Subtitled Cinema

Welcome to Season Two of Subtitled Cinema! To start things off, we're traveling to rural France for Faces Places (2017), directed by artists Agnès Varda and JR. Part documentary and part reflection on life, together, we follow the adorable pair through the Parisian countryside as they create art wherever they go. The definition of a 'feel-good' movie, this touching film will warm your heart right up! Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @subtitledcinema, and check out our website subtitledcinema.com for more.

Merry Christmas in July! Your eyes don't deceive you: for our first and only American film, we're travelling to L.A. for the Christmas party of a lifetime. Die Hard (1988) directed by John McTiernan will have you on the edge of your seat through its nonstop action, lavish explosions, and sicknasty helicopter shots. Join us as we follow John McClane through trials, tribulations, and air ducts. Follow us on Instagram @subtitledcinema for more. 

We've made it to the end of Season One! Join us for this very special episode where we talk about how we created our podcast—from its inception as an idea to its execution as a product. Although we're based in America, the focus of this episode remains international, as we unpack how we came up with our core values, movies lists, and intended vision. If you've ever thought about starting a project (but maybe aren't sure how), or if you're just interested in learning how we somehow managed to cobble together something so cool, tune in! And, as always, thank you for listening. 

Shalom! Thank you for joining our season finale in Jerusalem to watch Tel Aviv on Fire (2018), directed by Sameh Zoabi, an Israeli dramatic satire following Salem, a low-level production assistant at his uncle's popular soap opera, getting hired to fulltime writer after some help from an Israeli checkpoint officer. Tune in to hear us talk about hummus, visual comedy, and the importance of satire. Follow us on Instagram @subtitledcinema and Twitter @subbedcinema, and check out our website subtitledcinema.com for more.

We hope your ticket was round-trip, because we're headed back to the Middle East to Iran to watch A Separation (2011), directed by Asghar Farhadi, an intimate, nuanced drama following two families confrontation following an accident. Join us as we talk about the burden of justice, the convolution of lies, and Farhadi's brilliant screenplay. Follow us on Instagram @subtitledcinema and Twitter @subbedcinema, and check out our website subtitledcinema.com for more.

Lace up your running shoes, because we're going to Germany to watch Run Lola Run (1998), directed by Tom Tykwer, an experimental action thriller chasing Lola as she races against the clock to save her boyfriend's life. Keep up with our conversation on fate vs. free will, Tykwer's cinematographic experimentation, and charged techno-beats. Follow us on Instagram @subtitledcinema and Twitter @subbedcinema, and check out our website subtitledcinema.com for more.

Watch your steering, we're traveling through the Suez Canal to watch Cairo Station (1958), directed by Yousef Chahine, a noir thriller about a troubled man whose sexual perversion spirals dangerously out of control. Join us in talking about feminism, unions, and toxic masculinity as tradition clashes with a modernizing Egypt. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @subtitledcinema, and check out our website subtitledcinema.com for more.

A short ride across the East China Sea to watch Rashomon (1950), directed by Akira Kurosawa, a psychological crime thriller exploring truth amongst four different testimonies of the same violent act. We chat about "the Rashomon Effect," unpack how Kurosawa juggles perspective, and question objective truth itself. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @subtitledcinema, and check out our website subtitledcinema.com for more.

We're making the journey to a land All Under Heaven to see Hero (2002), directed by Yi-Mou Zhang, a peerless wuxia film telling the story of three assassins and their plot to kill the King of Qin. We chat about the movie's lush saturation of color, stylistic fighting choreography, and what it really means to have a unified China. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @subtitledcinema, and check out our website subtitledcinema.com for more.

Privet Comrade! We're headed to Russia to watch Stalker (1979), directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, a cerebral, Sci-Fi drama following three men's journey into 'The Zone,' a seemingly dangerous place where one's innermost desires can be granted. We discuss the film's creeping ambience, philosophical profundity, and its nightmarish production. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @subtitledcinema, and check out our website subtitledcinema.com for more.