's sprawling cast of morally compromised characters, and the real‑life case that inspired the story. They also explore how Prince of the City became overshadowed by Lumet's more famous crime dramas, why it deserves to be mentioned alongside Serpico and Dog Day Afternoon, and how its reputation has quietly grown among fans of hard‑boiled, character‑driven noir.And because the guys can't resist calling out cinematic injustices, they make it very clear that Criterion needs to get on making a 4K edition of this film. Prince of the City deserves the restoration, the essays, the spine number, the whole treatment. It's long overdue.Grab your badge, question your morals, and settle in. This is one crime saga worth revisiting.Want to help support the show? Head over to the Not A Bomb Tee Public store and check our merchandise. Special thanks to Ted Blair for the amazing designs!We're committed to hearing your feedback and suggestions. If there's a cinematic flop you'd like us to delve into, please reach out to us at NotABombPod@gmail.com or through our contact page. Your reviews and feedback are what drive us. If you enjoy our content, consider leaving a review on Apple Podcast or Spotify.Cast: Brad, Troy
Hatsune Miku is officially entering Magic: The Gathering with a new Secret Lair Commander deck, and MTG designer Carmen Klomparens joins The Anime Effect to reveal how it came together. Plus, we break down Spider-Man's latest anime crossover, the first look at Gachiakuta Season 2, Neon Genesis Evangelion joining The Criterion Collection, and a new My Hero Academia special. This week on The Anime Effect: ⭐ Hatsune Miku x Magic: The Gathering ⭐ BTS Interview w/ Senior Game Designer Carmen Klomparens ⭐ Spider-Man's growing anime connection: https://bit.ly/4xoYyKH ⭐ Gachiakuta Season 2 first look: https://got.cr/4wKfJpX ⭐ Evangelion is moving to Criterion: https://got.cr/3TDAXHH ⭐ A new My Hero Academia special is out: https://got.cr/4fO2lda What do you think of Hatsune Miku's MTG era? Send us your anime questions, hot takes, and recommendations: https://got.cr/AnimeEffectQuestions The Anime Effect is Crunchyroll's weekly anime podcast hosted by Nicholas Friedman, LeAlec Murray, and Leah President. Each week, the crew dives into the biggest anime news, interviews creators and guests, shares recommendations, debates fandom hot topics, and answers listeners' questions. GUEST: CARMEN KLOMPARENS (https://got.cr/4z39Tlj) HOSTS: Nicholas Friedman, LeAlec Murray, Leah President SHOWRUNNER: Megan Peters V/A DIRECTOR: Shaun Michael Colon MARKETING PRODUCER: Carla Solorzano From The Anime Effect podcast to video essays, interviews, and deep dives on your favorite anime, Crunchyroll Presents takes you closer to the world of anime. GET MORE ANIME ⭐Start your FREE 7-day Crunchyroll trial: https://got.cr/cp-7days Read More Anime Headlines NOW at Crunchyroll News: https://got.cr/4q0DlUO #HatsuneMiku #MagicTheGathering #AnimeNews Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Ashley & Matt look back at a mid-1970s classic starring Ellen Burstyn, and directed by Martin Scorsese.
This week, the boys revisit their most prolific year, 2022! Despite seeing many movies (and pod-ing: check our feed!), we had a blind spot: Ron Howard's incredible real-life suspense movie “Thirteen Lives”, starring Viggo Mortensen, Collin Farrell, and Joel Edgerton. It's available to stream for free (with a sub) on Prime Video, and it's 100% worth your time! Dave and Jeff also give a spoiler-free mini-review of “Spider-Man: Brand New Day”, and Dave got an advanced look at “One Night Only” and enjoyed it! Grab a beer and tune in. inktr.ee/theloveofcinema - Check out our YouTube page! Our phone number is 646-484-9298. It accepts texts or voice messages. 0:00 Intro; 5:06 “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” mini-review; 8:51 “One Night Only” mini-review; 13:48 2022 Year in Review; 32:41 “Thirteen Lives”: Films of 2022; 01:12:41 What You Been Watching?; 1:19:24 Next Week's Episode Teaser Additional Cast/Crew: Tom Holland, Zendaya, Sadie Sink, Jon Berenthal, Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell, Joel Edgerton, Monica Barbaro, Callum Turner. Hosts: Dave Green, Jeff Ostermueller, John Say Edited & Produced by Dave Green. Beer Sponsor: Carlos Barrozo Music Sponsor: Dasein Dasein on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/77H3GPgYigeKNlZKGx11KZ Dasein on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/dasein/1637517407 Recommendations: Spider Noir, Reptile, A Toxic Love Story, Parenthood, Strange New World, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Stewart Fails To Save The Universe, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Nat Geo The Rescue, Criterion 24/7, Norwegian Pathfinder. Additional Tags: Thai Soccer Team, Scuba Diving, Monsoon Season, Peter Parker, Stanley Kubrick, Argentina, Spain, England, France, The Odyssey, Christopher Nolan, Moana, Toy Story 5, Focus Features, A24, Curry Barker, The Tenant, Rosemary's Baby, The Pianist, Cul-de-Sac, AI, The New York City Marathon, Apartments, Tenants, AMC, IMAX Issues, Tron, The Dallas Cowboys, Short-term memory loss, Warner Brothers, Paramount, Netflix, AMC Times Square, Academy Awards, BFI, BAFTA, BAFTAS, Adelaide, Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Melbourne, The British, England, The SEC, HBO Max, Amazon Prime, casket maker, Seven Samurai, Roshomon, Sergio Leone, Clint Eastwood, Stellan Skarsgard, the matt and mark movie show, The Southern District's Waratah Championship, Night of a Thousand Stars, The Pan Pacific Grand Prix (The Pan Pacifics), Jeff Bezos, Rupert Murdoch, Larry Ellison, David Ellison, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg.
