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Live from our windowless studio in Downtown Brooklyn, it's the 11th Annual Blankies! Joe Reid joins us once again to give out golden Wattos to our favorite films, performances, and craftspeople of the year. Some of our picks are certainly part of the greater award season conversation. Others are Materialists. Join us as we honor the best Putters and Murmurs, the Wettest flicks of the year, and as Griffin debuts his latest Billy Crystal opening showtune. Listen to This Had Oscar Buzz Watch Igby Goes Down Sign up for Check Book, the Blank Check newsletter featuring even more “real nerdy shit” to feed your pop culture obsession. Dossier excerpts, film biz AND burger reports, and even more exclusive content you won't want to miss out on. Join our Patreon for franchise commentaries and bonus episodes. Follow us @blankcheckpod on Twitter, Instagram, Threads and Facebook! Buy some real nerdy merch Connect with other Blankies on our Reddit or Discord For anything else, check out BlankCheckPod.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jake & Seth team up to discuss Celine Song's latest film, The Materialists, starring Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal. Let's just say after seeing this, we understand why so many people are unhappy dating right now...
"Wenn jemand eine Reise tut..."Khit ist endlich wieder da! Nach geschätzt einem halben Jahr in Neuseeland ist er wieder im Lande und er, Fabi und Marco haben sich nach einer gefühlten Ewigkeit mal wieder zu einer regulären Folge getroffen.Klar, dass es da zuerst den Reisebericht gibt. Aber auch Fabi war mal wieder unterwegs und Marco ist am Planen. Haben einfach alle zu viel Urlaub.Wer nicht zu viel Urlaub sind Millie Calloway, William Shakespeare, Lucy Mason und Fabian Kurtz.Wer das alles ist? Na die Protagonistinnen und Protagonisten der brandneuen Filme, die heute besprochen werden.Viel Spaß beim Zuhören!
Sorry Baby, but it's One Battle After Another, as we clash and debate our favorite films of 2025! We're covering obligatory mentions of the biggest films of the year and picking up our Weapons to dunk on some that we're Regretting You watched. Which of these films will we look back on with strong Sentimental Value, 28 Years Later? Which are winners, which are Sinners? I'm afraid you're going to have to Wake Up Dead Man from your Dreams (Sex Love), some might even call that a Resurrection, because you've got No Other Choice but to listen and find out.LinksWilson's Reviews: News from Home, Eat Drink Man WomanBen's Reviews: Avatar: Fire and Ash, What Does That Nature Say to You Eli's Sinners ReviewBen's Kinetoscope Piece: The Spirits in the MediumList: Full List of films discussed on LetterboxdList: Deep Cut's Top 12 of 2025Tell us your faves at our FREE patreon, discord server, and our socials @ www.deepcutpod.com Timestamps:00:00:00 Intro00:02:58 General 2025 thoughts00:12:08 Non-2025 gems00:16:22 2025 on Deep Cut00:20:16 Eli's fave Letterboxd reviews from Wilson and Ben00:21:46 Obligatory Mentions00:22:06 Marty Supreme dir. Josh Safdie00:24:08 The Secret Agent dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho00:25:44 Frankenstein dir. Guillermo del Toro00:28:38 Sentimental Value dir. Joachim Trier00:30:59 Hamnet dir. Chloé Zhao00:38:36 Hamnet spoiler00:40:27 If I Had Legs I'd Kick You dir. Mary Bronstein00:42:27 Bugonia dir. Yorgos Lanthimos00:44:13 Kpop Demon Hunters dir. Maggie Kang & Chris Appelhans00:46:55 Train Dreams dir. Clint Bentley00:48:49 Avatar: Fire and Ash dir. James Cameron00:54:30 Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning dir. Christopher McQuarrie00:56:48 Eddington dir. Ari Aster00:57:14 Wicked For Good dir. Jon M. Chu00:58:16 No Other Choice dir. Park Chan-wook00:59:48 Magellan and Phantosmia dir. Lav Diaz01:01:54 The Phoenician Scheme dir. Wes Anderson01:05:34 Weapons dir. Zach Cregger01:12:28 Materialists dir. Celine Song01:13:40 Materialists Spoiler01:18:02 Regretting You dir. Josh Boone01:19:38 Sirat dir. Oliver Laxe01:22:27 Sirat Spoiler01:25:41 Sirat Spoiler 201:26:19 Deep Cut Upkeep Overview01:28:35 Honorable Mentions01:28:40 Viet and Nam dir. Truong Minh Quy01:29:14 Blue Moon dir. Richard Linklater01:30:25 Boys Go to Jupiter dir. Julian Glander01:31:04 Baby dir. Marcelo Caetano01:31:33 Nouvelle Vague dir. Richard Linklater01:32:48 Black Bag dir. Steven Soderbergh01:34:36 Cactus Pears dir. Rohan Kanawade01:35:35 Seaside Serendipity dir. Satoko Yokohama01:36:33 Sorry Baby dir. Eva Victor01:37:58 Misericordia dir. Alain Guiraudie01:39:06 Silent Friend dir. Ildikó Enyedi01:41:20 Caught by the Tides dir. Jia Zhangke01:42:48 Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk dir. Sepideh Farsi01:44:51 My Sunshine dir. Hiroshi Okuyama01:46:56 Superman dir. James Gunn01:48:52 100 METERS dir. Kenji Iwaisawa01:53:31 Reflection in a Dead Diamond dir. Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani01:54:28 Afternoons of Solitude dir. Albert Serra01:57:05 The Wedding Banquet dir. Andrew Ahn01:57:19 Top 501:57:30 One Battle After Another dir. Paul Thomas Anderson02:05:57 Resurrection dir. Bi Gan02:07:51 Peter Hujar's Day dir. Ira Sachs02:12:19 Christmas Eve in Miller's Point dir. Tyler Taormina02:17:10 I'm Still Here dir. Walter Salles02:19:14 28 Years Later dir. Danny Boyle02:21:06 Dreams (Sex Love) dir. Dag Johan Haugerud02:25:37 Resurrection dir. Bi Gan02:26:29 Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery dir. Rian Johnson02:28:07 It Was Just an Accident dir. Jafar Panahi02:32:05 Cloud dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa02:33:32 Left-Handed Girl dir. Tsou Shih-Ching 02:37:29 One Battle After Another dir. Paul Thomas Anderson02:40:04 Sinners dir. Ryan Coogler02:45:41 Outro
