The Twin Geeks
377 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsThe flagship film program for The Twin Geeks. Join us for bi-weekly podcast specials where we rank, dissect, and discuss the best of classic and contemporary cinema with friends from our community and the industry at large.A production of The Twin Geeks | Join our Discord
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The Twin Geeks 189: John Cassavetes - The Godfather of American Independent Movies
April 26, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour - 58 MBFelicia Maroni (Seeing Faces in Movies) joins the show to discuss the first half of John Cassavetes' filmography: Shadows (1958); Too Late Blues (1961); A Child is Waiting (1963); Faces (1968); Husbands (1970); and Minnie & Moskowicz (1971). When we talk about John Cassavetes, we're talking about the history of American independent movies, from what preceded and influenced the movement, to how the format adapted and was deeply influenced by the style of indie auteurs like Cassavetes. By stud...
The Twin Geeks 188: Phantom Thread
December 29, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 56.7 MBPaul Thomas Anderson's exquisite Phantom Thread (2017) is our New Year's movie of choice, as our friend Renee (follow on LB: Pixie_Bomber) sits in for a discussion that weaves discussions of terrific costume design with subjects who are driven to become experts in their field. Phantom Thread is one of the reasons this site came to exist and we'll always have time for PTA's tightly-wound precision. Meanwhile, George Clooney has directed The Boys in the Boat, the story of the UW rowing team wh...
The Twin Geeks 187: Carol
December 15, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 86.7 MBYour Christmas friends Calvin & Perla (follow on LB: pxcaballero) discuss cinema's weightiest Christmas film, Todd Haynes' exceptional Carol (2015). How do we perceive each other, Carol asks, at a perfect remove, characters stand back and observe one another. They take each other in. There is a boldness to let the movie happen, to always place the camera in the right place, having all the costumes right, having the right script, the right actors, the right everything, that goes right all the...
The Twin Geeks 186: The Witch
November 23, 2023 14:00 - 49 minutes - 45.5 MBIt's a Thanksgiving special with... The Vvitch, perhaps our best American pilgrim cinema, as we're joined by our friend Warren Cantrell (Scene Stealers & The Playlist). This week, the whole feast is on the table, from comforting to deeply discomforting holiday movies, centering on Robert Eggers' modern classic. All this and reviews of some new films, like Rustin & The Holdovers, with a discussion about Alexander Payne's career and cancelation. There's nothing like Thanksgiving to bring folks...
The Twin Geeks 185: The Godfather
November 17, 2023 13:00 - 59 minutes - 54 MBOur friend Caless (BlackNerdMagic) joins us for a momentous entry in online cinema discourse: Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather (1972). We explore the rich themes of the flagship mob text, everything from the use of light and darkness to the film's systemic exploration of what draws its characters into lives of crime, and never lets go. One of the most storied movies ever made, we explore the dense text of the film, the context of its release, and how Coppola has shaped the future of crim...
The Twin Geeks 184: Assault on Precinct 13
November 03, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 64.1 MBThe Twin Geeks Editor Vaughn, our resident Enthusiast of All Things, joins the show in promotion of his terrific new action cinema podcast, co-hosted with resident Musician for All of Our Theme Songs Jack. Their new show is called Throw Down, so-named after the excellent action film of the same name, which gives an idea of what kind of high-octane movies they will get up to on the show. You can already listen to the first two episodes! In this program, we take on an action-thriller classic ...
The Twin Geeks 183: Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
October 20, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 78.5 MBThe night the Kentucky Gentleman came home! Our friend Jesse returns for our yearly tradition of exploiting the Halloween franchise for content. At this point, the series has received a genre-defining first film, a normal slasher sequel, a strange outlier sequel, a comeback movie, and now, a normal sequel to a comeback movie. That's how it goes with horror franchises, as we discuss exactly what has changed and what each change in the journey of the Halloween franchise means, as well as the m...
The Twin Geeks 182: Nicole Kidman Complete Tier List
October 06, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 80.8 MBNicole Kidman makes movies better: which ones? Your friends at thetwingeeks.com rank all of them with a metric inspired by her best work, her We Make Movies Better ad for AMC. From Eyes Wide Shut to BMX Bandits, we cover all the significant works of a singular performer who has captured the widespread attention of the internet, and nearly everyone who has set foot in an American multiplex over the last several years. Nicole Kidman's career is as rich as it is varied and we're here to discuss...
