In this multi-part series, we’ve focused on just one movie to explore a key idea in film studies. But this one choice means we’ve left out multitudes. Here is the larger set of also-rans we wrestled with before finally choosing “Portrait of a Lady on Fire”.

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Referenced media in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 14A:

• “Predator” (John McTiernan, 1987)
• “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” (Steven Spielberg, 1977)
• “Natural Born Killers” (Oliver Stone, 1994)
• “No Country For Old Men” (Ethan and Joel Coen, 2007)
• “Touts les matins de monde (All the Mornings of the World” (Alain Courneu, 1991)
• “The Exorcist” (William Friedkin, 1973)
• “WALL*E” (Andrew Stanton, 2008)
• “Up” (Pete Docter, 2009) 

Audio quotation in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 14A:

• “Vintage Movie Projector | Sound Effect | Feel The Past Film Industry” by n Beats, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhUICp5XeJ4
• “Film Clapperboard Green Screen Effect With Sound” by Jacob Anderson, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1sEiCa-yic
• “Slide projector changing with clicks” by (Soundsnap), https://www.soundsnap.com/tags/slide_projector?page=2
• “Bombtrack” (1993) by Rage Against the Machine, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUaL1FnotRQ&list=RDMUaL1FnotRQ&start_radio=1

GATEWAY CINEMA is a multi-part series of conversations centered on key ideas in film studies. In these conversations, we interpret and celebrate a set of eclectic feature films from across generations and from around the world, including “La Haine”, “Drum”, “Alien 3 (Assembly Cut)”, “Come and See”, “Perfect Days”, “Sweet Smell of Success”, “The Swimmer”, “Amadeus (Director’s Cut)”, “Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia”, “Friday”, “Marie Antoinette”, “The Night of the Hunter”, “Crank” and “Crank 2: High Voltage”, “Portrait of a Lady Fire”, “The Fabulous Baron Munchausen”, “Joker: Folie a Deux”, “Welcome to the Dollhouse”, “Heathers”, and “The Death of Stalin”. 

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Referenced media in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 14:

• “The Smashing Machine” (Benny Safdie, 2025)
• “Goodfellas” (Martin Scorsese, 1990)
• “I, Tonya” (Craig Gillespie, 2017)
• “Oppenheimer” (Christopher Nolan, 2023)
• “Perfect Days” (Wim Wenders, 2023)
• “Hot Shots!” (Jim Abrahams, 1991)
• “Rain Main” (Barry Levinson, 1988)
• “The Piano” (Jane Campion, 1993)
• “Ammonite” (Francis lee, 2020)
• “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” (John Hughes, 1985)

Audio quotation in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 14:

• “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” (Céline Sciamma, 2019), including the songs “La Jeune Fille en Feu (The Young Lady on Fire)” (2019) by Para One and Arthur Simonini and “Summer” from “The Four Seasons” (1718-1723) by Antonio Vivaldi
• “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” (John Hughes, 1985), including the song “Oh Yeah” (1985) by Yello, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cPmiQwXc4U&list=RD2cPmiQwXc4U&start_radio=1

In this multi-part series, we’ve focused on just one movie to explore a key idea in film studies. But this one choice means we’ve left out multitudes. Here is the larger set of also-rans we wrestled with before finally choosing “Crank” and “Crank 2: High Voltage”.

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Referenced media in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 13A:

• “Survive Style 5+” (Gen Sekiguchi, 2004)
• “Magnolia” (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999)
• “Sisters” (Brian De Palma, 1972)
• “Edge of Tomorrow” (Doug Liman, 2014)

Audio quotation in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 13A:

• “Vintage Movie Projector | Sound Effect | Feel The Past Film Industry” by n Beats, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhUICp5XeJ4
• “Film Clapperboard Green Screen Effect With Sound” by Jacob Anderson, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1sEiCa-yic
• “Slide projector changing with clicks” by (Soundsnap), https://www.soundsnap.com/tags/slide_projector?page=2

GATEWAY CINEMA is a multi-part series of conversations centered on key ideas in film studies. In these conversations, we interpret and celebrate a set of eclectic feature films from across generations and from around the world, including “La Haine”, “Drum”, “Alien 3 (Assembly Cut)”, “Come and See”, “Perfect Days”, “Sweet Smell of Success”, “The Swimmer”, “Amadeus (Director’s Cut)”, “Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia”, “Friday”, “Marie Antoinette”, “The Night of the Hunter”, “Crank” and “Crank 2: High Voltage”, “Portrait of a Lady Fire”, “The Fabulous Baron Munchausen”, “Joker: Folie a Deux”, “Welcome to the Dollhouse”, “Heathers”, and “The Death of Stalin”.

