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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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01:37:44

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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01:30:22

Episode 27: Virtual Cinema Nov / Dec

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2020/11/28

We spotlight several of the films playing in our virtual cinema at the end of December / Beginning of December. But first we talk Shark Movies after we get a detailed voicemail from a listener.

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01:00:48

Episode 26: More Horror Movie Memories

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2020/10/30

Part 2 of our discussion about memorable encounters with iconic horror films with a whole lot more stories sent in by our listeners, fellow film programers, writers, and podcasters.

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01:21:17

Episode 25: Horror Movie Memories + More!

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2020/10/26

For Halloween, we talk a bit about our upcoming Virtual Gothic Horror series and then invite listeners, members, film writers, fellow podcasters and cinema programers to share stories of their first encounters with iconic horror movies.

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01:27:02

Episode 24: Quarantainment Favs and More

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2020/10/10

This week we look at some recent films that take on enhanced significance when watched during a semi-quarantine. Also we explore just a few of the joys found in contemporary low-budget sci-fi pictures, and we discuss the issue of gatekeeping in genre movie production and reviewing.

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01:16:44

Episode 23: Virtual_TIFF_Wrap-Up

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2020/09/25

In this special episodes, Ned, Ivy, and Alissa bring up their report from the 2020 Virtual Toronto International Film Festival.

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01:30:00

Episode 22: Catchin' Up with Classics

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2020/09/14

We look back on "the summer of no movies" by talking about all the classic films we finally got around to seeing since we haven't had any theatrical releases to go to. With endless streaming options available, and our definition of what constitutes a "classic film" ranging from Citizen Kane to Speed, we each screened some great and fun features.

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01:26:14

Episode 21: Virtual Cinema August

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2020/08/29

We check in with six off the films currently running in our virtual cinema, including 4 documentaries, a new arthouse flick from Belgium, and a restored Hungarian work of psychedelic animation.

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01:13:28

Episode 20: Foundational Films Part 2

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2020/08/15

This week we resume our discussion of movies that were "key" to forming our personally, our psychological outlook, our career trajectory, our approach to life, or our love of cinema. For us these films range from John Hughes’s Pretty In Pink to Jean Cocteau's Orpheus. What films formed your foundation?

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01:14:04

Episode 19: Foundational Films Part 1

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2020/08/10

This week we discuss the movies that, regardless of whether or not they are favorite films, were "key" to forming our personally, our psychological outlook, our career trajectory, our approach to life, or our love of cinema. And we encourage our listeners to share their "foundational films" with us.

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01:28:31

Episode 18: Behind the Scenes on Boston Movies

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2020/08/03

As an addendum to our Boston on Screen series we're joined by Adam Roffman for a look behind the scenes of many of the films featured in our three previous episodes. Adam, an on-set dresser, documentarian, and former programer of the Independent Film Festival of Boston, shares his stories of working on The Town, Little Women, American Hustle, Patriots Day, The Heat, and countless other Boston productions, as well as what the future of production looks like during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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01:26:24

Episode 17: Boston on Film Part 3

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2020/07/28

For our third and final episode looking at the way Boston is depicted in movies we look at the wave of independent pictures that began shooting in the city during the 1990s as well as some of the more outlandish genre pictures that have used (or destroyed) the city.

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