Repertory Screenings
131 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsWe eat our cinematic vegetables as we go deep into the past to dig out all the cool old movies that languish in our to-be-watched pile and talk about them one a fortnight!
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Repertory Screenings 102: Rome, Open City
April 14, 2024 19:38 - 23.1 MBOne of the stone cold classics of cinema this week as we all watch our first Rossellini movie together and come away deeply impressed. Sometimes a movie is just a classic for a reason! Check out our letterboxd list if you’d like to see all the movies covered that way! Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in general to [email protected]! Also, we're a patreon supported show, please go to patreon.com/abnormalmapping to see our many s...
Repertory Screenings 101: Sullivan's Travels
March 31, 2024 20:00 - 33.3 MBThis episode might be two weeks late, but that’s just because we were exploring the Real America to learn how the 99% lives. But we’re back with a bunch of movies and one of the classic comedies of the 1940s! Check out our letterboxd list if you’d like to see all the movies covered that way! Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in general to [email protected]! Also, we're a patreon supported show, please go to patreon.com/abnormalma...
Repertory Screenings 100: Malcolm X
March 05, 2024 01:09 - 75 MBIt’s the big 100! We’ve watched 100 (+2) movies on this second edition of our movie show, somehow, and we picked a banger to celebrate the milestone. Check out our letterboxd list if you’d like to see all the movies covered that way! Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in general to [email protected]! Also, we're a patreon supported show, please go to patreon.com/abnormalmapping to see our many shows and support us. Next Time on R...
Repertory Screenings 99: Ikarie XB-1
February 18, 2024 23:00 - 57.6 MBWe watch a sci-fi classic and talk about robots, corridors, and the aesthetics of gymnasiums! Check out our letterboxd list if you’d like to see all the movies covered that way! Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in general to [email protected]! Also, we're a patreon supported show, please go to patreon.com/abnormalmapping to see our many shows and support us. Next Time on Repertory Screenings: Malcolm X
Repertory Screenings 98: Close-Up
February 04, 2024 23:00 - 64.5 MBOne of the greatest films ever made this week on Repertory Screenings, and also we have some other movies to talk about on top of that. Also, note, we do talk about Close-Up Long Shot, the 1996 documentary which follows up with Sabzian after the movie. Highly recommended you seek that out before you listen! Check out our letterboxd list if you’d like to see all the movies covered that way! Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in general to abnormalm...
Repertory Screenings 97: Good Night, and Good Luck
January 22, 2024 04:28 - 59.9 MBThis week we’re lighter on movies but plenty to talk about with George Clooney’s breezy educational film about a moment in time and the collision of history and ideology it represents. Check out our letterboxd list if you’d like to see all the movies covered that way! Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in general to [email protected]! Also, we're a patreon supported show, please go to patreon.com/abnormalmapping to see our many s...
Repertory Screenings 96: Personal Shopper
January 07, 2024 20:06 - 95.9 MBWe have a super-sized episode as Destiny and Em finally saw Barbie which means we cover Barbie for a long time before getting into this week’s movie. Also, there’s just a lot of cinema watched over the holiday break. Check out our letterboxd list if you’d like to see all the movies covered that way! Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in general to [email protected]! Also, we're a patreon supported show, please go to patreon.com/a...
Repertory Screenings 95: Nights of Cabiria
December 25, 2023 03:17 - 59.6 MBIt’s Fellini for Christmas as we talk about the tragicomedy of the human spirit and the best faces in all of cinema with Nights of Cabiria! Also, Em’s got a whole boatload of movies from the last three weeks. And we talk about British hypnotists, how many eggs we could eat in a day, and more. Check out our letterboxd list if you’d like to see all the movies covered that way! Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in general to abnormalmappingpodcast@g...
Repertory Screenings 94: The Jerk
December 10, 2023 21:00 - 58.8 MBWe’re back with a Destiny childhood classic and some extra movies besides as we get back into the groove of things with Steve Martin’s first breakout film: The Jerk! Check out our letterboxd list if you’d like to see all the movies covered that way! Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in general to [email protected]! Also, we're a patreon supported show, please go to patreon.com/abnormalmapping to see our many shows and support us....
Repertory Screenings 93: Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
November 27, 2023 00:20 - 30.5 MBThe strike is over which means movies are back on the menu! We talk about the modern dad classic that speaks to the Star Trek nerd in all three of us, the power of just shooting guys on a boat, and the impossible task of being a dad and winning a war in this action packed episode! Check out our letterboxd list if you’d like to see all the movies covered that way! Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in general to [email protected]! ...
