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Podcasts: August 2009 Archives
Do Spoilers Spoil Movie Discussions?
By Alison Willmore on 08/31/2009
Spoiler etiquette is getting ever more complex, but honestly, if knowing a plot twist in advance can ruin a movie, is it that good a movie to begin with? This week on the IFC News podcast, we discuss the definition and rules of spoilers, when and why critics and advertisers have deemed it acceptable to spoil a film, and whether talking around spoilers makes it impossible to have a real discussion about a particular feature. Download: MP3, 41:07 minutes, 37.6 MB Subscribe to the podcast: [iTunes] [XML]... MORE »
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Actual College, Meet College Movies
By Alison Willmore on 08/24/2009
Filed under: PodcastsIt's the last week of August, and the class of 2013 is either getting ready to or in the process of moving into their dorms in preparation for their first year of college. But if their ideas about what college life is going to be like are based on films set there, they're probably going to be disappointed. This week on the IFC News podcast, we look at the different tics, clichés and tendencies of cinema set in the world of higher education, along with a few titles in particular that strike us as closer to the truth. Download: MP3,... MORE »
Overused Soundtrack Choices
By Alison Willmore on 08/17/2009
Filed under: PodcastsWhen "Under Pressure" starts up on the soundtrack of "World's Greatest Dad," it's as both a fitting soundtrack choice and as a joke -- the song, a callback from an earlier scene, is so overused as a music cue that no matter how thematically appropriate it is, it's going to come with loads of baggage. Which provided the inspiration for this week's IFC News podcast, a look at some of the most soundtrack-abused song choices in the film world, from "Carmina Burana" to "Bad to the Bone." Download: MP3, 38:52 minutes, 35.6 MB Subscribe to the podcast: [iTunes] [XML]... MORE »
Metaphorical Aliens
By Alison Willmore on 08/10/2009
Filed under: Podcasts"District 9"'s alien race is segregated into its own neighborhood -- in South Africa. Which makes its metaphorical value pretty obvious. But race isn't the only thematic burden extraterrestrials have borne in films. This week on the IFC News podcast, we look at some of the other things aliens have stood for. Download: MP3, 34:41 minutes, 31.8 MB Subscribe to the podcast: [iTunes] [XML] MORE »
Docsploitation!
By Alison Willmore on 08/03/2009
Filed under: PodcastsIs there a term for films like this week's "Paper Heart," which continually blur the line between fiction and nonfiction? Well, if there is, we couldn't find it, so we decided to coin our own. This week on the IFC News podcast, we look at films that fall into the category we'll call "docsploitation," in which you're constantly challenged to figure out what's real and what's not, and what that even means in the end anyway. Download: MP3, 40:13 minutes, 36.8 MB Subscribe to the podcast: [iTunes] [XML]... MORE »
