POP ART
121 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago -My guest will chose a movie from pop culture and I will chose a film from the art/classic side of cinema with some sort of connection and we will discuss both movies. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/howard-casner/support
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POP ART: Episode 112, Parasite/La Ceremonie
January 22, 2024 17:43 - 1 hour - 36.2 MBPOP ART SAYS: Good Help is Hard to Find – Episode 112, Parasite/La Ceremonie First, this is very late and out of order, but it’s been one of those past couple of months. So apologies all around. However, welcome to a great discussion with screenwriter Jennifer van Sijll, author of the book used in classrooms everywhere, Cinematic Storytelling: The 100 Most Powerful Film Conventions Every Filmmaker Must Know. “They are nice because they are rich”. For these two films, we had a great d...
POP ART: Episode 113, Windchill/Dead End
December 26, 2023 16:55 - 47 minutes - 29.3 MBPOP ART SAYS MERRY XMAS: I know, I know, I’m coming down the chimney late on this one. I’ve been slowed down by some various health issues, and the holidays, though I’m feeling a lot better now, thanks for asking. I hope I don’t get coal in my stocking for this. But on to Pop Art, the podcast where we find the pop culture in art and the art in pop culture. It’s the podcast where my guest chooses a movie from popular culture, and I’ll select a film from the more art/classic/indie/foreign...
POP ART: Episode 111, The Ice Storm/Peyton Place
November 20, 2023 21:53 - 58 minutes - 36.4 MBPOP ART 111 says SOAPY SALES: Join me and my guest Sam Homrig (attorney by day, murder mystery host by night as well as co-host of “The Cabot Cove Confab Podcast”, “The Columbo Confab Podcast”, and “The Best Picture Podcast”) “We were just playing a game called Photography. You turn off the lights and see what develops.” Lies, deceit, adultery, murder, teen sex, drugs, abortion by proxy, incest by proxy, illegitimate children, coded gay characters…Sounds like it’s time for Episode 111 of...
POP ART: Episode 110, The Ring/Night of the Demon
October 30, 2023 14:07 - 1 hour - 35.4 MBHAPPY HALLOWEEN NEW EPISODE: POP ART 110 says CURSES, FOILED AGAIN: Join me and my annual Halloween guest Lisa Leaheey as we talk The Ring and Curse of the Demon. “Seven days.” Don’t you hate when this happens? You’re going about your day. Minding your own business. You watch a video and the phone rings telling you, you only have seven days to live. Or, someone secretly passes you a curse in runes giving you only a certain amount of time before you die. It is just so annoying…Sounds...
POP ART: Episode 109, The Birds/The Naked Jungle
October 16, 2023 17:18 - 1 hour - 40.1 MBANIMAL CRACKERS. Join me and screenwriter and book author C. Courtney Joyner as we talk Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds and Byron Haskin’s The Naked Jungle, two nature horror films. “They're coming! They're coming!” Sharks, Piranha, Spiders, Frogs, Snakes, Wolves, Lions and Tigers and Bears, oh my…Sounds like it’s time for Episode 109 of Pop Art, where we find the pop culture in art and the art in pop culture. It’s the podcast where my guest chooses a movie from popular culture, and I’ll s...
POP ART: Episode 108, Rear Window/A Short Film About Love
October 01, 2023 20:01 - 56 minutes - 35.2 MBPEEK A BOO: Join me and blogger and film lover James S. Wilson as we talk two masterpieces, Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window and Krzysztof Kieslowski’s A Short Film About Love, two films about voyeurs and voyeurism. “Why would a man leave his apartment three times on a rainy night with a suitcase and come back three times?” You’re alone in your own apartment. Doing your thing. Maybe you’ve murdered someone. Or maybe you’re having sex. When suddenly you get this feeling…Am I…being watch...
