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Cinema From The Spectrum
by Jaime Rebanal
Your guide to cinema from the eyes of autistic individuals.
Episodes
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Wicked
Are there people out there who mourn the wicked? Jaime and Jon talk about the film adaptation of this beloved musical in this episode. By the way, if you want to listen to more bonus content, please subscribe to our Patreon too!
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Godzilla!
Jaime and Jon discuss the early Godzilla movies from the Showa Era! (Also, this episode was recorded in January, but delays have kept us from releasing it until now.) If you want to listen to these episodes as they come out of the studio, please consider subscribing to us on Patreon!
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TIFF 2024: Midnight Madness #2
Jaime and Jon recap the final movies that they saw at TIFF 2024, together with their favourite films from the festival overall. In this episode: Yang Li's Escape from the 21st Century Kenichi Ugana's The Gesuidouz Rachel Kempf and Nick Toti's It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This Timo Tjahjanto's…
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TIFF 2024: Midnight Madness #1
Jaime and Jon look back at the films they caught during the Midnight Madness programme at this year's Toronto International Film Festival. In this episode: Coralie Fargeat's The Substance John Hsu's Dead Talents Society Joseph Kahn's Ick Andrew DeYoung's Friendship
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TIFF 2024: The Quiet Ones, Daughter's Daughter, My Father's Daughter, Addition
Jon muses about the movies that he saw solo at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. In this episode: Frederik Louis Hviid's The Quiet Ones Huang Xi's Daughter's Daughter Egil Pedersen's My Father's Daughter Marcelle Lunam's Addition
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TIFF 2024: Matt and Mara, Paying for It, Universal Language, Queer
Jaime muses about the great Canadian films they saw at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. In this episode: Kazik Radwanski's Matt and Mara Sook-Yin Lee's Paying For It Matthew Rankin's Universal Language Luca Guadagnino's Queer
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TIFF 2024: Presence, Emilia Pérez, Cloud, The Room Next Door
Jaime muses together with Jon about more movies from this year's Toronto International Film Festival. In this episode: Steven Soderbergh's Presence Jacques Audiard's Emilia Pérez Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Cloud Pedro Almodóvar's The Room Next Door
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TIFF 2024: Nightbitch, Better Man, The Brutalist, and Saturday Night
Jaime muses over some of the most bizarre and one of the best movies that they saw at TIFF 2024. In this episode: Marielle Heller's Nightbitch Michael Gracey's Better Man Brady Corbet's The Brutalist Jason Reitman's Saturday Night
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TIFF 2024: The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Babygirl, U Are the Universe, The Last of the Sea Women
Jaime and Jon recap more of the films that they caught at TIFF 2024. In this episode: Mohammad Rasoulof's The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Jaime only) Halina Reijn's Babygirl (Jaime only) Pavlo Ostrikov's U Are the Universe (Jon only) Sue Kim's The Last of the Sea Women (Jon only)
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TIFF 2024: Hard Truths, By the Stream, I the Executioner, Flow
Jaime and Jon start recapping movies that they saw solo at TIFF 2024. In this episode: Mike Leigh's Hard Truths Hong Sang-soo's By the Stream Ryoo Seung-wan's I, the Executioner Gints Zilbalodis's Flow
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TIFF 2024: An Unfinished Film, No Other Land, Your Tomorrow, The Shrouds
From this dispatch of their coverage of the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, Jaime and Jon review: Lou Ye's An Unfinished Film Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, and Rachel Szor's No Other Land Ali Weinstein's Your Tomorrow David Cronenberg's The Shrouds
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TIFF 2024: Happyend, Bound in Heaven, The Paradise of Thorns, Harbin
Another dispatch from Jaime and Jon's coverage of the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. In this episode, they cover: Neo Sora's Happyend Huo Xin's Bound in Heaven Boss Kuno's The Paradise of Thorns Woo Min-ho's Harbin
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TIFF 2024: All We Imagine as Light, The End, Heretic, My Sunshine
Jaime and Jon look at another set of films from this year's Toronto International Film Festival. In this episode, they look at: Payal Kapadia's All We Imagine as Light Joshua Oppenheimer's The End Scott Beck and Bryan Woods' Heretic Hiroshi Okuyama's My Sunshine
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TIFF 2024: The Life of Chuck, Rumours, Anora, Oh Canada
Jaime and Jon review the first batch of films from this year's Toronto International Film Festival. In this episode, the films covered include: Mike Flanagan's The Life of Chuck Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, and Galen Johnson's Rumours Sean Baker's Anora Paul Schrader's Oh, Canada
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From Jaime's Collection: Mike Leigh's Secrets & Lies and John Sayles's Lone Star
Jaime brings in some gems from their collection for Jon to watch. In this episode, Jaime brought in Secrets & Lies and Lone Star.
