Film Trance: A Movie Podcast

New Guest Episode! This time around I am joined by my good friend Amy to talk about her pick, Spike Jonze’s 2013 sci-fi love flick “her” We get pretty thought provoking on this one, going over the implications of AI, how accurately a 2013 movie predicted the year 2025 and how human’s would behave with AI, and how this unconventional take on the sci fi genre was conceptualized and executed. Join us...

Let’s get a little abstract for this one. Like a f*cked up face.  My Own Private Idaho (1991) Directed by Gus Van Sant Get your floaties on cause this one is deep. In this episode we get even more Keanu (cause we can’t get enough of him). More Shakespeare talk, and talk about Shakespeare talk. And more Road Film adjacent travel scenes.  Check out our latest episode wherever you get your podcasts!...

Join Xi and special guest Lucas and his pick, Jim Jarmusch's vampire romance film from 2013, "Only Lover's Left Alive" starring Tom Hiddleston and Tilda Swinton. This is the most modern thing we've touched on the show so far. Real fun stuff in the chamber for you, we talk music, Shakespeare, and we even throw a little Roald Dahl into the mix!  Check out Lucas' and his...

Episode 3- Paris, Texas (1984) Wim Wenders is now alive and well everyone! Take a trip down memory lane with us as we explore this wonderful slow burn and all the things that make it beautiful. So if you haven’t already, check out the movie and then come hang out with us while we tell you what we love about it and how it was made!  And later on in the episode we talk about some of our favorite God...

We are so back! Episode 2: The Matrix (1999) The Wachowskis Andy share’s some awesome info about how the Wachowskis brought this dream to life and all the effort that went into it. We talk about Joey Pants and Keanu Reeve’s quite a bit, and Xi’s neighbors make a guest appearance as screaming voices in the hallway. Go check it out wherever you get your podcasts! #thematrix #moviepodcast #keanureeve...

In our first official episode we dive into Xi's first pick and one of his top 4 favorite movie's: Akira Kurosawa's 1985 epic, RAN. We have plenty of Yap's as we discuss what we love about the movie, go over some interesting (and heavy) production notes, and dance around a loose plot summary as we jump into themes, motifs, and techniques.

Join Xi (@xi.asmodea) and Andy (@shmmaandy) as they journey through cinema together one favorite (or least favorite) movie at a time. Mostly an exercise in growing their knowledge, understanding, and adoration for any and all movies. Why do we love the movies we love? Why do we hate the ones we hate? How was every movie made? We will try our best to get these questions answered over the course of...