POP ART: Episode 107, Clueless/The Model and the Marriage Broker
September 19, 2023 16:06 - 55 minutes - 31.7 MBMATCHES, MATCHES, WE DON’T NEED NO STINKING MATCHES: Join me and filmmaker Elizabeth Blake-Thomas as we talk Amy Heckerling’s classic Clueless and George Cukor’s hidden gem, The Model and the Marriage Broker. “As if”. Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match. Find me a find, catch me a catch…Sounds like it’s time for Episode 107 of Pop Art, the podcast where we find the pop culture in art and the art in pop culture. It’s the podcast where my guest chooses a movie from popular culture, and...
POP ART: Episode 106, Kramer v. Kramer/Marriage Story
September 05, 2023 15:32 - 1 hour - 37.6 MBCHILDHOOD BATTLES: Join me and filmmaker Dianna Ippolito (The Obscured), as we talk Kramer v. Kramer and Marriage Story, two films about divorce and child custody battles. “What law is it that says a woman is a better parent simply by virtue of her sex?” Groucho Marx is said to have said, “Marriage is the chief cause of divorce”…Sounds like it’s time for Episode 106 of Pop Art, where we find the pop culture in art and the art in pop culture. It’s the podcast where my guest chooses a movie ...
POP ART: Episode 105, Polstergeist/House
August 18, 2023 17:24 - 57 minutes - 32.8 MBHOUSE HAUNTING: Join me and filmmaker Derek Wayne Johnson (the upcoming Bloodstreams, 40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic, John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs), as we talk Poltergeist and House, two movies about, well, haunted houses. First, I have to apologize to my audience and my guest. I was recording this on an old computer because my main computer got wet and couldn’t be used. I made a mistake and at about 11 minutes in, you can hear an echo when my guest speaks. I trie...
POP ART, EPISODE 104: My Own Private Idaho/Chimes at Midnight
August 05, 2023 00:06 - 1 hour - 34.8 MBPOP ART, WHERE WE FIND THE POP CULTURE IN ART AND THE ART IN POP CULTURE. IT’S HARD TO BE THE BARD: Join me and filmmaker David Au (Eat With Me, Don’t Be Sorry), as we talk My Own Private Idaho and Chimes at Midnight, two adaptations of William Shakespeare’s Falstaff stories. “I only have sex with a guy for money” What’s a father to do? You’re rich and powerful, maybe a king even—hey, it could happen; but your son, your heir, would rather become a male prostitute or hang out with s...
POP ART 104: My Own Private Idaho/Chimes at Midnight
August 05, 2023 00:06 - 1 hour - 34.8 MBPOP ART, WHERE WE FIND THE POP CULTURE IN ART AND THE ART IN POP CULTURE. IT’S HARD TO BE THE BARD: Join me and filmmaker David Au (Eat With Me, Don’t Be Sorry), as we talk My Own Private Idaho and Chimes at Midnight, two adaptations of William Shakespeare’s Falstaff stories. “I only have sex with a guy for money” What’s a father to do? You’re rich and powerful, maybe a king even—hey, it could happen; but your son, your heir, would rather become a male prostitute or hang out with s...
POP ART: Episode 103, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World/The Enemy Below
July 19, 2023 15:11 - 1 hour - 40.3 MBPOP ART, WHERE WE FIND THE POP CULTURE IN ART AND THE ART IN POP CULTURE. TOM AND JERRIES: Join me and editor, filmmaker and blogger David Brook (Blueprint Review), as we talk Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World and The Enemy Below, both films about naval vessels playing cat and mouse with each other. “To wives and sweethearts, may they never meet.” I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by…S...
POP ART: Episode 102, Chinatown/The Third Man
June 26, 2023 17:04 - 1 hour - 44.2 MBPOP ART, WHERE WE FIND THE POP CULTURE IN ART AND THE ART IN POP CULTURE. DEVILICIOUS: Join me and producer, writer and Chairman of Here Media, Inc., Stephen Jarchow, as we talk Chinatown and The Third Man, two noirs with two of the most memorable villains of all time. “Forget it, Jake. It’s Chinatown” Simon Wiesenthal once said, For evil to flourish, it only requires that good men do nothing. Is that true? Perhaps…Sounds like it’s time for Episode 102 of Pop Art, where we find the...
