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It's a 'Joe pick' for the second week of our Gay Icons & Anniversaries theme as the boys discuss Jonathan Glazer's modern classic Birth (2004). Starring Nicole Kidman as a woman grieving her dead husband, Birth was a lightning rod for controversy, but it's so much more than its bathtub scene and reincarnation plot. Plus: why Bright's casting prompted a complete script rewrite, ties to Rosemary's Baby, a superb Anne Heche, and the two minute long take that should have earned Kidman an Oscar nom. This is a gay masterpiece, people! References: > "Revisiting Jonathan Glazer's Birth, 20 years on." Dazed > Stephen Gillespie. Revenants of Memory: An Analysis of Glazer's Birth. The Twin Geeks. > Glenn Whipp. "Nicole Kidman on making ‘Birth' and why she chooses films that aren't a ‘soothing bath.'" LA Times Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys on Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, Letterboxd, Facebook, or join the Facebook Group to get in touch with other listeners > Trace: @tracedthurman > Joe: @bstolemyremote Be sure to support the boys on Patreon!   Theme Music: Alexander Nakarada    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of What a Picture, Bryan and Hannah emerge from the green fog to talk about Vertigo, the 1958 movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock that ranks #2 on Sight and Sound's 2022 Greatest Films of All Time Critics' Poll. The guest for today's episode is Calvin Kemph from The Twin Geeks. The Twin Geeks: https://thetwingeeks.com/ Seattle Film Critics Society: https://seattlefilmcritics.com/ Email us at podcast@whatapicturepod.com What a Picture website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://whatapicturepod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bryan's Social Media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Music is "Phaser" by Static in Verona.

In our cosmic journey in the space between spaces we've came across a luminous being. It's David Punch from the Twin Geeks network! We all missed him, and now it's time to catch up on all the games he's played. Mainly, Balatro and Boktai.Murph and Bro talk Animal Well, while Bro talks Crow Country. Murph carries a gunbrella, ella, ella, ey, ey, ey.The variety minute is physical gimmicks or mechanics in gaming, a lot of it is about controllers or add ons but there's some pretty interesting gems in there.Whatcha-Playin2:20 - Balatro17:00 - Gunbrella23:25 - Crow Country36:00 - Animal WellVariety Minute45:30 - Real life gimmicks and mechanics in gamingGame of the Week1:14:00 - Boktai: The Sun is in Your Hand!

Felicia Maroni (Seeing Faces in Movies) joins the show to discuss the first half of John Cassavetes' filmography: Shadows (1958); Too Late Blues (1961); A Child is Waiting (1963); Faces (1968); Husbands (1970); and Minnie & Moskowicz (1971). When we talk about John Cassavetes, we're talking about the history of American independent movies, from what preceded and influenced the movement, to how the format adapted and was deeply influenced by the style of indie auteurs like Cassavetes. By studying this filmmaking tradition, we can give shape to a whole world of cinema crafted outside the system and trace every step of contemporary productions back to their root source. By working outside the system and against the market, Cassavetes created a new system and a new market. We explore the eccentricities of this improvisational and naturalistic filmmaker who changed movies forever, one Opening Night, one Face, one Husband, one Chinese Bookie, and one Woman Under the Influence at a time. Stay tuned as Felicia will return for the second half of our series, and some of the most influential indie films of all time, next month.

Paul Thomas Anderson's exquisite Phantom Thread (2017) is our New Year's movie of choice, as our friend Renee (follow on LB: Pixie_Bomber) sits in for a discussion that weaves discussions of terrific costume design with subjects who are driven to become experts in their field. Phantom Thread is one of the reasons this site came to exist and we'll always have time for PTA's tightly-wound precision. Meanwhile, George Clooney has directed The Boys in the Boat, the story of the UW rowing team who beat Hitler's team, and Renee has brought her expertise as a former coxswain to weigh in on the new locally-focused movie. All this and more as we enter another year of delightful cinema ahead.

Your Christmas friends Calvin & Perla (follow on LB: pxcaballero) discuss cinema's weightiest Christmas film, Todd Haynes' exceptional Carol (2015). How do we perceive each other, Carol asks, at a perfect remove, characters stand back and observe one another. They take each other in. There is a boldness to let the movie happen, to always place the camera in the right place, having all the costumes right, having the right script, the right actors, the right everything, that goes right all the time. This is an intoxicating holiday concoction where characters hold their spaces on-screen, spaces that are of themselves and for each other. Always watching, standing in the back, perceiving, as we perceive them. Then it all comes together and is simply one of the greatest statements in romantic filmmaking. Carol is the best gift movies have given us for holidays and now we play it back for you. We wish all of our friends a safe and happy holiday season full of good movies and good cheer. Come for the holiday cheer and stay for the in-depth Carol discussion, starting at 41:43.

