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We're back, to talk about not only the best picture winner but undoubtedly the defining movie of 2022. We'll be unpacking k this big hearted zany adventure, do a little litigation of its qualities and faults, and some discourse retrospective
Epic fights! Ultral violence! A true short king! Redemption, or lack therof! On this season's Cottingham special, we disect one of the ultimate and most influential action movies of the century, what makes it awesome and what makes it, not for everyone
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Here we discuss another of our favorites, Adaptation, a mind bending movie that makes us ask deep sounding questions about the creative process, how stories represent real life and vice versa and whether or not we're done with fish.
Digging back into our childhoods with one of Helen's favorite movies (and one her brothers love as well) we talk A League of Their Own, Dottie Hinson as a heroic ideal, a little Hanks and maybe just a lil BASEBALL
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Let's talk Blade Runner, including the tortured history of this many versions, how we feel about Deckard as a replicant, Harrison Ford's unique star power and how to sell this movie as a fairy tale to little girls
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Diving into Casablanca, arguably the ultimate classic Hollywood movie, we explore its magnetic cinematic power, the intensity of the wartime context in which it was made, and make sure to spend time on the saucy romance at its heart
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“Take a lengthy look at the face of Glenda Farrell—for it's the face that is launching a thousand prophecies of stardom a day. Hollywood is raving about this newcomer’s simply grand larceny in stealing every picture that comes her way.” — Motion Picture, Mar. 1933
Helen’s list of podcast recs from ep 2. Podcast Like It’s 1999, Bechdel Cast, Reckon Interview, White Vault, This Week in Virology, My Brother My Brother and Me, Consider This, and The Daily. #NPR#MBMBaM#TWiV#NYTimes#WhiteVault#reckonsouth#BechdelCast #1999
What was song was our mysterious musician brother listening to on repeat when we recorded our first episode? Dolly Parton - Here You Come Again (Audio) https://t.co/AXXEXHwoZU via @YouTube
What was @allbeforalbea consuming the week of our first recording? He was watching the show Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and reading the book Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution by Simon Schama. #marvelousmrsmaisel#BookRecommendations