Repertory Screenings
136 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 days ago - ★★★★★ - 22 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 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...
Repertory Screenings 53: Waiting to Exhale
October 05, 2021 00:00 - 51.9 MBOur audio troubles know no end in this very hurried second take of an episode that still manages to be pretty good! We watched a boatload of movies, talk about the quiet gender war happening in the production of women’s pictures, and many other things besides. 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 show...
Repertory Screenings 52: Unforgiven
September 20, 2021 20:34 - 66.3 MBThe pinnacle of dad cinema! We tuck into a tidy time at the nearby saloon with Unforgiven’s fantastic shaggy dog story of three old men who are just the worst. We all wring our hangs about how poorly watched we are about westerns. We all watched a bunch of movies! Great times had by all. 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 51: Monty Python's Life of Brian
September 07, 2021 18:09 - 58.8 MBWe have a new worst movie! Much discussion is had about cultural comedy, the pressure of time, and what it means to revisit things as an adult. The episode is pretty good, sometimes it pays to lower the bar. *NOTE: Destiny’s on the wrong mic we know, also it’s late summer so it’s cricket city over here, apologies for the background friends Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in general to [email protected]! Also, we're a patreon sup...
Repertory Screenings 50: Le Samouraï
August 24, 2021 00:01 - 49.2 MBYOU KNOW WHAT NUMBER IT IS!! We talk about a bunch of movies, as we usually do, though very little of that time is actually devoted to Le Samourai. Sometimes it just goes that way. Here’s to 50 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. Next Time on Repertory Screenings: Monty Python’s...
Repertory Screenings 49: The Grand Budapest Hotel
August 03, 2021 18:38 - 57.6 MBWe explore Wes Anderson’s funky tale of intrigue and service as we talk about his low-brow secret, the power of good casting, another famous director he reminds us of, and much more in this shaggy dog of an episode! 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:...
Repertory Screenings 48: An American in Paris
July 18, 2021 20:31 - 49.6 MBDivided across three camps of reactions to this movie, we mostly talk about what makes a romance work, films as spectacle, and why the 50s were a thing that had to be reacted against regardless of how you felt about it. Also, the date-ability of Gene Kelly might come up. Special thanks to David Hayter, writer of X-Men and X2. 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 47: Lawrence of Arabia
July 03, 2021 18:16 - 79.2 MBWe have a loaded episode for you with a four hour film and five or six movies we’ve seen besides as we go into the epic, goofy sequels, movies within movies, and many other things besides. Also, that Lawrence of Arabia picture? Turns out it’s very popular for a reason: it’s fucking GOOD. 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 46: Eyes Wide Shut
June 20, 2021 22:50 - 66.3 MBI know we have a type here but it turns out on revisiting Kubrick’s final film we find something of a sad cop show in the long nighttime of Eyes Wide Shut, and also talk a lot about sexuality and class and all the other things we always talk about. Movies, now more than ever 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 ma...
Repertory Screenings 45: Barton Fink
June 03, 2021 02:41 - 54.1 MBWe explore the life of the mind in a movie that can only be described as a stone cold classic. The cinema! 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: Eyes Wide Shut
Repertory Screenings 44: Phantom Thread
May 10, 2021 01:33 - 47.1 MBDid we finally fix our audio? MAYBE! And just in time for a fantastic time with PTA’s befuddling romance and class comedy, Phantom Thread! Also, some goofs about the two directors Paul Anderson. 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: Barton Fink
Repertory Screenings 43: Alphaville
April 20, 2021 02:54 - 32.5 MBPlagued by audio issues, we resolve to do our best anyway because technology is the ultimate enemy of human expression. That said, we do crash land the podcast, engines on fire, in the middle of a field by the end of this weird half hour. Hopefully you enjoy what we could get out of it! 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 t...
Repertory Screenings 42: M
April 05, 2021 00:15 - 47.4 MBSorry this one’s so late, sometimes life just gets in the way. That doesn’t stop us from enjoying the cinema, though! Also realizing every movie is just lifting from one movie, that’s always fun. Note: a bit of audio weirdness in this one, because we’re cursed. Nothing too bad, some cross talk between Em and Destiny, please understand. 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 s...
