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Puff Puff MoviePass: ASTEROID CITY, DIAL OF DESTINY, DEAD RECKONING, BARBIE, OPPENHEIMER (2023)
July 31, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 65.2 MBWe’re back with some relatively rapid-fire thoughts on a few of the biggest movies of the summer! ASTEROID CITY is sentimental bliss, DIAL OF DESTINY uses and abuses nostalgia, DEAD RECKONING’s villain is megastupid, BARBIE is a good-natured romp, and OPPENHEIMER is by turns awe-inspiring and embarrassing. Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/trylovepodcast and email us at [email protected] to get in touch! Buy tickets and support the Trylon at https://www.trylon.org/. Music: "R...
Episode 236: LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
July 27, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 52 MBIn the first half, he’s a hero – in the second, he’s losing his mind. T.E. Lawrence is the conflicted figure who inserts himself into the Arab Revolt during World War I, only to find his reputation, sanity, and very identity hanging in the balance. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA is one of the best regarded movies of all time. Normally, that raises an eyebrow, but in this case, we find it’s absolutely still true. It’s a multifaceted portrait not just of the soldier-turned-diplomat thrillseeker but of the ...
Episode 235: SUPER FLY (1972)
July 20, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 43.4 MBThe reasons why some critics decried SUPER FLY on its release aren’t ours to criticize (but we make that mistake on this episode a couple times anyway), but they’re important to understanding its long-term impact. The bone it picks with the aftermath of the Civil Rights movement – that many of its victories were pyrrhic, and that America still has far to go before it can claim racial equity – makes it feel ahead of its time and very much of its time. Its actual function as a movie may have ag...
Episode 234: THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD (1951) with Finn Odum
July 13, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 58.4 MBWith returning guest and Perisphere senior editor Finn Odum! THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD might be the precursor to John Carpenter’s THE THING (1982), but the creature feature uses its tale of a plant-based alien invader to a vastly different end. Instead of honing in on the slow creep of bellicose masculinity, THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD instead takes the opportunity to pound its chest at the Communist threat Capitalist America had come to fear during the Red Scare and continue to fight dur...
Episode 233: SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE (2002)
July 06, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBSYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE doesn’t ask for much of its titular compassion – instead, it uses director Park Chan-wook’s sense of style and space to tell complementary stories of grief. By separating intent and action through a series of salacious plot twists, Park unites the players in grief across classes: deaf-mute laborer Ryu and his corporate superior Dong-jin and the left-wing terrorist Yeoung-mi and organ-stealing mobster families (and and and…) by reminding the audience that socioeconom...
Episode 232: DAZED AND CONFUSED (1993)
June 29, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 58.9 MB"But when I became a man, I put away childish things." - 1 Corinthians 13:11 Richard Linklater’s breakthrough film is a cultural touchstone not for the 1970s, but how people who grew up in the 1970s remembered the 1970s in the 1990s. It’s a little bit preservationist and a little bit precious, but it’s remembered as a fun portrait of teenagehood post-Summer of Love and pre-Reagan – whatever that was like. Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/trylovepodcast and email us at trylovepodcas...
Episode 231: WAITING FOR GUFFMAN (1996)
June 22, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 61.5 MBWAITING FOR GUFFMAN does something The Office and Parks and Recreation could not: It walks a line between mocking life in Blaine, Missouri, and memorializing it without getting all sentimental. In this episode, we cut away for a few talking head segments that dive into the mockumentary’s pacing, focus, and empathy for the weirdos whose talent is outweighed by their desire to be somebody. “For The Love of Small-Town Community Theater” by Lucas Vonasek for Perisphere, the Trylon blog: https://w...