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Referenced media in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 13:

• “One Battle After Another” (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2025)
• “Kill Bill: Volume 1” (Quentin Tarantino, 2003)
• “Kill Bill: Volume 2” (Quentin Tarantino, 2004)
• “Night and Fog” (Alain Resnais, 1956)
• “Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom” (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1975)
• “Amadeus (Director’s Cut)” (1984/2002)
• “Marie Antoinette” (Sofia Coppola, 2006)
• “The Meg” (Jon Turtletaub, 2018)
• “The Meg 2: The Trench” (Ben Wheatley, 2023)
• “Gamer” (Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, 2009)
• “Battleship Potemkin” (Sergei Eisenstein, 1925)
• “The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone” (Francis Ford Coppola, 2020)
• “The Godfather” (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972)
• “The Godfather Part II” (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)
• “Scarface” (Brian De Palma, 1983)
• “Miami Vice” (Anthony Yerkovich 1984-1990)
• “Licensed to Drive” (Greg Beeman, 1988)
• “The Lost Boys” (Joel Schumacher, 1987)
• “The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!” (David Zucker, 1988)
• “The Naked Gun” (Akiva Schaffer, 2025)
• “The Swimmer” (Frank Perry, 1968)

Audio quotation in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 13:

• “Crank” (Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, 2006), including “Don’t Stop” by Paul Haslinger, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL42C18193F6C62450, and “Bring Us Bullets” (2002) by Rocket from the Crypt; and “Turn Me Loose” (1980) by Loverboy, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogx0ZcjZCHQ&list=PLyFcnFZyFXeVx3B9pjQanSrShZMf8kFuU
• “boing sound effect 1”, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-3qnJxEYmc
• “Galaga Theme”, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ie4U89t7Cs&list=RD0ie4U89t7Cs&start_radio=1
• “Crank 2: High Voltage” (Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, 2009), including “Kickin’” and “The Hammer Drops” by Mike Patton, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyFcnFZyFXeVx3B9pjQanSrShZMf8kFuU

In this multi-part series, we’ve focused on just one movie to explore a key idea in film studies. But this one choice means we’ve left out multitudes. Here is the larger set of also-rans we wrestled with before finally choosing “The Night of the Hunter”.

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Referenced media in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 12A:

• “The Fabulous Baron Munchausen” (Karel Zeman, 1962)
• “Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams” (Akira Kurosawa, 1990)
• “Badlands” (Terrence Malick, 1973)
• “They Shall Not Grow Old” (Peter Jackson, 2018)

Audio quotation in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 12A:

• “Vintage Movie Projector | Sound Effect | Feel The Past Film Industry” by n Beats, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhUICp5XeJ4
• “Film Clapperboard Green Screen Effect With Sound” by Jacob Anderson, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1sEiCa-yic
• “Slide projector changing with clicks” by (Soundsnap), https://www.soundsnap.com/tags/slide_projector?page=2

GATEWAY CINEMA is a multi-part series of conversations centered on key ideas in film studies. In these conversations, we interpret and celebrate a set of eclectic feature films from across generations and from around the world, including “La Haine”, “Drum”, “Alien 3 (Assembly Cut)”, “Come and See”, “Perfect Days”, “Sweet Smell of Success”, “The Swimmer”, “Amadeus (Director’s Cut)”, “Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia”, “Friday”, “Marie Antoinette”, “The Night of the Hunter”, “Crank” and “Crank 2: High Voltage”, “Portrait of a Lady Fire”, “The Fabulous Baron Munchausen”, “Joker: Folie a Deux”, “Welcome to the Dollhouse”, “Heathers”, and “The Death of Stalin”. 

