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The Morticians are overjoyed to welcome back FOTS Ani Pi for a review of Marvel and DC's silver age summer spectacles. How fantastic is the new casting for Marvel's first…

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We have raised up our coffins and returned from the netherrealm of non-podcasting to review the incredibly special cultural and artistic phenomenon that is Ryan Coogler's …

Welcome back to the Morgue! Assembled after a long break, the Morticians tackle one of their most hotly-anticipated releases of the year: LONGLEGS. Did Nic Cage miss his calling as a hair metal singe…

Happy New Year ya lovely screen-huggin hunks! 

For our first episode of 2024, the Morticians took a look back over the pretty stacked year that was 2023 to talk through their favorite performances, d…

Happy New Year from the Morticians! 

On the last episode of 2023, the Morticians discuss one of the late entries for best of the year: Todd Haynes's 'May December', and pair it with 'Sex, Lies, and V…

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Guillermo del Toro: everyone's favorite cinephile tío. Known just as much for the projects he's almost made as the ones he has, few directors are as beloved. On this epis…

In awareness of Native American Heritage Day, visit Osage Nation Foundation to learn more about the powerful tribe depicted in this film.

Films about Palestine/by Palestinians!
A cinematic resource l…

Films about Palestine/by Palestinians!
A cinematic resource list curated by friend of the show Amir Moverman.

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On this episode, we continue to discuss William Friedkin's d…

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For our third "Spooktacular" episode we have left Haddonfield and Michael Myers behind for the latest horror legend to receive the Blumhouse treatment: William Friedkin. …

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Who would we be as critics and Morticians if we did not analyze this peculiar double feature event that has swept the nation during the most perilous time for American cin…

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We are resuming our third season with a discussion of Rainer Fassbinder's 'Fox and His Friends' and Toshio Matsumoto's 'Funeral Parade of Roses'; two films quite revoluti…

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We recently teamed up with Columbia University to interview some of the contestants in their 26th annual film festival this month. We're honored to be a platform for thes…

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We recently teamed up with Columbia University to interview some of the contestants in their 26th annual film festival this month. We're honored to be a platform for thes…

Welcome back to the Morgue! 

We recently teamed up with Columbia University to interview some of the contestants in their 26th annual film festival this month. We're honored to be a platform for thes…

Welcome back to the Morgue! 

We recently teamed up with Columbia University to interview some of the contestants in their 26th annual film festival this month. We're honored to be a platform for thes…

Welcome back to the Morgue! 

We recently teamed up with Columbia University to interview some of the contestants in their 26th annual film festival this month. We're honored to be a platform for thes…

Welcome back to The Morgue! 

On this episode, the Morticians invite friend and collaborator Cameron Carr for a blow by blow on CREED III🥊 and an appropriately Japanese pairing: Katsuhiro Otomo's AKIR…

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On this episode, the Morticians dive deep into the recesses of childhood trauma with SKINAMARINK📺; discussing the slow but sure emergence of creepypasta and internet folk…

On our second-ever IWAI, documentarian Amir Moverman discusses the concept short that he's in process of expanding to feature length. His goal? To catalog each of the 86 synagogue locations on the is…