Man, why do I have such a taste for fava beans all of a sudden? I've never even had them before! Chris has somehow never seen this film and since the Criterion sale was going on and I just happened to grab a copy of this (and many other movies, my wallet hates me) I figured, why not bust his Hannibal cherry and talk about a certified classic film! We'll see how he likes it. More Movie Reviews on LetterBoxd - https://letterboxd.com/hvhpodcast/ Watch Us On YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfN67zqLBcbJNJw1cHI0Hlw Get HVH Merch - https://www.teepublic.com/user/hvhpodcast Music By: @tradevoorhees Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Message us ANONYMOUSLY"IT HAS BEGUN!" Martial Arts Movie Month is here, and we're kicking things off with Guest Co-Host: Chris Olds, for his choice "Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai," (d. Jarmusch 2000). Starring: Forest Whitaker, John Tormey, and Cliff Gorman. This under seen Samurai/Neo Western/Noir/Gangster film entered "The Criterion Collection," in 2020. Is ice cream a "food?" Are there language barriers of the soul? 'Now you gonna be the boss of your own clan, right, Louie?' These, and more existential questions like them, that ain't nothin' to f*** with. 7/30!More With Chris:The Last StarfighterThe FlySupport the show**All episodes contain explicit language**Main Artwork - Ben McFadden'Review Review Intro/Outro' Themes - Jamie Henwood"What Are We Watching?" & "Whatcha Been Doin'?" Themes - Matthew Fosket"Fun Facts" Theme - Chris Olds/Paul RootLead-Ins Edited/Conceptualized by - Ben McFaddenProduced by - Ben McFadden & Paul Root ("Shelf Help" - Paul Root)Podcast/Program Concept - Paul Root
Criterion Creeps Episode 453: Revanche by Criterion Creeps
I personally subscribe to The Economist. TOE listeners get 35% off the annual subscription. No other podcast has this! https://economist.com/TOE This is a careful lecture that can be followed with zero background knowledge. Einstein thought he'd caught quantum mechanics in an act of spookiness — this podcast asks whether he was even worried about the right thing. Tim Maudlin, professor of philosophy at NYU and a leading philosopher of physics, delivers a rare full lecture tracing Einstein, EPR, and the road to Bell's theorem. The central claim: Einstein's real objection was never determinism — "God does not play dice" is a red herring — but non-locality, which he inferred rather than assumed. Maudlin traces the argument from Einstein's overlooked 1927 Solvay objection through the EPR paper's criterion of reality, showing why Bohr's famous reply never actually answered it. FOLLOW: - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b92xAErofYQA7bU4e - Substack: https://curtjaimungal.substack.com/subscribe - Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt - Discord Invite: https://discord.com/invite/kBcnfNVwqs - Crypto: https://nowpayments.io/donation/TOE - PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=XUBHNMFXUX5S4 TIMESTAMPS: - 00:00:00 - Einstein's Quantization Hypothesis - 00:07:20 - Photoelectric Effect Implications - 00:12:30 - Wave-Particle Duality Myths - 00:20:40 - De Broglie's Matter Waves - 00:26:40 - Copenhagen's Completeness Doctrine - 00:34:10 - Solvay 1927: Two Conceptions - 00:41:20 - Pinhole Diffraction Problem - 00:48:00 - Collapse and Relativity Violations - 00:56:00 - Epistemic vs. Ontic Collapse - 01:05:00 - Ontological vs. Dynamical Locality - 01:14:00 - Configuration Space Objections - 01:25:00 - EPR's Criterion of Reality - 01:32:40 - Analyzing the Reality Criterion - 01:40:50 - Causal Isolation and Locality - 01:48:45 - Entangled Momentum Eigenstates - 01:56:45 - Logical Core of EPR - 02:04:40 - Position-Momentum Simultaneous Reality - 02:14:00 - Inferring Determinism from Locality - 02:26:30 - Conservation Laws and Information - 02:37:40 - Counterfactual Definiteness Debunked - 02:44:00 - Bohr's Incoherent Response - 02:52:00 - Schrödinger's Entanglement Confession LINKS MENTIONED: - Quantum Non-Locality and Relativity [Book]: https://amazon.com/dp/1444331272?tag=toe08-20 - On a Heuristic Point of View About the Creation and Conversion of Light [Paper]: https://sites.pitt.edu/~jdnorton/lectures/Rotman_Summer_School_2013/Einstein_1905_docs/Einstein_Light_Quantum_WikiSource.pdf - The Ghost in the Atom [Paper]: https://vdoc.pub/download/the-ghost-in-the-atom-a-discussion-of-the-mysteries-of-quantum-physics-1guq071e2ukg - Collected Papers on