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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 114: Destry Rides Again

The Twin Geeks ·

2021/04/16

In a year of many cinematic milestones, the comparably modest aspirations of the comedy Western Destry Rides Again still manage to stand the test of time to prove an enduring and vital classic of the Western genre. At the same time luminaries such as John Ford were revitalizing the genre with prestige films such as Stagecoach, director George Marshall and the genre-specializing producers at Universal sought to upend the genre in a notably different manner, flipping the script on typical melodrama

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The Twin Geeks 113: Rocky

The Twin Geeks ·

2021/04/09

The mere mention of Rocky Balboa brings to mind images of patriotism, a dramatic embodiment of the American Dream, where a man with nothing can rise to the top based purely on the fortitude of his mettle. It might also conjure up ideas of Soviet-American conflict, incoherent mumbling, a love of extended montage sequences, and maybe even robot butlers. The first of the Rocky films hardly resembles the hyper-inflated sensationalism of its later sequels, though the groundwork is there for just about

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66:55

The Twin Geeks 112: Fishing with John & The Miracle...

The Twin Geeks ·

2021/04/02

In only three short years, Writer/Director Preston Sturges managed to climb from the lowly rung of Hollywood screenwriter to become one of the highest paid men in the entire country, making the unprecedented transition from doctoring hackneyed studio scripts to directing superlative auteur efforts, culminating in the smash success of The Miracle of Morgan's Creek. This eccentric romantic comedy, set and shot during the nadir of America's involvement in World War II, manages to accomplish

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62:54

The Twin Geeks 111: North By Northwest

The Twin Geeks ·

2021/03/26

As one of Hitchcock's most iconic films, and perhaps the most definitive take on his favorite "Wrong Man" narrative theme, North by Northwest perseveres as an influential titan of globe-trotting adventure thriller. Bearing all the hallmarks of the famed Master of Suspense's signature style, Cary Grant is bounced from one luxurious locale to another, mistaken as an international spy and on the run for his life soon after threatened by the menacing James Mason. Traversing from train

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66:29

The Twin Geeks 110: Sergeant Rutledge

The Twin Geeks ·

2021/03/12

As the studio system began its slow decline in tandem with radical social changes occurring in the 1960s, the Golden Age of the Western genre itself was crawling to a close. Before long, the hyper virulent Westerns of Sam Peckinpah and Sergio Leone would take hold, while the old masters faded into the background. Before that, however, one of the great artists who helped to shape the genre would have a last hurrah in the sandbox he made his cinematic home. The legendary John Ford, having trail-blazed

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The Twin Geeks 109: Nomadland

The Twin Geeks ·

2021/03/05

Having just taken home the Golden Globe for Best Picture and Best Director, Chloé Zhao's Nomadland feels like the film of the moment. This chronicle of American outcasts, left to wander the various badlands of the country in the aftermath of the 2008 financial collapse known as The Great Recession, is a moving and heartfelt portrait of an abandoned sect of the population, forced to fend for themselves after the severe failings of our capitalist system. While their struggles are an undeniable

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The Twin Geeks 108: Ball of Fire

The Twin Geeks ·

2021/02/26

Coming off the heels of his most celebrated comedy successes, director Howard Hawks would lend his veteran sensibilities to the screenwriting talents of one pre-directorial Billy Wilder, who would soon take his cues from Hawks' proven methodology and apply them to his own filmmaking craft the following year. Ball of Fire was the last script Wilder wrote with his first great collaborator Charles Brackett before venturing forth into directing himself, and it just may be one of the finest works

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The Twin Geeks 107: La Belle et la Bête

The Twin Geeks ·

2021/02/19

As one of the most influential fantasy films of its times, and the crown jewel of surrealist filmmaker Jean Cocteau's career, La belle et la Bête (or Beauty and the Beast for American audiences) is one of the most ethereal and otherworldly interpretations of childlike wonderment to ever make its way to the screen. Cocteau's film reinvented the story of a hideous Beast who becomes enchanted by the maiden of a small French village, imbuing the character and myth with a great many personal

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69:59

The Twin Geeks 106: To Be or Not to Be

The Twin Geeks ·

2021/02/11

In the midst of America's engagement in the Second World War, when the horrors of Nazism and the eradication of the Jewish population were just coming to light, Hollywoods most renowned German émigré set out to skewer the facade of Hitlers regime with the most powerful tools provided to him: the gift of farcical comedy. Ernst Lubitsch's biting masterwork To Be or Not to Be remains one of the most potent and hysterical films of the legendary comedy director's entire catalog. The boldness

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117:31

The Twin Geeks 105: Stop Making Sense & Ranking...

The Twin Geeks ·

2021/02/05

Often called the greatest concert film of all time, Jonathan Demme's landmark film captures the legendary artistry from pioneer New Wave rock group Talking Heads. More than just a document of the band's greatest hits in an astounding live performance, Stop Making Sense is a living work of expression all on its own, breaking down the barrier between audience and performer by stitching together a variety of visual perspectives filmed over the course of three different performances. Demme takes

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The Twin Geeks 104: Master And Commander: The Far...

