A Century in Cinema

27/12/2022

All good things must come to an end.
Listen to Arthur and Andrew do a small recap of the project, get emotional, and discuss our philosophy on film making, creating a podcast, and watching film.
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Thank you so so much to Brian Higgins, Dan Patterson, Tara LeBlanc, Noah Cannon, Kagan Breitenbach, Chandler Burns, James Westervelt, and Elise Hanson for your contributions to the project and for being amazing listeners.

23/11/2022

Happy Thanksgiving to our beautiful listeners!
In our epic series finale of A Century in Cinema we are discussing Terrence Malick's A Hidden Life

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Thank you so so much for all of your support over these past two years. We couldn't have asked for a better audience. You all have been so supportive and wonderful and we are humbled and grateful.
There will be one final episode coming in a few weeks where we do a recap of the whole project. We are very proud to have completed this project. Thank you again.

With violent right-wing movements around the world in the 2010s, there's never been a better time to visit Terrence Malick's A Hidden Life. In proper Malick fashion, we jump from point to point, ranging from the director's career, his unique filming style, the Disney-Fox merger, and the end of our podcast. Join us for our last official film discussion of A Century in Cinema.

16/11/2022

Hello to our beautiful and wonderful listeners!
Today we present our second to last film: Mandy (2018) directed by Panos Cosmatos!

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What is the cult-classic Nicolas Cage film Mandy actually about? We discuss the masculinity and religious overtones of this insane film from director Panos Cosmatos.

08/11/2022

Happy Tuesday to our beautiful listeners!
This week we are discussing A Ghost Story (2017) directed by David Lowery
This is our 3rd to last film! Tell your friends! Tell your family!
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A Ghost Story offers us a remedy to nihilistic thoughts as we discuss the isolation and depression of our modern age, we also talk about A24 as a brand, what a $100,000 film looks like, as well as Red Letter Media and film criticism on the internet, . We also talk about the movement that marks a cultural shift in the entertainment industry.

01/11/2022

Happy Tuesday! It's our fourth to last film!
This week we are discussing the beloved period piece:
The Handmaiden (2016) directed by Park Chan-Wook!
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Worldwide political extremism has a lot of us turning to film and entertainment in 2016. We talk about Park Chan-wook's The Handmaiden, a South Korean film that Andrew has been looking forward to discussing since the beginning of the podcast. Topics include LGBTQ cinema, how to conduct s*x scenes, and the Japanese colonization of Korea in the 1930s.

25/10/2022

Happy Tuesday to our beautiful listeners!
We can't believe it! We are in the final 5 films of the project!
This has been such a wonderful journey and we are excited to present our closing episodes. (Today's especially is a pretty fun one)
This week we are discussing: Bone Tomahawk (2015) directed by S. Craig Zahler
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According to the NYT, the racial politics of Bone Tomahawk are "abysmal", and it may not be a film we enjoyed, but it makes for an episode packed with great discussions. We talk about what role western films have in contemporary Hollywood, the digital look of modern films, how we try to watch a movie we don't like, as well as the career and potential problems you might have with the director, S. Craig Zahler.

19/10/2022

Happy Wednesday to our listeners!
This week we are discussing Noah (2014) directed by Darren Aronofsky
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What (if anything) does Darren Aronofsky's reinterpretaion of the biblical flood myth have to say about environmentalism in today's world? How does a $160 million blockbuster fit into the career of an indie director like Aronofsky? We discuss these questions and more as we talk about Noah.

11/10/2022

Hey there to our beautiful listeners!
This week we are discussing: The Dance of Reality (2013) directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky

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40 years after The Holy Mountain, we revisit famed director Alejandro Jodorowsky with his surreal autobiographical film, The Dance of Reality. What is it like for a midnight cult director to return to the world of cinema after so many years? We talk about what makes this film more approachable than Jodorowsky's other works, while still going into detail about the scene where someone urinates on someone else's face.

