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Cinesthesia Voicemails No. 1. Sometimes, when it’s been a long day on the farm, the boys are tired and the dogs is worn. They done meant to have a chitter-chatter about the pictures, but it just took too long to get the sheep into Sheepshead Bay and the the old bay into the stable, and everyone feels like they haven’t slept since the blue m&ms stepped in for the tan ones. It’s days like these when...

Jim, Jason, and Jason's dad channel the spirit of Halloween to ward off evil brain surgeons and the A-list cast of The Black Sleep. The next chapter of Cinesthesia is still being written in the book of life, but in the meantime join our boys for a quick interlude from the book of death — a bonus quickie devoted entirely to a short, strange spookshow from 1956 called The Black Sleep, with Basil "Bo...

The Reel Rap boys are howling into the mics this time around as they discuss Mike Nichols’ baffling 'Wolf.' I know what you’re thinking, “Jack Nicholson going wolf-mode?” That’s gotta be good!” Think again, buddy! Sometimes a movie’s cast, crew, and premise are just too good to be true. That’s definitely the case with 1994’s Wolf. The film not only promises lycanthropic, Tex Avery antics from Jack...

This special Howl'o'ween episode starts with an age-old question: are threequels *always* great? No. They are not. But some are! And the Cinesthesia Boys are here to tell you about one. In the bold tradition of Exorcist III, Halloween III, and Godfather III, which are all the very best films from each franchise (don't argue, you look like a fool) we present The Howling III: The Marsupials. Sharpen...

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is too wonderful for words, a movie that perfectly encapsulates the unique appeal of an “actor-turned-director.” You probably think of Victor Frankenstein as a mad scientist. Kenneth Branagh is capable of reading more deeply. He recognized that Dr. Frankenstein, while mad, was also always half nude. Come rain, shine, blood, or amniotic fluid, Branagh’s Victor Frankenste...

Reel Rap returns to address the protests going on around the globe and discuss William Greaves’ experimental documentary 'Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One.' One time, during a job interview, Bennett said it was his favorite movie and had to try to explain the “plot.” He didn’t get the job! That’s just one of the wacky anecdotes shared on this week’s Reel Rap.

It’s goodbye for real this time as the boys discuss the controversial animated film that began life as a script by Jacques Tati. American critics generally welcomed Sylvain Chomet’s The Illusionist in 2010. Based on a script by Tati and featuring his likeness, the film earned an Academy Award nomination, several Annie Award nominations and, best of all, a Golden Globe nomination. Purists and membe...

This time it's personal. Jason Thesia digs into Jim Cine's deep dark past to answer the question on the burning tip of everyone's tongue. Wait, do we all have one collective tongue? Is this a Jungian thing? Do we have a Jung Tongue? Weird. Anyway, the burning question: what the hell is up with Jim? Why is he *like that*? You know what I mean. Don't pretend you haven't asked yourself the same thing...

Jacques Tati's final feature, Parade, gets the classic Reel Rap side-eye on this week’s episode. Shane and Bennett aren’t the only clowns on this week’s Reel Rap. For his final feature, Jacques Tati focuses on a Stockholm circus and dusts off the pantomime routines that made him famous. Listen in to hear the boys discuss the Cirque du Soleil industrial complex, three card monty schemes and that ep...

Bennett and Shane say goodbye to Monsieur Hulot and discuss Jacques Tati’s penultimate film, 'Trafic.' Trafic is often considered one of the great director’s “minor” works. While it’s definitely not PlayTime, the Reel Rap boys find a lot to love in his penultimate film. Does the film validate Bennett’s fear of driving? Is Shane a certified gearhead? You’ll have to listen to find out! Original Reel...

Yachts rock, stars trek and men mattress in a brand new episode of Cinesthesia. Setting aside the efficacy of applying spatial logic to an emotional reality, we are nevertheless drawn ineluctably towards an inverse representation of consensus reality, once the experiential model returns the — um... you have a little... yeah, right there... no, the left side. No. Yeah. You got it. No problem. Okay....

Shane and Bennett discusses Jacques Tati’s masterpiece, 'PlayTime,' one of the most ambitious and excellent films ever made. This week, it’s down to brass tacks as Reel Rap explores a film that’s overwhelming in every sense. 'PlayTime' (1967) may have disappointed contemporary audiences and landed Jacques Tati in director jail, but history has more than vindicated it. The boys try not to drag its...

In 1959, 'Mon Oncle' won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. A few days ago, it won Shane and Bennett’s hearts. With their first episode recorded in quarantine, listen in as the head Reelheads discuss neoliberal architecture, unclehood and one of the best comedies they’ve ever seen. A comedy duo straight out of William Penn’s backyard, Bennett Glace, an adult Disney fan, and Shane Pf...