The Twin Geeks ·

2021/01/29

Adapted from two of the acclaimed seafaring novels from Patrick O'Brian, Peter Weir's swashbuckling blockbuster epic has been receiving its due resurgence in recent years, having underperformed at the box office upon initial release but rightfully heralded now as a behemoth historical adventure with plenty of action and an excruciating eye for period detail. Even as CGI was becoming the mainstay of all big-budget Hollywood features, Weir goes all in on practicality, opting not just to shoot

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The Twin Geeks 103: The Cameraman

The Twin Geeks ·

2021/01/22

As the silent era reared to a close, the incomparable Buster Keaton delivered one last slapstick masterpiece, serving not only as testimony to the bravura talents he'd already built up over an incredible career, but also a metatextual reflection on the filmmaking process itself, taking on the role of a plucky newsreel cameraman in order to win the affections of his dashing leading lady. With all the resources of the prestigious MGM Studios at his behest, Keaton outsizes his comedy ambitions with

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The Twin Geeks 102: Unforgiven

The Twin Geeks ·

2021/01/15

There are but few others who have come to represent the Western genre as fully as Clint Eastwood. From Sergio Leone to Josey Wales, the laconically scowling scoundrel permeates our culture as the signature symbol of the frontier. Wielding this iconic clout, Eastwood chose to make his final stamp on the genre with the ultimate de-mystifying of its hero-worshipping ways, rendering a bleak, uncompromising portrait of the brutality of the West, and the bogus myth-making that went into romanticizing its

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The Twin Geeks 101: Top Ten First Watches of 2020

The Twin Geeks ·

2021/01/08

New Year, New Geeks. Watching movies in 2020 was a bit of a different experience for us all. Instead of going out, we all stayed home, and while there wasn't necessarily a shortage of new content to consume, many of us took the opportunity to turn towards that ever-growing watchlist of proposed classics we've been neglecting. To start off the new year right we want to look back at some of our favorite viewing experiences from 2020. No matter how many movies we set out to see there's

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The Twin Geeks 100: Citizen Kane

The Twin Geeks ·

2020/12/11

Long upheld as the supposed "Greatest Film of All Time," Orson Welles' original opus, the astounding Citizen Kane, is one of few films to be labeled with such a title and manage to live up to its insurmountable reputation. Kane continues to be a paragon of cinematic ingenuity, with its erratic and inventive story structure, pioneering cinematography, and ingenious balance of wit, charisma, pathos, and commentary. The boundless influence of its grandeur has spilled into all manner of pop

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The Twin Geeks 99: Animaniacs

The Twin Geeks ·

2020/11/27

Helloooooooo Nurse! As much as we're all tired of the lifeless, hackneyed, uninspired trend of Hollywood recycling old properties nostalgically linked to the informative upbringings of Millennials and Generation X, news of Hulu reviving the classic Warner Bros. cartoon Animaniacs was like a shot in the arm, as one could hardly resist the return of the chaotic Warner Brothers (and the Warner Sister) in any form no matter how contrived. But there was a sense of security in their announcement as

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The Twin Geeks 98: Double Indemnity

The Twin Geeks ·

2020/11/20

Eddie Muller once said Double Indemnity is the essential Film Noir. While one could say there are better or more thematically interesting Film Noirs, none better encapsulate the expressionistic and cynical sphere of the movement as Billy Wilder's 1944 masterpiece. It was one of the first to truly define the style with its dark shadows, tantalizing crime plot, and brazenly sexual dialogue cleverly coded in discrete innuendo. Wilder's wit is on full display in this sumptuous collaboration with

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64:15

The Twin Geeks 97: Monsieur Hulot's Holiday

The Twin Geeks ·

2020/11/13

After taking a seasonal reprieve ourselves, we return with a lighthearted examination of Jacques Tati's famous comic outing which catapulted the indelible image of his beloved Monsieur Hulot character into the public sphere. Tati goes bananas in Monsieur Hulot's Holiday, a beach-themed comedy delight which sees Tati and his famously fumbling character get up to many antics while trying to relax on the beautiful French seaside. Hulot is a fully realized and expressive character in this first

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The Twin Geeks 96: Halloween III: Season of the Witch

The Twin Geeks ·

2020/10/30

Reviled in its time, but now a cult classic for its creative subversion of the Michael Myers formula, Halloween III: Season of the Witch is the most seasonal film of the franchise, and perhaps the greatest delight as well. The bleached Captain Kirk mask has been traded in for a more traditional set of Halloween icons, but the evil hidden within pervades this new commercial threat in equal measures. It may not be as sleekly directed or overtly terrifying as John Carpenter's iconic original, but

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The Twin Geeks 95: Happy Death Day

The Twin Geeks ·

2020/10/23

If we're being honest here, there's only one reason we're covering this film for our monthly block of horror episodes: cohost Calvin Kemph's undying enthusiasm for Groundhog Day-like films and its fusion with the slasher genre of horror. Whether it's in the form of a Netflix mini-series, an international festival favorite, or prattling on about the famous film itself, this guy loves him some gimmick-driven time loop movies. Countless references of praise for Christopher

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