Jul 7

The Musical

In this episode, Ryan and Todd return to their film genre series to discuss the musical through interlocked analyses of The Jazz Singer, Top Hat, The Wizard of Oz, Singin' in the Rain, and Carmen Jones. The hosts' theoretical intervention focuses on the musical as vehicle for tec ... Show More

1h 27m

Jun 22

Common Sense

On this episode, Ryan and Todd put the idea of common sense through the theoretical wringer. Working through examples both banal and world threateningly serious, the hosts present the argument that changes in what we often refer to as common sense fundamentally alter one's relati ... Show More

1h 15m

Jun 8

On Narcissism

In this episode (recorded prior to such events as the Trump - Musk breakup and the National Guard being sent to L.A.), Ryan and Todd discuss Sigmund Freud's essay "On Narcissism: An Introduction." Freud's notion of narcissism clashes with the increasingly commonplace idea of narc ... Show More

1h 19m

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 2023

12 Days Until Christmas! ("Santa Baby" Song Battle)

IT'S A CHRISTMAS HUMP DAY! Check out the 12 Days of Christmas guide here: https://www.pnc.com/en/about-pnc/topics/pnc-christmas-price-index.html🎄Vote on today's daily Christmas Music Battle: https://pollforall.com/pkx5yngm 🎄Keep track of all of the battle songs: https://www.chr ... Show More

24m 30s

Dec 2022

S13 Ep649: Christmas with the Kranks

This week on the program, the gang is having Christmas celebrations shoved down their throats while talking about Christmas with the Kranks! Why is Tim Allen jacked in this movie? How sad is it seeing Jamie Lee Curtis doing grocery store pratfalls? And will someone tell these god ... Show More

2h 1m

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

Nov 2020

How to make the perfect Christmas film, from the man behind Home Alone & Christmas Chronicles 2

We guarantee there's not a single person reading this that won't have had their lives improved by today's guest. Chris Columbus' filmography reads like a list of childhood memories - From writing 'The Goonies' and 'Gremlins', discovering and directing Macaulay Culkin in the Home ... Show More

44m 5s

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

Misfit Christmas