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Blockbusters and Birdwalks

Garrett Chaffin-Quiray

At Blockbusters and Birdwalks, you’ll listen to reviews and conversations about all kinds of movies, from Academy Award winners to exploitation masterpieces with a mix of commercial hits and obscure favorites thrown in for good measure. The point is recognizing that movies present our culture with the building blocks of social memory, enabling each of us to enjoy ourselves because movies are fun.

tv & film visual arts

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18:32

Romance, a conversation – “Harold and Maude”

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2025/01/22

This is part of a series about romance in movies. ***Referenced media:“Golden Girls” (Susan Harris, 1985-1992)“Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb” (Stanley Kubrick 1964)“The Graduate” (Mike Nichols, 1967)Audio quotation:“Harold and Maude” (Hal Ashby, 1971), including the songs “Don’t Be Shy” and “If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out” by Cat Stevens

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22:38

Romance, a conversation – “Fire Island”

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2025/01/09

This is part of a series about romance in movies. ***Referenced media:“Bros” (Nicholas Stoller, 2022)“Saturday Night Live” (Lorne Michaels, 1975-now)“Clueless” (Amy Heckerling, 1995)“Pride & Prejudice” (Joe Wright, 2005)Audio quotation:“Fire Island” (Andrew Ahn, 2022), including the song “Pure Imagination” performed by Kathleen, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_OPWtgi2GFGVXixDBXQl1dz8DQQaoMgt

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43:47

2005, a conversation – “The New World” (The Extended...

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2025/01/09

This is part of a series about overlooked movies from 2005. ***Referenced media:“The Emigrants” (Jan Troell, 1971)“The New Land” (Jan Troell, 1972)“The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” (Peter Jackson, 2001)“The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” (Peter Jackson, 2002)“The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” (Peter Jackson, 2003)“Syriana” (Stephen Gaghan, 2005)“The Thin Red Line” (Terrence Malick, 1998)“John Wick” (Chad Stahelski, 2014)“Pocahontas” (Mike Gabriel and E...

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19:53

Romance, a conversation – “10 Things I Hate About You”

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2025/01/09

This is part of a series about romance in movies. ***Referenced media:“The Taming of the Shrew” by William Shakespears (~1590-1592)“Scream” (Wes Craven, 1996)“Some Kind of Wonderful” (Howard Deutch, 1987)“A Knight’s Tale” (Brian Helgeland, 2001)“Brokeback Mountain” (Ang Lee, 2005)“The Dark Knight” (Christopher Nolan, 2008)“Warm Bodies” (Jonathan Levine, 2013)“The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare (~1591-1595)Audio quotation:“Scream” (Wes Craven, 1996), including the son...

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37:24

2005, a conversation – “Syriana”

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2024/12/04

This is part of a series about overlooked movies from 2005. ***Referenced media:“Michael Clayton” (Tony Gilroy, 2007)“Up in the Air” (Jason Reitman, 2009)“Good Night, and Good Luck.” (George Clooney, 2005)“The Big Short” (Adam McKay, 2015)“The Godfather” (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972)“The Godfather: Part II” (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)“Traffik” (Simon Moore, 1989)“Traffic” (Steven Soderbergh, 2000)“Paradise Now” (Hany Abu-Assad, 2005)“United 93” (Paul Greengrass, 2006)“Thank You for Smoki...

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18:31

Romance, a conversation – “Some Kind of Wonderful”

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2024/12/04

This is part of a series about romance in movies. ***Referenced media:“Pretty in Pink” (Howard Deutch, 1986)“Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F” (Mark Molloy, 2024)“Ted Lasso” (Jason Sudeikis, Bill Lawrence, Brendan Hunt, and Joe Kelly, 2020-2023)“Alien” (Ridley Scott, 1979)“Lethal Weapon” (Richard Donner, 1987)Audio quotation:“Some Kind of Wonderful” (Howard Deutch, 1987), including the songs “Do Anything” by Pete Shelley, “The Hardest Walk” by The Jesus and Mary Chain, “Can’t Help Falling in Lo...

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26:23

2005, a conversation – “North Country”

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2024/11/14

This is part of a series about overlooked movies from 2005. ***Referenced media:“Promising Young Woman” (Emerald Fennell, 2020)“Spartacus” (Stanley Kubrick, 1960)“Marvel’s The Avengers” (Joss Whedon, 2012)“Fargo” (Joel Coen, 1996)“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” (Martin McDonagh, 2017)“The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” (Peter Jackson, 2001)“The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” (Peter Jackson, 2002)“The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” (Peter Jackso...

