Telling the history of film year by year starting in 1924.
We curate and dissect 2 emblematic films every other week
- with unwieldy mini episodes in between.
This week we are breaking down a LEGEND. Ken Russell gave us so much... musical, debauchery, camp, skewering of the status quo. We chose three very different films to dissect: The Boy Friend (1971), The Devils (1971) and Whore (1991).
These films were tough to find for some years but now loads of Ken Russell are streaming on Criterion. Get into them. (https://www.criterionchannel.com/directed-by-ken-russell)
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29 Jun 2023
Minisode 17: Gregg Araki Teenage Apocalypse
This week we are ruminating about teen angst and catastrophe as seen thru the thoughtful lens of Gregg Araki. Take a treacherous walk thru his Teenage Apocalypse Trilogy with us: Totally F***ed Up (1993), The Doom Generation (1995), Nowhere (1997). It's gonna be lonely. But it'll look cool.
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16 Mar 2023
1935
We hit on what was happening in cinema in 1935.
We have 2 epic films this week. First, we get into the final collaboration between one of the greatest muse/auteur duos in film history. Second, we chat about a real neorealist revelation.
THE DEVIL IS A WOMAN
released 03.15.1935 in the United States
directed by Josef von Sternberg
starring Marlene Dietrich
TONI
released 02.22.1935 in France
directed by Jean Renoir
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