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Episode 47 - Oscars 2018
March 08, 2018 20:06 - 1 hour - 40.7 MBContinuing our tradition we entertain ourselves with the latest Academy Awards ceremony. Like last time we avoided the winner announcements and instead host our very own Oscar episode in which we go through selected categories and talk about our predictions and reveal the winner to each other as we go along. This year we had complex feelings towards the nominated movies (and movies that weren’t nominated). Next to the overall Oscar talk we get to share our opinions, among other things, about...
Episode 46 - Paterson
February 05, 2018 21:00 - 1 hour - 46.1 MBWe enjoy Jim Jarmusch’s films enormously and his quiet and meditative Paterson (2016) is definitely no exception. While arguably his most accessible film for general audience, he was able to bring a soft balance to the dominating hectic drama filled cinema. But above all it is a masterful portrait of poetry. During our discussion we praise the achievements, but also examine how some viewers felt dissatisfied. We also explore the poetic elements of the film and bring up some examples of real ...
Ep. 46 - Paterson
February 05, 2018 21:00 - 1 hour - 46.1 MBWe enjoy Jim Jarmusch’s films enormously and his quiet and meditative Paterson (2016) is definitely no exception. While arguably his most accessible film for general audience, he was able to bring a soft balance to the dominating hectic drama filled cinema. But above all it is a masterful portrait of poetry. During our discussion we praise the achievements, but also examine how some viewers felt dissatisfied. We also explore the poetic elements of the film and bring up some examples of real ...
Ep. 45 - Everybody Wants Some!!
January 29, 2018 21:08 - 1 hour - 36.6 MBThis time we dwell into a subject matter that both me, or my mother, have any experience about: college in United States in the 1980’s. Fortunately we are very familiar with the director, Richard Linklater, and his masterful career as a filmmaker. Upon viewing Everybody Wants Some!! we saw an opportunity to open a discussion on his films and how this particular movie represents his thematic and stylistic motifs. Next to Linklater we explore High School movie tropes and nostalgia in movies. ...
Episode 45 - Everybody Wants Some!!
January 29, 2018 21:08 - 1 hour - 36.6 MBThis time we dwell into a subject matter that both me, or my mother, have any experience about: college in United States in the 1980’s. Fortunately we are very familiar with the director, Richard Linklater, and his masterful career as a filmmaker. Upon viewing Everybody Wants Some!! we saw an opportunity to open a discussion on his films and how this particular movie represents his thematic and stylistic motifs. Next to Linklater we explore High School movie tropes and nostalgia in movies....
Ep. 44 - James Bond Copy Cat Movies
January 22, 2018 17:58 - 1 hour - 49.3 MBAfter discussing in depth about Spectre with Vincent Gebruers, we spend a lot of times entertaining ourselves in all topics about Bond. One of the continuous comments that caught my interest was when certain movies were referred to as “James Bond copy cat movies”. This came up most notably whenever we dared mention the Mission Impossible series, which has a conflictive history with Vincent. So we decided to get together (with Liisa also this time) and see how far the rabbit hole we can go tr...
Episode 44 - James Bond Copy Cat Movies
January 22, 2018 17:58 - 1 hour - 49.3 MBAfter discussing in depth about Spectre with Vincent Gebruers, we spend a lot of times entertaining ourselves in all topics about Bond. One of the continuous comments that caught my interest was when certain movies were referred to as “James Bond copy cat movies”. This came up most notably whenever we dared mention the Mission Impossible series, which has a conflictive history with Vincent. So we decided to get together (with Liisa also this time) and see how far the rabbit hole we can go tr...
Episode 43 - Happiness
January 13, 2018 17:27 - 1 hour - 38.4 MBThis is the second part of our discussion on Todd Solondz’ career. Last time we started things off with Wiener-Dog (2016) and the various connections of themes and characters it opened to Solondz’s previous films like the cult film Welcome to the Doll House (1995) and Palindromes (2004). Now we concentrate on his arguably most famous movie, Happiness (1998), and the various crossroads it takes us within Solondz’s oeuvre. Not to forget the uncomfortable rooms it opens when exploring the human...