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Referenced media in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 12:

• “The Magnificent Ambersons” (Orson Welles, 1942)
• “Do the Right Thing” (Spike Lee, 1989)
• “A Clockwork Orange” (Stanely Kubrick, 1971)
• “Glengarry Glen Ross” (James Foley, 1992)
• “Barfly” (Barbet Schroeder, 1987)
• “The Ren & Stimpy Show” (John Kricfalusi, 1991-1995)
• “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” (Mark Twain, 1884)
• “Leave It to Beaver” (Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher, 1957-1963)
• “1917” (Sam Mendes, 2019)
• “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” (Alejandro G. Iñárritu, 2014)
• “Mutiny on the Bounty” (Frank Lloyd, 1935)
• “Spartacus” (Stanley Kubrick, 1960)
• “Return to Oz” (Walter Murch, 1985)
• “Phase IV” (Saul Bass, 1974)

Audio quotation in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 12:

• “The Night of the Hunter” (Charles Laughton, 1955)
• “Do the Right Thing” (Spike Lee, 1989)
• “The Ren & Stimpy Show” (John Kricfalusi, 1991-1995), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5NfgKPVZ2g

In this multi-part series, we’ve focused on just one movie to explore a key idea in film studies. But this one choice means we’ve left out multitudes. Here is the larger set of also-rans we wrestled with before finally choosing “Marie Antoinette”.

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Referenced media in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 11A:

• “Flash Gordon” (Mike Hodges, 1980)
• “Barry Lyndon” (Stanely Kubrick, 1975)
• “Sleepy Hollow” (Tim Burton, 1999)
• “Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams” (Akira Kurosawa, 1990)
• “Tron” (Steven Lisberger, 1982)
• “The Masque of the Red Death” (Roger Corman, 1964)
• “Elvis” (Baz Luhrmann, 2022)
• “Lady Snowblood” (Toshiya Fujita, 1973)
• “Pan’s Labyrinth” (Guillermo del Toro, 2006)

Audio quotation in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 11A:

• “Flash Gordon ” (Mike Hodges, 1980), including the song “Flash’s Theme” (1980) by Queen
• “Vintage Movie Projector | Sound Effect | Feel The Past Film Industry” by n Beats, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhUICp5XeJ4
• “Film Clapperboard Green Screen Effect With Sound” by Jacob Anderson, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1sEiCa-yic
• “Slide projector changing with clicks” by (Soundsnap), https://www.soundsnap.com/tags/slide_projector?page=2

GATEWAY CINEMA is a multi-part series of conversations centered on key ideas in film studies. In these conversations, we interpret and celebrate a set of eclectic feature films from across generations and from around the world, including “La Haine”, “Drum”, “Alien 3 (Assembly Cut)”, “Come and See”, “Perfect Days”, “Sweet Smell of Success”, “The Swimmer”, “Amadeus (Director’s Cut)”, “Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia”, “Friday”, “Marie Antoinette”, “The Night of the Hunter”, “Crank” and “Crank 2: High Voltage”, “Portrait of a Lady Fire”, “The Fabulous Baron Munchausen”, “Joker: Folie a Deux”, “Welcome to the Dollhouse”, “Heathers”, and “The Death of Stalin”.

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Referenced media in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 11:

• "Amadeus (Director’s Cut)” (Milos Forman, 1984/2002)
• “Breakfast Club” (John Hughes, 1985)
• “Moulin Rouge!” (Baz Luhrmann, 2001)
• “Conan the Barbarian” (John Milius, 1982)
• “Saturday Night Life” (Lorne Michaels, 1975-now)
• “John Adams” (Tom Hooper, 2008)
• “Interview with the Vampire” (Neil Jordan, 1994)
• “The Power of the Dog” (Jane Campion, 2021)
• “Civil War” (Alex Garland, 2024)
• “Star Trek: Next Generation” (Gene Roddenberry, 1987-1994)
• “The Virgin Suicides” (Sofia Coppola, 1999)
• “Lost in Translation” (Sofia Coppola, 2003)
• “Rushmore” (Wes Anderson, 1998)
• “Star Wars” (George Lucas, 1977)
• “Barry Lyndon” (Stanley Kubrick, 1975)
• “Eye in the Sky” (Gavin Hood, 2015)
• “The New World” (Terrence Malick, 2005)
• “Titus” (Julie Taymor, 1999)
• “Titus Andronicus” (William Shakespeare, 1588-1593)
• “The Lion King” (Julie Taymor, 1997-now)
• “Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan” (Larry Charles, 2006)
• “Nashville” (Robert Altman, 1975)
• “The Player” (Robert Altman, 1992)
• “American Graffiti” (George Lucas, 1973)

Audio quotation in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 11:

