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The Death of Cinema Podcast

Nik Haupt and Ethan Morrison

A podcast about the dead and dying art of cinema.

tv & film film history

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01:39:06

ep.27 The Planet of the Apes (1968) /The Planet of...

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2026/04/23

Ape? Man? Alive? Dead? Many questions posed this week, as our intrepid cinonauts track uncharted courses across the celluloid skies, marking first contact with the planet of the apes in our holy month of Aperil. Will cinema overcome its own petty squabbles, or is it already long dead, dust on the wind?Next Time: Dr.Strangelove (1964) and Don't Look Up (2021)Linktree:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/deathofcinema⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Theme song is Czarda, by Vittorio Monti, as

01:38:37

ep. 26 Taxi Driver / Joker *special edition*

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2026/04/09

Hey there pal, welcome to 1970s New York! Here's your day: you sit in the shittiest diner, drink the worst coffee, smell endless piles of trash, and commit random acts of violence to validate your meaningless existence. Wanna watch a movie? It's a por i or gor some reason a Zorro. Thats because this week, the two bozos Ethan and Nik are cracking open the twisted minds of Taxi Driver and Joker. Will cinema make a name for itself? Or will it be forgotten like the rest?Next Week: The Planet of

01:38:42

ep. 26 Taxi Driver/ The Joker

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2026/04/09

Hey there pal, welcome to 1970s new york, here's your day: you sit in the shittiest diner, drink the worst coffee, smell endless piles of trash, and commit random acts of violence to validate your own meaningless existence. Wanna watch a movie? Its a porno or for some reason a Zorro. That's because this week, the two bozos Nik and Ethan are cracking open the twisted minds of Taxi Driver and The Joker. Will Cinema make a name for themselves? Or be forgotten like all the rest?Next Time: The

01:40:58

ep. 25 Se7en/The Batman

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2026/03/26

March 26. Year 1.I fear my effect on cinema has done nothing. 25 episodes, the remakes keep coming, 3 Coleen Hoover adaptations in 2 years...more on the way. To Bury cinema, we have to cover something more... a new class of cinema? The modern noir classic, Se7en and Matt Reeve's The Batman? Will cinema survive the night? Or end up bleeding in the gutter?*SOMETHING IN THE WAY PLAYS*Next Time: Taxi Driver (1976) and The Joker

01:46:01

ep. 24 Heat/The Dark Knight

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2026/03/12

A shot sounds out in the night, cutting the homoerotic tension in the air like butter: DOCPOD. BATMARCH. What Else can be said? The first steps are simple: Heat and the Dark Knight. The next? Find out if Cinema lives long enough to become a villain, or if it dies a hero.Next Time: Seven (1995) and The Batman (2022)Linktree:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/deathofcinema⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Theme song is Czarda, by Vittorio Monti, as performed by the USAFB

01:38:44

ep.23 10 Things I Hate About You/Anyone But You

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2026/02/26

Its half priced chocolate day at tDoC, and we're scraping the bottom of the love barrel left overs from valentines day, hitting you with a couple modern classic Shakespearean adaptations that for some reason come in a combo box set: 10 Things I Hate About You and Anyone But You. Will a rose by any other name smell just as sweet? Or is cinema's love affair destined to end in heartbreak?Next Time: Heat (1995) and The Dark Knight

01:51:40

ep.22 Crash/Crimes of the Future

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2026/02/12

Happy Valentines you Cinophiles! We're peering into the dark desires of the flesh and taking a look at 2 Cronenburgs, in honor of the holiday. We've got Crash (1996) and Crimes of the Future (2022) along with a special guest host: Jordan Marcum! Will we swipe right on cinema, or is this date a dud?Next time: Crash (1996) and Crimes of the Future (2022)Next Time: Ten Things I Hate About You (1999) and Anyone But You

01:13:39

ep. 21 Sophie's Choice/the Killing of a Sacred Deer

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2026/01/29

HO BOY! Get ready to make the ultimate choice this episode as Nik and Ethan forgo all sense and reason and do a joke idea they came with well over a year ago when the pod was in its early stages. Our two victims this week? Sophie's Choice (1982) and The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017). Will cinema make it out alive? or will Barry Keoghan force our hand?Next time: Crash (1996) and Crimes of the Future (2022)Linktree:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/deathofcinema⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Theme

01:21:10

ep.20 The Dead Poets Society/The Holdovers

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2026/01/15

Pencils ready, you little cretins! Class is in session and now that you're back to school (those of you who have BOTHERED to get a proper education that is) the enlightened bozos at DOCPOD have a a little question: If movie A (The Dead Poets Society) is followed by Movie B (The Holdovers) then is C (cinema)= Dead or Alive? Hm? Well I won't give you the answers, stop trying to cheat and for once in your miserable lives, do something of MEANING.Next time: Sophie's Choice (1982) The Killing

01:28:48

The Arbies 2025

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2026/01/01

Happy New Year! Nik and Ethan take a look back on the first year of the DOCPOD and give out the coveted Arbie award to the film of 2025: Hamnet or Avatar: Fire and Ash. No matter who wins, we win! Because we spent the year with you listeners! See you next next thursday!Next time: The Dead Poets Society and The HoldoversLinktree:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/deathofcinemaOur Theme song is Czarda, by Vittorio Monti, as performed by the USAFBSpecial intro music is Auld Lang Syne as performed by