Repertory Screenings 41: Paris is Burning
February 28, 2021 17:11 - 60.8 MBWe’re full of movies and ready to talk about them as we discuss Paris is Burning and the last 40 years of class disparity, but also we spend just as much time talking about Detective Pikachu and some other movies. Look, sometimes you just need to examine the world state of a video game tie-in movie! 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/abnormal...
Repertory Screenings 40: The Wind That Shakes The Barley
February 08, 2021 23:25 - 52.8 MBA big episode of politics as we get into the weeds of nation building and socialism, Jackson has to apologize for their country’s crimes, Em has to apologize for their accent crimes, and Destiny lets the communists get real nerdy about shit. It’s a good episode! Next time we are going to put Jackson way out of their depth, tho! 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, pleas...
Repertory Screenings 39: Putney Swope
January 26, 2021 01:00 - 33.1 MBWe explore the wacky antics of this 60s send up of capitalism and race as we ask what exactly one can accomplish through skits, the immense pressure of 60s outsider comedy, and the pros and cons of making parody of the era in which people are currently in. 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 38: The Night of the Hunter
January 04, 2021 02:39 - 46.8 MBSometimes a movie is so good that all you can do is say ‘damn, what a good movie’ but sometimes a movie is good in the way where you feel you could talk about every scene. That’s the kind of good we have this week. The monumental good of the righteous, coming down to smote the evil of men where they stand! 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 37: Clerks
December 15, 2020 02:07 - 89.6 MBA bevy of emails and a bunch of reminiscing about growing up with film make this our longest episode yet. Also, because it’s a day late, we can all say along with Dante… we weren’t even supposed to be here today! 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: Night o...
Repertory Screenings 36: The Ascent
December 02, 2020 00:23 - 26.9 MBA short episode, because it was the holidays and we were all very chill and sometimes a movie is simply self-evident. It’s not a signal of its quality, however, this movie was quite good! 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: Clerks
Repertory Screenings 35: Rope
November 12, 2020 04:05 - 49.6 MBNOTE: I thiiiink our audio issues are fixed but there’s more crosstalk than usual this time as we are on a new program, apologies It’s Rope! We talk about it. This podcast is already late enough. 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: The Ascent (1977)
Repertory Screenings 34: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
October 29, 2020 00:00 - 38.7 MBNOTE: our audio problems have turned into new audio problems, namely Destiny’s audio peaks randomly. Apologies, we’ll try another fix next time We delve into the most potent stew of 70s paranoia and find it both funny and effective as the pod people come and we wonder whether or not being body snatched is all that bad, really, when you think about it. Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in general to [email protected]! Also, we're a patre...
Repertory Screenings 33: Jennifer's Body
October 11, 2020 19:19 - 52 MBNOTE: there’s some audio weirdness in this episode, some of which was left in for clarity. We’ve been having a time with discord lately, please understand We continue our spooky trio of films with a goofy modern cult classic as we tackle the strange nostalgia for Diablo Cody and teen movies that were just post modern enough to be charming without grating. Sometimes a movie is just the right kind of clever, but not too much. Also: just how much sacrificing for satan does the entertainment i...
Repertory Screenings 32: Poltergeist
September 28, 2020 23:55 - 60.7 MBWelcome to the month (and change) of spooky cinema as we begin with a PG production for children that scares Jackson so bad they regret agreeing to this! We have a good time breaking down one of the more surprisingly robust haunting films any of us can recall, and enjoying the goofy effects of Tobe Hooper with a LOT of money to throw around. 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...
Repertory Screenings 31: Bound
September 14, 2020 03:00 - 48.3 MBWe are joined for the first time by a guest! Miri is here to screen for us the first movie from the Wachowski sisters as we talk about what it means to be queer cinema, the sprawl of post Tarantino crime films, and the incredible devotion to leather and goofy camera angles that is a hallmark of this early Wachowski period. Can you have a better time? Fuggedaboudit! Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in general to [email protected]! Also, w...
Repertory Screenings 30: The Player
September 06, 2020 23:10 - 52.8 MBWe return a few weeks early with a ton of movies under our belt and a revelation about the timeline of history that shakes us to our core. But also, we mostly talk about the goofy nonsense of The Player, a send up of studios, Hollywood, and noir films in general. NOTE: there’s some discord weirdness in this one, apologies if things seem a little misaligned, sometimes audio is weird. Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in general to podcast@abnormalm...
Repertory Screenings Update: We're Coming Back!
