Three filmmakers, friends from the film school days, uncover the aesthetic and storytelling choices behind Art & Popular films and how these reflect the authors’ deeper ideas on this thing of being human. Our round table debates offer the best balance between the in-depth and the informal.
Três cineastas, amigos dos tempos de escola de cinema, desvendam as escolhas estéticas e narrativas por trás de filmes Art & Popular e como estas refletem as ideias mais profundas dos autores sobre essa coisa de ser humano. As nossas discussões oferecem o melhor equilíbrio entre o aprofundado e o informal.
An 80s CLASSIC or Too CORNY? - "A Nightmare On Elm Street"
For Halloween we take a trip to Elm Street to discuss “A Nightmare on Elm Street”, Wes Craven’s 80s classic. We debate what makes the film interesting and what makes it corny for some of us; we also discuss the film’s acting and whether Heather Langenkamp is good or not.
00:00 Intro
01:25 Tom and Mike never saw the film
02:15 Childhood memories
03:14 Freddy and Surrealism
04:20 The Evolution of Freddy
05:51 Freddy's Backstory Loopholes?
08:50 Incompetent police
10:31 Masterpiece or Just Fine?
11:01 Bad Acting? Is Heather Langenkamp Good?
12:58 Dated? Low-budget? Corny?
14:58 Comedy and Horror
15:55 Heather Langenkamp's acting and hair
17:50 Heather carries the film very well
18:49 The ending sucks?
21:45 Rejections and Slasher Cinema
23:35 Tina's Murder and Memorable Kills
25:09 Nancy, The Hat and Dumb Doctors
27:40 Sex, Death and Ideology?
34:33 Wes Craven (Red Eye)
36:11 Scream, Ring, Saw
37:42 Hostel, Eli Roth and John Carpenter
4 Nov 2026
Amazing JAPANESE GHOST Stories! - "Kwaidan" Review
Today we discuss the Japanese classic “Kwaidan”, an impressive anthology of ghost stories by Masaki Kobayashi. We marvel at the haunting beauty of the first two stories, but also express our disappointment at the last two stories, which are weaker by comparison.
00:00 Intro
01:10 Silly talk
01:49 Critical Success vs Commercial Failure
02:30 Comparing the four stories
04:50 It's a long film
06:04 The Third Story
10:27 It's a different kind of japanese horror film
11:48 The First Story
12:40 Amazing Sound Design and Music
14:40 Great Camera Work
17:16 The Climax of the First Story
25:40 The Second Story
28:40 Breaking Ghost Rules?
30:35 Karma in the First Story
32:34 The Last Story
21 Oct 2026
O Melhor Filme Ucraniano de Sempre? - “Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors” (1965)
Juntem-se à nossa discussão sobre “Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors”, um filme frenético de Sergei Parajanov. Discutimos a narrativa tipo Romeu e Julieta; a intensidade dos movimentos de câmara, e que outros filmes terão inspirados por este.
00:00 Intro
01:20 Estética e Influências
04:30 Havia guarda-chuva na idade média?
06:20 Natureza, Paixão e Família
09:53 Planos na Floresta, Chuva Mágica
11:10 A Morte de Marichka
12:10 Robert Eggers e Nosferatu
13:40 Ari Aster, Midsommar e Hereditário
16:30 Descoberta da Morte de Marichka
18:45 Intimidade entra as personagens
19:40 Erotismo e Sensualidade
21:08 Como o filme trata a morte?
23:05 Lavar a roupa e guarda chuvas
24:16 Em que tempo se passa o filme?
25:20 Relação de Ivan com a natureza
26:35 Relação com Palagna
29:10 Do naturalismo ao realismo mágico
32:40 Visão final de Ivan e Marichka
35:55 Câmera à mão, Julian Schnabel
36:48 Mar Adentro (não é do Schnabel)
37:40 At Eternity's Gate e Câmera à mão
39:47 O que é um "plano bonito"?
41:20 At Eternity's Gate
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