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25:52

2005, a conversation – “Bad News Bears”

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2024/10/29

This is part of a series about overlooked movies from 2005. ***Referenced media:“The Bad News Bears” (Michael Ritchie, 1976)“Boyhood” (Richard Linklater, 2014)“Slacker” (Richard Linklater, 1990)“Dazed and Confused” (Richard Linklater, 1993)“School of Rock” (Richard Linklater, 2003)“Friday Night Lights” (Peter Berg, 2004)“Pollock” (Ed Harris, 2000)“Talk Soup” (Brad Gyori, 1991-2002)“Little Miss Sunshine” (Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, 2006)“The Fly” (David Cronenberg, 1986)“Bad Santa...

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24:52

Comic Book Movies, a conversation – “30 Days of Night”

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2024/10/29

This is part of a series about movies based on comic books. ***Referenced media:“Twilight” (Catherine Hardwicke, 2008)“Interview with the Vampire” (Rolin Jones, 2022)“World War Z” (Marc Forster, 2013)“Beloved” (Jonathan Demme, 1998)“The Last Samurai” (Edward Zwick, 2003)“The Last of the Mohicans” (Michael Mann, 1992)“28 Days Later” (Danny Boyle, 2002)“30 Days of Night” (2002) by Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith“30 Days of Night: Dark Days” (Ben Ketai, 2010)“30 Days of Night: Return to Bar...

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21:01

Comic Book Movies, a conversation – “The League of...

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2024/10/29

This is part of a series about movies based on comic books. ***Referenced media:“Hulk” (Ang Lee, 2003)“Justice League” (1960-now) by Gardner Fox“Promethea” (1999-2005) by Alan Moore, J.H. Williams III, and Mick Gray“300” (1998) by Frank Miller“300” (Zack Snyder, 2007))“Watchmen” (1986-1987) by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons“Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope” (George Lucas, 1977)“The Incredible Hulk” (1962-now) by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby“La Femme Nikita” (Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran, 199...

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24:54

Comic Book Movies, a conversation – “Tank Girl”

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2024/10/14

This is part of a series about movies based on comic books. ***Referenced media:“Point Break” (Kathryn Bigelow, 1991)“Orange Is the New Black” (Jenji Kohan, 2013-2019)“Tank Girl” (1988-now) by Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlett“A League of Their Own” (Penny Marshall, 1992)“Station Eleven” (Patrick Somerville, 2021-2022)“Crumb” (Terry Zwigoff, 1994)“Casper” (Brad Silberling, 1995)“Batman Forever” (Joel Schumacher, 1995)“Judge Dredd” (Danny Cannon, 1995)“Judge Dredd” (1977-now) by John Wagner, ...

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31:11

2005, a conversation – “Paradise Now”

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2024/10/14

This is part of a series about overlooked movies from 2005. ***Referenced media:“The Kingdom” (Peter Berg, 2007)“Lebanon” (Samuel Maoz, 2009)“Thank You for Smoking” (Jason Reitman, 2005)“Star Trek: The Next Generation” (Gene Roddenberry, 1987-1994)“Lord of War” (Andrew Niccol, 2005)“Syriana” (Stephen Gaghan, 2005)Audio quotation:“Paradise Now” (Hany Abu-Assad, 2005)

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28:24

Comic Book Movies, a conversation – “Superman II”

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2024/09/26

This is part of a series about movies based on comic books. ***Referenced media:“Superman” (Richard Donner, 1978)“Adventures of Superman” (Whitney Ellsworth and Robert J. Maxwell, 1952-1958)“Batman” (Bob Kane and Bill Finger, 1939-now)“Wonder-Woman” (William Moulton Marston, 1941-now)“Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut” (Richard Donner, 2006)“Spider-Man” (Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, 1962-now)“Dr. Strange” (Steve Ditko, 1963-now)“The Incredible Hulk” (Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, 1962-now)“Man...

