Random Acts of Cinema
259 episodes - English - Latest episode: 20 days ago - ★★★★ - 13 ratingsEach week friends Mike and Charlie have Randy (the random number generator) select a film for them to watch from the Criterion Collection. Then they discuss and review it for your listening pleasure. It’s a podcast about the love of film, expanding horizons, painstakingly cataloging the duration of every long take, and friendship.
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LD136 - Arsenic & Old Lace (1944)
May 16, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 48.1 MBThings aren’t quite what they seem in the old childhood home of recently married ace reporter Mortimer Brewster’s (Cary Grant) old house over in Brooklyn. It turns out that his sweet spinster aunts have been poisoning lonely old men and burying them in the basement. Frank Capra’s cherished adaptation of the hit stage comedy set the tenor for the ghoulish/cute aesthetic that rings so true with secret goths, like our birthday boy Mike. Happy birthday Mike! And enjoy this piece of cake that...
844 - One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
May 09, 2022 16:24 - 1 hour - 35.8 MBA Marlon Brando western? Directed by… [checks notes]… Marlon Brando?!! Get ready for a wild ride of betrayal, passion, quick-draw dive-jumps, a fair amount of mumbling dialogue, and a whole lot of handsome. But enough about us, let’s talk about the movie… If you’d like to watch ahead for next week’s film, we will be discussing and reviewing Frank Capra’s Arsenic and Old Lace (1944).
077 - And God Created Woman (1956)
May 02, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBHow many times do you think that Mike will bring up Serge Gainsbourg in an episode about a movie that has nothing to do with him? The answer is one more than the amount of times that Charlie all-too-casually mentions second-wave feminism. This must mean that we are watching Brigitte Bardot's breakthrough starring vehicle about love, lust, freedom, and the sandy beaches of St. Tropez. If you'd like to watch ahead for next week's film, we will be discussing and reviewing Marlon Brando's On...
370 - The Emperor Jones (1933)
April 25, 2022 18:55 - 1 hour - 33.8 MBDudley Murphy’s adaptation of this Eugene O’Neill picaresque play follows the tumultuous rise of Pullman porter Brutus Jones, played by the peerless Paul Robeson. We are taken through musically-punctuated examples of the early twentieth-century African American experience until Jones’ ambition and hubris drive him to become the despot of a Caribbean island. If you’d like to watch ahead for next week’s film, we will be discussing and reviewing Roger Vadim’s And God Created Woman (1956).
720 - The Big Chill (1983)
April 18, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 65.9 MBOn this week's episode, [needle drop: classic Motown song about hanging out with friends] your hosts settle in with couple of old college friends (Shelley and Max of The Spirit Guides Podcast) in a big house for a couple of days to [needle drop: classic light acid rock song about recording a podcast] watch Lawrence Kasdan's star-studded film and [needle drop: classic pop song about times going by] ruminate about times gone by . Is this movie about cool adults...or insufferable sell-outs? A...
LD226 - The Last Laugh (1924)
April 11, 2022 23:47 - 1 hour - 33.4 MBImagine a time in history where a film about a man losing his job - a job that defines him, giving him pride and respect in his community - explores the desperation and humiliation of demotion but it doesn’t end in a bloodbath. Different times. Not that F.W. Murnau’s proto-Brazil silent film pulls any punches. If you’d like to watch ahead for next week’s film, we will be discussing and reviewing Lawrence Kasdan’s The Big Chill (1983).
1119 - Hudson Hawk (1991)
April 04, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 52.8 MBThe Hawk is on the loose! Michael Lehmann’s heist-oriented comic action movie is a widely panned example of true 1990s Hollywood excess. But, what if the hosts of a podcast based on the sophisticated films of the Criterion Collection actually…love the movie? Look, while this episode begins on the premise of an Aprils Fool’s joke, the tone immediately settles on genuine admiration. Also, we recorded this several week’s before this film’s lead, Bruce Willis, announced his retirement. As ...