Adam Cohen-Aslatei — CEO of Three Day Rule and founder of the anti-superficial dating app S'More — joins People Jew Wanna Know to talks all things modern dating, why dating apps have failed us and how matchmaking and AI can save us. Together, we discuss how women need to get over their fear of men's heights, the psychology of dating and Materialists. Follow Adam on Instagram at @adamaslatei and Three Day Rule @threedayrule. Get matched to the love of your life at www.threedayrule.comWhat We Discuss: 00:00 Intro & Episode Agenda 04:50 Adam's path to becoming a dating & matchmaking mogul07:05 Adam's Jewish upbringing09:23 Jewish dating vs. non-Jewish dating 11:45 Modern dating - what's going on? 20:28 Dating apps vs. matchmaking 31:00 Discussing Materialists movie 43:00 On men's height in dating 45:00 Adam's tips for dating49:12 Three Day Rule AI App 52:29 Closing Remarks & Guest Nomination
This week, our hosts find reasonable parking rates at the intersection of love and money with Materialists (2025). Not everyone has realistic expectations when it comes to finding a good match, but Madison doesn't think it's too much to ask for a film's trailer to match its tone. Chelsea wholeheartedly believes people as rich as Pedro Pascal was in this flick should invest in some art for their cement walls, or at least an interior decorator. Starring Dakota Johnson and Chris Evans, this quest for love among New York's elite asks us to consider each of our values...and pray we're not morally bankrupt.Connect With UsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/loveatfirstscreening/Email: loveatfirstscreening@gmail.comProduction Hosts: Chelsea Ciccone and Madison HillMusic: Good StephArtwork: Chelsea CicconeSocial Media: Marissa CicconeAbout the ShowAn examination of classic tropes and iconic characters pits connoisseur against cynic—one romantic comedy at a time. The cinematic world of love and laughter had rom-com enthusiast Madison head over heels from the time Harry met Sally. For genre skeptic Chelsea, however, it's been a grueling enemies-to-lovers plot. In Love at First Screening, Madison introduces Chelsea to all the fan-favorite love stories she's never wanted to watch. One friend's passion might be the other's displeasure, but doesn't love conquer all? Tune in every other Wednesday to find out.
The self and the world We tend to think of ourselves as observers of the world and experience as something different from the material stuff that makes up reality. Yet at the same time as human beings, we are at once part of the universe and part of that reality. And this profoundly puzzling relationship, that we are both part of something and yet separate from it, has been at the centre of Western thought. Materialists claim there is only physical material. But if so, thought, experience, and consciousness become illusory. Idealists argue there is only consciousness, but then it is reality that becomes an illusion. While dualists hold that both the self and the world exist, but that the connection between the two is mysterious. Is the self part of the world or necessarily outside of it? Was Kant right that the distinction between subject and object is necessary for experience to be possible? Or are these deep metaphysical questions beyond us, and our theories and language incapable of uncovering the ultimate state of things?Slavoj Žižek is one of the most famous philosophers in the world and is the author of more than 50 books, including most recently at the time of the debate Zero Point. Alenka Zupančič is a leading Lacanian philosopher and social theorist. She is a professor at The European Graduate School and at the University of Nova Gorica. Joining from America, Carlo Rovelli is a leading theoretical physicist, the author of several best-selling books, and a founding figure in the field of quantum gravity. His recent book, Reality Is Not What It Seems, has ethical implications for the nature of the self and personal identity. Jack Symes hosts. Email us at podcast@iai.tv with your thoughts on the episode! To witness such topics discussed live buy tickets for our upcoming festival: https://howthelightgetsin.org/festivals/And visit our website for many more articles, videos, and podcasts like this one: https://iai.tv/You can find everything we referenced here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Danielle & Brett have an impromptu meet up in San Francisco for a true face-to-face episode about a whole lot of nothing: thoughts on the bay area, Dani's trip to Alcatraz, general thoughts on The Pitt, spoiling Materialists, The Life of Chuck & more.Follow Hey Julie on Bluesky and submit your questions @HeyJulieBB.bsky.social, our Discord server, or email us heyjuliebigbrother@gmail.com!Watch Hey Julie on YouTubeFollow Brett @BrettRader.bsky.socialFollow Danielle @DingDongDani.bsky.social
C.S. Lewis 的《返璞歸真》(Mere Christianity)第一部「是非對錯作為宇宙意義的線索」(Right and Wrong as a Clue to the Meaning of the Universe),特別是第 4 章「律法背後的東西」(What Lies Behind the Law)的核心內容。文章大綱總結前述結論:自然律 vs. 人性自然律的區別對石頭、樹木等自然物,「自然律」只是描述它們實際運作的方式(描述性的事實),沒有「應該」或「必須」的規範意義。但對人類,「人性自然律」(道德律、是非之律)不同:它高於且超出人類實際行為的事實,是一種我們必須遵守的真實規範,不是我們自己發明或可隨意忽略的。這一區別對宇宙觀的啟示人類自古以來對宇宙起源有兩種主要觀點: a. 唯物質主義觀點(Materialist view):宇宙與物質純粹偶然存在,沒有原因;透過極低機率產生生命、意識與人類。 b. 宗教觀點(Religious view):宇宙背後有一個有意識、有目標、有意志的思想存在(Mind),它創造宇宙,部分目的是產生能思考、類似它的生物。這兩種觀點自古並存,並非一新、一舊。科學的界限與無法解答的終極問題科學只觀察與描述事物的行為模式(例如實驗結果、觀測數據),其任務是「事實如何運作」,而非「為什麼有宇宙」「宇宙為何這樣運行」「宇宙有無意義」。即使科學完美了解所有可觀察事實,上述「為什麼」的問題依然存在。科學無法證明或否定「事實背後是否有主宰力量」(Mind 或 Power),因為若有,它不會以可觀察事實的形式出現。真正科學家通常不越界做此類宣稱;越界者多為記者或科普作家。人類作為唯一的「內線消息」來源宇宙中唯一我們不僅能外在觀察、而且能「內在體驗」的東西,就是「人」(包括自己)。我們內在發現:道德律不是我們發明的、無法擺脫、知道必須遵守。若只從外部觀察人類行為(如研究石頭或蔬菜),永遠找不到道德律的證據,因為道德律關乎「應該做什麼」,而非「實際做了什麼」。道德律作為「事實背後力量」的唯一可能線索要判斷宇宙是純偶然(無原因)還是背後有力量(Mind),只能在「事實以外的東西」中尋找證據。這種力量若存在,不會成為宇宙內的一個可觀察事實(如牆壁、樓梯),而可能以「內在影響」或「命令」形式顯現。這正是我們在自己內心發現的:有某種東西催促我們行善、做錯時感到羞愧不安。類比郵差與信件:我們只能打開「寄給自己」的包裹(自己的內心),從中推論其他包裹的性質;同理,從人類內心的道德律,推論宇宙背後有「送信者」或「指引者」。初步推論與界定這力量更像「思想意志」(Mind),而非物質(因為物質難以發出指令)。它不一定是「人」或特定形象,只是「某種東西」在指引宇宙,並以道德律形式在我們心中顯現。這還不是基督教的上帝,只是初步結論;後續章節再深入探討。幾個討論問題(適合小組、課堂或個人反思)Lewis 認為「人性自然律」與「自然律」(如地心引力)在本質上有何關鍵差異?為什麼這差異讓道德律成為指向宇宙意義的「線索」,而其他自然現象不行?你同意 Lewis 的說法嗎?即科學只能描述「如何」(how),無法回答「為什麼」(why)宇宙存在或有無意義?如果科學未來更進步,這些問題是否仍會超出科學範疇?Lewis 用「郵差與信件」的比喻來說明為何只能從「自己內心」找到證據。你覺得這個比喻是否恰當?在現實中,我們能否從他人行為或文化中「間接」驗證道德律的存在?唯物質主義觀點強調一切是「極低機率」的偶然結果,而宗教觀點認為背後有「有意識的意志」。你目前傾向哪一種?Lewis 的道德律論證是否足以動搖唯物主義立場?Lewis 說這力量「更像思想意志,而不是物質」。你如何想像這種「非物質力量」?它與我們日常經驗中的「良心」「愧疚感」有何關係?這是否已接近「上帝」的概念,還是還差很遠?如果道德律真是「宇宙背後力量」的顯現,為什麼它允許人類違背(不像地心引力那樣強制)?這是否削弱了它的「真實性」,或反而證明人類有自由意志?