Puff Puff MoviePass: FAST X, ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE, TRANSFORMERS: RISE OF THE BEASTS (2023)
June 18, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 50.9 MBSometimes, you just gotta feed the content monster… ‘cause he’s got the freakin’ MUNCHIES! Join us for a fun experiment in covering current-run movies – just stuff all three of us saw within the last month or so. Cody’s the only one who actually saw any of them with MoviePass, so the pun still works. Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/trylovepodcast and email us at [email protected] to get in touch! Buy tickets and support the Trylon at https://www.trylon.org/. Music: "Raindro...
Episode 230: THE DOOM GENERATION (1995) with Kelly Krantz
June 15, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 59.5 MBWith special guest Kelly Krantz (https://twitter.com/kransekage_)! You may love THE DOOM GENERATION for its gonzo mix of sexploitation, comic violence, overacting, and non-comic violence, or you may hate it for… exactly the same reasons! Director Gregg Araki says he makes films “for” queer folks – and in this episode, we dig into what that means for a movie where people are getting their limbs blown off, their convenience stores robbed, and worse. Find Kelly… - On Twitter at https://twitter.c...
Episode 229: LADY SNOWBLOOD (1973)
June 08, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 58.1 MBContent warning: Depictions of sexual assault and suicide. During the Meiji period, Japanese society was seemingly split between those who desired the modernization that came with Western influence and those who insisted on upholding a “pure” Japan marked by tradition and classical thought – all in the borders of one country. LADY SNOWBLOOD is two things, too: It’s a stylish manga adaptation about a demonic daughter exacting revenge for her family’s suffering AND it’s a finger in the eye of ...
Episode 228: THE GETAWAY (1972)
June 02, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 66.5 MBContent warning: Depictions of domestic violence and suicide. THE GETAWAY follows a pretty conventional structure. Depending on how you look at it, that might flatten it a little bit or it might make its jagged edges a little more interesting! Either way, it’s worth examining as Sam Peckinpah’s most commercially successful movie – and another weird example of his incisive take on toxic masculinity as told through the conceit of a high-stakes heist. Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/...
Episode 227: THE HEROIC TRIO (1993)
May 18, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 59.9 MBHighly stylized, dark, and often gross, THE HEROIC TRIO is kind of a dark, inverted portrait of superhero movies that would come to dominate box offices in the 2000s. In this episode, we trace the impact of movies like THE HEROIC TRIO through the decades, from Tim Burton’s BATMAN (1989) to Sam Raimi’s DARKMAN (1990) and beyond. We also talk about the pissing kids and so much more! Get tickets to “MAGGIE CHEUNG, LUMINESCENT AND DANGEROUS” (May 2023 at the Trylon): https://www.trylon.org/films/...
Episode 226: BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA (1974)
May 11, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 59.3 MBContent warning: Discussions of attempted sexual assault. Reprehensible and unrepentant, BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA trades in the same extensive violence and fragility-masked-by-corruption that became a trademark of director Sam Peckinpah. Running a seedy bar in Mexico City, small-time lowlife Bennie sees a chance to elevate himself above his station when the titular job lands in his lap. His white-collar employers give him just enough rope to hang himself – and his partner, Elita – ...
Episode 225: THE PRINCESS BRIDE (1987)
May 04, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 56.1 MBAnother entry in the “what do you even say about that movie” category, THE PRINCESS BRIDE is a seminal fantasy comedy that came smack in the middle of director Rob Reiner’s insane 1980s run. Anyway, a couple of us have incredibly strong nostalgia for it and a couple of us are more measured in our enthusiasm-cum-respect for the quirky comedy. It’s literally one of our most approachable episodes ever and there’s still room for a good few hot takes. Just listen for the popping before the flames!...
Episode 224: THE TRIAL (1962)
April 27, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 54.9 MBAbsurd, theatrical, and meandering, THE TRIAL is an almost faithful adaptation of Kafka’s literary critique of legal bureaucracy. In this episode, we talk about the movie’s lack of narrative pull, its garish monochrome palette and impressive set design, and what it says that Orson Welles changed the lens of Kafka’s novel to focus on the individual – and then cast himself as the villain. Watch THE TRIAL on the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/the-trial-1962 Follow us on Twitter at...
