CineNation
The CineNation Podcast analyzes the histories and tropes of film genres and why we love them.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 92 minutes
- Episodes
- 379
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2025
199 - Body Double (1984)
"You had to play the hero." For Episode 199, Brandon and Thomas kickoff their erotic thriller series with Brian De Palma's Body Double. Listen as they discuss how the film fits into the genre, and wh…
01:32:07 |
Thu 03 Feb 2022
198 - Young Frankenstein: The Filmography of Mel Brooks
"My name is Frankenstein!" For Episode 198, we close out our month-long discussion on the parody genre by taking at the filmography of Mel Brooks. Listen as Brandon and Thomas discuss the life, caree…
01:54:23 |
Thu 27 Jan 2022
197 - Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
"Allow myself to introduce... myself." For Episode 197, Brandon is joined by Hunter Barcroft to discuss Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, the first chapter in the hit parody trilogy. Liste…
01:40:03 |
Thu 20 Jan 2022
196 - Top Secret! (1984)
"It all sounds like some bad movie." For Episode 196, Thomas and Brandon discuss this rarely discussed film within the parody genre. Listen as they talk about how this spoof of espionage movies and E…
01:26:31 |
Thu 13 Jan 2022
195 - Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
"Let's not bicker and argue about who killed who." For Episode 195, Brandon and Thomas kick-off their Parody series with Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Listen as they talk about the film's disastro…
01:34:12 |
Thu 06 Jan 2022
194 - The Apartment (1960)
"Ring out the old year, ring in the new. Ring-a-ding-ding." For Episode 194, Brandon and Thomas discuss one of their favorite New Year's Eve movies to close out their holiday month. Listen as they di…
01:27:24 |
Thu 30 Dec 2021
193 - Home Alone (1990)
"How you feel about your family is a complicated thing. Deep down, you'll always love them." For Episode 193, Brandon is joined by Amy Tippit Madrid to discuss the holiday comedy classic HOME ALONE.…
01:30:50 |
Thu 23 Dec 2021
192 - The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
"I will honor Christmas, and try to keep it all the year." For Episode 192, Brandon talks with Sean Randall about the 1992 Muppet adaptation of the famous story by Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol.…
01:30:03 |
Thu 16 Dec 2021
191 - White Christmas (1954)
"May your days be merry and bright." For Episode 191, Thomas and Brandon discuss the 1954 holiday classic White Christmas. Listen to find out how this movie based on a song would become a staple of t…
01:27:44 |
Thu 09 Dec 2021
190 - It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
"Remember, George: no man is a failure who has friends." For Episode 190, Brandon and Thomas kick off their month of Christmas movies with the most influential one, It's a Wonderful Life. Listen as t…
01:43:40 |
Thu 02 Dec 2021
189 - Magnolia (1999)
"Now that I've met you, would you object to never seeing me again?" For Episode 189, Thomas and Brandon conclude their series on 24 Hour Movies by taking a look at Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia. Li…
01:45:54 |
Tue 23 Nov 2021
188 - Collateral (2004)
"We're in this together. Fates intertwined." For Episode 188, Brandon is joined by Hunter Barcroft to discuss Michael Mann's 2004 film Collateral. Listen as they talk about Mann's masterful direction…
01:35:17 |
Thu 18 Nov 2021
187 - Thank God It's Friday (1978)
"All I'm asking for is a chance." For Episode 187, Thomas and Brandon continue their discussion of 24 Hour Movies by talking about the obscure disco film, THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY. Listen as they talk a…
01:28:31 |
Thu 11 Nov 2021
186 - After Hours (1985)
"Different rules apply when it gets this late." For Episode 186, Brandon and Thomas kick-off their series on 24 Hour Movies with Martin Scorsese's AFTER HOURS. They will be looking at a specific genr…
01:34:35 |
Thu 04 Nov 2021
185 - Videodrome: A Look at David Cronenberg
"Death to Videodrome! Long live the new flesh!" For Episode 185, we conclude our month of Body Horror films by taking a look at the master of the genre, David Cronenberg. Listen as Brandon and Thomas…
01:55:09 |
Thu 28 Oct 2021
184 - Akira (1988)
"There must be a future that we can choose for ourselves." For Episode 184, Brandon is joined by Jonathan Norris to discuss the 1988 film Akira. Listen as they discuss how this anime classic fits per…
01:15:02 |
Thu 21 Oct 2021
183 - Slither (2006)
"Something's wrong with me." For Episode 183, Thomas and Brandon discuss the directorial debut of the one and only James Gunn. Listen as they discuss how the 2000s horror-comedy fits within the body …
01:23:30 |
Thu 14 Oct 2021
182 - The Thing (1982)
"If it takes us over, then it has no more enemies, nobody left to kill it. And then it's won." For Episode 182, Brandon and Thomas kick off our Body Horror Series by discussing John Carpenter's class…
01:33:35 |
Thu 07 Oct 2021
181 - Mud: The Filmography of Jeff Nichols
"There are fierce powers at work in the world, boys." For Episode 181, we are closing out our Southern Film Series on the career of Jeff Nichols. Over the past decade, Nichols has worked extensively …
01:45:40 |
Thu 30 Sep 2021
180 - The Legend of Boggy Creek (1972)
"I was seven years old when I first heard him scream. It scared me then, and it scares me now." For Episode 180, Brandon is joined by Hunter Barcroft to discuss the obscure and influential Southern h…
01:27:08 |
Thu 23 Sep 2021
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