The Twin Geeks 181: We Love Bluey - The Most Wholesome Show on Television
September 22, 2023 13:00 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBFamilycast resumes as Ezra joins the show to talk about her favorite things: Bluey, Nintendo Live, her cat, and everything else a six-year-old cares about. Thing about Bluey is that it's endlessly sweet, full of life lessons, beautiful character moments, and like Fast and Furious, it's about family. Likewise, Nintendo is for families, and we discuss our venture into the inaugural US edition of Nintendo Live at PAX West 2023. We also talk about other videogames, as Ezra endures a couple of mi...
The Twin Geeks 181: Bluey
September 22, 2023 13:00 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBFamilycast resumes as Ezra joins the show to talk about her favorite things: Bluey, Nintendo Live, her cat, and everything else a six-year-old cares about. Thing about Bluey is that it's endlessly sweet, full of life lessons, beautiful character moments, and like Fast and Furious, it's about family. Likewise, Nintendo is for families, and we discuss our venture into the inaugural US edition of Nintendo Live at PAX West 2023. We also talk about other videogames, as Ezra endures a couple of mi...
The Twin Geeks 180: Safe
September 08, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 95.6 MBDear friend Perla sits in with us to discuss Todd Haynes' Safe. In this striking psychological horror film, Julianne Moore's character develops environmental sickness and an allergy to the conditions of the 20th Century. We frame the film in the context of movies about the lives of women in society and how hard it is to live in it. As we discuss their working relationship, Julianne Moore becomes something like a muse for Todd Haynes. We explore their work together and the importance of signa...
The Twin Geeks 180: The Environmental Terror of Todd Haynes' Safe (1995)
September 08, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 95.6 MBDear friend Perla sits in with us to discuss Todd Haynes' Safe. In this striking psychological horror film, Julianne Moore's character develops environmental sickness and an allergy to the conditions of the 20th Century. We frame the film in the context of movies about the lives of women in society and how hard it is to live in it. As we discuss their working relationship, Julianne Moore becomes something like a muse for Todd Haynes. We explore their work together and the importance of signa...
The Twin Geeks 179: My Winnipeg (2007) – Stranger than Docufiction
August 25, 2023 13:00 - 46 minutes - 43 MBWelcome Jack Davenport to the show as he sits in for our long overdue retrospective of Guy Maddin's poem of home, My Winnipeg. Famed The Twin Geeks composer, co-founder, and the ACK of The Stacks, excellent musician 10secondbeats on Spotify, and popular Letterboxd member, Jack wears many hats, and puts on another one, analyzing a great work of docufiction, for our latest program. My Winnipeg does not have many / any other films that are exactly like it. It is most like a silent film, despite...
The Twin Geeks 179: My Winnipeg (2007)
August 25, 2023 13:00 - 46 minutes - 43 MBWelcome Jack Davenport to the show as he sits in for our long overdue retrospective of Guy Maddin's poem of home, My Winnipeg. Famed The Twin Geeks composer, co-founder, and the ACK of The Stacks, excellent musician 10secondbeats on Spotify, and popular Letterboxd member, Jack wears many hats, and puts on another one, analyzing a great work of docufiction, for our latest program. My Winnipeg does not have many / any other films that are exactly like it. It is most like a silent film, despite...
The Twin Geeks 179: My Winnipeg
August 25, 2023 13:00 - 46 minutes - 43 MBWelcome Jack Davenport to the show as he sits in for our long overdue retrospective of Guy Maddin's poem of home, My Winnipeg. Famed The Twin Geeks composer, co-founder, and the ACK of The Stacks, excellent musician 10secondbeats on Spotify, and popular Letterboxd member, Jack wears many hats, and puts on another one, analyzing a great work of docufiction, for our latest program. My Winnipeg does not have many / any other films that are exactly like it. It is most like a silent film, despite...
