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 • 169 episodes
Blockbusters and Birdwalks
Latest Episodes
GATEWAY CINEMA, a conversation – Episode 12A: EXTRA CREDIT: Alternatives to “The Night of the Hunter”
In this multi-part series, we’ve focused on just one movie to explore a key idea in film studies. But this one choice means we’ve left out multitudes. Here is the larger set of also-rans we wrestled with before finally choosing “The Night of th...
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GATEWAY CINEMA, a conversation – Episode 12: Image Making: “The Night of the Hunter”
GATEWAY CINEMA is a multi-part series of conversations centered on key ideas in film studies. In these conversations, we interpret and celebrate a set of eclectic feature films from across generations and from around the world, including “La Ha...
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GATEWAY CINEMA, a conversation – Episode 11A: EXTRA CREDIT: Alternatives to “Marie Antoinette”
In this multi-part series, we’ve focused on just one movie to explore a key idea in film studies. But this one choice means we’ve left out multitudes. Here is the larger set of also-rans we wrestled with before finally choosing “Marie Antoinett...
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GATEWAY CINEMA, a conversation – Episode 11: Design: “Marie Antoinette”
GATEWAY CINEMA is a multi-part series of conversations centered on key ideas in film studies. In these conversations, we interpret and celebrate a set of eclectic feature films from across generations and from around the world, including “La Ha...
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GATEWAY CINEMA, a conversation – Episode 10A: EXTRA CREDIT: Alternatives to “Friday”
In this multi-part series, we’ve focused on just one movie to explore a key idea in film studies. But this one choice means we’ve left out multitudes. Here is the larger set of also-rans we wrestled with before finally choosing “Friday”....
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