In 1954, blacklisted Hollywood legend Nicholas Ray and on-the-outs-movie-star Joan Crawford got together to make a bonkers paella western melodrama about the terror of desire with TruColor. it's really quite something. we discuss!

read a good summation of Johnny Guitar's particular brew of gender studies and politics here. Our next episode is about "Magellan," which you can watch on Criterion.

Third chair RYDER joins us to talk about "The White Ribbon," Michael Haneke's exporation of the world's worst town, the horrible adults who live there, and the ways their misery warps their children. Nazi origin story, anti-patriarchical tract, or something more upsetting entirely? We discuss.

Check out the show on Letterboxd if you're into that thing. Matt is also on there. And we got a Bluesky going.

Next episode: Undetirmined!

THis week, Matt and Corbin are joined by DOM SINACOLA (Film Critic at The Portland Mercury, The Werner Hertzblog) to talk about LESSONS OF DARKNESS, Werner Herzog's impressionistic non fiction essay movie about the burning oilfields of Kuwait in the wake of the first gulf war. Topics include: is this movie responsible? Germany in the post war, Herzog and truth and lies, and other stuff. Honestly it's been a while since we recorded it, so it's possible I'm missing something.

Check out the show on Letterboxd if you're into that thing. Matt is also on there. And we got a Bluesky going.

Next episode is about "The White Ribbon," which is streaming somewhere, probably. If I forgot to link something today, please tell me on Blusky, because I feel like I'm forgetting something.