Split Tooth Media
151 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsSplit Tooth Media is an independent publication based in Portland, Oregon, that still believes in long-form journalism and in-depth podcasts about music and film. Home of "Split Picks," a head-to-head showdown series about the career trajectories of filmmakers and musicians, created by Craig Wright; Jim Hickcox and Jason Michelitch's film criticism series "Cinesthesia;" and Rob Delany and 'T' Trimble's guide to exploring the world of art cinema with "Arthouse Drive-In."
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Arthouse Drive-In: Coming Soon
January 19, 2021 00:00 - 1 minute - 2.02 MBRobert, a film scholar, leads his cousin "T," a geologist who didn't know film cameras existed before 1939, into the world of arthouse film. They invite you to join them as they explore classic films and much more in the Arthouse Drive-In. Coming soon to Split Tooth Media.
Arthouse Drive-In: Coming Jan. 25
January 18, 2021 00:00 - 1 minute - 2.02 MBRobert, a film scholar, leads his cousin "T," a geologist who didn't know film cameras existed before 1939, into the world of arthouse film. They invite you to join them as they explore classic films and much more in the Arthouse Drive-In. New episodes every Monday on Split Tooth Media, starting Monday, Jan. 25.
My apologies, I think you have the wrong number. You have a good day as well.
January 13, 2021 00:00 - 5 minutes - 1.99 MBWhen Jim Cine and Jason Sthesia aren't discussing movies, they're usually exchanging voicemails. They're now releasing mini episodes from their private vault. Sometimes, when it’s been a long day on the farm, the boys are tired and the dogs is worn. They done meant to have a chitter-chatter about the pictures, but it just took too long to get the sheep into Sheepshead Bay and the the old bay into the stable, and everyone feels like they haven’t slept since the blue M&Ms stepped in for the ta...
"Scents of an Ending" — Cinesthesia Chapter 11
December 31, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 24.6 MBRinging in the New Year? Save a dance for Cinesthesia. Baby, baby, let's make romance. You know your old time lover hasn't got a chance. He's stranded in the jungle, just as mad as he can be. So come on, pretty baby, just you and me. (Meanwhile, back in the jungle:) It's a year-ender in a four-fender and the Cinesthesia boys are on a bender. Their drug of choice? Mel Gibson's innermost psyche. We're riding out the final moments of 2020 by bathing in the deranged, doom-soaked, blood-hungry ...
On a 2D World in 3D Bodies with 4D Hearts That Beat Just 4U — Cinesthesia Chapter 10
December 13, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 33.9 MBWhich is more stable — the metaphysics of Jason Voorhees or the regular physics of Jim's motor vehicles? In a new chapter of the Cinesthesia saga (say that five times fast), Jim and Jason float once again into the periphery of your consciousness, like a speck of dust flirting with your eyelash, or a dim memory of someone else's dream. Having never, not once, not one time, learned anything from their mistakes, the boys indulge in gratuitous grousing about a popular director (his name rhymes ...
"On a 2D World in 3D Bodies with 4D Hearts That Beat Just 4U" — Cinesthesia Chapter 10
December 12, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 33.9 MBWhich is more stable — the metaphysics of Jason Voorhees or the regular physics of Jim's motor vehicles? In a new chapter of the Cinesthesia saga (say that five times fast), Jim and Jason float once again into the periphery of your consciousness, like a speck of dust flirting with your eyelash, or a dim memory of someone else's dream. Having never, not once, not one time, learned anything from their mistakes, the boys indulge in gratuitous grousing about a popular director (his name rhymes ...
I’m certain he meant to call you back, I’ll remind him when he’s free
November 27, 2020 00:00 - 6 minutes - 2.3 MBThe voicemails keep coming. When Jim Cine and Jason Sthesia aren’t discussing movies, they’re usually exchanging voicemails. They’re now releasing mini episodes from their private vault while on a short hiatus. Sometimes, when it’s been a long day on the farm, the boys are tired and the dogs is worn. They done meant to have a chitter-chatter about the pictures, but it just took too long to get the sheep into Sheepshead Bay and the the old bay into the stable, and everyone feels like they ha...
