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MRAC Film Club

We are a weekly film discussion group. Each month is a deep dive into a single cinematic theme wherein the playlist is curated by a member of our team. We meet once a week to discuss a single film and the occasional supplemental. Join the club. Watch the film. Pod the cast

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01:57:34

Gene Gone Wilder, Week 4 - Young Frankenstein (1974),...

MRAC Film Club ·

2026/04/12

Episode 129 - Pack your bags and don't forget to pack your funny bone. We are headed to Transylvania to wrap up spring break and our Gene Gone Wilder month. This week we watch another classic, Young Frankenstein (1974), written by Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks, directed by Mel Brooks. A parody of the classic story of Frankenstein, Young Frankenstein stars Wilder along side Peter Boyle, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman and Teri Garr among others. It's an unbelievable cast putting on a comedic

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01:47:18

Gene Gone Wilder, Week 3 - Blazing Saddles (1974)

MRAC Film Club ·

2026/04/03

Episode 128 - Pack your bags because we are headed to the Wild West, as seen though the eyes of comedy legend Mel Brooks. For the second time this month we enjoy the paring of Brooks and Gene Wilder as we watch and discuss Blazing Saddles (1974). Wilder plays the Waco Kid, who had the fastest hands in the west before crawling into a whiskey bottle. He teams up with newly appointed Sheriff Bart (Cleavon Little) to save the town of Rock Ridge. It's a classic comedy and we had a lot of fun with

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01:31:09

Gene Gone Wilder, Week 2 - WIlly Wonka and the...

MRAC Film Club ·

2026/03/28

Episode 127: Pack your bags, we are headed to the land of chocolate. It's week 2 of Gene Wilder month, and this week we are looking at the classic Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory (1979), a tale of Charlie Bucket and 4 horrible children as they journey through the chocolate factory of Willy Wonka (Gene Wilder). We break it down and discuss watching this growing up as well as our observations as "adults." We had a lot of fun with this one. How high did we rate it? Tune in to find

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01:10:34

Gene Gone Wilder, Week 1 - The Producers (1967)

MRAC Film Club ·

2026/03/23

Episode 126 - It's Spring Break! So, back your bags because we are headed to... Gene Wilder? Yes it's Gene Gone Wilder month for March and we will be breaking down the film career of comedy legend Gene Wilder. For week 1 we start at the beginning with his first major film role and the first of his collaborations with the great Mel Brooks. In The Producers (1967) Wilder stars an accountant Leo Bloom, who along with Broadway play producer Max Bialystock hatch a plan to make money by

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02:07:16

Brian DePalma Month, Week 5 - The Untouchables (1987)...

MRAC Film Club ·

2026/03/15

Episode 125 - Pack your bags, and make sure to pack some bootlegged whiskey, because we are headed to prohibition times Chicago to wrap up DePalma month. This week we watch and discuss The Untouchables (1987) which is one of DePalma's more well know films, stars Kevin Costner, Sean Connery and Robert DeNiro. Based on the story of Elliot Ness vs Al Capone and the the war on illegal booze in the 20's, Deniro once again tackles the ganster subgenre. Speaking of which, we dive into Carlito's

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01:38:41

Brian DePalma Month, Week 4 - Body Double (1984) with...

MRAC Film Club ·

2026/03/04

Episode 124 - Pack your bags because we are headed to Los Angeles CA, a departure for DePalma and his East Coast set thrillers. This week we are watching and discussing Body Double (1984), which is about a struggling actor who is looking for an apartment and ends up stumbling into quite the situation when he witnesses an eyeful from the window of the home he is house sitting for in the Hollywood hills. This is a wild discussion and the opinions of some of us may surprise you. We are also joined by

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01:58:54

Brian DePalma Month, Week 3 - Blow Out (1981) with...

MRAC Film Club ·

2026/02/20

Episode 123 - It's week 3 of DePalma Month, and we are bringing out the big guns for this one. We welcome DePalma fan and horror podcasting legend, the southern gentleman himself Gregamorits from the Land of the Creeps podcast. Greg helps us break down the conspiracy thriller Blow Out (1981), as well as some discussion of the supplemental Snake Eyes (1998). We had a lot of fun with this one and really broke it down. Blow Out is the story of a film sound engineer )played by John Travolta) who

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01:48:33

Brian DePalma Month, Week 2 - The Fury (1977)

MRAC Film Club ·

2026/02/14

Episode 122 - Welcome back to DePalma month. This week we are joined by one of our old friends OOTim. If you enjoyed OOTim's analytical breakdown of Blade Runner, then you are sure to enjoy his breakdown of a less analyzed film; The Fury (1977). The Fury is DePalma's lesser known psychic supernatural thriller film that came out in the mid-1970's. The more well-known version of this would be Carrie (1976). We do have a supplemental style discussion of Carrie towards the end of this one,

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01:29:25

Brian DePalma Month, Week 1 - Sisters (1972)

MRAC Film Club ·

2026/02/07

Episode 121 - Pack your bags! We're headed to Staten Island via New Jersey and NYC, because it's Brian DePalma month and we are watching and discussing Sisters (1972). Brian DePalma has an enormous resume spanning decades through various genres from cult classics to blockbuster hits. For this month we are focusing on the genre he is most know for, thrillers, and starting at the beginning with Sisters (1972), with some supplemental talk at the end with Obsession (1976). Each week will focus

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03:30:00

5th Annual MRAC Awards Ceremony

MRAC Film Club ·

2026/02/02

Episode 120 - This is the time of the year we look forward to most of all. It's a time for us to reflect on all of the films we watched this year on MRAC and give out our annual awards. We have 26 awards to give out, plus additional awards we may have added or forgotten. Plus QQ may do her thing and add an award, and we might get an appearance from another feline. Anything can happen on the awards ceremony. It has been our longest episode to date, so it must have been something. It's all fun

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01:04:38

French Romance Month, Week 4 - The Science of Sleep...

