Ornate Stairwells

The Ornate Stairwells Manifesto: There is no greater honor than being a Podcaster. Watch whatever movie you feel like. Aesthetics beat narrative. Watch a movie at least once a week. You shall not steal another podcast’s next movie pick. Whoever likes Team MCU is straight. Bela Lugosi's Dead rules. Never marry a virginal bride filing past his tomb strewn with time's dead flowers bereft in deathly b...

This week we talk about a beloved classic of crime movies! And, in a real change of pace for us, one that wasn't made in Japan! We talk all about how weird and cool movies were at the turn of the millennium and how this movie couldn't be made in any year except 2002. Next week! Y tu mamá también, Alfonso Cuarón's turn of the millennium beloved classic haha. You can follow Niamh on twitter @FoxmomN...

This week on Ornate Stairwells, we cover the best movie ever made, In The Mood For Love! God this movie fucking rules. We also chat some about Return of the Jedi, Lady Snowblood, and Ema! Also we um made plans for the next like 6 episodes???????????????????? Next week we will be talking about the best movie ever made, City of God! You can follow Niamh on twitter @FoxmomNia and listen to faer other...

We are here this week to talk about the single greatest movie ever made, the real reason this podcast exists, Tokyo Drifter. Mostly we are here to make a case for watching the damn movie cuz it really speaks for itself haha. We also talk a bit about Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker, The Green Knight, and very very very briefly about [checks notes] Evangelion Shin Gekijōban: Q & Evangelion Sh...

This episode is a weird one. So we are back at last to talk about Akira, and we had a good time. But perhaps is the bulk of the episode is spent on something else entirely lol. Niamh and I watched the Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone and Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance and had a lot of thoughts. If you're averse to spoilers about these two movies, we start talking about them in vague deta...

HELLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE ARE BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's been a tumultuous time trying to tape a new episode of Ornate Stairwells, but the absence was well spent. We missed one week for Nia to be on Hot Singles, then another week due to technical difficulties, and yet a third week for me to be on Ghost Divers. But we snuck in two smaller recordings about a whole bunch of...

Hi folks! The movie we are discussing this week is pretty dark--we give specific content warnings at the start of the episode--so just be ready for that if you intend to watch it. This movie is pretty fucking remarkable, so if you feel like you are able to watch it, I cannot recommend it highly enough. We had a good time trying to talk about it, made easier by the fact Niamh wrote faer thesis on i...

Als das Podcaster Podcaster war, We talk about Wim Wenders' 1987 classic Der Himmel über Berlin and decide that we're both calling it that because it's a way better title. We also talk about family ties to the city of Berlin, war, the nature of memory and perception, poetry, Peter Falk, and the like 20 other movies we watched between episodes. It's a good time! I'm really proud of this episode Nex...

This week, I joined Niamh in Chicago and we went to an actual movie theater to see I Carry You With Me! It attempts to blend documentary and narrative filmmaking in ambitious ways that we didn't necessarily love, but got a really good discussion out of it. Then we moved on to talk about our regularly scheduled movie night movie, Red Peony Gambler 3: The Hanafuda Match. Now that's one hell of a mov...

No hay podcasters... there are no podcasters. This is all... an mp3. No hay podcasters, and yet we hear a podcast. If we want to hear two dweebs go on and on and on about David Lynch and magical realism, listen. Next week's movie is a bit up in the air, but we have tentatively penciled Red Peony Gambler 3: Hanafuda Match, but that may change depending on if the theater near Nia's place is playing...

This week on Ornate Stairwells, we talk about the best movie we've seen so far, and also the one that is lightest on narrative content. Buckle in for an hour 45 of men staring at things and looking forlorn. We eat this shit UP. Next week we will be back to talk about Mulholland Drive, the 2001 David Lynch classic! You can follow Niamh on twitter @FoxmomNia and listen to faer other podcast, Ghost D...

When we podcast it's more like Femme Cassidy and the Sundance Cat, am I right? Articles we talked about in the episode! Gilgamesh and the Sundance Kid: The Myth of Male Friendship By Dorothy Hammond and Alta Jablow , Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid by Ian C. Bloom , and Outlaws, Buddies, and Lovers: The Sexual Politics of Calamity Jane and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid by Frances Pheasant-...

In our sophomore episode, we talk all about an early Akira Kurosawa film, No Regrets For Our Youth. We felt it doesn't really measure up to the films he was making even a few years later, but still found a lot to dig into with this romantic drama that turns into... earnest pastiche of Soviet propaganda films? It takes an odd turn as you see Kurosawa learn how to make movies in real time. Next time...

Hi! It's a new podcast on the network! Nia and I like hanging out and watching movies together and we decided we'd hit record after we finished the movie. It's a very unique format, I know. For this first episode, we decided to be very true to ourselves and watch an 80s movie about two women drinking each other's blood. Also David Bowie is there for a bit. It's The Hunger! Next time we will be wat...