Hello? No, I’m sorry they’re not in. Can I take a message?
November 12, 2020 00:00 - 5 minutes - 3.01 MBCinesthesia Voicemails No. 1. Sometimes, when it’s been a long day on the farm, the boys are tired and the dogs is worn. They done meant to have a chitter-chatter about the pictures, but it just took too long to get the sheep into Sheepshead Bay and the the old bay into the stable, and everyone feels like they haven’t slept since the blue m&ms stepped in for the tan ones. It’s days like these when we throw out all the plans and take a little dip back into the archive. There’s a secret hot...
Cinesthesia: Sleep Perchance to Dream
October 30, 2020 00:00 - 38 minutes - 15.7 MBJim, Jason, and Jason's dad channel the spirit of Halloween to ward off evil brain surgeons and the A-list cast of The Black Sleep. The next chapter of Cinesthesia is still being written in the book of life, but in the meantime join our boys for a quick interlude from the book of death — a bonus quickie devoted entirely to a short, strange spookshow from 1956 called The Black Sleep, with Basil "Bone Wrath" Rathbone, Lon "Rattle Chain" Chaney Jr., Bela "Bela Lugosi" Lugosi, John "Rotted Spleen...
Reel Rap: Mike Nichols' 'Wolf' (1994)
October 23, 2020 00:00 - 52 minutes - 24 MBThe Reel Rap boys are howling into the mics this time around as they discuss Mike Nichols’ baffling 'Wolf.' I know what you’re thinking, “Jack Nicholson going wolf-mode?” That’s gotta be good!” Think again, buddy! Sometimes a movie’s cast, crew, and premise are just too good to be true. That’s definitely the case with 1994’s Wolf. The film not only promises lycanthropic, Tex Avery antics from Jack Nicholson and James Spader, but features a Michelle Pfeiffer performance, an Ennio Morricone sc...
"The Dialectics of Werewolf Sex" — Cinesthesia Chapter 9
October 19, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 26 MBThis special Howl'o'ween episode starts with an age-old question: are threequels *always* great? No. They are not. But some are! And the Cinesthesia Boys are here to tell you about one. In the bold tradition of Exorcist III, Halloween III, and Godfather III, which are all the very best films from each franchise (don't argue, you look like a fool) we present The Howling III: The Marsupials. Sharpen your fangs, guzzle some blood, and snuggle up in our New Wave natal pouch for a journey through ...
Reel Rap: Branagh's 'Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein' (1994)
October 14, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 27.7 MBMary Shelley’s Frankenstein is too wonderful for words, a movie that perfectly encapsulates the unique appeal of an “actor-turned-director.” You probably think of Victor Frankenstein as a mad scientist. Kenneth Branagh is capable of reading more deeply. He recognized that Dr. Frankenstein, while mad, was also always half nude. Come rain, shine, blood, or amniotic fluid, Branagh’s Victor Frankenstein is stripped to the waist and soaked to the gills. In the first of two creepy, scary October ...
Reel Rap: William Greaves' 'Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One'
June 21, 2020 00:00 - 52 minutes - 96.7 MBReel Rap returns to address the protests going on around the globe and discuss William Greaves’ experimental documentary 'Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One.' One time, during a job interview, Bennett said it was his favorite movie and had to try to explain the “plot.” He didn’t get the job! That’s just one of the wacky anecdotes shared on this week’s Reel Rap.
Reel Rap: Tati's 'The Illusionist' (2010)
May 15, 2020 00:00 - 52 minutes - 23.9 MBIt’s goodbye for real this time as the boys discuss the controversial animated film that began life as a script by Jacques Tati. American critics generally welcomed Sylvain Chomet’s The Illusionist in 2010. Based on a script by Tati and featuring his likeness, the film earned an Academy Award nomination, several Annie Award nominations and, best of all, a Golden Globe nomination. Purists and members of Tati’s family were decidedly less fond of the film. Jonathan Rosenbaum and Roger Ebert both...
