Filmmakers Nicole Solomon and Sean Mannion of 4MileCircus take two disparate films and discuss what they reflect about one another, and the audience watching.
Welcome to The Celluloid Mirror!
In this episode Sean and Nicole catch up on what we've been doing and watching this fall and share some recommendations.
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Recommendations:
Horsegiirl_: https://www.horsegiirl.com/ (https://www.horsegiirl.com/)
Tinashe - Popstar: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/tinashe-popstar/ (https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/tinashe-popstar/)
The Devils in Theaters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EODQuPxBAgY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EODQuPxBAgY)
Amanda Kramer: https://www.afilmbyamandakramer.com/ (https://www.afilmbyamandakramer.com/)
Homebodies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPrhO-KgRTk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPrhO-KgRTk)
Verdon Fosse Legacy: https://www.verdonfosse.com/ (https://www.verdonfosse.com/)
Music
"Twisted" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com (https://incompetech.com))
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
24 Sept 2026
Spring Breakers and Red Rooms
Welcome to The Celluloid Mirror!
Are you jacked up on Jesus? We're not, but in this episode hosts Nicole and Sean reflect on the connections between Harmony Korine's Spring Breakers and Pascal Plante's Red Rooms.
This episode also features a special appearance by former guest Shawn Setaro who brings his expertise as a court reporter to our discussion of Red Rooms and his expertise in 2000s white rappers to the discussion of Spring Breakers.
Nicole also makes Sean look at a concerning photo of rapper Riff Raff who is among the inspirations for James Franco's Alien in the film.
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Find The Celluloid Mirror (including bonus episodes) at its home on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/4milecircus (http://www.patreon.com/4milecircus)
Regular episodes (as well as some other posts) are free to all. Most posts are free if you subscribe, and there are even more if you wanna pay. Join us!
Learn more about our work in general at http://www.4milecircus.com (http://www.4milecircus.com)
Music
"Twisted" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com (https://incompetech.com))
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
1 Sept 2026
Remembering Dolly Parton, Tim Curry and Peter Cullen
Welcome to The Celluloid Mirror!
In this episode hosts Nicole and Sean reflect on the recent passing of Dolly Parton, Tim Curry, and Peter Cullen.
We reminisce about our own experiences with their work as well as the wide range of good things and films these three were a part of. We also discuss responses to our last episode on Distributor Censorship, and share a little bit about shooting a new short film over the weekend.
To see former guest Che's full comment on the Distributor Censorship episode you can go to: https://www.patreon.com/4milecircus/posts/distributor-167230475 (https://www.patreon.com/4milecircus/posts/distributor-167230475)
The post about Disney suing the FCC that Claire emailed us is here: https://michaeldsellers.substack.com/p/disney-sues-the-fcc-is-it-were-mad (https://michaeldsellers.substack.com/p/disney-sues-the-fcc-is-it-were-mad)
Coming up real soon: an episode discussing Pascal Plante's Red Rooms and Harmony Korrine's Spring Breakers!
Subscribe to the audio-only version of The Celluloid Mirror on your podcast platform of choice or subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/@4milecircusprod (https://www.youtube.com/@4milecircusprod) and turn on reminders to catch our livestreams.
Find The Celluloid Mirror (including bonus episodes) at its home on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/4milecircus (http://www.patreon.com/4milecircus)
Regular episodes (as well as some other posts) are free to all. Most posts are free if you subscribe, and there are even more if you wanna pay. Join us!
Learn more about our work in general at http://www.4milecircus.com (http://www.4milecircus.com)
Music
"Twisted" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com (https://incompetech.com))
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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