SUNS Cinema Podcast
90 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsThe Suns Cinema Podcast is a weekly film podcast and radio program from Washington, D.C. hosted by David Cabrera, Ryan Hunter Mitchell, and Jason Cauley. The show features discussions, reviews and interviews centered around the programming of D.C.’s only privately-owned arthouse movie theater. Suns Cinema is located in the nearby neighborhood of Mt. Pleasant.
This show records and broadcasts LIVE on Full Service Radio from the lobby of the LINE DC in Adams Morgan, Washington DC.
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Episodes
World War C: Movies to Watch During Your Self-Quarantine.
March 10, 2020 17:09 - 47 minutes - 40.1 MBThe Suns Cinema crew is joined by Public Health expert Max Johansen. They discuss movies about viral health epidemics, why we watch them, what they get right or wrong about contagion and how we, as a society, contend with it.
Super Tuesday!
March 03, 2020 18:33 - 44 minutes - 37.4 MBSuns gets political for Super Tuesday. From Mr. Smith Goes To Washington to Bullworth, Jason and Ryan explore politics in cinema. They ask why elections make for good movie fodder, and how the medium has been used as a political tool to promote certain narratives. Powered and distributed by Simplecast.
The Gang Goes to Mardi Gras
February 25, 2020 19:01 - 46 minutes - 37.1 MBFrom Tennessee Williams to Jean Claude Van Damme, the Suns Cinema gang discusses New Orleans in the movies. Powered and distributed by Simplecast.
The Oscars Do The Right Thing(?)
February 18, 2020 18:22 - 44 minutes - 33 MBBong Joon Ho is King for a day, Rosie Perez and Margot Robbie fly high in Birds of Prey, Wes Anderson piques our pretentious interests, and Adam Sandler crushes his Independent Spirirt Awards speech. Powered and distributed by Simplecast.
The Notscars
February 04, 2020 18:04 - 45 minutes - 41.8 MBPredictions and complaints about the nominations (and snubs) for the 2020 Academy Awards. The crew comes up with their own version of the oscars of snubbed performances. Powered and distributed by Simplecast.
New Hollywood: Bonnie, Clyde, and the American New Wave
January 21, 2020 17:57 - 45 minutes - 41.9 MBThe Suns podcast takes a look at the 1968 Best Picture nominations to look at a changing Hollywood in the wake of the counter-culture, civil rights, and revolutions of the mid 60's. Powered and distributed by Simplecast
The Left Bank: Varda, Resnais, Marker, Joker
January 14, 2020 18:05 - 46 minutes - 43 MBThe Nominations of the 92nd Academy Awards completely derail what would have been a substantive conversation about Paris' Left Bank film movement. Powered and distributed by Simplecast
New Year New Waves
January 07, 2020 18:46 - 47 minutes - 43.1 MBSuns Cinema roars into the 20s with some hot takes on Uncut Gems, Ricky Gervais, and New Wave Cinema with special guest Makda Amdetsyon (Suns' best bartender). Powered and distributed by Simplecast
The End: The Best Movies of the Decade
December 18, 2019 16:24 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MBhttps://letterboxd.com/cauleyfilms/list/best-of-the-2010s-suns-cinema-podcast/
Once Upon a Time in 2019: The Best Movies of the Year
December 10, 2019 20:01 - 46 minutes - 42.2 MBThe Golden Globe nominations have been announced and The Suns Cinema Podcast is here to tell them what they got wrong. They discuss the top movies to come out this year, as well as highlights from Suns' 2019 programming. Powered and distributed by Simplecast
It's a Wonderful Dunkaccino
December 03, 2019 19:22 - 50 minutes - 46.3 MBThe Suns Cinema podcast dishes out the hot takes on Scorsese's luke warm The Irishman, before talking about the best holiday movies to watch this season. Skip to the end to listen to Al Pacino's Dunkin Donuts musical number "Dunkaccino" from Adam Sandler's 2011 flop JACK AND JILL. https://letterboxd.com/cauleyfilms/list/suns-cinema-podcast-xmas-watchlist/edit/ for this episodes list of films. Powered and distributed by Simplecast.
