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Macon and Ebba talk about Lynne Ramsay's underseen gem, "Morvern Callar", for the second time, but this time in front a freshly overwhelmed crowd. You can hear what else the Projector Pod team had to say about the film the first time around here . The next Projector Pod Live will take place at Husets Biograf on May 20th when we will be showing Richard Linklater's rotoscoped ada...

This time on Projector Pod Ebba and Macon dive into the libidinal economy of violence and the images that animate it while talking about Alex Garland's latest and perhaps last directorial venture "Civil War". And speaking of the aestheticisation of violence, they also spend a minute talking about the latest instalment in the "Dune" saga. On Thursday, May 9th Projector Pod...

Ebba and Macon have been hard at work at the CPH DOX festival soaking as much of it in as they could. Here, they present their picks of the films they found the most engaging presented here in spoiler-free discussions. Including: *"Balomania" dir. Sissel Morell Dargis "Youth (Spring)" dir. Wang Bing "Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World" dir. Radu Jude *&q...

Projector pod presents at Huset Biograf returns with Paul Thomas Anderson's reinvention of the genre of the Adam Sandler romantic comedy, "Punch-Drunk Love". This film is a musical without musical numbers. Rife with the symbolism of fantasy it is a fable of how love can redeem us from our self-loathing, or maybe that is just a dream. Come join us next month on April 4th at Huset Bio...

Nicholas Cage becomes Ebba and Macon's uncanny daydream as they discuss Kristoffer Borgli's break out into Hollywood in his latest film, "Dream Scenario". It tells the story of a disappointed college professor who suddenly hears he has been popping up in a lot of people's dreams and then has to struggle with this strange kind of notoriety. Also, your beloved hosts have a b...

This time on Projector Pod, Ebba and Macon dive into a brand new, very confusing feeling with Todd Haynes' latest exploration of the monstrous feminine in "May December". A film that sees Natalie Portman and Haynes' long-time collaborator Julianne Moore, compete for who can be the most despicable. They also touch on the glorious mess that is Emerald Fennell's sophomore fea...

This time on Projector Pod, Ebba and Macon follow Emma Stone on her adventure with director Yorgos Lanthimos into the steam-punk, sex and science odyssey of Bella Baxter in "Poor Things". And your host take a moment to think about Johnathan Glazer's innovative examination of the banality of evil in his new film, "Zone of Interest". And on February 8th at Huset's Biogr...

It's Halloween in January!* The first film of Projector Pod's live series at Husets Biograf in Copenhagen was Rian Johnson's debut feature "Brick" (2005), a genre-bending hardboiled detective noir reimagined as a high school teen drama that is so formally tight it lets some surprising insights shine through.   Join us for the next live recording at Husets Biograf in Copenh...

In this episode of Projector Pod, Ebba and Macon navigate the glamour and the ick of  Sofia Coppola's film about the icon and child bride of Elvis, "Priscilla". And don't forget, in 2024, Projector Pod goes live! Projector Pod presents... a celebration of rough, risky and bold artistic vision with a series of hand-picked Y2K cult classics which if you don't already know an...

In 2024, Projector Pod goes live! Projector Pod presents... a celebration of rough, risky and bold artistic vision with a series of hand-picked Y2K cult classics which if you don't already know and love, you should... Ebba and Macon of the ‘Projector Pod’ podcast present a series of personal Greatest Hits from the golden age of DVDs and bring them to you on the big screen... Join them at Huse...

Ebba and Macon have made it back to the cinema and the award season releases start to fill the silver screen. This time they talk about Martin Scorsese's latest historical epic, "Killers of the Flower Moon". The film tells the true story of the murders that targeted the Osage people in  Oklahoma in the 1920s by white Americans attempting to steal their oil rights. Taking the slow do...

With the beginning of spooky season comes the end of classics season. So, the last movie Ebba and Macon is going to cover before returning to the cinema is a film that does both spooky and classic with angsty grace, gorgeous dissociation and troubled excitement, Richard Kelly's debut feature film, Donnie Darko.  

