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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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01:08:09

Episode 85: Hal Hartley

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2025/10/01

On the occasion of his latest feature, Where to Land, coming to the Brattle, we welcome indie cinema icon Hal Hartley to discuss his text-built and performer-driven films, the ways the industry has evolved over the decades of his career, as well as his fondness for Kojak and The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

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01:41:22

Episode 84: Cat Fancy, A Feline Film Feast

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2025/08/27

We wrap up the summer with an episode and a film series devoted to movies about house cats, of which there are a lot more than you can shake a stick at. Whether they appear in animated movies, horror films, comedies, or historical fictions, felines play an outsized role in cinema, despite being notoriously difficult to train in the craft of acting.

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02:41:31

Episode 83: Altmania!

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2025/07/15

For Robert Altman's centennial, we dive deep into the filmography of the great maverick.

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03:10:01

Episode 82: Reunion Week: 1950, 1975, 2000

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2025/05/20

We kick off Season Six with our typically epic Reunion Week show, highlighting films celebrating their 75th, 50th, and 25th anniversary of release.

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01:15:01

Episode 81: Cinema Her Way with Marya E. Gates

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2025/04/15

Author Marya E. Gates joins us on the occasion of her new book, Cinema Her Way: Visionary Female Directors in Their Own Words, as a prelude to a series of screenings at the Brattle introduced by Marya. Two of the directors from her book will join her for these screenings: Bette Gordon on April 17 and Mira Nair on May 10th.

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01:22:54

Episode 80: March Madness

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2025/03/18

Ned, Alissa, and Ivt attempt to explain March Madness to non-sports fan Ian, and we engage in a freewheeling conversation about the many films going head-to-head in this year's March Madness movie brackets.

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02:34:01

Episode 79: More of the Best of 2024

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2025/02/27

With the Oscars just days away, we conclude our annual deep dive into more of our favorites from the past year, including most of the films nominated for Academy Awards, alongside many more smaller films that may not have caught the attention of our listeners, and numerous favorite 2024 movies suggested by our audience through voice messages.

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02:30:01

Episode 78: Some of the Best of 2024

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2025/01/20

In our annual deep dive into some of our favorite, mostly lesser-known titles of the past year, we touch on 50 films recommended by at least two, if not all four hosts. If you think 2024 was not a great year for movies, this might change your mind. We also pay tribute to friend of the Brattle and personal hero to us all, David Lynch, who passed away the day we recorded.

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02:00:01

Episode 77: New Years with the Marx Brothers

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2024/12/30

Every January 1st, The Brattle kicks off the new year with a Marx Brothers marathon. 2025 seemed an ideal year to dive deep into the history and films of the legendary comedic team of siblings whose films and distinctive humor have endured for nearly a century and still have as much to say about contemporary times as they did in the 1920s, '30s and '40's

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01:15:01

Episode 76: Talkin' Movies with Poppy War Author RF...

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2024/12/04

In November, The Brattle invited bestselling author, cinephile, and Brattle regular Rebbeca Kuang to program a day of movies in conjunction with the release of a special collector's edition of her first novel, The Poppy War. That whole day of screenings sold out rapidly, so we invited her onto the podcast to share her thoughts on watching movies, how movies differ from novels, how movies impact an artist working in a different medium, and other topics with our listeners.

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02:10:02

#75: Outside The Box October

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2024/10/18

For this year's "spooky season" episode, we take a look at some outside-the-box options for October viewing. From those lesser-known or under-celebrated horror movies to counter-programing options to comedies and thrillers with a cozy, Halloweeny vibe, Ian, Ivy, Ned, Alissa, and our listeners have suggestions for you.

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02:30:01

Episode 74: Lauren Bacall Centennial Tribute

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2024/09/10

We pay tribute to one of our favorite movie stars on the occasion of what would have been her 100th birthday. Lauren Bacall's early films played a major role in the history of the Brattle Theatre, and she's a figure all four of us have long admired. We take a deep dive into some of Bacall's most revered pictures as well as some of her lesser-known films, discuss her life and work, and Ned shares the story of his brief encounter with the screen legend.

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02:00:14

Episode 73: Cruel Summer

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2024/07/23

As the dog days of summer approach, we take a look at the sweatiest movies we can think of. Many of these films artfully showcase how oppressive heat leads to conflict.

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01:25:46

Episode 72: Desperately Seeking Susan Seidelman

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2024/07/01

We welcome Susan Seidelman to the podcast in celebration of her new memoir and her upcoming live appearance at the Brattle on July 18th. In addition to listening to stories about her life in film, we talk about what her films have meant to us and what it was like revisiting many of them while reading her book. We also dive into the past couple of months of listener mail.

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02:45:08

Episode 71: Reunion Week: 1949, 1974, 1999

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2024/05/20

We kick off Season 5 with our annual Reunion Week show, talking about films celebrating their 75th, 50th, and 25th anniversaries. This year, that's 1949, the year of the first televised Oscar ceremony; 1974, one of the greatest movie years of all time; and 1999, a pivotal, trendsetting year for cinema. While our discussion is tied to the series running at the Brattle, we touch on all sorts of films from each year in this extra-long episode.

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01:53:45

Episode 70: Needle Drops

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2024/04/24

We close out our 4th season with a show about needle drops, those brilliant and sometimes lazy pop music choices filmmakers employ to set a tone, evoke an era, express a character's unspoken emotions, or just give the film a burst of energy.

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01:02:13

Episode 69: Boston Underground Film Festival

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2024/03/18

Boston Underground Film Festival programmers Kevin Monahan and Nicole McControversy join us to discuss the history of this unique fest and their 2024 lineup.

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02:00:01

Episode 68: More of the Best of 2023

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2024/02/28

We wrap up awards season with more thoughts on the terrific year in film that was 2023, including discussions about the 10 Best Picture nominees, the documentary and international feature nominees, the idiocy of this year's Oscar controversies as well as other internet hot takes that surrounded the big movies before and after their releases, and we shine our appreciation on the big swings taken by actors and filmmakers this year.

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02:15:01

Episode 67: Some of the Best of 2023

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2024/01/17

We begin our deep dive into the abundance of excellent films of 2023, a year that still saw fewer new releases than is typical of pre-pandemic cinema but gave us far more exciting, risky, and unusual movies of quality than we've gotten used to. It was a year of big swings by filmmakers, actors, and studios—most of which paid off, and familiar "comfort fair" from old favorites that still delivered excellence, as well as a fairly resounding rejection of the same-old-same-old corporate franchise

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02:18:09

Episode 66: Warner Brothers in the '80s: Enter the...

The Brattle Film Podcast ·

2023/12/20

For our last episode of 2023, we wrap up the Brattle's yearlong look back on 100 years of Warner Brothers by diving into how the studio reacted to the blockbuster era. Examining Warner's overt attempts to capitalize on its "franchise" intellectual properties like Superman and Batman, to its unexpected '80s blockbusters like Private Benjamin, Gremlins, and Beetlejuice, to the risks that paid off like Purple Rain, Pee-wee's Big Adventure, and The Lost Boys, to some lesser-known gems like Crossing

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