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Cinema from the Spectrum All Around the World: Egypt
Jaime and Jon travel to Egypt in this edition of Cinema from the Spectrum All Around the World! In this episode, the films Cairo Station and Sheikh Jackson are covered.
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Women in Action at TIFF: Terminator 2, Run Lola Run, Charlie's Angels
The Women in Action series at TIFF concludes with Jon and Jaime talking about Terminator 2, Run Lola Run, and Charlie's Angels!
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Women in Action: Spotlight on Michelle Yeoh
Jaime and Jon take you on a journey through the films of Michelle Yeoh - in this episode the following films are covered: Royal Warriors The Heroic Trio Executioners Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Everything Everywhere All at Once
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Women in Action at TIFF: La Femme Nikita, Mulan, Prey
Jaime and Jon cover TIFF's ongoing Women in Action series: having caught screenings of Mulan, Prey, and a 35mm screening of La Femme Nikita!
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Cinema from the Spectrum All Around the World: Senegal
This month's edition of Cinema from the Spectrum all around the world enters the world of Senegalese cinema! Join Jaime and Jon as they discuss Ousmane Sembène's Mandabi and Mati Diop's Atlantics.
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Mad Max
Jaime and Jon go through all the Mad Max movies, lining all the way up to Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga!
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Powell & Pressburger: A Retrospective
One of the most iconic director duos of all time, Jaime and Jon take you through the films of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.
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Cinema from the Spectrum All Around the World: Brazil
Jaime and Jon enter the realms of Brazilian cinema with Hector Babenco's Pixote and Fernando Meirelles's Oscar-nominated City of God.
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Hot Docs 2024
Covering Hot Docs 2024 with Jon Kirkwood!
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Cinema from the Spectrum All Around the World: Indonesia
Jaime and Jon venture into the realm of Southeast Asian cinema - specifically, Indonesia. In this episode, they cover Usmar Ismail's After the Curfew and Gareth Evans's Merantau.
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Dawn of the Dead
Jaime and Jon sit down with each other after seeing George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead in 3D!
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The Godfather and The Godfather Part II
On the 50th anniversary of The Godfather Part II, Jaime and Jon look back at Francis Ford Coppola's career and history-defining masterpieces.
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Cinema from the Spectrum All Around the World: Poland
In the first of our All Around the World series, Jaime and Jon cover cinema old and new from Poland. In this episode, the films covered are Andrzej Wajda's Ashes and Diamonds and Jerzy Skolimowski's EO.
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After the 96th Academy Awards...
Jaime and Jon talk about the results of the Oscars this year. Among the hot topics we've covered included whether or not Oppenheimer deserved Best Picture, the debate between whether Emma Stone or Lily Gladstone should have won Best Actress, or Jonathan Glazer's controversial acceptance speech.
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Best Picture Nominees: American Fiction and The Zone of Interest
The last batch of Best Picture nominees concerns an author fighting to make his voice heard, even in a time where "diverse voices" are supposedly being more amplified - and the ordinary life of a captain whose abode is built right next to Auschwitz concentration camp. Listen here to find out what...
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Best Picture Nominees: Past Lives and Poor Things
A love from a past, and a bizarre Frankenstein-esque sex comedy. These films are up for Best Picture, what else can we say? Listen in to find out what Jaime and Jon thought of Past Lives and Poor Things.
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Best Picture Nominees: Maestro and The Holdovers
Bradley Cooper brings us his vision of Leonard Bernstein, and Paul Giamatti schools us as a strict teacher at Barton Academy in a comedy echoing the 1970's works of Hal Ashby. Listen to Jaime and Jon discuss Maestro and The Holdovers here!
