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The Twin Geeks

The flagship film program for The Twin Geeks. Join us for bi-weekly podcast specials where we rank, dissect, and discuss the best of classic and contemporary cinema with friends from our community and the industry at large.A production of The Twin Geeks | Join our Discord

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The Twin Geeks 154: Jean Cocteau - The Rest is...

The Twin Geeks ·

2022/03/25

Take a commonplace, clean it and polish it, light it so that it produces the same effect of youth and freshness and originality and spontaneity as it did originally, and you have done a poet’s job. The rest is literature.Jean Cocteau. The rest is literature.When Cocteau was a young boy he said he would be clever later. He said his father was a painter. Boys say a lot of things. His father was an amateur painter, a lawyer by trade. His father killed himself when Cocteau was nine.You are not what you

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115:29

The Twin Geeks 153: Change of the Guard, the Films of...

The Twin Geeks ·

2022/03/11

Bogdanovich earned his keep in Hollywood as a director of films first and foremost. But he was perhaps more widely recognized for his efforts as a second-hand oral historian of Hollywood movies, embolding their legacy through innumerable interviews and commentary tracks in which he would recite the stories passed onto him in perfect comic imitation of his legendary filmic mentors. Bogdanovich’s love for the movies is embedded throughout his work: overt in the various pastiches he made to early genre

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127:31

The Twin Geeks 152: Change of the Guard, the Films of...

The Twin Geeks ·

2022/03/05

The following chapter of Bogdanovich’s career has yet to be recorded in any significant capacity. Previous retrospectives of his works tend to end at his dramatic apex, with the more thorough examinations dipping into the later classics and recent reevaluations recognizing his last theatrical works. Nobody, however, has paid any attention to his TV works from the ‘90s. Nobody. “I did a lot of tv work that I’m very proud of, but television work doesn’t get considered the same as a feature, even

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85:49

The Twin Geeks 151: Change of the Guard, The Films of...

The Twin Geeks ·

2022/02/25

While the impetus for Bogdanovich’s movie-making career began with Roger Corman, the genesis of his directorial ambitions came earlier, as an actor studying under the tutelage of Stella Adler and her prestigious New York studio for the Method. Bogdanovich gathered a troupe of his fellow students and directed them in a scene from Clifford Odets’ The Big Knife, which went so successfully that it prompted him to secure the rights to the show so they could mount a complete production. It was, perhaps,

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71:42

The Twin Geeks 150: Change of the Guard, The Films of...

The Twin Geeks ·

2022/02/18

Bogdanovich has claimed that the early months of 1980 were the happiest time of his life. He was in emphatic, unequivocal love with Playboy model Dorothy Stratten, and she was equally in love with him. Their blissful romance led to Bogdanovich dreaming up his next film, They All Laughed. Weaving together his affections for Stratten, the ongoing dissolution of her current marriage, and the recent affair shared by stars Ben Gazzara and Audrey Hepburn on their previous film together, Bogdanovich penned

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80:39

The Twin Geeks 149: Change of the Guard, The Films of...

The Twin Geeks ·

2022/02/11

It was during the casting process for The Last Picture Show when Cybill Shepherd was first brought to Bogdanovich’s attention. He and his wife Polly Platt picked Shepherd out from the cover of a magazine, with Platt in particular noting the devious sexuality she possessed which suited perfectly the role of Jacy Farrow. Her promiscuous nature would prove potent off screen as well, much to Bogdanovich’s unexpected delight, and Platt’s heartbroken chagrin. The affair between Bogdanovich and Shephard

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93:57

The Twin Geeks 148: Change of the Guard, the Films of...

The Twin Geeks ·

2022/02/04

Much like the French critics turned New Wave phenoms, Peter Bogdanovich was a student of the American classics. Beginning as a historian, Bogdanovich expanded his knowledge of the medium by chronicling the words of these directors through various books, interviews, essays, and documentaries. He took their sagely advice as inspiration for his own career, carrying the torch of the Old Guard into a New Generation.At first, he considered himself a failure, falling short of making his own Citizen Kane by

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108:34

The Twin Geeks 147: Point Rank, The Films of Kathryn...

The Twin Geeks ·

2022/01/21

It was not evident, on Oscar Night 2010, that Kathryn Bigelow would walk away a historical victor, for her modestly-sized independent film about distressed bomb technicians in Iraq had stiff competition, including a movie which remains the highest-grossing film of all time. Pluck persevered, ultimately, and The Hurt Locker took not only the Oscar for Best Director, but Best Picture, and four more awards too, including Mark Boal for his journalisticly-inspired Best Original Screenplay. Boal and

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93:22

The Twin Geeks 146: Point Rank, The Films of Kathryn...

The Twin Geeks ·

2022/01/14

It’s 1991, and Bigelow has made a nominal name for herself in the cutthroat world of the American film industry. Point Break, Bigelow’s high-octane action thriller about a band of surfing bank robbers and the youngblood FBI agent in desperate pursuit of them, drops in July with a major splash, garnering her greatest receipts to date and continued cultural acclaim as a high point in ‘90s action thanks to Bigelow’s peerless direction and the tense charisma between leads Keanu Reeves and Patrick

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62:23

The Twin Geeks 145: Point Rank, The Films of Kathryn...