Episode 223: EMPEROR OF THE NORTH (1973)
April 21, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 54.7 MBEMPEROR OF THE NORTH rides (haha) a thin line between two distinct tracks (lmao): “Mythological self-seriousness with a sort of ironic bent” and “formulaic and cheesy early thriller fare”. Lee Marvin’s A No. 1 and Keith Carradine’s Cigaret face off against a cartoonishly evil Ernest Borgnine as Shack, the psychotically disgruntled company man with a hatchet (or hammer) for hobos. It’s all a bit MAD MAX (1979), but not quite as fantastical or sincerely angry. It’s more of a spectacle than a st...
Episode 222: THE WILD BUNCH (1969)
April 13, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 72.2 MBIt turns out there’s no fence-sitting at the end of the Wild West. You wouldn’t call THE WILD BUNCH particularly swashbuckling, but there’s a sort of uncomfortable excitement to its bandolier antics. A band of outlaws eyes one last prize near the US/Mexico border in 1913. The sociopolitical tumult of the place, and the rapid advance of the punitive system of capital at the time, threaten to derail their plans until a Mexican general hires them to steal guns from a moving train. No matter whic...
Episode 221: RATCATCHER (1999)
April 06, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 67.7 MBIn RATCATCHER, everything is someone’s fault, but not everyone suffers for it. “Ratcatcher: Death, Garbage, and Glimpses of Beauty in 1970s Glasgow” by Dan Howard for Perisphere, the Trylon blog: https://www.perisphere.org/2023/03/26/ratcatcher-death-garbage-and-glimpses-of-beauty-in-1970s-glasgow/ “The Eyes of Morton Are Upon You: Morvern Callar and the Art of Expression” by Natalie Marlin for Perisphere, the Trylon blog: https://www.perisphere.org/2023/03/24/the-eyes-of-morton-are-upon-you-...
Episode 220: WATERSHIP DOWN (1978) with Emma Youndtsmith
March 30, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 60.3 MBSpecial guest Emma Youndtsmith joins Trylove for the first time to discuss a classic of ‘70s animated adaptations! WATERSHIP DOWN has a reputation for ruining childhoods, with gruesome imagery and dark implications about the systems of power in the natural world. You could read it as a post-WWII allegory, as a broader indictment of fascist hegemony, or just as a journey of self-discovery. But with Emma, we tried to go further than the striking violence for which it’s remembered to pull out so...
Episode 219: YI YI (2000) with Aaron Grossman
March 23, 2023 00:00 - 2 hours - 83 MBIn YI YI, the sudden illness of the matriarch in a three-generation household sends the lives of its inhabitants spiraling. In the emotional chaos, NJ, his wife Min Min, his daughter Ting Ting, and his son Yang Yang find themselves reckoning with the end of a generation and at the crossroads of many versions of themselves. In our discussion of director Edward Yang’s final film, we discuss the big ideas he hints at in everyday scenes: generational baggage and a struggle to move forward; the s...
Episode 218: TAIPEI STORY (1985)
March 16, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 69.7 MBTAIPEI STORY dives again into Edward Yang’s musings on the modern Taiwanese experience, juxtaposing the past with the future against a concrete-and-glass background of 1980s economic disparities. Childhood sweethearts Chin and Lung meet again later in life, when neither of them is quite ready to make anything happen. Debts, missed opportunities, and baseball fill the space between them – and as their relationship enters its quiet death throes, they find themselves helpless to prevent the ent...
Episode 217: A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY (1991)
March 09, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 70.3 MBSi’r and the other rebel youths of 1959 Taipei aren’t misguided – they just aren’t guided. In A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY, Taiwanese director Edward Yang investigates the broadly social and intensely personal conditions that might’ve led to a teenage murder that occurred during his youth. Si’r and his friends (and his enemies) exist in the vacuum of identity between nations and generations, between warring street gangs, between seasons – searching always for themselves, or something they can call ...
