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The Visual Text
by Francesco Pascuzzi, Mitchell Cravens
Chunky is a casual conversation between best friends about contemporary film, its antecedents, and their relationship to the Zeitgeist. Mitchell Cravens is your host, and Francesco Pascuzzi is your film expert. Most films that we discuss also have been reviewed by Francesco or Mitch at http://thevisualtext.com. So check us out!
Episodes
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Suspiria
This is a horror podcast now, apparently.
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Drag Me To Hell
Mitch and Cesco review Drag Me To Hell (Raimi, 2009)
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Pet Sematary
Pet Semetary could have been so much more. Eric is back to discuss this remake of his FAVORITE BOOK EVER. https://thevisualtext.com
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Us
We didn't like Us. And it's real fun when we shit on stuff. https://thevisualtext.com
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Oscars, Smoshcars
We review the Oscars. The first half was wonderful - we're really happy for the historic number of woman and POC winners. The second half - the fucking poop emoji. https://thevisualtext.com
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Cold War (Zimna wojna)
Cold War (Zimna wojna) is a 2018 Polish film by Pawel Pawlikowski that probably should win best foreign film. We'll see. https://thevisualtext.com
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The Guilty
The Guilty (Den skyldige) is a 2018 Danish film by Gustav Möller that got snubbed for an Oscar nom. We discuss. https://thevisualtext.com
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Roma - The Story Of A Pepperoni Pizza
We had mixed feelings on Roma. It's an interesting social commentary that comes off as a bit impersonal and objective. https://thevisualtext.com
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The Favourite
The Favourite was fun, and for once we had slightly differing views about it! What a concept. https://thevisualtext.com
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Green Book Solved Racism
Green Book was yet another film about racism directed by a white person. Because we need more of those. https://thevisualtext.com
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Burnin' Up
Burning was our favorite film this year by a lot. We gush. https://thevisualtext.com
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More Rampant Speculation
More rampant speculation about the Oscars from the For Your Speculation podcast ft. our boy Chonké. https://thevisualtext.com
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A Fart Is Born
The episode title says it all. A Star Is Born was not our fave. https://thevisualtext.com
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Let's Speculate
Chunky and the folks at For Your Speculation discuss the current state of the oscar race! https://thevisualtext.com
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Wifey
The Wife was fucking wonderful. We gush. https://thevisualtext.com
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Alien
https://thevisualtext.com!
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Hereditary
Hereditary was messed up and we loved it! We break down a wonderful performance from Toni Collette and explore some horror tropes along the way. https://thevisualtext.com The Visual Text is looking for guests! Come on and talk about your favorite film, or contribute to one of our upcoming…
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Love, Chunky
Love, Simon was important to us and a lot of other people. We discuss. Note from Mitch: Thank you to our producer, Eric Revilla, for making me sound significantly less cross-faded than I was at the time. Will try to avoid this in the future. https://thevisualtext.com
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We've Arrived
We did Arrival because the Shape of Water can fuck off. XOXO Denis Villeneuve && XOXO Amy Adamssss. Oh and RIP Abbott; Abbott is death process. https://thevisualtext.com
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Call Me Mitchy (HI THANKS ERIC YOUDA FREAKIN BEST)
Call Me By Your Name is our jam. Oh, and Eric Revilla is a god. I was apparently giving my microphone a blowjob this entire episode and my audio was garbage, and whatdya know Eric provided his magic wand and POOF we don't have to redo the episode. So fucking great. https://thevisualtext.com
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The Darkest Hour (In The History of Awards Shows)
Yeahhh, we didn't like the Oscars much. https://thevisualtext.com
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Coco, Por Fín
We give a much-overdue review of Coco. God it was increíble.
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90th Annual Academy Award Predictions (FINAL)
From the For Your Speculation podcast: "Ted hosts a final roundtable podcast with most of our previous guests, Cesco, Erik, Topher, Rob and Matt, while we salute Rachel for taking it to the streets for the Women's March. Join us as we give our final predictions for this year's Oscars. Lots of…
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Star Wars Ep. VIII - The Last Jedi(s)?
