Subgenre

In this installment of The Pickup Shot, host Josh Dasal and his guest host, hit podcaster, author, and art historian Jennifer Dasal discuss the actual world of art theft and explore the real Impressionist paintings found - and stolen - in The Thomas Crown Affair (1999).

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In this episode of Subgenre, host Josh Dasal and guest host, TikTok celebrity Charlotte Moore-Lambert (@cavatica), launch Season 2 on the subgenre of "charming thief" films with a look at the 1999 remake of The Thomas Crown Affair, directed by John McTiernan, and starring Pierce Brosnan, Rene Russo, and Denis Leary. Topics of discussion include the "gentleman thief" character archtype, Rene Russo-induced sexual awakenings, and whether or not it was a real Renoir in the fire.

Guest host: Charlotte Moore-Lambert, TikTok celebrity and podcast producer
TikTok: @cavatica
Twitter: @cavaticat
Insta: @cavatica

Read more about The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) at:
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0155267/
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thomas_Crown_Affair_(1999_film)

Our theme music: Still Room on the Night Train by Ketsa feat. Soularflair

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In this installment of The Pickup Shot, host Josh Dasal and his guest host, the playwright Allan Maule, discuss the consistency of nominating and awarding submarine movies like U-571 for the Best Sound Editing prize at the Oscars and elsewhere.

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In the first release of our short bonus content we're calling The Pickup Shot, host Josh Dasal and guest host Jennifer Dasal, creator of the ArtCurious podcast and author of the book ArtCurious: Stories of the Unexpected, Slightly Odd, and Strangely Wonderful in Art History, discuss the quirkiness of living and working on a real-life submarine and how the movie Le chant du loup (The Wolf's Call) stacks up as a "French film".

Subscribe to Subgenre and check out the full episode, "Le chant du loup (The Wolf's Call) [S01E03]" for more about this film.

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In the exciting final episode of Subgenre Season 1, host Josh Dasal and screenwriter/film enthusiast Steve Baumgartner wrap up their two-part, intense exploration of the U-boat cinematic monster, Das Boot - Director's Cut, directed by Wolfgang Petersen, and starring Jürgen Prochnow and Herbert Grönemeyer. Topics of discussion include: the problems with the Rock of Gibraltar for a German submarine crew, how the film defies French director François Truffaut's views on the inherent dangers of producing war movies, and the the true definition of a "planus ex machina".

Guest host: Steve Baumgartner, screenwriter

Read more about Das Boot at:
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082096
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Boot

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In this episode of Subgenre, host Josh Dasal is joined by screenwriter and film buff Steve Baumgartner as they begin a two-part, marathon dive into the fabled German-language U-boat endurance test, Das Boot - Director's Cut, directed by Wolfgang Petersen, and starring Jürgen Prochnow and Herbert Grönemeyer. Topics of discussion include: the eternal Tetris game of food storage in a submersible tube, the genius within the madness of shooting in confined spaces, and whether or not the predictability of a moment matters in a submarine film.

Guest host: Steve Baumgartner, screenwriter

Read more about Das Boot at:
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082096
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Boot

Our theme music: Still Room on the Night Train by Ketsa feat. Soularflair

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In this episode of Subgenre, host Josh Dasal is joined by guest host N.C. Jones, a filmmaker and screenwriter, to pick apart the classic, Oscar-winning 1957 submarine film, The Enemy Below, directed by Dick Powell, and starring Robert Mitchem and Curd Jürgens in his American film debut, based on a novel by D.A. Rayner. Topics of discussion include Robert Mitchum's evil side, the peculiarities of U.S. vs. British war films, and the unforgettable fashion sense of of Nazi sailors.

Guest host: N.C. Jones, filmmaker and screenwriter
Twitter:  @nickelJones
Website: meritbadgesfilm.com

Read more about The Enemy Below at:
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050356/
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Enemy_Below

Our theme music: Still Room on the Night Train by Ketsa feat. Soularflair

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In this episode of Subgenre, host Josh Dasal is joined by guest host Mary Thurman of Stoopid Buddy Stoodios to go deep on the 2002 nuclear timebomb film K-19: The Widowmaker, directed by Oscar-winner Kathryn Bigelow, and starring Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson, and Peter Sarsgaard. Topics of discussion include Harrison Ford and the "everyman" archetype, the moving cinematography of Jeff Cronenweth, and the perils of attempting foreign accents in a film.

Guest host: Mary Thurman, Senior Development Coordinator, Stoopid Buddy Stoodios
Twitter:  @maryethurman
Insta:  @mthurmanart

Read more about K-19: The Widowmaker at:
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0267626/
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-19:_The_Widowmaker

Our theme music: Still Room on the Night Train by Ketsa feat. Soularflair

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In this episode of Subgenre, host Josh Dasal is joined by his guest host, playwright Allan Maule, to discuss the 2000 "we just stole a Nazi submarine" movie, U-571, directed by Jonathan Mostow, and starring  Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, and Harvey Keitel. Topics of discussion include favorite films of the World War II era, why you should never send a big person to do a tiny person's job, and how to make your submarine dive faster by eating an orange.

Guest host: Allan Maule, playwright
Twitter: @maulerballer
Insta: @maulerballer

Read more about U-571 at:
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0141926/
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-571_(film)

Our theme music: Still Room on the Night Train by Ketsa feat. Soularflair

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In this episode of Subgenre, host Josh Dasal is joined by his guest host, educational/science TikTok star and "science mom", Charlotte Moore, aka Charlotte A. Cavatica, to discuss the 1995 coup-on-a-submarine picture, Crimson Tide, directed by Tony Scott, and starring Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman. Topics of discussion include the dire need for more female representation in the submarine film subgenre, the ubiquity of a certain 90s techno font, Josh's love for Gene Hackman, and a look at the classic films of writer-producer Charles Brackett.

Guest host: Charlotte Moore
TikTok: @cavatica
Twitter: @cavaticat
Insta: @cavatica

Read more about Crimson Tide at:
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112740/
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimson_Tide_(film)

Our theme music: Still Room on the Night Train by Ketsa feat. Soularflair

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