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DEFEND THIS MOVIE #7: Michelangelo Antonioni’s...

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2022/08/26

Secret Movie Club programmer and founder Craig Hammill and SMC blog writer Patrick McElroy take either side on Michelangelo Antonioni’s seminal 1960 masterpiece, L’Avventura! Scorsese called Antonioni “The Man Who Set Film Free,” and Patick agrees. Craig thinks the movie is pretentious. Both acknowledge its impact on film language. They talk about the cinematography, the themes, the style, and everything else! Who wins? We’ll let you decide!Check out Patrick at:

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SMC Pod #116: HELLBOY (2004) + comics and film

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2022/08/19

The Secret Movie Club Team (Connor Lloyd Crews, Edwin Gomez, A.J. Grier, Daniel Ott, and Craig Hammill) summons a discussion about Hellboy (2004), Guillermo Del Toro’s adaptation of Mike Mignola’s cult/occult comic. They also branch off in a hundred directions talking about comics, film, adaptations, and fans. A.J. and Daniel want comic book movies to have soul. Craig likes the kinky Batman Returns and runs into trouble at home. Connor does a list that he’s not going to retype here. Edwin is on his

29:33

DEFEND THIS MOVIE #6: RIO BRAVO and ASSAULT ON...

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2022/08/12

Two men – Secret Movie Club Team members Edwin Gomez and Craig Hammill – who both love John Carpenter’s Assault on Precinct 13, but who disagree on its noted predecessor, Howard Hawks’ classic Western, Rio Bravo! Craig loves the film, but Edwin thinks you should skip it! Can he convince Craig that saying “get along, little doggie” to Rio Bravo is fine, or will Craig get Edwin to admit he should respect and acknowledge the film’s influence on the movies Edwin loves? And how long will they talk about

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SMC Pod #115: TOM CRUISE: The Podcast

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2022/08/05

The Secret Movie Club Team (Connor Lloyd Crews, Edwin Gomez, Daniel Ott, and Craig Hammill) are once more joined by Celeste Menchaca, this time to talk about a single actor: consummate professional, incredible stunt performer, and enigma, Tom Cruise! From Risky Business to Jerry Maguire, Magnolia to Eyes Wide Shut, Collateral to Tropic Thunder, and Mission: Impossible to Mission: Impossible 2. Celeste views Tom as an action-man. Daniel loves Top Gun: Maverick. Craig admires Tom’s work ethic. Edwin

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SMC Pod #114: UN CHIEN ANDALOU & Surrealism in film

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2022/07/29

The Secret Movie Club Team (Connor Lloyd Crews, Edwin Gomez, Daniel Ott, and Craig Hammill) adds their entry to the pile of conversations about essential 1929 Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí short, Un Chien Andalou. If you’ve been to film school, you’ve seen it! If you haven’t, it’s on YouTube! The Team also discusses Surrealism in film. Connor loves the hell sequence in Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey. Edwin thinks Head is amazing. Daniel admires the work of Apichatpong Weerasethakul, hates hand-ants, and

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SMC Pod #113: DRIVE & Nicolas Winding Refn

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2022/07/22

The Secret Movie Club Team (Connor Lloyd Crews, Edwin Gomez, Alex Olivier, Daniel Ott, and Craig Hammill) reviews Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn’s 2011 cult-hit neon-noir, Drive, and the rest of Refn’s filmography! Drive is one of Alex’s favorite films, but he’s less hot on some of Refn’s other works. Edwin loves Bronson. Craig defends the violent and divisive Only God Forgives. Daniel predicts a resurgence in popularity of the Miles Teller-starring Too Old to Die Young in a post-Top Gun:

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DEFEND THIS MOVIE #5: KING KONG ‘33 vs KING KONG ‘76...