Ep. 43 - Happiness
January 13, 2018 17:27 - 1 hour - 38.4 MBThis is the second part of our discussion on Todd Solondz’ career. Last time we started things off with Wiener-Dog (2016) and the various connections of themes and characters it opened to Solondz’s previous films like the cult film Welcome to the Doll House (1995) and Palindromes (2004). Now we concentrate on his arguably most famous movie, Happiness (1998), and the various crossroads it takes us within Solondz’s oeuvre. Not to forget the uncomfortable rooms it opens when exploring the human...
Episode 42 - Wiener-Dog
December 10, 2017 18:53 - 1 hour - 43.5 MBWe have been wanting to talk about Todd Solondz for a long time. For us, and arguably for most people, his twisted cinematic universe was introduced with Welcome to the Doll House (1995) and Happiness (1998). Understandably after watching them the audience might not want to see another film by him, or be left intrigued for more. Me and my mother fell in with the latter and gracefully watched whatever he was able to produce. This is the first part of our in depth discussion and analysis of So...
Ep. 42 - Wiener-Dog
December 10, 2017 18:53 - 1 hour - 43.5 MBWe have been wanting to talk about Todd Solondz for a long time. For us, and arguably for most people, his twisted cinematic universe was introduced with Welcome to the Doll House (1995) and Happiness (1998). Understandably after watching them the audience might not want to see another film by him, or be left intrigued for more. Me and my mother fell in with the latter and gracefully watched whatever he was able to produce. This is the first part of our in depth discussion and analysis of So...
Episode 41 - Sidetrack: Silence
October 10, 2017 20:21 - 1 hour - 36.1 MBDespite of our in depth discussion with my mother on the Japanese culture and thematic concepts explored in Martin Scorsese's Silence, we could not help no to dedicate another discussion on the matter. But instead of the usual mother-son chit chat, I sit down with Eddy Van der Borght, a professor at the The Faculty of Theology at VU University Amsterdam. He was an amazing conversationalist with whom I got to share thoughts on the theological weight of Endo's story. Next to the themes of the...
Ep. 41 - Sidetrack: Silence
October 10, 2017 19:00 - 1 hour - 36.1 MBDespite of our in depth discussion with my mother on the Japanese culture and thematic concepts explored in Martin Scorsese's Silence, we could not help no to dedicate another discussion on the matter. But instead of the usual mother-son chit chat, I sit down with Eddy Van der Borght, a professor at the The Faculty of Theology at VU University Amsterdam. He was an amazing conversationalist with whom I got to share thoughts on the theological weight of Endo's story. Next to the themes of the...
Episode 40 - Silence
September 24, 2017 18:54 - 1 hour - 48.1 MBMartin Scorsese is one of my mother's absolute favourite filmmakers. She always manages to go into the deeper levels of his narrations. She is also crazy about the cultural history of Japan. So when Scorsese utilises his thematic moral core to the Japanese culture and brings onscreen a massive epic religious drama, for sure we will have some thoughts about it. We talk about and compare both the film and the original novel. And as the culture plays a big role in the story, we also paint the l...
Ep. 40 - Silence
September 24, 2017 18:54 - 1 hour - 48.1 MBMartin Scorsese is one of my mother's absolute favourite filmmakers. She always manages to go into the deeper levels of his narrations. She is also crazy about the cultural history of Japan. So when Scorsese utilises his thematic moral core to the Japanese culture and brings onscreen a massive epic religious drama, for sure we will have some thoughts about it. We talk about and compare both the film and the original novel. And as the culture plays a big role in the story, we also paint the l...
Episode 39 - Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit
August 31, 2017 10:12 - 1 hour - 43.4 MBSo my mother somehow finally got around to see Peter Jackson’s adaptations of Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. Listen us remember our own personal introductions to Tolkien’s books and how we both couldn’t not get over the first page. And then how the movies won us over and why especially for Aharon the first trilogy has a special place in his heart. We also go examine certain noticeable perks in Tolkien movies and fantasy genre in general and take the opportunity to mention our love for C...
Ep. 39 - Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit
August 31, 2017 10:12 - 1 hour - 43.4 MBSo my mother somehow finally got around to see Peter Jackson’s adaptations of Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. Listen us remember our own personal introductions to Tolkien’s books and how we both couldn’t not get over the first page. And then how the movies won us over and why especially for Aharon the first trilogy has a special place in his heart. We also go examine certain noticeable perks in Tolkien movies and fantasy genre in general and take the opportunity to mention our love for C...
