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PODCAST

Pod Casty For Me

Jake Serwin & Ian Rhine

Pod Casty For Me: a left politics and culture podcast about the films of Steven Soderbergh (formerly Clint Eastwood and Paul Schrader), one movie per episode. Hosted by Jake Serwin & Ian Rhine. New episodes every other Friday.

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01:58:04

Schrader Ep. 19: Witch Hunt (1994) with Jack Sinclair

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2024/07/20

"Boy, I sure wish there was a sequel to the 1991 HBO Original Movie CAST A DEADLY SPELL, only more of a reboot than a sequel, and with Dennis Hopper taking over the role of detective H. Phillip Lovecraft from Fred Ward, and I hope it's mostly a fumbled metaphor for McCarthyism," you're probably saying to yourself all the time. Well, you will not believe your luck: there is one of those, and for some goddamn reason Paul Schrader directed it! Today we're talking 1994's WITCH HUNT, a film noir pastiche

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02:03:14

Schrader Ep. 18: Light Sleeper (1992) with Jake Tropila

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2024/07/12

Wake up, listeners! Should be easy if you're anything like the protagonist of Paul Schrader's 1992 film LIGHT SLEEPER, which we're talking all about today with writer/editor/poster extraordinaire Jake Tropila! Join us for a great conversation about Schrader's "mid-life movie," addictive behavior, actually humanizing the drug trade, 90s New Age stuff, and our favorite jokes. Damn, we should really be charging at least $200 for a show like this. Instead it's free!!! Further Reading: "Movie High" by

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02:18:36

Schrader Ep. 17: The Comfort of Strangers (1990) with...

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2024/07/06

No, you haven't fallen asleep in a Venice alleyway - it's really the podcast! Today we're wandering La Serenissima and monologuing about our fathers as we discuss Paul Schrader's dreamy 1990 literary adaptation THE COMFORT OF STRANGERS with filmmakers and To The White Sea cohosts Jordan Fish and Ray Tintori! And yes, we do figure out which of us is which character from the film. We talk Ian McEwan, Harold Pinter, Gen X masculinity, befriending weirdos, dad stuff, vampires, and much more. Please,

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26:52

Emergency Minisode: The Estate Sale

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2024/06/30

Surprise, listeners! Jake went to a Clint-related estate sale recently and we had to tell you all about it ASAP. Ian's hearing all of this for the first time on mic, too. We'll post all the photos over on our Patreon feed, unlocked for everybody. Enjoy! https://www.podcastyforme.com/ Follow Pod Casty For Me: https://twitter.com/podcastyforme https://www.instagram.com/podcastyforme/ https://www.youtube.com/@podcastyforme Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PodCastyForMe Artwork by Jeremy

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02:53:33

Schrader Ep. 16: The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)...

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2024/06/28

"I want him to stop. I can't take the pain. The voices and the pain." No, those aren't the words of our listeners - they're the words of Jesus Christ as written by Paul Schrader! Understand your confusion, though. Today we're genuflecting before Martin Scorsese's highly controversial 1988 film THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST, adapted by Schrader from not The Bible, and joining us on our spiritual journey is writer Robert Rubsam. Jake has a bunch of day-one theology questions that Ian and Rob do their

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02:12:59

Schrader Ep. 15: Patty Hearst (1988)

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2024/06/21

Death to the fascist insect that preys upon the life of the podcast! Just playing, nobody preys upon us. But we're back in Symbionese Liberation Army territory this week to talk Paul Schrader's 1988 biopic PATTY HEARST! Join us for a spirited conversation about Natasha Richardson, Ving Rhames, the movie's angle on leftism, ideological and physical consent, and Disneyland in 1974. It's a good ep! Content warning: we talk about sexual violence on this episode. Further Reading: An Oral History with