Brothers J and Drew discuss 2025's Materialists. Sight unseen Drew thought this was going to be a light-hearted romantic comedy: a nice antidote to our recent string of good but "downer" movies. He was mistaken about the tone but he loved the movie. Housekeeping starts at 57:55 during which they discuss car problems and bidets. File length 1:24:25 File Size 67.3 MB Theme by Jul Big Green via SongFinch Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts Listen to us on Stitcher Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Send your comments to show@notinacreepyway.com Visit the show website at Not In A Creepy Way
In which Kid 1 joins me in reviewing MATERIALISTS (2025), from writer/director Celine Song. Lucy (Dakota Johnson), a successful New York City matchmaker who treats romance as a transactional game of status and finances, finds her pragmatic worldview challenged when she becomes entangled in a complex love triangle. She is forced to choose between Harry (Pedro Pascal), a wealthy and seemingly "perfect" financier who fits all her professional criteria, and John (Chris Evans), a struggling actor and former flame who represents the emotional depth she has long tried to ignore. As she navigates the pressures of high-society expectations and a burgeoning professional crisis, Lucy must decide if true connection can ever truly be measured by a bank account. The film clocks in at 1 h and 56 m, is rated R and is currently streaming on Netflix. Please note there are SPOILERS in this review.#Materialists #CelineSong #DakotaJohnson #Lucy #ChrisEvans #John #PedroPascal #Harry #ZoëWinters#Sophie #JohnMagaro #MarkP #Romance #Drama @HBOMax @PrimeVideo #FridayFamilyFilmNightOpening intro music: GOAT by Wayne Jones, courtesy of YouTube Audio Library
This week on Fresh Hop Cinema: Beer From: Brujos (Portland, OR) Beer 1: Lunatone // Hazy TIPA // 10.18% J: 9.5 M: 9 Beer 2: Mortis Imperium // DDH Hazy TIPA // 10.5% J: 7.5 M:9 Film : "Bugonia" (2025) Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos Ratings: Jonny - 8.4, Max - 4 Inside Hot & Bothered: - Max: “The Bloodsworn Saga” (2025), “Materialists” (2025) - Jonny: “Red Rising” 1-3, “Project Hail Mary” 0:00 - Intro and Notes 7:00 - Beer 1 24:43 - Film 36:43 - Danger Zone 49:04 - Beer 2 1:02:37 - Hot and Bothered
Movies are back, baby! In this episode, Shelby and Laura countdown their favorite movies from 2025. Spoiler alert -- One Battle After Another was their top movie. We highlight some dishonorable mentions like Materialists and After The Hunt, share some titles that just missed our lists, like Frankenstein and Train Dreams, and countdown a surprising list of movies ranging from Cannes Film Festival winners like It Was Just An Accident to awards contenders like Sinners. You definitely want to tune it to see what made our Best Movies of 2025 lists.Interested in more movie reviews? Check out our podcast episodes on American Fiction, Barbie, Cannes Film Festival 2024, Challengers, Deadpool & Wolverine, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Gladiator II Ft. Queens Podcast, Inside Out 2 ft. Nikki Meadows, Joker: Folie a Deux, Killers of the Flower Moon, Madame Web ft. Mitch Broadwater, Mean Girls (2024), Oppenheimer, Past Lives Ft. Toya From Harlem, Poor Things, The Fall Guy, The Oscars 2024, We Live In Time, and Wicked Ft. Sisters and the Stars.To stay up to date on all things SWW:- Follow @SistersWhoWatch on all social media channels (Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, LinkedIn)- Subscribe to our YouTube channel - Check out our website and fill out the contact information formWhat should we watch next? Email us at sisterswhowatch@gmail.com or DM us on Instagram with your suggestions.Thank you for listening and we appreciate your support! Please rate, subscribe, download, share, and leave us a review :)
Freedivers and nonfreedivers alike! Materialists, minimalists, naturalists, and enhancement…ists!!Here is a fascinating conversation with freediving legend William Trubridge on the future of sport. AI has erupted onto the scene in our modern world! What consequences will AI technology effect on anti-doping in sport? Human enhancements have burst onto the scene! What need have we for anti-doping when doping IS the game? (See….Enhanced Games coming Memorial Day 2026)Will culture choose to embrace AI in all its forms, accepting the consequences both imagined and presently unimagined? Will culture choose to embrace human enhancement in hopes of a healthier global population and aspirations of unseen horizons of human performance?How much say do we have? Is it even up to us at all? Are you willing to take action? How far are you willing to go for the future you want. One thing is for sure: William Trubridge is a man of action in the fight for the future he wants. Whether I agree or disagree with his ideas or methods, he has my respect.Enjoy.PEACE!!