868 - Tampopo (1985)
March 28, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 40.2 MBWe hope that you’re hungry for this week’s episode because we’re watching Juzo Itami’s great cinematic love letter to ramen. Even more than that, this fantastical narrative jumps between a dizzying array of comic vignettes exploring all things food. It’s a feast of good food, bad food, good manners, bad manners, high cuisine, and road side grub. If you’d like to watch ahead for next week’s film, we will be discussing and reviewing F.W. Murnau’s The Last Laugh (1924).
002 - Seven Samurai (1954)
March 21, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 66 MBIt goes without saying that this is a big one for us. Akira Kurosawa’s classic tale of peasants-seek-samurai/samurai-get-crew-together/samurai-kill-bandits is both a highly influential titan in 20th-century cinema and perhaps one of the most defining films of the Criterion Collection. But will our episode attain similar lofty heights among movie podcasts? Well, Takashi Shimura is standing over there with the barest hint of a smile in his eyes giving us a single nod of approval. So, yeah....
LD118 - Silverado (1985)
March 14, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 41.7 MBThis year, Mike has selected Lawerence Kasdan’s star-studded, rollicking western update as his “gift” for the birthday boy Charlie. Why? That’s still a little unclear, but your hosts are still delighted by this crowd-pleasing action/western. So gear up with your pearl-handled colt, fancy 2-gun rig, derringer, boot knife, or a Henry rifle for each hand and ride out with us to save Linda Hunt at all costs. If you’d like to watch ahead for next week’s film, we will be discussing and review...
501 - Paris, Texas (1984)
March 07, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 54.7 MBWe’ve come stumbling out of the desert to share a pretty big episode this week - well, at least its a big one for your two hosts - as we dive back into the landscapes of Wim Wenders in one of his many great meditations on manhood, families, and America. And Harry Dean Stanton give a largely silent, but career-defining performance. If you’d like to watch ahead for next week’s film, we will be discussing and reviewing Lawerence Kasdan’s Silverado (1985).
657 - 3:10 To Yuma (1957)
February 28, 2022 17:35 - 1 hour - 37.6 MBDelmer Daves‘ all-time classic follows a struggling rancher (Van Heflin) who is recruited to transport a dangerous prisoner (Glenn Ford) to a train station, while being tracked by a violent gang of bandits. But, since it’s a 1950s western, what this movie actually is more of a rumination on what it means to be a man. Turns out that punctuality is pretty important component of that definition. If you’d like to watch ahead for next week’s film, we will be discussing and reviewing Wim Wende...
849 - His Girl Friday (1940)
February 21, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 52.3 MBTake a deep breath and get ready for the break-neck paced day in the life of ace reporter Hildy Johnson (Rosalind Russell) and her conniving editor/ex-husband Walter Burns (Cary Grant) as love, life, and breaking the story are all on the line. If you’d like to watch ahead for next week’s film, we will be discussing and reviewing Delmer Daves’ 3:10 to Yuma (1957)
091 - The Blob (1958)
February 14, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 33.7 MBThis movie has a very accurate title. Director Irvin Yeaworth deserves some credit for this. If you’d like to watch ahead for next week’s film, we will be discussing and reviewing Howard Hawks’ His Girl Friday (1940).
467 - Empire of Passion (1978)
February 07, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 58 MBWe return to the films of Nagisa Ōshima with a surprising erotic/crime thriller/ghost story set in… 19th-century Japan? Sounds pretty awesome, right? Well, guess what? (It is.) If you’d like to watch ahead for next week’s film, we will be discussing and reviewing Irvin Yeaworth’s The Blob (1958).
787 - Jellyfish Eyes (2013)
January 31, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 43.3 MBWhat happens when the high-art/low-art contemporary artist Takashi Murakami tackles the high-art/low-art film genre of…outcast kid moves to a new town but then find a magical creature who he fights against other kids in formulaic Pokémon-esque battles in order to discover the true meaning of friendship? Well, it turns out you kind of get a film using it’s nostalgic fantasy format to grapple with a nation’s collective trauma following the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Kind of. If you’d like...
