
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


In the twenty-fifth episode of Season 10: Dealer's Choice (the halfway mark), Kyle is joined for a one-on-one conversation with novelist Alex Buda to discuss the nuanced portrayal of artificial intelligence that grows beyond a tool and into the dynamics of genuine human interaction in the romantic comedy trappings of Spike Jonze's empathetic and poignant Her (2013).
In the twenty-fourth episode of Season 10: Dealer's Choice, Kyle is joined for a one-on-one conversation with filmmaker Jeff Keller to discuss the birth, inspiration, and connected relationships of hip-hop as it gives texture to the formula of the romantic comedy in Rick Famuyiwa's infectiously charming and culturally unique Brown Sugar (2002).
In the twenty-third episode of Season 10: Dealer's Choice, Kyle is joined for a one-on-one conversation with podcaster Claire White from Why the Flick to discuss the layers of character as it relates to mental illness, societal constraints, and personal discovery in Jeremiah S. Chechik's quirky and thoughtful romantic comedy Benny & Joon (1993).
In the twenty-second episode of Season 10: Dealer's Choice, Kyle is joined for one-on-one conversation with musical stand-up comedian JJ Tyson to discuss the prescient cynicism of Richard O'Brien's loose sequel to The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the goofy and critical concept album assessment of America's media obsessions, allegiance to figure heads, and the desperation of fame in Brad and Janet's sliding doors reality of Shock Treatment (1981).
In the twenty-first episode of Season 10: Dealer's Choice, Kyle is joined for a one-on-one conversation with musician Nick Earl to discuss the jubilant bubblegum pop songs of Abba and how they infused a sense of female autonomy, camaraderie, and choice in Phyllida Lloyd's jukebox musical adaptation of Mamma Mia! (2008).
In the twentieth episode of Season 10: Dealer's Choice, Kyle is joined for a one-on-one conversation with fellow podcaster Zax Protzmann to discuss the wondrous 80s nostalgia and inadvertently hilarious underdog sports movie that makes up the earnest fabric of character, community, and competition in Hal Needham's Rad (1986).
In the nineteenth episode of Season 10: Dealer's Choice, Kyle is joined for a one-on-one conversation with screenwriter Gio Maldonado to discuss one of the most influential comic adaptations that weaves together its hyper-stylized violence, meditative character morality, and a bleak assessment of Japan through Edo feudal corruption in Kenji Misumi's first installment of the Lone Wolf and Cub film series, The Sword of Vengeance (1972).
In the eighteenth episode of Season 10: Dealer's Choice, Kyle is joined for a one-on-one conversation with artist Anna Cullado to discuss the surrealist rabbit hole of night encounters, youthful indulgence, and plenty of drinks in Masaaki Yuasa's adaptation of Tomihiko Morimi's novel that contemplates the flexibility of time, the difference between choice and fate. and the deconstruction of the romantic comedy in The Night is Short, Walk on Girl (2017).
In the seventeenth episode of Season 10: Dealer's Choice, Kyle is joined for one-on-one conversation with actress Thurlene Williams to discuss the expansive history, troubled production, and exquisite animation of the unfinished masterpiece from animator Richard Williams, the legendary hand-drawn expression of an Arabian Nights fantasy that is known in most circles as The Thief & The Cobbler (1993).
In the sixteenth episode of Season 10: Dealer's Choice, Kyle is joined for a one-on-one conversation with filmmaker Daniel Lopez to discuss the pseudo-autobiographical exploration of stilted adulthood, parental disappointment, and masculinity as a prison in Vincent Gallo's personal and experimental directorial debut Buffalo 66' (1998).
From the publisher's feed
A film history and theory podcast that delves deep into a variety of favorites and elusive gems one specific genre at a time. Join the journey and together we can learn about film, auteurs, genre,…