Wave Mechanics [Paper]: https://mwolf.pracownicy.uksw.edu.pl/MK/Schrodinger_Collected_Papers_on_Wave_Mechanics.pdf - Quantum Theory at the Crossroads [Book]: https://amazon.com/dp/0521814219?tag=toe08-20 - Can Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality Be Considered Complete? [Paper]: https://journals.aps.org/pr/pdf/10.1103/PhysRev.47.777 - Bohr's EPR Critique [Paper]: https://journals.aps.org/pr/pdf/10.1103/PhysRev.48.696 - The Present Situation in Quantum Mechanics [Paper]: https://personal.lse.ac.uk/robert49/teaching/partiii/pdf/SchroedingerPresentSituation1935(1980trans).pdf - Bertlmann's Socks and the Nature of Reality [Paper]: https://cds.cern.ch/record/142461/files/198009299.pdf - On the Einstein Podolsky Rosen Paradox [Paper]: https://journals.aps.org/ppf/pdf/10.1103/PhysicsPhysiqueFizika.1.195 - Quantum Theory and Measurement [Book]: https://amazon.com/dp/0691613168?tag=toe08-20 - Tim Maudlin [TOE]: https://youtu.be/fU1bs5o3nss - Sean Carroll [TOE]: https://youtu.be/9AoRxtYZrZo - Robert Sapolsky [TOE]: https://youtu.be/z0IqA1hYKY8 - Jenann Ismael [TOE]: https://youtu.be/7kvXihDAOi0 - John Norton [TOE]: https://youtu.be/Tghl6aS5A3M Guests do not pay to appear. #science Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Articles & features from the Buffalo Criterion weekly newspaper
Spine 700, can you believe it? We've been doing this for a long time. Criterion rewards our dedication with an overly full release of Wes Anderson's adaptation of Roald Dahl's Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009). Mark Gustafson is animation director of this animated movie, but this is less a Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas situation than a Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, the former of which is a Henry Selick movie that gets mistakenly attributed to the producer and the later of which Gustafson actually has credited co-director status on because Del Toro respects artists. Gustafson and the animation team bring Wes Anderson's vision to life to create one of the most Wes Anderson-y movies Wes Anderson has ever made.
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Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski take you through another week of physical media. Criterion has you covered from Mike Mills to Nagisa Ôshima. Butch and Sundance make na early appearance alongside Barbara Stanwyck. Giancarlo Giannini tries to solve some giallo murders, Ray Harryhausen takes you to an island of monsters or you can travel to one with Glen Powell and Sydney Sweeney. Ray Liotta is a bad cop after Kurt Russell's wife and Michael Douglas is an ordinary guy looking to bring some sense to society. Or is he? We certainly know where he would end up in Gary Ross' wondrous debut fantasy. It's all part of a show with films that may be even more relevant today than when they premiered.1:47 - Criterion (Cruel Story of Youth (4K), I'll Remind You of Everything: The Films of Mike Mills (4K))16:31 - Kino (The Maverick Queen)22:12 - Celluloid Dreams (The Black Belly of the Tarantula)27:52 - Sony (The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (4K), Anyone But You (4K))45:35 - Shout (Unlawful Entry (4K), Pleasantville (4K))1:09:01 - Arrow (Falling Down (4K))1:25:04 – New Blu-ray AnnouncementsCLICK ON THE FILMS TO RENT OR PURCHASE AND HELP OUT THE MOVIE MADNESS PODCAST OR BUY FROM MOVIEZYNGBe sure to check outErik's Weekly Box Office Column – At Rotten TomatoesCritics' Classics Series – At Elk Grove Cinema in Elk Grove Village, ILChicago Screening Schedule - All the films coming to theaters and streamingPhysical Media Schedule - Click & Buy upcoming titles for your library.(Direct purchases help the Movie Madness podcast with a few pennies.)Erik's Linktree - Where you can follow Erik and his work anywhere and everywhere.The Movie Madness Podcast has been recognized by Million Podcasts as one of the Top 100 Best Movie Review Podcasts as well as in the Top 60 Film Festival Podcasts and Top 100 Cinephile Podcasts. MillionPodcasts is an intelligently curated, all-in-one podcast database for discovering and contacting podcast hosts and producers in your niche perfect for PR pitches and collaborations.USE COUPON “MOVIEMADNESS” TO GET 10% OFF ALL DUBBY PRODUCTSSIGN UP FOR AUDIBLE This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit erikthemovieman.substack.com
The Obsessive Viewer - Weekly Movie/TV Review & Discussion Podcast
