Blockbusters and Birdwalks

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 “Joker: Folie à Deux”.

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Referenced media in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 16A:

• “Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point” (Tyler Thomas Taormina, 2024)
• “On Cinema at the Cinema” (Tim Heidecker and Gregg Turkington, 2011-present)
• “White Christmas” (Michael Curtiz, 1954)
• “The Devil in Miss Jones” (Gerard Damiano, 1973)
• “Boogie Nights” (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1997)
• “The Intouchables” (Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache, 2011)
• “The Upside” (Neil Burger, 2017)

Audio quotation in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 16A:

• “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 à Deux”, “Welcome to the Dollhouse”, “Heathers”, and “The Death of Stalin”.

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Referenced media in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 16:

• “Joker” (Todd Phillips, 2019)
• “Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery” (Jay Roach, 1997)
• “Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me” (Jay Roach, 1999)
• “Austin Powers in Goldmember” (Jay Roach, 2002)
• “Alien 3 (Assembly Cut)” (David Fincher, 1992) (Assembly Cut in 2003)
• “Aliens” (James Cameron, 1986)
• “Gremlins 2: The New Batch” (Joe Dante, 1990)
• “Gremlins” (Joe Dante, 1984)
• “Deadpool & Wolverine” (Shawn Levy, 2024)
• “Alien: Romulus” (Fede Alvarez, 2024)
• “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” (Tim Burton, 2024)
• “Transformers One” (Josh Cooley, 2024)
• “Mary Poppins” (Robert Stevenson, 1964)
• “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” (Jim Sharman, 1975)
• “Singin’ in the Rain” (Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, 1952)
• “La La Land” (Damien Chazelle, 2016)
• “Hated: GG Allin and the Murder Junkies” (Todd Phillips, 1993)
• “Kneecap” (Rich Peppiatt, 2024)
• “Wicked” (Jon M. Chu, 2024)
• “Braveheart” (Mel Gibson, 1995)
• “Megalopolis” (Francis Ford Coppola, 2024)
• “The Minecraft Movie” (Jared Hess, 2025)
• “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” (Steven Spielberg, 1982)
• “Shoa” (Claude Lanzmann, 1985)

Audio quotation in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 16:

• “Joker: Folie à Deux” (Todd Phillips, 2024), including the songs “Uh Oh, I’m in Trouble” (2024) by Hildur Guðnadóttir, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBKadB95sF45I8ypDP8cYu5glfXTT0FyH, and “That’s Life” (1963) by Dean Kay and Kelly Gordon, performed by Lada Gaga, “Bewitched (Bothered and Bewildered)” (1940) by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, performed by Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix, “To Love Somebody” (1967) by the Bee Gees, performed by Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix, “If You Go Away” (1959) by Jacques Brel, performed by Joaquin Phoenix, and “(They Long to Be) Close to You” (1963) by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, performed by Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKUcDyFltysbYrVO-rWYqfQqSuIKkxxgI

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 Fabulous Baron Munchausen”.

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Referenced media in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 15A:

• “Westworld” (Michael Crichton, 1973)
• “The Empire Strikes Back” (Irvin Kershner, 1980)
• “Life of Pi” (Ang Lee, 2012) 

Audio quotation in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 15A:

• “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 15:

• “Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde” (Rouben Mamoulian, 1931)
• “The Wolfman” (George Waggner, 1941)
• “The Adventures of Baron Munchausen” (Terry Gilliam, 1988)
• “Barry Lyndon” (Stanley Kubrick, 1975)
• “A Trip to the Moon” (Georges Méliès, 1902)
• “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” (Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and Terry Gilliam, 1969-1974)
• “Pee-wee’s Playhouse” (Paul Reubens, 1986-1990)
• “Star Wars” (George Lucas, 1977)
• “Pinocchio” (Ben Sharpsteen and Hamilton Luske, 1940)
• “South Park” (Trey Parker and Matt Stone, 1997-present)
• “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” (David Hand, 1937)
• “The Adventures of Prince Achmed” (Lotte Reiniger, 1926)
• “The Lord of the Rings” (Ralph Bakshi, 1978)

Audio quotation in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 15:

• “The Fabulous Baron Munchausen” (Karel Zeman, 1962)

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