Episode 73: Rextopia

We have a special delight for you today, dear listeners! Today is the first day of CONvergence 2015, and so we have invited Eric Knight to talk about the 17 years he has spent running the incredible CONvergence movie room, Cinema Rex! CONvergence fans can hear about this year’s film selections (all dystopia themed) as well as learn about the history of the movie room. Those of you aren’t CONvergence nerds can also delight in learning about what goes into making the ultimate movie mixtape every year. If you would like to drink along with us, we recommend either Maipe Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon or The Show Malbec. Both served us well while recording. Show notes behind the cut! Movies mentioned: Iron Sky The Empire Strikes Back The Phantom Menace Logan’s Run The LEGO Movie WALL-E The Lorax City of Ember GATTACA Equilibrium Lemony Snicket’s Series of Unfortunate Events Idiocracy The Mark of Zorro Double Indemnity Surrogates The Hunger Games In Time The Maze Runner Divergent God Bless America Titus Network Pink Floyd The Wall The Trial Children of Men X-Men: Days of Future Past The Wizard of Speed and Time The Thing The Skeleton Key Se7en Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Oldboy Pan’s Labyrinth The Apple Baffled Kingdom of the Spiders Incubus Night of the Lepus Mission to Mars People mentioned: John Grams Ansley Grams Zvie Razieli Michael McDonald Justin Timberlake Bobcat Goldthwaite Kurt Russell Kate Hudson Troy LaFaye Sarah Silverman Links: CONvergence http://www.convergence-con.org/ Fantasy Flight Games https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/ Vilification Tennis http://vilificationtennis.com/ Fearless Comedy Productions http://fearlesscomedyproductions.com/ Hey girl Mad Max Tumblr http://feministmadmax.tumblr.com/ Surly Brewery http://surlybrewing.com/ The post Episode 73: Rextopia appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.