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CineNation
The CineNation Podcast analyzes the histories and tropes of film genres and why we love them.
Episodes
CineNation196 - Top Secret! (1984)
"It all sounds like some bad movie." For Episode 196, Thomas and Brandon discuss this rarely discussed film within the parody genre. Listen as they talk about…
CineNation195 - Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
"Let's not bicker and argue about who killed who." For Episode 195, Brandon and Thomas kick-off their Parody series with Monty Python and the Holy Grail…
CineNation194 - The Apartment (1960)
"Ring out the old year, ring in the new. Ring-a-ding-ding." For Episode 194, Brandon and Thomas discuss one of their favorite New Year's Eve movies to close…
CineNation193 - Home Alone (1990)
"How you feel about your family is a complicated thing. Deep down, you'll always love them." For Episode 193, Brandon is joined by Amy Tippit Madrid to discuss…
CineNation192 - The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
"I will honor Christmas, and try to keep it all the year." For Episode 192, Brandon talks with Sean Randall about the 1992 Muppet adaptation of the famous…
CineNation191 - White Christmas (1954)
"May your days be merry and bright." For Episode 191, Thomas and Brandon discuss the 1954 holiday classic White Christmas. Listen to find out how this movie…
CineNation190 - It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
"Remember, George: no man is a failure who has friends." For Episode 190, Brandon and Thomas kick off their month of Christmas movies with the most influential…
CineNation189 - Magnolia (1999)
"Now that I've met you, would you object to never seeing me again?" For Episode 189, Thomas and Brandon conclude their series on 24 Hour Movies by taking a…
CineNation188 - Collateral (2004)
"We're in this together. Fates intertwined." For Episode 188, Brandon is joined by Hunter Barcroft to discuss Michael Mann's 2004 film Collateral. Listen as…
CineNation187 - Thank God It's Friday (1978)
"All I'm asking for is a chance." For Episode 187, Thomas and Brandon continue their discussion of 24 Hour Movies by talking about the obscure disco film…
CineNation186 - After Hours (1985)
"Different rules apply when it gets this late." For Episode 186, Brandon and Thomas kick-off their series on 24 Hour Movies with Martin Scorsese's AFTER HOURS…
CineNation185 - Videodrome: A Look at David Cronenberg
"Death to Videodrome! Long live the new flesh!" For Episode 185, we conclude our month of Body Horror films by taking a look at the master of the genre, David…
CineNation184 - Akira (1988)
"There must be a future that we can choose for ourselves." For Episode 184, Brandon is joined by Jonathan Norris to discuss the 1988 film Akira. Listen as they…
CineNation183 - Slither (2006)
"Something's wrong with me." For Episode 183, Thomas and Brandon discuss the directorial debut of the one and only James Gunn. Listen as they discuss how the…
CineNation182 - The Thing (1982)
"If it takes us over, then it has no more enemies, nobody left to kill it. And then it's won." For Episode 182, Brandon and Thomas kick off our Body Horror…
CineNation181 - Mud: The Filmography of Jeff Nichols
"There are fierce powers at work in the world, boys." For Episode 181, we are closing out our Southern Film Series on the career of Jeff Nichols. Over the past…
CineNation180 - The Legend of Boggy Creek (1972)
"I was seven years old when I first heard him scream. It scared me then, and it scares me now." For Episode 180, Brandon is joined by Hunter Barcroft to…
CineNation179 - Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
"All these people will live as long as you remember 'em." For Episode 179, Brandon is joined by Amy Tippit Madrid to discuss the 1991 film Fried Green…
CineNation178 - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
"You know what I feel like? I feel all the time like a cat on a hot tin roof." For Episode 178, Thomas and Brandon talk about Tennessee Williams' classic…
CineNation177 - To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view." For Episode 177, Brandon and Thomas kick off their month-long series…