Episode 216: CHAN IS MISSING (1982)
March 02, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 60 MBJo and Steve need their $4,000 back from their cab licensing go-between. What they get instead is a tour through San Francisco’s Chinatown, with stops at some of its most charismatic and enigmatic Chinese-American residents. Each person they meet holds up a kaleidoscope to the Chinese-American experience, muddying their picture of Chan and of their very culture. - “Chan is Missing: Reflecting on an Unsolved Mystery” by Andrea Bruiser on Perisphere, the Trylon blog: https://www.perisphere.org...
Episode 212: LOOPER (2012) with Seth Zarate
March 02, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 71.8 MBThe Man Hunos Bruno, our resident Bruce Willis authority, Seth Zarate (https://twitter.com/snzarate) is back and talking to his younger self on Trylove! LOOPER put Rian Johnson on the big-budget map and earned him the director’s seat on a fuckin’ STAR WARS movie. It’s the movie that tried to convince us Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt could feasibly look like the same person with varying degrees of success. It’s also packed to the gills with moral inquiries into the mutability of self, ...
Episode 215: REVOLVER (1973) with Kelly Krantz
February 26, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 58.9 MBA kidnapping, a political murder, a prison break – it was supposed to be simple. Prison warden Vito barters with the mob to exchange his stolen wife for Milo, a low-level thug locked up in Vito’s prison. Vito’s decision to keep Milo until the handoff proves wise: Not only is the mob in no hurry to let loose ends stay loose, but Vito begins to develop a certain consideration for Milo during their time on the lam. Find Kelly… - On Twitter at https://twitter.com/kransekage_ - On Letterboxd at h...
Episode 214: CONFESSIONS OF A POLICE CAPTAIN (1971)
February 16, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 61.9 MBWhile lacking some of the exploitation panache in which the poliziotteschi revels, CONFESSIONS OF A POLICE CAPTAIN is an appropriately pulpy dive into the seedy, blood-soaked streets of ‘70s Italy amid a rash of violent crime in the years following an economic boom. A storied police captain and his naive district attorney butt heads when the attorney starts to pull the threads connecting the captain to a local crime boss-slash-construction magnate. The truth comes to light faster than you’d t...
Episode 213: EDGE OF TOMORROW (2014) with Dan Nagan
February 09, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 80.9 MBWelcome Dan Nagan of Everything We Learned (https://twitter.com/adapperdanman/) back to the program! Is there virtue in repetition? In EDGE OF TOMORROW, there’s a certain indignity to it – Tom Cruise’s Bill Cage dies repeatedly and violently in an inter-species war in search of a secret that could tip the scales in humanity’s favor. But in reliving a single failed decisive battle every day (thanks to a time-resetting superpower he honestly fell ass-first into), Cage’s challenge is less in los...
Episode 211: Salvaging 'Accidental Art' with Dan Halsted of the Hollywood Theatre [Interview]
January 28, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 45.2 MBDan Halsted is one of the premier film programmers in the United States. In addition to his role as head programmer for the historic Hollywood Theatre in Portland, OR, Dan has amassed a collection of some of the most vital kung fu and exploitation films in existence. He’s salvaged the only known prints of several classics, he holds one of a small handful of many more, and he’s attracted the company of figures like Quentin Tarantino and RZA along the way. We talked to Dan just before AN EXPLO...
Episode 210: MAD MAX: FURY ROAD (2015) with Natalie Marlin
January 26, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 75.4 MBFeaturing Natalie Marlin (https://twitter.com/NataliesNotInIt)! For some, MAD MAX: FURY ROAD was an amusement. For others, it shattered growing cynicism. It’s an epic in the classic sense, thrilling and regaling with focused sights and sounds and craft so impactful it seems like wizardry. At the same time, it’s a bountiful narrative that works with the barest materials – neologisms, post-consumer weaponry, and roving bands of apocalyptic automobiles abound – to tell a rich story of redemptio...
