Blue Velvet

<p>In this episode, Ryan and Todd continue their commentaries on Jacques Lacan&#39;s seminars by turning their attention to Seminar XIX: ...or Worse. Lacan deepens his consideration of the non-relation in this seminar, further breaking from the signifying chain that had defined m ... Show More

<p>On this episode, Ryan and Todd continue their series of commentaries on Lacan's Seminars, this time bringing their attention to <em>Seminar XVIII: On a Discourse that Might not Be a Semblance</em>, which was recently published in an official English translation by Bruce Fink f ... Show More

In this episode, Ryan and Todd complete their Gaze & Voice duology. While gaze & voice both enter into psychoanalytic theory as objects through Lacan's work at the same time, voice has received less critical attention since. The hosts put voice through a theoretical wringer, anal ... Show More

<p>Will and Sabrina are “Cruisin’ for a Bruisin’” as they watch “Teen Beach Movie” starring Ross Lynch and Maia Mitchell!</p> <p>The film premiered in 2013 as a Disney Channel Original Movie.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for priv ... Show More

Alex and Jordan take a (wincing) look at David Lynch’s cult classic. They’ll explore how the film’s shoestring budget dragged the production into a truly wild five-year shoot that Lynch largely funded with his paper route. In addition to diving into the famous quirks of the eccen ... Show More

Set sail with Madison & Emily as they discuss the cinematic masterpiece &apos;Titanic&apos; and settle a feud with "Movies We Agree On". They&apos;re joined by Reel Friends Krystal and Kelsey to unpack why this movie will stand the text of time, fondly recall Leo-mania, and give ... Show More

The legend of New German Cinema reflects on making movies in Germany and America, moving between narrative and doc features and the making of his greatest films including ‘Paris, Texas,’ ‘Wings of Desire’ and ‘Buena Vista Social Club.’ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit mega ... Show More

Sean and Amanda discuss the somewhat surprising dominant movie at the box office, ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s,’ a horror adaptation of a popular video game series (1:00). Then, they review ‘Pain Hustlers,’ the David Yates–directed drama about the opioid crisis starring Chris Evans a ... Show More

Cary Fukunaga, the director of such edgy films as Jane Eyre and Sin Nombre, not to mention the often discomforting first season of True Detective, still has a fear of clowns. Fukunaga is now remaking Stephen King's It, and he told a crowd at the Tribeca Film Festival that in his ... Show More

Topics covered include: rolling your Rs, the incomparable satisfaction of cursing in Italian, eggplant parmigiana, puppet theater, loving a strong director, going towards the vision, the freedom of abstraction, meeting David Lynch for the first time at dinner with Helen Mirren, I ... Show More

We’re talking about ‘The Last Duel,’ the latest film from Ridley Scott and the first produced screenplay from Matt Damon and Ben Affleck since ‘Good Will Hunting.’ Thinking about Matt and Ben has us in the mood to celebrate movie duos, so Sean and Amanda drop some top 5s (1:00). ... Show More

On this week’s episode of I’m Obsessed With This, host Bobby Finger welcomes comedy writer (currently for HBO's A Black Lady Sketch Show) Lauren Ashley Smith (@msLAS) to discuss her latest obsession, Between Two Ferns: The Movie, which happens to be the new film adaptation of a p ... Show More

Jordan and Alex lock themselves into a shack with just a chess computer, a bottle of J&B and a shape-shifting cosmic horror for company in this week's Too Much Information on John Carpenter's 1982 classic "The Thing!" They'll delve into the hows and whys the film got made with th ... Show More