The Twin Geeks 178: The Elephant Man & SIFF's David Lynch Festival
August 11, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 90.1 MBFriend of the show, professional podcast guest, and den mother to podcasts everywhere, Perla sits in with us for a wide-ranging discussion of David Lynch's full filmography, especially focused on the new restoration of The Elephant Man & SIFF's Dreams & Nightmares: The Films of David Lynch festival. We collect our shared passions for Lynch to give an incisive look at how the entire filmography informs one of his earliest works and how such a stylist can still find a clean fit with a surreali...
The Twin Geeks 178: The Elephant Man (1980) & SIFF's David Lynch Festival
August 11, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 90.1 MBFriend of the show, professional podcast guest, and den mother to podcasts everywhere, Perla sits in with us for a wide-ranging discussion of David Lynch's full filmography, especially focused on the new restoration of The Elephant Man & SIFF's Dreams & Nightmares: The Films of David Lynch festival. We collect our shared passions for Lynch to give an incisive look at how the entire filmography informs one of his earliest works and how such a stylist can still find a clean fit with a surreali...
The Twin Geeks 177: Everybody Wants Some!! (2016)
July 28, 2023 12:11 - 1 hour - 55.4 MBMatt Farley (of Motern Media notoriety — see: Local Legends (2013) & Magic Spot (2022)) joins the show to discuss Richard Linklater's seminal 2016 hangout movie Everybody Wants Some!! We discuss the great and varied career of Linklater and his unmatched ability to find the in-between moments of life while also allowing the audience to live with his characters for a while. You can catch up with all of Matt Farley's movies on our podcast dedicated to his filmography, Don't Let the Moterncast G...
The Twin Geeks 177: Everybody Wants Some!!
July 28, 2023 12:11 - 1 hour - 55.4 MBMatt Farley (of Motern Media notoriety — see: Local Legends (2013) & Magic Spot (2022)) joins the show to discuss Richard Linklater's seminal 2016 hangout movie Everybody Wants Some!! We discuss the great and varied career of Linklater and his unmatched ability to find the in-between moments of life while also allowing the audience to live with his characters for a while. You can catch up with all of Matt Farley's movies on our podcast dedicated to his filmography, Don't Let the Moterncast G...
The Twin Geeks 176: A Clockwork Orange (1972) & Crime Wave (1985)
July 14, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 64.7 MBIt's a double header with friend of the show Seth Vargas (Movie Friends Podcast). Seth sits in while we explore two rule-breaking essentials. First up is the rarely-seen Canadian film Crime Wave (1985) which is a totally different movie from Sam Raimi's Crimewave (1985). This one is a surrealist comedy written, directed, produced, and acted by Winnipeger John Paizs. There's something in the water, or snow, over there. It's like nothing you've ever seen before. On the other end of the spectru...
The Twin Geeks 176: A Clockwork Orange & Crime Wave
July 14, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 64.7 MBIt's a double header with friend of the show Seth Vargas (Movie Friends Podcast). Seth sits in while we explore two rule-breaking essentials. First up is the rarely-seen Canadian film Crime Wave (1985) which is a totally different movie from Sam Raimi's Crimewave (1985). This one is a surrealist comedy written, directed, produced, and acted by Winnipeger John Paizs. There's something in the water, or snow, over there. It's like nothing you've ever seen before. On the other end of the spectru...
The Twin Geeks 175: Nitrate Picture Show & Black Narcissus
June 30, 2023 13:00 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MBWatching classic films on nitrate is one of the rarest opportunities in filmgoing and our friend Matt has attended an entire festival that works in this old tradition. Every time a nitrate picture is shown, the film degrades, and so herein presents a unique opportunity, to see these physical copies as they are now, how they will only be this once. A range of classic films is explored, centering on festival headliner Black Narcissus. We also explore the context and performance of the nitrate ...
The Twin Geeks 175: Nitrate Picture Show & Black Narcissus (1947)
June 30, 2023 13:00 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MBWatching classic films on nitrate is one of the rarest opportunities in filmgoing and our friend Matt has attended an entire festival that works in this old tradition. Every time a nitrate picture is shown, the film degrades, and so herein presents a unique opportunity, to see these physical copies as they are now, how they will only be this once. A range of classic films is explored, centering on festival headliner Black Narcissus. We also explore the context and performance of the nitrate ...