This week, Tiny and I review the new Christopher Nolan epic, The Odyssey in a feature review. Then, in lieu of a secondary review, I share my full Lawrence of Arabia review from my Backhalf Blindspots project on Patreon. We also discuss recent news, Indianapolis movie events, and Barnes & Noble's 50% off Criterion sale. Timestamps Show Start - 00:28 Catching up with Tiny - 03:58 Indianapolis Film Events - 09:23 News Before the Reviews - 15:47 Feature Review The Odyssey (2026) - 38:53 Spoiler - 1:15:50 Patreon Review Lawrence of Arabia (1962) - 1:50:07 Closing the Ep - 2:26:05 Related Links Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' to Skip Social Media Influencer Screenings Barnes & Noble Criterion Sale Netflix Among Parties in Early Talks to Buy Letterboxd: Report Sam Neill, 'Jurassic Park' Star, Dies at 78 Christopher Nolan Dedicates 'The Odyssey' to Late Imax Pioneer David Keighley Follow the IFJA on Letterboxd My 2026 Podcast and Writing Archive The Gotham Project on Patreon Backhalf Blindspots Project on Patreon Backhalf Blindspots 001 - Cool Hand Luke (1967) & Remember the Daze (2008) - Jul 2, 2026 Backhalf Blindspots 002 - Lawrence of Arabia (1962) & Once Upon a Time in China (1991) - Jul 5, 2026 Backhalf Blindspots 003 - Boyz n the Hood (1991) & Menace II Society (1993) - Jul 12, 2026 Patreon Companion Episodes Collection Indianapolis Theaters Alamo Drafthouse Indy Kan-Kan Living Room Theaters Keystone Art Flix Brewhouse Ways to Support Us Support Us on Patreon for Exclusive Content My Criterion Amazon Wish List Official OV Merch Buy Me A Coffee Obsessive Viewer Obsessive Viewer Presents: Anthology Obsessive Viewer Presents: Tower Junkies As Good As It Gets - Linktree Follow Us on Social Media My Letterboxd | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter Instagram | Threads | Bluesky | TikTok | Tiny's Letterboxd Mic Info Matt: ElectroVoice RE20 into RØDEcaster Pro II (Firmware: 1.7.3) Tiny: RØDE Podmic USB Episode Homepage: ObsessiveViewer.com/OV511 Next Week on the Podcast OV512 - Motor City (2026) & The Dink (2026)
Articles & features from the Buffalo Criterion weekly newspaper
It's an epic edition of Film Soceyology! Matthew reviews The Odyssey, three excellent films getting the Criterion treatment, a Dutch horror film and Italian crime film. Matthew also has a reunion with former intern (and musician/filmmaker) Makenna Mays, who has a film playing at the Indy Shorts Film Festival.
El equipo de fútbol masculino de Argentina llega a una nueva final de la copa del mundo y todo el mundo agradece a Café Fandango, ya que desde que comenzó a salir el podcast solo hubo una final sin el equipo albiceleste. Sin embargo, oficialmente usamos esta descripción que todo el mundo lee para confesar que, para ser honestos, como mínimo un 20% del crédito le corresponde a un chabón medio desconocido llamado Messi. Además de celebrar la victoria contra los ingleses, en este programa vas a escuchar sobre el retorno de Edu a las canchas virtuales del Football Manager y de sus pequeños avances en el The Adventures of Elliot. Por su lado, Gus terminó el Sea of Stars y hace un cierre para nada polémico que no recibirá ni un solo comentario ni crítica y será aceptado por toda la comunidad, además de volver a un viejo amor con el Rogue Legacy 2. Luego pasamos a las... em... llamémoslas noticias de la semana: la Universidad de Silicon Valley saca una beca para gamers y la presidenta de Criterion confirma que, por ahora, están bastante saciados de su necesidad de velocidad. Cerramos con la Pregunta Fandango donde recordamos los juegos y franquicias que queremos que vuelvan.
We review The Virgin Spring (1960) on movie podcast Collector's Cut: The Collection. The Virgin Spring is directed by Ingmar Bergman and stars Max von Sydow, Birgitta Valberg, Gunnel Lindblom, Birgitta Pettersson patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mildfuzztv twitter: https://twitter.com/ScreamsMidnight email: mftvquestions@gmail.com Audio version: https://the-collectors-cut.pinecast.co/
Our usual News, Q&A show today, and a Special Episode tomorrow! Dynaudio is leaving North America. Criterion will release The Complete Kubrick as a 30-disc set. We review Daredevil: Born Again S.1, and Obsession. Pictures shown in this episode: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjCZauc 00:00:00 – Intro Keep an eye out for another Special Episode of AV Rant Podcast this […] The post AV Rant #999.9n: Big Fish Energy appeared first on AV Rant.
