Blockbusters and Birdwalks

"Titanic" (1997) 06.12.2021 9:25 ↓

"She hits the berg on the starboard side, right? She kind of bumps along, punching holes like Morse code, dit dit dit, along the side, below the water line. Then the forward compartments start to flood."

"Bless the Beasts and Children" (1971), a conversation 05.12.2021 23:36 ↓

Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa agree that awkward boys become awkward men.

"The Thing" (1982), a conversation 12.11.2021 27:07 ↓

Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa found a movement: Make Antarctica Great Again!

"The Thing from Another World" (1951), a conversation 31.10.2021 24:15 ↓

Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa eat their vegetables while interpreting a Cold War classic.

"Promising Young Woman" (2020), a conversation 09.10.2021 29:16 ↓

Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa discuss the limits of an Oscar-winning screenplay. 

"Straw Dogs" (1971), a conversation 28.09.2021 26:18 ↓

Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa wonder if Bloody Sam Peckinpah is a closeted feminist.

Meryl Streep Double Feature: "Mama Mia!" (2008) and "The Iron Lady" (2011), a conversation 20.09.2021 29:14 ↓

Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Sheila Chaffin reflect on Peak Streep, or a mother/son study of womanhood.

"The Rescuers" (1977) 11.09.2021 9:43 ↓

Not as good as you might remember.

"Nomadland", a conversation (2020) 11.09.2021 37:15 ↓

Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa interpret the 2020 Academy Award winner. 

"Love Story" (1970) 29.08.2021 7:24 ↓

Sorry optional.

"The Silence of the Lambs" (1991) 29.08.2021 15:42 ↓

Beauty meets Beast.

"Army of the Dead" (2021) 11.06.2021 12:06 ↓

Viva Las Vegas?

"The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (1974) 11.06.2021 11:42 ↓

Saw is family.

"The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" (2007) 18.04.2021 11:59 ↓

Pitt and Affleck nursemaid the modern celebrity and nearly fall in love. 

"The Outlaw Josey Wales" (1976) 17.04.2021 11:36 ↓

Mid-career Eastwood trying to overcome racism in the Western as bicentennial entertainment.

"Desert Hearts" (1985) 04.03.2021 12:17 ↓

Imagine a young Queer person who has never seen a version of themselves on-screen beyond monstrosity. Then imagine seeing how another Queer person made a place in the world through friendship and self-discovery.

"Stop Making Sense" (1984) 04.03.2021 16:27 ↓

Home is where I want to be, but I guess I'm already there.

"Memento" (2000) 04.02.2021 14:11 ↓

Leonard Shelby has a condition.

"Black Hawk Down" (2001) 04.02.2021 11:15 ↓

Soldiers fight for one another, the moral complexities of why be damned.

"Moulin Rouge!" (2001) 04.02.2021 8:42 ↓

You’ll be dumb with wonderment!

"Bohemian Rhapsody" (2018) 04.02.2021 20:14 ↓

Did Freddie Mercury and the members of Queen lead messy, complicated, R-rated lives?

"Slap Shot" (1977) 04.02.2021 13:29 ↓

The greatest sports movie ever?

"Yentl" (1983) 04.02.2021 17:12 ↓

God is present in this movie.

"Platoon" (1986) 04.02.2021 12:36 ↓

An Oscar winner and exhibition of Classical Style.

"Conan the Barbarian" (1982) 04.02.2021 12:58 ↓

Arnold is the basis for a certain kind of masculine expression that I once saw as desirable.