Reel Rap: Tati and 'The Illusionist' (2010)
May 14, 2020 00:00 - 52 minutes - 23.9 MBIt’s goodbye for real this time as the boys discuss the controversial animated film that began life as a script by Jacques Tati. American critics generally welcomed Sylvain Chomet’s The Illusionist in 2010. Based on a script by Tati and featuring his likeness, the film earned an Academy Award nomination, several Annie Award nominations and, best of all, a Golden Globe nomination. Purists and members of Tati’s family were decidedly less fond of the film. Jonathan Rosenbaum and Roger Ebert both...
"Clark Gable Telling Errol Flynn a Poop Joke" — CINESTHESIA Chapter Eight
May 11, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 26.3 MBThis time it's personal. Jason Thesia digs into Jim Cine's deep dark past to answer the question on the burning tip of everyone's tongue. Wait, do we all have one collective tongue? Is this a Jungian thing? Do we have a Jung Tongue? Weird. Anyway, the burning question: what the hell is up with Jim? Why is he *like that*? You know what I mean. Don't pretend you haven't asked yourself the same thing. But we're all gonna get to the bottom of it together, in this Special Origin Story Episode of C...
Reel Rap: Tati's 'Parade' (1974)
May 08, 2020 00:00 - 52 minutes - 23.9 MBJacques Tati's final feature, Parade, gets the classic Reel Rap side-eye on this week’s episode. Shane and Bennett aren’t the only clowns on this week’s Reel Rap. For his final feature, Jacques Tati focuses on a Stockholm circus and dusts off the pantomime routines that made him famous. Listen in to hear the boys discuss the Cirque du Soleil industrial complex, three card monty schemes and that episode of 'King of the Hill' where Bobby joins the rodeo.
Reel Rap: Tati's 'Trafic' (1971)
April 24, 2020 00:00 - 51 minutes - 23.5 MBBennett and Shane say goodbye to Monsieur Hulot and discuss Jacques Tati’s penultimate film, 'Trafic.' Trafic is often considered one of the great director’s “minor” works. While it’s definitely not PlayTime, the Reel Rap boys find a lot to love in his penultimate film. Does the film validate Bennett’s fear of driving? Is Shane a certified gearhead? You’ll have to listen to find out! Original Reel Rap theme music by John Lettieri.
"Like an Uncle in an Ant Farm" — CINESTHESIA Chapter 7
April 20, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 28.2 MBYachts rock, stars trek and men mattress in a brand new episode of Cinesthesia. Setting aside the efficacy of applying spatial logic to an emotional reality, we are nevertheless drawn ineluctably towards an inverse representation of consensus reality, once the experiential model returns the — um... you have a little... yeah, right there... no, the left side. No. Yeah. You got it. No problem. Okay. So, the — Hold on. What was I saying? The Cinesthesia boys are limber and loose with it tonigh...
Reel Rap: Jacques Tati's 'PlayTime' (1967)
April 17, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 35.2 MBShane and Bennett discusses Jacques Tati’s masterpiece, 'PlayTime,' one of the most ambitious and excellent films ever made. This week, it’s down to brass tacks as Reel Rap explores a film that’s overwhelming in every sense. 'PlayTime' (1967) may have disappointed contemporary audiences and landed Jacques Tati in director jail, but history has more than vindicated it. The boys try not to drag its fine name through the muck as they discuss shallow cultural experiences, tactile comedy and the ...
Reel Rap: Tati's 'Mon Oncle' (1958)
April 09, 2020 00:00 - 54 minutes - 101 MBIn 1959, 'Mon Oncle' won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. A few days ago, it won Shane and Bennett’s hearts. With their first episode recorded in quarantine, listen in as the head Reelheads discuss neoliberal architecture, unclehood and one of the best comedies they’ve ever seen. A comedy duo straight out of William Penn’s backyard, Bennett Glace, an adult Disney fan, and Shane Pfender, an ordained minister, have for years lent a critical eye to Hollywood’s most tedious aut...
"Philosophies of Death and Life" — Cinesthesia Chapter 6
April 05, 2020 00:00 - 57 minutes - 23.9 MBThe Boys are going on the road! Or, at least, Jason is. Or, well, he did. (This was recorded back when we all did things like leave the house.) Jason is on a late night drive and Jim is his phone-a-friend in the trivia game of life. Together they ponder the important questions, the ones that sit deep inside your bones and echo through your chest cavity when you're trying to sleep: Did Alfred Hitchcock hate life or love death? How well did Dario Argento understand his own films? And perhaps m...
