Oeuvre Busters presents...
107 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 months ago - ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsOeuvre Busters presents is a feed where Liam Billingham talks to folks about movies. It used to be deep dives into one specific filmmaker (Oeuvre Busters). Sometimes it's Rohmercast: a podcast about Éric Rohmer: his films, his working methods, and anything else we want to talk about related to Éric Rohmer. Right now, it's whatever he feels like!
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TENETheimer with Bilge Ebiri
August 23, 2023 19:36 - 1 hour - 123 MBDespite making $360 million dollars and being loved and reviled in equal measure, sometimes I feel like Christopher Nolan’s spy-meets-time-travel hard sci-fi epic TENET doesn’t exist. The movie came out in the deepest of COVID, and even among those who saw it, more than half were put off by its (at times) unintelligible dialogue and convoluted plot. It has had a few returns to movie theaters since, and is available on physical and digital media, but isn't among his most celebrated or most vi...
Season 2 Wrap Up!
December 21, 2022 23:07 - 1 hour - 91.6 MBWelcome to the SEASON TWO FINALE of RohmerCast: the podcast about Eric Rohmer, his films, his working methods, and anything else we want to talk about related to Eric Rohmer. In our eighth episode we discuss Rohmer’s production methods via LA COLLECTIONNEUSE, PERCEVAL, and THE GREEN RAY. This leads to the following tangents: monster trucks named after Rohmer movies, post-dubbing naturalism, sound recording as a practical AND aesthetic choice, functional light, different approaches to wo...
The Green Ray
December 08, 2022 13:00 - 59 minutes - 81.1 MBWelcome to RohmerCast; the podcast about Eric Rohmer, his films, his working methods, and anything else we want to talk about related to Eric Rohmer. In our seventh episode we discuss Le rayon vert (The Green Ray), his entirely improvised film from 1986. This leads to the following tangents: summertime sadness, different kinds of holidays, traveling alone, the feeling of a documentary, premiering on television, The Worst Person in the World, personal superstitions, others dictating your ...
Perceval
November 23, 2022 17:22 - 1 hour - 93.3 MBWelcome to the second episode of season two of RohmerCast, the podcast about Éric Rohmer: his films, his working methods, and anything else we want to talk about related to Éric Rohmer. In this episode, we discuss Perceval, his period adaptation of a 12th century poem. This leads to the following tangents: authenticity to period art and the language of the text, realistic (awkward) battles, theater in the round, artificiality in mise-en-scene, Bressonian acting, and the theme of youth and ...
Season Two Premiere: La Collectionneuse
November 11, 2022 16:08 - 1 hour - 92.8 MBWelcome to the SEASON TWO PREMIERE of RohmerCast, the podcast about Éric Rohmer: his films, his working methods, and anything else we want to talk about related to Éric Rohmer. In our fifth episode we discuss La Collectionneuse (1967), his (second) first feature. This leads to the following tangents: coming up with a theme song for the show, the idea of a fictionalized documentary, the sound of the birds, direct sound as an aesthetic choice, intentionally with shooting ratio, Rohmer in rela...
ANNOUNCING OUR SECOND SEASON!
November 04, 2022 17:05 - 59 seconds - 1.37 MBHello everybody! And welcome to RohmerCast, a podcast about Eric Rohmer: his films, his working methods, and anything else we want to talk about related to Eric Rohmer. Listen to our trailer to hear about the films we're going to talk about in season two! Primary Sources: Eric Rohmer: Interviews edited by Fiona Handyside Eric Rohmer: A Biography by Noël Herpe and Antoine De Baecque #ericrohmer #frenchnewwave #cinema #nouvellevague #filminstagram #filmtwitter #frenchcinema #cinephile #c...
BONUS: White Elephant Art Vs. Termite Art!
October 21, 2022 11:40 - 48 minutes - 66.1 MBHi! While you all eagerly await the announcement of our second season, we thought we'd re-share Shaun's appearance on Oeuvre Busters, the podcast that launched this feed and got some fun attention last week. On the ep, Shaun goes into full 'cool teacher' mode, taking us through Manny Farber's theory. It's a fun listen, and we hope you enjoy it! We'll be back in soon with announcements about season 2! -- This week, based on a question from a listener, we sat down with filmmaker pal Shaun...