Danielle, Kristine, and Garon talk about the Stranger Things finale. Plus, they are still talking about The Materialists. Who's ready for a live show in Sedona?Kristine tries to ruin football for Danielle and FAILS.AND then...Danielle and Kristine go to Ojai to prep for the first HTS Quiz Show (Friday, January 30 at 7 pm Pacific Time- join us!) and barely survive!
This week the boys discuss their favourite films & TV shows of 2025 (also a dire warning from Tom Prime about The Materialists) and then look ahead to the most anticipated things of 2026. Plus the return of the nations FAVOURITE QUIZ SHOW ; Is it a Mills & Boon Novel or a 2026 Movie!?
Well…. It happened: Jeremy watched Heated Rivalry and I Love LA and a festive NY eve is had by all. Other topics include The Materialists and Ahmal and the Night Visitors. CORRECTION: Cleo 9 to 5 is actually entitled: Cléo from 5 to 7The Mayor is Listening ◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠➩ WEBSITE ◦YOUTUBE ◦ INSTAGRAM ➩ SUPPORT:✨VIA VENMO!✨ or PATREON➩ REID ◦ JEREMY ◦ JACK◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠➩ withdanceandstuff@gmail.com
Diese Folge geht es bei uns um einen Klassiker des modernen deutschen Kinos - Tom Tykwers Lola rennt - den Jörn tatsächlich noch nie gesehen hatte! Übersicht: 0:00:00 - Frage der Woche: "Was ist der Film bei dem die Hauptcharaktere die besten Namen haben?" 0:01:10 - Was haben wir eigentlich gemacht? Heldin / Predator: Badlands / Oh, Hi! & The Life of Chuck & Materialists & Arsen und Spitzenhäubchen / Nobody / Love & Pop 0:38:49 - Trailer Talk: Five Nights at Freddy's 2 / The Bride! / Send Help / Mortal Kombat 2 / Anaconda / Running Man / Avatar: Fire and Ash 0:45:53 - Ryde or Wrong: Lola rennt Unterstützt den Podcast bei Patreon und erhaltet exklusiven Bonuscontent und Mitspracherecht bei der Filmauswahl: https://www.patreon.com/rydeorwrong Erreichen könnt ihr uns wie immer unter www.facebook.com/rydeorwrong, https://twitter.com/RydeWrongPod, https://www.instagram.com/rydeorwrong oder per E-Mail unter rydeorwrongpodcast@gmail.com. Unser Episodenarchiv findet ihr auf https://rydeorwrong.podcaster.de. Alle Musik von Willi im Wald: http://williimwald.bandcamp.com Folge direkt herunterladen
After a quick rundown of what's leading the UK box office in the run-up to Christmas, James Cameron-Wilson takes Simon Rose through the films that made the most at the country's cinemas in 2025. A Minecraft Movie topped the chart, followed by Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy, Wicked For Good, Lilo & Stitch and Jurassic World Rebirth. Very different was James's own top ten. 1: Ocean. 2: Flow. 3: Superman. 4: Christy. 5: Materialists. 6: I Swear. 7: Alpha. 8: The Ballad of Wallis Island. 9: Brides. 10: We Live in Time. James explains why you'd want to catch up with each every one of these. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
* Boulder, Colorado's Planetarium Show on Christ's Birth: For Christmas, we're enjoying this classic Real Science Radio broadcast about the University of Colorado's Fiske Planetarium presentation of a live program, The Astronomical Star of Bethlehem, by amateur astronomer Gil Buller. From the planetarium's website, "This exciting program examines the sky at the time of the birth of Christ to see which astronomical phenomenon may have been the Star of Bethlehem." * Orbital Mechanics Help Identify the Star of Bethlehem: Using computer-generated images of the night sky in ancient Israel, this planetarium program does in great style what Bob Enyart's DVD does using more modest computer simulation software. Click to get Bob's classic DVD, The Planets, Stars, and The Bible. * The Materialist's Star Problem: You may enjoy the bulleted list at our rsr.org/list-of-star-formation-problems broadcast show page. And whereas unbelievers say that young-earth creationists have a "starlight and time" problem, remember, materialists have: 1) a star problem 2) a light problem 3) a time problem, and 4) an everything problem.
* Boulder, Colorado's Planetarium Show on Christ's Birth: For Christmas, we're enjoying this classic Real Science Radio broadcast about the University of Colorado's Fiske Planetarium presentation of a live program, The Astronomical Star of Bethlehem, by amateur astronomer Gil Buller. From the planetarium's website, "This exciting program examines the sky at the time of the birth of Christ to see which astronomical phenomenon may have been the Star of Bethlehem." * Orbital Mechanics Help Identify the Star of Bethlehem: Using computer-generated images of the night sky in ancient Israel, this planetarium program does in great style what Bob Enyart's DVD does using more modest computer simulation software. Click to get Bob's classic DVD, The Planets, Stars, and The Bible. * The Materialist's Star Problem: You may enjoy the bulleted list at our rsr.org/list-of-star-formation-problems broadcast show page. And whereas unbelievers say that young-earth creationists have a "starlight and time" problem, remember, materialists have: 1) a star problem 2) a light problem 3) a time problem, and 4) an everything problem.
