Skip to content
VINYL IS PODCAST podcast artwork

PODCAST · arts

VINYL IS PODCAST

by Ryland Knight

The podcast for VINYL IS HEAVY, featuring Ryland Walker Knight and Mark Haslam and, we hope, a few guests from time to time. We'll mostly talk movies.

Publisher-supplied feed metadata · PodParley refreshed Apr 11, 2026 · Source feed

Episodes

  1. Episode 10 (PART TWO): An unfocused invitation to holler on criteria.

    Ryland is joined by three fine gentlemen who also happen to be critics (and also happen to be friends) to talk about, well, criteria. Naturally, the group got sidetracked into other threads of thought such as lists and ranking the decade and the art of language.

  2. Episode 10 (PART ONE): An unfocused invitation to holler on criteria.

    Ryland is joined by three fine gentlemen who also happen to be critics (and also happen to be friends) to talk about, well, criteria. Naturally, the group got sidetracked into other threads of thought such as characterizations of criticism as an art and the art of language.

  3. Episode 9: Dreamlands of the Night

    Ryland went and watched some a-g films with his buddy Brian Darr and then after dinner they talked about their shared enthusiasms and how beautiful (how bright!) these kinds of lights can shine.

  4. Episode 8: Find the best thing possible.

    Ryland talks with his Good Personal Friend (and former professor), Daniel Coffeen, about a whole mess of stuff, including cubist films, the speed of affect, seeing (and not seeing), pedagogy (and its failure), the importance of duration, architecture and separation, among other jokes. There's a…

    more
  5. Episode 7: For your milk!

    Ryland and Jen and Mark went and saw _Milk_ at the Castro in San Francisco, which seems to be the only way to see it, and then found that they found the film kinda simple, but still worthy of discussion. We hope you may help us out in the comments section. There's plenty more to talk about, even…

    more
  6. Episode 6: A waltz is a fault; like, falling.

    Today we saw Waltz With Bashir at the Landmark Embarcadero as the final film in the 3rd Annual SF International Animation Festival. It took us even longer to get home this time but, after some food, we talked on digital tape again. Last week's podcast saw us working through a very common reaction...

  7. Episode 5: More synecdoches, more f-words, more more.

    Ryland and Mark and fellow VINYL contributor Jennifer Stewart talk about Charlie Kaufman's hyphenate debut, following a rainy afternoon screening in Berkeley, picking up a thread from our third podcast, say to continue the conversation. It's a long episode, yes, but we hope you listen all the way...

  8. Episode 4: Burning Through Coen Country

    Ryland and Mark come home from a tasty screening of the latest Coen Brothers flick and laugh about it a bit. Our goofiest 'cast yet.

  9. Episode 3: Synecdoche, Eustache

    Mark saw the new Charlie Kaufman, Ryland's been seeing a lot of Jia Zhang-Ke, they both have been enjoying the Jean Eustache. Things develop and spin out from there. Plus, talk of sex, shit, piss -- gettin your wolfy rocks off -- and, once again, Nick Ray's _On Dangerous Ground_. Reprise, baby!

  10. Episode 2: Future calendar highlights, with Brian Darr.

    Ryland and Mark welcome Brian Darr, of Hell on Frisco Bay (hellonfriscobay.blogspot.com), to talk about highlights of the upcoming rep calendar in the greater Bay Area. Topics include Jia Zhangke, Jean Eustache, Gus Van Sant and Cut Copy among others. While a good deal of the talk revolves around...

  11. Episode 1: Almodovar, Ray, Melodrama.

    Ryland and Mark talk about Mark's new column, Melodrama Mondays, and the first film in his spotlight, Pedro Almodovar's _All About My Mother_, as well as Nicholas Ray's _On Dangerous Ground_, which Ryland saw at the 35th Telluride Film Festival.

Type above to search every episode's transcript for a word or phrase. Matches are scoped to this podcast.

Searching…

We're indexing this podcast's transcripts for the first time — this can take a minute or two. We'll show results as soon as they're ready.

No matches for "" in this podcast's transcripts.

Showing of matches

No topics indexed yet for this podcast.

Loading reviews...

ABOUT THIS SHOW

The podcast for VINYL IS HEAVY, featuring Ryland Walker Knight and Mark Haslam and, we hope, a few guests from time to time. We'll mostly talk movies.

HOSTED BY

Ryland Knight

CATEGORIES

Frequently Asked Questions

How many episodes does VINYL IS PODCAST have?

VINYL IS PODCAST currently has 11 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.

What is VINYL IS PODCAST about?

The podcast for VINYL IS HEAVY, featuring Ryland Walker Knight and Mark Haslam and, we hope, a few guests from time to time. We'll mostly talk movies.

How often does VINYL IS PODCAST release new episodes?

VINYL IS PODCAST has 11 episodes. Check the episode list to see recent publication dates and frequency.

Where can I listen to VINYL IS PODCAST?

You can listen to VINYL IS PODCAST on PodParley by clicking any episode. We provide an embedded audio player for direct listening, and you can also subscribe via your preferred podcast app using the RSS feed.

Who hosts VINYL IS PODCAST?

VINYL IS PODCAST is created and hosted by Ryland Knight.
URL copied to clipboard!