So... about that Vulture Article: HIGH AND LOW with Bilge Ebiri (an Oeuvre Busters re-release!)
October 12, 2022 19:58 - 1 hour - 97.5 MBHi everybody! We were thrilled and honored to be included in today's 13 Great Film Podcasts, According to a Film Critic article published by Vulture. On this list, Bilge Ebiri highlighted some of the film podcasts he enjoys and has been on. We are in such wonderful company. Having Bilge on was a real highlight for us, and so we thought we'd re-release the episode for you to check it out. The entire back catalog of Oeuvre Busters is available! Check it out below! Thanks so much for listening...
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: LISTEN TO OUR FIRST SEASON NOW!
September 23, 2022 16:50 - 1 minute - 15.3 MBHI! The films that we talked about this season that are on Metrograph's at home app are leaving September 28, 2022! Though they are available on Archive.org, Metrograph's versions are beautiful! Go watch and listen before we start our second season! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Season 1 Finale: What is Rohmerian? (or, The Rohmerian Cinematic Universe!)
September 09, 2022 17:31 - 59 minutes - 82.2 MBWelcome to RohmerCast, the podcast about Rohmer: his films, his working methods, and anything else we want to talk about related to Éric Rohmer. In finale of season one, we ask ourselves, “What is Rohmerian?” and explore the “Rohmer Cinematic Universe” through The Aviator’s Wife (1981), Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle (1987), and Boyfriends and Girlfriends (1987) -- the three films programmed by Metrograph in their Summer of Rohmer series. This leads to the following tangents: wh...
RohmerCast: Boyfriends and Girlfriends
September 02, 2022 19:26 - 1 hour - 91.4 MBWelcome to RohmerCast, the podcast about Rohmer: his films, his working methods, and anything else we want to talk about related to Éric Rohmer. In our third episode, hosts Liam Billingham and Shaun Seneviratne discuss Boyfriends & Girlfriends (1987), the final film in his Comedies & Proverbs cycle. This leads to the following tangents: Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, the Screwball Comedy, streamlined production methods, location sound as sound aesthetic, the suburbs as a location, setting ...
RohmerCast: The Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle
August 26, 2022 18:21 - 1 hour - 92.8 MBWelcome to RohmerCast, the podcast about Rohmer: his films, his working methods, and anything else we want to talk about related to Éric Rohmer. In our second episode, hosts Liam Billingham and Shaun Seneviratne discuss Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle (1987), a semi-improvised film made during a production break on The Green Ray (1986). This leads to following tangents: production crews, the difference between improvisation and scripted moments, episodic construction, naïveté vs p...
ROHMERCAST: The Aviator's Wife
August 12, 2022 15:53 - 1 hour - 96.2 MBWelcome to RohmerCast, a new podcast from one of the guys who brought you Oeuvre Busters and his much smarter friend! In this inaugural episode, hosts Liam Billingham and Shaun Seneviratne discuss The Aviator’s Wife, which marked the beginning of Rohmer’s Comedies and Proverbs cycle. This leads to some of the following tangents: growing into Rohmer as an adult; the superficial qualities one associates with Rohmer; the film as Verite Romantic Comedy, an Action Movie, and an Existential Detect...
RohmerCast: The Aviator's Wife
August 12, 2022 15:53 - 1 hour - 96.2 MBWelcome to RohmerCast, a new podcast from one of the guys who brought you Oeuvre Busters and his much smarter friend! In this inaugural episode, hosts Liam Billingham and Shaun Seneviratne discuss The Aviator’s Wife, which marked the beginning of Rohmer’s Comedies and Proverbs cycle. This leads to some of the following tangents: growing into Rohmer as an adult; the superficial qualities one associates with Rohmer; the film as Verite Romantic Comedy, an Action Movie, and an Existential Detect...
