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POP ART: Episode 61, Rush Hour/In the Heat of the Night
BUDDY BUDDY. Join filmmaker Josh Kim (How to Win at Checkers (Every Time) and the upcoming HBO series Forbidden) as we talk buddy cop movies: Rush Hour and a precursor to the subgenre, In the Heat of the Night.
“They call me Mr. Tibbs.” Have you ever been paired for a project with someone you can’t stand? Or with someone from ano....
POP ART: Episode 62, Ghost World/The World of Henry Orient
STALKERS: Join me and my guests, podcasters and film enthusiasts Jordan Garcia and Armando Arvizu (of the Criterion Cult Film Podcast) as we discuss Ghost World and The World of Henry Orient, two films about high school BFFs who turn to stalking to past the time.
“Splitzing!” It’s friendship, frie....
POP ART: Episode 63, Donnie Darko/Harvey
TELL ME ABOUT THE RABBITS, GEORGE: Join me and screenwriter Joshua Montcalm (Dark Web: Cicada 3301) as we talk rabbits; dirty disgusting rabbits; six-foot tall anthropomorphized rabbits in the WTF cult classic Donnie Darko and the Golden Age Jimmy Stewart clas....
POP ART: Episode 66, The Wedding Banquet/Late Spring
MATCHES, MATCHES, WE DON’T NEED NO STINKIN’ MATCHES. Join me and my guest filmmaker David Au (Eat With Me) as we discuss The Wedding Banquet and Late Spring, what we’re calling matchmaking Asian style.
“She’ll make lots of babies”. Nag, nag, nag. ....
POP ART: Episode 67, Hell House, LLC/Man Bites Dog
“Usually, I start the month with a postman”. It ain’t easy being a new filmmaker these days. First there’s the money. Then you have to assemble a crew. Of course, you need actors. And if all that’s not difficult enough, then you have demons trying to kill you or a serial killer who gets you inv....
POP ART: Episode 68, Dawn of the Dead/Nocturama
MALLED: Join me and The Vern of Cinema Recall as we discuss George Romero’s Dawn of the Dead and the controversial French film Nocturna, both films about people stuck at a mall.
“When there’s no more room in hell, the dead walk the earth”. When was the last time you’ve been to an enclosed mall....
POP ART: Episode 70, Home Alone/3615 Code Pere Noel
“Keep the change, ya filthy animal”. It’s Christmas time. Trees decorated with fairy lights and tinsel. Stockings hung up on the mantelpiece with care. Mistletoe. Presents. Snow. Thieves breaking into the house to steal everything. A psychotic Santa breaking in to kill everyone. Ah, the holidays. S....
POP ART: Episode 71, The Bridge on the River Kwai
POP ART, WHERE I FIND THE POP CULTURE IN ART AND THE ART IN POP CULTURE: CARRY ON CAMPING-The Bride on the River Kwai/King Rat
“What have I done?” People do it different ways. Some use sleeping bags under the stars. Some use tents. Some use air mattresses....
POP ART: Episode 72, Tombstone/My Darling Clementine
POP ART, WHERE I FIND THE POP CULTURE IN ART AND THE ART IN POP CULTURE: HIT AND MYTH
“I’m you’re huckleberry.” In John Ford’s movie The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, we have the famous line, “This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.” Sounds like it’s time....
POP ART: Episode 73, Clue/Murder By Death
POP ART, WHERE I FIND THE POP CULTURE IN ART AND THE ART IN POP CULTURE: IT WAS A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT
“I’m not a Frenchie, I’m a Belgie” Don’t you hate when this happens? You’re invited to a remote mansion. You don’t know why, but, hey, it’s a free meal. It’s a dark and stormy night.....
POP ART: Episode 74, Warm Bodies/I Walked with a Zombie
POP ART, WHERE I FIND THE POP CULTURE IN ART AND THE ART IN POP CULTURE: LOVE AND DEATH: “Don’t be creepy. Don’t be creepy. Don’t be creepy.” This time round, Pop Art has a very special episode for the holiday. The question? Is love dead? Is romance dead? Is being dead dead? Sounds like it’s ....
POP ART: Episode 75, Romancing the Stone/King Solomon's Mines
POP ART, WHERE I FIND THE POP CULTURE IN ART AND THE ART IN POP CULTURE, SAYS HAPPY ANNIVERSARY POP ART: Yes, it’s the 75th episode of Pop Art, which means diamonds.
DIAMONDS ARE A GIRL’S BEST FRIEND. “Cops! What the hell do they want? I haven’t done anything… lately!” Traditionally, the ....
POP ART: Episode 77, 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY/SOLARIS
SPACED: I know what you are going to say. Episode 77, shouldn’t this be episode 81? Good eye. Benish and I tried to record this episode twice and Skype let us down. But three’s the charm and Skype came through, but I decided to keep the original episode number because…let’s just say HAL made me ....
POP ART: Episode 78, Bull Durham/This Sporting Life–It Takes Balls
POP ART, WHERE I FIND THE POP CULTURE IN ART AND THE ART IN POP CULTURE. Join me and podcaster, blogger and film enthusiast Richard Kirkham as we discuss Bull Durham and This Sporting Life, two films about athletes in existential crises.
I know what you’re thinking. What happened to Episode 77. Well, ....
POP ART: Episode 79, Jacob's Ladder/Stairway to Heaven
WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE: Join filmmaker Nicole Jones-Dion, one of the winners of the Fox Writers Incubator Program, as we discuss two films about people caught between life and death-the horror/thriller Jacob’s Ladder and the romantic fantasy A Matter of Life and Death, aka Stairway to Heaven.
“Jake.....
POP ART: Episode 8-Star Wars/The Hidden Fortress
This quarantine getting you down? Need some adventure in your life? The perfect time to listen to Episode 8 of my podcast Pop Art. In Pop Art, my guest chooses a movie from pop culture and I choose a film from the more art/classic side of cinema. For this episode, my guest Paul Zeidman, screenwriter, scr....
POP ART: Episode 80, The Jerk/O Lucky Man!
PRETTY AS A PICARESQUE: New Pop Art episode. Join me and filmmaker Steve Herold (Death of an Umbrella Salesman, Walmea) while we talk two films inspired by Voltaire’s Candide, The Jerk and O Lucky Man!
“I was born a poor black child”: It’s a tale as old as the Spanish Golden Age and made perhaps....
POP ART: Episode 81, Contact/Another Earth
OTHERWORDLY: Join me and writer Caitlin Duffy (Reacher, untitled Arnold Schwarzenegger Netflix series) while we talk two films about contact with another world, Contact and Another Earth.
“Boy, this is really going to change the Miss Universe Contest”. Are we alone in the universe? And if not, what does that mean? And what would aliens....
POP ART: Episode 82, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World/Kind Hearts and Coronets
ONE DOWN AND…: Join me and animator/writer Glenn Dion (King of the Hill/Big Mouth/Human Resources) while we talk two films about people eliminating one’s enemies one by one.
“Don’t you talk to me about grammar.” We all have obstacles in our lives. R....
POP ART: Episode 83, Knives Out/Gosford Park
WHO DOOD IT: Join me and founder and editor in chief at For Reel, Thomas Stoneham-Judge, as we talk Knives Out/Gosford Park, two locked door, closed circle of suspects murder mysteries.
“We have the nanny cam footage.” It’s a remote mansion. Someone has been murdered. It has to be someone who is staying there. What do you do?&hel....
