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The Media Morgue
by Justin Winley, Daniel Mette, Zack Palomo, Wes Goodrich
Each episode we cover news in the film, TV, and video game industries, before diving into review of a topical movie, and deeper discussion of a more obscure film chosen by one among us--the Morticians--and preferably one that the others haven't seen. This is where movies come to be examined. To die, or maybe, to be reborn. Scrub in!
Episodes
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Opening Night x Gloria — A Rowlands Retrospective
On August 14, 2024, Gena Rowlands passed away. Her storied career spanned the stage and screen alike over seven decades—but it's her collaborations with actor-director-husband John Cassavetes that remain some of her most legendary. On this episode, Dan leads Wes and Justin through two of his...
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SupaFantastic! (with Ani Pi)
Welcome back to the Morgue! 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 family? How superb is the selection for DC's Man of Tomorrow? How many puns will Justin put in…
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Sinners x From Dusk Till Dawn (with Marchael Giles)
Welcome back to the Morgue! 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 Sinners with first time guest Marchael Giles. Then we travel back to the 90s to talk about Robert...
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Longlegs x Manhunter
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 singer? How effective is horror for the communication of Oz Perkins’ particular trauma? And then we dip...
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2023: The Year's Best
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, directorial debuts, documentaries, and of course those vaunted top 5 lists. Clocking in at close to...
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May December x Sex, Lies, and Videotape
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 Videotape'--the feature-length debut of legendary Steven Soderbergh. Grab your camcorder and scrub...
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Pinocchio x Hellboy
Welcome back to the Morgue! 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 episode, we take a look at his most recent labor: the 2022 stop-motion retelling of 'Pinocchio', and...
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Killers of the Flower Moon x After Hours
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 list curated by friend of the show Amir Moverman. Welcome back to the Morgue! Martin Scorsese....
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Cruising x Sorcerer
Films about Palestine/by Palestinians! A cinematic resource list curated by friend of the show Amir Moverman. Welcome back to the Morgue! On this episode, we continue to discuss William Friedkin's directorial body by reviewing two of his lesser-known works: Cruising and Sorcerer. One of the...
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The Exorcist: Believer x The Exorcist
Welcome back to the Morgue! 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. With the recent release of Believer, the Morticians unpack the legacy and craft behind what many…
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Barbenheimer
Welcome back to the Morgue! 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 cinema in over 60 years? Join us as we dissect the latest magnum opuses from indie titans Greta…
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Fox and His Friends x Funeral Parade of Roses
Welcome back to the Morgue! 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 revolutionary for their time in their detailed depictions of these pockets of queer livelihood. Scrub in!...
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The Morticians at CUFF: Volume V
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 these great conversations and excited to share them with you! TIMESTAMPS [0:30 - 23:15] 'Primos' and...
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The Morticians at CUFF: Volume IV
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 these great conversations and excited to share them with you! TIMESTAMPS [0:27 - 25:05] 'She Always…
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The Morticians at CUFF: Volume III
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 these great conversations and excited to share them with you! TIMESTAMPS [0:27 - 18:12] 'Ethnic Slut'...
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The Morticians at CUFF: Volume II
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 these great conversations and excited to share them with you! TIMESTAMPS [0:00 - 15:40] 'Soma' directed...
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The Morticians at CUFF: Volume I
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 these great conversations and excited to share them with you! TIMESTAMPS [0:20 - 18:00] 'The Devil on...
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Interview with an Indie: Robbie Banfitch
On this IWAI, horror auteur Robbie Banfitch sits down with us to discuss his directorial debut, 'The Outwaters': a found footage mind-bender that's captured the attention of audiences throughout the country. He unveils some of the minutiae of marketing and festival submission, parsing good…
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Creed III x Akira (with Cameron Carr)
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 AKIRA🫀. Discussed (among other things)—the latitude Michael B. gives his anime influences, the ways...
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Skinamarink x Possession
Welcome back to the Morgue! 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 folklore into the mainstream and the ways recent filmmakers' backgrounds have positioned them as...
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Interview with an Indie: Amir Moverman
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 island of Manhattan. From the unorthodox inception of the idea to his deep affection for the city…
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2022: The Year’s Best (with Kelly Ng)
Happy New Year, Morguies! For our final episode of 2022, the Morticians invited actor and #1 Michelle Yeoh stan Kelly Ng to talk through this year's highlights of film/TV, performance, direction, cinematography, and more! It's an hour and a half of pure appreciation, so check your own Best Of…
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Bad Taste x American Movie
Welcome back to the Morgue! We hope you enjoyed your Thanksgiving folks. In this wistful, sincere, and unsegmented minisode, the Morticians discuss Peter Jackson's debut splatter zeitgeist BAD TASTE🍔 and Chris Smith's Sundance docu-darling AMERICAN MOVIE🎟️. It leads into a discussion about the...