Special Network Update Minisode
November 16, 2023 19:17 - 9.79 MBThe strike is over! After what seems like a lifetime, the 2023 writers strike came to an end and with it the request podcasts not do promotional work. Which means we can get back to talking about movies! We’re really excited, but also it’s been a tough year, so we decided to make one short episode talking about where we’re at, where we’re headed, and if you’re seeing this in your feed, what that means for the show you’re listening to. I promise, almost all of it is good news! Also, as a th...
Repertory Screenings 92: Funeral Parade of Roses
July 03, 2023 00:18 - 16 MBWe’re back to watch an incredible movie and announce that we’re taking the rest of the month off! Reasons given within, but we’ll be back in a few weeks. Until then, Em is filling in as guest host of Ornate Stairwells, which you should absolutely listen to! Check out our letterboxd list if you’d like to see all the movies covered that way! Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in general to [email protected]! Also, we're a patreon s...
Repertory Screenings 91: My Beautiful Laundrette
June 19, 2023 00:12 - 21.8 MBNot much in the way of movies this week but Destiny saw the new Wes Anderson and Em gets way in the weeds on feeling a bit discontent with this week’s very solid and historically beloved movie, so we manage to fill the time just fine anyway! Thanks for listening! Check out our letterboxd list if you’d like to see all the movies covered that way! Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in general to [email protected]! Also, we're a patr...
Repertory Screenings 90: The Children's Hour
June 05, 2023 00:09 - 27.9 MBWe start a sort of haphazardly thrown together mini series of Pride movies as we watch a sad melodrama that is most upsetting in how topical it all feels almost 100 years after the original play was written. We have a great time talking about a bummer, please join us! Check out our letterboxd list if you’d like to see all the movies covered that way! Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in general to [email protected]! Also, we're a...
Repertory Screenings 89: Tampopo
May 21, 2023 23:14 - 21.2 MBWe watch one of the stone cold classics of cinema and it turns out everyone on planet earth was right and this movie slaps. Go figure! Also, our hardest question of the week yet! Check out Kyle’s book! Check out our letterboxd list if you’d like to see all the movies covered that way! Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in general to [email protected]! Also, we're a patreon supported show, please go to patreon.com/abnormalmappin...
Repertory Screenings 88: The Killing
May 08, 2023 23:33 - 25.6 MBWe head back to the 50s to talk about the most hard boiled of dialogue and the joy of a heist as we watch Kubrick’s The Killing and have a laugh. Also, many choices for good animated adaptations of movies, the other way is so much harder! Check out our letterboxd list if you’d like to see all the movies covered that way! Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in general to [email protected]! Also, we're a patreon supported show, plea...
Repertory Screenings 87: High Noon
April 24, 2023 00:53 - 30.6 MBWe’re back with one of the classics of American cinema, and Em and Jackson go to the mattresses arguing about politics (as usual). Also, an extra long questions segment, thanks to everyone who wrote in! Check out our letterboxd list if you’d like to see all the movies covered that way! Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in general to [email protected]! Also, we're a patreon supported show, please go to patreon.com/abnormalmapping ...
Repertory Screenings 86: Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
April 10, 2023 02:41 - 19.9 MBA quick turnaround this week as we talk about maybe the funniest movie we’ve ever covered on this podcast and have a great time at the movies. Makes up for all the no other movies we’ve watched! Please enjoy! Check out our letterboxd list if you’d like to see all the movies covered that way! Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in general to [email protected]! Also, we're a patreon supported show, please go to patreon.com/abnormalma...
Repertory Screenings 85: The Man Who Stole the Sun
April 02, 2023 18:02 - 21.2 MBIt’s been a few weeks but we finally got in to talk about this ridiculous light hearted and stylish crime movie about how annoying it is to be a nuclear power actually. We had a great time! There’s some audio issues but hopefully they won’t be too noticeable. Also, we’re going to be back next week! Check out our letterboxd list if you’d like to see all the movies covered that way! Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in general to abnormalmappingpo...
