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  • 28 Feb

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    Movie Club Podcast #26: Mr. Nobody, Another Earth, Bellflower

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    T he Movie Club round table is back in session; miraculously keeping with our intended schedule. This time, the Cinecast’s Andrew James and Kurt Halfyard join forces with one half of the Mamo team: Matthew Price and The Documentary Blog’s Jay Cheel to discuss romantic, fever dream, sci-fi, apocalyptic melodrama in Mr. Nobody, Another Earth and Bellflower.

    The streaming conversation as well as the downloadable audio podcast can be found at:

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  • 13 Dec

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    Movie Club Podcast #25: “The Driver” and “52 Pick-Up”

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    After a ten month hiatus, the Movie Club gang finally assembled to talk about semi-forgotten L.A. crime thrillers with anti-heroes and sleazy plots! As a bonus experiment, this episode was conducted LIVE using Google Hangouts. The streaming conversation as well as the downloadable audio podcast can be found at:

    The Movie Club Site

    Join a bevy of the Row Three contributors: Andrew, Jandy, Bob and Kurt, as well as The Director’s Club Podcast co-host (and musician) Jim Laczkowski as we dwell into abandoned warehouses, underground casinos, on-the-fly porno-shoots and nudie peepshows care of Walter Hill and John Frankenheimer.

               

     
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  • 13 Feb

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    Movie Club Podcast #24: “Paris, Texas” and “Southland Tales”

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    We got the gang back together for another episode of The Movie Club. Many of the regular crew is present including participants from RowThree, FilmJunk and more new voices from The Director’s Club Podcast. It’s a wild and woolly ride as the panel (re-)discovered the masterpiece that is Wim Wenders’ Paris, Texas and then moves on to a more chaotic disagreement with Richard Kelly’s baffling Southland Tales. It’s worth taking a listen just for Jim’s intro with a Gwen Stefani parody. Please head over to the MovieClubPodcast page for a solid listen. Please enjoy responsibly!

               

    The Movie Club is as much for the listeners as it is the contributors. Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments section over at the Movie Club Page. (Comments are turned off on this post.) The Next Episode will be recorded sometime in May (maybe, but do not hold us to that; regularity is not our strong suit!) and the films on discussion will be 52 Pick-Up and The Driver.

  • 24 Nov

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    Movie Club Podcast #23: Crash and Crash

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    The FilmJunk crew has bowed out this week; but do not fret. Other exciting guests have entered the fray to help make the Movie Club Podcast go back to what it was originally intended to be: an always rotating panel of movie buffs and bloggers. This go-round sees the likes of RowThree favorites Ryan McNeil of The Matinee and Jim Laczkowski from The Director’s Club Podcast. Which Crash is your crash? Are you a lover of both, dismissive of both or somewhere in between. The sexual nuances of David Cronenberg’s 1996 Cannes award winner are teased out, while the subtleties of Paul Haggis’ Oscar winner are actively searched for. It’s a Thanksgiving Crashtacular, your mileage may vary!

               

    The Movie Club is as much for the listeners as it is the contributors. Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments section over at the Movie Club Page. (Comments are turned off on this post.) The Next Episode will be recorded probably sometime in January (maybe, but do not hold us to that; regularity is not our strong suit!) and the films on discussion will be Paris, Texas and Southland Tales.

  • 31 Aug

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    Movie Club Podcast #22: Zardoz and Flash Gordon

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    The MOVIE CLUB Podcast: Production Design Gone Wild Edition is now available at the Movie Club Podcast website. Episode #22 features lengthy *spoiler-filled* (if you can say that for either of these films!) discussions of John Boorman’s post-hippie meltdown envisioned as a science-fiction epic Zardoz and Mike Hodges’s camp explosion of the 1930s comic/serial Flash Gordon. The guest contributors for this episode are Film Junk‘s Sean Dwyer and The Documentary Blog‘s Jay Cheel, and your local Row Three writers Andrew James, Marina Antunes and Kurt Halfyard. Who will embrace the oddity/flamboyance/earnestness/garishness/silliness (take your pick!) of both of these films? Who will throw up their hands in despair for cinema? Find out, dear listener, find out!

    The Movie Club is as much for the listeners as it is the contributors. Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments section over at the Movie Club Page. (Comments are turned off on this post.) The Next Episode will be recorded in November (maybe, but do not hold us to that; regularity is not our strong suit!) and the films on discussion will be Crash: Of both the Paul Haggis and the David Cronenberg variety.

  • 02 Feb

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    Movie Club Podcast #21: F For Fake, Catfish, Exit Through The Giftshop

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    The MOVIE CLUB Trick-u-mentary edition is now available at the Movie Club Podcast website. Episode #21 features lengthy spoiler-filled discussions of Orson Welles’ F For Fake, Banksy’s art disaster movie Exit Through The Gift Shop and the controversial Facebook relationship documentary, Catfish. The guest contributors for this episode are Film Junk‘s Sean Dwyer and The Documentary Blog’s Jay Cheel, Where The Long Tail Ends‘ James Gillham and local Row Three writers Marina Antunes and Kurt Halfyard. Wherein we discuss the nature of truth and documentary, the sexiest voice-over narrator, and the line between lies that lie and lies that tell the truth.

    The Movie Club is as much for the listeners as it is the contributors. Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments section over at the Movie Club Page. (Comments are turned off on this post.) The Next Episode will be recorded in March and the films on discussion will be Flash Gordon and Zardoz.

