SCARFACE (1931, Dir: Howard Hawks)

EPISODE ONE: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984, Dir: Hayao Miyazaki): In our DEBUT EPISODE, Matt and Corbin talk about Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, the second film from the master of anime, Hayao Miyazaki. Topics include: natural and technological visions of apocalypse, the comic's more jaded, but also more... by The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast

64 min listen

EPISODE EIGHT: ExISTENz (1999, DIR: David Cronenberg): Matthew and Corbthew speak on Canadian God Sicko David Cronenberg's eXistenZ, a movie about video games, guns made of chicken bones, teeth bullets, the unnerving creep of virtual reality onto reality reality. Topics include: the Mandela Effect fuel... by The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast

88 min listen

EPISODE TWO: God Told Me To (1976, DIR: Larry Cohen): Discussion regarding GOD TOLD ME TO, American sicko auteur Larry Cohen's tribute to the joys and perils of murdering someone because God said so. Topics include: the ways the movie has read throughout time, if movies should have narrative closure, and... by The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast

48 min listen

EPISODE THREE: Oppenheimer (2023, DIR: Christopher Nolan): Corbin and Matt discuss OPPENHEIMER, Christopher "Mr. Movies" Nolan's biographical picture about the life and career of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the director of atomic bomb development at Los Alamos. Topics include: the hole where the idealogy was... by The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast

71 min listen

EPISODE SEVEN: JAUJA (2014, Dir: Lisandro Alonso): Corbs and Matts talk about JAUJA, which is sort of like if Taken starred Viggo Mortensen, was excruciatingly slow, and ended with a deeply unsatasifying resolution. It was great! Please note that since recording this episode, Corbin learned about... by The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast

84 min listen

Episode Twelve: The Devil, Probably (DIR: Robert Bresson, 1977): France was hoping for a better future in 1968. When that didn't happen, Robert Bresson was there to ask a very important question: "What if the icy embrace of death is all that life has to offer?" A real Live/Laugh/Love episode of the show, lemme tell... by The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast

79 min listen

EPISODE FIVE: COMPUTER CHESS (Dir: Andrew Bujalski, 2013): Matty and Corbsy talk about COMPUTER CHESS, American Director Andrew Bujalski's fable about AI, shitty hotels, flirting, free will and the Mysterious Man of Myth, Michael Papageorge. by The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast

84 min listen

EPISODE FOUR: Wild in the Country (DIR: Philip Dunne, 1961): Dr. Movies and Mr. Ducks take up "Wild in the Country," a Serious Drama starring Elvis Prestly, who you might know from his other, less dramatic roles. Discussion includes: screenwriter Clifford Odets, a leftist snitch who was also maybe corny, the... by The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast

92 min listen

EPISODE SIX: THE TREE OF WOODEN CLOGS (Dir: Ermanno Olmi, 1979): Big Corbs and Lil' Matty Movies talk about THE TREE OF WOODEN CLOGS, an Italian neorealist epic about the Last Pesants and their nice community. Topics include: modernity's strange slow creep, the limits of community, and the weird little glasses the... by The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast

70 min listen

EPISODE NINE: THE EYES OF LAURA MARS (Dir: Irving Kershner, 1987): On this episode, Corbin and Mattbin talk about THE EYES OF LAURA MARS, a movie about violent images and Tommy Lee Jones's nipples. Topics include: images of violence and how we process them as individuals and as a society, Haneke, the difficulty in... by The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast

93 min listen

'Cure' (1997, DIR: ‎Kiyoshi Kurosawa): Corbin and Dr. Matt talk about 'CURE,' ‎'s 1997 J-Horror classic. Topics: horror or pyshcological thriller (Genre distinctions being the main thing men talk about), pushing pyshcology back through premodernity, Corbin's new book on NYU Press,... by The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast

82 min listen

Episode Ten- MASCULIN FÉMININ (Dir: Jean-Luc Godard, 1966): Godard episode bwah bwah bwah bwaaaaaaah. Jean-Luc Corbard and Jean-Ellis Godard talk about MASCULIN FÉMININ, a bog standard Godard movie about... I honestly don't remember. Topics include: The Boy from The 400 Blows, all grown up, two specific dogs,... by The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast

98 min listen

Episode Eleven: AFIRE (Dir Christian Peztold, 2023): On paper, Afire seems like it is an alegory for climate change. It is actually a movie about Corbin irritating himself to death. Whoops! Next week's movie, part of a VERY SPECIAL CHRISTMAS PNWICMFP is MEET JOHN DOE, by Frank Capra. You can , on... by The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast

77 min listen

HOLIDAY SPECIAL: MEET JOHN DOE (DIR: Frank Capra, 1941): This week Corbin and Matt talk about MEET JOHN DOE, a 1941 Frank Capra Christmas Joint, staring screen goddess Barbara Stanwyck and the thinking man's John Wayne, Gary Cooper. We tall about Capra's worldview, where soceiry can fix all its.problens so... by The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast

113 min listen

SCARFACE (1931, Dir: Howard Hawks): Hey whoops we were supposed to do Heaven's Gate this week but Corbin got the flu so we're releasing this backstopped episode regarding Howard Hawks' 1931 Pre-Code sleazesterpiece SCARFACE, a movie I suggested as a historical inquiry that ended up... by The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast

75 min listen

'Ferrari' (2023, DIR: Michael Mann): Corbin and Matt and SPECIAL GUEST RYDER (not famous) talk about 'Ferrari,' Michael Mann's 2023 movie about fast cars and human suffering. Corbin also reads from the futurist manifesto in public, which gets a little awkward. Next Week, the movie... by The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast

81 min listen

'Night of the Comet' (1984, Dir: Thom Eberhardt): Hey! Sorry about the break its been a little crazy around here and there lately. THis week Corbs and Ellis talk LIVE AT WORKERS TAP in PORTLAND, OREGON, about 'Night of the Comet,' a sort-of-zombie movie that mixes a bunch of 1980's stuff in a big ol'... by The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast

94 min listen

'The Magician' (1958, DIR: Ingmar Bergman): This week on the show, Corbin and Matt talk about THE MAGICIAN, a 1958 Bergman Bangern about performence, trickery, and the eternal enemy of fun, scientific rationalism. You can watch the movie , on Criterion. Next week's movie is FERRARI, by Michael... by The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast

99 min listen

"News from Home" (1976, DIR: Chantal Akerman): THIS WEEK Corbin and Matt talk about 'News from Home," an avant-garde collage of still life 70's New York Footage and Chantal Akerman's mother's letters to her. It's really great but also there's not much to say about it in a podcast blurb, you know?... by The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast

87 min listen

'Heaven's Gate' (1980, Dir: Michael Cimino): Today, Corbin and Ellis talk about HEAVEN'S GATE, Michael Cimino's mondo flop about the economics of cattle farming and a romance between a country singer and The Piano Teacher. The Cattle Economics stuff works better. Ellis and I watched the... by The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast

81 min listen

'The Birds' (1963, DIR: Alfred Hitchcock): This week, Ellis and Smith discuss 'The Birds,' Hitchock's movie about that time all birds went buckwild and started mauling people. We talk about the various utilites of metaphor in addressing the picture, how fucking weird the non-birds parts of... by The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast

92 min listen

"Sexy Best" (2000, Dir: Jonathan Glazer): Corbin and Matt talk about SEXY BEAST, a prehistoric crime drama from Jonathan Glazer. We talk about the advent of the chatty gangster picture, the way the movie does and doesnt subvert the tennants of this subgenre, end-of-history type blathering,... by The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast

75 min listen

'Dune' (1984, Dir: David Lynch): Corbin and Ellis and Cam, (A friend, the author of ), talk about David Lynch's stab at Frank Herbert's 'Dune,' on the eve of the release of Dune: Part Two. Topics include: why did they have David Lynch make this movie, exactly? Pardon the posting... by The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast

109 min listen

'The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp' (1943, Dir: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger): This week, Corbin and Matt talk about 'The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp,' Powell and Pressburger's incredible exploration of the life and career of a British Solider from the first half of the 20th Century. It's almost hard to talk about because it... by The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast

93 min listen

Jesus Month: 'KING OF KINGS' (1927, DIR: Cecil B. DeMille): In this, the first episode of TPNWICMFP's first ever JESUS MONTH, Corbin and Matt discuss "KING OF KINGS," a silent picture (With color segments!) from the father of the film epic, CECIL B. DEMILLE. Topics include: why we aren't we doing one specific... by The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast

104 min listen

"Born in Flames" (1982, Dir: Lizzie Borden): This week, Matt and Corbin talk about BORN IN FLAMES, a facinating little piece of second-wave feminist instigation from Lizzie Borden. I am worried we get something wrong about it by being white men talking about 'Born in Flames' so please do not... by The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast

73 min listen

"Foxcatcher" (2014, Dir: Bennett Miller): Corbin, Matt and SPACIAL GUEST SAM WHITELEY (Comedian, ) talk about Foxcatcher, a BLEAK movie about wrestling (The non-cool kind), the world warping around the wealth of an unstable man, the question of what america actually is, and stamp collecting.... by The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast

104 min listen

"Bambi" (1942, Dir: David Hand): Corbin and Matt discuss "," Walt Disney's animated classic about animal friends living in a forest idyl, and their deadliest, most terrifying enemy: human beings. You can read an enlightening and low key troubling essay about... by The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast

97 min listen

Jesus Month: 'The Greatest Story Ever Told' (1965, DIR: George Stevens): This week, Corbin and Ellis talk about THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD, a lengthy epic about Jesus from right before New Hollywood started. Topics: Max Von Sydow, John Wayne, Political Jesus, and Nikolai Jokic. Next week (By this I mean in the next... by The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast

45 min listen

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