04/10/2022

Good morning and happy Tuesday!
This week we are discussing the insane and ambitious Cloud Atlas (2012) directed by Lilly and Lana Wachowski and Tom Tykwer

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Once again, we're joined by Noah Cannon who is here to help us wrangle the most labyrinthine film on our list: Cloud Atlas, technically one of the most expensive independent films ever made from the Wachowski sisters and Tom Tykwer. There's a lot to talk about: how history repeats itself, the many changes between the book and the movie, how this film has become something of a cult classic, the excitement of having a transgender director helming a huge film, and why we (as well as Tom Hanks) think you should give Cloud Atlas another shot if you overlooked it in 2012.

27/09/2022

Happy Tuesday! We are in the final stretch of A Century in Cinema!
For 2011 we are discussing Young Adult directed by Jason Reitman

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We talk about leaving our home town, writing as therapy, mental illness in modern films, and more on this week's episode all about Young Adult.

21/09/2022

Good morning, hope you're having a wonderful Wednesday!
This week we are discussing: Certified Copy (2010) directed by Abbas Kiarostami

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Abbas Kiarostami's Certified Copy inspires a variety of discussions about hyperreality, film festival bubbles, and why Iran banned a film directed by one of their greatest filmmakers.

13/09/2022

Good morning and happy Tuesday!
This week we are discussing: Dogtooth (2009) directed by Yorgos Lanthimos

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As the events of the Great Recession play out, we turn to Greece where the country's debt crisis is (or isn't) showcased in the dark allegory of Yorgos Lanthimos' Dogtooth.

06/09/2022

Good morning listeners. The rumors are true. The secret is out.
We're talking about Twilight (2008) directed by Catherine Hardwicke

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Twilight and the mania surrounding the franchise at the time offers us an opportunity to talk about fandoms, romance, (Cronenberg,) modern gothic-horror, and how volatile criticism is thrown at media made for women versus media made for men.

30/08/2022

Hello and happy Tuesday to our beautiful listeners!
This week we are discussing: Persepolis (2007) directed by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
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In the wake of 9/11, anti-Muslim bigotry swept across the western world. Artists like Marjane Satrapi push against the hatred with her graphic novel turned animated film, Persepolis, showing audiences what it was really like to live through the Iranian revolution and war with Iraq. Local playwriter Élise Hanson joins us to talk about how films can help us empathize with other cultures and gain a deeper understanding of the people around the world.

23/08/2022

Hello and Happy Tuesday to our beautiful listeners!

This week we are so excited to discuss: Volver (2006) directed by Pedro Almodóvar
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This week we talk about the Spanish film Volver and the life of its esteemed director Pedro Almodóvar.

16/08/2022

Happy Tuesday Cinephiles!
We are proud to present another episode of A Century in Cinema this week!

This week we discuss: A History of Violence (2005) directed by David Cronenberg
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A History of Violence inspires discussions of the American psyche in a post-9/11 world and survival of the fittest within the human species. We talk about how this film fits into the careers of David Cronenberg and Viggo Mortensen.

09/08/2022

Happy Tuesday to our beautiful listeners! We are trekking through the mid-2000s and today we discuss: Saw (2004) directed by James Wan

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While the Saw franchise would later go on to be defined by blood and guts and 3D gimmicks, Arthur and Andrew really admire the genuine tension and horror of the first film. We discuss the successful career of James Wan, how horror films have changed since Saw, and the "gamification" of watching films.

02/08/2022

Happy Tuesday to our beautiful listeners! We have another episode for you today!
This week we are discussing: Spring, Summer, Winter, Fall... and Spring (2003) directed by Kim Ki-Duk

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While the US launches a second war with Iraq, we turn to talk about the burgeoning Korean film industry and Kim Ki-Duk's Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring. We discuss movies that tackle adult topics, how we relate to the philosophy in this movie, the life of the director, and The Passion of the Christ. Also, do arthouse films have to be boring?

26/07/2022

Happy Tuesday from A Century in Cinema! We hope you are having a great week!

This week we discuss: Devdas (2002) directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali

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Arthur and Andrew venture to the grandiose world of Bollywood to discuss Devdas. We talk about the major differences between the films we've come to expect in the west and the melodrama of the masala musical genre. We also talk about the state of musicals in the American film landscape.