POP ART: Episode 101, Stripes/No Time for Sergeants
June 12, 2023 15:59 - 58 minutes - 36.5 MBPOP ART, WHERE WE FIND THE POP CULTURE IN ART AND THE ART IN POP CULTURE. ARMYGEDDON: Join me and podcasters and film lovers Anna Keiser and Derek Dehanke (The 80s Movie Montage) as we talk Stripes and No Time for Sergeants, two comedies about basic training. "Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do" “You’re in the army now, you’re not behind a plow, you’ll never get rich, a diggin’ a ditch, you’re in the army now.” Sounds like it’s time for Episode 101 of Pop Art, where we find the pop cu...
POP ART: Episode 100, The Flight of Dragons/Dragonslayer
May 31, 2023 20:07 - 53 minutes - 33.5 MBPOP ART, WHERE WE FIND THE POP CULTURE IN ART AND THE ART IN POP CULTURE. That’s right, it’s episode 100. I’ve reached a milestone. WHAT A DRAG: Join me and filmmaker and podcaster Donald McKinney, III (The Real Short Box, The Blue Beetle) as we talk The Flight of Dragons and Dragonslayer,two films about young people fighting dragons. “All hail Casiodorus Rex, dragonslayer!” Look. Up in the sky. It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s super…No, it’s a…dragon?… Sounds like it’s ti...
POP ART: Episode 99, North by Northwest/Tell No One
May 08, 2023 16:04 - 1 hour - 37.3 MBTHE WRONG MANS: Join me and filmmaker, podcaster, author and film scholar, Steven Jay Rubin (The James Bond Encyclopedia) as we talk North by Northwest and Tell No One, two films about men accused of a murder they didn’t commit and have to go on the run to prove their innocence. “You gentlemen aren't REALLY trying to kill my son, are you?” It happens to the best of us. We’re just going our merry way when someone gets murdered. We get blamed for it when we’re totally innocent. So do we w...
POP ART: Episode 98, Hair/No Regrets for Our Youth
April 17, 2023 16:02 - 1 hour - 39.1 MBPOP ART, WHERE WE FIND THE POP CULTURE IN ART AND THE ART IN POP CULTURE. REBELS WITH AND WITHOUT A CAUSE: Join me and filmmaker Derek Nguyen (The Housemaid, now available on Amazon) as we talk Hair and No Regrets for Our Youth, two films about young people protesting a war. “It’s the age of Aquarius.” War. What is it good for. Absolutely nothing, except maybe munitions manufacturers, politicians, war contractors, oh, and of course movies, can’t forget movies…Sounds like it’s time f...
POP ART: Episode 97, To Die For/Ossessione
April 03, 2023 17:43 - 52 minutes - 32.3 MBPOP ART, WHERE WE FIND THE POP CULTURE IN ART AND THE ART IN POP CULTURE. FATALE ATTRACTION: Join me and film enthusiast The Vern of Cinema Recall as we discuss two movies about film fatales, To Die For and Ossessione. “You're not really anybody in America unless you're on TV.” You meet someone. You fall in love. She’s married. She manipulates you into killing her husband so you can be with her forever. She betrays you. Hey, it’s happened to the best of us…Sounds like it’s time for...
POP ART: Episode 96, Bullet Train/TransSiberian
March 20, 2023 16:37 - 1 hour - 36.6 MBPOP ART, WHERE WE FIND THE POP CULTURE IN ART AND THE ART IN POP CULTURE. TRAINSUBSTANTIATION: Join me and screenwriter Jordan Trippeer as we discuss two movies that take place on trains, Bullet Train and TransSiberian. “You’re a diesel.” Oh, for the days when people traveled by train. The scenery, the comfort, the luxury, the smuggling, the murders, the crashes.…Sounds like it’s time for Episode 96 of Pop Art, where we find the pop culture in art and the art in pop culture. It’s t...