The Twin Geeks ·

2022/01/07

Bigelow’s directorial career is often recognized for its unique consideration of traditionally masculine subject matters from a more nuanced and deconstructive perspective. While her works aren’t traditionally seen as overtly feminine then in their juxtaposition to masculine subjects, there’s no denying that Bigelow brings some greatly appreciated inquiry into her mainstay genres of action and war films. She has, however, had additional success dabbling in genres of Horror and Science-Fiction as

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88:10

The Twin Geeks 144: Rankin' Rankin/Bass - Part 3

The Twin Geeks ·

2021/12/24

Christmas Eve is upon us as we ring out the old year with this final collection of holiday features to round out the season. We've dug deep for this final handful, boasting the longest collective runtimes thus far, including one which almost made its way to the theaters. It's perhaps also the weirdest batch of the bunch, featuring such oddities as sentient logs, Christmas leprechauns, and cross-contamination with L. Frank Baum's wonderful realm of Oz. Fear not, though, as we have not

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70:56

The Twin Geeks 143: Rankin' Rankin/Bass - Part 2

The Twin Geeks ·

2021/12/17

We continue our trek through a frosty winter wonderland with six more Rankin/Bass holiday productions, adding to our mixed bag of Christmas goodies with some timeless holiday classics and some other unwieldy misfires long since forgotten. The seasonal canon expands here, as we see the first of several entries in which the directing duo continues the mythos of their previously established works, bringing back the same interpretations of characters like Santa Claus, Frosty, and Rudolph for properly

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63:15

The Twin Geeks 142: Rankin' Rankin/Bass - Part 1

The Twin Geeks ·

2021/12/10

The annual Christmas specials of veteran stop-motion legends Alan Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass have permeated our pop culture in an unforgettable fashion. The many iconic expansions they rendered, formatting old holiday songs into forty-minute television specials, has encapsulated for so many of us the very essence of the season itself. To decide once and for all which of these stand the test of time we're undertaking an entire retrospective evaluation of the Rankin/Bass Christmas filmography. Not

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78:11

The Twin Geeks 141: Best in Show

The Twin Geeks ·

2021/11/25

It’s Thanksgiving over at The Twin Geeks HQ. Calvin and David take a break while the guest hosts take over in true substitute teacher style. Listen as known Brit (and former guest) Stephen is quizzed on Thanksgiving by former guest Murph. Stick around for a review of Ghostbusters: Afterlife and our Thanksgiving treat: a discussion of Best in Show. Prepare for shambolic chaos and, don’t worry, Calvin and David will return.A production of The Twin Geeks | Join our Discord

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The Twin Geeks 140: Last Night in Soho

The Twin Geeks ·

2021/11/05

As the thinning veil of autumn grants us passage into the darker days of winter, our spirits are lifted and renewed by the holiday season. It's Halloween. The greatest holiday of them all. The one day of the year where what happens above the ground reflects the way it all must end. The one day where our spiritual contact is a little closer. Where the veil itself becomes visualized. Where we understand, with costumed acuity, the great divide between the living and the departed, as we dearly

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99:19

The Twin Geeks 139: Halloween II

The Twin Geeks ·

2021/10/29

Would it truly be Halloween if we didn't revisit the beloved Halloween franchise? Probably, but we'll do it anyway, as its always a seasonal treat to dive into a series of increasing mediocrity defined by its weakening representation of its famous masked killer. Highs and lows abound in this infamous autumnal franchise, with the second entry being one of the supposed better entries in the long-running series. A film which could be described as "a complete shell of its predecessor";

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99:51

The Twin Geeks 138: Benevolent Halloween

The Twin Geeks ·

2021/10/22

Each year, film lovers flock to their screens for the month of October to partake in an annual ritual of Halloween-themed viewing. Most often, we pack the month with the goriest, most terrifying, horrific movies we can find, but that has never been the true essence of the Halloween spirit. There will always be room in our ghoulish hearts for the likes of Micahel Myers and Jason Voorhees, but growing up, Halloween was a time reserved for spooks more than scares. Benevolent Halloween, as we have

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51:43

The Twin Geeks 137: The Devil's Backbone

The Twin Geeks ·

2021/10/15

It's a podcast overflowing with enthusiasm! The Twin Geeks' newest Editor, Vaughn, an enthusiast of all things, debuts on the show to discuss a plethora of exciting new topics ranging from massive blockbusters to crafty art films. We begin with Denis Villeneuve's Dune, after returning from an early theater screening. Julia Ducournau's Titane is also spotlighted, in proximity with her beloved prior work, Raw (2016), and her fundamentally unique approach to sweet but haunting character

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88:33

The Twin Geeks 136: Friday the 13th, Part II

The Twin Geeks ·

2021/10/08

This week, we're joined by the Marvelous Matt Farley, The Earl of Christmas, Freaky Farley, the composer of 23,000 published songs, friend of the show, and the star of many site favorite cult movies such as Don't Let the Riverbeast Get You! (2012) and Local Legends (2013). There's even a new Motern Media film coming this month, Metal Detector Maniac — releasing on Vimeo and Blu-ray from Gold Ninja Video — we discuss the new movie, connect over a love for low budget film, and simply

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63:30

The Twin Geeks 135: Night of the Living Dead

The Twin Geeks ·

2021/10/01

How many horror movies can truly claim to have changed the landscape of popular culture as we know it, becoming such a widespread influence on everything to come after that the very conceit upon which its built becomes as ubiquitous as centuries of prior genre myth-making? George Romero's legacy will forever be associated with his first feature film, the groundbreaking and pioneering zombie progenitor, Night of the Living Dead. Not only did it invent all the mechanics of a modern movie horror,

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