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.
Podcasting since 2021 • 189 episodes
Blockbusters and Birdwalks
Latest Episodes
REVENGE OF NATURE, a conversation – Episode 1: “Contagion”
Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa discuss the presentation of zoonotic disease to begin the series “Revenge of Nature”.***Referenced media:“Sex, Lies, and Videotape” (Steven Soderbergh, 1989)“Do the Right Thi...
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INTRODUCING REVENGE OF NATURE
In this multi-part conversation series, we’ve curated a handful of movies, from among hundreds of options, to explore how moviemakers transform the natural world into the antagonistic face of on-screen villainy.***Referenced media...
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“Oppenheimer” (2023), a conversation about a Blockbuster
Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa discuss the blockbuster and Academy Award-winning Best Picture of 2023.***Referenced media:“American Fiction” (Cord Jefferson, 2023)“Anatomy of a Fall” (Justine Triet, 2023)<...
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