POP ART: Episode 95, LOOPER/PREDESTINATION
February 27, 2023 18:04 - 54 minutes - 33.2 MBPOP ART, WHERE WE FIND THE POP CULTURE IN ART AND THE ART IN POP CULTURE. TIMELESS: Join me and podcaster and movie lover Nick Rehak of Rehak Radio as we discuss two time travel movies, Looper and Predestination. Nick was previous a guest of Pop Art for Ep 76 where we discussed two horror films revolving around hotels—The Shining and The Innkeepers—The guests check in, but do they check out. Check it out. Not happy with the way things are now? Would you like a change of pace? Of place? Ho...
POP ART: Episode 94, DEFENDING YOUR LIFE/ORPHEUS
February 13, 2023 18:35 - 1 hour - 39.9 MBPOP ART SAYS HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY--EP94 - VALENTINE'S DAY LOVE AND DEATH: Join podcast, movie lover, and critic Aaron Neuwirth and me as we discuss two love stories that take place, for the most part, in the afterlife, Defending Your Life/Orpheus. “Orphée. you can't spend your life in a talking car”. The singer Cher once asked “do you believe in life after love?” Perhaps the more important question is, do you believe in love after death?…Sounds like it’s time for Episode 94 of Pop Art, wh...
POP ART: Episode 93, Psycho/Peeping Tom
February 02, 2023 22:07 - 1 hour - 37.4 MBPOP ART, WHERE WE FIND THE POP CULTURE IN ART AND THE ART IN POP CULTURE. OOPS, I DID IT AGAIN: Join me and my guest, playwright, director and screenwriter Steven Peros (The Cat’s Meow, Footprints), as we talk Psycho/Peeping Tom, two films about serial killers that changed movies forever. It happens to the best of us. You get these urges. You can’t help yourself. Someone dies. Then someone else dies. Then someone else dies. What’s a serial killer to do…Sounds like it’s time for Episode 93 ...
POP ART: Episode 92, Ed Wood/Sullivan's Travels
January 13, 2023 17:05 - 1 hour - 42.8 MBPOP ART, WHERE WE FIND THE POP CULTURE IN ART AND THE ART IN POP CULTURE. FILM FLAM: Join me and my guest, podcaster and film enthusiast Todd Liebenow, of the Forgotten Filmcast, as we talk Ed Wood/Sullivan’s Travels, two films about filmmakers trying to get their films made. “But with a little sex”: Don’t you hate it when this happens. You have an artistic vision. But no one else sees it. No one else will finance it. They call you crazy, a crackpot, or the worst insult possible—uncommerci...
POP ART: Episode 91, The Peanut Butter Falcon/Alice in the Cities
January 03, 2023 17:27 - 1 hour - 41.6 MBPOP ART, WHERE WE FIND THE POP CULTURE IN ART AND THE ART IN POP CULTURE. ON THE ROAD AGAIN: Join me and my guests, filmmakers Richard and Holly Soriano (My Apocalyptic Thanksgiving) as we talk The Peanut Butter Falcon and Alice of the Cities, two films about an adult stuck with a child while on a road trip. “You are not invited to my birthday party!” Don’t you hate when this happens? You’re on the road, minding your own business, trying to get someplace and you run into this…kid, this una...
POP ART: Episode 90, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation/A Christmas Tale
December 17, 2022 18:03 - 50 minutes - 31.9 MBMERRY XMAS-POP ART, WHERE WE FIND THE POP CULTURE IN ART AND THE ART IN POP CULTURE. HOME FOR THE HELLIDAYS: Yes, it’s that time of year for the Pop Art Christmas Episode. So join me and my annual yuletide guest Jay Cluitt (Deep Blue Sea-the Podcast; Con Air-The Podcast; Life v. Film blog) as we talk National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation/A Christmas Tale. “Yule crack up”: Ah, Christmas. It’s that time when we gather all our loved ones around in one location so that we can remind ourselves ...