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2022/07/15

Like Alma vs Elisabet, Secret Movie Club Team members Edwin Caesar Gomez and Craig Herbert Hammill go head to head on which version of America’s favorite ape is the best! Craig stands with the original 1933 King Kong, while Edwin professes to love most the 1976 remake starring Jessica Lange and Jeff Bridges! Peter Jackson’s 2005 update is also discussed… and may, in fact, be the ACTUAL favorite of one of our competitors! Everything is discussed: the music, the effects, the themes, the performances,

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SMC Pod #112: J.R.R. Tolkien’s THE LORD OF THE RINGS...

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2022/07/08

The Secret Movie Club Team (Connor Lloyd Crews, Daniel Ott, and Craig Hammill) is joined by writer/producer Eileen Shim to gush over Peter Jackson’s adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's legendary high fantasy epic, The Lord of the Rings. A long discussion ensues about all three films – The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King – and what the trilogy means to the team. The conversation is so big it even spills over into usually off-topic segments! Craig is in awe of the Helm’s

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SMC Pod #111: RYAN’S BABE & more...

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2022/07/01

The Secret Movie Club Team (Connor Lloyd Crews, Edwin Gomez, Daniel Ott, and Craig Hammill) journeys to the heart of Ray Ramayya’s bizarro good-bad masterpiece, Ryan’s Babe, programmed for Connor’s birthday! Three of them highly recommend the experience. They also ask what makes a bad movie good? Edwin likes classics like Mac and Me, while Connor prefers newer, weirder stuff like After Last Season. Daniel shouts out The Snowman. Craig explains how the origins of Secret Movie Club are inextricably

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SMC Pod #110: FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF & the...

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2022/06/24

The Secret Movie Club Team (Connor Lloyd Crews, Edwin Gomez, Daniel Ott, and Craig Hammill) debates whether or not the “perfect” movie exists, using John Hughes’ 1986 teen comedy treasure, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, as a starting point. Are the best movies perfect? And does a movie being perfect make it the best? Daniel surprises no one by bringing up Hot Fuzz. Edwin chooses Assault on Precinct 13 and Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Connor and Craig can’t stop talking about Robocop. Also discussed:

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SMC Pod #109: THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE &...

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2022/06/17

The Secret Movie Club Team (Connor Lloyd Crews, Edwin Gomez, Alex Olivier, Daniel Ott, and Craig Hammill) converses about John Huston’s 1948 Humphrey Bogart-starring adventure classic, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, programmed along with The Maltese Falcon for Alex’s birthday! The team also shares their opinions on the Classic Hollywood era of film. Craig, Daniel and Alex love the movies, while Connor and Edwin can only appreciate and admire them. Edwin does love Singin’ in the Rain though

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SMC Pod #108: TIMECRIMES and more high-concept...

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2022/06/10

The Secret Movie Club Team (Connor Lloyd Crews, Edwin Gomez, Daniel Ott, and Craig Hammill) is joined by filmmaker Eva Doležalová to talk about Nacho Vigalondo’s twisty two-million debut, Timecrimes (Los Cronocrímenes), and Eva’s own experiences making her shorts Raven, Carte Blanche, and the upcoming Serpentine! Sci-fi seems to be the realm of high-concept low-budget greatness, with films like Coherence, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Melancholia, Shivers, and Cube; though Craig also brings

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SMC Pod #107: Political movies & politics in film!

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2022/06/03

The Secret Movie Club Team (Cattor Lloyd Crews, Edwin Gomez, Daniel Moott, and Craig Hammill) gets down in the muck and offends everybody (not really) by chatting about the differences between morals and ethics in Election, Clint Eastwood’s murderous ambitions in Absolute Power, Godard’s revolutionary period, representations of journalism and law in films like All the President’s Men and Michael Clayton, and the distinction Olivier Assayas makes of a political film versus a film about politics. If

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SMC Pod #106: WEST SIDE STORY (1961) & WEST SIDE...