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Halloween Ends x Halloween III: Season of the Witch
Welcome back to the Morgue! Last year we reviewed several 'Halloween' movies, and this year we're finishing what we started by discussing 'Halloween Ends' alongside 'Halloween III: Season of the Witch'. Two trilogy-makers forty years apart, and neither of them featuring very much of the…
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Interview with an Indie: Kaleb Torres
There was an idea...to use our podcast as a platform for independent filmmakers to discuss their work. Today that idea takes its first baby step. On this very special episode the Morticians sit down with Kaleb Torres, writer-director of HOME VIDEO: a psychological thriller about a man struggling...
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Blonde x Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (with Danielle Dougé)
Welcome back to the Morgue -- for VOLUME 3!!! Friend of the Show Danielle Dougé returns to help kick off our third season with the most controversial film we could find: Andrew Dominik's fantasy biopic BLONDE. Though the conversation does wade deep into Marilyn's legacy and our culture's...
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Multiverse of Madness x Drag Me to Hell
After a brief break, the Morticians close out Season 2 with a directorial double feature! This week, A self-made savant who nursed the superhero genre at the turn of the century has returned to ply his trade in the new era with 'Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness'. Alongside it: a brief...
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Morbius x Thirst
This week on the Morgue! A double dip into vampire fiction with the long-delayed 'Morbius' and South Korean heavyweight Park Chan-wook's 'Thirst'. Put down that blood-filled Big Gulp and scrub in! TIMESTAMPS [0:00 - 16:35] Intro & News! Trailer Talk for 'Firestarter' and David Lynch at Cannes???...
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Everything Everywhere All At Once
It's a Media Morgue mini! A brief discussion about the new Daniels dramedy that blends multiversal mania with sincere human emotion. TIMESTAMPS [0:00 - 18:35] Intro & News! The Slap. That's it, really. Oh and Amy Schumer being bad at her job. [18:45 - 53:00] 'Everything Everywhere All at Once'...
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X x Red Rocket
Welcome back to the Morgue! Grindhouse and arthouse collide in this dual review of erotic A24 releases: 'X' and 'Red Rocket'. You might wanna take our "scrub in" catchphrase somewhat literally for this one. TIMESTAMPS [0:00 - 18:20] Intro & News! Trailer Talk for 'Hogwarts Legacy' and 'Sonic 2';...
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The Batman
The Morticians are once again joined by special assistant Anirudh Pi for an entire episode devoted to dissecting Matt Reeves’ red-hot vigilante crime thriller: ‘The Batman’🦇🐈⬛. Where does “Battinson” rank among his caped crusading predecessors? Is this the best-looking Gotham City yet? Why is...
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Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)
Welcome back to the Morgue! In this Texas-sized Talkathon, the cinema surgeons dig through the bloody carcasses of the Texas Chainsaw franchise: specifically the latest Netflix-exclusive entry and the haunting legend that started it all in 1974. Also an episode full of questions, like: does…
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Spencer x Ema
Welcome back to the Morgue! Recorded last Wednesday in the wake of Oscar nomination announcements, the Morticians and guest Marissa T. took a tread through the mind of Pablo Larraín with his psychological historical fable 'Spencer' and the genre-defying 'Ema', set in his homeland of Chile....
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The Tragedy of Macbeth x Throne of Blood
Welcome back to the Morgue! Double, double, toil and trouble. It’s a bloody day as the Morticians take on two cinematic adaptations of William Shakespeare’s “Scottish play”; both in grayscale and boasting formidable casts, but with 65 years and a wealth of cultural difference between them. No…
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Scream (2022)
Happy (Belated) New Year from the Morgue! On this episode, the Morticians take a trip through meta-horror history to review highlights from the entire 'Scream' franchise before digging into the 2022 requel which mixes the original cast with some fresh blood. Joined by guest host Ryan Goodrich...
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Spider-Man: No Way Home
Welcome back to the Morgue! That's right folks, you knew it was coming. One unbroken episode solely devoted to discussing the final entry in the MCU Homecoming trilogy. How great was Willem Dafoe in this? How do we feel about the future of the MCU? And what are the uh...complications of *that*...
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The French Dispatch x Nocturama
Welcome back to The Morgue! This week, the Morticians stick with the European excursion they started in the last episode and discuss Wes Anderson's shiny new anthology film 'The French Dispatch'📰 in pairing with the Lumières Award-nominated French thriller 'Nocturama'💣. Joined by guest host...