Ep. 38 - The Incredible Shrinking Man
August 22, 2017 17:21 - 1 hour - 31.5 MBEver since my mother first mentioned her interest in Jack Arnold’s The Incredible Shrinking Man we have been looking into movies that deal with shrinking. For this grand episode we bring together all we have learned about downscaling. Keeping Jack Arnold’s amazing sci-fi adventure as the center focus, we go through its story beats and analyse the deeper themes in its core while drifting off and examining links to other sci-fi movies dealing with shrinkage. Spoilers: We talk about the whole ...
Episode 38 - The Incredible Shrinking Man
August 22, 2017 17:21 - 1 hour - 31.5 MBEver since my mother first mentioned her interest in Jack Arnold’s The Incredible Shrinking Man we have been looking into movies that deal with shrinking. For this grand episode we bring together all we have learned about downscaling. Keeping Jack Arnold’s amazing sci-fi adventure as the center focus, we go through its story beats and analyse the deeper themes in its core while drifting off and examining links to other sci-fi movies dealing with shrinkage. Spoilers: We talk about the whole ...
Episode 37 - Arrival
August 08, 2017 20:44 - 1 hour - 33.6 MBMe and my mother have had an interesting history in following Denis Villeneuve's career so far. We had our first debate on his merits all the way back on our first episode and we settled some thoughts after seeing Sicario. And our stakes for him . as a filmmaker would just get higher for his first science fiction film. So finally our episode on Arrival is ready. We recorded this way back in January, but took a long break from our podcast and it stood on the shelf so to speak. This is good to...
Ep. 37 - Arrival
August 08, 2017 20:44 - 1 hour - 33.6 MBMe and my mother have had an interesting history in following Denis Villeneuve's career so far. We had our first debate on his merits all the way back on our first episode and we settled some thoughts after seeing Sicario. And our stakes for him . as a filmmaker would just get higher for his first science fiction film. So finally our episode on Arrival is ready. We recorded this way back in January, but took a long break from our podcast and it stood on the shelf so to speak. This is good to...
Ep. 36 - I, Daniel Blake
March 20, 2017 08:36 - 1 hour - 34.3 MBI had the unfortunate experience of going to see I, Daniel Blake in a bad mood. Despite agreeing a lot with what the movie wanted to say, I could not handle the preaching tone. So I came out of it conflicted. Nevertheless I have been ever since recommending everybody to go and see it. My mother on the other hand found deep connection with the story straight away. Next to being in general interested in the subject of poverty, she found the movie showing the audience the struggle that she goes...
Episode 36 - I, Daniel Blake
March 20, 2017 08:36 - 1 hour - 34.3 MBI had the unfortunate experience of going to see I, Daniel Blake in a bad mood. Despite agreeing a lot with what the movie wanted to say, I could not handle the preaching tone. So I came out of it conflicted. Nevertheless I have been ever since recommending everybody to go and see it. My mother on the other hand found deep connection with the story straight away. Next to being in general interested in the subject of poverty, she found the movie showing the audience the struggle that she goes...
Episode 35 - El Clan
March 12, 2017 12:52 - 1 hour - 31.1 MBContinuing themes explored in our previous episode, Memories of Murder and La Isla Minima, about series of murders set against a political turmoil in the 80's, we discuss Pablo Trapero's Argentinian 2015 drama movie El Clan. Based on the real story about the Puccio family that kidnapped and murdered people in Buenos Aires, the movie gave us such a strong impression that we ended up talking most of our episode about the psychology behind these characters. Spoilers: We talk openly about the w...
Ep. 35 - El Clan
March 12, 2017 12:52 - 1 hour - 31.1 MBContinuing themes explored in our previous episode, Memories of Murder and La Isla Minima, about series of murders set against a political turmoil in the 80's, we discuss Pablo Trapero's Argentinian 2015 drama movie El Clan. Based on the real story about the Puccio family that kidnapped and murdered people in Buenos Aires, the movie gave us such a strong impression that we ended up talking most of our episode about the psychology behind these characters. Spoilers: We talk openly about the w...
