SEEING FACES IN MOVIES

 

Felicia is joined by Vanya Garraway to discuss David Cronenberg’s exploration of media consumption in a little film called Videodrome (1983).

We chat about how this Toronto classic has become a cautionary tale on the effects of hiding behind the ‘content’ you view. Along with the ways in which Cronenberg created a new cinematic language unique to the city of Toronto that is still relevant today.

Oh yeah, and long live the new flesh!

This marks not only the end of the Cronenberg series, but also the end of season one of this show - we will be taking a summer break and I can’t think of a better episode to leave you with until our return in the fall.

Send us your thoughts on the episode - what is your favourite film set in Toronto? Let us know by sending us a message on any of our social platforms or by email: [email protected]

Listen to our previous episode with Vanya:

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (John Cassavetes 1976)

Follow Vanya here:

IG: @nostalgiaphile
IG: @paidinsweat (film program)
Twitter: @nostalgiaphile
Twitter: @paidinsweat (film program)

Sources:
https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/337-videodrome-make-mine-cronenberg

https://www.criterion.com/current/top-10-lists/237-olivier-assayas-s-top-10

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/4357-experience-necessary-deborah-harry-in-videodrome

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/1678-videodrome-the-slithery-sense-of-unreality

https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/videodrome-how-cronenberg-subverts-the-noir-thriller-genre/

https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2004/perversion/videodrome_seduction/

OUTRO SONG:
801 A, B by Howard Shore

FILMS MENTIONED:
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (John Cassavetes 1976)

Days of Thunder (Tony Scott 1990)

Gladiator (Ridley Scott 2000)

Swimfan (John Polson 2002)

The Talented Mr. Ripley (Anthony Minghella 1999)

The Fly (David Cronenberg 1986)

Rabid (David Cronenberg 1977)

Shivers (David Cronenberg 1975)

The Brood (David Cronenberg 1979)

Crimes of the Future (David Cronenberg 2022)

The Dead Zone (David Cronenberg 1983)

Scanners (David Cronenberg 1981)

History of Violence (David Cronenberg 2005)

Eastern Promises (David Cronenberg 2007)

Seven (David Fincher 1995)

Last Night (Don McKellar 1998)

Take This Waltz (Sarah Polley 2011)

Naked Lunch (David Cronenberg 1991)

Being John Malkovich (Spike Jonze 1999)

Secretary (Steven Shainberg 2002)

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Felicia is joined by Ms. Sinclair to discuss David Cronenberg’s psychological twin terror Dead Ringers (1988)

We chat about how the setting of Toronto plays a part in the story, and why the collaboration between Jeremy Irons and Cronenberg gave us one of the greatest dual performances on film.

Can you guess how many times I say Toronto in this episode?

Send us your thoughts on the episode - what is your favourite film about twins? Let us know by sending us a message on any of our social platforms or by email: [email protected]

Listen to my our previous episodes with Ms. Sinclair:

Sunset Boulevard (Billy Wilder 1950)
The Piano (Jane Campion 1993)

Follow Ms. Sinclair here:

TALK MOVIE TO ME (talkmovietomepodcast.com)
IG: @talkmovietome
Letterboxd: @mssinclair

Sources:
https://dmtalkies.com/dead-ringers-ending-explained-1988-horror-film-david-cronenberg/

https://3brothersfilm.com/blog/2018/10/12/david-cronenberg-dead-ringers-1988

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/5849-when-actors-do-double-duty

https://www.criterion.com/current/top-10-lists/643-john-carpenter-s-top-10

OUTRO SONG:
Main Title by Howard Shore

FILMS MENTIONED:
Sunset Boulevard (Billy Wilder 1950)

The Piano (Jane Campion 1993)

Society (Brian Yuzna 1989)

Furiosa (George Miller 2024)

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (George Miller, George Ogilvie 1985)

The Goonies (Richard Donner 1985)

Auto-Focus (Paul Schrader 2002)

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapter (Paul Schrader 1985)

Light Sleeper (Paul Schrader 1992)

The Fly (David Cronenberg 1986)

Crash (David Cronenberg 1996)

Shivers (David Cronenberg 1975)

Rabid (David Cronenberg 1977)

Reversal of Fortune (Barbet Schroeder 1990)

Videodrome (David Cronenberg 1983)

eXistenZ (David Cronenberg 1999)

The Skeleton Twins (Craig Johnson 2014)

Sisters (Brian De Palma 1972)

Possessor (Brandon Cronenberg 2020)

Raw (Julia Ducournau 2016)

Titane (Julia Ducournau 2021)

Eyes Without a Face (Georges Franju 1960)

The Skin I Live In (Pedro Almodóvar 2011)

Dead Ringer (Paul Henreid 1964)

The Dark Mirror (Robert Siodmak 1946)

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Felicia is joined by Newman to discuss Cronenberg’s return to body horror in Crimes of the Future (2022).

