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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.

tv & film visual arts

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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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01:37:44

Episode 36: The 2020 Oscar Nominations, Part 2

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2021/04/19

After lamenting the loss of The ArcLight Cinema chain, Ned, Ivy, Alissa and Ian return to discussing the Oscars, the Brattle's Oscar Party, the nominated shorts of 2020, and the nominated the animation, documentary, and international features.

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01:46:27

Episode 35: The 2020 Oscar Nominations, Part 1

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2021/04/13

Ned, Ivy, Alissa, and Ian discuss their individual histories and feelings about the Academy Awards, and dive deep into this year's nominated films and performances.

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01:19:54

Episode 34: 20 Years of the Brattle Film Foundation

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2021/03/23

We take a look back on the 20 years of our theatre's history as a thriving non-profit institution. Looking at the highs and lows, the film's we premiered, and the decisions Ned and Ivy made when they took on running the Brattle. And we address a listener question about the "cinema as church" analogy we made during our Movies About Going to the Movies episode, and consider the difference between the way films depict movie-going vs TV-watching: https://vimeo.com/showcase/5148645/video/317138170

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01:30:20

Episode 33: New Virtual Cinema & A Conversation with...

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2021/03/02

We spend the first part of this week highlighting some titles currently playing or coming soon the the Brattlite, then Ned and Alissa interview DocYard curator Abby Sun about a new year-long virtual festival of 1990's Asian American Film and Video called My Sight is Lined with Visions.

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01:30:09

Episode 32: Movies About Going to the Movies

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2021/02/16

Inspired by Paul Anton Smith's "Have You Seen My Movie," a streaming exclusive currently running in The Brattlite, we're joined by MIT professor Ezra Glenn to talk about our favorite movies about going to the movies and films that take place in cinemas.

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01:55:33

Episode 31: Best of 2020

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2021/02/02

In our epic year-end episode, Ian, Ivy, Ned, and Alissa attempt to name check every film we each loved (or at least thought was worth checking out) from a year that was actually a pretty good year for movies. We hope listeners will not forget these titles, even if we all attempt to erase everything else about 2020.

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01:27:01

Episode 30: State of the Cinema

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2021/01/19

We kick off Session 2 with special guest Russ Fischer of The Boxoffice Studios who joins to help us assess the state of the cinema industry at the beginning of 2021. And Ned and Ivy share exciting news about the state of our cinema, the Brattle Theatre.

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01:47:30

Episode 29: Films for the Holidays, Part 2

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2020/12/23

We close out 2020 by casting a wide net for Holiday, Alt-Holiday, and Holiday Adjacent movies from a range of genres before moving on to favorite New Year’s Eve pictures from years past.

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01:27:49

Episode 28: Films for the Holidays, Part 1

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2020/12/14

Since we won't be able to do our annual holiday tradition of screening It's a Wonderful Life in December, we take a look at some terrific but lesser known holiday pictures.

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