Reel Rap: Tati's Jour de Fete (1949)
April 03, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 29.4 MBBennett and Shane discuss Jacques Tati’s debut feature, Jour de Fête, in the latest Reel Rap. Recorded more than two weeks ago, the latest episode of Reel Rap takes us back to simpler, pre-quarantine times. Bennett opens with perhaps the best joke of his life and it’s all uphill from there! With Jacques Tati’s Jour de Fête (The Big Day) in the hot seat, your hosts discuss the three deadly sins of men’s fashion and, once again, marvel at Tati’s detailed physical comedy.
Reel Rap: Tati's 'Monsiuer Hulot's Holiday' (1953)
March 24, 2020 00:00 - 46 minutes - 21.1 MBLegendary French comic Jacques Tati takes the hot seat for Reel Rap's first season on an international actor-turned-director. In the Season 7 premiere, the Reel Rap boys are sending good vibes your way. Sick of living in a DeLillo novel? Listen to Shane and Bennett discuss legendary French funnyman Jacques Tati and his signature brand of whimsy. This week, they’re slathering on the zinc oxide and pouring up a hot white wine to talk Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday. The film, Tati’s second feature, i...
Announcing Reel Rap Season 7
March 18, 2020 00:00 - 9 minutes - 4.33 MBFor Reel Rap Season 7 Shane P. and Bennett G. cross international waters to discuss the film's of one of the most important comedic figures in film history. Who is this illustrious actor-turned-director, you ask? Listen in for the reveal, and to find out what masterpiece Bennett plans to watch on his phone. New episodes begin Friday, March 27. Featuring music by Dana Boule. A comedy duo straight out of William Penn’s backyard, Bennett Glace, an adult Disney fan, and Shane Pfender, an orda...
Reel Rap: Jon Favreau Highlights (Season 4)
March 10, 2020 00:00 - 48 minutes - 22.4 MBA comedy duo straight out of William Penn’s backyard, Bennett Glace, an adult Disney fan, and Shane Pfender, an ordained minister, have for years lent a critical eye to Hollywood’s most tedious auteurs. They are a comedy duo for film snobs and slobs alike. Exhausted by the current uninspired landscape of film criticism, the two work to find a new language with which to understand and interact with the films they cover on their inimitable podcast, Reel Rap.
"The Passion of Cpl. Klinger" — Cinesthesia Chapter 5
February 27, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 31 MBWith their heads still swimming in pumpkin guts, The Boys try to cure their Halloween Hangover by plunging into the films of William "The Exorcist" Blatty. Will Jim and Jason find salvation in his particular and peculiar brand of (very) Catholic pulp-existentialist horror? Find out as The Boys discuss The Ninth Configuration (1980), also known as "Twinkle, Twinkle, Killer Kane," also known as "The Actual Exorcist II," also known as the funniest movie ever made about the fear of dying alone in...
Reel Rap: Kenneth Branagh's 'Dead Again' (1991)
February 26, 2020 00:00 - 39 minutes - 90.2 MBA comedy duo straight out of William Penn’s backyard, Bennett Glace, an adult Disney fan, and Shane Pfender, an ordained minister, have for years lent a critical eye to Hollywood’s most tedious auteurs. They are a comedy duo for film snobs and slobs alike. Exhausted by the current uninspired landscape of film criticism, the two work to find a new language with which to understand and interact with the films they cover on their inimitable podcast, Reel Rap.
"Michael Myers Sheds a Tear" — Cinesthesia Chapter 4
February 23, 2020 00:00 - 48 minutes - 21 MBThey just can't stop! Jim and Jason could talk about literally anything they want, but their brains are permanently trapped in the world of tricks and treats. This week, The Boys take a scattershot look at the convoluted history of one Michael "Halloween is my middle name" Halloween Myers, the once and future king of slashers, who is also maybe a puppet of Celtic witchcraft and an absentee father? Carve those pumpkins, kids, it's time for a Halloween Hangover. NEXT EPISODE: More Halloween Ha...
