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Eavesdropping at the Movies
"I have this romantic idea of the movies as a conjunction of place, people and experiences, all different for each of us, a context in which individual and separate beings try to commune, where the individual experience overlaps with the communal and where that overlapping is demarcated by how we measure the differing responses between ourselves and the rest of the audience: do they laugh when we don’t (and what does that mean?); are they moved when we feel like laughing (and what does that say…
Episodes
Eavesdropping at the Movies9 - Flatliners
With a weary sigh, we get to Flatliners. Ellen Page, James Norton, Diego Luna, Nina Dobrev and Kiersey Clemons expand their minds and run around shitting…
Eavesdropping at the Movies8 - Home Again
Eavesdropping at the Movies manages to make it all the way through this film in one go. Congratulate us. Recorded on 1st October 2017.
Eavesdropping at the Movies7 - Borg McEnroe
The story of the rivalry between Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe at the 1980 Wimbledon Championships, discussed by Jose Arroyo and Michael Glass. One a hotheaded…
Eavesdropping at the Movies6 - It
What is It? Is It any good? Is It scary? How much of It did Mike watch through his fingers? Why would he agree to see It in LieMAX? Was he right about the bit…
Eavesdropping at the Movies5 - mother!
What is Darren Aronofsky's latest fever dream all about? Is the negative audience response fair? How good is Jennifer Lawrence, seriously you guys? Recorded on…
Eavesdropping at the Movies4 - Detroit
Why Detroit is the best film currently on release. Is John Boyega a star? Does Kathryn Bigelow get the respect she deserves? Is race the political unconscious…
Eavesdropping at the Movies3 - American Made
Is it possible for a film about drug smuggling, weapon dealing, CIA-sponsored militias and getting ludicrously rich to be in any way immoral? Find out as we…
Eavesdropping at the Movies2 - The Hitman's Bodyguard
Can an action film that goes through Coventry be any good? Is it important that action scenes are funny? Is Gary Oldman a whore? All valuable questions. All…
Eavesdropping at the Movies1 - The Dark Tower
Stephen King's The Dark Tower is a lovely big fresh movie hoping to become a lovely big lucrative franchise. Does it have what it takes? Can we possibly agree…