Episode 34 - Oscars 2017
March 04, 2017 02:10 - 1 hour - 53.8 MBContinuing our Oscar special from last year, me and my mother sit down next day after the Oscar ceremony without knowing the winners and discuss the people and films while reveling the category winners. This time we tried picking a handful of categories that interest us and for which we have time to dwell on. We start easy and move on to the bigger categories towards the end. So, you are welcome to discover the winners with us (if you have not discovered them already for some reason) or to ...
Ep. 34 - Oscars 2017
March 04, 2017 02:10 - 1 hour - 53.8 MBContinuing our Oscar special from last year, me and my mother sit down next day after the Oscar ceremony without knowing the winners and discuss the people and films while reveling the category winners. This time we tried picking a handful of categories that interest us and for which we have time to dwell on. We start easy and move on to the bigger categories towards the end. So, you are welcome to discover the winners with us (if you have not discovered them already for some reason) or to ...
Episode 33 - Moonlight
February 24, 2017 21:33 - 1 hour - 33.4 MBJust in time before the 2017 Academy Awards we sit down and talk about Barry Jenkins's instant classic, Moonlight. It is an incredibly intimate portrait of one mans life searching for his identity that is able to tell a very specific story of race and sexuality being in the same time as universal as you can get. We mainly just go over the details that make this such a great film. For example how the opening scene itself sets up perfectly the upcoming life journey. But we also go over our tho...
Ep. 33 - Moonlight
February 24, 2017 21:33 - 1 hour - 33.4 MBJust in time before the 2017 Academy Awards we sit down and talk about Barry Jenkins's instant classic, Moonlight. It is an incredibly intimate portrait of one mans life searching for his identity that is able to tell a very specific story of race and sexuality being in the same time as universal as you can get. We mainly just go over the details that make this such a great film. For example how the opening scene itself sets up perfectly the upcoming life journey. But we also go over our tho...
Ep. 32 - The Measure Of A Man
February 16, 2017 00:19 - 1 hour - 40.5 MBMy mother described Stéphane Brizé's The Measure of a Man as the best movie of 2015. So naturally I got more and more interested about it. And sure enough it was nothing less than that. A minimal but truthful narration through the casual life of an unemployed man trying to find the means for himself and his family in France. It is a grand work speaking very quiet but saying so much. We sat down to talk get to the bottom of the movie; Vincent Lindon, neorealism, the heavy subject matter, geni...
Episode 32 - The Measure Of A Man
February 16, 2017 00:19 - 1 hour - 40.5 MBMy mother described Stéphane Brizé's The Measure of a Man as the best movie of 2015. So naturally I got more and more interested about it. And sure enough it was nothing less than that. A minimal but truthful narration through the casual life of an unemployed man trying to find the means for himself and his family in France. It is a grand work speaking very quiet but saying so much. We sat down to talk get to the bottom of the movie; Vincent Lindon, neorealism, the heavy subject matter, geni...
Ep. 31 - Infernal Affairs Of The Departed
February 03, 2017 19:16 - 1 hour - 37.4 MBMy mother has a natural interest in going back to the original versions of stories. After she has discovered that they might have been remakes or at least inspired from a previous source, she dives deep into the connections to see the whole evolution of the concepts. Some time ago she discovered that Martin Scorsese adapted his Boston crime thriller The Departed from a 2002 Hong Kong movie Infernal Affairs and naturally she could not let it go until we had a podcast about these two movies. ...
Episode 31 - Infernal Affairs Of The Departed
February 03, 2017 19:16 - 1 hour - 37.4 MBMy mother has a natural interest in going back to the original versions of stories. After she has discovered that they might have been remakes or at least inspired from a previous source, she dives deep into the connections to see the whole evolution of the concepts. Some time ago she discovered that Martin Scorsese adapted his Boston crime thriller The Departed from a 2002 Hong Kong movie Infernal Affairs and naturally she could not let it go until we had a podcast about these two movies. ...
