Considering the Cinema Ep. 090: The Weekly Watchlist – Giving Up Watching a Movie in Order to Talk About Movies

About this episode

This episode explores various eclectic film topics while discussing the challenges of watching movies for critique.

For starters, be warned, Mack is the monster at the beginning of this episode. Also, what do 1907 Japanese silent films, killer bears, moonshine runners, Pixar superheroes, and beauty pageants have in common? Somehow . . . this episode. During … Continue reading →

People in this episode

Host: Jason Pyles

Topics covered

• film analysis
• movie discussions
• pop culture
• animation
• silent films

Keywords

• film
• movies
• Pixar
• silent films
• pop culture

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: 1907 Japanese silent films, Pixar superheroes, killer bears

Places: moonshine runners

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