Frames of Reference: Three Films, Two Cinephiles, One Podcast

19/07/2024

New episode out now discussing Scorsese's films about faith and redemption! We're joined by the Rev. Maryann Philbrook Sturges to talk about "Raging Bull", "Silence", and "Killers of the Flower Moon"

Two film nerds discuss theory behind classic, arthouse, and independent cinema, and try to be a little less pretentious than that sounds. Each episode will establish a common thread between three films and engage in discussion about them.

02/06/2024

Happy Pride!

This week we have Adrianna Gober from Cinepunx on to talk about the sapphic worlds of Celine Sciamma's cinema!

Two film nerds discuss theory behind classic, arthouse, and independent cinema, and try to be a little less pretentious than that sounds. Each episode will establish a common thread between three films and engage in discussion about them.

10/05/2024

New episode! This week we're digging into reathless (1960, d. Jean Luc Godard), The Graduate (1967, d. Mike Nichols), and Mean Streets (1973, d. Martin Scorsese).

Two film nerds discuss theory behind classic, arthouse, and independent cinema, and try to be a little less pretentious than that sounds. Each episode will establish a common thread between three films and engage in discussion about them.

29/04/2024

Another episode out! This time we're talking about the works of Alfonso Cuarón, from his groundbreaking "Y tu mamá también", to the harrowing "Children of Men", and finally his intimate homage to his childhood in "Roma."

Two film nerds discuss theory behind classic, arthouse, and independent cinema, and try to be a little less pretentious than that sounds. Each episode will establish a common thread between three films and engage in discussion about them.

25/04/2024

We finally have a new episode, with more in the backlog coming soon. In the latest episode we explore thrillers in which audio recording is crucial to the story, with The Conversation (1974, d. Francis Ford Coppola), Blow Out (1981, d. Brian De Palma), and The Lives of Others (2006, d. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck).

Two film nerds discuss theory behind classic, arthouse, and independent cinema, and try to be a little less pretentious than that sounds. Each episode will establish a common thread between three films and engage in discussion about them.

30/01/2024

New episode! After a few weeks of working on some technical issues, we're back and have a bunch of episodes coming down the pipe. This week we're exploring the world of Jacques Demy and his influence on the modern movie musical by watching The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964, d. Jacques Demy), The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967, d. Jacques Demy), and La La Land (2016, d. Damien Chazelle).

Two film nerds discuss theory behind classic, arthouse, and independent cinema, and try to be a little less pretentious than that sounds. Each episode will establish a common thread between three films and engage in discussion about them.

05/11/2023

Got some lovely films to discuss in our next episode.

31/10/2023

New episode! This week we're exploring the theme of voyeurism in a Halloween episode about Psycho (1960, d. Alfred Hitchcock), Peeping Tom (1960, d. Michael Powell), and Last Night in Soho (2021, d. Edgar Wright)

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Two film nerds discuss theory behind classic, arthouse, and independent cinema, and try to be a little less pretentious than that sounds. Each episode will establish a common thread between three films and engage in discussion about them.