Episode 782: The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

Episode 782: The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

Spencer Parsons and Chris Stachiw join Mike to dig into the ideological undercurrents of The Dark Knight Rises, Christopher Nolan’s contentious capstone to his Batman trilogy. Released in 2012, the film finds a broken Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) pulled back into action as Gotham—now pointedly resembling New York—falls under siege by Bane (Tom Hardy) and the League of Shadows.

The conversation moves past spectacle to examine the film’s deeply anxious view of revolution, class conflict, and populist politics. Drawing connections to Occupy Wall Street–era fears, Mike, Spencer, and Chris unpack how Bane’s rhetoric of liberation masks authoritarian control, how mass movements are portrayed as dangerous and irrational, and how order is ultimately restored through elite sacrifice rather than systemic change.

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Special Report: Permanent Damage (2026)

Special Report: Permanent Damage (2026)

Director Seth A. Smith joins Mike for a Special Report from the Fantasia International Film Festival on Permanent Damage (2026), his fairy-tale crime comedy about escaped convict Tommy Gods (Calem Mac...

20 Elo 27min

Special Report: Ancestral Beasts (2026)

Special Report: Ancestral Beasts (2026)

Writer-director Tim Riedel joins Mike for Ancestral Beasts (2026), a Red River Métis horror feature in which Elyse (Morgan Holmstrom) retreats to a remote family cabin after her mother's death and fin...

18 Elo 35min

Episode 808: The Wild Bunch (1969)

Episode 808: The Wild Bunch (1969)

Rob St. Mary and Josh Hadley join Mike for The Wild Bunch (1969), Sam Peckinpah's blood-soaked western about Pike Bishop (William Holden) and his aging outlaws chasing one last job against Robert Ryan...

17 Elo 4h 23min

Special Report: Spider-Man - Brand New Day (2026)

Special Report: Spider-Man - Brand New Day (2026)

Spider-Man: Brand New Day argues a hero can be both the mask and the man, no universe reset required. Mike welcomes Chris Stachiw of The Kulturecast for a crossover dissecting Destin Daniel Cretton's ...

7 Elo 1h 28min

Special Report: Georgia O’Keeffe: The Brightness of Light (2024)

Special Report: Georgia O’Keeffe: The Brightness of Light (2024)

How do you make a documentary about an artist so iconic she's practically wallpaper — flowers, bones, desert light, done to death? Filmmakers Paul Wagner and Ellen Casey Wagner set out to demythologiz...

6 Elo 28min

Episode 812: Cut-Throats Nine (1972)

Episode 812: Cut-Throats Nine (1972)

A gold-plated chain gang, a snowbound death march, and a father hunting a killer who's already survived the trip: Joaquin Luis Romero Marchent closed out his western career with Cut-Throats Nine (1972...

5 Elo 1h 3min

Special Report: Never Change (2026)

Special Report: Never Change (2026)

You don't usually think about the editor when a comedy lands its jokes, but editor Whit Conway is exactly why Never Change! moves the way it does. Mike talks with Conway about a career built on doing ...

4 Elo 30min

Special Report: Zodiactually: The Real Story of a Fake Serial Killer

Special Report: Zodiactually: The Real Story of a Fake Serial Killer

What if America's most famous uncaught serial killer was never one man at all? Eddie McNamara — former NYPD officer, 9/11 first responder, and author of Zodiactually: The Real Story of a Fake Serial K...

3 Elo 49min

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