This month on Patreon: ANOTHER ROUND (2020)
April 14, 2021 07:01 - 2 minutes - 3.64 MBThis month on Patreon, the boys go deep on Thomas Vinterberg's ANOTHER ROUND, which is currently on HULU in the US of A and is pretty damn great. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Talking about Red Beard (1965)!
March 17, 2021 07:01 - 1 hour - 87.2 MBOn this reddish episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George discuss Akira Kurosawa's Red Beard (1965), starring Toshiro Mifune, Yūzō Kayama, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Reiko Dan, Miyuki Kuwano and Kyōko Kagawa. Topics discussed: endings and beginnings; Green Day albums; beard dye; Henry Cavill's 'stache; horribly racist James Bond films. Also, the Pacino reset! Topics not discussed? Kierkegaard and the leap of faith. Hey, you all know we love you out there, right? But do you love us? If so, p...
Talking about Ran (1985) with Jessica Chiba!
March 03, 2021 08:01 - 1 hour - 91.8 MBOn this Learesque episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George welcome Jessica Chiba to discuss Akira Kurosawa's Ran (1985), starring Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu and Mieko Harada. We recorded this episode a few months back and were going to release it a little later, but Ran is currently on Amazon Prime, so what better time to celebrate this film than now? Topics discussed: must we mean what we say?; the purpose of fools; utter hopelessness; love. Plus, we briefly imagine what ...
High and Low (1963) with Bilge Ebiri!
February 17, 2021 08:01 - 1 hour - 94.5 MBOn this up and down episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George welcome Bilge Ebiri to discuss High and Low (1963), directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kyōko Kagawa and Tatsuya Mihashi. Topics discussed: pink smoke; the Criterion closet, again; Steve Martin, serious actor; Mifune's great cheekbones. Also, utopianism! Topics not discussed? Goethe's Theory of Colors. Bilge Ebiri is an editor and film critic at Vulture. Here's some of his recent writing w...
Sanjuro (1962) with Jose Rodriguez!
February 03, 2021 08:01 - 1 hour - 83.5 MBOn this sequel to our episode on Yojimbo, Liam and George welcome back Jose Rodriguez to discuss Sanjuro (1962), directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiju Kobayashi and Yūzō Kayama. Topics discussed: Roborat; explosive violence; pounds and pence; keeping your sword sheathed; Demolition Man; ronins with hearts of gold. Also, faxes! Remember those?! Topics not discussed? Terfs! They suck. Jose's wonderful and beautiful Adolescencia and other works can ...
Yojimbo (1961) with Bryan Cogman!
January 20, 2021 08:01 - 1 hour - 114 MBOn this yolo of an episode, Liam and George welcome Bryan Cogman to discuss Yojimbo (1961), directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshiro Mifune. Topics discussed: correct samurai slashing techniques; Al Pacino in Star Wars; how to properly hold a gun; Tony Scott; and, of course, capitalism. Plus, Sergio Leone, put that letter down! Topics not discussed: The symbolism of the parrot in Gustave Flaubert’s A Simple Heart. Bryan Cogman is a screenwriter, producer and once and future actor. H...
The Bad Sleep Well (1960) with Inkoo Kang!
January 13, 2021 08:00 - 51 minutes - 70.2 MBOn this well-rested episode, Liam and George invite Inkoo Kang on to discuss The Bad Sleep Well (1960) directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshiro Mifune, Topics discussed: Hamlet, of course; bustiers; eating cake at the DMV; Halloween traumas; Parasite. Also, as usual, capitalism! Folks, it's still bad. Topics not discussed: Heiner Müller's Hamletmachine. Inkoo's great podcast on Pedro Almodovar can be found here: All About Almovodar Podcast And some of her recent writing can be fou...
Talking about 'The Hidden Fortress!' (1958)
December 23, 2020 08:01 - 52 minutes - 71.6 MBOn this hidden (?) episode of Oeuvre Busters, George and Liam welcome back filmmaker and friend of the pod Randy Wilkins to discuss The Hidden Fortress (1958) directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshiro Mifune, Misa Uehara, Minoru Chiaki, and Kamatari Fujiwara. Topics discussed: NYU, the Star Wars of colleges; obnoxious film professors; working in triangles; burying corpses; the intimate and the epical; sublime poets stealing; Mifune’s legs. Also, please hire us Disney! Topics not disc...