The Twin Geeks 174: Ranking Pixar with a Special Guest
June 20, 2023 13:44 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MBA very special guest joins the show! My daughter helps us rank all of the Pixar movies released ahead of Elemental and the takes are extreme. Please enjoy our father-daughter content and for the visual tier list, you can watch us rank 'em all on YouTube. A production of The Twin Geeks | Join our Discord
The Twin Geeks 173: The Timeless Legacy of Akira
June 16, 2023 13:00 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MBGood for Health. Bad for Education. The Twin Geeks Editor Vaughn Swearingen joins the show to discuss Akira (1988) and why it has earned and maintained its title as The Definitive Anime. We use Akira as a launching point to discuss our month of Ani-May watches, our history with the medium, and the plethora of other great content that also deserves broad and international audiences.
The Twin Geeks 173: The Timeless Legacy of Akira (1988)
June 16, 2023 13:00 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MBGood for Health. Bad for Education. The Twin Geeks Editor Vaughn Swearingen joins the show to discuss Akira (1988) and why it has earned and maintained its title as The Definitive Anime. We use Akira as a launching point to discuss our month of Ani-May watches, our history with the medium, and the plethora of other great content that also deserves broad and international audiences.
The Twin Geeks 173: Akira
June 16, 2023 13:00 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MBGood for Health. Bad for Education. The Twin Geeks Editor Vaughn Swearingen joins the show to discuss Akira (1988) and why it has earned and maintained its title as The Definitive Anime. We use Akira as a launching point to discuss our month of Ani-May watches, our history with the medium, and the plethora of other great content that also deserves broad and international audiences. A production of The Twin Geeks | Join our Discord
The Twin Geeks 172: Succession & the End of Classic HBO
June 02, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 63.4 MBAll good things come to an end. Succession, as it stands, might be the best television program of a generation. As it draws to a close, it marks a distinct end of an era for HBO shows and the future of television. What does Succession tell us about the state of television, the future of prestige appointment television, and the shaky future ahead for Warner Bros. Discovery and their latest rebranding exercise? Friend of the show and The Twin Geeks television correspondent Tyler Harford joins ...
The Twin Geeks 171: Pirates of the Caribbean
May 19, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 66.2 MBIf it's a podcast ya want, yer in one. Aaron White of Feelin' Film joins the show to discuss the spirited Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. From top-to-bottom, we trace the lineage of the Disneyland ride that inspired the franchise, the great Gore Verbinski action vehicles that defined the movies, those other two entries, and even a rarely-covered short film. Within our discourse, we discover a great love for the nautical adventuring series and lament the end of a certain kind of blockbust...
The Twin Geeks 170: The Super Mario Bros. Movie
May 05, 2023 16:00 - 18 minutes - 16.6 MBDad & daughter join forces as a podcasting duo for the first time ever to record their thoughts after seeing Illumination's Mario film in theaters. Ezra shares her favorite videogames, movies, thoughts about the Mario Universe, Dreamlight Valley, and our shared favorite movie experiences. It's a special show about how families connect over movies and videogames. Let's-a go. A production of The Twin Geeks | Join our Discord
The Twin Geeks 170: The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
May 05, 2023 16:00 - 18 minutes - 16.6 MBDad & daughter join forces as a podcasting duo for the first time ever to record their thoughts after seeing Illumination's Mario film in theaters. Ezra shares her favorite videogames, movies, thoughts about the Mario Universe, Dreamlight Valley, and our shared favorite movie experiences. It's a special show about how families connect over movies and videogames. Let's-a go.
The Twin Geeks 169: A League of Their Own
April 21, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 56.2 MBThere’s no crying in baseball, as friend of the show Renee Marie joins for a wide-ranging discussion of the iconic A League of Their Own, which remains the pinnacle of Women’s Sports Movies. Films that live with us are our bread and butter. This is especially true for this episode, as Renee has a close personal relationship with the film, informed by hosting trivia nights, meeting one of the film’s stars, creating cosplay for conventions, modeling her cosplay for the film in magazines, and m...
