Good Film Hunting

It's not uncommon for two year olds to throw fits when they can't watch their favorite movie; what's unusual is for that movie to be Fried Green Tomatoes (1991). We talk with our friend Jon about this Southern story and its underlying, though not very obscured, romance between two of the main female characters.

We switch gears in this week's episode, where we discussed the British historical drama series Downton Abbey with our father, Bob Huntington. If you can guess what Bob's favorite storyline in the series is, you might also be a Huntington. Hope you enjoy our conversation from this summer!

We attack true (and false) crime stories with our friend Meghan in a conversation from this summer about The Great Mouse Detective (1986).

Our guest Ryan surprises us with his depth of Pixar knowledge as we discuss their first feature length film, Toy Story (1995). We mention the significance of the timing of this movie's and its sequels' releases in our generation's lives, and how well we think the recently announced Toy Story 4 might gain traction with younger audiences.

We wrap up September's Back to School theme with the story of a girl who moves to a new high school in Save the Last Dance (2001). We discuss with our friend Dara how the movie addresses (or doesn't address) themes such as race and cultural appropriation, and how this approach might be problematic, in addition to what made it feel like such a fresh and exciting film when it was released.

Continuing our Back to School theme, we discuss this summer’s documentary on the creator of one of the most beloved children’s educational series of all time. “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” (2018) gives viewers an inspiring look into the life of Fred Rogers, and we discuss this with friend Susie Hoesly in today’s episode.

As we return from a summer vacation, we return and kick off our Back to School series with a re-run from earlier this year of the classic John Hughes film Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

The Phantom of the Opera is here...

We talk with fellow Domer and current Marine Rory about 2004's Phantom of the Opera and also learn about his own foray into performing in musicals in high school.

We pick up our conversation on The Aristocats where we left off, so if you haven't listened to Part One we'd recommend starting there. We continue exploring themes within The Aristocats including problematic gender roles and more in this episode, and we also learn what movie is our guest Marty's favorite of all time!

In the first episode of a two-part series, we talk with special guest and listener of the podcast, Martin Merritt, about Disney animated film The Aristocats (1970). We are very excited to feature such an interesting listener-guest to discuss topics such as the meaning of the color palette of this film, whether The Aristocats is as genderized as other Disney films of its time, and much more.