Podcast Recommendations for Thinking at the Movies

Movies That Make Us Think🎥

October 01, 2021

Five episodes on a theme, each week curated by a different person

Curator: 

Why did you choose this theme? 

I love movies! And I love thinking! And I love thinking about movies!

Podcast Picks:

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Young Adult Movie MinistryGod's Gonna Run You OverAlissa Wilkinson (critic for Vox) and Sam Thielman critically discuss Christian movies in this funny and insightful podcast. In this episode, they are joined by comedian Josh Gondelman for a hilarious deep dive into God's Not Dead, the breakout hit of Pure Flix Entertainment. It's a fun and nonjudgmental look at the strange world of Christian pop culture.

Cows in the FieldMidsommar (w/ Emily VanDerWerff)Justin Khoo (Professor of philosophy at MIT) and his wife Laura explore the philosophical themes in popular films. In this episode, they are joined by Emily VanDerWerff (Critic at large for Vox) to discuss Ari Aster's 2019 film Midsommar. Emily discusses her trans reading of the film, and they jointly explore the horrors of the film, including its complex and ambiguous ending

The Director's CutThe Irishman (w/ Martin Scorsese and Spike Lee)The director's guild is a series of live recordings in which a director interviews another director about a recent movie of theirs. In this episode Spike Lee interviews Martin Scorsese about his film The Irishman

Cinematic Underdogs

Hosts Paul Keelan and Jordan Puga have fun and lively conversations about sports films. In this episode, Paul is joined by Aaron White to discuss some of their favorite chess movies. Listening to how much Aaron hates Computer Chess is worth the price of admission.

Blank Check with Griffin and DavidThe Matrix Reloaded

This is the most famous of the podcasts I'm recommending which is why I leave it for last. Each week, actor/comedian Griffin Newman and David Sims (critic for The Atlantic) discuss a film from a "blank check" director. Filled with trivia and inside baseball (lots of facts about box office stats), their episode on The Matrix Reloaded is a blast and always makes me want to rewatch this weird movie

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