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2022/05/27

The Secret Movie Club Team (Connor Lloyd Crews, Edwin Gomez, Daniel Ott, and Craig Hammill) discusses the original 1961 West Side Story directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, the brand new Steven Spielberg-helmed adaptation, and remakes at large! Are remakes always bad? What makes a great remake good? Connor wants Hollywood to let him remake Ghost Ship. Craig and Daniel disagree on which version of The Man Who Knew Too Much they love more. Edwin attempts to pick a fight about Yojimbo and A

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SMC Pod #105: Palm Springs Getaway recap + 70mm &...

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2022/05/20

The Secret Movie Club Team (Connor Lloyd Crews, Edwin Gomez, Daniel Ott, Craig Hammill, and newcomer Alex Olivier!) debriefs their successful Palm Springs Getaway weekend where SMC showed 2001: A Space Odyssey, Lawrence of Arabia, and the original West Side Story all on magnificent 70mm! Then they attempt to explain what the heck 70mm is, chat about the future of film projection, and share their optimism or pessimism about the state of the format, all aided by projectionist Alex! Edwin also makes an

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SMC Pod #104: BOTTLE ROCKET & the 90’s American New Wave

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2022/05/13

The Secret Movie Club Team (Connor Lloyd Crews, Edwin Gomez, Daniel Ott, Craig Hammill) discusses Wes Anderson's 1996 debut feature BOTTLE ROCKET as well as the moviemakers cited as part of the 1990's American New Wave-Steven Soderbergh, Quentin Tarantino, Paul Thomas Anderson, Sofia Coppola, Robert Rodriguez, Allison Anders, Richard Linklater-among others. The Team talks about what makes a generation of moviemakers unique as well as their own personal feelings, affinities for specific

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SMC Pod #103: Long form cinema storytelling

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2022/05/06

The Team (Connor Lloyd Crews, Edwin Gomez, Daniel Ott, Craig Hammill) discuss cinema and TV stories that have found lives that extend decades. Star Trek, Breaking Bad, Twin Peaks, the Japanese anime Evangelion, Richard Linklater's Before Trilogy all get discussed. The team talks about how this can backfire when folks try to engineer these stories to be cash cows or "expanded universes" rather than letting the audience dictate when they want more of a certain kind of story.

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SMC Pod #102: Spiritual, Agnostic, & Atheist Cinema

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2022/04/29

The Secret Movie Club Team (Connor Lloyd Crews, Edwin Gomez, Daniel Ott, Craig Hammill) discusses how cinema comes at God, spirituality, doubt, religion, skepticism in different ways. Breaking the Waves, Robocop, Ida, the Coen Brothers' movies, Luis Bunuel's powerful atheist cinema, all get name checked. But the team-specifically Connor, Daniel, and Craig-end up really digging into their backgrounds and current states of belief or non-belief. Craig tears up. Connor and Edwin note the similarity

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SMC Pod #101: LIQUID SKY & Transgressive Cinema

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2022/04/22

The Team (Connor Lloyd Crews, Edwin Gomez, Daniel Ott, Craig Hammill) discusses the mind-blowing 1983 cult hit transgressive masterpiece LIQUID SKY told from a bracingly female perspective, co-written by its female star Anna Carlisle who plays male and female roles, Nina V. Kerova, and directed by Russian immigrant Slava Tsukerman. The Team also looks at what "transgressive" really means (using dark humor and shocking situations to convey messages mainstream audiences often ignore) and how the genre

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SMC Pod #100: Our 100th episode! Nominating 21st...

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2022/04/15

The SMC Team (Connor Lloyd Crews, Edwin Gomez, Daniel Ott, Craig Hammill) celebrates and clashes (as usual) their 100th podcast episode milestone. After some initial marital bickering, each member of the team nominates a 21st century movie he feels is a new masterpiece for new canon. Titles that get name-checked include Lord of the Rings, Spirited Away, and Un Prophete. And of course Edwin bucks the premise and nominates 1999's The Mummy but balances it out by coupling it with 2001's The Mummy

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