Reel Rap: Russell Crowe's 'The Water Diviner' (2014)
February 20, 2020 00:00 - 56 minutes - 25.8 MBAfter wrapping up Season 6 on Elaine May and Mike Nichols, Reel Rap moves to Russell Crowe's lone directorial effort. In 'The Water Diviner' Crowe plays a semi-mystic farmer who searches the stereotyped streets of Turkey for his three sons who are missing after the Battle of Gallipoli. In this episode Shane eats banana bread, Bennett demonstrates his Australian accent and shares how The Simpsons and Mary-Kate and Ashley informed Reel Rap's sense of Australian history. A comedy duo straight ...
Reel Rap S6 E9: Mike Nichols' 'Charlie Wilson's War' (2007)
February 14, 2020 00:00 - 52 minutes - 24.1 MBRyan McCloskey returns to the Reel Rap studio to talk Charlie Wilson's War, Mike Nichols' 2007 collaboration with Aaron Sorkin. Our hosts pull very few punches on Nichols' final film, pointing out crucial mistakes in casting and how much the film resembles a Ron Howard movie. And, of course, they squeeze in some of Bennett's beloved Oscars talk. A comedy duo straight out of William Penn’s backyard, Bennett Glace, an adult Disney fan, and Shane Pfender, an ordained minister, have for years l...
CINESTHESIA CHAPTER 3: Much Love, The Sloppy Justice Robots
February 10, 2020 00:00 - 52 minutes - 22.6 MBThe Boys have been missing in action — wandering through the submerged depths of spacetime, the dead zones of material consciousness — but they ride the bathyscaphe up through the cracks in reality's sidewalk and surface with brain bubbles full of hot takes on Cyborgs and Spielbergs. Welcome back to Cinesthesia. Get your surfboards ready: This tide is only rising. Coming Feb. 24: HALLOWEEN HANGOVER! Join a filmmaker (and sometimes film teacher) and a film teacher (and sometimes filmmaker) as...
"Much Love, The Sloppy Justice Robots" — Cinesthesia Chapter 3
February 09, 2020 00:00 - 52 minutes - 22.6 MBThe Boys have been missing in action — wandering through the submerged depths of spacetime, the dead zones of material consciousness — but they ride the bathyscaphe up through the cracks in reality's sidewalk and surface with brain bubbles full of hot takes on Cyborgs and Spielbergs. Welcome back to Cinesthesia. Get your surfboards ready: This tide is only rising. Coming Feb. 24: HALLOWEEN HANGOVER! Join a filmmaker (and sometimes film teacher) and a film teacher (and sometimes filmmaker) as...
CINESTHESIA: ITS TIME AGAIN. AGAIN
February 08, 2020 00:00 - 30 seconds - 216 KBJason and Jim are back from Hell. Cinesthesia returns with new episodes Monday, Feb. 10. Listen as two confused men struggle to comprehend that they even have a podcast. Come hear what we see. Join a filmmaker (and sometimes film teacher) and a film teacher (and sometimes filmmaker) as they venture into the dark heart of their own befuddled relationship to culture, the youth, the internet, friendship, love, hate, time, space and, of course: *m*o*v*i*e*s*. Come hear what we see. CINESTHESIA ...
Reel Rap S6 E8: Mike Nichols' 'Primary Colors' (1998)
February 07, 2020 00:00 - 48 minutes - 22.4 MBShane and Bennett give three cheers for the red, white and blue on Nichols' underwhelming political late-Nineties comedy. This week's Reel Rap looks back at Mike Nichols’ 1998 feature 'Primary Colors.' Shane and Bennett find little of value in the folksy rendering of the American electoral landscape. Shane shares his Kathy Bates story, Bennett measures the value of John Travolta and they express disappointment that this film, penned by Elaine May, was better received than Ishtar (1987). A co...
CINESTHESIA: IT'S TIME AGAIN
February 06, 2020 00:00 - 1 minute - 425 KBJason and Jim are coming back from Hell. Cinesthesia returns with new episodes Monday, Feb. 10. Listen as two confused men struggle to comprehend that they even have a podcast. Come hear what we see. Join a filmmaker (and sometimes film teacher) and a film teacher (and sometimes filmmaker) as they venture into the dark heart of their own befuddled relationship to culture, the youth, the internet, friendship, love, hate, time, space and, of course: *m*o*v*i*e*s*. CINESTHESIA is produced by I...
