Loose Canon
34 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 7 years ago - ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsLibrarian, writer, and sometime film critic Caroline K. Fulford leads her guests through their own personal film canons-- the memories, stories, and inexplicable love that keeps us watching in the dark.
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Episodes
Episode 31: 1776 w/ Spirits Podcast
February 23, 2017 17:07 - 46 minutes - 43 MBFor our President's Day episode, Julia & Amanda of the Spirits podcast join me to celebrate / bemoan our independenCY!
Episode 30: Tangerine
January 26, 2017 23:48 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MBJane Dempsey returns to talk Tangerine, a Christmas movie for those of us who always have to work on Christmas.
Episode 29: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
December 26, 2016 18:13 - 44 minutes - 41.1 MBJosh Hollis and I get our Santa hats on and talk about Christmas, film noir, the death of childhood, and gay detectives. Holiday theme: "If You Want It" by TV Girl (https://tvgirl.bandcamp.com/track/if-you-want-it-2) https://joshhollis.com/
Episode 28: The Family Stone
November 26, 2016 16:37 - 38 minutes - 35.6 MBStage actor Larry Owens (Gigantic, A Strange Loop, Boys Who Tricked Me, Spamilton) joins me to discuss his favorite comfort movie, The Family Stone (2005). Featuring: "comfort movies," the mainstreaming of queerness & disability in the early aughts, and SJP's very un-Carrie awfulness. http://larryowenslive.com/
Episode 27: Cat People (1982)
October 29, 2016 21:45 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MBGena Radcliffe of the Kill By Kill podcast joins me to discuss 1982's Cat People. http://apple.co/2dYM84b https://tuneintonight.wordpress.com/
Episode 26: Drop Dead Gorgeous
October 21, 2016 10:55 - 47 minutes - 43.8 MBLiz Watson (@watsontots) of the Women of the Hour podcast helps me establish another entry in the Kirsten Dunst canon, 1999's Drop Dead Gorgeous. buzzfeed.com/womenofthehour
Episode 25: Hellraiser
October 14, 2016 20:15 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MBMegan Sunday of Trapped in the Attic (https://trappedintheattic.wordpress.com/) joins me to pick over the gooey remains of Clive Barker's Hellraiser. Listen to Megan on the Lifemark podcast! http://eartrumpetaudio.com/?p=241
Episode 24: She's the Man w/ Spirits Podcast
September 25, 2016 16:38 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBJulia and Amanda of the Spirits podcast join me to discuss gender bending, emotional men, Chekhov's tampons, and Channing Tatum, my adorable dancing son. https://www.patreon.com/spiritspodcast
Episode 23: The Legend of Billie Jean
September 11, 2016 23:10 - 1 hour - 56.2 MBAmy Pascale (TV Taught Me podcast) joins me to talk The Legend of Billie Jean, the feminist road warrior movie you always wanted. http://theamypascale.com/
Episode 22: Cherry Falls
August 18, 2016 20:14 - 43 minutes - 40.2 MBAlexandra West (@ScareAlex) of The Faculty of Horror podcast joins me to talk about Cherry Falls (2000), a satirical, sexually-charged teen slasher film starring Brittany Murphy that almost never saw the light of day. http://www.facultyofhorror.com/
Episode 21: Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
July 10, 2016 23:20 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MBClint Worthington of Alcohollywood and Consequence of Sound joins me to defrag 2001's would-be game-changer Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within.
Episode 20: The Monster Squad
June 19, 2016 17:15 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBDan McCoy (The Flop House podcast, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah) joins me to discuss The Monster Squad. Voices by us, clattering noises by his cat Archie.
Episode 19: Marie Antoinette
June 05, 2016 16:32 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MB"The problem of leisure / What to do for pleasure..." Shannon Campe of the Stage of Fools podcast joins me to talk Sofia Coppola's unfairly maligned 2006 biopic Marie Antoinette. http://www.shannon-campe.com/ http://quaintmagazine.com/cinema-of-the-teen-girl-marie-antoinette
Episode 18: The Last Unicorn
May 20, 2016 04:16 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MB"I'm alive!" John McCoy of Sophomore Lit joins me to talk fairy tales, death, time, and 70s soft rock bands. https://www.theincomparable.com/sophomorelit/
Episode 17: Pacific Rim
May 05, 2016 14:41 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBJamelle Bouie, Slate Chief Political Correspondent & CBS News Political Analyst, joins me to talk action movie masculinism, Guillermo Del Toro's female gaze, and giant robots. Follow Jamelle on Twitter (https://twitter.com/jbouie) or visit his website (http://jamellebouie.net/). Follow the show on our site (loosecanonpod.com), on Twitter (https://twitter.com/loosecanonpod)or Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/loosecanonpod/), and subscribe to our newsletter (tinyletter.com/loosecanonpod).
Episode 16: 13 Going on 30
April 21, 2016 15:03 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MB"Thirty, flirty, and thriving..." Christy Admiraal of The Toast returns as we close out this month with another romantic comedy, 2004's Jennifer Garner vehicle 13 Going on 30. We talk teenage wish fulfillment, Peak Ruffalo, and the magic of synchronized group dance sequences. Read Christy's work (http://the-toast.net/author/christy-admiraal) and follow her on Twitter (https://twitter.com/AdmiralChristy).
Episode 15: Down to You
April 15, 2016 15:38 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MB"Cake? Cake is my world!" In the first of our good-bad April Fools' episodes, Alison Abrams (https://twitter.com/sarcasticvoice) helps me try & make sense of the desperately strange 2001 romantic comedy Down to You.