It's a Thanksgiving special with... The Vvitch, perhaps our best American pilgrim cinema, as we're joined by our friend Warren Cantrell (Scene Stealers & The Playlist). This week, the whole feast is on the table, from comforting to deeply discomforting holiday movies, centering on Robert Eggers' modern classic. All this and reviews of some new films, like Rustin & The Holdovers, with a discussion about Alexander Payne's career and cancelation. There's nothing like Thanksgiving to bring folks together so join us round the table as we discuss one of the most invigorating horror movies in recent memory. Bon appétit.A production of The Twin Geeks | Join our Discord

Our friend Caless (BlackNerdMagic) joins us for a momentous entry in online cinema discourse: Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather (1972). We explore the rich themes of the flagship mob text, everything from the use of light and darkness to the film's systemic exploration of what draws its characters into lives of crime, and never lets go. One of the most storied movies ever made, we explore the dense text of the film, the context of its release, and how Coppola has shaped the future of crime cinema.A production of The Twin Geeks | Join our Discord

The Twin Geeks Editor Vaughn, our resident Enthusiast of All Things, joins the show in promotion of his terrific new action cinema podcast, co-hosted with resident Musician for All of Our Theme Songs Jack. Their new show is called Throw Down, so-named after the excellent action film of the same name, which gives an idea of what kind of high-octane movies they will get up to on the show. You can already listen to the first two episodes!In this program, we take on an action-thriller classic in celebration: John Carpenter's excellent Assault on Precinct 13, which takes the best notes out of Rio Bravo and Night of the Living Dead and melds them together in a riveting, matter-of-factly directed celebration of cinematic traditions. Carpenter achieves all of this on a relatively low budget, our first signal of the delightfully indelible masterpieces ahead of us in his career.Beyond this classic, we discuss our horror month as it was, why we're discontinuing our awards show podcast, and try to consider how horror is being perceived as a modern genre, and what it means to direct in that space right now.A production of The Twin Geeks | Join our Discord

The night the Kentucky Gentleman came home! Our friend Jesse returns for our yearly tradition of exploiting the Halloween franchise for content. At this point, the series has received a genre-defining first film, a normal slasher sequel, a strange outlier sequel, a comeback movie, and now, a normal sequel to a comeback movie. That's how it goes with horror franchises, as we discuss exactly what has changed and what each change in the journey of the Halloween franchise means, as well as the many types of Halloween fans all these different entries have created, and the unique story of an unlicensed novelization that cause a stir on social media (you can find a free PDF here). We tie up the messy loose ends, find the fun and funny moments that nearly save the unquestionably middling movie, and as per our usual routine, find some time to review some Radiohead-adjacent material. Our first ever show was about a Halloween movie and this is one of our favorite series to put out into the world. Thank you so much for listening and please have yourself a safe and spooky Halloween.A production of The Twin Geeks | Join our Discord

Nicole Kidman makes movies better: which ones? Your friends at thetwingeeks.com rank all of them with a metric inspired by her best work, her We Make Movies Better ad for AMC. From Eyes Wide Shut to BMX Bandits, we cover all the significant works of a singular performer who has captured the widespread attention of the internet, and nearly everyone who has set foot in an American multiplex over the last several years. Nicole Kidman's career is as rich as it is varied and we're here to discuss every single piece of her oeuvre. This is the podcast where movies are Perfect and Powerful... because here, they are.Watch us build the tiers on YouTubeA production of The Twin Geeks | Join our Discord

Familycast resumes as Ezra joins the show to talk about her favorite things: Bluey, Nintendo Live, her cat, and everything else a six-year-old cares about. Thing about Bluey is that it's endlessly sweet, full of life lessons, beautiful character moments, and like Fast and Furious, it's about family. Likewise, Nintendo is for families, and we discuss our venture into the inaugural US edition of Nintendo Live at PAX West 2023. We also talk about other videogames, as Ezra endures a couple of minutes of Starfield talk, explains her love for the brilliantly creative Chicory, our discovery of a new local arcade,and more! This one is for the whole family.A production of The Twin Geeks | Join our Discord

Dear friend Perla sits in with us to discuss Todd Haynes' Safe. In this striking psychological horror film, Julianne Moore's character develops environmental sickness and an allergy to the conditions of the 20th Century. We frame the film in the context of movies about the lives of women in society and how hard it is to live in it. As we discuss their working relationship, Julianne Moore becomes something like a muse for Todd Haynes. We explore their work together and the importance of signature films like Carol (2015). All that and so much Baseball, as we do a Sportcast again, to check in on the standing of the Seattle Mariners.A production of The Twin Geeks | Join our Discord

Welcome Jack Davenport to the show as he sits in for our long overdue retrospective of Guy Maddin's poem of home, My Winnipeg. Famed The Twin Geeks composer, co-founder, and the ACK of The Stacks, excellent musician 10secondbeats on Spotify, and popular Letterboxd member, Jack wears many hats, and puts on another one, analyzing a great work of docufiction, for our latest program. My Winnipeg does not have many / any other films that are exactly like it. It is most like a silent film, despite the constant narrative that drives the story. It moves in poetic arcs through understanding spaces and places and what it means to the people who have lived there, finding that rare bottled-up filmmaking energy that seems to sprout out of Winnipeg very naturally. It's a fun and full show, as we offer our personal reflections on Guy Maddin's own personal reflections of where he's from. Won't you join us?A production of The Twin Geeks | Join our Discord

Friend of the show, professional podcast guest, and den mother to podcasts everywhere, Perla sits in with us for a wide-ranging discussion of David Lynch's full filmography, especially focused on the new restoration of The Elephant Man & SIFF's Dreams & Nightmares: The Films of David Lynch festival. We collect our shared passions for Lynch to give an incisive look at how the entire filmography informs one of his earliest works and how such a stylist can still find a clean fit with a surrealist biopic. Follow Perla on Insta at pxcaballero & look forward to more of her terrific insights on future programs!A production of The Twin Geeks | Join our Discord