• “Marie Antoinette” (Sofia Coppola, 2006), including the songs “Intro Versailles” (2006) by Brian Reitzell, “I Want Candy” (1982) by Bow Wow Wow, “Fools Rush In” (1982) by Bow Wow Wow, “Aphrodisiac” (1983) by Bow Wow Wow, “Hong Kong Garden” (1978) by Siouxsie and the Banshees, “What Ever Happened?” (2003) by The Strokes, and “Kings of the Wild Frontier” (1980) by Adam and the Ants, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkTESLJ1DzwVuwneRvZRNBzJkbNQsX-sP
• “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” (1985) by Simple Minds, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdqoNKCCt7A&list=RDCdqoNKCCt7A&start_radio=1
• Theme for “Star Trek: The Next Generation” (1987) by Jerry Goldsmith, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5kcBxL7-qI&list=RDp5kcBxL7-qI&start_radio=1

In this multi-part series, we’ve focused on just one movie to explore a key idea in film studies. But this one choice means we’ve left out multitudes. Here is the larger set of also-rans we wrestled with before finally choosing “Friday”.

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Referenced media in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 10A:

• “Force Majeure” (Ruben Östlund, 2014)
• “Triangle of Sadness” (Ruben Östlund, 2022)
• “Wattstax” (Mel Stuart, 1973)
• “Bottoms” (Emma Seligman, 2023)
• “Fight Club” (David Fincher, 1999)
• “Road House” (Rowdy Herrington, 1989)
• “Road House” (Doug Liman, 2024)
• “Hamburger: The Motion Picture” (Mike Marvin, 1986)

Audio quotation in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 10A:

• “Vintage Movie Projector | Sound Effect | Feel The Past Film Industry” by n Beats, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhUICp5XeJ4
• “Film Clapperboard Green Screen Effect With Sound” by Jacob Anderson, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1sEiCa-yic
• “Slide projector changing with clicks” by (Soundsnap), https://www.soundsnap.com/tags/slide_projector?page=2
• “Road House” (Rowdy Herrington, 1989)

GATEWAY CINEMA is a multi-part series of conversations centered on key ideas in film studies. In these conversations, we interpret and celebrate a set of eclectic feature films from across generations and from around the world, including “La Haine”, “Drum”, “Alien 3 (Assembly Cut)”, “Come and See”, “Perfect Days”, “Sweet Smell of Success”, “The Swimmer”, “Amadeus (Director’s Cut)”, “Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia”, “Friday”, “Marie Antoinette”, “The Night of the Hunter”, “Crank” and “Crank 2: High Voltage”, “Portrait of a Lady Fire”, “The Fabulous Baron Munchausen”, “Joker: Folie a Deux”, “Welcome to the Dollhouse”, “Heathers”, and “The Death of Stalin”.

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Referenced media in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 10:

• "Half Baked” (Tamra Davis, 1998)
• “Up in Smoke” (Lou Adler, 1978)
• “The Big Lebowski” (Joel Coen, 1998)
• “Boyz n the Hood” (John Singleton, 1991)
• “Are We There Yet?” (Brian Levant, 2005)
• “Deadpool” (Tim Miller, 2016)
• “Deadpool 2” (David Leitch, 2018)
• “Deadpool & Wolverine” (Shawn Levy, 2024)
• “Menace II Society” (The Hughes Brothers, 1993)
• “South Central” (Stephen Milburn Anderson, 1992)
• “Colors” (Dennis Hopper, 1988)
• “ER” (Michael Crichton, 1994-2009), Season 11, Episode 15: “Alone in a Crowd” (Jonathan Kaplan, March 24, 2005)
• “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” (Alfred Hitchcock, 1955-1965), Season 1, Episode 7: “Breakdown” (Alfred Hitchcock, November 13, 1955)
• “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Julian Schnabel, 2007)
• “Next Friday” (Steve Carr, 2000)
• “Friday After Next” (Marcus Raboy, 2002)
• “Last Friday” (TBD)
• “Saturday Night Live” (Lorne Michaels, 1975-present)
• “Stagecoach” (John Ford, 1939)
• “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” (Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones, 1975)
• “Monty Python’s Life of Brian” (Terry Jones, 1979)

Audio quotation in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 10:

• “Friday” (F. Gary Gray, 1995), including the songs “Friday” (1995) by O’Shea Jackson, “Blast If I Have To” (1995) by Shon Adams and Mark Ogleton, “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” (1981) by Whitfield and Barrett Strong, “Hoochie Mama” (1995) by David Hobbs, Luther Campbell, Chris Wong Won, and Mark Ross, and “Mary Jane” (1978) by James Ambrose Johnson
• “It Was a Good Day” (1993) by O’Shea Jackson, Marvin Isley, Rudolph Isley, O’Kelly Isley, Ernie Isley, Ronald Isley, and Chris Jasper