Reel Rap: Best of the Decade
January 31, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 32 MBReel Rap is taking a break from Elaine May and Mike Nichols to discuss their favorite films of the 2010s, and, most importantly, to point out how great their taste is. Bennett selects 11 inscrutable films that he couldn't shake, films that introduced him to new favorite filmmakers and made him invest in the people's careers who made them. Shane, with his admittedly small sample of films seen last decade, picks the movies that embedded themselves in his head for years and forged a permanent pl...
Reel Rap S6 E7: Mike Nichols' 'The Birdcage' (1996)
January 24, 2020 00:00 - 37 minutes - 69.5 MBAfter an extended stretch through Elaine May's filmography, Reel Rap jumps back to Mike Nichols' films with 1996's The Birdcage. With an Elaine May-written screenplay, the comedy features Robin Williams and Nathan Lane as a gay couple pretending to play straight when Williams' son brings his fiancee's family to meet them. Bennett also talks smoking cigarettes off the ground and ponders if John Travolta is the worst actor in the world. A comedy duo straight out of William Penn’s backyard, Ben...
Reel Rap S6 E6: Elaine May's 'Ishtar' (1987)
January 17, 2020 00:00 - 55 minutes - 25.4 MB"Telling the truth can be dangerous business/ Honest and popular don't go hand-in-hand." Shane and Bennett do a lot of truth-telling in their examination of Elaine May's Ishtar famously misunderstood comedy. They express great admiration for the film and relate heavily to Rogers and Clarke — Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman's bumbling singer/songwriter characters — even trying their hand at crafting their own pop tunes and singing a few Rogers/Clarke standards. A comedy duo straight out of ...
Reel Rap: Highlights from Cassavetes and Cassavetes
January 09, 2020 00:00 - 53 minutes - 24.5 MBReel Rap welcomes you to 2020, the year we are existing in! We have compiled a best of the pre-Split Tooth Cassavetes and Cassavetes series focusing on the disparate films from John Cassavetes and Nick Cassavetes. We appreciate you listening, laughing with us and supporting us, and we will resume Season 6 on Elaine May and Mike Nichols shortly. Enjoy this look at the highs and lows of our Cassavetes and Cassavetes episodes, and find more past episodes on Soundcloud. A comedy duo straight ou...
Reel Rap: Highlights from Cassavetes and Cassavetes (Season 4)
January 08, 2020 00:00 - 53 minutes - 24.5 MBReel Rap welcomes you to 2020, the year we are existing in! We have compiled a best of the pre-Split Tooth Cassavetes and Cassavetes series focusing on the disparate films from John Cassavetes and Nick Cassavetes. We appreciate you listening, laughing with us and supporting us, and we will resume Season 6 on Elaine May and Mike Nichols shortly. Enjoy this look at the highs and lows of our Cassavetes and Cassavetes episodes, and find more past episodes on Soundcloud. A comedy duo straight ou...
Reel Rap: Highlights from Cassavetes and Cassavetes (Season 3)
January 07, 2020 00:00 - 53 minutes - 24.5 MBReel Rap welcomes you to 2020, the year we are existing in! We have compiled a best of the pre-Split Tooth Cassavetes and Cassavetes series focusing on the disparate films from John Cassavetes and Nick Cassavetes. We appreciate you listening, laughing with us and supporting us, and we will resume Season 6 on Elaine May and Mike Nichols shortly. Enjoy this look at the highs and lows of our Cassavetes and Cassavetes episodes, and find more past episodes on Soundcloud. A comedy duo straight ou...
Reel Rap S6 E5: Elaine May's 'Mikey and Nicky' (1976)
December 19, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 28.6 MBJohn Cassavetes and Peter Falk star in May's 1976 film that reflects the chaotic nature of life and teaches about film in a way that no class or textbook could ever convey. Bennett and Shane declare Mikey and Nicky one of the best films ever made and May an unrivaled genius — a far cry from previous Reel Rap films and directors. They also discuss smoking on a train, belt hygiene and drinking out of tiny glasses. A comedy duo straight out of William Penn’s backyard, Bennett Glace, an adult D...