891 - La Poison (1951)
January 24, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 68.4 MBFollowing last week's randomly-selected film, we are surprised that Randy has chosen for us another French absurdist comedy addressing the arbitrary and hypocritical nature of social standards of forbidden behavior. However this time we're given s somewhat more conventional comedic approach with Sasha Guitry's examination of spousal murder and the odd reactions it can engender in so-called polite cultural circles. Spoiler: it's actually pretty funny. If you'd like to watch ahead for next...
290 - Phantom of Liberty (1974)
January 17, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 33.7 MBWe're heading back into the biting, social satire of Luis Buñuel with this absurdist comedy Phantom of Liberty. One scene blends into the next in this near-stream-of-consciousness dream-state that confronts the arbitrary standards of propriety that govern so-called polite society. If you'd like to watch ahead for next week's film, we will be discussing and reviewing Sacha Guitry's Le Poison (1951).
865 - Blow-Up (1966)
January 10, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 55 MBAre you ready for a tight, psychosexual thriller? Well instead, how about a movie that everyone claims to be one of those while it's really mostly a swinging 60s freak-out set in London? Really though, Michelangelo Antonioni's film is more about the power and violence of capturing life and illusions on film. Do you want to watch that movie? What if we promised you mimes...? If you'd like to watch ahead for next week's film, we will be discussing and reviewing Luis Bunuel's The Phantom ...
855 - Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
January 03, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 34.6 MBWant to listen to two straight guys stumble their way through a reading of Pedro Almodóvar’s classic film about a group of strong-willed Spanish women dealing with heartbreak, repression, insanity, and the harboring of terrorists… but it’s like, funny? This might not sound like a good sell, but we sure had fun. If you’d like to watch ahead for next week’s film, we will be discussing and reviewing Michelangelo Antonioni’s Blow-Up (1966).
865 - Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
January 03, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 34.6 MBWant to listen to two straight guys stumble their way through a reading of Pedro Almodóvar’s classic film about a group of strong-willed Spanish women dealing with heartbreak, repression, insanity, and the harboring of terrorists… but it’s like, funny? This might not sound like a good sell, but we sure had fun. If you’d like to watch ahead for next week’s film, we will be discussing and reviewing Michelangelo Antonioni’s Blow-Up (1966).
LD120 - Raging Bull (1980)
December 27, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 61.3 MBIt turns out that well-regarded film preservationist and historian Martin Scorsese also makes movies! And you know what? Some of them are surprisingly good. And he made this one with Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci (of all people) about the troubled life of boxer Jake La Matta. It’s a sports movie! If you’d like to watch ahead for next week’s film, we will be discussing and reviewing Pedro Almodóvar’s Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988).
LD018 - It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
December 20, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 72.9 MBHee haw! It’s time to cash in with a guaranteed shot at commercial appeal with a Christmas classic! But can Frank Capra and James Stewart’s heartstring-tugging piece of nostalgia-driven Americana break through our icy-cold critical defenses? This holiday-feast-sized episode might just surprise you. If you’d like to watch ahead for next week’s film, we will be discussing and reviewing Martin Scorcese’s Raging Bull (1980).
615 - The Gold Rush (1925 & 1942)
December 13, 2021 13:26 - 1 hour - 34.9 MBCome to think of it, we actually did watch an unofficial “snowy mining trilogy” with last week’s McCabe & Mrs. Millerand Gold Rush. Because we ended up watching both the original 1925 version of Charles Chaplin’s groundbreaking silent adventure AND the 1942 talkie re-release. Thank goodness. If you’d like to watch ahead for next week’s film, we will be discussing and reviewing Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life (1946).
827 - McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971)
December 06, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 60.9 MB… [mumble]… [murmur]… robert… [murmur]… altman… [mumble]… [glasses clinking]… [distant laughter]… brothel… [fiddle tuning] western… beatty… [mumble]… christie… [door creaking]… snowy mining town… If you’d like to watch ahead for next week’s film, we will be discussing and reviewing Charles Chaplin’s Gold Rush (1925 and 1942).
