In this episode of the podcast, we compare two political, but not didactic, documentaries, Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine's new film Boy's State and …
Podcasts on films that screened at Sundance
Here you'll find all of our podcast episodes which cover films that played at the Sundance Film Festival in past years, from Sundance hits like Leave No Trace to under-the-radar films like The Assistant and Oslo, August 31st.
Ep. 44: Shirley and portraits of female artists
Josephine Decker's new film Shirley is the latest in the recent trend of films re-examining the lives of women artists, in the process questioning our ideas of …
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Ep. 40: Stories We Tell, Louder Than Bombs, & Mouthpiece: Dead mothers
This episode of the podcast focuses on three films, Stories We Tell, Louder Than Bombs, and Mouthpiece, united by their focus on dead mothers and formally …
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Ep. 38: Australian westerns and True History of the Kelly Gang
In this episode, special guest Debbie Zhou joins us to discuss what defines the Australian Western, featuring True History of the Kelly Gang, Sweet Country, and …
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Ep. 36: Never Rarely Sometimes Always and abortion on screen
Inspired by Eliza Hittman's new drama, Never Rarely Sometimes Always, we discuss various depictions of abortion on screen ranging from this year's Saint Frances …
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Ep. 17.5: Performances in Jennifer Kent’s The Nightingale
A special mini-episode to discuss the performances in Jennifer Kent's The Nightingale. Listen to the full discussion of the film here.Editor-in-Chief Alex …
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