POP ART: Episode 89, The Wild Bunch/Once Upon a Time in the West
December 08, 2022 18:50 - 1 hour - 36.8 MBPOP ART, WHERE WE FIND THE POP CULTURE IN ART AND THE ART IN POP CULTURE. GO WESTERN, YOUNG MAN: Join me and film producer Colin Vaines (Gangs of New York, Young Victoria, My Week with Marilyn, Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool) as we talk The Wild Bunch/Once Upon a Time in America. First, a mea culpa caveat. There were some technical issues, so at the end, some things were cut short, mainly in how I listed my suggested films, and then I left out what’s coming up for me and the podcast. Bu...
POP ART: Episode 88, Magic/Dead of Night
November 21, 2022 18:23 - 55 minutes - 33.8 MBPOP ART, WHERE WE FIND THE POP CULTURE IN ART AND THE ART IN POP CULTURE. DUMMY AND DUMMIER: Join me and frequent guest and host of the LAMBcast and Richard’s Film a Day blog Richard Kirkham, as we talk Magic and Dead of Night, two films with ventriloquists with, shall we say, some personal issues. “Just room for one inside, sir”. So, you have a friend. He’s a dummy, but he’s smarter than you. He’s wooden, but he has more personality than you. He says awful things, but he’s way more liked ...
POP ART: Episode 87, The Exorcism of Emily Rose/Requiem
October 28, 2022 17:35 - 1 hour - 37.5 MBHAPPY HALLOWEEN THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT: For the annual Pop Art Halloween Show, join me and my guest, teacher by day, horror aficionado by night, Lisa Leaheey, as we discuss two films about exorcisms, The Exorcism of Emily Rose and Requiem, both films based on the same real life incident. “Crazy people don’t know they’re crazy” You have a friend. They seem fine, normal, just like the next person. Then, suddenly, they start having fits. They start hearing and seeing things. They speak in fo...
POP ART: Episode 86, Monty Python's Life of Brian/The Gospel According to Matthew
October 17, 2022 15:22 - 1 hour - 38.7 MBPOP ART, WHERE WE FIND THE POP CULTURE IN ART AND THE ART IN POP CULTURE. THE SON ALSO RISES: Join me and movie hyphenate writer, filmmaker, academic, businessman and coach Tony Klinger (The Who: The Kids Are All Right; Dirty, Sexy and Totally Iconic; Solo2Darwin and many, many others) as we talk about Monty Python’s Life of Brian and The Gospel According to Matthew, two films that take, let us say, different approaches to the story of Christ. You preach love and peace. You try to get peo...
POP ART: Episode 85, Vertigo/Mississippi Mermaid
October 01, 2022 15:50 - 1 hour - 37.2 MBTHE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES: Join me and film enthusiast and blogger James Wilson, Blogging by Cinema Light, as we talk Vertigo/Mississippi Mermaid, two films about woman who are one thing in the first half, but something else in the second half. “You shouldn’t keep souvenirs of a killing.” You meet someone. You fall in love. But something seems…off. In fact, you begin to wonder, is this the person they claim to be or are they somebody totally different…Sounds like it’s time for Episode 85 of...
POP ART: Episode 84, Lost in Translation/Toby Dammit
September 10, 2022 20:53 - 1 hour - 42.8 MBSOMETHING FISHY’S GOING ON: Join me and novelist, film enthusiast and podcaster, Heather Baxendale-Walsh, as we talk Lost in Translation/Toby Dammit, two fish out of water stories about actors in an existential crisis while visiting another country. What could go wrong? It’s difficult to be a fish. It’s even more difficult to be a fish out of water. It’s even more difficult to be a fish out of water actor having a mid-life crisis on the verge of a breakdown suffering jet leg and not speakin...
