The Strange Harbors Podcast
Welcome to The Strange Harbors Podcast. Hosted by Derek Wong, Jeff Zhang, and Amir Touray, The Strange Harbors Podcast is a weekly discussion of all things pop culture, with an emphasis on film and television. Join us every week as we dive deep into big blockbusters, indie favorites, and under-seen hidden gems.
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Film
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Television
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- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 50 minutes
- Episodes
- 264
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
"Dune: Part Two"
The long-awaited Dune: Part Two is finally here. Does director Denis Villeneuve land all the wondrous, brutalist tableaus thrown in the air over three years ago with Part One? Does he successfully me…
00:56:35 |
Sat 09 Mar 2024
The Most Anticipated Films of 2024
Starting a new tradition this year, this is our first annual "Most Anticipated Films" episode. We put forth our individual ballots for what we're most excited for, culminating in a list of 15 movies …
00:40:13 |
Fri 01 Mar 2024
"Mr. & Mrs. Smith"
Our first television episode in a while and the first of 2024, we're reviewing the new Amazon Prime Video series from creators Donald Glover and Francesca Sloane: Mr. & Mrs. Smith. A reimagining of t…
01:04:25 |
Sun 11 Feb 2024
The Best Films of 2023
2023: a tumultuous, but also exciting year for cinema that saw the bottoms fall out of once unstoppable franchises and the rise of new and old masters. Characterized by surprise blockbusters, stingin…
01:27:35 |
Sun 04 Feb 2024
"Poor Things"
Our lead-up to The Best Films of 2023 episode continues as we cover Yorgos' Lanthimos' ribald, fisheye fantasy: Poor Things. Is it the Greek filmmaker's most accessible film? We talk Emma Stone, fear…
00:36:32 |
Thu 25 Jan 2024
"The Holdovers"
The feel good film that took holiday moviegoers by storm, Alexander Payne's The Holdovers follows a cranky history teacher at a remote prep school that is forced to remain on campus over the holidays…
00:38:56 |
Sat 13 Jan 2024
"Ferrari"
"Two objects cannot occupy the same point in space or the same moment in time.” Michael Mann’s Ferrari disguises the fissures of masculinity in the typical rhythms of biographical fare, but does it f…
00:57:40 |
Sat 06 Jan 2024
"Silent Night"
Action maestro John Woo is back with his first stateside movie in 20 years, Silent Night. A dialogue-free revenge flick soaked in blood, chrome, and improvised explosives, the film finds Joel Kinnama…
00:37:33 |
Sat 23 Dec 2023
"Godzilla Minus One"
This week, Derek, Amir, and Jeff sit down with the latest Toho monster flick to wash up on American shores, Godzilla Minus One. A Japanese film that has taken the U.S. box office by storm, Minus One …
00:46:34 |
Thu 14 Dec 2023
"May December"
A thorny balancing act of different tones that drills straight into sordid psychodrama and the elusive nature of performance, Todd Haynes’ May December is high wire cinema at its finest. We review th…
00:47:19 |
Fri 08 Dec 2023
"The Marvels"
This week, Derek, Amir, and Jeff review Nia DaCosta's The Marvels, the 33rd entry in a flagging Marvel Cinematic Universe. With the three leads of Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris, and Iman Vellani, it's …
00:53:30 |
Thu 30 Nov 2023
"The Killer"
David Fincher returns with his take on the hitman yarn with The Killer. Starring Michael Fassbender as the titular assassin whose world is turned upside down after a botched job, Fincher's latest str…
00:47:27 |
Thu 16 Nov 2023
"Priscilla"
Sofia Coppola aims her dreamlike sights at Elvis Presley with Priscilla, a not-quite biopic of its titular Queen of Rock and Roll. The perfect convergence of subject matter and a filmmaker’s particul…
00:41:29 |
Fri 10 Nov 2023
"Killers of the Flower Moon"
This week, we take a look at Martin Scorsese's three-and-a-half-hour epic tragedy, Killers of the Flower Moon. A deliberate indictment of insidious American exceptionalism, the film explores an oft-o…
00:58:50 |
Thu 02 Nov 2023
"Saw X"
Director Kevin Greutert returns to the franchise that birthed his feature-length career with Saw X, a precise and brutal affair that knows exactly what its audience wants. Tobin Bell returns as John …
00:51:51 |
Sat 14 Oct 2023
"The Creator"
Star Wars: Rogue One director Gareth Edwards returns with his sprawling, sci-fi epic, The Creator. Breathing rarefied air as an original, non-IP, non-sequel, non-franchise movie, Edwards new vision f…
00:45:06 |
Thu 05 Oct 2023
"No One Will Save You"
This week we are reviewing Hulu's buzzy alien abduction thriller, Bryan Duffield's No One Will Save You. With white-knuckle suspense and a stylish dialogue-free conceit, can the film sustain its brav…
00:41:09 |
Fri 29 Sep 2023
"A Haunting in Venice"
Kenneth Branagh returns for a third installment of his Agatha Christie adaptations with A Haunting in Venice. Is the third time the charm for this lukewarm franchise of diminishing returns? Is Kennet…
00:37:51 |
Sat 23 Sep 2023
Hollywood On Strike
This week, in lieu of covering a movie or show, we are delivering a primer on the concurrent WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes in Hollywood. We talk about wage disparities, worsening working conditions, the …
00:45:09 |
Thu 14 Sep 2023
2023 Summer Box Office Wager Results
With Labor Day, thus concludes our first Summer Box Office Wager, and the results are nothing short of...disastrous. Listen to how poorly we did predicting the Barbenheimer phenomenon, a recap of thi…
00:38:08 |
Sat 09 Sep 2023
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