MRAC Film Club ·

2026/02/01

Episode 119 - We are wrapping up French Romance Month this week as we watch and discuss The Science of Sleep (2006). This is a quirky film by the great Michel Gondry which features his signature stop motion animation and dreamlike imagery through the story of Stephane, who comes to France from Mexico for a job opportunity, and meets Stephanie. The story blends dream and reality as Stephane confuses dreams with his waking life. It was a pleasant finish to French Romance month. And pack your bags

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01:13:26

French Romance Month, Week 3 - The Man Who Loved...

MRAC Film Club ·

2026/01/30

Episode 118 - This week we are still in France covering another unconventional romance film. This week we watch and discuss The Man Who Loved Women (1977) directed by Francois Truffaut. In this film the man, named Bertrand, really loves women. The film begins with his funeral and then through a series of flashbacks we witness his escapades and his love of women. One of us did not like this film and really went on about it. We will let you guess who that is, then tune in to find out.And tune in next

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00:47:30

French Romance Month, Week 2 - Umbrellas of Cherbourg...

MRAC Film Club ·

2026/01/27

Episode 117 - Pack your bags, and don't forget to pack an umbrella. We are in France still for week 2 of French Romance Month. We are watching and discussing Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964). Pete surprised us with this one as we watch our first musical, and we get right into it by debating whether or not this is actually a musical. But in the end our opinions may surprise even ourselves . Tune in for this one. And tune in next time as we watch and discuss The Man Who Loved Women (1977)email us at

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00:59:01

French Romance Month, Week 1 - Lost in Paris (2016)

MRAC Film Club ·

2026/01/16

Episode 116 - Pack you bags! We are headed back to France, so that means it must be a Pete month. This week we are looking at a few unconventional French romance films. First up is Lost in Paris (2016) a comedy about a Canadian woman named Fiona who travels to Paris to track down her Aunt Martha after receiving a strange letter in the mail. Some wacky antics ensue, especially after Fiona crosses paths with a homeless man named Dom. It's a Pete month. Embrace it.Tune in soon for the next episode;

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01:34:35

Early Ingmar Bergman, Week 4 - The Seventh Seal (1957)

MRAC Film Club ·

2026/01/03

Episode 115 - Happy 2026! The first episode of the new year is our last Bergman discussion. This week we watch and discussed The Seventh Seal (1957) Arguably Bergman's most well-known film, the Seventh Seal follows a knight, his squire, a rag tag group of performers and others during the time of the black plague in Sweden. Those of you familiar with the film Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey might recognize the plot device of death playing a game for the life of the main character. Who borrowed

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01:18:54

Early Ingmar Bergman, Week 3 - To Joy (1950)

MRAC Film Club ·

2025/12/29

Episode 114 - It is week 3 of Ignmar Bergman month here on MRAC, and for this week we watched and discussed To Joy (1950), a film that follows an orchestral musician couple through their turbulent relationship. It's a bit of a gut punch, so grab some tums and strap yourself in. QQ could not join us for this one but we got to meet Caifu, the newest member of the family. Tune in this week, and stay tuned for our final Bergman episode when we will be watching and discussing The Seventh Seal (1957)

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02:06:52

Early Ingmar Bergman - Wild Strawberries (1957),...

MRAC Film Club ·

2025/12/18

Episode 113 - Is Ingmar Berman's 1957 film Wild Strawberries a Christmas Carol story? Hold on tight because this along with a lot of other questions are raised during our two hour long double feature discussion of Wild Strawberries (1957) and Summer Interlude (1951). Both films feature main characters reflecting on the past, one an aging professor looking back on his life, and the other a less aging women looking back on a summer relationship. Join us for this off the walls discussion. And join

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01:35:48

Early Ingmar Bergman, Week 1 - Prison (1949)

MRAC Film Club ·

2025/12/11

Episode 112 - Pack your bags because we are headed to 1940's-50's Sweden to cover the early films of Ignmar Bergman. Bergman is considered one of the most important directors in the history of cinema so clearly we are not qualified to comment, but we are doing it anyway. You will get our initial reactions to Bergman through the first film he wrote and directed; Prison (1949), as well as some supplemental talk about Thirst (1949). Both films comment on marriage, faith and human nature..

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01:32:25

1980's Arnold Schwarzenegger, Week 5 - Twins (1988)

MRAC Film Club ·

2025/12/07

Episode 111 - Pack your bags, and make sure you pack lightly because you are going to be paddling over 20 miles from an island in the southern pacific to the nearest airport. But of course, you aren' t Arnold in the 80's, and you aren't trying to get to Los Angeles to be reunited with your biological twin from whom you were separated at birth, and this twin just happens to be Danny Devito. Of course with this ridiculous synopsis, we are talking the Ivan Reitman 80's classic Twins (1988). Strap

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01:44:07

1980's Arnold Schwarzenegger, Week 4 - Predator (1987)

MRAC Film Club ·

2025/11/27

Episode 110 - Pack your bags, and don't forget to pack your gatling gun because we are heading to the jungle to face the ultimate predator. And speaking of hunting, Happy Thanksgiving! This episode is being released on Thanksgiving back to back with our Running Man episode, much like how Arnold had two movies come out in 1987. So enjoy our discussion of Predator (1987) while you are digesting your Thanksgiving feast.And tune in next week for our final Arnold in the 80's discussion with Twins

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