LD151 - Akira (1988)
November 29, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 38 MBThis movie is about so much more than a rad futuristic red motorcycle ridden by a guy in a rad futuristic red leather jacket. But don’t worry, Katsuhiro Otomo’s all-time classic cyberpunk anime is still about those two essential elements. And I guess it’s also about the struggle to find dignity and purpose in the face of the cruel militarized totalitarian dystopian future of 2019. If you’d like to watch ahead for next week’s film, we will be discussing and reviewing Robert Altman’s McCab...
746 - A Day in the Country
November 22, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 44.9 MBTen years after having abandoned a incomplete film, associates of director Jean Renoir gathered the footage and put together this less-than-feature-length film about a two young men who decide to spice up an afternoon by seducing the naive, Parisienne daughter and mother who have come to the country to enjoy a bit of nature. And one of these characters has an AMAZING mustache. Listen to this episode to find out who! If you’d like to watch ahead for next week’s film, we will be discussing...
277 - My Own Private Idaho (1991)
November 15, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 40.2 MBGus, River, and Keanu. Barns falling from the sky, narcolepsy, and Shakespeare. We know what you’re thinking: it sounds like we’re describing a movie about young male sex workers struggling to get by in the Pacific Northwest. Pretty obvious stuff. If you’d like to watch ahead for next week’s film, we will be discussing and reviewing Jean Renoir’s A Day in the Country (1936).
542 - Antichrist (2009)
November 08, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 53.7 MBThis film, and consequently this episode and our discussion, demands a disclaimer up top about its troubling content. As designed, Lars von Trier’s Antichrist stoked controversy at its release with its graphic depiction of sex, violence, sadism, misogyny, and death. If any listeners are sensitive to the discussion of these topics, they are encouraged to skip this episode. Willem Defoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg star as a grieving couple who retreat to a cabin in the woods as they attempt...
338 - Equinox (1970)
October 31, 2021 23:20 - 1 hour - 39.7 MBIt’s a Halloween miracle! The kind where one of your favorite podcasts decides to release an episode about a spooky movie a day early so it comes out on the day in question. Wow. Good job, us. We’re watching the monster movie cult classic Equinox, which incorporates a sort of talent-reel of up-and-coming special effects maestro Dennis Muren into a mashed together series of narrative scenes directed by Jack Woods that pad it out to a feature length. More importantly though, we talk a lot...
888 - Stalker (1979) with Chapter One: Take Two
October 25, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 67.3 MBA movie AND the book that it’s based on? What is this, an episode of Random Acts of Cinema or an episode of Chapter One: Take Two, amiright? Well, it’s actually both. This week we’ve teamed up with Briana and Maddy to do what they do with Arkady and Boris Strugatsky’s classic literary science fiction masterpiece Roadside Picnic and Andrei Tartovsky’s classic cinematic science fiction masterpiece Stalker. If you’d like to watch ahead for next week’s film, we will be discussing and review...
761 - Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)
October 18, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 33.7 MBA historical-psycho-erotic surrealist film exploring themes of womanhood, Christianity, and Freudian-infused takedowns of family and cultural identity? Plus vampires?! Hey Criterion Collection: Get out of my head! Director Jaromil Jireš serves up a whimsically horrifying dreamscape in this seminal Czech New Wave classic. If you'd like to watch ahead for next week's film, we will be reviewing and discussing Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker (1979) with Briana and Maddy of the Chapter One: Take ...
202 - Indiscretion of an American Wife (1953) and Terminal Station (1953)
October 11, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 51 MBThis movie has some killer credits: Jennifer Jones and Montgomery Clift star in a Vittorio de Sica directed, David Selznick produced, Christian Dior costumed, Truman Capote dialogued romance set during a single night in the main train station in Rome. But does can a movie with these credits possibly live up to such lofty expectations? If you’d like to watch ahead for next week’s film, we will be discussing and reviewing Jaromil Jireš’s Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970).