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Best Picture Nominees: Barbie and Oppenheimer
The double bill that made the summer of 2023 has achieved a record 21 Academy Award nominations! One may even win Best Picture. But which is the better film? Listen to find out what Jaime and Jon have to say about Barbie and Oppenheimer.
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Best Picture Nominees: Killers of the Flower Moon
In looking back at a crucial and horrifying event in America's history, pertaining to the country's relationship with Indigenous citizens, Martin Scorsese delivers an unflinching look at this point in time in Killers of the Flower Moon. Listen to Jaime and Jon's discussion about the film here.
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Best Picture Nominees: Anatomy of a Fall
Is 50 Cent's P.I.M.P. a "deeply misogynistic song"? Is the court system in France every bit as sensationalist like we know it is in America? Jaime and Jon talk about all these and more, when discussing the Palme d'Or winning film by Justine Triet, Anatomy of a Fall.
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Here We Go Again, the 96th Oscar nominations!
Jaime and Jon discuss this year's Oscar nominees.
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TIFF 2023: A Recap
Jaime shares memories of going to TIFF once again last year, even in a belated talk. This goes from seeing a lot more movies compared to previous years, and some otherwise awkward Q&A experiences.
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Magnificent 70mm, Part Two - Lawrence of Arabia and Nope
Continuing on from the previous Magnificent 70mm episode, Jaime and Jon talk about seeing Lawrence of Arabia (a first watch for Jon!) and Nope on 70mm prints. (spoiler warning for Nope!)
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Magnificent 70mm, Part One - Boogie Nights and 2001: A Space Odyssey
As part of Jon and Jaime's final Cinema from the Spectrum episodes for 2023, the two of them talk about the experiences of watching films on 70mm. In the first of a two-part episode, the two of them talk about the 70mm prints of Boogie Nights and 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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Noirvember 2023: Detour, The Third Man, Branded to Kill, and Fargo
It's the season of Noirvember again! Jaime and Jon take you back through some of the most iconic film noir titles of all time in this year's edition of Noirvember. The films covered: Detour The Third Man Branded to Kill Fargo
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Jaime and Jon's Horror Corner: Ebola Syndrome and The Other Side of the Underneath
For this edition of Jaime and Jon's Horror Corner, we looked back at a Category III film from Hong Kong, and a completely disorienting ride through schizophrenia.
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A Conversation with Sarah Polley
With her new film Women Talking having been nominated for the Oscar for Best Picture, Jaime talked with Academy Award-winning filmmaker Sarah Polley about the process behind its making and what she hopes most for audiences to take away from the film. The film, based on Miriam Toews's novel of the...
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Noirvember 2022: Devil in a Blue Dress & Double Indemnity
For Noirvember, Jaime and Jon take a look at Carl Franklin's Devil in a Blue Dress and Billy Wilder's Double Indemnity.
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Jaime and Jon's Horror Corner: The New Halloween Trilogy
Jaime and Jon take a look at David Gordon Green's new Halloween trilogy!
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Jaime and Jon's Horror Corner: Dead Ringers
Jaime and Jon take a look at a horror film by one of the most notable Canadian filmmakers, David Cronenberg's Dead Ringers!
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Jaime and Jon's Horror Corner: Re-Animator
Jaime and Jon take a look at Stuart Gordon's Re-Animator!
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Jaime and Jon's Horror Corner - House
Jaime and Jon take a look at Nobuhiko Obayashi's House in this Horror Corner episode.
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Jaime and Jon's Horror Corner - Candyman
As Jaime and Jon cover horror movies, they take a look at Candyman!
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TIFF 2022 Recap
Jaime and Jon look back through TIFF 2022, after seeing a sizeable amount of movies this year. In this episode, the films covered are: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Triangle of Sadness Empire of Light The Fabelmans Women Talking No Bears
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2022 Oscars Talk: Drive My Car, The Power of the Dog, and West Side Story
Jaime and Jon are back, covering three films that are bound to make waves at the Oscars this year: Drive My Car, The Power of the Dog, and West Side Story.
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