Media Monsters

Media Monsters

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Hello, and welcome to the Media Monsters Podcast! Hosted by Nick Nimkoff and joined by other guest monsters. Expect a lot of movie and theme park talk, but anything else that may fall under the media umbrella is also fair game. We release episodes bi-weekly. Thanks for giving us a listen! Credit to https://twitter.com/carbonatedking for the logo!

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Jul 3, 2026

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Episodes

Pan's Labyrinth (2006) 19.02.2021

Nick and Duran are joined by special guest Daniel to discuss Guillermo Del Toro's 2006 film Pan's Labyrinth. They also discuss the new article from Martin Scorsese for Harper Magazine.

Black Swan (2010) 13.02.2021

Sebastian joins Nick and Duran to discuss Darren Aronofsky's 2010 film Black Swan. We also talk about the closing of Blue Sky studios and the myth of cancel culture in the film industry.

Collateral (2004) 03.02.2021

Duran and Nick are joined by special guest Ryan to discuss Michael Mann's 2004 film Collateral. We also discuss Netflix's partnership with the Cinémathèque Française in order to restore Abel Gance's Napoleon, and the state of the industry following the release of the King Kong vs. Godzilla trailer.

The Films Of David Lynch 27.01.2021

After a long hiatus, Nick and Duran are once again joined by Rhett in this special episode of the Cinephile New Wave! In this episode, we discuss the films of David Lynch as well has his most famous television work, Twin Peaks.

The Thing (1982) 14.11.2020

On this episode of The Cinephile New Wave Nick and Rhett discuss John Carpenter's other horror masterpiece The Thing. We dive straight into it so no need to skip over the news. We thought it would be fun to revisit a favorite seeing as it's still somewhat within spooky season, but also Friday the 13th, Happy late Halloween everyone!!!

Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970) 01.11.2020

On this week's episode, Duran is joined with special guest Emily in discussing Jaromil Jires's 1970 film Valerie and Her Week of Wonders. They also discuss the decline of physical media in light of the recent statement by Amazon saying that customers don't own digital films purchased on their platform. This is part 1 of the podcast with Emily; part 2 focuses on The Devils (1971).

The Sound And The Fury 18.10.2020

On this episode of The Cinephile New Wave, we discuss a book for the first time! Duran is joined with Joe and Tony in discussing William Faulker's The Sound and the Fury.

Twin Peaks: The Return (2017) 11.10.2020

Today's episode we take a deep dive into David Lynch's masterwork Twin Peaks: The Return. FULL SERIES SPOILERS IN THIS EPISODE If you would like to skip straight to the discussion go to 00:09:19

Under the Silver Lake (2018) 27.09.2020

In this week's episode, we discuss Under the Silver Lake with guest Reese Bobo and chat about the Disney delays, Tom Cruise in Space, a sequel to Chunking Express, and recent deaths in the film industry. News Mark: Chunking Express 2020 0:00:40 Disney Delays 0:04:40 Tom Cruise in Space 0:15:33 Saying Goodbye to Michael Chapman and Ron Cobb 0:18:40 Film discussion starts at 0:24:00

The Searchers (1956) 18.09.2020

Today's episode we discuss John Ford's The Searchers with Tony once again guest hosting. In addition, we cover the state of the box office after Tenet's less than stellar limited American opening.

Tenet (2020) 07.09.2020

We are once again joined by Rhett as we discuss Christopher Nolan's new film Tenet. We also discuss some dumb nerd stuff, like Dune and the new Batman trailer.

Hard To Be A God (2013) 15.08.2020

Nick and Duran discuss Alexsey German's final film Hard to Be a God (2013). We also talk about the end of the Paramount consent decrees.

Shin Godzilla (2016) 09.08.2020

Nick and Duran discuss Hideaki Anno's 2016 film Shin Godzilla. Additionally, they discuss how Disney is charging T H I R T Y D O L L A R S for a 24 hour rental of Mulan. Just watch another movie.

The Films of Alejandro Jodorowsky 03.08.2020

In this week's episode, The Cinephile New Wave is joined by fellow cinephile Rhett in discussing Alejandro Jodorowsky's filmography as well as touching upon some of his other work.

La Chinoise (1967) 25.07.2020

In this week's episode we discuss Jean-Luc Godard's 1967 film La Chinoise. We talk about the film's strange narrative structure, its moments of meta-commentary, and what it has to say about radicalization. We also discuss the many delays of films opening this year, and the reopening of some international box offices.

World on a Wire (1973) 17.07.2020

This week we discuss Rainer Werner Fassbinder's World on a Wire as well as some of the week's news we skipped over last episode. As always we discuss what we have been watching.

Ugetsu (1953) 14.07.2020

This episode we cover Ugetsu with our guest Tony. Next week will be World on a Wire parts 1 and 2.

Mouchette (1967) and Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972) 09.07.2020

Episode four of The Cinephile New Wave discussing two films but also more because we just riffed this one.

Bigger Than Life (1956) 13.06.2020

We are joined by fellow cinephiles Joe and Tony in this episode of The Cinephile New Wave. We discuss the 1956 Nicholas Ray film Bigger Than Life.

In The Heat Of The Night (1967) 05.06.2020

On our second episode, we discuss Norman Jewison's 1967 film In the Heat of the Night. We also discuss the industry's response to the Black Lives Matter movement.

Ordet (1955) 03.06.2020

In the first episode of "The Cinephile New Wave", we discuss Carl Th. Dreyer's 1955 classic Ordet. Additionally, we discuss the state of the film industry under the coronavirus pandemic.

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