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01:59:34

UNLOCKED: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

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2024/06/14

This is an unlocked bonus episode from our Patreon feed, Paid Costly For Me. Here's some hidden gold for ya: the damned Pod Casty For Me Patreon feed! No, for real. Let's be for real now. Today we're finishing up the Man With No Name trilogy with the final and best film of the lot, Sergio Leone's 1966 Civil War Western epic THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY. No Oxford comma for Sergio I guess! Well, fair enough. We both loved this one, actually, and had a bang-up time talking about Eli Wallach, the

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02:20:44

Schrader Ep. 14: Light of Day (1987) with Altmania

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2024/06/07

1..2..3..4! Pretty rock and roll way to start an episode description, I thought. This week we're absolutely shredding (guitar term) through a discussion of Paul Schrader's understandably underseen 1987 struggling rock band sibling melodrama film, LIGHT OF DAY, and joining us are our great pals Ryan and Este from the Altmania podcast! We talk mom stuff, Bruce Springsteen, Joan Jett and Michael J. Fox's palpable sexual chemistry, the very limited revolutionary potential of popular music, and a lot

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02:04:52

Schrader Ep. 13: The Mosquito Coast (1986)

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2024/05/31

Hop on the launch, folks, we're heading to THE MOSQUITO COAST! Peter Weir's 1986 film scripted by Paul Schrader, that is. Join us for a conversation about the unfinished capitalist critique of prepper guys, the problems with Going Back To Nature, and how we are much smarter and better than Allie Fox generally because we have done more reading. Well, Ian has. One time I pitched Ian on a Patreon episode where I just ask him questions about agriculture for an hour, and this basically became that. For

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02:48:53

Schrader Ep. 12: Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters...

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2024/05/24

It's the MISHIMA episode. It's also the Mishima episode, in a way. We do our best to discuss both Paul Schrader's 1985 art-biopic MISHIMA: A LIFE IN FOUR CHAPTERS and the man Yukio Mishima with our returning pal Comrade Yui, who has been on a real journey with this film. As you might expect, things get pretty weighty: the nature and purpose of art, Schrader's depiction of the suicide, whether you can be a bodybuilder without being fascist about it. This is a special one, folks. Further Reading:

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01:39:58

Schrader Ep. 11: Cat People (1982) with Esmé Holden

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2024/05/17

It's been so long...just kidding, it's been a week! That's the normal time between episodes. Nevertheless, we're back with Paul Schrader's first film he "didn't" write himself, the 1982 erotic horror remake CAT PEOPLE, and we're thrilled to be joined by film writer and genuine English person Esmé Holden! We talk Schrader's depiction(s) of women, remakes, zoos as prisons/prisons as zoos, and the David Bowie of it all. Excited for you to have John Heard this one, folks! Hey, come on. I'm just kidding

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02:24:49

Schrader Ep. 10: Raging Bull (1980) with Bilge Ebiri

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2024/05/10

THIS is entertainment, folks! We're taking a swing at Martin Scorsese's masterful 1980 boxing biopic RAGING BULL (from a script by Paul Schrader) with film critic and Heavyweight Champion of the Podcast, Bilge Ebiri!!! Join us for a wonderful conversation about Scorsese's wild years, ROCKY, memory, the word "doggerel," and more. Plus, Bilge tells us about something he did that may change the podcast forever. Like, for real. Further Reading: Make My Day: Movie Culture in the Age of Reagan by J

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01:44:37

Schrader Ep. 9: American Gigolo (1980) with Brandon...

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2024/05/03

Pick out your shirt and tie, listener! We're talking Paul Schrader's 1980 stylish crime film AMERICAN GIGOLO this week, and we've called up film critic Brandon Streussnig to help us do it! Production design, fashion history, Bresson, several Giorgios - we get into it. Jake put on cologne for this one as a bit. See if you can hear the smell! Further Reading: Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky The Painter of Modern Life XI: The Dandy by Charles Baudelaire "Talking Film Costume: Richard Gere

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02:38:19

Schrader Ep. 8: Old Boyfriends (1979) with Marya E....