Talking about The Lower Depths (1957)!
December 09, 2020 08:01 - 48 minutes - 66.9 MBOn this episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George plumb the depths to discuss Akira Kurosawa's The Lower Depths, starring, of course, the studly Toshiro Mifune. Topics discussed: Maxim Gorky, wookie lookalike; fuck Richard Crenna; 24-hour TangoMan; Stalin and how he murked a few folks; Maxim Gorky, time traveler. Also, be obnoxious, go ahead! Topics not discussed? Wilson Harris's sublime Guyana Quartet, essential texts of the post-colonial canon. Hey, you all know we love you out there,...
Talking about Throne of Blood (1957) with Isaac Butler!
November 25, 2020 08:01 - 1 hour - 106 MBOn this bloody great episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George welcome Isaac Butler on to discuss Throne of Blood (1957), directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshiro Mifune, Isuzu Yamada and Takashi Shimura. Topics discussed: Ghost of Tsushima; doomed prophecies; that one Julius Caesar in the park; Hour of the Wolf; very English things to say; horses eating horses; wonderlands. Also, some lingo from those of us in the critical trade. Topic not discussed: Battlestar Galactica and all t...
Talking about Ikiru (1952)!
November 18, 2020 08:01 - 52 minutes - 71.8 MBOn this cancerous episode of Oeuvre Busters, George and Liam discuss Ikiru (1952), directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Takashi Shimura. Topics discussed: Squid-and-the-Whale vibes; drunk salarymen; bad dads; Kid A; all the rabbits we made along the way. Also, Tolstoy. Topics not discussed: lobster humanoids. Hey, you all know we love you out there, right? But do you love us? If so, please consider subscribing to our new Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/oeuvrebusters For only $3 dollar...
Talking about I Live In Fear (1954)!
November 11, 2020 08:01 - 53 minutes - 73 MBOn this fearful episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George discuss I Live in Fear (1954), directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshiro Mifune. Topics discussed: Vigo the Carpathian; the anxiety of modern life; the late, great James Gandolfini does Shakespeare; radioactive rainstorms; erotic Liam. Also, so many good people are dead! Topics not discussed: The Tarnac 9. Make sure to listen and subscribe to Michael Carroll's excellent podcast, Judgement Day: T2 Vs Cinema! It can be found he...
The Seven Samurai (1954) with Blake Howard!
October 28, 2020 07:01 - 55 minutes - 76.9 MBOn this seventh-heaven of an episode, Liam and George welcome Blake Howard, the hardest-working man in podcasting, to discuss The Seven Samurai (1954), directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura and Keio Tsushima. Topics discussed: Michael Mann Google alerts; Pauline Kael; high school Liam, film nerd; living French philosophers. Also, Radioactive Man, the Movie! Topic not discussed? The invention of the number zero. More about Blake Howard and his amazing stab...
October Patreon - The Ben Affleck Oeuvre!
October 21, 2020 07:01 - 2 minutes - 3.3 MBThis month we welcome Ben Affleck lover, Bostonian, and Liam's sister-in-law Rebecca Weiss to talk about all things Ben Affleck! It's a fun, chatty episode. Witness Liam and Rebecca's amazing Boston accents! Roll your eyes as George keeps trying to make Tarkovsky jokes. Be mildly annoyed that no one has ever seen the movies we're talking about! Subscribe to the patreon at patreon.com/oeuvrebusters! Please, if you can, rate, review, and subscribe to Oeuvre Busters on Stitcher and iTunes an...
Talking about The Idiot (1951) with AS Hamrah!