Episode 209: WAR OF THE WORLDS (2005) with Abbie Phelps
January 19, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 57.9 MBFeaturing Abbie Phelps (https://twitter.com/goodhunterabbie)! Steven Spielberg’s update of H.G. Wells’s genre classic crumbles Tom Cruise, America’s perfect leading man, into a pool of tears and paranoia. It’s a choice consistent with the narrative of the overall movie, a metaphor for the naked, scared soul of imperialism – an unmasking of the patriotism-cum-xenophobia that shepherded thousands of young Americans to die for national wealth in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Find Abbie...
Episode 208: PULSE (2001) with Blake Hester
January 11, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 58.1 MBFeaturing Blake Hester (https://twitter.com/metallicaisrad)! PULSE is probably a pretty good movie! The boys think I would’ve given it a single thumbs up and made puns about the title instead of having genuine thoughts and insightful feelings about it. They’re probably right. I’m on vacation. Find Blake… At https://www.gameinformer.com/user/blake-hester At https://twitter.com/metallicaisrad At https://letterboxd.com/blakedtfp/ On Trylove Episode 153: POSSESSION (1981) Shout-out to MN’s own Vi...
Episode 207: GHOST IN THE SHELL (1995)
January 05, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 62.5 MBThe philosophical wanderings of GHOST IN THE SHELL are exactly what give its plot – occasionally convoluted and hard to follow – a safe cushion on which to land. The conclusions it draws about the creation and maintenance of identity are mirrored in Motoko, a cybernetic humanoid perfected by the Japanese government, and the Puppet Master, the sentient amalgam of networked information she’s tasked with hunting down. Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/trylovepodcast and email us at tr...
Episode 206: The 2022 𝓖𝓸𝓵𝓭𝓮𝓷 𝓑𝓪𝓻𝓻𝔂 Awards
January 01, 2023 00:00 - 3 hours - 133 MBThe Golden Barrys return and they’re as contentious as ever! And a little freakier. What does that even mean? We’re glad you asked. Kind of! Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/trylovepodcast and email us at [email protected] to get in touch! Buy tickets and support the Trylon at https://www.trylon.org/. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro music: A song I don’t want to name in case some algorithmic corpo-cop somewhere decides to victimize me a...
Episode 205: SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS (1941)
December 22, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 70.4 MBDedicated to the “mountebanks” and “clowns” who produced lighthearted escapist fare during World War II, SULLIVAN’S TRAVELS was director Preston Sturges’s attempt to make the fun of that genre the message of his own entry. Elitist film director John Sullivan seeks authenticity in his own high-minded cinema, insisting on ‘earning’ the right to make ‘true’ stories of the downtrodden by living in the gutters, shelters, and train cars of the western United States. Instead, he always finds himsel...
Episode 204: IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934) with Seth Zarate
December 14, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 46.8 MBReturning guest Seth Zarate grabs his trumpet to blow down the Walls of Jericho! It’s the movie that came up with the thing where a lady hitchhikes by showing a bit of her bare leg instead of pointing out her thumb! IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT is also a funny early romantic comedy that, in lieu of a balance between “rom” and “com,” often leans into its uncomfortable scenarios without giving the audience a clear indication of how they’re supposed to feel about its antics. Find Seth: - On Twitter at ...
Episode 203: THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940)
December 08, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 55.3 MBSocialite divorcee Tracy Lord is engaged again to the nouveau riche George Kittredge, which puts her back in the spotlight of Spy Magazine’s writer and photographer, who’ve been put on the scent by Tracy’s ex-husband in a transparent bid to win her back. THE PHILADELPHIA STORY helped reverse Katharine Hepburn’s slumping career, but it’s also a fun rom-com that leverages class politics (old money, new money, and no money) in punchy scenes with writing matched only by its delivery. PROTOTYPES F...