Message Dan and MikeWe're reviewing John Cassavetes' Opening Night (1977), starring Gena Rowlands, as part of our dive into the Criterion box set of five Cassavetes films. This is a filmmaker some call the father of independent cinema, and we get into why he had to finance his own work, act in other people's movies to bankroll his next project, and watch this one bomb so badly on release that the studio pulled it from theaters.We talk through the film's play-within-a-play structure, the way Cassavetes shoots actors slipping in and out of character backstage, and the ambiguity at the center of the story: is the young fan who dies early in the film a real ghost haunting Rowlands' character, or a figment of her imagination as she confronts getting older? We land in different places on that question, and we get into why Cassavetes never spells it out for the audience.We also spend some time on Rowlands herself, tracing one brother's first exposure to her through Gloria back in 1980 without even realizing Cassavetes directed it, and talking about how she and Cassavetes never won a competitive Oscar despite being nominated multiple times between them. Ben Gazzara, Joan Blondell, and a scene-stealing cameo from Peter Falk all come up, along with a tangent on Cassavetes' work with Kubrick-adjacent actors and comparisons to other directors who financed their own films outside the studio system.Before we get into the review, we also talk about our upcoming trip to San Diego Comic-Con, where we'll have press credentials for the first time. We're already deep into schedule chaos trying to figure out how to cover a five-day, eighty-plus-page event as first-timers, so expect a recap episode when we're back.If you've been meaning to start exploring Cassavetes and don't know where to begin, we make the case for Opening Night as an entry point, and let you know the whole five-film Criterion box set is currently half off.Support the showOh Brother Podcast:Support the Show! (Be The First to Listen with Early Access)Listen on all podcast platformsSubscribe on YouTubeFollow us on Instagram
Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski take you through another week of physical media that includes three bangers from Criterion including Paul Newman at his baddest, early Scorsese and the Neil Jordan twist that rocked the world. There are gunslingers and hit men, William Wyler and Marlene Dietrich and one of the great modern sitcoms in a new set. Plus it is the 40th anniversary of one of the most infamous flops of the 1980s. Time for a reappraisal or is it still as baffling as ever?2:43 - Criterion (Hud 4K, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (4K), The Crying Game (4K))42:27 - Kino (The Love Trap, La Scoumoune (aka Hit Man) (1972))53:23 - Arrow (Red Sun (4K))1:05:43 - Shout (Full Contact 4K)1:12:47 - Universal (The Song of Songs, Howard the Duck (4K Steelbook))1:52:11 - New TV on Blu-ray (The Office (Superfan Complete Series - Superfan Extended Episodes))1:59:50 - New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray (Obsession (2026) (4K), Michael (2026) (4K), Normal (4K), Lee Cronin's The Mummy (4K), Deep Water (2026), The Christophers, Pillion, Animal Farm (2025))2:11:03 - New Blu-ray AnnouncementsCLICK ON THE FILMS TO RENT OR PURCHASE AND HELP OUT THE MOVIE MADNESS PODCAST OR BUY FROM MOVIEZYNGBe sure to check outErik's Weekly Box Office Column – At Rotten TomatoesCritics' Classics Series – At Elk Grove Cinema in Elk Grove Village, ILChicago Screening Schedule - All the films coming to theaters and streamingPhysical Media Schedule - Click & Buy upcoming titles for your library.(Direct purchases help the Movie Madness podcast with a few pennies.)Erik's Linktree - Where you can follow Erik and his work anywhere and everywhere.The Movie Madness Podcast has been recognized by Million Podcasts as one of the Top 100 Best Movie Review Podcasts as well as in the Top 60 Film Festival Podcasts and Top 100 Cinephile Podcasts. MillionPodcasts is an intelligently curated, all-in-one podcast database for discovering and contacting podcast hosts and producers in your niche perfect for PR pitches and collaborations.USE COUPON “MOVIEMADNESS” TO GET 10% OFF ALL DUBBY PRODUCTSSIGN UP FOR AUDIBLE This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit erikthemovieman.substack.com
David and Trevor conclude their discussion of the new Eclipse Series set in conversations about GIRLS OF THE NIGHT and LOVE UNDER THE CRUCIFIX.
Articles & features from the Buffalo Criterion weekly newspaper
Stephen Soderberg's third movie is the marquee release this week, King of the Hill (1993), an adaptation of A.E. Hotchner's memoir of being poor in Depression-era St. Louis. Also slid in here is Soderberg's fourth movie, The Underneath (1995), a remake of the Robert Siodmak's 1949 noir Criss Cross. Accompanying each is an introduction from Soderberg about how much he loathes the films, which makes it hard to like them ourselves -- though The Underneath is certainly the worse film. Ultimately we spend a lot of time wondering why Criterion bothered to put these out, particularly together, and I think came to a satisfying if bleak answer.
Team. Welcome. Back at it. Thanks for your support. Dale's playing Starfield. Chuck is back on that Criterion stuff.LinksCheck out or Ko-fi at https://ko-fi.com/batandspiderJoin our DISCORDGet your Bat & Spider STICKERS hereSteve Barkett Rules t-shirts!!!Get a sweet Bat & Spider t-shirt here! All sale proceeds go to The Movement For Black Lives.Technical Adviser: Slim of 70mmTheme song composed and performed by Tobey Forsman of Whipsong Music.Follow Bat & Spider on Instagram Follow Chuck and Dale on Letterboxd.Bat & Spider on LetterboxdBat & Spider WatchlistSend us an email: batandspiderpod@gmail.com.Leave us a voice message: (315) 544-0966Artwork by Charles Forsmanbatandspider.comBat & Spider is a TAPEDECK podcast, along with our friends at 70mm, The Letterboxd Show, Escape Hatch, Will Run For..., Twin Vipers, The Movie Mixtape, The Yeti is Still Broken, Austin Danger Pod, and Lost Light. ★ Support this podcast ★
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David and Trevor continue their review of the new Eclipse Series set by discussing FOREVER A WOMAN and THE WANDERING PRINCESS.