October 14, 2020 07:01 - 1 hour - 99.8 MBOn this non-idiotic episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George welcome A.S. Hamrah to the podcast to discuss Akira Kurosawa’s The Idiot (1951), starring Toshiro Mifune, Setsuko Hara, and Takashi Shimura. Topics discussed: America’s crumbling infrastructure; Draculaesque interiors; snow; human extremes. Also, Christ attacks the money lenders! Topics not discussed: Throwing the I Ching. A.S. Hamrah was n+1’s film critic from 2008 to 2019, and was the editor of the magazine’s film review sup...
Talking about Rashomon (1950), with special guest Alissa Wilkinson!
September 30, 2020 07:01 - 1 hour - 82.5 MBOn this memory-laden episode, Liam and George welcome Alissa Wilkinson on to discuss Rashomon, directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Machiko Kyo and Masayuki Mori. Topics discussed: faith in humanity; deus ex baby; postmodern theories of narrative; deep fakes; the politics of the 60s. Also, you guys should kill each other! Topics not covered? Robert Frost’s genteel New England poetry. Alissa is Vox.com’s film critic and an associate professor of English a...
Talking about Scandal (1950!)
September 16, 2020 07:01 - 43 minutes - 60.4 MBOn this scandalous episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George discuss Scandal (1950) starring Toshiro Mifune and directed, of course, by Akira Kurosawa. Topics discussed: Weezer, as always; amour; old-doddering dudes; Martin Jay’s glasses; snarky booksellers. Also, congrats to Mifune on the wedding! Topic not discussed? The monstrous waves of Nazaré, Portugal, where extreme surfers go to test their mettle. Hey, you all know we love you out there, right? But do you love us? If so, please co...
Now on Patreon: The Dirty Dozen (1967!)
September 09, 2020 20:04 - 2 minutes - 3.56 MBA sneak peek look into our episode on the Dirty Dozen. Greek-American action cinema! The lie of Sleepless in Seattle! War sucks, Bronson rules. To listen to the entire episode, become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/oeuvrebusters! Join us. We love you. Well, George does. Liam likes you. Hey, you all know we love you out there, right? But do you love us? If so, please consider subscribing to our new Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/oeuvrebusters For only $3 dollars a month, you’ll get ...
Talking about Stray Dog (1949) with special guest Joyce Wu
September 02, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 86.9 MBOn this doggish episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George invite Joyce Wu to discuss Stray Dog (1949), directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring, of course, Toshiro Mifune. Topics discuss? Horniness; isolation, alienation, AND ennui; the shadow-self; people are bad; ACAB, have a beer; sucking popsicles. Also, Kurosawa can direct the shit out of anything. Topics not discussed? The origins of the bicameral mind. Joyce Wu is a writer and director based in Los Angeles. She was an inaugural memb...
Bonus: Talking about No Regrets for Our Youth (1946) with Nancy Schwartzman!
August 26, 2020 07:01 - 1 hour - 85.9 MBOn this not-at-all regrettable episode Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George welcome Nancy Schwartzman to discuss Akira Kurosawa’s No Regrets for Our Youth (1946), starring Setsuko Hara. Topics discussed? Swingers; heroic university professors; bending the knee; fast-asleep cops; ignorant villagers. Also, proper farmer etiquette! Topics not discussed? Nothing. This episode is incredibly ambitious, and we pretty much cover everything there is to cover in a tight 1:02:31. You’re welcome! Nancy Sc...
Talking about The Quiet Duel (1949)
August 19, 2020 07:01 - 44 minutes - 61.2 MBOn this dueling-banjos episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George discuss The Quiet Duel (1949), directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshiro Mifune. Topics discussed: syphilis; fuck around and find out; Avengers: Endgame; Liam’s wicked sophistry. Also, can’t fuck, wanna fuck. Topics not discussed: The Situationists and the beach beneath the streets. Hey, you all know we love you out there, right? But do you love us? If so, please consider subscribing to our new Patreon! https://www.pat...
Patreon Bonus bytes: Talking about ‘Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007!)’
August 12, 2020 07:01 - 2 minutes - 3.15 MBHere's a little taste of this month's Patreon on BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD. Our guests are Joe and Michael Ranghelli. For $3 a month, you get one additional episode AND a little essay writen by George. Join us at patreon.com/oeuvrebusters! We appreciate the support. Thank you! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Talking about Drunken Angel with Stuart Galbraith IV!