Ep. 30 - Swiss Army Man
January 13, 2017 22:50 - 1 hour - 32 MBSwiss Army Man is the debut feature film by two friends called Daniels about a man and a corpse on a magical surrealist adventure. Many also knows it as the movie in which Harry Potter's corpse farts endlessly. We didn't really know what to expect from it. But in the end it turned out to be one of the best movies of 2016. Honest. Despite the juvenile humor and bizarre concept (and probably because of these) it incorporates some the most earnest and emotional film making in a long while. All ...
Episode 30 - Swiss Army Man
January 13, 2017 22:50 - 1 hour - 32 MBSwiss Army Man is the debut feature film by two friends called Daniels about a man and a corpse on a magical surrealist adventure. Many also knows it as the movie in which Harry Potter's corpse farts endlessly. We didn't really know what to expect from it. But in the end it turned out to be one of the best movies of 2016. Honest. Despite the juvenile humor and bizarre concept (and probably because of these) it incorporates some the most earnest and emotional film making in a long while. All ...
Episode 29 - Train To Busan
January 05, 2017 20:18 - 1 hour - 36.1 MBBy the time The Walking Dead started playing I got bored of zombies in pop culture. Then again my brother got a real kick for them along with The Walking Dead. And then there is our mother who has never seen a zombie in her life. So it was quite exciting when we found each other being really enthusiastic to go and see Yeon Sang-ho's first live action movie Train to Busan. It's yet again another zombie movie, this time on a train across South Korea with an ensemble of colorful characters. Bu...
Ep. 29 - Train To Busan
January 05, 2017 20:18 - 1 hour - 36.1 MBBy the time The Walking Dead started playing I got bored of zombies in pop culture. Then again my brother got a real kick for them along with The Walking Dead. And then there is our mother who has never seen a zombie in her life. So it was quite exciting when we found each other being really enthusiastic to go and see Yeon Sang-ho's first live action movie Train to Busan. It's yet again another zombie movie, this time on a train across South Korea with an ensemble of colorful characters. But...
Ep. 28 - Star Wars: The Force Awakens
December 13, 2016 21:12 - 1 hour - 34.9 MB"Is this the new one? Why it looks so old?" My mother waited for the dvd of Star Wars: Force Awakens for half a year. When I saw it on top of her pile I knew it was a podcast discussion not to miss. So we saw it and talked about right after! I could not wait to hear her opinions about the imaginary adventure action for the new generation. The last time she saw Star Wars when she went with my brother to see the last two of the originals in the theaters. Amazingly our talk expands from just ...
Episode 28 - Star Wars: The Force Awakens
December 13, 2016 21:12 - 1 hour - 34.9 MB"Is this the new one? Why it looks so old?" My mother waited for the dvd of Star Wars: Force Awakens for half a year. When I saw it on top of her pile I knew it was a podcast discussion not to miss. So we saw it and talked about right after! I could not wait to hear her opinions about the imaginary adventure action for the new generation. The last time she saw Star Wars when she went with my brother to see the last two of the originals in the theaters. Amazingly our talk expands from just...
Episode 27 - Son Of Saul
December 11, 2016 21:35 - 1 hour - 35.3 MBLászló Nemes's holocaust drama Son of Saul has been on our absolute must see watch list ever since it came out and some time ago we finally had the opportunity to see it. Naturally we could not wait to sit down and pour our thoughts out of it. The strange thing about it however was that I happened to be visiting in Israel at the moment when we did our Skype talk, which brought the effect of the film to another emotional level. Our discussion drifted apart from the movie to topics about faith...
Episode 26 - Memories Of Murder And La Isla Minima
December 11, 2016 21:32 - 1 hour - 37.2 MBEven if we wanted to, it seems that we cannot get out of South Korea. As long as we still have a fresh interest in it we take our opportunity to talk about a hugely entertaining movie, Bong Joon-ho's 2003 dramatization of South Koreans first murder case labeled as serial killing, Memories of Murder. Next to that we bring in a more recent Spanish murder thriller from 2014 called La Isla Minima (English title: Marshland) by Alberto Rodríguez. As both take place in the 80's and involves heavily...
Episode 25 - Shaun The Sheep Movie
December 11, 2016 21:30 - 56 minutes - 26.1 MBThe next movie we decided to talk during our face to face discussion in Finland happens to have the youngest target audience so far. We watched Shaun the Sheep Movie by Aardman Animations and true to our nature we could not help but create some unconventional opinions out of it. After some Aardman centered chit chat my mother presents a deep analysis on the animal warden antagonist, Trumper, creating bridges from Les Misérables to Hannah Arendt to paint the picture of what this character tru...