We chat about how Cronenberg explored themes of climate change, body modifications, and the failure of technology, while blending noir-like elements into the story.

Send us your thoughts on the episode - what is your favourite modern Cronenberg film? Let us know by sending us a message on any of our social platforms or by email: [email protected]

Follow Newman here:

Spotify: @Movies4Dayz
Podcast Network: https://www.yourunpodcast.com/
Twitter: @MoviesDayz

Sources:

https://www.npr.org/2022/06/03/1102634107/crimes-of-the-future-david-cronenberg-review

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/crimes-of-the-future-reviewed-its-the-end-of-the-world-as-david-cronenberg-knew-it

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14549466/

https://screenrant.com/crimes-future-movie-ending-explained/

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/02/movies/crimes-of-the-future-review.html

OUTRO SONG:
Crimes of the Future by Howard Shore

FILMS MENTIONED:
The Brood (David Cronenberg 1979)

Shrek (Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson 2001)

Schindler's List (Steven Spielberg 1994)

Eastern Promises (David Cronenberg 2007)

A History of Violence (David Cronenberg 2005)

Scanners (David Cronenberg 1980)

Videodrome (David Cronenberg 1983)

The Fly (David Cronenberg 1986)

They Live (John Carpenter 1988)

Maps to the Stars (David Cronenberg 2014)

Cosmopolis (David Cronenberg 2012)

Rabid (David Cronenberg 1977)

Suspiria (Luca Guadagnino 2018)

Bug (William Friedkin 2007)

Naked Lunch (David Cronenberg 1991)

Wall-E (Andrew Stanton 2008)

Crash (David Cronenberg 1996)

Psycho Goreman (Steven Kostanski 2020)

The Void (Steven Kostanski 2006)

Hellraiser (Clive Barker 1987)

E.T. (Steven Spielberg 1982)

Hobo With a Shotgun (Jason Eisener 2011)

Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (Kelly Makin 1996)

Eyes Without a Face (Georges Franju 1962)

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Felicia is joined by John Pennington to discuss conflicting parenting styles in David Cronenberg’s The Brood (1979).

We chat about the use of daylight in a film that tackles dark subject matters. Along with Cronenberg’s personal life being the inspiration behind the story.

Send us your thoughts on the episode - what is your favourite 70s Cronenberg flick? Let us know by sending us a message on any of our social platforms or by email: [email protected]

Follow John here:

Letterboxd: @jtothep83

Sources:

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/3739-the-brood-separation-trials

https://3brothersfilm.com/blog/2018/6/15/david-cronenberg-the-brood-1979

The making of David Cronenberg's THE BROOD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7wGWB6IVy4&ab_channel=CinemaGarmonbozia

OUTRO SONG:

The Witch by The Sonics

FILMS MENTIONED:
The Fly (David Cronenberg 1986)

Scanners (David Cronenberg 1981)

Videodrome (David Cronenberg 1983)

Spider (David Cronenberg 2002)

Eastern Promises (David Cronenberg 2007)

A Dangerous Method (David Cronenberg 2011)

Crimes of the Future (David Cronenberg 2022)

Shivers (David Cronenberg 1975)

Rabid (David Cronenberg 1977)

Fast Company (David Cronenberg 1979)

The Village of the Damned (Wolf Rilla 1960)

The Omen (Richard Donner 1976)

The Bad Seed (Wolf Rilla 1956)

The Exorcist (William Friedkin 1973)

Naked Lunch (David Cronenberg 1991)

Sinister (Scott Derrickson 2012)

The Lord of the Rings (Peter Jackson 2001)

eXistenZ (David Cronenberg 1999)

Crash (David Cronenberg 1996)

Aliens (James Cameron 1986)

Mildred Pierce (Michael Curtiz 1945)

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Felicia is joined by Josh Cooley to discuss David Cronenberg’s otherworldly adaptation of William S. Burrough’s Naked Lunch (1991).