Episode 202: BATMAN (1966)
November 30, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 54.5 MBWith a BANG, POW, THWAP, and ZAKOW – it’s the original live-action Batman! In this episode, we discuss the film’s greatest gags, its surprising self-awareness, the compelling choice to make Batman’s first live-action outing a straight-up parody of Batman, and what this version of Batman has on the ones that have come since. As of this recording, BATMAN is available to stream on HBO Now. If you don’t have that or don’t want to use it, click here: https://archive.org/details/batman-the-movie-19...
Episode 201: THE LAST DRAGON (1985)
November 23, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 52.8 MBListening note: Zencastr fucked up Harry’s track at the start of Cody’s Noteys. It was a fun round, so I elected to keep the episode going and truncate Harry’s track where I could. Sorry for the poor listening experience. Produced by Motown founder Berry Gordy, THE LAST DRAGON is a genre mashup of kung fu, blaxploitation, and comedy that clings to its Hero’s Journey trappings only long enough to get a great joke or scene out of it. Leroy seeks the Final Level – a mystical unknowing of the sel...
Episode 200: Oops! All Noteys
November 17, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 66.9 MBHere we are, old friends. 200 published episodes of our podcast. Thank you so much for listening to even one episode! We get so much out of doing this podcast, discussing movies, learning about our friends, and meeting new people while we’re at it. To celebrate, we each came up with a different Trylove-themed game with which to challenge the others. That’s right: It’s an all-killer, no-filler episode exclusively dedicated to Noteys. Each competition highlights each Boy’s strengths and weaknes...
Episode 199: MAD GOD (2021)
November 10, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 58.3 MB𝙼𝙰𝙳 𝙶𝙾𝙳 𝚍𝚊𝚍 𝚋𝚘𝚍 𝚋𝚊𝚍 𝚙𝚘𝚍. In production for decades, Phil Tippett’s MAD GOD is a stunningly crafted piece of mixed media that impresses on levels of both scale and detail. Its broad narrative follows an agent of the end of the world on a mission to restart the universe violently. Telling its story without dialogue, its visuals and soundscape chart several cycles of death, calcification, and rebirth in a post-apocalyptic existence structured like circles of hell, each defined by unimaginable an...
Episode 198: ROADGAMES (1981)
November 03, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBContent warning: Discussions of sexual violence. ROADGAMES is about an American man hauling meat through the Australian outback who REAR WINDOW (1954)s himself into believing he’s seen evidence of a murder. It’s also about the feeling of coming back to a community after identifying yourself against it for so long. It’s a bit goofy, a bit spooky, sometimes pretty trippy, and often a lot of fun. Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/trylovepodcast and email us at [email protected]...
Episode 197: THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD (1985) with Natalie Marlin
October 26, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 61.1 MBIt’s a horror comedy, so we simply had to know what Natalie Marlin (https://twitter.com/NataliesNotInIt) thought of it! THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD is a strange, pioneering movie. That’s about as much as Jason can type about this movie because he wasn’t on this episode and didn’t see the movie. Enjoy! Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/trylovepodcast and email us at [email protected] to get in touch! Buy tickets and support the Trylon at https://www.trylon.org/. Theme: "Rain...
Episode 196: PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE (1974) with Kelly Krantz
October 18, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 44.1 MBPHANTOM OF THE PARADISE is maybe the freakiest movie from maybe the freakiest director. It’s a bit of a Brian De Palma kaleidoscope, blowing his obsession with showing you the unseen mechanics of a scene into a grand, grotesque, obscene scale. Follow Kelly on Twitter at https://twitter.com/kransekage_ and on Letterboxd at https://letterboxd.com/luckyhoss/ “The Hell of It: My Top 5 Favorite Songs from Phantom of the Paradise” by Kelly Krantz at Perisphere, the Trylon blog: https://www.perisphe...