¡Feliz Navidad! En nuestro episodio 374 Christal Risol y El Watcher conversan sobre lo que esperan de el Vol. 2 de la quinta temporada de "Stranger Things" (2016) y su experiencia jugando "Ghost of Yōtei" (2025), escuchando el "Audible Full-Cast Edition" de "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" (1998) y viendo el primer "Teaser Trailer" de "Avengers: Doomsday" (2026) enfocado en Steve Rogers, la primera temporada de "IT: Welcome to Derry" (2025) y las películas "The Housemaid" (2025) y "Materialists" (2025) en el segmento "Wachin' con Wacho!", recomiendan el libro "Never Lie" (2022) escrito por Freida McFadden, el videojuego "Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition" (2025) y la película "The Roses" (2025) en el segmento "Loot Semanal" y hablan todo lo relacionado a el estreno de la película "Avatar: Fire and Ash" (2025).¡Se la diferencia en la vida de los niños de la Fundación de Niños de Puerto Rico! Aporta con tu donativo aquí: https://www.extra-life.org/participant/Cultura-Secuencial-2025¡Descubre la mejor manera de transmitir y grabar tu contenido! Comienza a usar "StreamYard" con nuestro "Referral Link" y obtén $10 de descuento: https://streamyard.com/pal/c/5302337768259584¡Subscríbete a nuestro canal de YouTube! Visita: https://www.youtube.com/culturasecuencial¡Síguenos y Suscríbete a nuestro canal de Twitch! Visita: https://www.twitch.tv/culturasecuencial¡Síguenos en Instagram! Visita: https://www.instagram.com/culturasecuencial¡Síguenos en Facebook! Visita: https://www.facebook.com/CulturaSecuencial
Join us as we countdown our Best Movies of 2025! Thanks again to Allied Global Marketing, Alamo Drafthouse, Ronnie's BBQ Theater, Marcus Theaters, and High Point Max Movies for sending us to screenings all year. Our picks include Better Man, Captain America: Brave New World, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, F1, The Naked Gun, A Minecraft Movie, Superman, Materialists, Final Destination: Bloodlines, Friendship, Predator: Badlands, Fantastic Four: First Steps, Eddington, and Bugonia. Listen to our full review and find out which movie topped our 2025 list! Support us: www.mostlysuperheroes.com/support See you in 2026!
We're wrapping 2025 with our favorite movies of the year!
This week, we run through a stacked slate of new films, including Wicked: For Good, Marty Supreme, The Long Walk, Avatar: Fire and Ash, Wake Up Dead Man, Hamnet, Eephus, Five Nights at Freddy's, Blue Moon, No Other Choice, and Materialists. Plus, two documentary recommendations: The Perfect Neighbor and Predators; and two TV shows: Pluribus and Task.Timecodes:Intro - 0:00 Five Nights at Freddys - 3:45 Wicked For Good - 6:11 Marty Supreme - 17:52 No Other Choice - 25:48 The Long Walk - 31:27 Blue Moon - 44:34 Eephus - 54:15 Caught Stealing - 59:45 Avatar Fire and Ash - 1:10:01 Hamnet - 1:25:20 Materialists - 1:36:22 Wake Up Dead Man - 1:48:52 Predators - 2:07:42 The Perfect Neighbor - 2:13:21 Pluribus - 2:17:10 Task - 2:27:27
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Prof. Jayashree Kambl will present on her essay in CUNY FORUM Volume 11:1, focusing on love and gender roles in the recent globally successful films Godzilla Minus One and Past Lives. Prof. Kambl delves into how Godzilla unexpectedly challenges traditional cinematic depictions of romance and gender, offering fresh perspectives on themes of identity and geocultural representation. Both films show how popular culture can shape our understanding of history, belonging, and societal dynamics. She also goes beyond the article to invite connections between the philosophy of romance in Past Lives and its Korean-Canadian-American director Celine Songs 2025 movie, Materialists.
This week, we honour the memory of a very good man as we reconvene to finally discuss a movie that had been in our on-deck circle well before this past week's tragedy -- a movie that fits very snuggly within our wheelhouse as a very Tom Cruise and When Harry Met Sally...-centric podcast, and we'll be up front about that because you can handle the truth. It's 1992's A Few Good Men, directed by Rob Reiner, written by Aaron Sorkin, and starring Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon, Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin Pollak, J.T. Walsh, James Marshall, Wolfgang Bodison, Xander Berkeley, Noah Wyle, Cuba Gooding Jr., and Christopher Guest. Sorkin, adapting his own stage play, feels capable of keeping some of his most annoying lib tendencies in check than he is today (even if they do poke through in points), and Cruise and Nicholson both do a great job of making his dialog sound like they're coming out of the mouths of real people, which we know is no small feat. A great movie, and another example of Reiner's ability to play in any sandbox as a master of any genre he chose to take on, in this case a paranoid legal thriller. It's also been a minute since we last spoke, so we've got a lot of a theatrical field trips to report on, with reviews of Bugonia, Wake Up Dead Man!, The Running Man, Die My Love, Keeper, Predator: Badlands and Train Dreams. If you'd like to watch the movie before listening along to our discussion, A Few Good Men is not currently streaming or rentable in Canada, but you can purchase it on Amazon and YouTube, or find a good copy on VHS at the thrift, just like Hayley did. Other works discussed on this episode include LOST, Stranger Things, Best In Miniature, Materialists, Eddington, Freaky Tales, Glass Onion, Prey, A Very Jonas Christmas Movie, Romy & Michelle's High School Reunion, and Freakier Friday. We'll be back some time in the new year talking about lord knows what, but keep an eye on our Instragram for all the latest. Until then, we'll see you at the movies!!
Mac heads out of town as Kat babysits, Materialists is NOT a romantic comedy, Worst Christmas Pageant Ever is a new holiday classic, and we wonder at the remarkable nature of the ripples we make throughout others' lives. Our locals page is now accepting subscriptions! Move over from Patreon so more of your tips go to us and not Apple. Books: Read along with Mac - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Other great stuff we like: It's OK to Be Catholic Baritus Catholic Illustrations Pacem in Terris Retreat Center Restoration of Christian Culture from Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey Restoration of Christian Culture PDF Spiritual Direction.com Fatima Farm liturgical calendar from Sofia Institute Press Gregory the Great's St. Nicholas Guild Total Consecration to Jesus Through Mary Other stuff our family does: Our libsyn page where you can find all our old episodes Sam and Mena's podcast: Engaged at 18 Spoiled! with Mac and Katherine Mac's book! Clueless in Galilee Ben's Photography Business: Red Barron Media Find us on our website Theme song by Mary Bragg.