The Cravens bros are back for a Star Wars special. https://thevisualtext.com
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Premature Prognostication
Francesco joins the for your speculation podcast to break down the Oscar race in the main eight categories. https://thevisualtext.com http://foryourspeculation.libsyn.com
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IT is Loooooong Overdue
We recorded our IT pod fucking forever ago, but the audio got corrupted and I had no idea how to fix it. Hardcore props to Eric Revilla, our guest on this pod, who not only contributed some awesome analysis but also fixed the audio problems. Too bad there's not a life system that gives you...
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My Name is Ladybird
Ladybird was really good! We discuss its comedic chops, its originality as a genre film, and its (and our) observations on finding common ground with your parents.
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SQL
Sequels, sequels, sequels! This is from a while back, Mitch forgot to see Kingsman and Jeepers Creepers 3 and Francesco had some things to say about them. Aaaand then Mitch had some stuff to say about other sequels. I am a mess. https://thevisualtext.com
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The Comedy Brothers
A coupla' bros talk about offbeat comedies, namely Little Miss Sunshine and Hot Fuzz. #brosesh If you could subscribe to our podcast and/or rate it, that would be awesome - it's available on iTunes, Google Play, and thevisualtext.com/podcast. We also have a blog at said site, thevisualtext.com…
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Hello, Mother!
OMG, Mother! was weird but kind of amazing. We break down the film and try to give some guidance on how to deal with challenging and/or abstract films in general. YAY FOR INFANTICIDE! If you could subscribe to our podcast and/or rate it, that would be awesome - it's available on iTunes, Google...
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ATOMIC LESBIAN SEX
OMG THE HOT LESBIAN SEX IN ATOMIC BLONDE WAS SO HOT. (No, not really, and it was kinda problematic...we discuss.) We also get into straight stars playing queer characters and bad films with great scenes. If you could subscribe to our podcast and/or rate it, that would be awesome - it's available…
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Dunkirk
Dunkirk was the best film we've seen in 2017. Hence the length of this episode. We had so much to talk about. If you could subscribe to our podcast and/or rate it, that would be awesome - it's available on iTunes, Google Play, and thevisualtext.com/podcast. We also have a blog at said site,...
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Baby Fuzz
We quickly run out of things to say about Baby Driver, Hot Fuzz, and the work of Edgar Wright. If you could subscribe to our podcast and/or rate it, that would be awesome - it's available on iTunes, Google Play, and thevisualtext.com/podcast. We also have a blog at said site,...
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Don't Get Eaten!
We discuss the work of Bong Joon-Ho via Okja (on Netflix/in theaters now) and The Host (2006). If you could subscribe to our podcast and/or rate it, that would be awesome - it's available on iTunes, Google Play, and thevisualtext.com/podcast. We also have a blog at said site, thevisualtext.com…
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A Sofia Coppola-Out
We discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly of Sofia Coppola's work. We'll take a close look at her latest work, The Beguiled, which is out in theaters now starring Nicole Kidman, and compare it to an earlier film of hers, Lost In Translation. If you could subscribe to our podcast, that would be...
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Wonder Woman/It Comes at Night
It's time for.....CHUNKY! In this episode we introduce our wonderful selves and talk a lot about It Comes at Night (2017, Shults) and what it means in today's America. We also tack on a bit about Wonder Woman and what's important about it and what's not. Be sure to check out Francesco's review of...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Chunky is a casual conversation between best friends about contemporary film, its antecedents, and their relationship to the Zeitgeist. Mitchell Cravens is your host, and Francesco Pascuzzi is your film expert. Most films that we discuss also have been reviewed by Francesco or Mitch at http://thevisualtext.com. So check us out!
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Chunky is a casual conversation between best friends about contemporary film, its antecedents, and their relationship to the Zeitgeist. Mitchell Cravens is your host, and Francesco Pascuzzi is your film expert. Most films that we discuss also have been reviewed by Francesco or Mitch at...
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