Episode 14: In Bruges
March 25, 2016 04:45 - 49 minutes - 45 MB"I used to hate history, didn't you? It's all just a load of stuff that's already happened." I sat down with my friend Chris Tracy (twitter.com/oldchris) of Clean Girls(http://cleangirls.bandcamp.com/) to talk McDonagh, violence, inherited morals, and the Irish worldview. It's a little more academic than we usually get, but there may have been whiskey involved.
Episode 13: Newsies
March 10, 2016 21:23 - 34 minutes - 31.1 MBChicago-based librarian & self-professed "fansie" Sarah Kantor helps me carry the banner through Newsies, the 1992 cult Disney musical from which Christian Bale is still recovering.
Episode 12: The Apartment
February 27, 2016 15:25 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBChristy Admiraal of The Toast joins me to discuss Billy Wilder's 1960 romantic comedy The Apartment. See Christy's writing here: http://the-toast.net/author/christy-admiraal
Episode 11: Josie and the Pussycats
February 11, 2016 19:22 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MBImproviser Jane Dempsey of Pizza Baby Pizza joins me to revisit 2001's box office bomb Josie and the Pussycats. GATORADE IS THE NEW SNAPPLE.
Episode 10: Seraphim Falls
January 31, 2016 19:34 - 36 minutes - 33 MBMalcolm Nygard of APOC RADIO joins me to discuss the underseen 2006 western Seraphim Falls, starring Pierce Brosnan and Liam Neeson. We pick apart the appeal of the western genre, its place in contemporary cinema, and just how you might sew yourself into a horse. Produced & edited by Caroline Fulford Music by Lazy Salon
The LC Mixtape: STARMAN
January 22, 2016 17:07 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MBDAVID BOWIE (1947-2016) Movies: Labyrinth, The Prestige, The Hunger, The Man Who Fell to Earth Music: Seu Jorge, The Blood Brothers, The Langley Schools Music Project Produced & edited by Caroline Fulford
Episode 9: Ginger Snaps
January 08, 2016 17:20 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBNSTV's Alison Abrams joins me to discuss Ginger Snaps (2000), the cult Canadian teen horror starring Katherine Isabelle and Emily Perkins. It gets pretty menstrual.
The LC Chrismukkah Mixtape
December 23, 2015 15:13 - 9 minutes - 8.62 MBThis Chrismukkah, I'm your Seth Cohen, and you're my Summer Roberts. MOVIES/TV: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens Brazil The Kate Bush Christmas Special The General Fargo The Twilight Zone The Snowman The Wizard of Oz The Sound of Music Raising Arizona Anchorman Elf Chinatown Miller's Crossing Inside Llewyn Davis MUSIC: "Just Like Christmas" - Low "Alone on Christmas Day" - Phoenix "Walking in the Air" - Peter Auty "Fare Thee Well (Dink's Song)" - Marcus Mumford & Oscar Isaac "The Firs...
Episode 8: Robin Hood Prince of Thieves
December 17, 2015 21:10 - 25 minutes - 22.9 MBI talk to collage artist & NGO communications officer Liz Riegel about Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, the 1991 action-adventure starring Kevin Costner's haircut. We conclude that Alan Rickman's incredible performance lives on in the form of James Adomian.
Episode 7: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
December 03, 2015 19:21 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBSammi Campbell of A Talking 'Cast?! and The Cast Next Door helps me remember my Pope Alexander. Our discussion of Michel Gondry's 2004 Oscar-winner strays into the travails of monogamy and online dating. I want letters from listeners! Subscribe to my newsletter (tinyletter.com/loosecanonpod) or email me at [email protected]
Episode 6: Scream
November 20, 2015 17:15 - 31 minutes - 29 MBIllustrator, bassist, and goth fairy Stephanie Monohan joins me to pick over Wes Craven's 1996 hit Scream. cleangirls.bandcamp.com inkonyourgrave.tumblr.com shdwbxng on IG, tumblr & Twitter Produced & edited by Caroline Fulford Music by Lazy Salon
Episode 5: Heathers
September 29, 2015 15:20 - 45 minutes - 41.3 MBShannon Campe & Natalie Walker get crucial about Heathers. It's gonna be very. Produced & edited by Caroline Fulford Music by Lazy Salon
Episode 4: Rumble in the Bronx
August 15, 2015 22:00 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MBTara Chatterjee, excellent human, helps me piece together Jackie Chan's 1995 international hit, Rumble in the Bronx. Music: Lazy Salon Edited by: T.D. Crowley
Episode 3: A League of Their Own
July 24, 2015 18:54 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MBNatalie Walker, star of stage and screen, joins me for a very sober discussion of Penny Marshall's 1992 film A League of Their Own. Music: Lazy Salon Edited by: Alison Abrams
Episode 2: Little Women
July 11, 2015 01:07 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBShannon Campe of the upcoming Stage of Fools podcast joins me to scream & cry & giggle about Gillian Armstrong's 1994 adaptation of Little Women, starring the inimitable Winona Ryder. Music: Lazy Salon Edited by: T.D. Crowley
Episode 1: Dead Poets Society
June 24, 2015 13:22 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MBMaura Lammers of Fjords Review joins me to discuss Peter Weir's 1989 film Dead Poets Society starring Robin Williams. We discuss writing, teaching, and the finer points of the barbaric yawp. Music: Lazy Salon Edited by: T.D. Crowley
Episode 0.5: Film Canon 101
June 09, 2015 21:18 - 1 minute - 1.7 MBProduced & edited by: Caroline Fulford Art: Josh Hollis Music: Lazy Salon