You’re Tall but I’m Standing in Front of You
two friends, circling the drain of academia, examine the cultural detritus of the 20th century. featuring @Mathissippi and @stalecooper.
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Friday Dec 23, 2022
Friday Dec 23, 2022
James Cameron is back and so are we. It's blue people, but turquoise. It's whales, but kinda weird. It's the boomer desire to be the Last Man in the Universe, but in 3D. That's right, we watched Avatar: The Way of Water so you don't have to, and we discuss... whatever the that was.follow the pod on twitter at @youretallpod or email us at youretallpod@gmail.com.
Monday Oct 31, 2022
Monday Oct 31, 2022
Our old friend Matt Powers from Team Coco is back on the pod for our 2nd annual Halloween Spooktacular. We return to our old friend Donald Sutherland in the unofficial sequel to Klute, John Bruno's Virus. We discuss the film's incoherent combination of horror, sci-fi, and sea narrative, investigate some Russian IMDB interference, and have our first ever actor draft.Follow Matt on Twitter at @MattPowersESQ, and be sure to check out the new Team Coco podcast The Weird Place.This episode features music by Ryan Sylvester.follow the pod on twitter at @youretallpod or email us at youretallpod@gmail.com.
Friday Oct 21, 2022
Friday Oct 21, 2022
It's spooky season, so Ethan and Devin are joined by Dan Malinowski to watch Lamberto Bava's Demons (1985) and Demons 2 (1986), movies about how the worst thing that can happen to you is a movie. We discuss the giallo genre, anti-yuppie nihilism, and the apparent torture of Berlin street cuisine.follow the pod on twitter at @youretallpod or email us at youretallpod@gmail.com. Follow Dan at @badopinionsman.This episode features music by Ryan Sylvester. Follow him on Instagram at raoulduke215.
Tuesday Oct 04, 2022
Tuesday Oct 04, 2022
Ethan and Devin watch Russell Mulcahy's Highlander (1986). They discuss ... well, they do the best they can.follow the pod on twitter at @youretallpod or email us at youretallpod@gmail.com.
Tuesday Sep 20, 2022
Tuesday Sep 20, 2022
Klute and Klute watch Alan J. Pakula's Klute (1971). They discuss Klute, Klute, and Klute.follow the pod on twitter at @youretallpod or email us at youretallpod@gmail.com.
Tuesday Sep 06, 2022
Tuesday Sep 06, 2022
Ethan and Devin are joined by returning guest Catie and first-timer Ben—both native Ketuckians—for a special Labor Day episode on Barbara Kopple's Harlan County, USA (1976). They discuss the film's documentary aesthetic, its depictions of labor and gender issues, and why all scabs should burn in .Find Ben and Catie on the internet, if you can.follow the pod on twitter at @youretallpod or email us at youretallpod@gmail.com.
Tuesday Aug 23, 2022
Tuesday Aug 23, 2022
In this season 2 debut, Ethan and Devin watch Dan Trachtenberg (friend of the pod)'s Prey (2022), the latest film in the Predator franchise. They discuss the film's back-to-basics approach, how it shifts (or doesn't) the franchise's relationship to colonialism, and, of course, the French.follow the pod on twitter at @youretallpod or email us at youretallpod@gmail.com.
Thursday Aug 04, 2022
Thursday Aug 04, 2022
Ethan and Devin are joined by Will Nguyen, aka The Star Trek Communist, for a double-header episode tackling Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), Star Trek (2009), and the franchise more generally. We discuss Star Trek's utopian glimmer, the myth of finding technological solutions to social contradictions, and the sweet fizzy taste of a state-planned economy.follow the pod on twitter at @youretallpod or email us at youretallpod@gmail.com. follow Will on twitter at @BoomerNiner.
Monday Jun 06, 2022
Monday Jun 06, 2022
What can blue do for you?Ethan and Devin are joined by the great J.D. Connor (@jdconnor) for their return to the mind palace of James Cameron and his 2009 master/disasterpiece, Avatar. They discuss the contradictions of the film's immense financial success and limited cultural impact, its relationship to the MCU-type blockbusters that followed, and that sweet, sweet putter.You can read J.D.'s work at https://www.johnconnorlikeintheterminator.com. His piece on Nicolas Cage ("Cage Register"), which we reference in the episode, can be read at https://post45.org/2021/12/cage-register.follow the pod on twitter at @youretallpod or email us at youretallpod@gmail.com.
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
Ethan and Devin watch Stephen Sommers's The Mummy (1999). They discuss the film's swashbuckling racism, (neo)colonial romance, and pour one out for the million dead Indiana Joneses buried underneath Disney World.This episode features music from Ryan Sylvester. Follow him on Instagram at raoulduke215.follow the pod on twitter at @youretallpod or email us at youretallpod@gmail.com.
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