Yes Have Some: Celebrating 35 Years of Ghostbusters in 2019!
Is Physical Media Done? +Criterion Pickups, & Werwulf Trailer Talk!
Despite the news that Sony is no longer producing physical discs for its Playstation consoles, Blu-rays are not going anywhere. That despite this being one of the smallest tallies of titles that Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski have ever covered. (Cause we don't like to repeat ourselves.) That being said you have David Lynch's Oscar-nominated biopic and Tim Burton adapting a wacky soap opera. Besides the Criterion sale is on at Barnes & Noble so it's a good week for your budget.2:44 - Criterion (The Elephant Man (4K))22:37 - Shout (Dark Shadows (4K Steelbook))35:02 – New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray (The Drama (4K), All You Need Is Kill, Dead Man's Wire, Fuze, Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror)45:29 - New Blu-ray AnnouncementsCLICK ON THE FILMS TO RENT OR PURCHASE AND HELP OUT THE MOVIE MADNESS PODCAST OR BUY FROM MOVIEZYNGBe sure to check outErik's Weekly Box Office Column – At Rotten TomatoesCritics' Classics Series – At Elk Grove Cinema in Elk Grove Village, ILChicago Screening Schedule - All the films coming to theaters and streamingPhysical Media Schedule - Click & Buy upcoming titles for your library.(Direct purchases help the Movie Madness podcast with a few pennies.)Erik's Linktree - Where you can follow Erik and his work anywhere and everywhere.The Movie Madness Podcast has been recognized by Million Podcasts as one of the Top 100 Best Movie Review Podcasts as well as in the Top 60 Film Festival Podcasts and Top 100 Cinephile Podcasts. MillionPodcasts is an intelligently curated, all-in-one podcast database for discovering and contacting podcast hosts and producers in your niche perfect for PR pitches and collaborations.USE COUPON “MOVIEMADNESS” TO GET 10% OFF ALL DUBBY PRODUCTSSIGN UP FOR AUDIBLE This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit erikthemovieman.substack.com
The Obsessive Viewer - Weekly Movie/TV Review & Discussion Podcast
This week, Joe Shearer joins me to review the new DCU film, Supergirl in a feature review. Then we review the Netflix romcom, Voicemails for Isabelle in this week's secondary review. We also discuss recent news, Indianapolis movie events, and Barnes & Noble's 50% off Criterion sale. Video Version on YouTube Timestamps Show Start - 00:28 Introducing Joe - 03:33 Indianapolis Film Events - 14:29 News: No Influencer Odyssey Screenings - 23:22 News: Criterion Sale - 35:35 Feature Review Supergirl (2026) - 45:09 Spoiler - 1:11:45 Secondary Review Voicemails for Isabelle (2026) - 1:40:17 Spoiler - 1:52:44 Closing the Ep - 2:34:41 Related Links The Complete Kubrick | The Criterion Collection Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' to Skip Social Media Influencer Screenings Barnes & Noble Criterion Sale Odd Trilogies Podcast Follow the IFJA on Letterboxd Joe's Letterboxd Joe's Writing on Midwest Film Journal My 2026 Podcast and Writing Archive The Gotham Project on Patreon Backhalf Blindspots Project on Patreon Backhalf Blindspots 001 - Cool Hand Luke (1967) & Remember the Daze (2008) - Jul 2, 2026 Immediate Reaction - Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass (2026) - Jun 30, 2026 Immediate Reaction - Over Your Dead Body (2026) - Jun 30, 2026 Patreon Companion Episodes Collection Indianapolis Theaters Alamo Drafthouse Indy Kan-Kan Living Room Theaters Keystone Art Flix Brewhouse Ways to Support Us Support Us on Patreon for Exclusive Content Official OV Merch Buy Me A Coffee Obsessive Viewer Obsessive Viewer Presents: Anthology Obsessive Viewer Presents: Tower Junkies As Good As It Gets - Linktree Follow Us on Social Media My Letterboxd | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter Instagram | Threads | Bluesky | TikTok | Tiny's Letterboxd Mic Info Matt: ElectroVoice RE20 into RØDEcaster Pro II (Firmware: 1.7.3) Joe: Toner USB Mic in Riverside Episode Homepage: ObsessiveViewer.com/OV510 Next Week on the Podcast OV511 - TBD - Maybe Widow's Bay
The topic: Criterion released two director-approved 4k restorations for John Waters’ 1988 film Hairspray and his 1977 film Desperate Living. The disc releases include exclusive commentary tracks from Waters and some of the actors as well as bonus interviews. Waters’ trash cinema: Known for his provocative, camp films, Waters is considered one of the formative directors of gay cinema. His ‘trash trilogy’ of Pink Flamingos (1972), Female Trouble (1974) and Desperate Living (1977) showcased taboos and profanity that garnered Waters a cult following. Mainstream attempt: But he also brought in a more mainstream audience with his much more tame and accessible film Hairspray (1988) about an overweight teen in Baltimore who dreams of being on a local TV show that features adolescents dancing. And you can’t talk about Waters without talking about his frequent collaborator and drag performer Divine, featured in a majority of Waters’ films. Divine played Tracy’s mother Edna Turnblad in Hairspray. It was his last film role before he died. Guest: John Waters, American filmmaker known for his gay, cult classic films that delve into ‘trash’ and taboo Visit www.preppi.com/LAist to receive a FREE Preppi Emergency Kit (with any purchase over $100) and be prepared for the next wildfire, earthquake or emergency