POP ART: Episode 83, Knives Out/Gosford Park
July 25, 2022 16:28 - 1 hour - 39.9 MBPOP ART, WHERE WE FIND THE POP CULTURE IN ART AND THE ART IN POP CULTURE. WHO DOOD IT: Join me and founder and editor in chief at For Reel, Thomas Stoneham-Judge, as we talk Knives Out/Gosford Park, two locked door, closed circle of suspects murder mysteries. “We have the nanny cam footage.” It’s a remote mansion. Someone has been murdered. It has to be someone who is staying there. What do you do?…Sounds like it’s time for Episode 83 of Pop Art, where we find the pop culture in art and th...
POP ART: Episode 82-Scott Pilgrim vs. the World/Kind Hearts and Coronets
July 09, 2022 15:34 - 1 hour - 40.2 MBPOP ART, WHERE WE FIND THE POP CULTURE IN ART AND THE ART IN POP CULTURE. ONE DOWN AND…: Join me and animator/writer Glenn Dion (King of the Hill/Big Mouth/Human Resources) while we talk two films about people eliminating one’s enemies one by one. “Don’t you talk to me about grammar.” We all have obstacles in our lives. Roadblocks that keep us from achieving our goals. But how do we deal with them? Do we work around them? Outsmart them? Manipulate them to our advantage? Or do we do everyth...
POP ART: Episode 81-Contact/Another Earth
June 26, 2022 22:36 - 58 minutes - 41.9 MBPOP ART, WHERE WE FIND THE POP CULTURE IN ART AND THE ART IN POP CULTURE. OTHERWORDLY: Join me and writer Caitlin Duffy (Reacher, untitled Arnold Schwarzenegger Netflix series) while we talk two films about contact with another world, Contact and Another Earth. “Boy, this is really going to change the Miss Universe Contest”. Are we alone in the universe? And if not, what does that mean? And what would aliens be like? And what would they want? To destroy us? To bring peace? To gain knowled...
POP ART: Episode 77-2001: A Space Odyssey/Solaris
May 20, 2022 00:53 - 1 hour - 40.7 MBSPACED: I know what you are going to say. Episode 77, shouldn’t this be episode 81? Good eye. My guest and I tried to record this episode twice and Skype let us down. But three’s the charm and Skype came through, but I decided to keep the original episode number because…let’s just say HAL made me do it. Also, we have already covered a Tarkovsky film and a Kubrick film. So while waiting for this one, use the time to listen to Episode 76, The Shining/The Innkeepers with podcaster and film ent...
POP ART: Episode 80, The Jerk/O Lucky Man!
May 06, 2022 17:56 - 1 hour - 36.7 MBPRETTY AS A PICARESQUE: Join me and filmmaker Steve Herold (Death of an Umbrella Salesman, Walmea) while we talk two films inspired by Voltaire’s Candide, The Jerk and O Lucky Man! “I was born a poor black child”: It’s a tale as old as the Spanish Golden Age and made perhaps most famous in the west by Voltaire’s Candide. Take a somewhat naïve innocent, usually of lower social class, thrust him out in the world, and have him navigate the slings and arrows he encounters, trying to survive in ...
POP ART: Episode 79, Jacob's Ladder/Stairway to Heaven
April 23, 2022 16:12 - 1 hour - 41.2 MBWANTED DEAD OR ALIVE: Join filmmaker Nicole Jones-Dion, one of the winners of the Fox Writers Incubator Program, as we discuss two films about people caught between life and death-the horror/thriller Jacob’s Ladder and the romantic fantasy A Matter of Life and Death, aka Stairway to Heaven. “Jake. New York is filled with creatures”. Don’t you hate when this happens? You’re dead. No, you’re still alive. No, you’re dead. No, you’re alive. No, you’re…Sounds like it’s time for Episode 79 of Po...
Episode 78: Bull Durham/This Sporting Life
April 08, 2022 17:38 - 1 hour - 39.2 MBPOP ART, WHERE I FIND THE POP CULTURE IN ART AND THE ART IN POP CULTURE. Join me and podcaster, blogger and film enthusiast Richard Kirkham as we discuss Bull Durham and This Sporting Life, two films about athletes in existential crises. I know what you’re thinking. What happened to Episode 77. Well, we recorded that episode on 2001 and Solaris twice, but Skype failed to download it. But everything seems fine now and we should be doing that episode in the near future. For some illogical rea...