Matt Farley (of Motern Media notoriety — see: Local Legends (2013) & Magic Spot (2022)) joins the show to discuss Richard Linklater's seminal 2016 hangout movie Everybody Wants Some!! We discuss the great and varied career of Linklater and his unmatched ability to find the in-between moments of life while also allowing the audience to live with his characters for a while. You can catch up with all of Matt Farley's movies on our podcast dedicated to his filmography, Don't Let the Moterncast Get You.A production of The Twin Geeks | Join our Discord

It's a double header with friend of the show Seth Vargas (Movie Friends Podcast). Seth sits in while we explore two rule-breaking essentials. First up is the rarely-seen Canadian film Crime Wave (1985) which is a totally different movie from Sam Raimi's Crimewave (1985). This one is a surrealist comedy written, directed, produced, and acted by Winnipeger John Paizs. There's something in the water, or snow, over there. It's like nothing you've ever seen before. On the other end of the spectrum, we chat about Stanley Kubrick's anarchic touchstone picture, A Clockwork Orange (1972), how we experience film in different phases of our life, and how the movie compares with the Anthony Burgess novel. This week on The Twin Geeks, it's a double bill and an awful lot of fun.A production of The Twin Geeks | Join our Discord

Watching classic films on nitrate is one of the rarest opportunities in filmgoing and our friend Matt has attended an entire festival that works in this old tradition. Every time a nitrate picture is shown, the film degrades, and so herein presents a unique opportunity, to see these physical copies as they are now, how they will only be this once. A range of classic films is explored, centering on festival headliner Black Narcissus. We also explore the context and performance of the nitrate prints for The Third Man (1949), The Wizard of Oz (1939), The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair (1939), Duel in the Sun (1947), and several other special selections.A production of The Twin Geeks | Join our Discord

A very special guest joins the show! My daughter helps us rank all of the Pixar movies released ahead of Elemental and the takes are extreme. Please enjoy our father-daughter content and for the visual tier list, you can watch us rank 'em all on YouTube.A production of The Twin Geeks | Join our Discord

Good for Health. Bad for Education. The Twin Geeks Editor Vaughn Swearingen joins the show to discuss Akira (1988) and why it has earned and maintained its title as The Definitive Anime. We use Akira as a launching point to discuss our month of Ani-May watches, our history with the medium, and the plethora of other great content that also deserves broad and international audiences.A production of The Twin Geeks | Join our Discord

All good things come to an end. Succession, as it stands, might be the best television program of a generation. As it draws to a close, it marks a distinct end of an era for HBO shows and the future of television. What does Succession tell us about the state of television, the future of prestige appointment television, and the shaky future ahead for Warner Bros. Discovery and their latest rebranding exercise? Friend of the show and The Twin Geeks television correspondent Tyler Harford joins the program to discuss all this and so much more about the current state of premium television.A production of The Twin Geeks | Join our Discord

If it's a podcast ya want, yer in one. Aaron White of Feelin' Film joins the show to discuss the spirited Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. From top-to-bottom, we trace the lineage of the Disneyland ride that inspired the franchise, the great Gore Verbinski action vehicles that defined the movies, those other two entries, and even a rarely-covered short film. Within our discourse, we discover a great love for the nautical adventuring series and lament the end of a certain kind of blockbuster that seemingly ended right after Verbinski's run and how the newer films also reflect a new reality.A production of The Twin Geeks | Join our Discord

Dad & daughter join forces as a podcasting duo for the first time ever to record their thoughts after seeing Illumination's Mario film in theaters. Ezra shares her favorite videogames, movies, thoughts about the Mario Universe, Dreamlight Valley, and our shared favorite movie experiences. It's a special show about how families connect over movies and videogames. Let's-a go.A production of The Twin Geeks | Join our Discord

There's no crying in baseball, as friend of the show Renee Marie joins for a wide-ranging discussion of the iconic A League of Their Own, which remains the pinnacle of Women's Sports Movies. Films that live with us are our bread and butter. This is especially true for this episode, as Renee has a close personal relationship with the film, informed by hosting trivia nights, meeting one of the film's stars, creating cosplay for conventions, modeling her cosplay for the film in magazines, and most resonantly, the idea of films being tied to important people in our lives and how they help us process feelings at just the right moment. All this, and in-depth discussions of Pokémon GO, Douglas Sirk & Hallmark Films… It's time for a seminal sports movie classic on this week's The Twin Geeks! Enjoy the show.A production of The Twin Geeks | Join our Discord

Our friend JD Duran from InSession Film joins the show to discuss the complete works of James Cameron's filmography, why he is the king of sequels, and how his career as a foremost technician has advanced the course of filmmaking.A production of The Twin Geeks | Join our Discord

Every Best Picture winner in Oscars history enters and all are ranked according to your hosts, Calvin and Matt, organized into tidy tiers for your viewing and listening pleasure. Every movie has been watched, evaluated, and slotted into careful placement in our lists, including all but this year's eventual winner.A production of The Twin Geeks | Join our Discord

The Twin Geeks co-founder David Punch presents his list in this The Twin Geeks podcast special, presented by Stephen GillespieA production of The Twin Geeks | Join our Discord

Stephen and Jack recently published their top 10 films as part of The Twin Geeks' TG10 lists. You can read Stephen's here and Jack's here, but over the Christmas break, Stephen was asked by a friend for his top 10 HOLLYWOOD PICTURES. None of this European arthouse, none of these microbudget oddities, give me spectacle, provide me with tinsel town magic! So, here we are. Stephen lists of some of his favourite 'Hollywood pictures', in chronological order! Everything Jack does Everything Stephen does Stay STACKING xxx