We chat about the way Cronenberg took Burrough’s story and put it into his own perfectly crafted world, and how he was able to succeed at adapting a difficult novel.

This is the Cronenberg series opener and it’s been a long time coming. I honestly cannot put into words how important Cronenberg is to me, his work is everything to me and the world would be a much sadder place without his art. I hope you follow along for the series.

Send us your thoughts on the episode - what are some of your favourite book to film adaptations? Let us know by sending us a message on any of our social platforms or by email: [email protected]

Sources:

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/769-naked-lunch-burroughs

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/305-naked-lunch-drifting-in-and-out-of-a-kafkaesque-reality

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6806-double-extremity-judy-davis-in-naked-lunch

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/2726-naked-lunch-so-deep-in-my-heart-that-you-re-really-a-part-of-me

https://3brothersfilm.com/blog/2018/10/18/david-cronenberg-naked-lunch-1991

https://ew.com/article/1992/01/17/naked-lunch-behind-scenes/

OUTRO SONG:

Welcome to Annexia by Howard Shore & Ornette Coleman

FILMS MENTIONED:
Deconstructing Harry (Woody Allen 1988)

Annie Hall (Woody Allen 1977)

Manhattan (Woody Allen 1979)

Dead Ringers (David Cronenberg 1988)

Crash (David Cronenberg 1996)

The Fly (David Cronenberg 1986)

The Dead Zone (David Cronenberg 1983)

Shivers (David Cronenberg 1975)

Rabid (David Cronenberg 1977)

Fast Company (David Cronenberg 1979)

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (Paul Schrader 1985)

eXistenZ (David Cronenberg 1999)

Nightbreed (Clive Barker 1990)

Crimes of the Future (David Cronenberg 2022)

Videodrome (David Cronenberg 1983)

M. Butterfly (David Cronenberg 1993)

Cosmopolis (David Cronenberg 2012)

Maps to the Stars (David Cronenberg 2014)

Barton Fink (Joel & Ethan Coen 1991)

Spider (David Cronenberg 2002)

Eastern Promises (David Cronenberg 2007)

A History of Violence (David Cronenberg 2005)

The End of the Affair (Neil Jordan 1999)

The Brood (David Cronenberg 1979)

Kiss Me Deadly (Robert Aldrich 1955)

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It’s bonus episode time.

In today’s Special Features episode Felicia is joined by Erin and Tom from the Baby’s First Watchlist Podcast to discuss one of cinema’s greatest romance films Before Sunrise (Richard Linklater 1995).

We chat about how fresh this film feels nearly thirty years later, and although it is heavy in dialogue, the quiet moments reveal the most about Celine and Jesse.

Send us your thoughts on the episode - what is your favourite film in the trilogy? Let us know by sending us a message on any of our social platforms or by email: [email protected]

Follow Baby’s First Watchlist Here:

Spotify: @babysfirstwatchlist

Apple Podcasts: @babysfirstwatchlist

YouTube: @babysfirstwatchlist

IG: @babysfirstwatchlist

Letterboxd: Tom @tc579

TikTok: @babysfirstwatchlist

Sources:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/22/movies/before-sunrise-ethan-hawke-julie-delpy.html

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/4449-the-before-trilogy-and-the-art-of-collaboration

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/4445-the-before-trilogy-time-regained

https://www.criterion.com/current/top-10-lists/531-marie-kreutzer-s-top-10

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/4427-transitory-figures-one-scene-from-before-sunrise

https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2018/stardust-memories/thinking-about-celine-and-jesse-travelling-through-time-with-the-before-trilogy/


OUTRO MUSIC:

Come Here by Kath Bloom

FILMS MENTIONED:
Nightmare Before Christmas (Henry Selick 1993)

Before Midnight (Richard Linklater 2013)

Before Sunset (Richard Linklater 2004)

Boyhood (Richard Linklater 2014)

School of Rock (Richard Linklater 2003)

Reality Bites (Ben stiller 1994)

Dazed and Confused (Richard Linklater 1993)

Everybody Wants Some!! (Richard Linklater 2016)

Where’d You Go Bernadette (Richard Linklater 2019)

Slacker (Richard Linklater 1990)

Waking Life (Richard Linklater 2001)

Harold and Maude (Hal Ashby 1971)

Amour (Michael Haneke 2012)

Boyfriends and Girlfriends (Éric Rohmer 1987)

Scenes From a Marriage (Ingmar Bergman 1974)

After Hours (Martin Scorsese 1985)

Chungking Express (Wong Kar-wai 1996)

Persona (Ingmar Bergman 1966)

Lost in America (Albert Brooks 1985)

Pauline at the Beach (Eric Rohmer 1983)

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Felicia is joined by Calvin Kemph to discuss Catholic guilt and philosophy through the character’s in My Night at Maud’s (Éric Rohmer 1970).

