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Random Acts of Cinema

Jan 27, 2020

We’re taking a break from our normally scheduled podcast for a very special episode.  In remembrance of director Terry Jones, who passed away just before this recording, we watched his all-time comedy classic, Monty Python’s Life of Brian.  And yeah, a lot of our so-called “review” is us just poorly...


Jan 20, 2020

Director Steve McQueen’s first feature film goes deep into the circumstances of a series of prisoner protests in Northern Ireland in 1981.  With a clinical and procedural examination of their bodies both as sites of victimization and instruments of protest, the film considers the cruelty, strategy, determination...


Jan 13, 2020

We are joined by podcast alums Shelley and Max for a viewing of celebrated and idiosyncratic auteur - hey, we're 90s kids - Kevin Smith’s first foray into a larger world of ambition, exposure, and budget, examine the love triangle between New Jersey natives and comic book creators Holden (played by...


Jan 6, 2020

This is a documentary about celebrated Danish director Carl Theodore Dreyer that was released in the Criterion Collection in tandem with a collection of his celebrated films.  So, it’s time to learn!  And maybe review the quality of the documentary from a cinematic perspective.  Does that even make sense for this...