The Death of Cinema Podcast

Ape? Man? Alive? Dead? Many questions posed this week, as our intrepid cinonauts track uncharted courses across the celluloid skies, marking first contact with the planet of the apes in our holy month of Aperil. Will cinema overcome its own petty squabbles, or is it already long dead, dust on the wind?Next Time: Dr.Strangelove (1964) and Don't Look Up (2021)Linktree:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/deathofcinema⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Theme song is Czarda, by Vittorio Monti, as performed by the USAFB

Hey there pal, welcome to 1970s New York! Here's your day: you sit in the shittiest diner, drink the worst coffee, smell endless piles of trash, and commit random acts of violence to validate your meaningless existence. Wanna watch a movie? It's a por i or gor some reason a Zorro. Thats because this week, the two bozos Ethan and Nik are cracking open the twisted minds of Taxi Driver and Joker. Will cinema make a name for itself? Or will it be forgotten like the rest?Next Week: The Planet of the Apes (1968) and The Planet of the Apes (2001)*due to use of music for a dumb bit, the previous episode was destroyed, enjoy this special copyright safe edition which features my humming

March 26. Year 1.I fear my effect on cinema has done nothing. 25 episodes, the remakes keep coming, 3 Coleen Hoover adaptations in 2 years...more on the way. To Bury cinema, we have to cover something more... a new class of cinema? The modern noir classic, Se7en and Matt Reeve's The Batman? Will cinema survive the night? Or end up bleeding in the gutter?*SOMETHING IN THE WAY PLAYS*Next Time: Taxi Driver (1976) and The Joker (2019)Linktree:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/deathofcinema⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Theme song is Czarda, by Vittorio Monti, as performed by the USAFB

A shot sounds out in the night, cutting the homoerotic tension in the air like butter: DOCPOD. BATMARCH. What Else can be said? The first steps are simple: Heat and the Dark Knight. The next? Find out if Cinema lives long enough to become a villain, or if it dies a hero.Next Time: Seven (1995) and The Batman (2022)Linktree:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/deathofcinema⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Theme song is Czarda, by Vittorio Monti, as performed by the USAFB

Its half priced chocolate day at tDoC, and we're scraping the bottom of the love barrel left overs from valentines day, hitting you with a couple modern classic Shakespearean adaptations that for some reason come in a combo box set: 10 Things I Hate About You and Anyone But You. Will a rose by any other name smell just as sweet? Or is cinema's love affair destined to end in heartbreak?Next Time: Heat (1995) and The Dark Knight (2008)Linktree:⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/deathofcinema⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Theme song is Czarda, by Vittorio Monti, as performed by the USAFB

Happy Valentines you Cinophiles! We're peering into the dark desires of the flesh and taking a look at 2 Cronenburgs, in honor of the holiday. We've got Crash (1996) and Crimes of the Future (2022) along with a special guest host: Jordan Marcum! Will we swipe right on cinema, or is this date a dud?Next time: Crash (1996) and Crimes of the Future (2022)Next Time: Ten Things I Hate About You (1999) and Anyone But You (2023)Linktree:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/deathofcinema⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Find Jordan Here: @marcumjorOur Theme song is Czarda, by Vittorio Monti, as performed by the USAFB

HO BOY! Get ready to make the ultimate choice this episode as Nik and Ethan forgo all sense and reason and do a joke idea they came with well over a year ago when the pod was in its early stages. Our two victims this week? Sophie's Choice (1982) and The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017). Will cinema make it out alive? or will Barry Keoghan force our hand?Next time: Crash (1996) and Crimes of the Future (2022)Linktree:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/deathofcinema⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Theme song is Czarda, by Vittorio Monti, as performed by the USAFB

