In an annual attempt to theorize the Christmas film, Ryan and Todd examine the concept of the misfit in three famous stop-motion Christmas films from the 1960s and 1970s: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, and The Year Without a Santa Claus. They discover the politics of nonbelonging at work in these films as it is figured through ... Show More
Mar 2
Critique of Pure Reason: Transcendental Deduction
On this episode, Ryan and Todd cover the next major idea in Kant's first critique: the transcendental deduction. While explicating the trajectory of Kant's argument, the pair continue to track the latent and manifest influence of this section on Fichte, Hegel, Freud, Heidegger, a ... Show More
1h 24m
Feb 15
Critique of Pure Reason: Transcendental Aesthetic
On this episode, Ryan and Todd return to Kant and discuss the Transcendental Aesthetic from his Critique of Pure Reason. The hosts work through a sketch of Kant's idea, why he's proposing it, and why even the form of its argumentation is significant for the history of philosophy. ... Show More
1h 14m
Dec 2020
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Hailed as “The only movie in the Home Alone Franchise to feature a US President,” we decided to kick of our December Christmas Movie Marathon with the sequel to the iconic millennial Christmas film: Home Alone. This time the writer, director, and cast all reunites to tell the sto ... Show More
1h 1m
Dec 2017
Christmas 2017
The annual Christmas Show. Songs include: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Winter Wonderland, The 12 Days of Christmas, Merry Christmas Baby, The Dixieland Band From Santa Claus Land, Blue Christmas, I Told Santa Claus to Bring Me You and Christmas, Christmas Blues. Performers inc ... Show More
48m 48s
Dec 2022
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
In episode five of A Cinematic Christmas Journey, Peter Billingsley and Nick Schenk are discussing How the Grinch Stole Christmas. They discuss the CIA Operative hired on set, the lack of straight lines, and more as they go through the central themes and scenes of the movie. Epis ... Show More
47m 1s
Dec 2011
Christmas 1940s
Classic Christmas songs from the 1940s, including: The Christmas Song, Winter Wonderland, Here Comes Santa Claus, Sleigh Ride and Santa Claus Is Coming To Town. Performers include: Bing Crosby, The Andrews Sisters, Frank Sinatra, The Boston Pops, Gene Autry and Doris Day.
42m 17s
Nov 2020
"Mariah Carey's started tweeting, it's definitely Christmas time."
Think it's too early for Christmas? Well, you're dead wrong, because Queen Mimi has declared the holiday season OPEN! Let's face it, most of us can't wait to get this year out of the way and as we're going to be at home "quite a lot", there's no excuse to be a Scrooge in 2020. Jo ... Show More
45m 39s