Brennan, Nicole & Mama K are back with their November and December movies & tv: The Running Man, Rental Family, Bugonia, Freakier Friday, Predator: Badlands, The Family Man 2, Weapons, One Battle After Another, Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning, The Brutalist, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, The Materialists, Am I Okay?, Landman, The Mayor of Kingstown, The Perfect Neighbor, Buy Now: The Shopping Conspiracy, The Beast in Me, Don't Move
2025 marks 250 years since the birth of Jane Austen, the English writer whose finely tuned observations of Regency life shaped the modern novel. But perhaps more notably for Screenshot, it's also 30 years since Colin Firth walked out of a lake and straight into the nation's hearts, in the BBC's Pride and Prejudice miniseries.Three decades on from the ‘Austenmania' of 1995, Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode explore Jane Austen adaptations past and present. Do screen versions of novels like Emma and Sense and Sensibility offer a cosy retreat from the modern world - or do they still have something to say in the present moment? Mark speaks to film writer and researcher Lillian Crawford about various Austen triumphs and missteps on screen, from numerous incarnations of Emma, to Netflix's recent update on her last novel, Persuasion. He also speaks to playwright Nick Dear about an adaptation many Austen experts consider a high-water mark - the 1995 version of Persuasion, written by Dear and directed by Roger Michell for the BBC's Screen Two strand. Meanwhile, Ellen talks to Amy Heckerling, writer and director of the classic 1995 comedy Clueless, which transplants Austen's novel Emma to a Beverly Hills high school. And she also speaks to writer-director Celine Song, whose recent film Materialists stars Dakota Johnson as a professional matchmaker - and unmistakably bears the influence of Austen. Producer: Jane Long A Prospect Street production for BBC Radio 4
Shh… said no one ever on this show. We dig into one of horror's most favorite brains as we discuss Mike Flanagan's 2016 home invasion classic, HUSH, on week three of “RAW and UnSENSEored” Horror Movies About the Senses as picked by Curtis. We also cover a TON of our late Halloween watches as well as seeing Big Daddy Carpenter in the flesh and a particular baseball team winning something. Go to patreon.com/SHUDcast where you can sign up for all kinds of extra goodies! 00:00 - 6:00ish - Intros: Prince or Cody? 6:00ish - 56:30ish - The other stuff we watched this time! Curtis - Predator: Badlands, The Old Dark House, Witchfinder General, Night of the Juggler, Wick is Pain, The Running Man, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Frankenstein, Materialists, Abraham's Boys, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Breathless, Nouvelle Vague, Best In Show, Big Trouble in Little China, Christine, Pieces, Sinners, Miami Connection, Demons, Nosferatu, Nope Austin - Friendship, It: Chapter 2 Cody - Predator: Badlands, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Home Alone, Excalibur, Kull the Conquerer, The Sword and the Stone, Harry Potter 1-2, Wicked: For Good, Paddington, Warcraft Lucas - Charlie's Angels (2000), The Smashing Machine, Ready Player One 56:30ish - 1:29:00ish - HUSH - SHUDdown and discussion! 1:29:00ish - End - Austin's pick for the final movie of “RAW and UnSENSEored” Horror Movies About the Senses!
"Materialists" is an American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Celine Song, starring Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans, and Pedro Pascal. Set against the backdrop of New York City's luxury-driven dating culture, it follows a love triangle among a matchmaker, her ex-boyfriend, an aspiring actor, and a charming millionaire. Released over the summer by A24, it received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed $108 million worldwide, becoming A24's third-highest-grossing film and Song's highest-grossing film. Japanese Breakfast vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter Michelle Zauner wrote the end-credits song "My Baby (Got Nothing At All)" for the film and was kind enough to spend some time talking with us about her work and experience making the song, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which is now available to own or rent at home from A24. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It's cold out there but warm in the hearts of your hosts Chris and Neil. First, after the intro, they venture back into earlier this year with Materalists- Celine Song's newest one with Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans. Then, after a news segment they talk the big sexy part 2 of Wicked with Wicked: For Good starring Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande and Jeff Goldblum. Does Dakota Johnson make up for Madame Web? Is Wicked: For Good good enough? They give their opinion. If you want to hear it, listen, If not, tell them they're dumb. They don't care. Oh yeah , if you want a 100% free sticker (we even pay postage) send us a message! www.moviesthatdontsuck.net https://w2mnet.com/category/podcasts/movies-that-dont-suck-and-some-that-do www.patreon.com/moviesthatdontsuck https://www.bonfire.com/movies-that-dont-suck-and-some-that-do-logo/ FB: facebook.com/moviesthatdontsuckpodcast Bluesky: @moviesthatdontsuck.bsky.social Instagram: @MTDSpodcast https://www.youtube.com/@moviesthatdontsuckpodcast
It's cold out there but warm in the hearts of your hosts Chris and Neil. First, after the intro, they venture back into earlier this year with Materalists- Celine Song's newest one with Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans. Then, after a news segment they talk the big sexy part 2 of Wicked with Wicked: For Good starring Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande and Jeff Goldblum. Does Dakota Johnson make up for Madame Web? Is Wicked: For Good good enough? They give their opinion. If you want to hear it, listen, If not, tell them they're dumb. They don't care. Oh yeah , if you want a 100% free sticker (we even pay postage) send us a message! www.moviesthatdontsuck.net https://w2mnet.com/category/podcasts/movies-that-dont-suck-and-some-that-do www.patreon.com/moviesthatdontsuck https://www.bonfire.com/movies-that-dont-suck-and-some-that-do-logo/ FB: facebook.com/moviesthatdontsuckpodcast Bluesky: @moviesthatdontsuck.bsky.social Instagram: @MTDSpodcast https://www.youtube.com/@moviesthatdontsuckpodcast
Awards Season continues with MATERIALISTS, where romance, rationalism, and self-sabotage collide in a story that proves chemistry isn't always scientific. Find out why bad casting, subversive writing, and stoic performances make Celine Song's sophomore effort worthy of discussin–and poking holes. Contains spoilers. 818-835-0473 | orwhatevermovies@gmail.com | www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, Jason and Ben continued their conversation with Stephan Hammel of The Measures Taken Podcast about his new book Toward a Materialist Conception of Music History.From the publisher:"This book argues for the relevance, appropriateness, and usefulness of historical materialism to the musicological project. It interrogates the history of encounters between Marxism and music studies — both within and without the Soviet sphere — before staging the missed encounter between classical musicology and Second International Marxism. It concludes with a framework for understanding style history in terms of changes in the forces and relations of musical production."https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2684-toward-a-materialist-conception-of-music-historyhttps://www.themeasurestaken.org/Send us a message (sorry we can't respond on here).Support the showSend us a message (sorry we can't respond on here). Support the showVisit the Regrettable Century Merch Shop
The Broad Perspective returns with double the perspective. Chelsea comes on as permanent cohost and we discus the most controversial rom com in recent memory, Materialists, and one of the greatest of all time, You've Got Mail.