26/07/2022

We've been busy here at A Century in Cinema! We've kept up an episode a week but we will be posting twice today!
Last week's episode was: No Man's Land (2001) directed by Danis Tanovic

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For Arthur and Andrew, the Bosnian War of the 1990s may have been overshadowed by the 9/11 terrorists attacks in 2001, but it's certainly still worth exploring in a film like No Man's Land. This week we discuss how this movie subverts the expectations of war films set up by Saving Private Ryan a few years earlier, and we also attempt to wrap our heads around the Bosnian War (we do not do a good job).

12/07/2022

WELCOME BACK TO THE FINAL STRETCH OF A CENTURY IN CINEMA!!!!!

This week we are discussing: Miss Congeniality directed by Donald Petrie

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Arthur and Andrew are back and talking about the movies of the new millennium! Terrorists threaten the world AND the beauty pageants of San Antonio! Learn about screenplay tropes, contemporary Hollywood, and our opinions on Rotten Tomatoes as we watch and discuss Miss Congeniality! Also Sandra Bullock!!

05/07/2022

Hello hello!
We have missed you all during our break... UNLESS YOU'RE ON OUR PATREON!
Our Patreon listeners have been getting exclusive episodes and today we make a very special announcement!
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31/05/2022

Happy Happy Tuesday to our lovely listeners!

ANNOUCEMENT: We are taking a small unspecified break as we prepare to do our final 20 episodes.
We are absolutely enjoying this journey with you all and can't believe how close we are to the end!
Our Patreon listeners will still get weekly episodes during this break and will even get an exclusive early announcement for when we are coming back!

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This week we close out the 90's with Sofia Coppola's aesthetic teen melodrama: The Virgin Suicides (1999)

On the eve of the new millennium, Sofia Coppola's bold debut feature The Virgin Suicides premiered to critical acclaim. We're joined by James Westervelt as we take a look at the way the film uses the aesthetic of 90's independent film to tackle a challenging subject from within the Hollywood system.

25/05/2022

Happy Wednesday to our wonderful listeners!

This week we are discussing the revolutionary Dogme 95 film The Celebration (Festen) directed by Thomas Vinterberg

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In 1995, a group of Danish filmmakers including Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg railed against the state of modern movies and drafted the Dogme 95 manifesto. We take a look at Vinterberg's The Celebration, the first film of the Dogme 95 canon, to explore the ideas of the unique filmmaking movement and how well the rules can apply to directors today.

17/05/2022

Happy Tuesday to our beautiful A Century in Cinema listeners!

This week we are discussing John Woo's action masterpiece: Face/ Off (1997)

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Poetic cinema as Tarkovsky intended... We discuss John Woo's Face/Off! How this film came to be, 1990s cheese in this film versus Showgirls, and whether this film has established itself as a "classic".

11/05/2022

Happy Wednesday to our beautiful listeners!
This week we are discussing: The Watermelon Woman (1996) directed by Cheryl Dunye

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Before the 1990s, we wouldn't expect to see a film like The Watermelon Woman, a microbudget movie by a black q***r filmmaker about black q***r issues. But it's also a staple of 1990s independent cinema for its self-reflexivity: a film about filmmaking and film history. We tie together past episodes on Baby Face and A Page of Madness as we consider the canon of film that The Watermelon Woman challenges, and the way groups of people are buried by history.

05/05/2022

Happy Thursday everyone! We have a super fun episode for you this week!
The rumours are true. We're defending Showgirls this week!

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Arthur and Andrew discuss a misunderstood masterpiece... the infamous NC-17 box office bomb... often cited as one of the worst films of all time... Paul Verhoeven's Showgirls.

27/04/2022

Hello to our beautiful listeners!
This week we're discussing THREE FILMS AT ONCE! by the one and only Krzysztof Kieślowski.

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This week: Krzysztof Kieślowski's Three Colors trilogy, in which the Polish director sets three stories of intimate human connection amidst the formation of the European Union. These films were celebrated upon their release and have gone on to become classics in the international independent film scene.

19/04/2022

Happy Tuesday to our beautiful listeners!
This week we are discussing the rom-com classic: Sleepless in Seattle (1993) directed by Nora Ephron

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Arthur and Andrew discuss this round of Hollywood romanticism, our thoughts on rom-coms, and terrorist attacks. Nora Ephron's Sleepless in Seattle was a bold film at the time, where the leads don't meet until the end and the movie was released shortly after Jurassic Park. How does it hold up in 2022?