This week on the InSession Film Podcast, Calvin Kemph from The Twin Geeks joins us as we dive into James Cameron's latest water epic Avatar: The Way of Water and also Noah Baumbach's new film White Noise! - Review: Avatar: The Way of Water (8:48) - Notes / Discussion (1:11:55) - Review: White Noise (1:43:15) Thanks for listening and be sure to subscribe on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Soundcloud or TuneIn Radio! Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/insession-film-podcast/id605634337 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5LIi40D5BTFnsRMP57O5nG IHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-insession-film-podcast-30916083/ Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbnNlc3Npb25maWxtLmxpYnN5bi5jb20vcnNz?ep=14 Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/insession-film-podcast-195831 Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/insession-film Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/insession-film TuneIn Radio: http://tunein.com/radio/The-InSession-Film-Podcast-p522717/ Listen Now: http://insessionfilm.com/listen-now/

It's a The Twin Geeks tradition! Our resident Halloween expert Jesse joins the show to talk Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, Halloween Ends, seasonal horror watches, and... Radiohead's In Rainbows (2007). See you next year!A production of The Twin Geeks | Join our Discord

Over the course of nearly 50 active years in the film industry, Robert Altman created a total of 35 unique and creative feature films. It has been a long journey to catalog the trajectory of that storied course, but we come now, some four months later, at the end of the road. From an early peak in the mid-1970s, he was churning out an unmatchable string of masterful ensemble contemplations, to a rough era of uncompromised artistic efforts in the '80s, which suffer significantly in spite of his rejection of rigid studio control. The '90s saw a triumphant return for Hollywood's most notorious maverick, with both audiences and backers alike. A revived interest in Altman as a creative force allowed him to finish out his career in splendor, working up 'till his dying days on his latest project of eminent interest. Altman proved with his late-career successes that his creative well never dried, but were his final creations of the same caliber and interest as his greatest masterpieces? Tune in for our final episode discussing the entire career of the late, great, Robert Altman. A production of The Twin Geeks | Join our Discord

MAGICK IN THE MEDIA: TWIN GEEKS EP 4 Join Flood and special guest Beth Miller for a detour from our investigation work and into  another installment of Twin Geeks! Beth and I are OBSESSED with Twin Peaks, and if you are too, then this sub-series is for you. ALL THINGS EX V PLANIS https://linktr.ee/Exvplanis ALL THINGS FOLDS & FLOODS https://linktr.ee/Foldsandfloods THE EX V PLANIS HALLOWEEN HOOTENANNY PLAYLIST https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0pWSWtxDF8VhYoErcdcrtY?si=9fd47a4a22f84630

It's not often, in Hollywood, that our heroes find a second wind. It's true that everyone loves a happy ending, but they love a devastating tragedy just as much, if not more. Some of the industry's most treasured pioneers spent the later halves of their career languishing out in the cold, and after more than a decade of relative isolation from the bigwigs in California, it seemed like that same familiar fate was destined for Robert Altman, too. But in 1992, Altman had his comeback, and in such a way that couldn't have been more perfect for the man who spent his entire time in the sun bucking the profit-driven conventionality of the Hollywood system. The Player was an incisive mockery of Hollywood using the tools of its myriad stars and rote ideas against itself, and it was a resounding success. Because even more than a happy ending or a tragic downfall, Hollywood loves to be cynical about itself.Throughout his career, Altman had always prioritized an interest in his actors, and that reputation now returned its favor in a career-saving way. Everyone in Hollywood wanted to work with Altman, and so when the time came to enlist a gargantuan cast of Hollywood's most famous names, everyone came on board, solidifying the inside-nature of The Player while also building its audience appeal for an artistic swing that couldn't miss. Altman carried over this clout and size to subsequent projects throughout the '90s, following up his massive hit with an amalgam adaptation of Raymond Carver short stories in Short Cuts (1993) and a comic exposé of the Paris fashion scene in Prêt-à-Porter (1994). He returned to his roots with a jazzed-up gangster flick set in his home town, Kansas City (1996) before trying something completely new by making a conventional no-frills thriller. The Gingerbread Man (1998) was adapted from an incomplete John Grisham novel, and its failure to impress either audiences or critics dampened the high Altman was riding from his nominal comeback, already on the downslide thanks to the middling reception of his previous two films.A production of The Twin Geeks | Join our Discord

Altman's continued trend of adapting stage plays into feature films proceeded into the end of the '80s with mixed successes. On one hand there were films like Secret Honor (1984), a scaled-back character study of a fictional Richard Nixon contemplating on the missteps and bitter grudges of his tumultuous political career, carried by an astounding one-man performance from Phillip Baker Hall. On the other you have something like Fool for Love (1985), an oddball testimony of toxic relationships that occasionally dips into the surreal and esoteric, with no clear reasoning or well-defined characters to ground its unaccountable departures. He did make at least one studio film between now and his eventual Hollywood comeback, a supposed satire on the burgeoning teen comedy genre called O.C. and Stiggs (1985), based on a beloved National Lampoon article from the time. Altman himself considered it a total failure, and the questionable politics and sensibilities of the story somewhat call into question the sensitive and socially intuitive Altman we thought we knew from a few films back.And if that doesn't assure you completely of his lack of consideration for marginalized characters, then the unmitigated offenses of Beyond Therapy (1987) will surely remind you that the '80s were a time bereft of needed allies. Fear not, though, as promises of the breakthrough to come manifest in a television mini series he did with Tim Roth and Paul Rhys on the life of Vincent van Gogh that was later truncated and released theatrically, appropriately called Vincent and Theo (1990). There's something about the tragic arc of the famous Dutch artist's failed career that fascinates us cinematically. He's been the subject of so many films, even to this day. It seems only natural that as individual an artist as Altman would take a stab at capturing his life and emotions on celluloid, with greater insight and sensitivity towards his plight than most other hagiographic renderings have lent him.A production of The Twin Geeks | Join our Discord

