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
1999 BEST. MOVIE. YEAR. EVER., a conversation – Episode 1: “Following”
Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa regard small joys in Christopher Nolan’s debut.This is part of a series that overlaps with, and extends, Brian Raftery’s 2020 book “Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen”. Screenings...
INTRODUCING 1999: BEST. MOVIE. YEAR. EVER., a conversation
Remembering the fin de siècle energy that birthed our 21st century, we’ve curated this 15-part series to overlap with, and extend, Brian Raftery’s 2020 book “Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen”. Screenings inc...
REVENGE OF NATURE, a conversation – Episode 7: “Snakes on a Plane”
Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa engage with herpetology, aeronautics, and the brilliance of Samuel Leroy Jackson.***Referenced media:“School Daze” (Spike Lee, 1988)“Menace II Society” (The Hughes Brothers, ...
