Hosted by Charlie Bennett and Christian Sager.
Does this film change the way we look at the world the same way its 1982 predecessor and Phillip K. Dick's original 1968 story did? We look at the aesthetics of this brutal dystopian vision and how it portrays women, fertility, power and agency... all while its financiers struggle with creative accounting to justify another sequel.
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- Blade Runner 2049
- Blade Runner
- Fury Road
- Fluorescent Black (rare and way too expensive)
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Additional Resources:
- Blade Runner 2049 director responds to critique of female characters
- Blade Runner 2049 Is a Worthy Heir to a Classic
- Sedate expectations: will Blade Runner 2049 give birth to the slow-burn blockbuster?
- why blade runner 2049 is a misogynistic mess
- Is Blade Runner 2049 sexist – or a fair depiction of a dystopian future?
- Blade Runner 2049 is an uneasy feminist parable about controlling the means of reproduction
- Blade Runner 2049 screenwriter Michael Green answers our burning questions
- Blade Runner 2 concept art first look
- ‘Blade Runner 2049’ Director Denis Villeneuve Says The Movie We’re Getting Is The Director’s Cut
- Dystopian Box Office Future: Why ‘Blade Runner 2049’ Is Hitting Turbulence With $31M+ Opening
- A body double, CGI skull, and secret filming sessions: Inside the yearlong process to bring this beloved character to the 'Blade Runner' sequel
- Behind the breathtaking visual effects of ‘Blade Runner 2049’
- The Replicant: Inside the Dark Future of Blade Runner 2049
It's our Christmas episode and as is our tradition, we're covering a ghost story. While Deadman's comics may seem to be about an acrobat solving his own murder... we find out that it's also about censorship in the 1960s and collusion in the media industry.
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Additional Resources:
- Petit, Z. (2014). STUBBORN. AGGRESSIVE. POSITIVE. Print, 68(5), 18-21.
- How Neal Adams Plans to Bring 'Deadman' Back to Life
- The World's Strangest Writer: A Tribute to Arnold Drake
- Carmine Infantino, Reviver of Batman and Flash, Dies at 87
How do we respond to a pop music auteur who's been described as the "patron saint" of her generation? We look at her DIY production work ethic to find out. Additionally, we get very upset about how some try to sexualize, infantilize or demean her with criticism and even death threats.
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This Netflix program is about the early days of studying serial killers at the FBI. We look at David Fincher's meticulous storytelling here, as well as the show's attempts to disrupt the glorification of murder and the methodological portrayal of criminal profiling.
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- Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit
- By Reason of Insanity
- Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets
Additional Resources:
- With film tax credits restored, city lands new drama from Netflix
- Defining deviancy: The clammy thrills of David Fincher’s “Mindhunter” on Netflix
- Mindhunter Modeled This Character On A Female Psychologist & Living Legend
- Mindhunter Probes America's Obsession With Serial Killers
- There was a lot more CGI in Mindhunter than you’d think
- Mindhunter is Netflix’s most binge-worthy show yet
- The Real FBI Agents and Serial Killers Who Inspired Netflix’s Mindhunter
- “Mindhunter” and the Presentation of the Serial Killer in Everyday Life
- Nielsen Aims to Level Playing Field With New Netflix Ratings
- Can Criminal Profilers Really Get Inside the Head of a Killer?
In this essay, one of America's most beloved storytellers provides advice on consuming media, thinking critically about it and applying it to your own work. We get real personal while trying to figure out who our respective "muses" are.
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- Zen in the Art of Writing
- Grinderman
- The Art of Fiction
- The Courage to Create
- Danse Macabre
- Trilogy of Terror
- Texas Chainsaw Massacre
- Moana
- Field Notes (not a sponsor, yet, we just like them so much)
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