POP ART: Episode 76, The Shining/The Innkeepers, They check in,, but do they check out
March 11, 2022 16:18 - 59 minutes - 36.4 MBPOP ART, WHERE I FIND THE POP CULTURE IN ART AND THE ART IN POP CULTURE. Join me and podcaster and film enthusiast Nick Rehak as we discuss two films about haunted hotels, The Shining and The Innkeepers. THEY CHECK IN, BUT DO THEY CHECK OUT: All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. It’s vacation time. You make your reservations. You find what you think is the perfect get away. You register. And then…well, I can’t say because it’s just that gruesome…Sounds like it’s time for Episode 76 of...
POP ART: Episode 75, Romancing the Stone/King Solomon's Mines
February 25, 2022 16:54 - 51 minutes - 31.6 MBPOP ART, WHERE I FIND THE POP CULTURE IN ART AND THE ART IN POP CULTURE, SAYS HAPPY ANNIVERSARY POP ART: Yes, it’s the 75th episode of Pop Art, which means diamonds. DIAMONDS ARE A GIRLS’ BEST FRIEND. “Cops! What the hell do they want? I haven't done anything... lately!” Traditionally, the gift for 75th anniversaries is diamonds. So my gift to you are two films about the search for precious jewels. Yes, it’s time for Episode 75 of Pop Art, the podcast where we find the pop culture in art a...
POP ART: Episode 74, Warm Bodies/I Walked with a Zombie
February 11, 2022 15:38 - 52 minutes - 30.9 MBPOP ART SAYS HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY: LOVE AND DEATH POP ART, WHERE I FIND THE POP CULTURE IN ART AND THE ART IN POP CULTURE: LOVE AND DEATH: “Don’t be creepy. Don’t be creepy. Don’t be creepy.” This time round, Pop Art has a very special episode for the holiday. The question? Is love dead? Is romance dead? Is being dead dead? Sounds like it’s time for Episode 74 of Pop Art, the podcast where we find the pop culture in art and the art in pop culture. On Pop Art, my guest chooses a movie from ...
POP ART: Episode 73, Clue/Murder By Death
January 28, 2022 17:00 - 53 minutes - 30.6 MBPOP ART, WHERE I FIND THE POP CULTURE IN ART AND THE ART IN POP CULTURE: IT WAS A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT “I’m not a Frenchie, I’m a Belgie” Don’t you hate when this happens? You’re invited to a remote mansion. You don’t know why, but, hey, it’s a free meal. It’s a dark and stormy night. The doors and windows lock. You can’t get out. And then someone starts killing off the guests. So annoying. Sounds like it’s time for Episode 73 of Pop Art, the podcast where we find the pop culture in art an...
POP ART: Episode 72, Tombstone/My Darling Clementine
January 14, 2022 16:32 - 57 minutes - 35.6 MBPOP ART, WHERE I FIND THE POP CULTURE IN ART AND THE ART IN POP CULTURE: HIT AND MYTH “I’m you’re huckleberry.” In John Ford’s movie The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, we have the famous line, “This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.” Sounds like it’s time for Episode 72 of Pop Art, the podcast where we find the pop culture in art and the art in pop culture. On Pop Art, my guest chooses a movie from popular culture, and I’ll select a film from the more art/cla...
POP ART: Episode 71, The Bridge on the River Kwai/King Rat
December 31, 2021 17:54 - 49 minutes - 29 MBPOP ART, WHERE I FIND THE POP CULTURE IN ART AND THE ART IN POP CULTURE: CARRY ON CAMPING-The Bridge on the River Kwai/King Rat “What have I done?” People do it different ways. Some use sleeping bags under the stars. Some use tents. Some use air mattresses and bring along TVs. Some dress up in drag. Others do it spending time as POWs. Sounds like it’s time for Episode 71 of Pop Art, the podcast where we find the pop culture in art and the art in pop culture. On Pop Art, my guest chooses a m...
