PODCAST

Box Office Bylines

Tara Thorne

A radio show about movies about journalism. Hosted by Tara Thorne and Jacob Boon.

tv & film film history

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Episode 26 - Absence of Malice

Box Office Bylines ·

2020/11/26

This week we have an absence of applause for the 1981 newspaper revenge thriller Absence of Malice. Tara and Jacob discuss why Paul Newman hates journalists, getting burned by sources, and the career of screenwriter and alt-weekly alumnus Kurt Luedtke. Plus, Wilford Brimley pronounces ‘subpoena.’ Box Office Bylines is a podcast about movies about journalism. Paul Newman or Robert Redford? Who’d you rather? Email us about it atboxofficebylines@gmail.com Follow us on the old bird box (AKA

00:48:11

Episode 25 - All the President's Men

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2020/11/11

It’s the grand-zaddy of all journalism movies, All The President’s Men. Tara and Jacob discuss the myth of the journalist superhero and how the media covers political corruption. Timely! As Jerry Maguire would say, follow the money! Box Office Bylines is a podcast about movies about journalism. Is it fair for Hollywood to cast hot people as schlub reporters? Email us about it atboxofficebylines@gmail.com Follow us on the old bird box (AKA Twitter): @BoxBylines(don’t ask) @rwjboon @thorneyhfx Theme

01:05:35

Episode 24 - The Scream Quadrilogy (w/Allison Saunders)

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2020/10/29

Do you like scary movies? Self-described “total Scream-head” Allison Saunders sure does. Our very own Sydney (Cape Breton) Press-cot joins us on a 15-year journey through meta-horror and tabloid journalism clichés as we discuss Scream, Scream 2, Scream 3, and Scream 4! #JusticeforGaleWeathers Box Office Bylines is a podcast about movies about journalism. So no one told you life was gonna be this way? Email us about it atboxofficebylines@gmail.com Follow us on the old bird box (AKA

00:59:54

Episode 23 - The Ring (w/Alison Lang)

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2020/10/22

Naomi Watts investigates an evil horse girl’s haunted VHS tape while under a very literal deadline in The Ring. Alison Lang, author of Women With Guts: Horror Heroines in Film, TV and Print (and also Tara’s former roommate) joins us to discuss Amber Tamblyn’s death face, bathtubs full of black goo, and everything J-horror (the J stands for journalism). Watch more horror movies with Alison at Toxic Femmes Films on Facebook. Box Office Bylines is a podcast about movies about journalism. Would you like

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Episode 22 - To Die For

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2020/10/10

Nicole Kidman is a murderous meteorologist in To Die For. Jacob and Tara discuss this under-appreciated mid-’90s dark comedy along with how to become famous in America, Joaquin Phoenix’s torso, and David Cronenberg being creepy (on film). Box Office Bylines is a podcast about movies about journalism. When did you discover satire? Email us at boxofficebylines@gmail.com Follow us on the old bird box (AKA Twitter): @BoxBylines (don’t ask) @rwjboon @thorneyhfx Theme Music: Dance Movie

00:51:36

Episode 21 - Bombshell

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2020/09/24

Powerful men, prosthetics, and dangling queer content? That's a Fox story. Join Tara and Jacob as they riff on 2019's fizzy Bombshell, the story of Gretchen Carlson (Nicole Kidman), Megyn Kelly (Charlize Theron), and Kayla somebody (Margot Robbie as a composite), joined by a cast of 200—for real—for the wild tale of the sexual assault allegations that brought down Fox News honcho/doughnut aficionado Roger Ailes (John Lithgow in a fatsuit). Directed by known king of political and sexual nuance, Jay

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Episode 20 - Ace in the Hole (w/Lisa Tozzi)

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2020/09/11

It’s fake news from the ’50s in Billy Wilder’s Ace in the Hole. Kirk Douglas stars as a disgraced reporter who exploits small-town tragedy for fame and profit in this overlooked film noir classic. Former Buzzfeed News and New York Times editor Lisa Tozzi joins us all the way from the Big Apple to talk journalism ethics, media circuses, and rattlesnake festivals. Box Office Bylines is a podcast about movies about journalism. What are we, chopped liver? Email us already with your favourite journalism

00:59:51

Episode 19 - Christine (w/Becky Dingwell)

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2020/09/03

The tragic life and death of Christine Chubbuck gets dramatized in Christine. Our pal Rebecca Dingwell joins us as we discuss this deeply sad movie, internet gore vultures, the perils of writing a bio flick, and the lack of mental health support in journalism. Warning to our listeners: This episode features a frank discussion about both suicide and depression. Box Office Bylines is a podcast about movies about journalism. How many damn Batmens do we have to learn in our lives? Email us if you know

00:45:36

Episode 18 - Nightcrawler

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2020/08/26

Jake Gyllenhaal is LA’s most dangerous freelancer in Nightcrawler, a movie about a crime-scene videographer who drives around at night killing some people and offering others unpaid internships. You gotta respect the hustle. Tara and Jacob discuss the declining ethics of broadcast news companies, the career of famous New York photojournalist Weegee, and our favourite assorted Batmen, Spider-Men and Jokers. Box Office Bylines is a podcast about movies about journalism. Are you Rene Russo? Why aren’t

00:50:40

Episode 17 - The Paper

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2020/08/05

Stop the presses, it’s The Paper! A pre-Spotlight Michael Keaton stars in this overlooked journalism classic. Tara roasts Ron Howard’s filmography, Jacob imagines Robert Duvall in a Marvel movie, and we both discuss why it’s better to be right than first. Box Office Bylines is a podcast about movies about journalism. Have you played the fifth at Shinnecock? Email us atboxofficebylines@gmail.com Follow us on the old bird box (AKA Twitter): @BoxBylines(don’t ask) @thorneyhfx @rwjboon Theme Music:

