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The Brattle Film Podcast

The Brattle Theater, Ian Brownell, Ivy Moylan, Ned Hinkle, Alissa Darsa

The official podcast of Boston"s unofficial film school: The Brattle Theatre. Since 1953 the Brattle has been a home for film lovers to gather and share great cinema; showing an eclectic mix of classic, cutting-edge, foreign, cult, and art-house movies on 35mm film, digital projection, and now virtually.

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01:42:16

Episode 55: The Adventures of Antoine Doinel

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2022/12/08

We take a look at the Antoine Doinel cycle of five films made about the same character over a twenty year period by director François Truffaut and actor Jean-Pierre Léaud. We're then joined by Truffaut scholar Annette Insdorf for some detail on the iconic French New Wave filmmaker and her insights into these particular films.

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01:54:39

Episode 54: Marilyn Beyond Blonde

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2022/11/08

Andrew Dominik’s contentious new film Blonde, an ahistorical biopic anti-fantasy about Marilyn Monroe provides plenty of fodder for a lively discussion about the film and the legendary actress at its center. We take a deep dive into many of Marilyn’s movies, her status as an icon of cinema and of womanhood, and why so many people still feel so passionately about her after all these years.

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01:36:28

Episode 53: Strange Invaders

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2022/10/03

We herald the return of co-host Alissa Darsa with this spirited, all over the place conversation about alien invasion movies: sci-fi/horror settings, practical vs digital creature effects, blending sci-fi and horror with comedy, and squiggly little wormlike creatures that can take over human beings if we're not careful!

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01:30:03

Episode 52: The Story of Film a New Generation

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2022/09/03

Ian, Ned, and Ivy dive deep into Mark Cousins' own deep dive into that last decade of cinema. We explore Cousins new documentary The Story of Film: A New Generation as well as some of the films it highlights.

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01:59:50

BONUS: Summer Jobs Revisited

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2022/07/25

We drop our first rerun, both to celebrate the summer session and to bring back the voice of our co-host Alissa Darsa, who is still on hiatus. But first we play some more listener voicemail about favorite movie theaters, and Ned, Ivy, and Ian share some Brattle updates and news.

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01:55:45

Episode 51: Lost in American Road Movies

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2022/07/01

After listening to some listener voicemails, Ned, Ivy, and Ian talk about Road Movies and the Brattle's July 2022 series "Lost in America: the joys and terrors of being lost on the road in the United States."

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02:29:48

Episode 50: Reunion Week: 1947, 1972, 1997

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2022/05/17

For our epic 50th episode Ian, Ivy, and Ned are joined by the Brattle's head manager Alex Kittle for a deep dive into movies celebrating their 25th, 50th, and 75th anniversaries.

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01:04:55

Episode 49: We're All Going to the World's Fair

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2022/04/19

Ian, Ned, and Ivy are joined by writer/director Jane Schoenbrun to talk about their debut feature, inspirations, and early years falling in love with cinema at the Brattle.

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01:37:26

Episode 48: Thirty Years of Rom-Coms

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2022/03/22

We welcome writer and critic Scott Meslow for a rollicking conversation about one of the most love and most maligned film genres, and we discuss his new book "From Hollywood with Love: The Rise, and Fall (and Rise Again) of the Romantic Comedy."

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02:09:49

Episode 47: Best of 2021 Part 2

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2022/03/01

After lamenting the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences latest attempt at making the Oscars more appealing to people who hate the Oscars, we dive deep into many of the nominated movies.

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01:49:54

Episode 46: Best of 2021 Part 1

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2022/01/25

Ian, Ivy, Ned, and Alissa discuss the wide-ranging Best of 2021's lesser known titles. We touch on over 35 small (and not so small) releases from this strange year that gave us COVID variants, an intensifying "streaming vs theaters" debate, the mixed return of the blockbuster, the embrace of modern Black and White cinematography, and the vast number of terrific directorial debuts (from actors, a playwright, a novelist, and a composer)!

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01:24:21

Episode 45: The World of Wong Kar-wai

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2021/12/14

We close out the year with a deep dive into the career of Hong Kong film director, screenwriter, and producer Wong Kar-wai. The early films of the arthouse fav are now available in new 4K restorations, which the Brattle is running between Christmas and New Years. We discuss the various waves of Wong's popularity, the Brattle's history of programing his work, and our takes on eight of his films.

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01:40:22

Episode 44: Give Thanks for Film Noir

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2021/11/16

On the occasion of the Brattle's 2021 Thanksgiving program of Film Noir and Noir-adjacent movies celebrating their 75th anniversary, we dive deep into the genre most closely associated with The Brattle. We explore the history of Film Noir, what we each think constitutes a true Noir picture, and why there is so much debate about this distinctive style of filmmaking through a number of movies released in 1946, the year the term "Film Noir" was coined.

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01:34:31

Episode 43: Folk Horror with Kier-La Janisse

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2021/10/18

We're joined by film writer, programmer, producer, founder of The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies, and now documentarian Kier-La Janisse to talk about her new film Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror, as well as the Oct/Nov Brattle series inspired by it - Folk Horror Beyond the Wicker Man.

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01:36:41

Episode 42: Enjoy The Silents

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2021/09/14

Are silent movies homework? That's the question we wrestle with as we look forward to the first annual National Silent Movie Day on Sept. 29th. We explore our preconceptions about silent films, the barriers that prevent many audiences from embracing silent films, and some of our favorite silent films (as well as a few new discoveries). But first we spend the first 12 minutes looking ahead to this years Toronto International Film Festival.

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01:55:27

Episode 41: Tales of the Muppet Diaspora

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2021/08/16

We spend the first 20 min of this month's show discussing the Scarlett Johansson vs. Disney lawsuit and its potential ramifications on film exhibition, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and the future of movie stars playing fictional characters with pre-existing fanbases. Then we dive deep into a topic Ian, Ivy, Ned and Alissa all agree on—the love of Jim Henson and films he produced, directed, and contributed to; as well as how the craft of cinematic puppetry has lived on long beyond Henson's

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02:11:41

Episode 40: Reunion Week 1946, 1971, 1996

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2021/07/14

We kick off Season Three by revisiting the years 1946, 1971, and 1996 on the occasion of their 75th, 50th, and 25th anniversaries. Ian, Ivy, Ned, and Alissa choose one film from each year to discuss along with the three official "Reunion Week" films that were screened as part of the Brattle's first week back open to the public after the long COVID-19 shut down.

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01:49:52

Episode 39: Summer Job Movies

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2021/06/09

We dive deep into the commonalities, tropes, joys, and contrivances in iconic movies about summer jobs.

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01:34:28

Episode 38: Reopening! And 20 Years of Brattle Premieres

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2021/05/25

We announce our plan for reopening the cinema to the public after 14 months of darkness, and then we return to our 20th anniversary celebration by highlighting some of the 400 films the Brattle has premiered during the past 20 years.

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01:10:15

Episode 37: Indipendent Film Festival Boston

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2021/05/09

We're joined by Brian Tamm and Nancy Campbell of the IFFBoston to talk about this year's line-up, doing the festival virtually for the first time, and how excited we all are that cinemas are finally reopening.

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