Battling Butler / The General with Jamelle Bouie

Battling Butler / The General with Jamelle Bouie

One of narrative cinema’s earliest training sequences, and one of cinema’s most famous trains - that’s right, we’re covering Buster Keaton’s 1926 films BATTLING BUTLER and THE GENERAL. Gentleman, scholar, and action movie aficionado Jamelle Bouie joins us to unpack this week’s double feature, providing some essential historical context for THE GENERAL’s unfortunate Civil War setting. Plus, Ben starts researching how one buys a train. Guest Links: Read Jamelle’s writing at The New York Times Listen to Unclear and Present Danger Subscribe to Unclear and Present Danger Patreon Join our Patreon for franchise commentaries and bonus episodes. Follow us @blankcheckpod on Instagram, Threads, Facebook and X! Buy some real nerdy merch. Connect with other Blankies on our Reddit or Discord For anything else, check out BlankCheckPod.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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We Need To Talk About Kevin with Jia Tolentino

We Need To Talk About Kevin with Jia Tolentino

The time has come for us to talk about Kevin. The New Yorker's Jia Tolentino joins us to talk about Lynne Ramsay's depiction of every parent's worst nightmare - 2011's We Need To Talk About Kevin. We ...

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Critical Darlings: Bugonia And The (Oscar) Favourites with Marie Bardi-Salinas

Critical Darlings: Bugonia And The (Oscar) Favourites with Marie Bardi-Salinas

Honey, we’re buzzing about Bugonia with Marie Bardi-Salinas! The movie surprised us with its appeal to Oscar voters, but maybe it shouldn’t have: Director Yorgos Lanthimos and star, frequent collabora...

5 Helmi 1h 27min

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Almost four years ago, Producer Ben Hosley watched Sam Raimi's "A Simple Plan" and proclaimed that if he'd been in that scenario, everything would have worked out perfectly. With the gleefully satisfy...

1 Helmi 2h 26min

Critical Darlings: Train Dreams, And Netflix’s Quest For Best Picture

Critical Darlings: Train Dreams, And Netflix’s Quest For Best Picture

On today’s show, Richard and Alison hop on a boxcar and stare wistfully as the 20th century passes them by with Best Picture nominee Train Dreams. They discuss director Clint Bentley’s lush, if somewh...

29 Tammi 1h 3min

Morvern Callar with Emily Yoshida

Morvern Callar with Emily Yoshida

Mommy's back! Emily Yoshida joins the gang to talk about 2002's Morvern Callar, a surprisingly tender film about grief, starting over, and taking a Jet2 Holiday. We're chatting about Samantha Morton's...

25 Tammi 2h 37min

Critical Darlings: The Oscar Nominations Recap (And Also Some Talk About F1)

Critical Darlings: The Oscar Nominations Recap (And Also Some Talk About F1)

It’s Hollywood’s biggest morning! Join Richard and Alison (plus a vacationing Producer Benjamin Frisch) as they pick apart the biggest snubs and surprises of the year: Sinners breaking the all-time no...

22 Tammi 1h 7min

Ratcatcher

Ratcatcher

We need to pod about Glasgow. We need to pod about the arresting inner lives of these complicated protagonists. We need to pod about every incredible project Lynne Ramsay has been attached to over the...

18 Tammi 2h 5min

 Critical Darlings: Hamnet And The History Of Oscar Villains with David Sims

Critical Darlings: Hamnet And The History Of Oscar Villains with David Sims

This week, we’re joined by David Sims as we orbit the Golden Globes and their Best Drama winner, Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet. In the vibes-based reality of awards season predictions, Hamnet has emerged as a p...

15 Tammi 1h 14min

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