The Twin Geeks 169: A League of Their Own (1992)
April 21, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 56.2 MBThere’s no crying in baseball, as friend of the show Renee Marie joins for a wide-ranging discussion of the iconic A League of Their Own, which remains the pinnacle of Women’s Sports Movies. Films that live with us are our bread and butter. This is especially true for this episode, as Renee has a close personal relationship with the film, informed by hosting trivia nights, meeting one of the film’s stars, creating cosplay for conventions, modeling her cosplay for the film in magazines, and m...
The Twin Geeks 168:James Cameron - King of the Sequel
April 07, 2023 13:00 - 2 hours - 111 MBOur friend JD Duran from InSession Film joins the show to discuss the complete works of James Cameron’s filmography, why he is the king of sequels, and how his career as a foremost technician has advanced the course of filmmaking. A production of The Twin Geeks | Join our Discord
The Twin Geeks 167: Every Oscars Best Picture Winner Tier List
March 12, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 102 MBEvery Best Picture winner in Oscars history enters and all are ranked according to your hosts, Calvin and Matt, organized into tidy tiers for your viewing and listening pleasure. Every movie has been watched, evaluated, and slotted into careful placement in our lists, including all but this year's eventual winner. A production of The Twin Geeks | Join our Discord
TG10: David Punch's List
January 27, 2023 13:00 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBThe Twin Geeks co-founder David Punch presents his list in this The Twin Geeks podcast special, presented by Stephen Gillespie A production of The Twin Geeks | Join our Discord
The Twin Geeks 166: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
October 28, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 69.6 MBIt's a The Twin Geeks tradition! Our resident Halloween expert Jesse joins the show to talk Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, Halloween Ends, seasonal horror watches, and... Radiohead's In Rainbows (2007). See you next year!
The Twin Geeks 166: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
October 28, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 69.6 MBIt's a The Twin Geeks tradition! Our resident Halloween expert Jesse joins the show to talk Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, Halloween Ends, seasonal horror watches, and... Radiohead's In Rainbows (2007). See you next year! A production of The Twin Geeks | Join our Discord
The Twin Geeks 165: Robert Altman - Short Cuts & Long Goodbyes, Part 7
October 21, 2022 11:00 - 2 hours - 115 MBOver the course of nearly 50 active years in the film industry, Robert Altman created a total of 35 unique and creative feature films. It has been a long journey to catalog the trajectory of that storied course, but we come now, some four months later, at the end of the road. From an early peak in the mid-1970s, he was churning out an unmatchable string of masterful ensemble contemplations, to a rough era of uncompromised artistic efforts in the '80s, which suffer significantly in spite of h...
Ep. 164: Robert Altman - Short Cuts & Long Goodbyes, Part 6
September 29, 2022 19:55 - 1 hour - 82.7 MBIt's not often, in Hollywood, that our heroes find a second wind. It's true that everyone loves a happy ending, but they love a devastating tragedy just as much, if not more. Some of the industry's most treasured pioneers spent the later halves of their career languishing out in the cold, and after more than a decade of relative isolation from the bigwigs in California, it seemed like that same familiar fate was destined for Robert Altman, too. But in 1992, Altman had his comeback, and in su...
The Twin Geeks 164: Robert Altman - Short Cuts & Long Goodbyes, Part 6
September 29, 2022 19:55 - 1 hour - 82.7 MBIt's not often, in Hollywood, that our heroes find a second wind. It's true that everyone loves a happy ending, but they love a devastating tragedy just as much, if not more. Some of the industry's most treasured pioneers spent the later halves of their career languishing out in the cold, and after more than a decade of relative isolation from the bigwigs in California, it seemed like that same familiar fate was destined for Robert Altman, too. But in 1992, Altman had his comeback, and in su...
Ep. 163: Robert Altman - Short Cuts & Long Goodbyes, Part 5
September 10, 2022 05:20 - 1 hour - 88.3 MBAltman's continued trend of adapting stage plays into feature films proceeded into the end of the '80s with mixed successes. On one hand there were films like Secret Honor (1984), a scaled-back character study of a fictional Richard Nixon contemplating on the missteps and bitter grudges of his tumultuous political career, carried by an astounding one-man performance from Phillip Baker Hall. On the other you have something like Fool for Love (1985), an oddball testimony of toxic relationships...
