RELEASE

We talk 1929 cinema history

And then tackle a couple of really great, very dark films.

ARSENAL

released 02.25.1929 in the Soviet Union

THE LETTER

released 04.13.1929 in the United States

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We are together in New York City this week! So we are talking NYC on film. We take it all over the place but the 2 films we watched together are Ciao! Manhattan (1972, starring Edie Sedgwick) and The Queen (an incredible documentary about the 1967 Miss All-American Camp Beauty Pageant). Both are a part of the Criterion Channel's "New York Stories" series.

We detail what was happening in film in 1928.

And we dive into these 2 extraordinary movies.

THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC

released 10.25.1928 in France

Fritz Lang's

THE WIND

released 11.23.1928 in the United States

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We talk film history from 1927.

And we dissect these 2 classics:

F. W. Murnau's

SUNRISE: A SONG OF TWO HUMANS

released 09.23.1927 in the United States

Fritz Lang's

METROPOLIS

released 01.10.1927 in Germany

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All things Goldie and Melanie go down in this episode. 

Because we're redeeming ourselves from a minor case of mistaken identity.

We talk: 

Laugh-In

Cactus Flower

Deceived

Shampoo

Body Double

Cecil B. Demented

and lots more. 

We talk movie happenings of 1926 - funerals, technology, gossip.

And we get way into these 2 movies:

steamy twisted romance

FLESH AND THE DEVIL

released 12.25.1926 in the United States

haunting art house film

A PAGE OF MADNESS

released 09.24.1926 in Japan

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Music by René j Núñez

We are talking stop motion animation in music videos! 

Including:

Peter Gabriel - “Sledgehammer”

(We couldn’t find out how many 16-hour days that took to create, btw. Let us know.)

CSS - “Alala”

Brothers Quay

Tierra Whack - “Unemployed”

Cat Solen

“The Shivering Truth”

With tangents about:

Kate Bush

Tori Amos

Tool - “Sober” 

This Kurt Cobain interview

Brothers Quay in the Criterion Closet

Janet Jackson - “What Have You Done for Me Lately”

Madonna - “Express Yourself”

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We post all the upcoming movies we are going to be talking about on there.

We talk what was happening in cinema in 1925.

And we plumb the depths of these 2 movies:

epic stop-motion film

THE LOST WORLD

released 02.02.1925 in the United States

super influential war drama

THE BIG PARADE

released 11.05.1925 in the United States

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Music by René j Núñez

This week we are talking ZOLA! We've been waiting on the edge of our seats for this film directed by Janicza Bravo. Written by Janicza Bravo and Jeremy O. Harris, based on tweets by A'Ziah King and an article by David Kushner. It stars Taylour Paige, Riley Keough, Colman Domingo and Nicholas Braun. 

Tangents include: working in movie theaters, nachos, movies that boys want to talk about and more. 

Our first episode! 

We talk why we wanted to do the pod and why we started in 1924.

We get into what was happening in film in 1924.

And we deep dive into 2 movies:

HE WHO GETS SLAPPED

released 11.09.1924 in the United States

AELITA: QUEEN OF MARS

released 09.25.1924 in the Soviet Union

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Music by René j Núñez.