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FilmCouch #86: Happy-Go-Lucky and Adam Resurrected, Telluride 2008

We chat with some of the best filmmakers in Telluride (and the world): Mike Leigh and Paul Schrader!

0 Comments Published: Sep. 5, 2008 Listen

FilmCouch #85: Death Race, Crispin Glover’s What is It?

Some movies are violent, some are disturbing, and others are just plain wrong. Paul W. S. Anderson’s Death Race is a fun ride with some gnarly crashes, but it can’t hold a candle to its demented predecessor, Roger Corman’s Death…

0 Comments Published: Aug. 29, 2008 Listen

FilmCouch #84: Primary, The Rape of Europa, Nastia Liukin

The epic battle between McCain and Obama will shape America’s future. To prepare, we look at an eerily similar battle from America’s past, the 1960 primaries between JFK and Hubert Humphry, as portrayed in Robert Drew’s verité…

0 Comments Published: Aug. 22, 2008 Listen

FilmCouch #83: Tropic Thunder protest, The Clone Wars

Tropic Thunder and its fiasco retardo. The Clone Wars assaults weary Star Wars fans, but Karina's watch list saves the day.

0 Comments Published: Aug. 15, 2008 Listen

FilmCouch #82: Pineapple Express and Foot Fist Way

Pot and taekwondo, the pursuits of a Southern gentlemen named Danny McBride.

0 Comments Published: Aug. 8, 2008 Listen

FilmCouch 81 - Comic-Con 2008 and Mardi Gras: Made in China

Keanu Reeves tells Kevin Buist–in very inhuman terms–what it’s like to be an alien getting in touch with his “humanness,” just before Kevin gets melted by a cosmic glare for being near Keanu at Comic-Con. So,…

0 Comments Published: Aug. 1, 2008 Listen

FilmCouch 80 - Wholphin 6 and Dark Knight Indigestion

WHOLPHIN 6 is a must see DVD and listeners unpack THE DARK KNIGHT (now that they've seen it).

0 Comments Published: Jul. 25, 2008 Listen

FilmCouch 79 - The Dark Knight

This week's show is devoted to all things THE DARK KNIGHT

0 Comments Published: Jul. 18, 2008 Listen

FilmCouch 78 - /Filmcast, Karina’s Picks, and The Apocalypse

What are our friends watching? We check in with /Filmcast's David Chen and Devindra Hardawar and our own Karina Longworth.

0 Comments Published: Jul. 11, 2008 Listen

FilmCouch #77 - WALL-E the Snake, YouTube gets sophisticated

WALL-E = Mad Max for kids and find the next Herzog on YouTube

0 Comments Published: Jul. 3, 2008 Listen

FilmCouch #76 - The Comedies of Our Lives

If you had to choose one comedy that depicts what you wish adulthood could be, would you pick DUMB & DUMBER or GROSSE POINTE BLANK?

0 Comments Published: Jun. 27, 2008 Listen

FilmCouch #75 - The Happening: Finding Humor in Horror

Shyamalan's THE HAPPENING succeeds as unintentional comedy, unlike similar films by his heroes, Spielberg's DUEL and Hitchcock's THE BIRDS, which are actually good.

0 Comments Published: Jun. 20, 2008 Listen

FilmCouch #74 - Kung Fu: Self-Mastery or Self-Discovery?

Kung Fu Panda gets us wondering about discipline, maturity, and the very essence of kung fu itself!

0 Comments Published: Jun. 13, 2008 Listen

FilmCouch #73 - Be careful what you laugh at

Roman Polanski had sex with a 13 year old girl, but got screwed by a judge. THE PROMOTION--opening tonight--is too scary to be goofball comedy.

0 Comments Published: Jun. 6, 2008 Listen

FilmCouch #72 - Karina on Cannes, Kevin on steroids

Cheating is fair, steroids are good for you, France loves Mike Tyson and the best films at Cannes weren't in Cannes

0 Comments Published: May. 30, 2008 Listen
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