In an act of self-celebration, Jack and Ben talk about two movies that they adore. We've recently joined the wonderful folk over at The Twin Geeks and wanted to celebrate by flexing our knowledge about areas of Asian Cinema we adore. For Jack, it's the Hong Kong action masterpiece Eastern Condors, and a deep dive into the career of legendary stuntman and director Sammo Hung. For Ben, it's a look at one of the masters of contemporary Japanese Cinema, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, and his haunting 1997 film Cure. Be sure to follow the podcast on Twitter and Instagram - @AsianCinemaPod We also welcome any and all emails and feedback about our show - adventuresthroughasiancinema@gmail.com Follow Jack and Ben on Letterboxd for more reviews, lists, and general musings on all sort of cinema!

Stephen is joined by The Twin Geeks writer and editor David Punch on another episode of A Note From The Author. Today, Stephen and David discuss David's history with writing, how he approaches writing about cinema with contextual and historical aspects in mind, and how and why he crafts thoughtful studies on film the way he does. You can find David's writing on The Twin Geeks website and his own personal Letterboxd page, you can also hear from David on The Twin Geeks Podcast. If you're a film critic or writer and have an interest in conversing with Stephen about your process, feel free to email an expression of interest to thestacksonfilm@gmail.com. Stephen - Letterboxd - Twitter Jack - Letterboxd - Twitter

Stephen returns for the second instalment of his A Note From The Author series, this time talking with I'm Thinking Of Spoiling Things co-host and The Twin Geeks writer Zebra! Listen to this episode to hear Zebra and Stephen dissect Zebra's approach to writing about film, how his process has developed, and the ways in which he tries to convey his response to cinema through writing. You can follow Zebra and his writing on both Letterboxd and Twitter. You can also hear more from Zebra on the I'm Thinking Of Spoiling Things podcast he runs with the STACKS' very own Stephen! Be sure to subscribe to the STACKS on any and all podcast platforms, leave us a review and rating, and tell your friends and family about us! You can always email us any and all feedback, comments, queries, suggestions, donations, or prompts for future episodes! thestacks@gmail.com Stephen - Letterboxd - Twitter Jack - Letterboxd - Twitter

Gotta Catch 'em All! Only, we aren't catching them all. Instead, we're rescuing some after like fifty flights of stairs. Join Bro, Murph, and David from the Twin Geeks show as we dissect the rogue-like Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: DX. Before that, we talk about the new Kirby game, and whether it sucks or blows. Then, we put a cap on Resident Evil as a franchise and Murph announces his next game franchise exploration. For the Variety Minute, we go for the ambitious topic of Pokemon spin-offs. Wish us luck! Timestamps:0:00 Welcoming David back to the showWhatcha Playin'3:10 Kirby and the Forgotten Land (2022)14:40 Resident Evil Village (2021), and the Resident Evil retrospective37:00 Lunacid (2022) and Tunic (2022)Variety Minute42:00 Pokemon Spin-offsTopic of the week1:10:00 Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team (2005) /Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: DX (2020)