August 27, 2020 21:23 - 8.01 MBDestiny’s on the mend, we’re in the hot days of summer where all we want to do is watch movies, so what better way to spend September than by bringing back Repertory Screenings early?! Our next movie is The Player! Send us emails about anything movie related to [email protected]! THANK YOU!
Repertory Screenings 29: F For Fake
August 13, 2020 22:07 - 36.1 MBWe come together one last time before a bit of a break to discuss Orson Welles’ pivot to youtube essayist in the 70s with F For Fake, and enjoy the lies as much as the truthes. Thank you everyone for your support, we’ll be back soon! 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 28: Mustang
July 27, 2020 00:34 - 50 MBWe show up a few weeks late with an announcement of future delays and a movie that really puts us of two minds about what we enjoy out of cinema. Thank you everyone for your continued patience! 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: F For Fake
Repertory Screenings 27: The Battle of Algiers
June 28, 2020 23:32 - 32 MBToday we marvel over the brisk revolutionary story of people who just wanted the colonizers off of their land, and reflect on how this movie still feels incredibly relevant. ACAB, including the French. *NOTE: Destiny was having Discord problems throughout so is a little quieter this entire episode, we’re still working on a solution but it might just be discord, as it’s affecting our shows more regularly, thanks for your understanding Send us any email questions and comments about the movie...
Repertory Screenings 26: Point Break
June 07, 2020 23:56 - 40.7 MBWhat does it mean to be a man? What does it mean to live dangerously? Thankfully Johnny Utah is here to tell us, even if we aren’t ready to hear it! Today we discuss classic action film Point Break, where lawnmowers work poorly and everybody surfs. 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 Tim...
Repertory Screenings 25: Orlando
May 19, 2020 00:15 - 52.5 MBIn this episode we tackle the strange and hilarious adventures of Orlando, the man who was until he wasn’t, and the strange gender explorations of the last 400 years of English rule. Also, a ton of great questions. leading to one of our beefier episodes! The VoIP Life about movie watching and criticism that we made free for everyone! https://www.patreon.com/posts/33203905 Listener Shoumik sent in a list of Hong Kong movies that they recommend people check out! We haven’t vetted these, but ...
Repertory Screenings 24: His Motorbike, Her Island
April 26, 2020 22:18 - 35.2 MBWe drift across the beautiful landscapes on 80s Japan in this ode to the open road and the open heart of new love. Also we mysteriously have managed to cover films with bike jousting in them for 8% of our podcast history, which is more than any other podcast can boast. 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 ...
Repertory Screenings 23: Stalker
April 13, 2020 01:09 - 57.9 MBWe wander the wastes of the Zone, teasing out our feelings on aspirations, desires, love and religion in this extra long episode on the extra long film Stalker! Note: for now, you can find an archive of harder to find Obayashi films 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 many shows and support us. Next Time on Repe...
Repertory Screenings 22: Little Woods
March 29, 2020 22:00 - 46.5 MBWhat is a Western? We get very distracted with wikipedia’s baffling genre distinctions on our road to the far north to enjoy this boarder hopping quiet movie about grief and drug dealing in a collapsing American economy. I promise it’s not all doom and gloom! In fact, the part where this movie is often very warm is why I’m happy to settle in and deliver this cozy episode about family, choices, and wondering why people care about the rodeo. Send us any email questions and comments about the ...
Repertory Screenings 21: Dolemite
March 15, 2020 23:27 - 43 MBWe delve into the heady days of 1975 and the incredible capacity for costume change that is the man of words and action, Dolemite! Tarantino invented nothing, the power of independent cinema, and did the 70s really have any clue what sex was? All this and 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 ...
Repertory Screenings 20: The Watermelon Woman
March 01, 2020 21:14 - 51.2 MBSurprised by one of the most fun and warm movies we’ve watched since the podcast started, we settle in to talk about the self-examination and aspirational creativity of The Watermelon Woman. Also, sex scenes and 90s fashion and how extremely weird one famous academic is at the drop of a hat. At the front, we briefly talk Parasite, Birds of Prey, and Portrait of a Lady on Fire! Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in general to podcast@abnormalmapping....