We chat about how important it is that this film was shot in black and white and how this story could also fit within his tale of four season series.

This marks the end of the Rohmer series, one that I felt such a great delight in putting together and had some of the best conversations on the show so far. I hope you’re inspired to tackle the rest of his filmography because I truly believe there is a Rohmer film out there for everybody.

Send us your thoughts on the episode - are you satisfied with our protagonist’s ending? Let us know by sending us a message on any of our social platforms or by email: [email protected]

Follow Calvin here:
Website: https://thetwingeeks.com/

Spotify: @TheTwinGeeks

Apple Podcasts: @TheTwinGeeks

Seattle Film Critics Society: Seattle Film Critics Society - The official website of Seattle's movie critics.

ÉRIC ROHMER’S SIX MORAL TALES – THE DIRECTOR AS AN AUTHOR IN THE FRENCH NEW WAVE: Éric Rohmer’s Six Moral Tales – The Director as an Author in the French New Wave – The Twin Geeks

Sources:

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/436-my-night-at-maud-s-chances-are

https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2005/cteq/my_night_at_mauds/

https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2010/feature-articles/choice-and-chance-a-dialectic-of-morality-and-romance-in-eric-rohmers-my-night-at-mauds/

https://postmodernpelican.com/2020/02/22/my-night-at-mauds-1969/

OUTRO SONG:
The Partisan by Leonard Cohen

FILMS MENTIONED:
The People’s Joker (Vera Drew 2002)

Claire’s Knee (Éric Rohmer 1971)

Claire’s Camera (Hong Sang-soo 2017)

A Fire (Christian Petzold 2023)

Poetry (Lee Chang-dong 2010)

Burning (Lee Chang-dong 2018)

Secret Sunshine (Lee Chang-dong 2007)

Conte d’hiver (Éric Rohmer 1992)

Cléo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda 1962)

Le bonheur (Agnès Varda 1965)

Uncle Yanco (Agnès Varda 1967)

The Green Ray (Éric Rohmer 1986)

The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant (Rainer Werner Fassbinder 1972)

The Tenant (Roman Polanski 1976)

Winter Light (Ingmar Bergman 1963)

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Felicia is joined by Duran Aziz to discuss Éric Rohmer’s foray to the medieval era in Perceval (1978).

We chat about the incredibly unique set design and Rohmer’s desire to create a space that would be a reflection of paintings from that era.

Send us your thoughts on the episode - are you satisfied with our protagonist’s ending? Let us know by sending us a message on any of our social platforms or by email: [email protected]

Follow Duran Here:
IG (Chapman University Students for Justice in Palestine): @sjpchapman

Chapman University SJP divestment petition: https://www.change.org/p/demand-chapman-university-to-divest-from-the-military-industrial-complex-sjp-chapman?source_location=psf_petitions

Sources:

https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2017/cteq/perceval-le-gallois/#fnref-29831-2

https://decentfilms.com/reviews/perceval

https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2010/feature-articles/the-tale-of-perceval-le-gallois-and-the-young-althusserians/

https://www.avclub.com/a-french-master-found-droll-comedy-in-one-of-the-earlie-1843630606


OUTRO SONG:
Six Queens by Larrikin Love

FILMS MENTIONED:
Star Wars (George Lucas 1977)

The Great Dictator (Charlie Chaplin 1940)

My Night at Maud’s (Éric Rohmer 1970)

Pauline at the Beach (Éric Rohmer 1983)

The Green Ray (Éric Rohmer 1986)

Love in the Afternoon (Éric Rohmer 1972)

Claire’s Knee (Éric Rohmer 1970)

The Aviator’s Wife (Éric Rohmer 1981)

The Marquise of O (Éric Rohmer 1976)

Catherine de Heilbronn (Éric Rohmer 1980)

Lancelot du lac (Robert Bresson 1974)

A Tale of Winter (Éric Rohmer 1992)

The Bakery Girl of Monceau (Éric Rohmer 1963)

Suzanne's Career (Éric Rohmer 1963)

Juliet of the Spirits (Federico Fellini 1965)

Lars von Trier (Dogville 2003)

Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Robert Wiene, 1919)

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Felicia is joined by Frieda Beckerman to discuss Éric Rohmer’s film about a woman facing vacation ennui, in The Green Ray (1986).