Repertory Screenings 84: The Hustler and The Color of Money
March 06, 2023 01:44 - 31.6 MBWe’re back a week late but with two movies as we talk about aging, the times, competition, masculinity, and a bunch of other things besides as we watch the two most famous pool movies of all time. Check out our letterboxd list if you’d like to see all the movies covered that way! Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in general to [email protected]! Also, we're a patreon supported show, please go to patreon.com/abnormalmapping to see...
Repertory Screenings 83: The Neon Demon
February 13, 2023 01:45 - 43.5 MBA super sized episode as we talk about The Neon Demon and Em comes with a bag full of other movies and movie podcasts to talk about. Sometimes a bad movie really gets the discussion juices going! Check out our letterboxd list if you’d like to see all the movies covered that way! Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in general to [email protected]! Also, we're a patreon supported show, please go to patreon.com/abnormalmapping to see...
Repertory Screenings 82: A Man for All Seasons
January 29, 2023 23:00 - 29.3 MBWe enjoy a classic of stage adaptation and men in rooms talking. Also we clown on The Church of England and Henry VIII, as they both deserve. Check out our letterboxd list if you’d like to see all the movies covered that way! Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in general to [email protected]! Also, we're a patreon supported show, please go to patreon.com/abnormalmapping to see our many shows and support us. Next Question of the W...
Repertory Screenings 81: You've Got Mail
January 16, 2023 00:42 - 36.4 MBA dubious classic from Em’s childhood takes center stage today as we talk about You’ve Got Mail and the erudite New York comedy, sidekicks doing their standup sets, the delights of enemies to lovers, and much more in this super sized episode! Check out our letterboxd list if you’d like to see all the movies covered that way! Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in general to [email protected]! Also, we're a patreon supported show, ...
Repertory Screenings 80: Withnail and I
January 02, 2023 14:56 - 37.3 MBWe wrap the year on New Years Eve with a boatload of films, a discussion of the misery that lives inside us all, and a great time with these two goddamn losers. Here’s to another year of da mfin cinema! Check out our letterboxd list if you’d like to see all the movies covered that way! Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in general to [email protected]! Also, we're a patreon supported show, please go to patreon.com/abnormalmapping ...
Repertory Screenings 79: Streets of Fire
December 19, 2022 01:16 - 35.9 MBWe discuss the tastes of the 80s, the power of a movie ahead of its time, and the rare gift that is blowing your blank check on a dumb idea in this episode about cult classic Streets of Fire. Also, one of our trio has gone Movie Mode, and we discuss the movies we’ll defend even if it’s a little bit embarrassing. Also, we updated our letterboxd list, if you’d like to see all the movies covered that way! Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in genera...
Repertory Screenings 78: Everything Everywhere All at Once
December 05, 2022 00:17 - 72.4 MBNOTE: As usual, some audio problems with this episode, so please excuse any weirdness. We’re working on it! Em and Jackson get into a bit of a fight about the merits of basic ass cinema on this episode about a movie that we all liked well enough but to varying degrees. We discuss martial arts movies, despair, what makes comedy and emotional beats work in a script, and generally a bunch of stuff because everyone can agree: this movie is all over the place. Also, we talk about everyone’s hea...
Repertory Screenings 77: Lisztomania
November 20, 2022 20:39 - 52 MBToday we watch Ken Russell’s ridiculous rock musical about fame, sex, history, and fascism and find it one of those movies that is just worth all the mess because they truly don’t make ‘em like this anymore. Also, we introduced our new Question of the Week segment, where we talk about our favorite musicians turned actors in film. I think this is a great one, hoping people enjoy and play along with the questions of the week! Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover ...
Repertory Screenings 76: Topkapi
November 06, 2022 22:30 - 29.3 MBOctober got away from us and it’s been a month since we sat down to talk about movies, but here we are assembled from all across Europe to do very stupid things very stylishly. Topkapi truly is one of the great heist movies, hope people enjoy! Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in general to [email protected]! Also, we're a patreon supported show, please go to patreon.com/abnormalmapping to see our many shows and support us. Next ...
Repertory Screenings 75: Viridiana
October 09, 2022 15:16 - 30.5 MBSomehow we managed to satisfy Em’s desire for a lurid gothic horror and Jackson’s need for realistic fiction about class violence all in a single movie. Honestly a christmas miracle, never to happen again. It’s a great bad time as we watch Luis Buñuel’s classic Viridiana! Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in general to [email protected]! Also, we're a patreon supported show, please go to patreon.com/abnormalmapping to see our many ...