01:16:29

ep. 19 Scrooge/A Muppets Christmas Carol

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2025/12/18

Cinema is dead, to begin with. But Nik, on another trip between the realms of living and dead, must end the scourge of Santa and maybe...save christmas? ruin christmas? Hard to say, but they'll be looking at movies of christmas past, Scrooge (1951) and A Muppet Christmas Carol (1992). Are these but shadows of films that could be, or must cinema decrease the surplus population? Next time: The Films of the Year and the Arbies

01:12:26

ep. 18 The Grinch Who Stole Christmas/The Grinch

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2025/12/04

all the listerners in podville liked the grinch a lot... But in the DoCPod studio Nik and Ethan did not! With a cling and a clang the microphones came out, ready to fiight and ready to shout, and the movies they are loathe to talk about?How A Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) (with Carey as the brute) and don't forget The Grinch (2018) as the rancid reboot!Will Cinema be naughty or nice? listen on dear viewer, and roll the dice!Next time: Scrooge: A Christmas Carol (1951) and A Muppet Christmas

01:14:24

ep. 17 The Adventures of Robin Hood/Robin Hood: Men...

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2025/11/20

Avast and Good Morrow my fine podcast pilferers! Take a gentle, loving stroll twixt the woods of TDOC, but beware, Stalking within is The Terrible The Adventures of Robin Hood and Robin Hood: Men in Tights!!! Will their aim be true, or will cinema miss the mark?Next time: How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) and The Grinch (2018)Linktree: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/deathofcinema⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Theme song is Czarda, by Vittorio Monti, as performed by the USAFB

02:00:06

ep. 16 Dances With Wolves/Avatar

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2025/11/06

Nik wanted to do Avatar for Fire and Ash and it fit in the best in November! That is why we're doing these films okay! We are aware of the optics and did our best, but flame our asses if you want! Decide for youself if the white saviour will keep cinema alive or if like the social impact of Avatar, cinema shall return to Eywa!Next time: The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) and Robin Hood: Men in TightsLinktree: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/deathofcinema⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Theme song is Czarda, by

01:24:28

ep. 15 Creature from the Black Lagoon/ The Shape of...

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2025/10/23

GUILLERMO DEL-TOBER takes a quick swim to the ole watering hole as a sexy, muscle bound fish duo stalks it: The Shape of Water and Creature from the Black Lagoon!!! Will this courtship go swimmingly, or is it hook line and sinker for cinema?Next time: Dances with Wolves (1990) and Avatar (2009)Linktree: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/deathofcinema⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Theme song is Czarda, by Vittorio Monti, as performed by the

01:11:40

ep. 14 Twilight/Crimson Peak

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2025/10/09

Its the first episode of Guillermo-del-tober and we're pitting two long lost fantasy lovers against each other: Twilight (2008) and Crimson Peak (2015). Does cinema feel a connection, or does it suck? Only one way to find out spider-monkey, hop on with Nik and Ethan and take a ride on the wild side!Linktree: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/deathofcinema⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Theme song is Czarda, by Vittorio Monti, as performed by the USAFB

01:29:48

ep. 13 Rocky/Creed

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2025/09/25

Another round! another match! In this corner Nik "The Grub" Haupt, in that other one The Iron Man Ethan Morrison! They're taking on a terrible tag team: the legacy duo of Rocky and Creed! Can Cinema go the distance? Or is it (Like Stalone's Career) down for the count?Next episode: Twilight (2008) and Crimson Peak (2015)Linktree: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/deathofcinema⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Theme song is Czarda, by Vittorio Monti, as performed by the USAFB

01:10:27

ep. 12 Jaws/The Meg

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2025/09/11

Shark. Shark eat. Cinema Dead? Idk. listen the episode. Maybe shark live... no. no shark dead. Sad shark.Next episode: Rocky (1976) and Creed (2015)Linktree: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/deathofcinema⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Theme song is Czarda, by Vittorio Monti, as performed by the USAFB

01:37:03

ep. 11 Lawrence of Arabia/Dune pt.2

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2025/08/29

Back at it again, after a brief intermission (due to water heaters and cat wrangling) we're BACK! A day late but no more or less insightful than usual while discussing the back end of Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and Dune pt. 2 (2024). Now, once and for all we'll see if cinema has crumbled before us or if it may stand tall as Ozymandias, king of kings!Next episode: Jaws (1975) and The Meg (2018)Linktree: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/deathofcinema⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Theme song is Czarda, by Vittorio Monti, as

01:15:46

ep. 10 Lawrence of Arabia/Dune (2021)

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2025/08/14

Hope you like sand and holding your bladder, because in pt.1 of DUNEGUST OF ARABIA, Nik and Ethan look at the first half of the classic Lawrence of Arabia and the modern classic Dune, scouring them for any wide shots of the desert or caricatures of desert peoples! Is cinema's fate written? Or will it become the next space messiah? Find out in... DUNEGUST OF ARABIA pt.1Next episode: Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and DUNE pt 2 (2024) out August

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