We’re going back to 1995 for April to watch & re-watch some fantastic films. Our first picture is a darkly comic examination of life in the East Coast suburbs. Our second film is a French crime-drama that moves at a breakneck speed and is a perfect piece of cinema.
Continue reading “PopCult Podcast – Welcome to the Dollhouse/La Haine”
Douglas Sirk’s All That Heaven Allows wasn’t considered exceptional at the time of its release but successive generations of filmmakers certainly knew what a fantastic picture it was.
Continue reading “PopCult Podcast – Ali: Fear That Eats the Soul/Far From Heaven”
Brits & music, two things that go together surprisingly well.
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Two unsettling films. One is a stop motion anthology centered around the same house and the horrors that await its occupants. The other is dread-filled exploration of the way modern life sickens us.
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Head of Acquisitions for PopCult’s new streaming venture Ariana is back with another show. Warner Discovery is cleaning house and with it goes their dramedy Hacks. Will CEO Seth Harris warm up to this one or will his retooling go too far?
This is the second of a six episode mini-series with more to follow, a way for us to play around with the format and new ideas. For now, these are only for patrons but may possible be put up on the main podcast feed in the future.
A family comes to terms that they are losing the land they have farmed for two generations. A queer director expresses his frustration in three fragmented narratives.
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An African action film inspired by Sergio Leone and The Evil Dead? Yup. A smoldering love story of gay cowboys who can’t quit each other? Got that too.
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Beginning a series of podcast experiments, we are rolling out this Patreon exclusive mini-series. CEO of PopCult Industries, Seth Harris is doing what is very loosely defined as work in his Los Angeles office when he’s visited by his streaming service’s head of acquisitions, Ariana. Ariana is here to tell Seth all about a potential show they should pick up. This week, it’s the Canadian sitcom Sort Of.
This is the first of a six episode mini-series with more to follow, a way for us to play around with the format and new ideas. For now, these are only for patrons but may possible be put up on the main podcast feed in the future.
Love can be painful in a myriad of ways, whether you’re on a weekend date with a serial killer or feeling yourself growing closer to the spouse of the person your own spouse is having an affair. Damn, it’s complicated.
Continue reading “PopCult Podcast – A Wounded Fawn/In the Mood For Love”
Bob Odenkirk is a man of many faces. Today we talk about two of them.
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