August 05, 2020 07:01 - 59 minutes - 81.1 MBOn this angelic episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George welcome Stuart Galbraith IV, the man who literally wrote the book on the Kurosawa/Mifune relationship, The Emperor and the Wolf. Topics discussed: cynicism and hopefulness; curmudgeonly doctors; Yakuza feudalism; spiritual sickness. Also, Clint Eastwood is just a watered down version of Mifune, really. Topics not discussed: How Vladimir Nabokov’s translation of Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin lead to the ending of his friendship with Edmund...
Talking about early Kurosawa and Mifune!
July 31, 2020 07:01 - 53 minutes - 73.5 MBOn this dialectically-enhanced episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George discuss two films for the price of one: Sanshiro Sugata (1943), directed by Akira Kurosawa, and Snow Trail (1947), starring Toshiro Mifune. Topics discussed on this episode: alpha and beta males; Babar, the colonialist; the shit and the mire; middle-brow literature. Plus, my god, that sandal! So quintessentially Kurosawa. Topics not discussed: anemones. Hey, you all know we love you out there, right? But do you love ...
Season Four Premier!
July 27, 2020 07:01 - 27 minutes - 38.5 MBOn this, the season-four premier of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George return to their art-house roots to discuss the collaborative relationship between Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune! Topics discussed: double-decker VHS tapes; small republican towns; libraries, oases of culture; world cinema; men in crisis. Also, what the fuck is up with Grimace? Seriously?! Hey, you all know we love you out there, right? But do you love us? If so, please consider subscribing to our new Patreon! https://ww...
RE-RELEASE: Cassavetes and Company on the Dick Cavett Show
July 15, 2020 07:01 - 46 minutes - 63.9 MB*Note:To celebrate HUSBANDS being available on the Criterion Channel, we’re re-releasing all of our HUSBANDS content. Believe it or not, this show started because of HUSBANDS. The Dick Cavett episode is available below, as well as on the Criterion Channel. Watch, listen, and cringe!* Welcome to this bonus episode (you're welcome, America!) of Oeuvre Busters! On September 18, 1970, Cassavetes, Ben Gazzara, and Peter Falk appeared on the Dick Cavett Show to promote Husbands. The recording w...
Bye Batman! Bye!
July 08, 2020 07:01 - 34 minutes - 48 MBOn this, the final episode of season three of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George recap and rank ALL the Batman movies and Batmen. Topics discussed: stink lines; silence as the apotheosis of art; the Reagan administration; the funkiest man you've ever seen; RIP Joel Schumacher. Also, lots of Colin Farrell talk. Katie Stebbin's piece on 'Product as Synergy' can be found here: https://cinenthusiast.wordpress.com/2020/06/24/the-product-as-synergy-era-begins-hollywood-in-1990/ Topics not discussed...
Talking about Joker (2019) with Mark Pagan and Randy Wilkins!
July 01, 2020 07:01 - 1 hour - 91.4 MBOn this jokers-are-wild episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George welcome Mark Pagan and Randy Wilkins to discuss Joker (2019), directed by Todd Phillips and starring Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz and Frances Conroy. Topics discussed: Sopranos avatars; cathartic dancing; Thomas Wayne: major asshole; anticomedy. Also, Logan! Topics not discussed: Edward Said’s controversial lecture, Freud and the non-European, a talk actually banned by the Freud institute in Vienna. Those Fre...
RE-RELEASE: Talking about Husbands (1970)!
June 30, 2020 20:46 - 1 hour - 114 MBTerrible! Unreal! No passion! Husbands is back, baby! Recently released by Criterion, available TODAY on The Criterion Channel, and selected as Indiewire's streamer of the day, what better time to release our episode on the movie that inspired this entire podcast! Cassavetes' film on toxic men features one of the all-time great performances from Ben Gazzara. This movie is painful, long, incredible, and an essential film. We hope you enjoy this early episode from the show! Hosted on Acas...