Episode 24 - Where The Wild Things Are
December 11, 2016 21:26 - 1 hour - 32.7 MBWith me and my mother living in different countries it is not so often that we get to meet face to face and when we do we really try savor it. And of course these days one of our favorite thing is to do a podcast. While staying together in Finland we watched all kind of movies of which we took a couple as our subjects for the two next episodes. The first one is Spike Jonze's Where The Wild Things Are, which I have always held as an example on how to really do a good adaptation. We are joine...
Episode 23 - I Saw The Devil
December 11, 2016 21:23 - 56 minutes - 25.9 MBWith our third episode about a South Korean movie, the country seems to get a common status in our podcast. At the end of our talk of Thirst I gave some movie recommendations which I thought my mother would like. And the one movie that shined out specifically was Kim Jee-woon's I Saw the Devil. Focusing on a bloody revenge story with a serial killer it is safe to say that this is so far our most darkest and violent movie we have talked about in our podcast. But it gives us also weirdly the c...
Episode 22 - Snowpiercer
December 11, 2016 21:21 - 1 hour - 33.2 MBBy the end of our earlier podcast about Park Chan-wook's Thirst, we went off topic and talked about South Korean movies and one major filmmaker that came up was Bong Joon-ho. I recommended my mother to check all of his movies and particularly his first English speaking production Snowpiercer. In general my mother does not watch Sci-Fi action, but in relation to South Korea it might be an interesting watch, and most importantly I wanted to know if she liked it. Because the fact is that I didn...
Episode 21 - Bridge Of Spies
December 11, 2016 21:16 - 1 hour - 33.9 MBThis week Steven Spielberg offers a refreshingly historical story about spies in the mix of the Cold War, which for some reason went under the radar for me when it came out. My mother in the other hand caught up with it immediately and came up with an interesting realization about what kind of effect Mark Rylance's performance had on the rest of the movie. Without a doubt it sounded like something we should save for our next discussion. Join us as we dive into the merits of Steven Spielberg'...
Episode 20 - Fearless Vampire Killers
December 11, 2016 21:12 - 1 hour - 41.6 MBOn the fourth episode on the topic of vampires we step little bit backwards and look at an older movie that made it into my mothers top four vampire movies. Next to being the oldest and most traditional in its lore, it happens to be also the only comedy. Filled with the master filmmakers personal interests, such as fun winter activities and sports, and careless humor supported by fake makeup it is a fascinating production that perfectly completes our vampire topic. Even though this time me a...
Episode 19 - Thirst
December 11, 2016 21:10 - 1 hour - 39 MBThe very physical work of Chan-wook Park, to whom most of the audience is famous from Oldboy, has won over my mothers admiration over and over again. But it really culminated with the mix of vampirism and family/household drama Thirst. Our series on vampires takes an interesting turn from the previous quiet and more slow paced vampire dramas as we discuss a movie which at first hand feels all over the place, but manages to feel natural enough in its chaos to discuss multiple levels of topic...
Episode 18 - Only Lovers Left Alive
December 11, 2016 21:01 - 1 hour - 37.3 MBContinuing with the vampire genre after Let The Right One In, which brought us closer to our home environment and culture, we explore the spiritual and social concepts in the 2013 drama Only Lovers Left Alive and why exactly this movie sparked my mothers mind. We get to analyze the movie from its characters, themes, locations, music and even its name to the unique filmmaker behind the wheel. Also my mother reveals a surprising history between Finland and Tangier. For people who have not see...
Episode 17 - Let The Right One In
December 11, 2016 20:57 - 1 hour - 28.2 MBLiisa has never been really into the classic horror genre and least of all into such a ridiculous theme as vampires. So I was kind of shocked when I heard that my mother is suddenly really into these gothic nightcrawlers. I gave her a list of all the vampire films I could think of and she watched all of them. Understandably I could not wait to hear what she got out it. From all them we chose four that stood out to her to discuss on the podcast. So this will be a short series of four episode...