Pencils ready, you little cretins! Class is in session and now that you're back to school (those of you who have BOTHERED to get a proper education that is) the enlightened bozos at DOCPOD have a a little question: If movie A (The Dead Poets Society) is followed by Movie B (The Holdovers) then is C (cinema)= Dead or Alive? Hm? Well I won't give you the answers, stop trying to cheat and for once in your miserable lives, do something of MEANING.Next time: Sophie's Choice (1982) The Killing Of a Sacred Deer (2017)Linktree:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/deathofcinema⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Theme song is Czarda, by Vittorio Monti, as performed by the USAFBhttps://www.salon.com/2014/02/26/the_dead_poets_society_takeover_of_america_how_memes_ate_our_politics/

Happy New Year! Nik and Ethan take a look back on the first year of the DOCPOD and give out the coveted Arbie award to the film of 2025: Hamnet or Avatar: Fire and Ash. No matter who wins, we win! Because we spent the year with you listeners! See you next next thursday!Next time: The Dead Poets Society and The HoldoversLinktree:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/deathofcinemaOur Theme song is Czarda, by Vittorio Monti, as performed by the USAFBSpecial intro music is Auld Lang Syne as performed by Les Deux Love Orchestra

Cinema is dead, to begin with. But Nik, on another trip between the realms of living and dead, must end the scourge of Santa and maybe...save christmas? ruin christmas? Hard to say, but they'll be looking at movies of christmas past, Scrooge (1951) and A Muppet Christmas Carol (1992). Are these but shadows of films that could be, or must cinema decrease the surplus population? Next time: The Films of the Year and the Arbies AwardsLinktree: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/deathofcinema⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Theme song is Czarda, by Vittorio Monti, as performed by the USAFB

all the listerners in podville liked the grinch a lot... But in the DoCPod studio Nik and Ethan did not! With a cling and a clang the microphones came out, ready to fiight and ready to shout, and the movies they are loathe to talk about?How A Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) (with Carey as the brute) and don't forget The Grinch (2018) as the rancid reboot!Will Cinema be naughty or nice? listen on dear viewer, and roll the dice!Next time: Scrooge: A Christmas Carol (1951) and A Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)Linktree: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/deathofcinema⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Theme song is Czarda, by Vittorio Monti, as performed by the USAFB

Avast and Good Morrow my fine podcast pilferers! Take a gentle, loving stroll twixt the woods of TDOC, but beware, Stalking within is The Terrible The Adventures of Robin Hood and Robin Hood: Men in Tights!!! Will their aim be true, or will cinema miss the mark?Next time: How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) and The Grinch (2018)Linktree: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/deathofcinema⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Theme song is Czarda, by Vittorio Monti, as performed by the USAFB

Nik wanted to do Avatar for Fire and Ash and it fit in the best in November! That is why we're doing these films okay! We are aware of the optics and did our best, but flame our asses if you want! Decide for youself if the white saviour will keep cinema alive or if like the social impact of Avatar, cinema shall return to Eywa!Next time: The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) and Robin Hood: Men in TightsLinktree: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/deathofcinema⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Theme song is Czarda, by Vittorio Monti, as performed by the USAFBhttps://www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture/2023/01/27/avatar-native-american-representation-244603/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2022-12-19/native-american-boycott-avatar-the-way-of-waterhttps://yalebooks.yale.edu/2020/01/07/dances-with-wolves-and-the-many-abuses-of-lakota-history/

GUILLERMO DEL-TOBER takes a quick swim to the ole watering hole as a sexy, muscle bound fish duo stalks it: The Shape of Water and Creature from the Black Lagoon!!! Will this courtship go swimmingly, or is it hook line and sinker for cinema?Next time: Dances with Wolves (1990) and Avatar (2009)Linktree: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/deathofcinema⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Theme song is Czarda, by Vittorio Monti, as performed by the USAFBhttps://www.vice.com/en/article/one-mystery-man-is-responsible-for-the-entire-sea-monster-porn-genre/

Its the first episode of Guillermo-del-tober and we're pitting two long lost fantasy lovers against each other: Twilight (2008) and Crimson Peak (2015). Does cinema feel a connection, or does it suck? Only one way to find out spider-monkey, hop on with Nik and Ethan and take a ride on the wild side!Linktree: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/deathofcinema⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Theme song is Czarda, by Vittorio Monti, as performed by the USAFB