CineNation176 - Clueless: The Filmography of Amy Heckerling
"But seriously, I actually have a way normal life for a teenage girl." For Episode 176, Brandon and Thomas finish off their month of Female Filmmakers with Amy…
CineNation175 - The Parent Trap: The Filmography of Nancy Meyers
"May your life be far less complicated than mine." For Episode 175, Brandon and Thomas dive into the works of rom-com queen Nancy Meyers. Listen as they…
CineNation174 - Jennifer's Body: The Filmography of Karyn Kusama
"She's actually evil. Not high school evil." For Episode 174, Brandon and Thomas discuss the films of director Karyn Kusama, and why she was put in Movie Jail…
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173 - Winter's Bone: The Filmography of Debra Granik
"Well, he loved y'all. That's where he went weak." For Episode 173, we kick off our month of Female Filmmakers by talking about the career of Debra Granik…
CineNation172 - Singin' in the Rain: A Look at Stanley Donen
"She can't act, she can't sing, she can't dance. A triple threat." For Episode 172, Brandon and Thomas concluded Movie Musical month by diving into the life…
CineNation171 - Hercules (1997)
"I dreamed I would train the greatest hero there ever was." For Episode 171, Brandon is joined by Amy Tippit Madrid to discuss Disney's 1997 film Hercules…
CineNation170 - Sweeney Todd (2007)
"At last! My arm is complete again!" For Episode 170, Brandon is joined by longtime friend and first-time podcaster Sean Randall to continue CineNation's…
CineNation169 - Across the Universe (2007)
"Music's the only thing that makes sense anymore, man." For Episode 169, Thomas and Brandon dive into the 2007 cult classic, Across the Universe. They discuss…
CineNation168 - West Side Story (1961)
"Why do you kids live like there's a war on?" For Episode 168, we kick off our month-long series on movie musicals with the 1961 classic West Side Story…
CineNation167 - Unstoppable: A Look at Tony Scott - Part 4
"This ain't training. In training they just give you an F. Out here you get killed." For Episode 167, Brandon and Thomas dive into the final batch of films…
CineNation166 - Man on Fire: A Look at Tony Scott - Part 3
"Forgiveness is between them and God. It's my job to arrange the meeting." For Episode 166, Thomas and Brandon discuss the next four films in the filmography…
CineNation165 - True Romance: A Look at Tony Scott - Part 2
"But the dream was real and was to change our lives forever." For Episode 165, Brandon and Thomas discuss the next four films in Tony Scott's filmography for…
CineNation164 - Top Gun: A Look at Tony Scott - Part 1
"I feel the need...the need for speed!" For Episode 164, we are diving into a month-long series on the underrated and innovative filmmaker, Tony Scott. Listen…
CineNation163 - Josie and the Pussycats (2001)
"It's cool if you like it, it's okay if you don't, just decide for yourselves." For Episode 163, and the final episode of our Fictional Band month, Brandon and…
CineNation162 - Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)
"All I need is my music. I've seen my path today, and I'm gonna take it." For Episode 162, Hunter Barcroft joins Thomas and Brandon to discuss the 2007 cult…
CineNation161 - Almost Famous (2000)
"The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool." For Episode 161, Thomas and Brandon discuss the…
CineNation160 - That Thing You Do! (1996)
"Ain't no way to keep a band together. Bands come and go." For Episode 160, we kick-off our month-long journey through the fictional band genre with Tom…
CineNation159 - All the President's Men: The Filmography of Alan J. Pakula
"Follow the money." For Episode 159, Thomas and Brandon close out Journalism Month by diving into the filmography of Alan J. Pakula. From his early producing…
CineNation158 - Citizenfour (2014)
"You asked why I picked you. I didn't. You did." For Episode 158, Brandon is joined by Ben Goertz to discuss the 2014 Academy Award-winning film, Citizenfour…
CineNation157 - The Paper (1994)
"I'm here because I think the story is wrong. Is it?" For Episode 157, Brandon is joined by Amy Tippit Madrid to discuss the 1994 film The Paper. Listen as…