Car Talk
November 26, 2019 18:11 - 46 minutes - 42.6 MBThe car is the most important mechanical device in cinema, besides maybe the movie camera. The Suns crew talks automobiles, as a cinematic device, a mode of transport, and a metaphor for freedom and changing times. Just in time for the thanksgiving travel season. Powered and distributed by Simplecast
Training Day
November 19, 2019 19:23 - 44 minutes - 40.6 MBAll aboard the Suns Express, as they talk trains, and why they're so important to cinema. From The Great Train Robbery to Platform 9 3/4, trains have been a huge part of the history of the medium. Thanks for choo-choo-choosing the Suns Cinema Podcast. Powered and distributed by Simplecast
Planes!
November 05, 2019 17:50 - 43 minutes - 40.2 MBThe Suns crew discusses air travel, and airplane movies for November's theme of Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Powered and distributed by Simplecast
Still Scary After All These Years
October 29, 2019 16:50 - 44 minutes - 40.5 MBDo you like Scary Movies? Do you ever rewatch those movies and realize they're not that scary? Or even worse, not even bad enough to be funny? The Suns crew explore the scary movies from their youth and compare them to the the horror hits of the last decade. Powered and distributed by Simplecast
The Mobsters vs The Superheroes
October 21, 2019 21:15 - 46 minutes - 42.6 MBPowered and distributed by Simplecast
Ginger Snaps with Kaylee Dugan and Brandon Geurts
October 15, 2019 17:31 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MBPowered and distributed by Simplecast
The One with the Skin Suit
October 01, 2019 16:52 - 46 minutes - 42.5 MBPowered and distributed by Simplecast
The Double Feature
September 24, 2019 17:01 - 45 minutes - 41.9 MBPowered and distributed by Simplecast
Happy Rambo Day
September 17, 2019 16:54 - 44 minutes - 41 MBRambo Day is upon us and the Suns crew takes a deepdive into Balboa Productions new feature, Last Blood.
All About Reboots
September 10, 2019 19:46 - 47 minutes - 43.3 MBJason and Ryan discuss remakes in movie history.
What a Way to make a Livin'
September 03, 2019 19:14 - 49 minutes - 45.4 MBPowered and distributed by Simplecast
A Bromance for the Ages
August 29, 2019 16:48 - 45 minutes - 42 MBJason and Ryan take a deep dive down the Fast and Furious cinematic universe's latest blockbuster: Hobbs and Shaw. The conversation quickly digresses into buddy action flicks.
The One With The Tangents featuring Z
August 20, 2019 17:59 - 46 minutes - 42.6 MBLocal Teamster Zach Callahan joins the cast to talk Scorsese's upcoming flop THE IRISHMAN, The Friends vs Seinfeld rivalry, and Steve Buscemi's directoral work...
Suns in Philadelphia
August 20, 2019 17:05 - 45 minutes - 42 MBDavid and Ryan talk about their recent trip to Philadelphia for the Blackstar Film Fest. They highlight the feature films, short films, and conversations from the festival.
Suns Upon a Time... in Hollywood
August 06, 2019 15:13 - 49 minutes - 45.5 MBThe Suns Crew talks their August Calendar: Summertime in the City, the Spike Lee joint "Do The Right Thing," and Jason and Ryan try not to spoil Tarantino's new blockbuster "Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood"
The Thing: Body Horror and Paranoia
August 06, 2019 14:51 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBRollie Fingers and Dan Quisenberry join the crew to talk Body-Horror greats David Cronenberg and John Carpenter.
