The Marx-ish Brothers

In this episode, we are joined by our friend and Joseph's cousin-in-law Erin as she helps us discuss the film Office Space. We look at how this film deals with alienation while getting sidetracked by shoplifting and ultimately just having a good time. We also look at the news surrounding the two Hollywood strikes, with the writer's strike officially ending on Wednesday.

References and further reading:

https://deadline.com/tag/actors-strike/

https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/jessica-chastain-explains-how-sag-aftra-interim-agreements-work-1234906161/

https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/martin-scorsese-indie-film-label-pigeonholes-movies-1234910318/

https://www.polygon.com/23893273/wga-hollywood-writers-strike-tv-movie-contract-explained

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Cam Klassen

With unplanned perfect timing, this week we look at the film "Blue Collar", which follows the lives of workers in the automotive industry and their struggles. This comes as the UAW is starting its strike for better working conditions and pay. We also look at how this film has aged, how it could be better, and rant about hyper-local issues.

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In this episode as apart of their ongoing series of labour films during the strikes in Hollywood, the Bros look at a future classic of modern leftist cinema, "Sorry to Bother You".

Extend reading:

https://publicautonomy.org/2019/05/08/sorry-to-bother-you/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3F70RJxm6o

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In this episode, the Bros discuss the labour epic "Matewan" (1987). Inspired by this, the discussion goes towards historic leftist movements and the future of leftist organizing.

Further reading:

https://slate.com/culture/2019/10/matewan-criterion-john-sayles-interview.html

https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/john-sayles/john-sayles-a-career-retrospective

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In this episode, the Bros talk about Modern Times, directed and starring Charlie Chaplin as a continuation of worker-oriented cinema while the WGA and SAG-AFTRA are on strike. There is also a look at current news, the Letterboxd game, and recommendations.

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Recommendations:

"Drinking Up The Revolution" by James Wilt

Blue Beetle (2023)

Andor (2022-)

With the ongoing strikes in Hollywood, the Bros decided to do a series of films based on labour organizing and leftist thought. To kick things off, we look at The Organizer, a film about a professor who comes to a small Italian town and helps organize a strike amount factory workers at the turn of the 20th century.

In this episode, the Bros are joined by Irma, a writer who just so happens to be the partner of Joseph. We descuss the highs the lows and the basic Marxist critiques of the film, while covering news and having some laughs along the way

A blast from the past as we look at this classic film. Lots of news talk, theory ramblings by Joseph and clever insights by Cam, this is one that is for the true left-y film fan.

In this episode we look at the newest Netflix animated feature while discussing its themes, and why Disney canceled it. All this and more!

In this episode, we look at recent news in film and hyper-local politics. We also discuss the film Asteroid City, with some spoilers