779 - Mulholland Drive (2001)
October 04, 2021 19:07 - 1 hour - 37.1 MBIt’s always a special, if troubling, time on this podcast when another David Lynch film is randomly selected. And this week we have his hotly-debated rejected-pilot-turned-feature film journey into the seductively decadent and disturbingly nightmarish world of Hollywood moviemaking. We even offer up our own - possibly original - interpretation of what the film is actually about. And that’s how you know we’ve officially fallen off the deep end. If you’d like to watch ahead for next week’s...
LD141- Carrie (1976)
September 27, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 58.4 MBLook: will we talk about the use of split screen? Of course we will. Will we talk about this early breakout supporting role for John Travolta? Yep. Will we talk about how these and more contribute to the manner of director Brian de Palma? You bet. But mostly Mike and I have been desperate to talk about Stephen King on the podcast. So get ready for lots of that. And lots of pig’s blood. If you’d like to watch ahead for next week’s film, we will be discussing and reviewing David Lync...
857 - Before Sunrise (1995)
September 20, 2021 14:45 - 1 hour - 39.2 MBThis week we revel in the lo-octane ease of 90’s independent filmmaking with Richard Linklater’s love letter to love and travel, and discussions about love and travel. Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke 90’s it up even more in a single evening long meet-cute set in Vienna, killing time until their departure in the morning. We discuss Linklater’s proclivity to long-term film projects, and whether or not this film anticipates its eventual decades-spanning trilogy. If you’d like to watch ahead for...
811 - The Naked Island (1960)
September 14, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 62 MBSorry this episode is posting a little late this week, but we wanted to add a little extra no-dialogue silence to our discussion of Kaneto Shindo’s similarly dialogue-free year-in-the-life of a family struggling to farm on a small isolated island. It’s a quiet film, to be sure, but full of nuance, rich humanity, and humble beauty. If you’d like to watch ahead for next week’s film, we will be discussing and reviewing Richard Linklater’s Before Sunrise (1995).
906 - The Lure (2015)
September 06, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 35.5 MBThis is a movie that sells itself. Director Agnieszka Smoczyńska‘s musical is about flesh-eating mermaids working in a sleazy cabaret/strip club in 1980s Poland. That deranged mash-up of a premise provokes just as varied of a series of responses: thrilling, unsettling, sexy, repulsive, funny, and despairing. With a kind of magical realism/urban fantasy/rock opera aesthetic, the director plays with feminine fears and desires in the face of a timidly repressive patriarchal society. If you’...
204 - The Marriage of Maria Braun (1978)
August 30, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 50.1 MBIt’s first episode for one of our theme song directors! And one of your hosts went a little overboard getting up to speed with the works of Rainer Werner Fassbender. Honestly, a lot of the typical second-half of the twentieth century European auteur themes come up in this film except now we have a decade spanning domestic drama exploring of postwar…femininity. Hanna Schygulla plays the eponymous heroine, navigating the obstacles of survival in post World War II Germany as she fiercely wait...
LD08 - Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
August 23, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 36 MBBoy oh boy, we really crack the nut of red scare allegories this time! Or we don’t. Hard to say which. But we have a great time talking about rural Southern California, divorce, imposters, whatever happens to the eponymous bodies, losing family and friends to right wing hysteria, Morticia Addams, and the Twilight Zone. Fun stuff! If you’d like to watch ahead for next week’s film, we will be discussing and reviewing Rainer Werner Fassbender’s Marriage of Maria Braun (1978).
46 - The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
August 16, 2021 11:30 - 1 hour - 45.4 MBThe word “game” has two meanings. So that means that the title of director Ernest B. Schoedsack’s The Most Dangerous Game can also mean…wait…oh no…oh god…run! RUN!! Anyway, it seems like we spend about as much time talking about Hard Target (1993) and Surviving the Game (1994) as we do the film in question. So get ready for a wild ride. If you’d like to watch ahead for next week’s film, we will be reviewing and discussing Don Siegel’s Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956).
692 - It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
August 09, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 32.4 MB“All around me are familiar faces, worn out places, worn out faces.” You know what rhymes with “faces”? “Places”. Know what rhymes with “places”? “Faces”. If you like this kind of clever word play, except with more mother-in-law jokes, then have we got a mad cap flick for you! Director Stanley Kramer brings us an all-star (of sorts) comedic ensemble cast with his oft-parodied cross country race to unearth THOUSANDS of dollars. If only my gosh darn mother-in-law would get off of my ba...