Film Studies with Giovanna Chesler
June 25, 2019 20:33 - 57 minutes - 52.4 MBFilmmaker Giovanna Chesler joins the Suns crew to discuss experimental filmmaking, anthropology, and the importance of public resources for independent film/video artists. They also discuss the collaborative approach to directing the Film and Video Studies Program at GMU.
Meta-Cinema
June 18, 2019 18:47 - 45 minutes - 41.9 MBThe Suns Cinema Podcast breaks the fourth wall and talks about the history and self awareness of meta-cinema.
Give The Anarchist a Cigarette!
June 11, 2019 16:51 - 49 minutes - 45.4 MBThrough the films of the 1960's & 70's, Suns crew discusses how taste in cinema changes.
Enough With The Melodrama
June 04, 2019 17:06 - 44 minutes - 40.5 MBJason and Ryan are joined by Joan Crawford andTom Wisseau to talk Melodramas in Film.
Memorial Daze
May 28, 2019 16:50 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBJason & Ryan discuss the history of war in film.
Sunsforgiven Part I
May 21, 2019 16:53 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MBThe western is the intersection of nature and civilization, of freedom and law and order, the arrival of the train and the promise of a better life and violence in hope of peace.
Tarkovsky vs Jackie Chan
May 21, 2019 15:53 - 49 minutes - 45.1 MBTwo of cinema's heavyweights go head to head on the the Suns Cinema Podcast.
Back From the Future
May 07, 2019 16:58 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MBJenn Tisdale joins the podcast to talk her one true passion: Back to the Future.
Suns Cinema Turns Three!
April 30, 2019 21:51 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MBThe Suns crew talks the highs and lows of their three years in business... and what's in the stars for Suns.
Suns Upon a Time in Hollywood
April 16, 2019 17:33 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBThe gang talks Tarantino and Ciné de Paris ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Criterion, Cassel and Comedies
April 09, 2019 17:02 - 58 minutes - 53.5 MBThe gang discusses Ryan’s absence, The new Criterion Channel, RIP Seymour Cassel, and April at Suns with friend of the podcast, comedian Brittany Carney.
A League of their Own
March 19, 2019 18:00 - 54 minutes - 49.9 MBThe guys talk about their favorite performances on screen, and the actresses who performed them. Lily Tomlin prank calls Cher.
The Gang Breaks Spielberg
March 05, 2019 22:50 - 43 minutes - 40.1 MBSuns weighs in on the Spielber vs Netflix beef, and the changing movie industry.
Green Book Was an Inside Job
February 26, 2019 17:37 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MBThe gang discusses the Oscars.
SUNS GOES NUCLEAR
February 12, 2019 19:29 - 53 minutes - 49.2 MBThe Suns crew sits down with Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy Specialist Lovely Umayam to discuss the narrative around nuclear history/politics, art and media.
Sorry to Bother You, We're coming to dinner
February 05, 2019 17:58 - 53 minutes - 49.3 MBThe Suns' team talks this year's biggest Oscar snub - the screenplay for Sorry to Bother you, and one of cinema's greatest actors Sidney Poitier.
Yorgos Lanthimos: Animal Lover
January 29, 2019 19:29 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MBJason, David, and Ryan try to break down the films of Yorgos Lanthimos, the oscar buzzing director whose movies are featured this month at Suns Cinema. What makes his movies so funny, uncomfortable, and distinct?
Oscar Noms are on "Fyre"!!!
January 22, 2019 17:05 - 44 minutes - 40.8 MBRyan and Jason discuss today's Oscar nominations announcement, a new streaming option for Criterion fans, and the dueling Fyre Festival docs on Netflix and Hulu.
Roaring Through the Shutdown
January 15, 2019 17:59 - 53 minutes - 49 MBJason & David discuss the 1981 film ROAR and the best movies to watch during the shutdown.
Malört in Casablanca
December 18, 2018 17:56 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MBThe Suns crew examines the beef between Warner Bros and the Marx Bros, while scheming on how to remedy DC's impending Malört Shortage.