A Century in Cinema

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We say goodbye to our wonderful listeners and revisit some of our past opinions and favorite episodes. We also thank all of our guests and talk about what we got out of this project.

With violent right-wing movements around the world in the 2010s, there's never been a better time to visit Terrence Malick's A Hidden Life.  In proper Malick fashion, we jump from point to point, ranging from the director's career, his unique filming style, the Disney-Fox merger, and the end of our podcast. Join us for our last official film discussion of A Century in Cinema.

• For our final Patreon exclusive: If we were to do a 2020 episode...
• Where to watch A Hidden Life
• Christopher Plummer recounts working with Malick
• The cast of A Hidden Life talk about the filming process
• Top Letterboxd review of A Hidden Life

• In our Patreon episode, we talk way too much about Neon Genesis Evangelion
• Where to watch Mandy
• The Vulture review / thinkpiece
• Where to watch A Hidden Life (2019)

A Ghost Story offers us a remedy to nihilistic thoughts as we discuss the isolation and depression of our modern age, we also talk about A24 as a brand, what a $100,000 film looks like, as well as Red Letter Media and film criticism on the internet, . We also talk about the #metoo movement that marks a cultural shift in the entertainment industry.

• Join us on Patreon as we read Redbox reviews for other films
• Where to watch A Ghost Story
• Red Letter Media's review
• Where to watch Mandy (2018)

Worldwide political extremism has a lot of us turning to film and entertainment in 2016. We talk about Park Chan-wook's The Handmaiden, a South Korean film that Andrew has been looking forward to discussing since the beginning of the podcast. Topics include LGBTQ cinema, how to conduct sex scenes, and the Japanese colonization of Korea in the 1930s.

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• Where to watch The Handmaiden
• New Yorker review of The Handmaiden
• Where to watch A Ghost Story (2017)

According to the NYT, the racial politics of Bone Tomahawk are "abysmal", and it may not be a film we enjoyed, but it makes for an episode packed with great discussions. We talk about what role western films have in contemporary Hollywood, the digital look of modern films, how we try to watch a movie we don't like, as well as the career and potential problems you might have with the director, S. Craig Zahler.

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• Where to watch Bone Tomahawk
• The NYT review
• The Ringer article on the problematic politics of Zahler's films
• Where to watch The Handmaiden (2016)

What (if anything) does Darren Aronofsky's reinterpretaion of the biblical flood myth have to say about environmentalism in today's world? How does a $160 million blockbuster fit into the career of an indie director like Aronofsky? We discuss these questions and more as we talk about Noah.

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• Where to watch Noah
• Kermode's Pope review
• Fantasia 2000's adaptation
• Where to watch Bone Tomahawk (2015)

40 years after The Holy Mountain, we revisit famed director Alejandro Jodorowsky with his surreal autobiographical film, The Dance of Reality. What is it like for a midnight cult director to return to the world of cinema after so many years? We talk about what makes this film more approachable than Jodorowsky's other works, while still going into detail about the scene where someone urinates on someone else's face.

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• Where to watch The Dance of Reality
• YourMovieSucks review
• Where to watch Noah (2014)

Once again, we're joined by Noah Cannon who is here to help us wrangle the most labyrinthine film on our list: Cloud Atlas, technically one of the most expensive independent films ever made from the Wachowski sisters and Tom Tykwer. There's a lot to talk about: how history repeats itself, the many changes between the book and the movie, how this film has become something of a cult classic, the excitement of having a transgender director helming a huge film, and why we (as well as Tom Hanks) think you should give Cloud Atlas another shot if you overlooked it in 2012.

• Join our Patreon for a discussion of Angels in America
• Where to watch Cloud Atlas
• Roger Ebert's 4 star review
• The extended trailer
• Where to watch The Dance of Reality (2013)

We talk about leaving our home town, writing as therapy, mental illness in modern films, and more on this week's episode all about Young Adult.

• Join our Patreon for Andrew's take on Amazon's Rings of Power
• Where to watch Young Adult
• Roger Ebert's review
• Where to watch Cloud Atlas (2012)