Repertory Screenings 19: BlacKkKlansman
February 16, 2020 21:55 - 78.9 MBIn our longest episode to date, we sit down with Spike Lee’s most recent film and find ourselves awash with feelings about race, America, and the place of film in history and culture. It’s amazing how broad an opinion one can have about liking a thing. Also Em and Destiny talk at length about Spike Lee’s filmography in general, and recommend some further homework if you want to really brush up! Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in general to podcas...
Repertory Screenings 18: Outrage
February 02, 2020 23:20 - 35.2 MBA short episode after last week’s epic as we enjoy the 74 minute thriller Outrage, a movie directed by Ida Lupino that attempts to talk about sexual assault and recovery from within the structure of 1950s Hollywood and the studio code. How well does it do navigating that minefield? Surprisingly well, all things considered! Join us as we find ourselves contemplating history, men, and speeches that explain the themes to the audience. CONTENT WARNING THIS EPISODE AND MOVIE FOR TALKING ABOUT RA...
Repertory Screenings 17: The Right Stuff
January 19, 2020 19:10 - 55.5 MBWhat happens when you get some communists in a room and have them talk about a loving look at America’s victory in the space race? Find out this week as we take a look at the three hour epic that is The Right Stuff. Honestly, even after an hour spent breaking this one down I’m still not sure which parts are on purpose or not. That’s truly LBJ hours, gotta keep ‘em guessin’. Yeehaw. Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in general to podcast@abnormalmap...
Repertory Screenings 16: Love and Basketball
January 05, 2020 23:00 - 61.1 MBWe’re back in the new year as we take in some modern cinema from the heady future year of Two Thousand Anno Domini and watch Love and Basketball. Only one of us likes basketball, and they’re from a country that doesn’t have it, so come for us to wonder over Dick Vitale, talk about the Clippers, and otherwise break down this decade-long romantic epic with all the grace and consideration you would expect from the three of us. Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover ...
Repertory Screenings 15: Tokyo Drifter and Branded to Kill
December 16, 2019 00:52 - 72 MB**NOTE: there might be some audio trouble in this episode, sometimes things just go a little sideways. thanks for understanding!** We take on a double feature to close out the year as we watch two of the most famous movies of Japan’s infamous B movie director Seijun Suzuki! What does it mean to earnestly make a movie, how much can you cut a budget and still make the picture work, and why don’t more people have theme songs? All this and more in this episode all about killers and the hard liv...
Repertory Screenings 14: Cleo from 5 to 7
November 25, 2019 23:02 - 46.5 MBAfter a bit of a break we head back into the mines of classic cinema to cover Cleo from 5 to 7, a movie that by reputation two of our hosts were actively fearful of. We drift along our thoughts of the French New Wave, gender, existentialism, and more in this real time adventure through the Paris of Podcasts, Repertory Screenings. Please 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 support...
Repertory Screenings 13: Creepshow
October 27, 2019 22:00 - 44.7 MBOur October adventure comes to an end as we go back to the nostalgia for the 50s and enjoy the parade of goofy effects and cartoon comeuppance that is Creepshow! Zombies might be scary, but they can’t compare to bugs. What if Stephen King wrote and AU Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? fanfic? And truly, what’s more evil than a rich man who decorates in Buddha statues and wall scrolls. This and more! Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in general to pod...
Repertory Screenings 12: Near Dark
October 14, 2019 00:00 - 31.2 MBIt’s October which means it’s time to watch some scary movies. Or it would be, but one of the hosts isn’t a huge horror fan, so instead we’re doing two episodes about horror-adjacent movies that even the horror adverse can enjoy! Please sit back as this week we bring you a tale of dusty roads, denim everything, and the question of whether a vet is really who you want to go to when you have a blood disease. Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in gener...
Repertory Screenings 11: The King of Comedy
October 08, 2019 00:00 - 44.2 MBWe’re a week late but hopefully you don’t mind waiting as much as Rupert Pupkin doesn’t mind waiting, because we’re finally here to wade through the psychological trauma of fame and desire that is The King of Comedy. Join us as we counter program against the clown movie to remember that once upon a time DeNiro could act and Scorsese could make a good movie that wasn’t four hours long. Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in general to podcast@abnormal...
Repertory Screenings 10: The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years
September 15, 2019 22:57 - 52.7 MBThis week we settle in for a duo of documentaries as we watch the 80s ruin everything with The Decline of Western Civilization parts 1 and 2, though mostly part 2! Enjoy us talking about metal, a genre we all dislike! 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: The ...