The following chapter of Bogdanovich's career has yet to be recorded in any significant capacity. Previous retrospectives of his works tend to end at his dramatic apex, with the more thorough examinations dipping into the later classics and recent reevaluations recognizing his last theatrical works. Nobody, however, has paid any attention to his TV works from the ‘90s. Nobody. “I did a lot of tv work that I'm very proud of, but television work doesn't get considered the same as a feature, even though you shoot it like a feature. It's still a movie. You still get the script right, you still cast it, you shoot it quickly. And it's harder to do because you're shooting fast, but it doesn't get any consideration. It's snob appeal.” That's what Bogdanovich had to say in a rare interview in which he was asked about his television works, expressing at least some bitterness at the disregard paid to the work he gave equal efforts to despite the smaller canvas. “I was directing, but I wasn't doing theatrical features. I did five television films in five years. I shot them very fast, and nobody saw them except millions of people.” Although these films are all but forgotten today, in their time Bogdanovich's “movie-of-the-week” work was quite successful. With every household glued to their tvs in search of nightly entertainment throughout the decade, Bogdanovich's films made waves across the Neilson ratings, but promptly disappeared from the pages of posterity. Even his first television project, a sequel to the classic Sidney Poitier film To Sir, with Love, has made no impression on the Bogdanovich canon. In a depressing fit of irony, the two Hollywood legends passed tragically on the same day, making To Sir, with Love II a kind of twilight coda for the both of them, buried within the legacies of their more treasured works. It's a worthy successor to its predecessor – better, even, in some regards, such as the way it transplants the tangential racial themes of the first movie to the progressive and more critical conversations of the 1990s. Bogdanovich's films had rarely ventured outside his prerogative for thematic material up until now, but by transitioning to for-hire work on television he'd find a number of new opportunities to explore perspectives and struggles which were beyond his own. Blessed Assurance (perhaps also known as The Price of Heaven) attempts to continue this conversation in its portrayal of a Korean War veteran returning home to face a moral dilemma in a job which requires him to prey on the vulnerability of an impoverished Black commune. The truncated structure of the TV-movie mold does the story a disservice and leaves the film little room to flesh out its themes. Its embrace of melodrama betrays the sense of distinction Bogdanovich eloquently bestowed on his first TV production, embodying the kind of schmaltzy, middling productions derisively associated with the genre. Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Women is the first in a series of three thematically related movies about courageous persons aiding the escape of Jews from Nazi agents in occupied Poland. Bognavoch helmed this first entry, but the film lacks any recognizable features attributable to the director. Despite himself having been conceived in the former Yugoslavia before his parents fled from the Nazis and landed in New York, the film lacks any personal distinction or any significant revelations – as bog standard as Bogdanovich ever got.Jules Dassin was unfortunately not one of the major Hollywood directors whose influence managed to inspire Bogdanovich to chronicle their legacy, but his important role as an architect of Film Noir's impact on cinema nonetheless managed to worm its way into Bogdanovich's career. The Naked City was a seminal 1948 noir which distinguished itself with a documentary-like approach to shooting on the streets of New York. Bogdanovich was hired to make a tv movie continuation of the characters first seen in Dassin's film, now dealing with the criminals of contemporary New York. Naked City: A Killer Christmas stars Scott Glenn in the role first helmed by grizzled noir everyman Richard Widmark searching for a serial killer terrorizing the city. It's about as close as Bogdanovich ever got to inheriting the legacy of Fritz Lang or Edgar Ulmer, but more often the film feels like any ordinary cop drama than an expressionistic revival.The next film from Bogdanovich couldn't be farther from his usual prerogative. A body swap comedy set in New Orleans where professional football player David Alan Grier and artist wife Vivica A. Fox mend their marriage through the old adage of walking a mile in each other's shoes. It's also a Disney film, brimming with the requisite amount of Disney cornball and childish humor. A Saintly Switch maintains a certain affable charm, a universal appeal which speaks to the importance of family and communication, while supplying some fantastical humor in all of Bogdanovich's illustrious comic career.   From one sports sphere to another, Bogdanovich's last TV film was produced, surprisingly, by ESPN. They asked him to make a movie about disgraced baseball legend Pete Rose, whose story interested Bogdanovich as a kind of embodiment of the failures of the American Dream. Rose rose his way up in prominence through a lucrative and record-breaking career in baseball, but squandered it all away thanks to a debilitating gambling addiction. He became a coach for the team he first became famous on, and started fixing games to pay his bills. When he was finally caught, he spent five months in jail and was stripped of all his previous honors. What we see in Hustle is that downfall in full, a depraved portrait of a fallen man finally reaching the end of his rope. If you're not a fan of baseball, or aren't particularly familiar with the legend of Pete Rose, then Hustle will likely be a foul ball instead of a home run. But regardless of how successful or not these films ultimately were, they kept Bogdanovich employed – and even more than that, they sharpened his skills. “I couldn't have made The Cat's Meow, which we did in 31 days, if I hadn't have done five television films back-to-back in five years — all of them 19, 20, 22, 24 days.” There would never be another Last Picture Show for the enlightened successor of the Hollywood masters, but he did manage some respectable efforts working in an undervalued medium. Bogdanovich never considered his television works any less worthy of consideration than his feature films, and neither should we. Considering how a number of Bogdanovich's most treasured films still don't have proper distribution (even Paper Moon lacks a North American blu-ray release), it should come as no surprise that his televisual period languishes thanks to pervasive obscurity. We feel very privileged here at The Twin Geeks to have the resources necessary for us to catalog and cover these forgotten films, with special thanks to Scarecrow Video in Seattle, Washington for preserving these works on a physical format, which not even the unsavoriest of internet pirates have thought to claim. It's up to us to preserve the legacy of filmmakers like Peter Bogdanovich; to do for him what he did for Orson Welles, John Ford, and innumerable others. To prop up his legacy and appreciate everything he gave to the world – classics, flops, scriptures, and chronicles – because, if nothing else, the life and career of Peter Bogdanovich exemplified an appreciation for the art of cinema above all else, and the necessity of its preservation and celebration in equal measure.

Join Flood and Beth for another curated spa day at the Black Lodge.   Our Log has something to say... !kcoR s'teL

Mac, Janko, and special guest?!Join us as we welcome in a Calvin from the Twin Geeks Podcast. We make our double feature a breakdown of their podcast title and ended up with two vastly different films (Twins and Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me). For more information on our guest and their website and show, follow the link belowhttps://thetwingeeks.com/

Join Flood and Beth as they continue to lose their fucking minds over the palpable insanity of TRYING to decode David Lynch and Mark Frost's Twin Peaks.   Welcome to Ex V Planis' "Twin Geeks"

Join Flood and the newest member of the Ex V Planis, Beth, as they take the deep, DEEP dive into the mystery, humor, horror, and occult symbolism  of their favorite show of all time... Twin Peaks. This was meant to be a 6-8 episode series but we're pretty sure we'll still be doing this 5 years from now....