In this episode the FilmBros discuss the Film "Materialists" starring Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal and Chris EvansLeave a message on our socials! Twitter, TIktok, IG @FIlmBrosPodcastSupport the show
This week, Jason and Ben got together with friend and comrade Stephan Hammel of The Measures Taken Podcast to talk about his new book Toward a Materialist Conception of Music History. From the publisher:"This book argues for the relevance, appropriateness, and usefulness of historical materialism to the musicological project. It interrogates the history of encounters between Marxism and music studies — both within and without the Soviet sphere — before staging the missed encounter between classical musicology and Second International Marxism. It concludes with a framework for understanding style history in terms of changes in the forces and relations of musical production."https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2684-toward-a-materialist-conception-of-music-historyhttps://www.themeasurestaken.org/Send us a message (sorry we can't respond on here). Support the showVisit the Regrettable Century Merch Shop
From Frankenstein, One Battle After Another and Bugonia, to Sinners, Materialists, and The Roses, in this very special bonus episode we're battling it out for the best films of 2025 live from the Curzon cinema Hoxton! Why are so many of this year's top films so divisive, and is horror taking over Hollywood? Plus, why blockbuster icons like Leonardo DiCaprio should take note of Timothée Chalamet's marketing tricks for Marty Supreme, the joys of the Wicked press tours, and our Oscar predictions. Finishing up with a few questions from our huns in the audience! TYSM to everyone who joined us, we loved meeting you all and we can't wait to do more next year. Thank you so much to our fave cinema Curzon for hosting and sponsoring this episode. PSA for all the huns who want to watch the incredible films reviewed in this ep, Curzon have got a brilliant Black Friday deal on their Classic Film Membership, which runs from 28 November to the 1 December and includes a whopping seven free cinema tickets instead of the usual five, as well as 20% off all additional cinema tickets for you and a guest, and 10% off food and drink in all Curzon cinemas. Find out more here.We love hearing from you, DM us @straightuppod, email at hello@straightuppodcast.co.uk and follow us on TikTok @straightuppod too!Recs/reviewsFrankenstein, Netflix Bugonia, in Curzon cinemas now One Battle After Another, AppleTVEddington, Amazon Prime VideoLilo and Stitch, Disney+After The Hunt, Amazon Prime Video The Roses, Disney+Materialists, Amazon Prime VideoThe Ballad of Wallis Island, Amazon Prime VideoWicked: For Good, in Curzon cinemas nowBridget Jones: Mad About The Boy, Amazon Prime Sinners, Amazon Prime VideoWeapons, Amazon Prime VideoBabygirl, AppleTVDie My Love, in Curzon cinemas now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mike and Champ sneak in a show before Thanksgiving because they are thankful for the movies and this humble podcasts. The guys briefly discuss their favorite Thanksgiving films before diving into four titles released in 2025. They discuss the Guillermo del Toro's visually stunning reflection on humanity, loneliness and suffering in his passion project Frankenstein, the modern look at love and dating in Celine Song's Materialists and a trip back to the surreal times of 2020 in Ari Aster's Eddington. Finally, the review the unique approach to hidden history in Death By Lightining starring Michael Shannon as United States President James A. Garfield and Matthew Macfadyen as his assassin Charles J. Guiteau. Happy Thanksgiving film fans!
Brandon, James, and Britnee test the murky waters of made-for-Tubi movies, starting with the star-packed cult horror Hellblazers (2022) https://swampflix.com/ 0:00 Welcome 02:27 Basket Case (1982) 04:36 Materialists (2025) 06:47 28 Years Later (2025) 08:18 Boys Go to Jupiter (2025) 10:14 Demon Pond (1979) 16:18 Hellblazers (2022) 38:16 Love and Penguins (2022) 53:02 Unborn (2022) 1:01:07 Match (2025)
Let's talk movies! Wicked: For Good Good Fortune Karate Kid: Legends Materialists Also - The canceled TMNT: Last Ronin Movie, Apple Pie v Crumble, Respecting Vanilla & Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Trivia! Join the conversation... FacebookInstagramTwitterTikTokYouTubeRate/Review/Subscribe:Apple PodcastsSpotifyYouTubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
THURSDAY HR 1 Russ's moms birthday!! Taking our moms for granted. Russ and Ryan breakdown the movie The Materialists. The Matchmaker as a job. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
THURSDAY HR 1 Russ's moms birthday!! Taking our moms for granted. Russ and Ryan breakdown the movie The Materialists. The Matchmaker as a job.