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Last Night in Soho x Eyes Without a Face
Welcome back to the Morgue! And happy Thanksgiving weekend🍽 For this episode the Morticians are joined in-studio by Friend of the Show Anirudh Pi (@anircdh) to review LAST NIGHT IN SOHO👗 before bouncing back sixty years for a look at a foundational French new wave horror story: EYES WITHOUT A...
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Squid Game [Season 1]
Do you want to play a game? No not that one, the other one. Just in time for the confirmed renewal, the Morticians dive into a recap and review of the South Korean streaming sensation SQUID GAME🦑🚦. What moments did we see coming? What surprised us? What games would we win, and which would we…
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The Harder They Fall x Black Dynamite
This week, blaxploitation has arrived in the Morgue. The morticians get dusty, dastardly, and downright devious in a discussion about Netflix's new Western with a cast of bright black stars: THE HARDER THEY FALL💵. Then it's a disco shuffle back in time to 2009/the early 1970s for a romp through...
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The Halloweekend Special
You can't kill the Bogeyman...or his franchise rights👀👻 This very special episode brings all the Morticians together to discuss the legacy of John Carpenter's 1978 classic HALLOWEEN🎃🔪 alongside its continuations in the hands of David Gordon Green and its 2007 remake by Rob Zombie. Will time...
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Dune x The Holy Mountain
Welcome back to the Morgue! The Morticians give their thoughts on how Denis Villeneuve approached one of the most ambitious science fiction stories ever written in DUNE🏜 ; then, a mini dive into the ayahuasca-fueled mind of Alejandro Jodorowksy with THE HOLY MOUNTAIN🏔, along with some fun facts...
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Malignant x Jennifer‘s Body
This week on the Morgue... The Morticians dissect James Wan's newest horror effort MALIGNANT alongside a B-movie from 2009 that's seeing something of a resurgence: JENNIFER'S BODY. Scrub in! [This episode was recorded remotely, so prepare for some slight signal dipping in the early portions of...
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Titane x Hellraiser
Welcome back to the Morgue -- for Volume 2! We're diving straight into spooky month with a review of Cannes' surrealist showstopper TITANE and the Clive Barker fetish fear classic HELLRAISER. Not much more to say than that--go ahead and press play. We're waiting. (Headphones Recommended!)...
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The Green Knight x Excalibur
Welcome back to the Morgue! The Morticians go medieval with our (soft? mid?) season one finale discussing the new #a24 fantasy THE GREEN KNIGHT by David Lowery, which our boy Wes decided long ago he would pair with EXCALIBUR (1981) by John Boorman. Themes of mysticism, knighthood, possession,...
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Loki [Season 1]
Welcome back to the Morgue! On this episode--joined by new Friend of the Show Ralph Irizarry (@jazzandmfdoom)--we dive into our first TV review with Marvel's latest Disney+ original series: LOKI. How is the mischievous Asgardian getting on these days? Is his character redevelopment justified or...
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Zola x Censor
Welcome back to the Morgue! Danielle Dougé joins us again for a review of two current releases -- the absolutely manic gossip epic ZOLA, and an unsettling new indie horror release: CENSOR. Scrub in! *Disclaimer* due to technical difficulties, this episode was recorded with just one mic. We're...
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In the Heights x West Side Story
Today on the Morgue! The very special, very smart, and very funny Danielle Dougé (@fatblkbabe) is the Morticians' first-ever guest on this musical episode where we tackle Lin-Manuel Miranda's 'In the Heights' by way of Jonathan Chu and then tap dance back through time to the mack daddy of all...
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Army of the Dead x Mulholland Drive
Back in the Morgue! We hope you'll pardon this belated entry--which also had to be recorded across two sessions--for what might be one of our fullest and most fun conversations yet. TIMESTAMPS [0:00 - 15:00] News! E3 + Summer Games Fest & indie releases, Square Enix's 'Guardians of the Galaxy',...
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Spiral x Brick
Welcome back to the Morgue! We morticians return from an impromptu break to crack open a couple of detective stories: 'Spiral: From the Book of Saw' and 'Brick', the filmmaking debut of much maligned Star Wars director Rian Johnson. Scrub In! _____________ TIMESTAMPS [0:00 - 20:37] News! Trailers...
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Each episode we cover news in the film, TV, and video game industries, before diving into review of a topical movie, and deeper discussion of a more obscure film chosen by one among us--the Morticians--and preferably one that the others haven't seen. This is where movies come to be examined. To die, or maybe, to be reborn. Scrub in!
HOSTED BY
Justin Winley, Daniel Mette, Zack Palomo, Wes Goodrich
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