It's a podcast overflowing with enthusiasm! The Twin Geeks' newest Editor, Vaughn, an enthusiast of all things, debuts on the show to discuss a plethora of exciting new topics ranging from massive blockbusters to crafty art films. We begin with Denis Villeneuve's Dune, after returning from an early theater screening. Julia Ducournau's Titane is also spotlighted, in proximity with her beloved prior work, Raw (2016), and her fundamentally unique approach to sweet but haunting character pieces. It's also peak festival time, as our Editors return from Nightstream's virtual festival with a stock of diverse outsider films, with the exceptional Mad God leading the pack. Then.. Seattle has a hockey team and Calvin must discuss it, it's in the contract. Guillermo Del Toro's The Devil's Backbone finishes off the show, as we dissect a shared favorite filmmaker and the creative vision of his Spanish films in particular. All of this and more from your independent resource for classic and contemporary cinema.Time Stamps:0:00 Dune18:30 Titane24:24 Nightstream: Mad God; After Blue (Dirty Paradise); Alien on Stage; Hellbender33:22 The Kraken Report36:22 The Devil's Backbone

The inimitably stylish worlds of American Film Noir and pre Nouvelle Vague French crime cinema collide in the most commanding display of technical execution ever implemented in translating the artistry of the heist to the silver screen. After getting caught in the crosshairs of Hollywood's blacklisting during the McCarthy Era, director Jules Dassin found himself excommunicated to France, with nary an opportunity to reinvigorate his career in sight. With a meager budget and a cast of relative unknowns, including himself, Dassin set about making a film which reflected his desolate state of being, basking in the fabulously dark aesthetics of Film Noir and aided by all the salacious attributes of contemporary French cinema at his disposal. Rififi is most famous for its thirty-six minute long heist sequence, which plays out in almost complete silence. It is a high watermark for both the genre at large and for technical filmmaking in the abstract, as meticulously planned and executed as the crack team of jewel thieves demonstrate themselves to be throughout the film. We are joined this week by fellow The Twin Geeks staff member Stephen Gillespie, who has just returned from his double dose of festival coverage alongside Calvin, doling out the details for the highs and lows of both Fantasia Festival and Japan Cuts. We follow up last week's documentary discourse of Robert Epstein's The Celluloid Closet (1995) with his earlier, more resounding success, The Times of Harvey Milk (1984). All of this and more from your independent resource on classic and contemporary cinema.Timestamps:0:00: Stephen and Calvin go to Fantasia Festival11:13 Stephen and Calvin go to Japan Cuts26:00 The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)38:22 Rififi

Episode description written by Claudio: "Please help the Baywatch Watch family of podcasts in welcoming our newest and realest podcast, "Twin Geek" (not Twin Geeks). Each week your host, Claudio Saavedra (not a twin nor a geek), along with his talented and entertaining guests, will break-down all of the Twin Peek (sic) episodes in order. This is real. This is an actual thing that you can look forward to listening to weekly. Dale Cooper."

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In this new tittilating episode of the Daydreamcast, we present our first guest, Calvin Kemph, editor-in-chief of some film site called Twin Geeks and actual former gaming journalist for many years. Things quickly turn raunchy as we reflect on the properties of anthropomorphic goo, the many forms of S&M, and the questionable importance of undergarments in making new friends. Our main game of the week leads us down the rabbit hole of '90s adventure game goodness. Coming from our game of the week, the wacky detective/noir spoof Sam & Max Hit The Road , we talk about our history with adventure games, re-open the age-old argument on Sierra vs. LucasArts, and give credit to the Scummiest of Virtual Machines. Also, SHARK MONTH! Timestamps: Whatcha Playing 0:00 Pantsu Hunter: Back to the '90s (2019) 4:35 Panel de Pon (1995) 8:29 Calvin's History As Gaming Professional 11:53 Luigi's Mansion 3 (2019) 20:48 Deadly Premonition (2010) 28:09 Pavlos' Animal Crossing Minute Featured Game 31:08 Sam & Max Hit The Road

In this inaugural episode of the Daydreamcast, The Twin Geeks’ new gaming-focused podcast, our hosts talk about the grab bag of games they spent time with this week, including the game of the week, the indie game Minit. A short and simple Zelda -like on the surface, Minit relies strongly on puzzles involving its main mechanic, a time loop that is set off every 60 seconds. Our hosts discuss the characteristics of the game’s structure as well as the company Minit keeps with other games (and films like Groundhog Day ( https://thetwingeeks.com/2019/02/01/the-twin-geekscast-13-groundhog-day-1993/ ) , 1993) that are built on a similar chronological premise. *Disclaimer:* As this episode served as a technical test, the audio quality is uneven in spots. Naturally, future episodes will not feature these issues. Timestamps: Whatcha Playing 0:00 Pokémon spin-offs: Puzzle Challenge & League (2000) & Pinball (1999) 8:05 Doom Eternal (2020) & Doom 64 (1997) 14:30 Animal Crossing: New Horizons (2020) 29:18 Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (2019) Featured Game 34:37 Minit (2018)

Last week, the great American screenwriter Buck Henry sadly passes away. He gave us many classics over the years, but none as iconic and game-changing as Mike Nichols' seminal coming of age film, The Graduate. The film that launched Dustin Hoffman's career and a renewed sexual interest in middle-aged women everywhere, The Graduate is unquestionably a leading film in defining the 1960s at large and a foundation for the revolution Hollywood was soon beginning with the collapse of the studio system. The story is a delicate balance of generational woes, giving equal sympathies to the lost and misguided Benjamin Braddock and the wistful Mrs. Robinson, now looking to recapture her lost youth. Nichols frames Henry's brilliant treatment of the Charles Webb novel through expressive and artistic cinematography, filled to the brim with clever symbolism that co-host David Punch covered so well in his feature on the film. More than 50 years removed, The Graduate continues to speak to every generation, timelessly evolving in the collective conscious as it continues to grow in its iconic status as one of the most relatable and striking stories committed to the screen. Timestamps: 0:00: The Twin Geeks critique the Oscars Nominations 18:15: Netflix’s The Circle 22:03: The Mandalorian 25:55: Dracula 27:30: Les Mis 32:00: Underwater 36:00: The Graduate