  • 23 Nov

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    Movie Club Podcast #20: Visitor Q and Irreversible

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    The MOVIE CLUB EXTREME edition is now available at the Movie Club Podcast website. Episode #20 features lengthy spoiler-filled discussions of Takashi Miike’s Visitor Q and Gaspar Noe’s Irreversible. The guest contributors for this episode are Film Junk‘s Sean Dwyer and The Documentary Blog’s Jay Cheel, Where The Long Tail Ends‘ James Gillham and local Row Three writers Marina Antunes and Kurt Halfyard. Listener discretion is advised as everything from CGI penises to Breast Milk snow-angels are up for discussion.

    The Movie Club is as much for the listeners as it is the contributors. Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments section over at the Movie Club Page. (Comments are turned off on this post.) The Next Episode will be recorded in January and the films on discussion will be F for Fake and Catfish.

  • 03 Sep

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    Movie Club Podcast #19: Wizards and Grave of the Fireflies

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    The animation edition of our semi-regular Movie Club Podcast featuring the Film Junk Boys, The Cinecast Regulars, and this time joined by regular reader Anthony Macedo (Antho42). Anti-war fantasy Wizards and anti-war neo-realist tear-jerker Grave of the Fireflies are the films under the microscope, and there is a surprising amount of conflict on the near-universally praised Ghibli film (comparison to Oscar Bait Hollywood war epics for instance) while there is a lot of head scratching Wizards (the collage-style design and lack of fulfillment on the fantasy vs. technology premise) but a gravitation to some stark images in Ralph Bakshi’s hippie experiment. Enjoy the show!

    The Movie Club is as much for the listeners as it is the contributors. Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments section over at the Movie Club Page. (Comments are turned off on this post.) Also, vote in the poll for Episode #21 while you are over there.

  • 18 Jun

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    Movie Club Podcast #18: The Fall and The Saragossa Manuscript

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    Wherein the Movie Club regulars and fiesty fresh blood Emma JeanMarie (MorePop) get into Tarsem’s The Fall with a fair bit of furious energy with spillage over into acting, tone, and the final pulverization of the Auteur theory. While the full crew did not completely make it through the 3 hour long cult favourite The Saragossa Manuscript, those who did spend a lot of time loving it. Consider the second half of the podcast akin to a warm cognac after a food fight. Enjoy!

    The Movie Club is as much for the listeners as it is the contributors. Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments section over at the Movie Club Page and vote in the poll for Episode #20. Next episode will feature an animated Double bill of Ghibli’s The Grave of the Fireflies and Bakshi’s Wizards.

    Comments are turned off on this post, so head on over to THE MOVIE CLUB PODCAST site to listen and comment there. Vote in the poll for Episode #19 as well; we may very well do films that you are interested in!

  • 19 Mar

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    Movie Club Podcast #17: The Thin Blue Line and Stroszek

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    Wherein the Movie Club regulars (sans Marina, but plus Omar) debate the blurry line between documentary and feature and the fascinating relationship between Errol Morris and Werner Herzog. Yes, it is the spinning milkshakes and dancing chickens of The Thin Blue Line and Stroszek, with a little shoe eating and grave-robbing on the side. And life is all the more interesting and unfathomable for these two very similar and very different filmmakers. Join the Film Junk podcast crew (Sean and Jay) along with Row Three’s Andrew and Kurt and Twitchfilm‘s Omar “Swarez” as they praise and damn the films at length.

    The Movie Club is as much for the listeners as it is the contributors. Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments section over at the Movie Club Page. Enjoy the show!

    Comments are turned off on this post, so head on over to THE MOVIE CLUB PODCAST site to listen and comment there. Vote in the poll for Episode #19 as well; we may very well do films that you are interested in!

  • 22 Jan

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    Movie Club Podcast #16: The Warriors and After Hours

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    It’s the Film Junk podcast crew (Sean and Jay) teaming up with Row Three’s Marina, Andrew, Kurt and Matt Gamble (a regular on the R3 Cinecast and Where the Long Tail Ends) in a nice roundtable discussion on two all-in-one-night New York odyssey films: Martin Scorcese’s intense and comedic After Hours, and Walter Hill’s colourful and stylish The Warriors.

    The movie club is as much for the listeners as it is the contributors. Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments section over at the movie club page and we’re happy to banter on with a little back and forth. Whether it is the comic book transitions added into the 2005 directors cut of The Warriors, or whether or not Griffin Dunne’s character is an asshole in After Hours, we were fairly passionate in the discussion. Enjoy the show!

    Comments are turned off on this post, so head on over to THE MOVIE CLUB PODCAST site and listen or comment there.

  • 20 Nov

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    Movie Club Podcast #15: A.I. and Prince of Darkness

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    It’s the Film Junk podcast crew (Sean and Jay) teaming up with Andrew and Kurt from the RowThree Cinecast in a nice roundtable discussion on two very different films: one mostly forgotten, the other very divisive among film lovers. The former being John Carpenter’s Prince of Darkness and the other is Spielberg’s A.I.: Artificial Intelligence.

    The movie club is as much for the listeners as it is the contributors. Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments section over at the movie club page and we’re happy to banter on with a little back and forth. Both of these films (particularly A.I.) were fairly strong in the disagreement department so the more opinions and opposing viewpoints presented the better! Enjoy the show!

    Comments are turned off on this post, so head on over to THE MOVIE CLUB PODCAST site and listen or comment there.

    Continuing with another episode (#16) in the near future will feature discussion on Walter Hill’s The Warriors and Martin Scorsese’s After Hours. Get watching those for next time, and vote in the poll on the sidebar for possible films in Episode #17!

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