00:46:04

Episode 16 - Up Close And Personal

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2020/07/29

A journalism star is born in this 1996 romance starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert Redford: “The story of a woman on the way up, and a man who helped her get there.” We’re off the deep end, watch as we dive in to talk about the Hollywood nightmare that turned Jessica Savitch’s tragic journalism career into this melodramatic Disney trash. Also, we mix up Dangerous Liaisons and Dangerous Minds. Box Office Bylines is a podcast about movies about journalism. Were men attractive in the ’90s? Email us

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Episode 15 - Mr. Jones

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2020/07/22

Sha, la, la, la, la, la, la, yeah, uh-huh. Pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones, because we need a drink after this grim historical thriller where a Welsh journalist exposes Soviet genocide and finds out the hard way that no good reporting goes unpunished. Tara and Jacob discuss fake news, eating noises, and Peter Sarsgaard’s butt at an opium party. Box Office Bylines is a podcast about movies about journalism. What did you think about Hobbs & Shaw? Email us atboxofficebylines@gmail.com Follow us on the

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Episode 14 - The Devil Wears Prada (w/Katie Toth)

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2020/07/14

The fashionable Katie Toth is here for everyone’s favourite haute couture workplace comedy, The Devil Wears Prada. Who’s the movie villain and who’s the actual villain? Why is Andy so unprepared for her job interviews? And are you wearing…the Chanel boots? Box Office Bylines is a podcast about movies about journalism. Do you have opinions about Anne Hathaway? Email us atboxofficebylines@gmail.com Follow us on the old bird box (AKA Twitter): @BoxBylines(don’t ask) @thorneyhfx @rwjboon @kat_toth Theme

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Episode 13 - How To Build A Girl

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2020/07/08

Beanie Feldstein is Caitlin Moran in the coming-of-age rock & roll journalism romp How To Build A Girl. Jacob and Tara discuss the role of a music critic in “napalming the parasites,” and delight themselves by attempting bad English accents. Box Office Bylines is a podcast about movies about journalism. Want to talk to Tara about Joker? Email us at boxofficebylines@gmail.com Contact: @BoxBylines (don’t ask) @thorneyhfx @rwjboon Theme Music: Dance Movie (dancemovie.bandcamp.com) If you’re a fan

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Episode 12 - Canada Day Special

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2020/07/01

For a problematic Canadian holiday, we watched two Canadian movies with problems. First, Toronto’s Rob Ford scandal meets millennial media angst in the 2020 drama Run This Town. Then, a Montreal reporter with an advanced case of horniness organizes a newspaper union in the 1974 sex comedy Why Rock The Boat? Tara and Jacob discuss Damian Lewis’ baffling Rob Ford impression, sexy popcorn eating, and our true patriot love for seeing characters take their shoes off when they come inside. Box Office

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Episode 11 - Zodiac

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2020/06/25

Special guest H.G. Watson joins us for David Fincher’s 2007 thriller, Zodiac! We obsessively discuss whether this is a journalism movie or a cop movie, the ethics of publishing serial killer sudoku, and Jake Gyllenhaal’s hairless knuckles. Box Office Bylines is a podcast about movies about journalism. Are you the real Zodiac killer? Email us atboxofficebylines@gmail.com Check out Indiegraf.comand sign up for H.G.'s newsletter. Contact: @BoxBylines(don’t ask) @thorneyhfx @rwjboon @HG_Watson Theme

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Episode 10 - His Girl Friday

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2020/06/17

It’s the ultimate screwball comedy classic about daffy buttinskis running around without a nickel in their pockets (AKA journalists). Jacob and Tara ruminate on Cary Grant’s love life and Rosalind Russell’s jawline, swap tales of old Hollywood, and learn to leave the rooster story alone—that’s human interest. His Girl Friday: publicdomainmovie.net/movie/his-girl-friday Torchy Blane: rtdna.org/article/torchy_blane_the_most_famous_fictional_journalist_you_ve_never_heard_of Adela Rogers St. John:

00:58:53

Episode 09 - Broadcast News

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2020/06/10

Broadcast News It’s the movie we almost named this podcast after! Holly Hunter and Albert Brooks star in the 1987 classic Broadcast News, from writer/directer James L. Brooks. Tara and Jacob discuss Hunter’s Oscar-worthy line readings, the ethics of style versus substance in journalism, and past crying jags in the office. Box Office Bylines is a show about movies about journalism, hosted by journalists/movie fans Tara Thorne (in Halifax) and Jacob Boon (in Yellowknife). Got an idea for a

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Episode 08 - I Love Trouble

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2020/06/03

Two duelling Chicago reporters uncover a massive corporate conspiracy, and maybe find love along the way? Romance was never more dangerous (or improbable!) in this 1994 romantic-comedy-drama-thriller-awful movie. Tara and Jacob question why Nick Nolte is portrayed as sex incarnate, ruminate on Julia Roberts' "lost years" in Ireland, and find out how long it takes to walk from Wisconsin to Nevada. There's also some journalism! Box Office Bylines is heard every Tuesday on NowhereFM—pirate radio to

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Episode 07 - The Mean Season

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2020/05/27

Peak-hotness Kurt Russell stars as Malcolm Anderson, a potential Pulitzer Prize-winning Miami reporter burnt out from the crime beat who only wants to move away to Colorado with his schoolteacher girlfriend. But fate—and a serial killer—intervenes. Jacob and Tara talk about this pulpy journalism thriller, Mariel Hemingway’s eyebrows, and why men in these movies are never happy to be a journalist. Box Office Bylines is heard every Tuesday on NowhereFM—pirate radio to ease the isolation. Listen live

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