Timestamps: 0:00: This week on Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives, The Twin Geeks are full of it 11:00: Marielle Heller earns Oscar credibility with A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood 17:52: Knives Out exceeds expectations at the Box Office, what to do with a problem like High Life 21:26: Marriage Story & the next month’s packed slate from Netflix 24:45: Screenwriting excellence with The Two Popes 27:00: The gorgeous French Portrait of a Lady on Fire 28:29: Little Women enchants for the holiday season 32:14: Chef

Ep. 45: Blue Velvet (1986) by The Twin Geeks

Ep. 38: Ranking Tarantino by The Twin Geeks

We set aside films this week to discuss the latest streaming sensation in the release of the third season of Netlfix's uber-popular series Stranger Things. Twin Geeks writer Brogan has already covered the season in his recent review, but this cultural wave has grasped us all here enough to want to talk about it even more. We've grown to love this perilous cast of young up-and-comers as much as the rest of the world, fully immersing our interests in their ongoing battle between the turbulence of adolescence as well as the terrors hidden within the Upside-Down. Our love for the show continues to grow with the size of the cast, this season including the surprising addition of Cary Elwes, Maya Hawke, and a dastardly Russian menace. The abundance of 80s nostalgia has never been greater, bringing with it all the cheese and excitement one remembers to this grand and reverent homage. Timestamps: 0:00 - 16:21: Half year review & Calvin’s Top Ten for the first half of 2019 16:21 - 28:36: Box Office — it’s Gator Season 28:36 - 1:06:19: Stranger Things The Twin Geekscast Theme provided by andrewnapiermusic.com

Last week we talked about the latest "most ambitious crossover event in history" with Avengers: Endgame, but this week we want to discuss the real most ambitious crossover event in history, and it ain't no Marvel film. Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a  special, one-of-a-kind film we will probably never see again. The licensing problems alone are enough to make it completely unfeasible. Here, we have the ultimate coming together of classic and important figures in animation history: Disney, Warner Brothers, Tex Avery, Max Fleischer, and every other iconic name to ever put ink on film. Combine that with a loving send-up of classic Film Noirs of the 40s and 50s and you have the makings of a masterpiece of genre filmmaking. Who Framed Roger Rabbit has become a cultural touchstone that ages more brilliantly with each passing year. The technical achievements alone are deserving of such lauded recognition, bringing together animation and live action in the most natural and impressive way ever seen, even more than 30 years later. This week, we are joined by fellow The Twin Geeks editor Brogan to give our appreciation of this peerless classic, and everything that makes it so brilliant. Timestamps: 0:00 - 10:17: Videogame movies 10:17 - 42:39: Box Office - Pikachu vs Endgame 42:39 - 1:23:22: Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Ep. 26: Goodfellas (1990) by The Twin Geeks

In dieser großen Film Episode erkunden die Twin Geeks die Welt der Realverfilmungen von Animes und suchen in der Erinnerungskiste nach Horrorfilmen die so grausam sind, dass man sie auf keinen Fall noch einmal schauen kann. Außerdem gibt es ein kleines Update zum Thema Stadia und Next-Gen Konsolen, Gerüchte über Virtual Boy Spiele auf der […]

In der zweiten Episode widmen sich die Twin Geeks hauptsächlich der Switch und besprechen, neben dem bald dafür erhältlichen VR-Set, die zwei neuen geplanten Pro und Mini Versionen und verraten ihre Release-Tipps für das Jahr 2019. Weiterhin reden wir über Spekulationen rund um Google’s Gaming-Service Stadia, die Kooperation zwischen Microsoft und Nintendo, Cuphead und Analogue […]

This week we bring on fellow Twin Geeks writer Graham Austin to discuss the samurai classic, Akira Kurosawa's masterful Yojimbo. Making waves in both Japan and around the world first in 1961, this all-time great has stood the test of time and remains a pillar of the much beloved samurai genre. Toshiro Mifune is the laconic samurai incarnate, so perfectly embodying the role that he would become practically synonymous with this particular nameless warrior, which he so eloquently plays. Against him is he equally indelible Tatsuya Nakadai, paired here for the first time in their careers. They go toe-to-toe in a samurai showdown that is tense, thrilling, and masterfully staged. Truly, Yojimbo is one of the all time greats, and we shed some light on why it's one of our favorites here today.

Ep. 9: Film Of The Year 2018 by The Twin Geeks

Ep. 4: Ranking the Coen Brothers by The Twin Geeks

Sarah's favorite show of all time Twin Peaks is the topic, as she explains to non-Twin Peaks fans (Greg) what the show is actually about. She is VERY passionate about the show and is even visiting some of the locations this weekend. In Ball Talk: JR Smith screws up, and Russell Wilson is in for Portland Baseball.

In light of the release of Mark Frost's Secret History Of Twin Peaks, and a brand new season of the show coming to Showtime in 2017, Fussy Bitch and Mr. Stu sit down to discuss the second season finale from 25 years ago. The first in a new series of STRANGER CONVERSATIONS delves into the finer points of the episode, charting its many cliffhangers and pitfalls, its triumphs and casualties. THE OWLS THEY WARN OF SPOILERS as the chaps discuss the ins and outs of the entire TV Series. We give thanks as always for the musical contributions of Complimentary Copies. "Don't be a Stranger" by following us at facebook.com/Strangerstothemultiplex Twitter: @strangersTTM.