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2024/04/26

Hey listener, it's been a while. How have you been? Do you ever think about me? Just kidding it's a new episode on Joan Tewkesbury's sole feature film, OLD BOYFRIENDS, written by Paul and Leonard Schrader! Who better to join us on this exploration of women's experience in New Hollywood than writer, Online Film Culture Titan and the inventor of #AYearWithWomen, Marya E. Gates (@oldfilmsflicker)??? Join us for a wide-ranging conversation on everything from the film's rediscovery and restoration to

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01:52:29

Schrader Ep. 7: Hardcore (1979) with Manuela Lazić

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2024/04/19

"Oh my Pod, cast's my daughter!" - something Jake Van Dorn might say if he were alive today...to hear our episode on Paul Schrader's sophomore feature as director, the 1979 Calvinist-dad-goes-to-Pornville film HARDCORE! Joining us on our journey into smut-hell is writer, actress, and filmmaker Manuela Lazić! We get into Dad Stuff, Schrader's aesthetic style as a director, the political economy of sex work, HARDCORE as remake of THE SEARCHERS, and try very, very hard to understand Christian Reformed

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02:49:14

Schrader Ep. 6: Blue Collar (1978)

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2024/04/12

Get your disguise on, listener! We got a big boy this week: Paul Schrader's directorial debut, the 1978 auto workers union heist film BLUE COLLAR! The fellas are going long on this one, talking UAW history, race and organized labor, Richard Pryor's performance, Harvey Keitel trying very hard to quit the movie, Yaphet Kotto's lifetime of UFO encounters (really), and whether Schrader could really have made such a leftist film without meaning to, as he claims. This episode is nearly three hours of

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01:41:12

Schrader Ep. 5: Rolling Thunder (1977)

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2024/04/05

Get your hand out of that garbage disposal and press play, listener! We're doing our best to do an episode on John Flynn's 1977 vetsploitation nasty ROLLING THUNDER, but mostly we end up talking about Paul Schrader's mucked-with script. It's a fascinating study in how a story can go from TAXI DRIVER damning to DEATH WITH reactionary with just a few strokes of Heywood Gould's pen. Plus some Vietnam talk, a COCKTAIL/RAIN MAN tangent, and Tommy Lee Jones. Good ep! Further Reading: Paul Schrader's

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02:05:10

Schrader Ep. 4: Obsession (1976) with Aaron Casias

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2024/03/29

Pucker up, listeners - Daddy's here! That's right: accomplished Brian De Palmist and official Daddy of the show, Hit Factory co-host Aaron Casias, is back to help us unpack De Palma's Schrader-scripted 1976 VERTIGO riff OBSESSION! We kind of did a one-episode De Palma podcast, honestly, because there's a bit more BDP here than Paul Schrader. Join us for more Bernard Herrmann talk, more Geneviève Bujold talk (from TIGHTROPE, remember?), and very informed New Orleans opinions. Check it out! You don't

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01:43:36

Schrader Ep. 3: Taxi Driver (1976) Pt. 2

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2024/03/22

We're back with the second part of our discussion of Martin Scorsese's TAXI DRIVER. Join us for more on the film's engagement with race and gender, Jodie Foster's performance, Travis Bickle's cinematic children, and the John Hinckley, Jr. of it all. Further Reading: Taxi Driver: BFI Film Classics by Amy Taubin "Manhattan Transference: Ashley Clark on Taxi Driver" An Assassin's Diary by Arthur Bremer Further Viewing: LE FEU FOLLET (Malle, 1963) THE KING OF COMEDY (Scorsese, 1982) SPREE (Kotlyarenko,

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01:28:38

Schrader Ep. 2: Taxi Driver (1976) Pt. 1

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2024/03/15

Buckle up, listeners! We talked so much about Martin Scorsese's landmark 1976 neo-noir nightmare TAXI DRIVER, written by Paul Schrader, that it's gonna be a two-parter. Talk about morbid self-attention! What was the film's production process like? Whose beach house did Scorsese and Schrader hang out at? Why don't discussions of 1970s New York City crime ever talk about root causes? Should someone become a person like other people? How is Jake like both Martin Scorsese AND Drew Carey? All this and

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