The Film Majors

By The Film Majors

Three former cinema studies students navigate working in the industry, continuing their cinematic education, and bickering with one another about the movies. Popcorn is their ammunition, the couch is ... more

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August 29, 2025 Cronos
Another International Cinema Month is on the books as North American Cinema Month comes to a close! The Film Majors return to Mexico for a discussion about the new Bob Odenkirk action movie Nobody 2, Alexis's new grandma status, and Guillermo del Toro's freshman feature Cronos.

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1h 27min
August 22, 2025 Shivers with Edwin Harris
North American Cinema Month travels back up north to discuss one of Canada's most iconic filmmakers. Joined by Cronenberg expert Edwin Harris, the gang talks Gore Verbinski's Mouse Hunt, Zack and Edwin's customary greeting, and David Cronenberg's exploitation all-timer Shivers.

Read Edwin's essay here!
Read more on Canadian tax shelter films here!
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1h 42min
August 15, 2025 I Am Cuba
North American Cinema Month soldiers on as the show finally lives up to its artwork and heads to Cuba to cover some good old fashioned communist propaganda. The cinematic revolutionaries talk Zach Cregger's horror smash hit Weapons, Zack and Mick's proclivity for getting in the last word, and Mikhail Kalatozov's powerful propaganda piece I Am Cuba.

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1h 27min
August 08, 2025 Canoa: A Shameful Memory
North American Cinema Month gets serious as Alexis brings the show to Mexico. The Film Majors talk the new Ice Cube Amazon Prime original film War of the Worlds (2025), slurs for AI, and Felipe Cazals' political thriller Canoa: A Shameful Memory, a film that has surprising and disturbing connections to Ari Aster's Eddington.

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1h 33min
August 01, 2025 Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
The podcast is going international once again as the gang discusses the cinema of North America (minus a certain failed state). Zack, Mick, and Alexis talk the new Pete Davidson vehicle The Home, Russell Crowe's biggest ever performance in The Pope's Exorcist, and travel to the great white north of Canada with Zacharias Kunuk's mythological Inuit epic Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner.

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1h 35min
July 25, 2025 Pacific Rim with Chris Francis
At the end of our time, at the edge of our hope, we have chosen to believe in The Film Majors Podcast Blockbuster Month 2025! Mick has been lost to The Breach, but Alexis and Zack round out a month of spectacle cinema by forming a Thundercloud Formation with Chris Francis, engaging in a thrilling discussion of Ari Aster's neo-western comedy Eddington, the power of Microsoft Power Point, and Guillermo del Toro's smash-em-up robot epic Pacific Rim.

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2h 1min
July 18, 2025 The Incredibles
It's Mick's pick for Blockbuster Month and he's breaking the mold by pulling an Alexis and choosing an animated film. The gang talks James Gunn's Superman, Mick's newfound love of math, and Brad Bird's superhero family action film that raised Pixar's game, The Incredibles.

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1h 54min
July 11, 2025 The Mummy (1999) with Diana Diyarza
Get ready for some bisexual undertones and playful misogyny as Alexis brings new guest Diana Diyarza on the show to discuss the blockbuster that made her the woman she is today. The cinematic expedition delves into a cavernous conversation about A Minecraft Movie, internet connection shenanigans, diabolical drinking games, and Stephen Sommers' campy adventure classic The Mummy (1999).

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1h 33min
July 04, 2025 The Matrix with Mason Bissada
Blockbuster Month explodes back onto the podcast feed as Zack is finally able to unload all of his knowledge about one of his all time favorite films. Joined by special guest Mason Bissada, the crew broadcasts their pirate signal, freeing their minds in a discussion of the new Brad Pitt blockbuster F1, the virtues of Keanu Reeves, and Lana and Lilly Wachowski's paradigm shifting sci-fi epic The Matrix.

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2h 16min
June 27, 2025 Challengers
Queer Cinema Month 2025 comes to a close with one of the most "Film Majors coded" films ever discussed on the show. The podcasting love triangle of Avitia, Harris, and Mugnai are back for a conversational volley about 28 Years Later, the Josh O'Connasaince, and Luca Guadagnino's sexy tennis smash-hit Challengers.

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1h 44min

FAQs about The Film Majors:

How many episodes does The Film Majors have?

The podcast currently has 167 episodes available.