Talking about Lego Batman (2017) with Matthew Krol!
June 17, 2020 07:05 - 1 hour - 91.4 MBOn this legotastic episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George invite good friend Matthew Krol, from The Only Podcast About Movies, to discuss Lego Batman, starring Will Arnett, Zach Galifianakis, Michael Cera, Rosario Dawson and Ralph Fiennes, and is directed by Chris McKay. Topics discussed: kissing cousins; Batman: angry dude and tax dodger; Platonic friends; the politics of vigilantism; and fuck Clayface. Also, Dunkirk! Where are the fascists?!? Topics not discussed: Allen Ginsberg’s at...
Talking about Justice League (2017)
June 10, 2020 07:01 - 52 minutes - 71.6 MBOn this justifiably awesome episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George discuss 2017’s Justice League, directed by Zack Snyder and starring Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Ezra Miller, and Jason Momoa. Topics discussed: mother boxes; Armond White: to troll or not to troll?; brown cinematic sludge; manly men. And the worse people in the world got what they wanted! Topics not discussed? C.L.R James’s revolutionary reappraisal of the Haitian Revolution, The Black Jacobins. A must read, esp...
Talking about Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) with Michael Carroll!
May 20, 2020 10:01 - 1 hour - 90.4 MBOn this very antagonistic episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George welcome Michael Carroll to discuss Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), directed by Zach Snyder and starring Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg, and Gal Gadot. Topics discussed: corporate art vs. non-corporate art; Ben Affleck’s body vs. Henry Cavill’s body vs. Gal Gadot's body; visionary style vs. style style; studio product vs. Cassavetes product; Schumacher vs. Snyder. Also, crisis mismanagement!...
BONUS! White Elephant Art Vs. Termite Art! (with updated link to essay!)
May 13, 2020 07:01 - 46 minutes - 63.8 MBThis week, based on a question from a listener, we sat down with filmmaker pal Shaun Seneviratne to talk about Manny Farber's influential theory of White Elephant Art and Termite Art. We talk about what the theory means, whether one type is good or bad, and whether Batman films are an elephant or termite. Finally, we discuss Liam's solo record, Neon Elephant. Shaun Seneviratne is a Sri Lankan-American filmmaker and educator in Brooklyn, NY. His past work has screened at festivals such as Na...
Talking about "The Dark Knight Rises" (2012)! with special guests Nicole Solomon and Shawn Setaro
May 06, 2020 07:01 - 1 hour - 94.6 MBOn this raisable episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George welcome friends Nicole and Shawn to discuss the final instalment of the Nolan trilogy, "The Dark Knight Rises," starring Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, and Gary Oldman. Topics discussed: Marcel Proust, secret fascist; blood transfusions; Bruce Wayne in rehab; the political imaginary. Also, by the grace of god, more show trials and executions! And so many Bane impressions! Topics not discussed? Engels's contributions to t...
Message to a Buster Episode 1: Batman, the Adventure Continues!
April 29, 2020 07:01 - 15 minutes - 21.5 MBWHAT? ANOTHER EPISODE! YOU GUYS ARE SO PROLIFIC - you, talking to us. Liam and George grace your feeds with a new podcast within a podcast called Message to a Buster! The premise is simple. One of us records a message. The other responds. This week, we've decided to talk about the inaugural issue of the new series, Batman The Adventure Continues. This new series, written by Paul Dini and Alan Burnett, dropped in early April. You can learn more here: https://www.dccomics.com/comics/batman-t...
Talking about 'The Dark Knight (2008!)'
April 22, 2020 10:01 - 1 hour - 93.2 MBOn this knightish episode of Oeuvre Busters, George and Liam invite Blake Howard from the One Heat Minute podcast to discuss 2008’s The Dark Knight, directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart, and Maggie Gyllenhaal. Topics discussed: David Fincher’s movies for children; the three Batmen; 24-hour Zodiac; Jim Gordon is Brutus; Bane tattoos. Plus, who is the better villain: the Joker or Bruce, the shark from Jaws? Topics not discussed:...