The Twin Geeks 163: Robert Altman - Short Cuts & Long Goodbyes, Part 5
September 10, 2022 05:20 - 1 hour - 88.3 MBAltman's continued trend of adapting stage plays into feature films proceeded into the end of the '80s with mixed successes. On one hand there were films like Secret Honor (1984), a scaled-back character study of a fictional Richard Nixon contemplating on the missteps and bitter grudges of his tumultuous political career, carried by an astounding one-man performance from Phillip Baker Hall. On the other you have something like Fool for Love (1985), an oddball testimony of toxic relationships...
The Twin Geeks 162: Robert Altman - Short Cuts & Long Goodbyes, Part 4
August 26, 2022 11:45 - 1 hour - 101 MBThe legacy of Robert Altman presides mostly in the '70s, based on the strength of his back-to-back run of multiple masterpieces in the early part of that decade. That trend did not continue for him on into the '80s, as a series of previous flops put him in a precarious scenario of needing a big commercial hit that studio executives were praying would allude him. Peculiar oddities like A Perfect Couple (1979) and HealtH (1980) estranged him from producers in Hollywood, on top of already being...
Ep. 162: Robert Altman - Short Cuts & Long Goodbyes, Part 4
August 26, 2022 11:45 - 1 hour - 101 MBThe legacy of Robert Altman presides mostly in the '70s, based on the strength of his back-to-back run of multiple masterpieces in the early part of that decade. That trend did not continue for him on into the '80s, as a series of previous flops put him in a precarious scenario of needing a big commercial hit that studio executives were praying would allude him. Peculiar oddities like A Perfect Couple (1979) and HealtH (1980) estranged him from producers in Hollywood, on top of already being...
The Twin Geeks 161: Robert Altman - Short Cuts & Long Goodbyes, Part 3
August 12, 2022 16:33 - 1 hour - 92 MBIf the central thesis of Altman's directorial bent has always been an investigation of what America means, then Nashville (1975) is his ultimate statement on the matter. This sprawling opus of the country musical capital of the country brings together all the disparate, intersecting elements of our culture into an overlapping menagerie of cultural curios and distinct personalities, clashing and interacting with one another as political tensions broil in the background. Altman produced this f...
Ep. 161: Robert Altman - Short Cuts & Long Goodbyes, Part 3
August 12, 2022 16:33 - 1 hour - 92 MBIf the central thesis of Altman's directorial bent has always been an investigation of what America means, then Nashville (1975) is his ultimate statement on the matter. This sprawling opus of the country musical capital of the country brings together all the disparate, intersecting elements of our culture into an overlapping menagerie of cultural curios and distinct personalities, clashing and interacting with one another as political tensions broil in the background. Altman produced this f...
The Twin Geeks 160: Robert Altman - Short Cuts & Long Goodbyes, Part 2
July 29, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 84.4 MBAnd thus began Altman's unprecedented run of innovative masterworks. One by one, Altman ran the gamut of American genre favorites, upending and undoing every convention and expectation held within their structures as a means of dissecting and interrogating the inherent truths buried beneath their mountains of cliches. Time and time again, contemporaries of Altman have called McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)(a film Altman himself dubbed an "Anti-Western") his greatest film. Not to give away the en...
Ep. 160: Robert Altman - Short Cuts & Long Goodbyes, Part 2
July 29, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 84.4 MBAnd thus began Altman's unprecedented run of innovative masterworks. One by one, Altman ran the gamut of American genre favorites, upending and undoing every convention and expectation held within their structures as a means of dissecting and interrogating the inherent truths buried beneath their mountains of cliches. Time and time again, contemporaries of Altman have called McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)(a film Altman himself dubbed an "Anti-Western") his greatest film. Not to give away the en...
The Twin Geeks 159: Robert Altman - Short Cuts & Long Goodbyes, Part 1
July 01, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 83.1 MBOften recognized as a maverick within the Hollywood system, during a time when everyone was a maverick trying to reinvent the American industry just as it had creatively bottomed out, Robert Altman was truly a filmmaker of his own making. Preceding his New Hollywood contemporaries by about a generation, Altman fought in World War II and made his directorial debut in the '50s, before moving on to hone his craft in television. Over time, Altman would become known for his naturalism as a filmma...