CineNation156 - Broadcast News (1987)
"Nothing like wrestling with a moral dilemma, is there?" For Episode 156, Brandon and Thomas continue through the journalism genre by diving into the 1987 film…
CineNation155 - Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
"I'd hate to take a bite outta you. You're a cookie full of arsenic." We kick-off Journalism Month with the 1957 film Sweet Smell of Success. Listen as Brandon…
CineNation154 - The Truman Show: A Look at Peter Weir - Part 4
"How's it going to end?" In the final episode of their Peter Weir series, Brandon and Thomas discuss two of Weir's greatest films, The Truman Show and Master…
CineNation153 - Dead Poets Society: A Look at Peter Weir - Part 3
"You must strive to find your own voice. Because the longer you wait to begin, the less likely you are to find it at all." Listen as Brandon and Thomas…
CineNation152 - Witness: A Look at Peter Weir - Part 2
"He's going back to his world, where he belongs. He knows it, and you know it, too." Listen as we continue our month-long journey through the films of…
CineNation151 - Picnic at Hanging Rock: A Look at Peter Weir - Part 1
"What we see and what we seem is but a dream, a dream within a dream." For the first time ever, we'll be spending the entire month diving into the career of…
CineNation150 - The Lady Eve: The Filmography of Preston Sturges
"There's a lot to be said for making people laugh. Did you know that's all some people have?" In the final episode of our Screwball Comedy month, Brandon and…
CineNation149 - Ball of Fire (1941)
"I love him because he doesn't know how to kiss, the jerk." We continue our month-long journey into the Screwball Comedy with one of the more underrated films…
CineNation148 - What's Up, Doc? (1972)
"A Screwball Comedy. Remember them?" We continue our journey through the Screwball Comedy genre with a film with a 1970s twist. Listen as Thomas and Brandon…
CineNation147 - The Philadelphia Story (1940)
"We all go haywire at times and if we don't, maybe we ought to." We kick-off our month of screwball comedies with one of the greatest onscreen trios of all…
CineNation146 - The Last Seduction: The Filmography of John Dahl
"Well, I'm sorry the law doesn't make it more convenient for you to steal and deal drugs, Bridget." Listen as Brandon and Thomas conclude their month-long…
CineNation145 - Brick (2005)
"You're gonna make me curious being so curious." We continue our month-long journey of the Neo-Noir genre with Rian Johnson's Brick. Listen as Brandon and…
CineNation144 - Body Heat (1981)
"You aren't too smart, are you? I like that in a man." We continue our month-long journey through the Neo-Noir genre with one of its most quintessential films…
CineNation143 - The Long Goodbye (1973)
"Well, that's you, Marlowe. You'll never learn. You're a born loser." To kick-off our month-long journey through the genre known as neo-noir, Brandon and…
CineNation142 - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang: The Filmography of Shane Black
"It's hard to believe it was just last Christmas that Harmony and I changed the world." To close out our month on Christmas-Adjacent Movies, Brandon and Thomas…
CineNation141 - Hook (1991)
"To live...to live would be an awfully big adventure." Brandon is joined by Amy Tippit Madrid to continue CineNation's month-long journey of Christmas-Adjacent…
CineNation140 - In Bruges (2008)
"There's a Christmas tree somewhere in London with a bunch of presents underneath it that'll never be opened." Brandon and Thomas discuss how Martin McDonagh's…
CineNation139 - Batman Returns (1992)
"Two lives left. I think I'll save one for next Christmas." For our first episode in our month-long series on Christmas-Adjacent movies, Brandon and Thomas…
CineNation138 - The Big Heat: The Filmography of Fritz Lang
"I've been rich and I've been poor. Believe me, rich is better." For our final episode of Noirvember, Brandon and Thomas take a deep dive into the life and…
CineNation137 - Too Late for Tears (1949)
"Don't ever change, Tiger. I don't think I'd like you with a heart." Listen as Brandon is joined by Hunter Barcroft to talk about the lesser-known 1949 noir…