POP ART: Episode 70, Home Alone/3615 Code Pere Noel
December 17, 2021 17:05 - 49 minutes - 30.4 MBPOP ART, WHERE I FIND THE POP CULTURE IN ART AND THE ART IN POP CULTURE: HOME INVASION FOR THE HOLIDAYS “Keep the change, ya filthy animal”. It’s Christmas time. Trees decorated with fairy lights and tinsel. Stockings hung up on the mantelpiece with care. Mistletoe. Presents. Snow. Thieves breaking into the house to steal everything. A psychotic Santa breaking in to kill everyone. Ah, the holidays. Sounds like it’s time for Episode 70 of Pop Art, the podcast where we find the pop culture in...
POP ART: Episode 69, Death at a Funeral/The Funeral
November 26, 2021 16:47 - 46 minutes - 29.6 MBPOP ART, WHERE I FIND THE POP CULTURE IN ART AND THE ART IN POP CULTURE: PUTTING THE FUN IN FUNERALS UPCOMING EPISODE (to be uploaded 11/26/21): “That’s not my father”. It’s fall. The leaves are dying. The plants are dying. The earth is dying. It’s nothing but death, death, death. But is that going to get us down? Well, we shall see. Sounds like it’s time for Episode 69 of Pop Art, the podcast where my guest chooses a movie from popular culture, and I’ll select a film from the more art/clas...
POP ART: Episode 68, Dawn of the Dead/Nocturama
November 12, 2021 18:05 - 51 minutes - 31 MBMALLED: Join me and The Vern of Cinema Recall as we discuss George Romero’s Dawn of the Dead and the controversial French film Nocturna, both films about people stuck at a mall. “When there’s no more room in hell, the dead walk the earth”. When was the last time you’ve been to an enclosed mall? It’s a dying cultural artifact, empty sepulchers. But at one time, it seemed the center of the known universe. So much so, that many movies revolved around this iconic location. Sounds like it’s time...
POP ART: Episode 67, Hell House, LLC/Man Bites Dog
October 29, 2021 15:39 - 50 minutes - 49.4 MBHAPPY HALLOWEEN—LOST AND FOUND: For my Halloween episode, join me and my guest, teacher by day, horror aficionado by night and someone who makes a career of being on other people’s podcasts as well as being a podcaster herself, Lisa Leaheey, as we talk two found footage films Hell House LLC and Man Bites Dog. “Usually, I start the month with a postman”. It ain’t easy being a new filmmaker these days. First there’s the money. Then you have to assemble a crew. Of course, you need actors. And ...
POP ART: Episode 66, The Wedding Banquet/Late Spring
October 16, 2021 22:07 - 52 minutes - 52.1 MBMATCHES, MATCHES, WE DON’T NEED NO STINKIN’ MATCHES. Join me and my guest filmmaker David Au (Eat With Me) as we discuss The Wedding Banquet and Late Spring, what we’re calling matchmaking Asian style. “She’ll make lots of babies”. Nag, nag, nag. That’s all parents do. Clean your room. Get married. Get good grades. Get married. Don’t stay out late. Get married. …Sounds like it’s time for Episode 66 of Pop Art, the podcast where my guest chooses a movie from popular culture, and I’ll select ...
POP ART: Episode 65, The Empire Strikes Back/The Battle of Algiers
October 01, 2021 16:05 - 57 minutes - 58.8 MBTHEY’RE REVOLTING: “It’s a trap.” Join filmmaker and fellow podcaster Derek Diamond (The Derek Diamond Experience) as we talk The Empire Strikes Back and The Battle of Algiers, two films about a revolutionary forced trying to throw off the yoke of their empire owners. Also, I was a guest on The Derek Diamond Experience and you can find it here among other streaming platforms: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-derek-diamond-experience/id954082680 Isn’t always the same. You take over...