Blockbusters and Birdwalks

"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. 

"Blade Runner" (1982 / 1992 / 2007) 04.02.2021 13:20 ↓

Anticipating our worries about A.I., the surveillance state, and how to make human connections on spaceship Earth, Blade Runner is a work of genius .