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Episode 58: Ounie Lecomte’s A Brand New Life (2009)
Listen and Subscribe: iTunes / Spotify / Stitcher / Google Play / RSS / Simplecast / Tunein / Android / Email In this episode, I explore Ounie Lecomte’s moving 2009 debut feature film, “A Brand New Life.” The film is based on Lecomte’s own life and centers around a 9-year-old girl who is abandoned by […]
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Episode 57: Joanna Hogg’s Unrelated (2007)
Listen and Subscribe: iTunes / Spotify / Stitcher / Google Play / RSS / Simplecast / Tunein / Android / Email For the month of April, I’m focusing on debut feature films by women directors. I’m kicking off the series with Joanna Hogg’s 2007 debut film, “Unrelated.” The film explores the emotional crisis of a […]
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Episode 56: Abbas Kiarostami’s Close-Up (1990)
Listen and Subscribe: iTunes / Spotify / Stitcher / Google Play / RSS / Simplecast / Tunein / Android / Email What happens when cinema becomes an obsession? I explore that question and many more in this episode on Abbas Kiarostami’s 1990 genre-blending film, “Close-Up.” It revolves around the true story of Hossein Sabzian, a […]
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Episode 55: Michelangelo Antonioni’s L’avventura (1960)
Listen and Subscribe: iTunes / Spotify / Stitcher / Google Play / RSS / Simplecast / Tunein / Android / Email In 1960, Michelangelo Antonioni released “L’avventura,” a film that would make him world-famous and that would change cinema forever. Antonioni was crucial in elevating cinema to an art form and expanding the language of […]
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Episode 54: Agnès Varda’s Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962)
Listen and Subscribe: iTunes / Spotify / Stitcher / Google Play / RSS / Simplecast / Tunein / Android / Email In this episode, I talk about Agnès Varda’s 1962 film “Cléo from 5 to 7.” It’s about a French pop singer who is waiting for test results that will confirm if she has cancer. […]
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Episode 53: Chris Marker’s La Jetee (1962)
Listen and Subscribe: iTunes / Spotify / Stitcher / Google Play / RSS / Simplecast / Tunein / Android / Email In this episode, I explore all the many facets of Chris Marker’s landmark and influential 1962 short film, “La Jetée.” Told almost exclusively through black-and-white still photographs and set in a post-apocalyptic Paris, it […]
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Episode 52: Carl Theodor Dreyer’s The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
Listen and Subscribe: iTunes / Spotify / Stitcher / Google Play / RSS / Simplecast / Tunein / Android / Email I would not be a cinephile without Carl Theodor Dreyer’s “The Passion of Joan of Arc.” This silent film from 1928 awakened me to the power of cinema and changed my life forever. On […]
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Episode 51: Ceyda Torun’s Kedi (2016)
Listen and Subscribe: iTunes / Spotify / Stitcher / Google Play / RSS / Simplecast / Tunein / Android / Email For thousands of years, stray cats have roamed the streets of Istanbul, becoming an integral part of the city. Ceyda Torun’s extraordinary 2016 documentary, “Kedi,” is not just a touching look at the cute […]
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Episode 50: Celebrating the 50th Episode of the Podcast and Answering Listener Questions
Listen and Subscribe: iTunes / Spotify / Stitcher / Google Play / RSS / Simplecast / Tunein / Android / Email For the 50th episode of the podcast, I answer listener questions! Thank you to all who listen. I am so grateful to have this outlet for all my thoughts and feelings about cinema. In […]
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Episode 49: Peter Weir’s Dead Poets Society (1989)
Listen and Subscribe: iTunes / Spotify / Stitcher / Google Play / RSS / Simplecast / Tunein / Android / Email I saw ‘Dead Poets Society’ for the first time when I was a teenager. It was a revelatory film for me because of the way it celebrated the power of literature and poetry. In […]
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