Boomer & Brandon discuss two different films that share the same title and director: Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) and its loose remake The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 The Soup 02:50 KPop Demon Hunters (2025) 8:02 The Blue Gardenia (1953) 13:25 Erica's First Holy Sh!t (2022) 20:06 Cloud (2025) 26:40 The Mastermind (2025) 30:54 Eephus (2025) 37:00 Frankenstein (2025) 44:47 Predator - Badlands (2025) 52:32 Keeper (2025) 1:04:36 Materialists (2025) 1:10:15 Die My Love (2025) 1:14:12 Reflections in a Dead Diamond (2025) 1:17:48 Mr. Melvin (2025) 1:22:12 Sirāt (2025) 1:26:37 Twinless (2025) 1:33:00 The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934, 1956)
"Community rallies around sick youth."WINVEMBER begins with FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF! We also opened up the HOTLINE in the uncut post-show and took your calls LIVE. Elsewhere we talked a bit about Orlando, Proto watching THE MATERIALISTS, Danny watching STAR WARS VISIONS, and slime rewatching STRANGER THINGS. In the uncut portion of the episode we took your calls LIVE and talked Halloween candy, costumes, and corked beards.Chapters:(00:00:00) Introductions (00:05:06) What we've watched(00:15:42) Ferris Bueller's Day Off(01 :01:20) Next weekSupport the 70mm Patreon to join our VHS Village Discord and access exclusive episodes in the 70mm Vault like the 1990s Batman movies, Harry Potter, The Matrix, SHIN Godzilla, and over 70 others. Signing up for the Patreon also get your own membership card, member-only discounts on merch, and the ability to vote on future episodes!Don't forget you can visit our website to shop our storefront to buy prints and merch, follow us on Letterboxd, email the show, and much more.70mm is a TAPEDECK podcast, along with our friends at BAT & SPIDER, The Letterboxd Show, Austin Danger Pod, Escape Hatch, Will Run For..., Lost Light, The Movie Mixtape, and Twin Vipers.(Gone but not forgotten; Cinenauts + FILM HAGS.) ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast, the guys return to discuss Slow Horses, The Chair Company, The Lost Bus, The Last Frontier, The Materialists, Peacemaker season 2 finale, Task series finale, Jim Carrey in talks to star in The Jetsons live-action movie, Laurence Fishburne expresses serious interest in playing Charles Xavier in the X-Men reboot in the MCU, upcoming 'Avatar' documentary, Tron: Ares dooming Jared Leto's leading man position in movies, trailer for 'Send Help,' and more.CHECKED OUTSlow HorsesThe Chair CompanyThe Lost BusThe Last FrontierThe MaterialistsPeacemaker - Season 2 finaleTask - Series finaleTOPICS - Section 1Jim Carrey in Talks to Star in ‘The Jetsons' Live-Action MovieLaurence Fishburne wants to play Charles Xavier in MCU's version of the X-MenTOPICS - Section 2 ‘Avatar' Documentary Set at Disney+ About the Making of James Cameron's Blockbusters‘Tron: Ares' May Mark End of Jared Leto's Franchise-Leading DaysWTF? by JayTeeDee from the “Edit That Out” PodcastMicah: https://tinyurl.com/scrtchsnffJay: https://tinyurl.com/rurkinsTRAILERSSend HelpTNP STUDIOS PREMIUM (www.TheNerdpocalypse.com/premium) $5 a month Access to premium slate of podcasts incl. The Airing of Grievances, No Time to Bleed, The Men with the Golden Tongues, Upstage Conversation, and full episodes of the Look Forward political podcast
~ This episode contains some spoilers about The X Files ~This week we dive into beloved television series, The X Files (1993-2002), with Leigh Dyrda! Leigh (she/her) is an academic whose research interests include EcoGothic, a field that probes the eerie overlap of ecocriticism and Gothic. We figured Leigh would be a perfect guest to dig into this show about alien-human hybrids, monsters that defy taxonomical definition, and cancers courtesy of government microchips.In our first segment, Marcelle explains the show was distinctly of its time. She considers its popularity in relation to the backdrop of Clinton era politics, post-Watergate government distrust, television viewing practices of the 90s and the early days of the internet. She then leads Leigh and Hannah through some theory. Drawing on Charles Soukup's 2002 article, Television Viewing as Vicarious Resistance: The X-Files and Conspiracy Discourse, Marcelle examines the way the show's mytharc and monster-of-the week narratives allowed audiences to feel as if by watching the show, they were "doing something."If you're a fan of The X Files or you've never really watched it, no matter. Come for the theory, stay for the thesis — and let us know what you think in an Apple Review or a comment on Spotify!***To learn more about Material Girls, head to our Instagram at instagram.com/ohwitchplease! Or check out our website ohwitchplease.ca. We'll be back next week with a Material Concerns episode, but until then, go check out all the other content we have on our Patreon at Patreon.com/ohwitchplease! Patreon is how we produce the show and pay our team! Thanks again to all of you who have already made the leap to join us there!***Material Girls is a show that makes sense of the zeitgeist through materialist critique* and critical theory! Each episode looks at a unique object of study (something popular now or from back in the day) and over the course of three distinct segments, Hannah and Marcelle apply their academic expertise to the topic at hand.*Materialist Critique is, at its simplest possible level, a form of cultural critique – that is, scholarly engagement with a cultural text of some kind – that is interested in modes of production, moments of reception, and the historical and ideological contexts for both. Materialist critique is interested in the question of why a particular cultural work or practice emerged at a particular moment. Music Credits:“Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sometimes an episode is such a longtime coming that the enthusiasm from our hosts is palpable! Such is the case with this episode about The Simpsons, a TV show that pervaded Marcelle's childhood due in part to...you guessed it... syndication! In this episode, Marcelle reminds the audience how television worked before streaming and the nature of syndication. Together, she and Hannah think through the influence of The Simpsons' first 300 episodes between 1997 and 2003 (Marcelle's teen years). They explore the attractive quality of the sitcom as a genre, the reproducibility of Bart Simpson (and others) as an icon, and the show's criticism of and self-aware complicity in capitalism and consumerism. This episode is for The Simpsons NERDS and casual viewers alike. Happy listening.***To learn more about Material Girls, head to our Instagram at instagram.com/ohwitchplease! Or check out our website ohwitchplease.ca. We'll be back next week with a Material Concerns episode, but until then, go check out all the other content we have on our Patreon at Patreon.com/ohwitchplease! Patreon is how we produce the show and pay our team! Thanks again to all of you who have already made the leap to join us there!***Material Girls is a show that makes sense of the zeitgeist through materialist critique* and critical theory! Each episode looks at a unique object of study (something popular now or from back in the day) and over the course of three distinct segments, Hannah and Marcelle apply their academic expertise to the topic at hand.*Materialist Critique is, at its simplest possible level, a form of cultural critique – that is, scholarly engagement with a cultural text of some kind – that is interested in modes of production, moments of reception, and the historical and ideological contexts for both. Materialist critique is interested in the question of why a particular cultural work or practice emerged at a particular moment. Music Credits:“Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.