We chat about how he created a character whose small problems we can all relate to, and why the multiple settings in France are imperative to the film’s energy..

Send us your thoughts on the episode - have you read The Green Ray? Let us know by sending us a message on any of our social platforms or by email: [email protected]

Follow Frieda here:
IG: @baumbach_h8r

Sources:

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jan/04/green-ray-rayon-vert-review-eric-rohmer

https://classical-inquiries.chs.harvard.edu/about-the-green-ray-of-jules-verne-and-eric-rohmer/

https://tmff.net/an-analysis-of-the-green-ray-1986/

https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2010/feature-articles/following-the-law-of-ones-own-being-the-crying-woman-in-the-green-ray/

https://mubi.com/en/notebook/posts/close-up-on-eric-rohmers-the-green-ray-an-interview-with-marie-riviere

OUTRO SONG:

No Aloha - The Breeders

FILMS MENTIONED:
Working Girl (Mike Nichols 1988)

Autumn Tale (Éric Rohmer 1998)

Pauline at the Beach (Éric Rohmer 1983)

Borat (Larry Charles 2006)

To The Ends of the Earth (Kiyoshi Kurosawa 2019)

Summertime (David Lean 1955)

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Felicia is joined by Nathan Cowles to discuss Éric Rohmer’s first film in his A Tale of Four Season series, about a man being tossed around by three different women in A Summer’s Tale (1996).

We chat about Rohmer’s way of writing women, his choice to work with a woman cinematographer and how that lends to a unique gaze behind the camera. Along with the importance of the script and the quiet moments that expose the protagonists inner truth.

This is the Rohmer series opener and I’m beyond excited to share this series with you - we’ve got four great guests to cover a wide range of Rohmer’s work this month - I hope you follow along!

Send us your thoughts on the episode - are you satisfied with our protagonist’s ending? Let us know by sending us a message on any of our social platforms or by email: [email protected]

Follow Nathan here:
Letterboxd: @cowles
YouTube: @Cowles
IG: @cowles.mov

Sources:

https://agoodmovietowatch.com/a-summers-tale-1996/

https://variety.com/1996/film/reviews/a-summer-s-tale-1200445995/#!

https://mubi.com/en/notebook/posts/dangling-man-close-up-on-eric-rohmers-a-summers-tale

https://www.criterion.com/films/29650-a-tale-of-summer

https://cinemasentries.com/a-summers-tale-movie-review-dissecting-love-and-sex-with-philosophical-precision/

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/20/movies/a-summers-tale-from-eric-rohmers-seasons-cycle.html

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/8387-eric-rohmer-s-tales-of-the-four-seasons-another-year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHoU9_3pmq4&t=128s&ab_channel=TIFFOriginals

OUTRO SONG:
Fille de corsaire by Sebastien Erms

FILMS MENTIONED:
A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick 1972)

Eraserhead (David Lynch 1978)

Inglorious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino 2009)

Funny Games (Michael Haneke 1997)

My Night at Maud’s (Éric Rohmer 1970)

The Green Ray (Éric Rohmer 1986)

Suzanne’s Career (Éric Rohmer 1963)

Breathless (Jean-Luc Godard 1961)

Call Me By Your Name (Luca Luca Guadagnino 2017)

Aftersun (Charlotte Wells 2022)

The Bakery Girl of Monceau (Éric Rohmer 1963)

Claire’s Knee (Éric Rohmer 1971)

La belle noiseuse (Jacques Rivette 1991)

The Fifth Seal (Zoltán Fábri 1976)

Design For Living (Ernst Lubitsch 1933)

Les amours imaginaires (Xavier Dolan 2010)

Mommy (Xavier Dolan 2014)

Tom at the Farm (Xavier Dolan 2015)

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