Repertory Screenings 74: Last Year at Marienbad
September 25, 2022 21:00 - 41.7 MBWe go as French as one can possibly go without actually moving to Paris on this episode of Repertory Screenings, and come out the other side divided on the whole experience. Also apologies for some audio weirdness, we’re still working through a problem with recording. Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in general to [email protected]! Also, we're a patreon supported show, please go to patreon.com/abnormalmapping to see our many show...
Repertory Screenings 73: The Apartment
September 11, 2022 16:19 - 29.5 MBWe’re back from a short hiatus to talk about this classic comedy and the myth of a charming new york apartment. The cinema! Also, Em refuses to engage on saying something that drives Jackson crazy. Check out the latest Ornate Stairwells for more. Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in general to [email protected]! Also, we're a patreon supported show, please go to patreon.com/abnormalmapping to see our many shows and support us. Nex...
Repertory Screenings 72: 48 Hrs.
August 15, 2022 03:29 - 23.3 MBEveryone’s tired as August continues to be hot and busy but we make the time for one of the early entries of the buddy cop movie and talk about movies that stand with a foot in two eras, the ideas of honesty in something as fake as a movie, and more besides with this Walter Hill classic. Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in general to [email protected]! Also, we're a patreon supported show, please go to patreon.com/abnormalmapping...
Repertory Screenings 71: Paris, Texas
July 31, 2022 22:00 - 42.6 MBWe’re back after wandering the desert for four weeks as misfortune befell one of our hosts not once but twice, but finally we are here to talk about this movie and its vision for the utter isolation of American modernity. Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in general to [email protected]! Also, we're a patreon supported show, please go to patreon.com/abnormalmapping to see our many shows and support us. Next Time on Repertory Scre...
Repertory Screenings 70: The Madness of King George
July 04, 2022 02:28 - 34.4 MBJackson’s gone movie mode which means we talk about some classics of cinema and some not so classics of cinema, before we talk about this play-turned-movie and talk about health, kings, and subtleties or lack thereof. Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in general to [email protected]! Also, we're a patreon supported show, please go to patreon.com/abnormalmapping to see our many shows and support us. Next Time on Repertory Screenin...
Repertory Screenings 69: The African Queen
June 19, 2022 22:46 - 56.4 MBWe’re back with one of those classics that just ends up on your to-watch pile out of sheer inertia even when you clearly don’t know anything about it. There’s a joy in actually watching those, especially when it turns out you had no idea what it was actually about, and also the movie’s just good in ways that surprise you! Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in general to [email protected]! Also, we're a patreon supported show, please...
Repertory Screenings 68: Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
June 05, 2022 22:01 - 52.6 MBRomantic comedy comes to RS in a big way as we watch this Indian classic and discuss the power of stardom, why guys always have to suck, and the power of earnestness in telling a story. Bunch of other movies besides, but we generally focus on our main film for once, because it’s just that full of stuff to talk about. Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in general to [email protected]! Also, we're a patreon supported show, please go...
Repertory Screenings 67: The Rules of the Game
May 23, 2022 02:29 - 52.1 MBWe managed to miss an entire episode slot, which means this episode is two weeks late. Very sorry! I’d say we have a ton of movies to talk about because of this, but really only Em watched movies during the month between episodes, but we have a good time anyway! Turns out, Rules of the Game is just a great movie about class, the decay of the ruling class in Europe, and the ennui of having an affair in the 20th century. Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or m...
Repertory Screenings 66: Crash
April 27, 2022 23:12 - 50.8 MBA little late but we make it in time to not break our schedule as we settle in to talk about classic controversial Cronenberg cinema! Next Time on Repertory Screenings The Rules of the Game
Repertory Screenings 65: Safe
April 10, 2022 14:44 - 53.5 MBDisease, disability, malaise, and much more as we talk about Todd Haynes’ existential potboiler Safe! Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in general to [email protected]! Also, we're a patreon supported show, please go to patreon.com/abnormalmapping to see our many shows and support us. Next Time on Repertory Screenings: Crash
Repertory Screenings 64: The Lady from Shanghai
March 27, 2022 19:21 - 42.8 MBWe talk about strange accents, the evils of the rich, and the worst picnic in history today on Repertory Screenings. Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in general to [email protected]! Also, we're a patreon supported show, please go to patreon.com/abnormalmapping to see our many shows and support us. Next Time on Repertory Screenings: Safe
Repertory Screenings 63: Excalibur
March 13, 2022 04:17 - 35.9 MBWe talk about what is and isn’t myth, the power of the classic, the two Fs every night is good at, and much more in this episode on the ridiculous and sublime epic film Excalibur! Truly, it was the kingliest of times, it was the landiest of times. Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in general to [email protected]! Also, we're a patreon supported show, please go to patreon.com/abnormalmapping to see our many shows and support us. N...
