Let us all worship at the Church of Baseball! We are joined to talk Bull Durham by Noah Gittell, author of the recent book Baseball: The Movie. We discuss the film’s love of the game, its exploration of life after retirement, parenthood, expiration dating, learning how to breathe out of our eyelids, Annie Savoy’s timeless style,Continue reading “BULL DURHAM (1988)”
Author Archives: Justin Khoo
HOT TUB TIME MACHINE (2010)
Let’s get it started, in the TUB! We sit down with Mitchell Beaupre (Letterbox’d) to discuss male friendship, regrets, the allure of youth, reliving our best and worst days, the comic genius of Crispin Glover, and what happened in Cincinnati! If that guy doesn’t lose his arm soon, I’m gonna fucking take it from himContinue reading “HOT TUB TIME MACHINE (2010)”
THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD (2007)
What’s a moody anti-Western got to do with mythmaking, outlaws, celebrity, bold robbers, parasocial relationships, betrayal, guilt, capitalism, Roger Deakins, Brad Pitt, and Casey Affleck? A lot, it turns out! Join us and Edward Lewis to explore the contours of Andrew Dominik’s retelling of the end of Jesse James’ life. By his own approximation, BobContinue reading “THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD (2007)”
SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL (2023)
Nicolas Cage has been on a run of making several movies a year for decades now, and Sympathy for the Devil is one of his latest experiments, a pulpy chamber piece road trip mystery suspense film co-starring Joel Kinnaman. We sit down the film’s director Yuval Adler (who also happened to get his PhD inContinue reading “SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL (2023)”
DOGVILLE (2003)
Today we explore the dark recesses of the human soul with Agnes Callard (Chicago). We discuss von Trier’s minimalist staging, the movie’s parable, the duality of human nature, the lies we tell ourselves and others, the film’s political angle, and the role of anger in response to true evil. All I see is a beautifulContinue reading “DOGVILLE (2003)”
RED DAWN (1984)
John Milius’s 1984 film Red Dawn has a reputation as a jingoistic conservative fever dream, but we talk with Nat Hansen, who argues that its political outlook is more complex and more interesting. Along the way, we also discuss the film’s portrayal of masculinity, the toll of war, the film’s many references, from The BattleContinue reading “RED DAWN (1984)”
DUNE PART TWO (2024)
We go BACK to Arrakis, desert planet, homeworld of the spice and the Fremen and keeper of Shai Hulud. We’re joined again for the journey by major spice-head John DeVore to discuss Villeneuve’s two films in relation to Lynch’s 1984 version and Frank Herbert’s book. Along the way, we consider the worm Uber, the possibilityContinue reading “DUNE PART TWO (2024)”
THE 2024 BLOBSCARS
Join us to give out silly meaningless awards to our favorite films of 2023! Who will take home the top prize? Who will win best lisp? Tune in to find out! Why are they called the ‘Blobscars’? Interested fan
THE IRON CLAW (2023)
We are joined by Fran Hoepfner (BW/DR, Fran Magazine) to experience the triumph and tragedy of the Von Erich family. We discuss wrestling (duh), Zac, brothers, fathers, bodies, cults, the American political circus, all while trying to figure out our wrestling names and signature moves. Tonight, I walk with my brothers. Kerry Von Erich
ANATOMY OF A FALL (2023)
Take the plunge with us and Veronica Fitzpatrick (BW/DR, Brown University) as we explore the moral complexities of narratives, relationships, and justice. Justice for Sandra? Justice for Samuel? Tune in to find out! What you say is just a little part of the whole situation. Sandra
Cows in the Field 