Episodes
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9. MAY DECEMBER, or how many hot dogs do you really need?
Chatting about the new Todd Haynes film on Netflix.
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7. THE DISCIPLE (it's on Netflix!), Unsustainable Passions, and the Mentor's Body
(0:00) The Watching Film podcast has a theme song! (8:29) Radiohead as a phase of early life (10:50) RED ALERT (is Manohla Dargis a Trekkie?!!) (13:50) "Your ego must die to hear the sounds you can't yet play or play again." (18:30) How THE DISCIPLE reminds us of hot streaks in the NBA (i.e. Lou...
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6. MINARI, aka Asians in the Outfield (feat. Anna B. Gatdula)
(1:00) Anna finally gets the WATCHING FILM shout-out she deserves ... from herself (3:16) MINARI wins the Golden Globe for "Best Movie That Involves Reading" (7:12) The movie's gender dynamics, both chicken and human (14:33) Anna's backstory, in which Y2K panic plays a prominent role (24:45) The...
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5. What Disney-Pixar's SOUL Ends Up Saying About Race
TT and Dan talk about Disney & Pixar's newest movie, SOUL (2020), and what it says about race (often without seeming to be aware that it's saying anything). They also talk about the evolution of Pixar and what's changed about the fantasies in its movies. (0:00) TT attempts to tell Dan a joke…
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4. The Utah Spectacular (PART 2) | TT's Lessons Learned from Sundance, from '90s NBA Basketball & from Academia
Note: This podcast is not sponsored by the Utah Tourism Board (9:15) What TT learned from standing in lines at the Sundance Film Festival (11:50) On Napoleon Dynamite & Mormon fashion (33:10) "For our academic, non-basketball-viewing listeners, Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls was like the...
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3. The Utah Spectacular (PART 1) | EL PLANETA at the Sundance Film Festival
TT + Dan go to Sundance (virtually) & toast the Utah Jazz's #1 spot in the Western conference. We talk about our love for Amalia Ulman's EL PLANETA (our festival discovery of the weekend). Plus, how the NBA is like academia. (5:15) Being at your peak as a basketball player and as a writer (10:06)...
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2. TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH (Kurosawa, 2019) and the magic of the travelogue film
(0:45) Background on Kurosawa Kiyoshi and the role of his movies on the arthouse/festival marketplace (6:50) "Let's Cavell-patchwork it!" (a reference we will not go on to explain) (24:20) TT: "You'll edit this part out, I hope." Dan: "Sure." (31:30) On the importance of privilege and…
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1. Basketball origin stories + Christmas horror cinema
TT and Dan talk about their basketball origins. Then they talk about Christmas horror movies BLACK CHRISTMAS (1974) and RELIC (2019), and what's horrific about the holiday. (1:35) Dan’s basketball origin story (10:23) TT’s basketball origin story (22:18) Comparing our training in watching movies...
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0. Christmas movies + Are all happy basketball teams alike?
The "dry run" episode. TT and Dan talk about families and what we learn about them from Christmas movies and NBA teams. (1:45) How Asian is this podcast? (3:55) TT’s favorite Christmas specials (4:54) Is it more embarrassing to have a therapist or a life coach? (6:40) What we feel comfortable...