777 - The Brood (1979)
August 02, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 50.5 MBWhy not just jumpstart the sub-genre of body horror by inventing a whole new pseudoscience called psychoplasmic therapy that allows for the fears of divorce, children, and past mental traumas to literally manifest themselves in growths, tumors, little blonde goblin killers, and a mounting body count? And if on top of all that, you happen to be legendary director David Cronenberg, why not make all of those things simultaneously beautiful, familiar, and disturbingly disgusting? If you'd like...
155 - Tokyo Olympiad (1965)
July 26, 2021 16:12 - 1 hour - 41.4 MBIt’s that time of the…decade again. And we’ve got international amateur athletic competition fever! In honor of the return of the Olympic Games to Japan, we’re watching one of the great documentaries on the subject: director Kon Ichikawa’s lyrical vision of the 1964 Tokyo games. If you’d like to watch ahead for next week’s film, we will be discussing and reviewing David Cronenberg’s The Brood(1979).
974 - The Heiress (1949)
July 19, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 52 MBWe’re dipping back into the Henry James-adaptation pool with William Wyler’s Olivia de Havilland vehicle The Heiress, based on Washington Square. Making this a period piece featuring a kind of funhouse love triangle where neither the dashing if penniless Morris (Montgomery Cliff) nor her father Dr. Sloper (Ralph Richardson) seem to love Catherine (de Havilland’s titular heiress) who must suffer as stubborn men and fate conspire to leave her lonely and heartbroken. If you'd like to watch a...
44 - The Red Shoes (1948)
July 12, 2021 16:55 - 1 hour - 37.3 MBWe’re back with directors Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger (AKA “The Archers”) for one of their all-time biggest pictures. This time they rework and update a Hans Christian Andersen folk tale into a romance chronicling the ascending fame of a celebrated ballerina and the men competing for her love and success. And, as promised, the shoes are REALLY red. If you’d like to watch ahead for next week’s film, we will be discussing and reviewing William Wyler’s The Heiress (1949).
13 - The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
July 05, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 59.6 MBWe’re back for a little welcome murder and mayhem with Jonathan Demme’s genre-defining take on, well, not just serial killer procedurals, but Hannibal Lector-based serial killer procedurals. We cover it all this today’s episode, but we somehow always end circling back to how perfect this movie is. If you’d like to watch ahead for next week’s film, we will be discussing and reviewing Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s The Red Shoes (1948).
3rd Annual Rando Awards
June 28, 2021 11:30 - 1 hour - 47 MBAfter months of campaigning and hype, constant drama and re-selection of the hosts, and hours of red carpet interviews, it’s finally happening. Looking back of the year of randomly chosen (and a few guest-selected) films we select and discuss the best of the arbitrary best. Who goes home with their hearts and career-hopes crushed? And who walks away with the most coveted award for excellence for their work in a film? The Randy Award. If you’d like to watch ahead for next week’s film, we...
108 - The Rock (1996)
June 21, 2021 11:30 - 1 hour - 50 MBMake no mistake gentlemen, we are in for the podcast of our lives. About one of the most notorious and successful action films of the 20th century, I shit you not. Because we finally made it to…The Rock. Truly: we’ve been anxiously and excitedly waiting the opportunity to discuss this Michael Bay “masterpiece” since the very start of this podcast. And all it took was our guests AJ and Richard of the Cult Popture Podcast to insist that we finally do so.
339 - Yi Yi (2000)
June 14, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 34.2 MBWeddings! Funerals! Business meetings! But like, in a sweet and poignant way. We are joined by Kevin Allison (of RISK! and The State) to discuss Edward Yang's subtle and deliberate drama chronicling the lives of a Taiwanese family over a year of heartache, tragedy, professional setbacks, and almost imperceptible victories. If you'd like to watch ahead for next week's film, we will be discussing and reviewing Michael Bay's The Rock (1996).