Blockbusters and Birdwalks
At Blockbusters and Birdwalks, you’ll listen to reviews and conversations about all kinds of movies, from Academy Award winners to exploitation masterpieces with a mix of commercial hits and obscure favorites thrown in for good measure. The point is recognizing that movies present our culture with the building blocks of social memory, enabling each of us to enjoy ourselves because movies are fun.
Blockbusters and Birdwalks
Latest Episodes
REVENGE OF NATURE, a conversation – Episode 4: “Triangle of Sadness”
Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa discuss ocean-going travel disasters.***Referenced media:“Captain Phillips” (Paul Greengrass, 2013)“Force Majeure” (Ruben Östlund, 2014)“Downton Abbey” (Julian Fello...
REVENGE OF NATURE, a conversation – Episode 3: “The Fly”
Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa discuss human-insect hybridity to continue the series “Revenge of Nature”.***Referenced media:“At the Movies” (Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert, 1982-1986)“The Fly II” (Chris Wala...
REVENGE OF NATURE, a conversation – Episode 2: “Dersu Uzala”
Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa discuss the predator-prey relationship to continue the series “Revenge of Nature”.***Referenced media:“A Clockwork Orange” (Stanley Kubrick, 1971)“The Rocky Horror Picture Sh...