In the absence of good kino in the cinemas, Ebba and Macon explore another classic, Lynne Ramsay's criminally underseen exploration of grief and freedom, "Morvern Callar" starring Samantha Morton. Track this movie down, watch it and then listen to the pod. We need to get the word out about this neglected gem!

This time on Projector Pod, Ebba and Macon don Venitian masks and cloaks and try to memorise the password, Fidelio, and descend into the beautiful nightmare of the torment of bourgeois desire that is Stanley Kubrick's final masterpiece, "Eyes Wide Shut" (1999). If you think Projector Pod gives you good movie chat, you can support us on Patreon  

This time on Projector Pod, Ebba and Macon apply all their critical skills to the latest instalment in Tom Cruise's "Mission: Impossible" film franchise, "Dead Reckoning, Part One". And in so doing, they discover some deep heritage of cinema embodied in Crusie's commitment to living up to his mega-star persona. If you think Projector Pod gives you good movie chat, you...

The master of horror and darkness, the director, William Friedkin, has passed away at 87.  Back in November, before they had good microphones and thought could they constantly deliver two pods a month to build an audience of patrons, Ebba and Macon recorded an episode on Friedkin's thriller masterpiece, Sorcerer, while both having horrendous colds. Given the sniffles, sneezes and extreme voca...

This time on Projector Pod Ebba and Macon try to figure out what to make of the collision of two cinematic titans, Greta Gerwig's "Barbie" and Christopher Nolan's  "Oppenheimer".  Two apparently polar opposite films in terms of themes and aesthetics, released on the same day, it must be of some significance, no? If you like Projector Pod, you can support us via our Pa...

This time on Projector Pod, Ebba and Macon discuss Wes Anderson's most recent exploration of pastel colours, symmetry and repressed grief, Asteroid City.   And of course, we take the opportunity to explore exactly what might be at stake in the aesthetics of Anderson's entire oeuvre in his campaign against realism. If you like this podcast, or any of the stuff Projector Pod has put out, w...

In this episode, Ebba and Macon dive into the twisted imagination of Hollywood-bound, Norwegian director, Kristoffer Borgli, with his film "Sick of Myself", a black comedy about a young woman who deliberately overdoses on dangerous meds to make herself abject enough to get the attention she craves. 

Projector Pod returns! This time, Ebba and Macon talk about Ari Asta's decision to put Joaquin Phoenix through psychosexual hell. It is basically a surreal journey into what would happen if all the anxieties caused by your Oedipus complex came true. And well, the film is about as good and bad as that sounds... unless Asta is just fuckin' with us.  

Our CPHDOX wrap-up episode is out now. We talk about Emily Norling's  E artheater scored “Megaheartz”, The o Montoya’s “Anhell69”, Axel Danielson and Maximillien Van Aertryck’s “And the king said, Oh What a fantastic Machine”,   H øy La’s live score to “Caterpillar” and the festival prize winner,   Alexander Mihalovich &   Hanna Badziaka , “Motherland” plus a couple more. All in time for...

This time on Projector Pod, Ebba and Macon get incredibly salty talking about Darren Aronofsky's poorly written and awkwardly directed Oscar bait, "The Whale", the story of a slow suicide by way of obesity induced by the trauma of loss. They kick things off though with a little chat about the academy awards' big winner "Everything, Everywhere, All At Once". 

This time on this extra-long episode of Projector Pod, Ebba and Macon are joined by philosopher, Niklas Birksted, to talk about Todd Fields's tale of the art-curdling consequences of corrupt success, "Tár". Cate Blanchett stars as the fictional conductor Lydia Tár in a meticulously composed film about the hubris of power and the sacrifices of "genius". Macon mostly watches...

This time on the pod Ebba and Macon talk about Martin McDonagh's existential comedy "The Banshees of Inisherin", the allegory for the Irish civil war that may actually have more interesting things to say about the nature of friendship, what makes life meaningful and the dangers for your fiddle playing career of having sheep sheering sheers too readily at hand.  

This time on Projector Pod, Ebba and Macon are joined by part-time academic and part-time disgruntled food service worker, Rebecca Mazur to talk about Mark Mylod's comedy-horror about conspicuous consumption, and the violence of perfection, "The Menu". Starring Ralph Fiennes and Ann Taylor Joy.