Reel Rap S6 E4: Elaine May's 'The Heartbreak Kid' (1972)
December 12, 2019 00:00 - 55 minutes - 25.6 MBElaine May's second film is another relationship comedy that fires on all cylinders. Charles Grodin, Jeannie Berlin and Cybill Shepherd star in Elaine May's second film — an all-time-great comedy — The Heartbreak Kid. In this episode Bennett also reveals the official Reel Rap opinion of Alec Baldwin and they debate the prospect of swallowing chewing gum. A comedy duo straight out of William Penn’s backyard, Bennett Glace, an adult Disney fan, and Shane Pfender, an ordained minister, have fo...
Reel Rap S6 E3: Elaine May's 'A New Leaf' (1971)
December 04, 2019 00:00 - 55 minutes - 25.6 MBReel Rap pivots to Elaine May's filmography in this week's episode. May stars in her 1971 directorial debut, A New Leaf, alongside Walter Matthau in the high-society comedy about a rich man who goes broke and decides the quickest way to rebuild his fortune is marry a rich woman (May) and kill her. Shane and Bennett marvel at May's near-perfect comedic timing on script and screen, the film's ability to bounce between beats and how quickly May and Nichols both became technically advanced direct...
Reel Rap S6 E2: Mike Nichols' 'The Graduate' (1967)
November 28, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 32.2 MBEveryone's favorite sophomoric philosophers tackle Mike Nichols' best-known, Oscar winning effort with 1967's The Graduate. Along with special guest Ryan McClosky, Shane and Bennett discuss how their appreciation for the film has shifted through the years and how the leads —Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft and Katharine Ross — and various side characters read differently more than 50 years later. A comedy duo straight out of William Penn’s backyard, Bennett Glace, an adult Disney fan, and Shan...
Reel Rap S6 E1: 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'
November 21, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 29.2 MBLegendary comedy-duo-turned-filmmakers Elaine May and Mike Nichols are the subject of the sixth season of Reel Rap. Shane and Bennett kick things off with Nichol's directorial debut, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Adapted from Edward Albee's hit 1962 play, Nichols' sharp-tongued, star-studded 1966 film lets the booze flow and the insults fly between Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal and Sandy Dennis. Shane and Bennett also share their favorite insults in the film, discuss how cl...
Reel Rap S5 E4: Sofia Coppola's 'Somewhere'
November 01, 2019 00:00 - 48 minutes - 67 MBAfter taking a short break for Split Tooth Media's 31 Days of October Horror series, Shane and Bennett resume their deep dive into Sofia Coppola's filmography. Episode 4 covers 2010's Somewhere, her subdued follow-up to the critically maligned Marie Antoinette (2006). They also share stories about bad bar experiences and discuss the gossip surrounding Benicio del Toro's elevator cameo. A comedy duo straight out of William Penn’s backyard, Bennett Glace, an adult Disney fan, and Shane Pfender...
Reel Rap S5 E5: Sofia Coppola's 'The Beguiled'
November 01, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 33.5 MBAfter a brief break for Split Tooth Media's 31 Days of October Horror series, Shane and Bennett are back in top form to continue talking through Sofia Coppola's filmography. In this episode they discuss the Civil War drama of a wounded Union soldier (Colin Farrell) being taken in by a group of women (including Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst and Elle Fanning) in a boarding school in what Bennett calls a high-brow horny film. They also talk about the satisfaction of slamming shades shut, the poss...
Hell To The King 31: The End — Cinesthesia
October 29, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 33.1 MBHaving plumbed the depths of King-based media, having trodden to hell and back, the young bucks of Cinesthesia (with the help of returning guest and referee Frankie Vanaria) break down every single adaptation and relive their entire soul-crushing month in this, their longest and most nutrient-rich episode. Join a filmmaker (and sometimes film teacher) and a film teacher (and sometimes filmmaker) as they venture into the dark heart of their own befuddled relationship to culture, the youth, th...