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The Take-Up Podcast — 100 episodes

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Chronovisor

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2

The Lords of Salem
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"Wuthering Heights"

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The Paperboy (with Joe Bowman)
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The End of Oak Street

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Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (with Shannon Weber)

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Cameraperson (with Ben Scholle)

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9

100th Episode: A Look Back
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Blue Heron
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The Odyssey
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The Prestige

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Fateful Findings (with Isabelle Roig)
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Army of Shadows (with Emile Parseghian)
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Killer of Sheep

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Irma Vep

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Backrooms

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Man with a Movie Camera

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The Last Laugh
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Messiah of Evil (with Victor Putinier)

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Frederick Wiseman's Hospital (with Alex McPherson)
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Song to Song (with Stephen Tronicek)

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Marty Supreme

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Aftersun (with Ryan Verrill)
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Sinners
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Frankenstein (2025)
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Zodiac

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Resurrection (2025)
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The Films of 2025 (with Friends of The Take-Up)

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30

Suspiria (2018) (with Ethan Tarantella)

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Suspiria (1977) (with Sarah Baraba and Keith Watson)

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32

The Secret Agent (2025) (with Diane Carson)

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Rushmore (with Max Havey)

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34

The Graduate (with Drew Wendt)

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35

Misericordia

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Bugonia

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37

Hot Fuzz (with Alex McPherson)

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38

One Battle After Another

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39

Signs (with Billy Rock)

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40

The Long Walk

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41

Taxi Driver (with Cliff Froehlich)

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No Country for Old Men

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Far From Heaven
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The Real Best Pictures: Our Tops of 2024

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45

Contemporary Costumes: Follow the Fleet
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Contemporary Costumes: Why Don't You Play in Hell?

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Contemporary Costumes: Josie and the Pussycats (with Brandon Streussnig)

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Contemporary Costumes: Crimes of Passion

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49

Queer Classics: Compulsion (1959)

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Queer Classics: Little Caesar (with Katie Carter)

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Queer Classics: Orpheus

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Queer Classics: Johnny Guitar

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53

MFMY: 2019 and The Dead Don't Die (with Alex McPherson)

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54

MFMY: 2007 and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (with Katharine Coldiron)

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MFMY: 1999 and The Virgin Suicides (with Shannon Weber)

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MFMY: 1980 and The Shining (with Katharine Coldiron)

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Critics Are Stupid: Birth (with Katharine Coldiron)

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Critics Are Stupid: The Truth About Charlie (with Katharine Coldiron)

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Critics Are Stupid: Gummo (with Pete Timmermann)

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Critics Are Stupid: Stone Cold (with Katharine Coldiron)

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61

Our Top Tens of 2023

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Gems of '23: Evil Dead Rise

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Gems of '23: Magic Mike's Last Dance (with Max Havey)

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Gems of '23: How to Blow Up a Pipeline (with Billy Rock)

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Gems of '23: They Cloned Tyrone

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QU66R COD6D: The Lost Boys (with Michael Morlaine)

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QU66R COD6D: Let the Right One In

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QU66R COD6D: Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

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Cinema Speculation: Eaten Alive/The Funhouse

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Cinema Speculation: Escape from Alcatraz

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Cinema Speculation: Deliverance (with Katharine Coldiron)

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Bonus: Film Criticism in Flyover Country

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Cinema Speculation: Rolling Thunder (with Cliff Froehlich)

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The New Black Film Canon: Black Girl

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The New Black Film Canon: The Watermelon Woman

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The New Black Film Canon: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (with Elliott Collins)

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Bonus: QFest St. Louis '23 Preview (with Chris Clark)

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Bonus: Now Showing

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79

Sister Kristen: Charlie's Angels (2019) (with Dr. Ana Quiring)

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Sister Kristen: Certain Women (Pt. 2)

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Sister Kristen: Certain Women (Pt. 1)

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Sister Kristen: Twilight (with Ana Quiring)

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Gems of 2022: You Won't Be Alone (with Jessica Scott)

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Gems of 2022: Stars at Noon

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Gems of 2022: Emily the Criminal (with Jason Bollinger) and Our Top Tens

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Gems of 2022: Strawberry Mansion (with Katie Carter)

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Gems of 2022: After Yang (with Drew Wendt and Billy Rock)

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Bonus: Now Showing

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Golden Anniversaries: Sisters (1972)

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Nancy/Nora: The Intern

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Nancy/Nora: Julie & Julia (with Bree Maniscalco and Shannon Weber)

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Nancy/Nora: The Parent Trap (1998)

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Nancy/Nora: Heartburn

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Golden Anniversaries: The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (with Cait Lore)

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Golden Anniversaries: Lady Sings the Blues (with Charles Taylor)

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Golden Anniversaries: Buck and the Preacher (with Gerald Early)

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Golden Anniversaries: What's Up, Doc? (with Diane Carson)

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Cannes Winners: Dancer in the Dark (with Pete Timmermann)

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Cannes Winners: The Mission

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Cannes Winners: Peppermint Frappé

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