Fences and Generational Trauma (The Piano Lesson)

Black movies with Derek

Episode Notes

The Washington family is everywhere. Directing, starring, producing in THE PIANO LESSON. To celebrate the release of August WIlson's newest stage to screen adaptation, we go back in time to talk FENCES starring Denzel Washington and the incomparable VIola Davis.

Luckily, I convinced Derek Stewart to rejoin me as I teach him more about Black Cinema

Derek Intro: 0:01:20

Psychology: 0:09:52

Fences 0:24:17

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The Others and Social Isolation (Happy Halloween!)

Are you mad?

Episode Notes

It is Halloween! To celebrate join us as we talk Nicole Kidman, THE OTHERS, ghost stories, and our favorite Halloween/horror movies! Join me and Megan Loucks!

Megan Intro: 0:01:09

Psychology: 0:08:36

The Others: 0:27:00

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Shutter Island and Delusional Disorder (Venom: The Last Dance)

Jacob Learns About Marty

Episode Notes

WIth VENOM: THE LAST DANCE coming out, we decide to class up the joint. I introduce our guest, Jacob Throneberry, to an underappreciated Martin Scorsese movie, SHUTTER ISLAND!

Even though Scorsese is "not for him" could this be the one that turns the tide? Listen to find out!

Jacob Intro: 0:01:20

Psychology: 0:13:34

Shutter Island: 0:29:34

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Risky Business and Greed (Anora)

Greed is not good

Episode Notes

Another film festival darling, ANORA, comes out to more and more people today! Due to that, we take a look at sex work on film, featuring the Criterion Collection's own, RISKY BUSINESS1

Jaylan Salah and I talk sex work, film scores, Tom Cruise running, and sex on film!

Jaylan Intro: 0:01:17

Psychology: 0::08:00

Risky Business: 0:22:43

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Tick Tick...Boom and Resilience (Saturday Night)

It all comes to this!

Episode Notes

SATURDAY NIGHT is finally coming out for us non film festival folks. Can it possibly live it to the grandeur and history of Saturday Night Live? Probably not, but it will be fun to see them try!

What does live up to expectations is Lin-Manuel Miranda and Andrew Garfield taking on TICK TICK...BOOM!

Join Me and Bryan Sudfield as we take you through the glory of Jonathan Larson!

Bryan Intro: 0:00:58

Psychology: 0::09:15

Tick Tick Boom: 0:25:53

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Little Shop of Horrors and Freud's Psychic Apparatus (Joker: Folie A Deux)

Joker Stinks, But This Doesn't

Episode Notes

Look, JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX may be petrified to call itself a musical, but here at Pop Culture Case Study, we are afraid of nothing! We take a look at Freud and LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS. And this episode is chock full of music!

We invite Alex to talk a nearly perfect movie, panic attacks on planes, comedic geniuses, and Rick Moranis being better than Russell Crowe!

Alex Intro: 0:01:52

Psychology: 0:10:55

Little Shop of Horrors: 0:29:28

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The Year of Living Dangerously and Ambition (Lee)

Love Stinks

Episode Notes

LEE comes out this week to little fanfare. But hey, how bad can it be? Kate Winslet! Ummmm, well it's not great. But it did give us an opportunity to check a movie off of our watchlist! We invite on fantastic film writer, Will Bjarnar, to talk Peter Weir and his greatness.

Join us as we talk THE YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY, award worthy performances, yellow face, and all around good guy Mel Gibson...

Will Intro: 0:01:07

Psychology: 0:11:32

The Year of Living Dangerously: 0:29:48

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Catch Me If You Can and Observational Learning (Wolfs)

America's Dad is Kind of Mean

Episode Notes

Ok, so WOLFS comes out this week, but probably not to a big screen near you. Sadly, this is where we are at. Clooney! Pitt! Watch it at home! To distract ourselves from this hell, we travel back to a time when big stars meant big screens. Dave and James Coddington talk CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, DiCaprio, and Hanks!

Join us as we make the case that Spielberg is somehow underrated, this is a Christmas movie, and it is even better than you think! We are not conning you, we promise. Mostly.

James Intro: 0:01:13

Psychology: 0:11:36

Catch Me If You Can: 0:26:35

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The Invitation and Peer Pressure (Speak No Evil)

Do not invite us to dinner parties

Episode Notes

Ok, finally we get to see SPEAK NO EVIL this week, a movie that has burrowed into the mind of anyone who has gone into a theater lately. And to do that, we bring Dara Cosby on to talk about another horrific dinner party, with THE INVITATION, directed by Karyn Kusama.

We talk Tom Hardy adjacent actors, slow builds, and death cults. You know, normal stuff. So join us and drink the Kool-Aid of Kusama.

Dara Intro: 0:01:03

Psychology: 0:06:58

The Invitation: 0:26:02

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Top Gun: Maverick and Complicated Grief (Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice)

Tony Scott Forever

Episode Notes

We have finally reached peak nostalgia. Michael Keaton has agreed to put on more hideous makeup for BEETLEJUICE, BEETLEJUICE. Will it be any good? Does it matter? Who knows. But you know what is good? Having JD Duran of Insession Film here to geek out over fighter jets. Given the long length between movies in the aforementioned Burton movie, we are looking at TOP GUN: MAVERICK, a movie that almost certainly did it better. We talk Tony Scott, aerial maneuvers, and dealing with grief and fatherhood.

Strap in for some serious G-Force (or just some movie talk).

JD Intro: 0:01:07

Psychology: 0:14:00

Top Gun Maverick: 0:34:17

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