Another round! another match! In this corner Nik "The Grub" Haupt, in that other one The Iron Man Ethan Morrison! They're taking on a terrible tag team: the legacy duo of Rocky and Creed! Can Cinema go the distance? Or is it (Like Stalone's Career) down for the count?Next episode: Twilight (2008) and Crimson Peak (2015)Linktree: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/deathofcinema⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Theme song is Czarda, by Vittorio Monti, as performed by the USAFB

Shark. Shark eat. Cinema Dead? Idk. listen the episode. Maybe shark live... no. no shark dead. Sad shark.Next episode: Rocky (1976) and Creed (2015)Linktree: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/deathofcinema⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Theme song is Czarda, by Vittorio Monti, as performed by the USAFB

Back at it again, after a brief intermission (due to water heaters and cat wrangling) we're BACK! A day late but no more or less insightful than usual while discussing the back end of Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and Dune pt. 2 (2024). Now, once and for all we'll see if cinema has crumbled before us or if it may stand tall as Ozymandias, king of kings!Next episode: Jaws (1975) and The Meg (2018)Linktree: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/deathofcinema⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Theme song is Czarda, by Vittorio Monti, as performed by the USAFB

Hope you like sand and holding your bladder, because in pt.1 of DUNEGUST OF ARABIA, Nik and Ethan look at the first half of the classic Lawrence of Arabia and the modern classic Dune, scouring them for any wide shots of the desert or caricatures of desert peoples! Is cinema's fate written? Or will it become the next space messiah? Find out in... DUNEGUST OF ARABIA pt.1Next episode: Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and DUNE pt 2 (2024) out August 28thLinktree: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/deathofcinema⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Theme song is Czarda, by Vittorio Monti, as performed by the USAFB

In a suprising relevant time to be discussing inappropriate relationships with minors, Nik and Ethan take a magical age up trip back to a simpler time in Hollyweird...when boys could be men and girls could be women in age up rom coms! Will cinema be found not guilty? or is the death penalty looming for these cinematic defendants?Next episode: Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and DUNE pt 1 (2021) out August 14thLinktree: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/deathofcinema⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Theme song is Czarda, by Vittorio Monti, as performed by the USAFB

You find yourself in an ancient, mysterious podcast, undiscovered by man and beast... or so you thought. Soon you discover something survived the wilds of podcasting...and that something is Nik and Ethan as they discuss Tarzan the Ape Man (1932) and Tarzan (1999)! Will cinema be killed by a giant rabid gorilla, or live on to the sweet beats of phil collins?Next episode: Big (1988) and 13 Going on 30 (2004) out July 31stLinktree: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/deathofcinema⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Theme song is Czarda, by Vittorio Monti, as performed by the USAFBSources:https://journals.flvc.org/athanor/article/download/115840/114066/166328

In a high concept meta podcast episode: Ethan, Nik, and guest host Bex take a groovy dip into the musical documentary looking at This Is Spinal Tap (1984) and Gentle and Soft: The Story of the Blue Jean Comittee (2015). Is this episode overly ambitious and ahead of its time? or will it be just another one hit wonder?Next episode: Tarzan The Ape Man (1932) and Tarzan (1999) out July 17thLinktree: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/deathofcinema⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Theme song is Czarda, by Vittorio Monti, as performed by the USAFB

WAAAAKE UPPPPP! It's Juneteenth and Nik and Ethan are taking a look back to a story that is told time and time and again: pigs. Can't live with 'em. But lets see what Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing (1989) and Mathieu Kassovitz's La Haine (1995) have to say on the topic. Not even gonna pretend like we didn't love these films, but that's beside the point. The point is: is cinema doomed for a shallow grave? or to live on and on to die another day? So far so good...so far so good...Next episode: This is Spinal Tap (1984) and Gentle and Soft: The Story of the Blue Jean Committee (2015) out July 3rdLinktree: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/deathofcinema⁠⁠⁠Our Theme song is Czarda, by Vittorio Monti, as performed by the USAFBSources: https://www.npr.org/2022/05/09/1097080520/rosie-perez-do-the-right-thing-flight-attendanthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED9p5cvoKdU