Repertory Screenings 62: Synecdoche, New York
February 28, 2022 04:23 - 50.6 MBArt is life is art is life. Sometimes you reflect the world around you in your work, but the world around you is influenced by work. Sometimes you gaze into your navel, and the navel gazes back. Sometimes you’re aware of all of this, but that doesn’t prevent you from not doing it. We all are just getting through, as best we can. Anyway, this movie’s pretty funny. Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in general to [email protected]! A...
Repertory Screenings 61: Three Colors: Blue
January 31, 2022 01:30 - 59.7 MBJoin us as we talk about what it means to grieve, the lack of black martial arts movies, and also Three Colors: Blue! This is a personal fav of at least one of the cast, so it’s a little more impassioned than the usual discussion on their part, but otherwise come for the same fun chat as always. The movies continue. Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in general to [email protected]! Also, we're a patreon supported show, please go t...
Repertory Screenings 60: Hero
January 19, 2022 00:18 - 71.3 MBToday we talk about a modern wuxia classic and end up discussing when movies were beautiful, national identity, the power of a good action scene, and which sick weapon we would carry into combat. All in all a fantastic discussion. The article we mention can be found here. Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in general to [email protected]! Also, we're a patreon supported show, please go to patreon.com/abnormalmapping to see our man...
Repertory Screenings 59: A Face in the Crowd
January 03, 2022 00:00 - 72.3 MBWe close out the year with a classic film about the grinning face of American evil which causes a bit of a split about its relative merits between the group. One might be able to guess along which lines it breaks, no prize for getting it right, but it’s fun to go through. Also, we give our top ten New To Us movies of 2021! See you next year, and remember, a letterboxd habit makes list making way easier! Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in general...
Repertory Screenings 58: Punishment Park
December 20, 2021 03:21 - 56.4 MBSome days you see a movie that you just agree with so much that you don’t have anything to say. You just point at the screen and go “Yeah, that’s it.” Today is just that movie. But we have plenty of other things to talk about besides, so we have a good time anyway. See you at the movies! Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in general to [email protected]! Also, we're a patreon supported show, please go to patreon.com/abnormalmapping...
Repertory Screenings 57: Peeping Tom
December 06, 2021 15:54 - 72.5 MBToday we continue the secondary purpose of this podcast to get Jackson to watch horror movies as we talk about foundational slasher classic Peeping Tom. Also, everyone’s seen a bunch of movies, so there’s plenty in our first segment to go through. Here’s the article that inspired picking this movie. Shout out to Mariya for putting it in front of us. Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in general to [email protected]! Also, we're a ...
Repertory Screenings 56: Red Desert
November 23, 2021 04:10 - 62.3 MBWe’re back in the big leagues with improved audio and a bevy of movies because Em has gone back to the gun cellar and pulled up a treasure trove of cinema. Follow them on letterboxd, https://letterboxd.com/em_being/ For the movie this week, we all get really existential as we talk about what alienation means to us, with the surprisingly bleak and familiar Red Desert. Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in general to [email protected]!...
Repertory Screenings 55: The Wages of Fear
November 07, 2021 20:16 - 48.6 MBIt’s a nail-biting adventure this week as we talk about a movie so effortless it leaves us all blown away. You know, with nitroglycerin. Also, a bunch of other movies besides get watched, as Em is careening through a movie phase and has much to touch on. Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in general to [email protected]! Also, we're a patreon supported show, please go to patreon.com/abnormalmapping to see our many shows and support...
Repertory Screenings 54: Playtime
October 26, 2021 02:37 - 43.1 MBOBS audio becomes the new norm as we enjoy the nightmare of modernity with Playtime. Also, Destiny watched too many movies, and Em finally crossed a big one off their bucket list. For better or worse, we remain enjoying the cinema. Enjoy! Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in general to [email protected]! Also, we're a patreon supported show, please go to patreon.com/abnormalmapping to see our many shows and support us. Next Time o...