The Boys are going on the road! Or, at least, Jason is. Or, well, he did. (This was recorded back when we all did things like leave the house.) Jason is on a late night drive and Jim is his phone-a-friend in the trivia game of life. Together they ponder the important questions, the ones that sit deep inside your bones and echo through your chest cavity when you're trying to sleep: Did Alfred Hitch...

Bennett and Shane discuss Jacques Tati’s debut feature, Jour de Fête, in the latest Reel Rap. Recorded more than two weeks ago, the latest episode of Reel Rap takes us back to simpler, pre-quarantine times. Bennett opens with perhaps the best joke of his life and it’s all uphill from there! With Jacques Tati’s Jour de Fête (The Big Day) in the hot seat, your hosts discuss the three deadly sins of...

Legendary French comic Jacques Tati takes the hot seat for Reel Rap's first season on an international actor-turned-director. In the Season 7 premiere, the Reel Rap boys are sending good vibes your way. Sick of living in a DeLillo novel? Listen to Shane and Bennett discuss legendary French funnyman Jacques Tati and his signature brand of whimsy. This week, they’re slathering on the zinc oxide and...

For Reel Rap Season 7 Shane P. and Bennett G. cross international waters to discuss the film's of one of the most important comedic figures in film history. Who is this illustrious actor-turned-director, you ask? Listen in for the reveal, and to find out what masterpiece Bennett plans to watch on his phone. New episodes begin Friday, March 27. Featuring music by Dana Boule. A comedy duo straight o...

A comedy duo straight out of William Penn’s backyard, Bennett Glace, an adult Disney fan, and Shane Pfender, an ordained minister, have for years lent a critical eye to Hollywood’s most tedious auteurs. They are a comedy duo for film snobs and slobs alike. Exhausted by the current uninspired landscape of film criticism, the two work to find a new language with which to understand and interact with...

With their heads still swimming in pumpkin guts, The Boys try to cure their Halloween Hangover by plunging into the films of William "The Exorcist" Blatty. Will Jim and Jason find salvation in his particular and peculiar brand of (very) Catholic pulp-existentialist horror? Find out as The Boys discuss The Ninth Configuration (1980), also known as "Twinkle, Twinkle, Killer Kane," also known as "The...

A comedy duo straight out of William Penn’s backyard, Bennett Glace, an adult Disney fan, and Shane Pfender, an ordained minister, have for years lent a critical eye to Hollywood’s most tedious auteurs. They are a comedy duo for film snobs and slobs alike. Exhausted by the current uninspired landscape of film criticism, the two work to find a new language with which to understand and interact with...

They just can't stop! Jim and Jason could talk about literally anything they want, but their brains are permanently trapped in the world of tricks and treats. This week, The Boys take a scattershot look at the convoluted history of one Michael "Halloween is my middle name" Halloween Myers, the once and future king of slashers, who is also maybe a puppet of Celtic witchcraft and an absentee father?...

After wrapping up Season 6 on Elaine May and Mike Nichols, Reel Rap moves to Russell Crowe's lone directorial effort. In 'The Water Diviner' Crowe plays a semi-mystic farmer who searches the stereotyped streets of Turkey for his three sons who are missing after the Battle of Gallipoli. In this episode Shane eats banana bread, Bennett demonstrates his Australian accent and shares how The Simpsons a...

Ryan McCloskey returns to the Reel Rap studio to talk Charlie Wilson's War, Mike Nichols' 2007 collaboration with Aaron Sorkin. Our hosts pull very few punches on Nichols' final film, pointing out crucial mistakes in casting and how much the film resembles a Ron Howard movie. And, of course, they squeeze in some of Bennett's beloved Oscars talk. A comedy duo straight out of William Penn’s backyard...

The Boys have been missing in action — wandering through the submerged depths of spacetime, the dead zones of material consciousness — but they ride the bathyscaphe up through the cracks in reality's sidewalk and surface with brain bubbles full of hot takes on Cyborgs and Spielbergs. Welcome back to Cinesthesia. Get your surfboards ready: This tide is only rising. Coming Feb. 24: HALLOWEEN HANGOVE...

Jason and Jim are back from Hell. Cinesthesia returns with new episodes Monday, Feb. 10. Listen as two confused men struggle to comprehend that they even have a podcast. Come hear what we see. Join a filmmaker (and sometimes film teacher) and a film teacher (and sometimes filmmaker) as they venture into the dark heart of their own befuddled relationship to culture, the youth, the internet, friends...