HEY THERE FOLKS, ITS PRIDE. Today we welcome guest hosts Eva and Amanda as they tackle two crossdressing buddy comedies: Some Like It Hot (1959) and White Chicks (2004). Do these films CROSS the threshold or will they DRAG Cinema into an early grave? Regardless of the turnout, remember: we're here, we're queer, and our blood type is O negative on... The Death of Cinema Podcast!Next episode: Do The Right Thing (1989) and La Haine (1995) out June 19thLinktree: ⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/deathofcinema⁠⁠Our Theme song is Czarda, by Vittorio Monti, as performed by the USAFBSources: https://collider.com/some-like-it-hot-barbette/https://variety.com/2021/film/news/marilyn-monroe-some-like-it-hot-troubled-production-movie-classic-1234984318/

Travel into the Inferno as Ethan and Nik delve into the damned depths of the lowest form of cinema: adaptation. This time, they look at L'Inferno (1911) and Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic. Will Cinema rise to Paradiso? or remained buried and frozen in the Ninth Circle for all eternity? Only one way to find out.. abandon all hope ye who listen here...Next episode: Some Like It Hot (1959) and White Chicks (2004) out June 5thLinktree: ⁠https://linktr.ee/deathofcinema⁠Our Theme song is Czarda, by Vittorio Monti, as performed by the USAFBSources: https://web.archive.org/web/20090915193700/http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plugged-in/ea-mails-journos-200-checks-to-promote-game/1352737https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2009/07/ea-puts-sexual-bounty-on-the-heads-of-its-own-booth-babes/

IN MEMORY OF NIK WHO DROWNED IN A SHALLOW HOLEWe take a look at our first attempt to record a podcast, naïve and hopeful as we were... a few months ago. So like star wars, we're releasing the first episode out of order! Formatting and audio quality improve as you know!Next time: L'Inferno (1911) and Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic (2010) out May 22ndLinktree: ⁠https://linktr.ee/deathofcinema⁠Our Theme song is Czarda, by Vittorio Monti, as performed by the USAFB

A week ago, in a podcast studio far far away...Nik and Ethan break from release schedule they're trying to establish and give you a bonus Star Wars episode for May the 4th! We look at Star Wars Episode 4: A New Hope (1977) and The Hidden Fortress (1958). Are these the droids we're looking for, or is cinema on the chopping block again? Find out in another thrilling episode of... THE DEATH OF CINEMA.Next episode: BONUS Pilot episode Nosferatu A Symphony of Horror (1922) and Nosferatu the Vampyre (1978) out May 8Linktree: https://linktr.ee/deathofcinemaOur Theme song is Czarda, by Vittorio Monti, as performed by the USAFB

Nik and Ethan (in their premiere episode with audio issues we know about and have fixed promise <3) examine the corpses of The Stepford Wives (1975) and Don’t Worry Darling (2022), will cinema be the perfect bride? Or will its perfect facade be a simulation? LISTEN…if you dare.Next episode: The Hidden Fortress and Star Wars (1977) out May the 4thLinktree: https://linktr.ee/deathofcinemaOur Theme song is Czarda, by Vittorio Monti, as performed by the USAFBSources used:Coggan, Devan. “‘The Stepford Wives’: Inside the Making of the 1975 Feminist Horror Classic.” EW.Com, Entertainment Weekly, 22 June 2022, ew.com/movies/2017/10/23/the-stepford-wives-1975-history/. Gonzalez, Ed. “DVD Review: Bryan Forbes’s The Stepford Wives on Paramount Home Video.” Slant Magazine, 27 Oct. 2021, www.slantmagazine.com/dvd/the-stepford-wives-dvd/

Cinema is Dead, and we intend to bury it.Our Theme song is Czarda, by Vittorio Monti, as performed by the USAFBLinktree: https://linktr.ee/deathofcinema