Season of the Glitch

Annie and Kelley delve into Ari Aster's film 'Midsommar,' an exemplar of folk horror revival in contemporary cinema. They explore its rich themes of cultural relativism, depression and codependency, cults, and mind control. They discuss the film's portrayal of relationships, cultural implications, and the impact of rituals on community and individual identity. The conversation highlights the psych...

This week Annie returns for our Folk Horror series, where we discuss Robert Egger's The Witch. We talk about Puritanism, Calvinism, patriarchies, feminism, family dynamics, historical cinema, gender roles, adolescence, witches and possession, desire, witchcraft, Charlie the Goat and Charles Manson, and films like Wicker Man, Hereditary, and the Shining. Show Notes The film 'The Witch' is deeply ro...

Annie and Kelley start our folk horror series, discussing: Häxan, Hitchcock, witchcraft, cinema, feminism, history, film analysis, societal critique, silent film, horror, witchcraft, horror cinema, mental illness, cultural critique, historical context, audience reactions, devil depiction, torture, superstition, Robert Eggers, Ari Aster, Wickerman, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Oz Perkins. Show Note...

Black Mirror is over for now, and Kelley finally made part two to the Horror Series she started back in November. This is the second half of the set of capsule reviews of horror films she recommends, which started as a 31 for 31 spooky films list. So let's talk about Eggers, Polanski, Aster, Roe, Lynch, Hitchcock, Kubrick, and more, tie up some loose ends from our Black Mirror recaps, and get a li...

Annie and Kelley finish up our intrepid journey through Black Mirror, Season 7 with our recap and analysis of USS Callister: Into Infinity. We talk about the possibilities and morality of digital consciousness and human replication and why, in a scenario with infinite possibilities, we might choose to spend infinity with someone we already know. We also discuss the ethics of fantasy, pornography i...

Annie and Kelley are back to talk about Black Mirror, season 7, episode 5: Eulogy. It's a swervy conversation about the tender dystopia of mixing grief and memory with technology, especially when big corporations get involved. We also talk about Cannes, Metallica and the confusing aesthetics of juvenilia, Andrew Hague, Charlotte Wells, William Kentridge, Gen X's journey with technology, the histor...

This week Annie and Kelley recap Black Mirror, Season 7, Episode 4: Plaything. It turns out that loving an artificial intelligence gets a little more complicated when the AI gets a little less human in format, and isn't it interesting that that matters? We also talk about everything from our shift away from weightlifting and into stage-momming, hair care regimes and self care, Midsommar, Jonestown...

Annie and Kelley check into Hotel Reverie, the third Black Mirror episode of season seven, and explore the possibilities of AI and love. We found that underneath some implausibly convenient plot devices lies a portentous love story for our artificial age. We chat about the potential for true love in a simulation, hanging out with ChatGPT, Sunset Boulevard, Her, online dating, and more.

Annie and Kelley take a deep dive into Bête Noire, the second Black Mirror episode of season seven. It’s a thriller about technological gaslighting, mean girl power, and how the truth can just disappear. We also chat about Pope Francis and JD Vance, weightlifting, and the etymological origin of gaslighting through a tour of Gaslight and its iterations over time as plays and films. 

Annie joins me for an easter egg hunt through the looking glass as we take a close look into Black Mirror, season seven. We start with Common People, a tight episode about a nasty intersection between privatized health care and class exploitation. We also muse a little about Baby Shark, Blue Origin, Trad Wives in Space, Warfare, Adolescence, Wes Anderson, Twin Peaks, and more.

Annie and Kelley continue, and conclude, their discussion about season two of Severance. The show is now confirmed as a genuine cultural phenomena, and this week it's been eclipsed only by Sam Rockwell's unhinged monologue on White Lotus. Let's take that as a cue to all do some psychedelic Jungian shadow work together.

Annie is back and we are continuing our conversation about Severance and what's going on in season two on the Severed Floor. We hope you enjoy, and we look forward to our performance review.

Season of the Glitch is back, this time with very special guest Annie. She's my esteemed colleague in all kinds of cultural musings, and she's here to talk about Severance: Season two, which we've both been watching along with the rest of the zeitgeist. As Seth Milchick would say, please enjoy each circuitous pontification equally.

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Deathstyles of the Rich and Famous. Or, Beaubenheimer? In Part II, I wrap up my look back at film in 2023 by unpacking my extended defection from Barbieland, and then write a (complicated) love letter to Ari Aster about his neglected wild child, Beau is Afraid.

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Season of the Glitch is a culture podcast to distract you as you hurtle toward climate collapse, your cubicle on Mars, or the singularity.