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25:52

1971, a conversation – “Carnal Knowledge”

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2024/09/18

This is part of a series about movies from 1971. ***Referenced media:“The Big Doll House” (Jack Hill, 1971)“A Beautiful Mind” (Ron Howard, 2001)“Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” (Mike Nichols, 1966)Audio quotation:“Carnal Knowledge” (Mike Nichols, 1971)

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25:29

1971, a conversation – “The Beguiled”

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2024/09/06

This is part of a series about movies from 1971. ***Referenced media:“The Big Doll House” (Jack Hill, 1971)“Song of the South” (Harve Foster and Wilfred Jackson, 1946)“The Birth of a Nation” (D.W. Griffith, 1915)“Drum” (Steve Carver, 1976)“Mandingo” (Richard Fleischer, 1975)“Django Unchained” (Quentin Tarantino, 2012)“Gone with the Wind” (Victor Fleming, 1939)“Dirty Harry” (Don Siegel, 1971)“Pig” (Michael Sarnoski, 2021)“The Beguiled” (Sofia Coppola, 2017)“Fury” (David Ayer, 2014)“Fury” ...

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21:30

1971, a conversation – “Duck, You Sucker!”

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2024/08/16

This is part of a series about movies from 1971. ***Referenced media:“The Big Doll House” (Jack Hill, 1971)“The Wild Bunch” (Sam Peckinpah, 1969)“Jules and Jim” (Francois Truffaut, 1962)“Brokeback Mountain” (Ang Lee, 2005)“Red Dead Redemption” (Steve Martin, Josh Needleman, and David Kunkler, 2010)“A Fistful of Dollars” (Sergio Leone, 1964)“For a Few Dollars More” (Sergio Leone, 1965)“The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” (Sergio Leone, 1966)“Once Upon a Time in the West” (Sergio Leone, 1968)...

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22:01

1971, a conversation – “The Decameron”

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2024/08/01

This is part of a series about movies from 1971. ***Referenced media:“The Big Doll House” (Jack Hill, 1971)“The Devils” (Ken Russell, 1971)“Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom” (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1975)“Arabian Nights” (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1975)“The Original Kings of Comedy” (Spike Lee, 2000)“Big Love” (Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer, 2006-2011)“Last Temptation of Christ” (Martin Scorsese, 1988)“The French Connection” (William Friedkin, 1971)“The Decameron” (Kathleen Jordan, 2024)“Straw D...

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28:46

1971, a conversation – “Punishment Park”

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2024/07/19

This is part of a series about movies from 1971. ***Referenced media:“The Big Doll House” (Jack Hill, 1971)“The Omega Man” (Boris Sagal, 1971)“The Last Movie” (Dennis Hopper, 1971)“The French Connection” (William Friedkin, 1971)“The Last Picture Show” (Peter Bogdanovich, 1971)“The Big Boss” (Lo Wei, 1971)“Duck, You Sucker!” (Sergio Leone, 1971)“Fiddler on the Roof” (Norman Jewison, 1971)“Duel” (Steven Spielberg, 1971)“The War Game” (Peter Watkins, 1966)“THX 1138” (George Lucas, 1971)“The...

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27:27

1971, a conversation – “The Devils”

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2024/07/02

This is part of a series about movies from 1971. ***Referenced media:“The Big Doll House” (Jack Hill, 1971)“Crimes of Passion” (Ken Russell, 1984)“Deep Throat” (Gerard Damiano, 1972)“Behind the Green Door” (Artie Mitchell and Jim Mitchell, 1972)“Whore” (Ken Russell, 1991)“E.T.” (Steven Spielberg, 1982)“Pretty Woman” (Garry Marshall, 1990)“The Transformers: The Movie” (Nelson Shin, 1986)“Elmer Gantry” (Richard Brooks, 1960)“Blue” (Derek Jarman, 1993)“Citizen Kane” (Orson Welles, 1941)“The...

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29:43

1971, a conversation – “McCabe & Mrs. Miller”

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2024/06/17

This is part of a series about movies from 1971. ***Referenced media:“The Big Doll House” (Jack Hill, 1971)“Benson” (Susan Harris, 1979-1986)“First Cow” (Kelly Reichardt, 2019)“Dances with Wolves” (Kevin Costner, 1990)“Unforgiven” (Clint Eastwood, 1992)“Bonanza” (David Dortort, 1959-1973)“Gunsmoke” (Charles Marquis Warren, 1955-1975)“M*A*S*H” (Robert Altman, 1970)“Nashville” (Robert Altman, 1975)“Deadwood” (David Milch, 2004-2006, 2019)“The Searchers” (John Ford, 1956)“American Graffiti”...

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