Episode 195: IL DEMONIO (1963)
October 12, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 53.6 MBContent warning: Discussions of sexual violence. Purificazione isn’t really a witch. The spell she casts on Antonio, a man promised to another woman, doesn’t really have any magic to it. But that doesn’t stop him from creating a narrative that leads to Purif being blamed for the whims of the cosmos (the death of a child, the richness of the soil, etc.). But as the village becomes more and more contemptful of her, it becomes clear that the demon isn’t an external force invading her body or sou...
Episode 194: ROPE (1948)
October 06, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBLook past the false one-take! Look deeply into the grotesque detail underneath the post-intellectualist veneer! ROPE is a tightly wound tool of class violence, spotlighting the evil, anti-moralizing pragmatism of the elitist class. THE MINNEAPOLIS HITCHCOCK FESTIVAL (until Oct 6): https://www.trylon.org/films/category/the-minneapolis-hitchcock-festival/ Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/trylovepodcast and email us at [email protected] to get in touch! Buy tickets and support ...
Episode 193: GIRLS OF THE NIGHT (1961)
September 29, 2022 00:00 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MBContent warning: Discussions of sex work, abuse, and suicide. Kuniko is a woman stuck between who she was – a prostitute – and who she wants to be: an accepted member of a society that’s actively cracking down on people with her history. In asking whether it’s society’s responsibility to accept Kinuko or her responsibility to ‘reform,’ GIRLS OF THE NIGHT doesn’t go as far as you might want in normalizing sex work and the women who do it. But the fact that it raises the question, and that it s...
Episode 192: LOVE LETTER (1953)
September 20, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 57.3 MBWWII veteran Reikichi ghostwrites letters for Japanese prostitutes to send to their American GI boyfriends. One of those women happens to be Michiko, Reikichi’s lifelong flame – and, as a staunch nationalist and traumatized veteran, he doesn’t approve of her consorting with Japan’s former enemy. Can he suppress his loyalist purism long enough to recognize the humanity of the person he claims to love? THE PRECISE COMPOSITIONS OF KINUYO TANAKA (Sept 2022 at the Trylon): https://www.trylon.org/f...
Episode 191: BAMBI (1942)
September 15, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 54.1 MBIn Disney’s fifth animated feature, nature maintains and sustains an otherwise rote plot. This episode is a bit silly. But it’s a great discussion. I think so, at least. Manny Farber’s 1942 review of BAMBI for The New Republic: https://newrepublic.com/article/134248/saccharine-symphony CRACKING OPEN THE DISNEY VAULT (Sept at the Trylon): https://www.trylon.org/films/category/cracking-open-the-disney-vault/ THE PRECISE COMPOSITIONS OF KINUYO TANAKA (Sept 2022 at the Trylon): https://www.trylon...
Episode 190: FOREVER A WOMAN (1955) (aka THE ETERNAL BREASTS)
September 06, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 60.7 MBFalling in the middle of actress-turned-director Kinuyo Tanaka’s directing work, FOREVER A WOMAN (titled in Japanese as THE ETERNAL BREASTS) is an unflinching portrait of a woman seeking to define herself against the assumptions the world makes about her. After divorcing her unfaithful husband, Fumiko is diagnosed with late-stage breast cancer on the cusp of a lucrative poetry career. The people who remain, or become, part of her life – and her willingness to accept their perceptions of her –...
Episode 187: SMOOTH TALK (1985)
September 01, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 49.3 MBContent warning: This episode includes mention of sexual assault. Joyce Chopra’s haunting narrative debut follows Connie, a 15-year-old on summer vacation who slowly and unintentionally lands in the orbit of a man who calls himself Arnold Friend (“a friend”). Amid the throes of family drama, discovering her own burgeoning sexuality, and under the increasingly intense gaze of the men around her, Connie receives her first exposure to the social roles to which patriarchal systems relegate women...