As generative and agentic AI promise to accelerate everything we do, are we at risk of becoming incredibly efficient at producing forgettable customer experiences?Today, we are here in Brooklyn at Forrester CX Forum East and we're going to talk about building better experiences with an AI-enabled design workflow. Specifically, we'll cover:- Balancing the speed of AI with the intentional, human-led decisions required to craft exceptional experiences.- The role of a robust design system in scaling high-quality, AI-powered experiences consistently across the enterprise.- How to identify high-value AI use cases for your design workflow while maintaining responsible practices that build customer trust.To help me discuss this topic, I'd like to welcome, Gina Bhawalkar, Principal Analyst at Forrester. About Gina Bhawalkar Gina's research focuses on digital accessibility and experience design. Gina established and now leads Forrester's coverage of the digital accessibility space and has a deep background and interest in the topic. She advises organizations on how to establish and scale sustainable accessibility practices and is an expert on the digital accessibility platform (DAP) market. Her research on accessibility has appeared in publications such as The Wall Street Journal and The Financial Brand, and she is a frequent speaker at accessibility events and podcasts. Gina's other areas of expertise include inclusive and responsible design, design systems, personas, and measuring the impact of digital experience design improvements.Gina has over 20 years of experience as both a UX/CX practitioner and leader, with eight years in the financial services industry. Prior to joining Forrester, Gina was the director of customer experience research at Bank of the West, a subsidiary of BNP Paribas. There, she led the bank's digital voice-of-the-customer program and conducted primary research to inform digital product development. Previously, Gina led the user experience and accessibility department at Scottrade, where she built the two disciplines from the ground up. Earlier in her career, Gina was a UX consultant at Perficient, leading design and research projects for clients in the financial services, agribusiness, utilities, insurance, and retail industries. She has also served as an accessibility consultant at both Criterion 508 and the Georgia Tech Research Institute.Gina holds bachelor's degrees in psychology and computer science from Trinity University and an MS in human-computer interaction from the Georgia Institute of Technology, where her research focused on evaluating the accessibility of physical and digital products to people with disabilities. Gina Bhawalkar on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ginabhawalkar/ ---------- Resources ---------- Forrester: https://www.forrester.com We're proud to be a media partner for #MAICON26 - Oct. 13-15! Learn how AI can power your marketing and business and help you grow smarter. Use code AGILE150 to save! https://aglbrnd.co/r/7fe458ced0f04658Reach your customers with Reddit. Spend $500 in ad spend, get $500 back in ad credit! Learn more: https://advertalize.com/r/491818c79fb1873fThe most influential minds in software, AI, and engineering leadership will be at WeAreDevelopers World Congress North America, September 23-25 in San Jose. Learn more: https://aglbrnd.co/r/60a7299222a7bcf1 Enjoyed the show? Tell us more at and give us a rating so others can find the show at: https://aglbrnd.co/r/faaed112fc9887f3 Connect with Greg on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregkihlstromDon't miss a thing: get the latest episodes, sign up for our newsletter and more: https://aglbrnd.co/r/35ded3ccfb6716ba Check out The Agile Brand Guide website with articles, insights, and Martechipedia, the wiki for marketing technology: https://www.agilebrandguide.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, Josh and Drusilla discuss Bertrand Mandico's trans fantasia, The Wild Boys (2017). From wiki: “The Wild Boys (French: Les garçons sauvages) is a 2017 French fantasy drama-surrealist film written and directed by Bertrand Mandico in his feature directorial debut. It stars Vimala Pons, Diane Rouxel, Anaël Snoek, Mathilde Warnier, Pauline Lorillard, Sam Louwyck and Elina Löwensohn. Notably, all the five male protagonists in the film were played by female actors.”Also discussed: The Kubrick Boxset from Criterion, Lake Arrowhead, She-Devil and the career of Susan Seidelman, Amy Heckerling, Penelope Spheeris, Roseanne, Harry Melling, Please Baby Please, Pillion, Incoherent Manifesto, Brand Upon the Brain and Guy Maddin, and more. NEXT WEEK: Identikit (1974)Bloodhaus: https://www.bloodhauspod.com/https://www.instagram.com/bloodhauspod/https://letterboxd.com/bloodhaus/Drusilla Adeline:https://www.sisterhydedesign.com/https://letterboxd.com/sisterhyde/https://www.instagram.com/sister__hyde/Joshua Conkelhttps://www.joshuaconkel.com/https://www.instagram.com/joshua_conkel/https://letterboxd.com/JoshuaConkel/
Phil and Emily are joined by critic and editor Isaac Feldberg to continue their Richard Kelly Reichardt mini-series with Kelly Reichardt's quiet breakthrough, Old Joy (2006). Isaac edits at Letterboxd Journal and writes for RogerEbert.com and Fangoria, and as a former Eagle Scout, he might be the perfect guide to a movie about two guys going camping.Made for roughly $30,000 and shot in the forests east of Portland, Old Joy follows old friends Kurt (Will Oldham) and Mark (Daniel London) on a weekend trip to a hot spring deep in the Cascades. Almost nothing happens, and somehow everything does. It became Reichardt's calling card, earned rapturous reviews including four stars from Roger Ebert, and announced one of American cinema's most quietly essential filmmakers.The gang gets into why Reichardt remains a beloved secret, the kind of filmmaker fans swear will one day get a Criterion box and a wave of "how did we not know about this?" They dig into the ache underneath the film's radical simplicity, the suspense of a friendship that can't quite say what it means, the tender and unspoken queerness running through it, and why these two men sound less like a Richard Linklater hangout and more like real life. Plus Lucy the dog, "the John Cazale of canine performers," the perfect Old Joy double feature, and the image of a slug on a mossy boulder that Ebert never forgot.Why do we remember the small moments more than the big ones? Old Joy has a few answers. Come sit with it.Follow the show & guests:Podcast Like It's... — https://www.instagram.com/podcastlikeitsPhil Iscove — https://www.instagram.com/pmiscoveEmily St. James — https://www.instagram.com/emilystjamsIsaac Feldberg —https://www.instagram.com/ijfeldberg
My good friend, Black List Senior Vice President Kate Hagen, returns to Watch With Jen for this throwback summer celebration of 1996 films written, directed, and starring women. A diverse cross-section of independent and commercial offerings that we highlight throughout the hour, Kate and I discuss WALKING & TALKING, A VERY BRADY SEQUEL, HARRIET THE SPY, THE TRUTH ABOUT CATS & DOGS, plus one of the summer's biggest headline getters, STRIPTEASE with Demi Moore, who made history that year as the highest paid studio actress of all-time. While the film itself isn't great, Moore's success paved the way for women such as Julia Roberts and Reese Witherspoon to earn paychecks closer to those of their male counterparts. Shouting out other films that year that you need to see (like I SHOT ANDY WARHOL, which releases in two months from Criterion), Kate also walks us through the summers of '76, '86, '06, and '26 to let us know the way opportunities have changed. Note: I never know whether or not to include my pod series MIDNIGHT RUN THROUGH in my official show count, but if you take a look at the total number of pods I've uploaded since the show's beginning in 2020, this marks the 300th offering from Watch With Jen! Thanks for listening.Originally Posted on Patreon (6/25/26) here: https://www.patreon.com/FilmIntuition/posts/162054436
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On this episode, JD is joined by Ryan McQuade to discuss our Top 5 Criterion box sets that we would like to see! Plus, we have State of the Union conversation on the superhero genre and where it might be headed in the near future. - Opening (0:30) - Superhero State of the Union (15:59) - Top 5 Criterion Box Sets (1:12:59) Visit insessionfilm.dashery.com to support the show with InSession Film merch! Episode sponsor: koffeekult.com - Get 15% OFF with the code: ISF26 Thanks for listening and be sure to subscribe! Become an ISF VIP today to get exclusive bonus content! Follow us on Twitter! @InSessionFilm | @RealJDDuran | @BrendanJCassidy
WE BACK. After a lengthy break, Matt and Mark are back up in your podcast feed, full of… well, full of something. This episode, we’re talking Masters of the Universe (2026), the huge Kubrick Criterion boxed set, and over-sharing a whole buncha Rec’s of everything we watched off-air. We’ve got forgotten Bruce Willis movies, the triumphant return of Ben Wheatley, Hokum, My Science Project, and more. This is the comeback episode. Destined to live rent-free in your heads. Join us. Wanna be on the show? Call us and leave a voicemail at (707) 948-6707. Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzDsxUs9JzL70A1Sh5GbRdw Visit our Linktree for more ways you can connect with us and connect with our show! Also be sure to visit the official Matt and Mark Movie Show Merch Zone on Teepublic. You can get your very own A.S.S.B.O.T. themed gear, like shirts, hoodies, stickers, and more! Use this link to shop the goods and help support our pod. Support our show through Blubrry: https://blubrry.com/services/professional-podcast-hosting/?code=GetRecd Buy Us A Coffee: http://buymeacoffee.com/Mattandmark