Jason and the Movienauts

Feb 03 2025 170 ep. 68 mins 1

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Jason and his friends talk about old and new movies

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Powell Without Pressburger: Peeping Tom and Age of Consent

Feb 03 2025 56 mins

Michelle is back to continue her exploration with Jason of the films of Michael Powell - this time without his longtime partner Emeric Pressburger. What sorts of things does Powell create without his longtime partner? One of the things he delivers is the deeply upsetting and strange Peeping Tom, a movie much scathed when it was first released but which has re-emerged into public es

Powell & Pressburger: The Red Shoes, The Tales of Hoffmann and Bluebeard's Ghost

Jan 27 2025 71 mins

Michelle is back again to continue our discussion of the beautiful films of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. This time we look at perhaps P&P at their most exquisite, as we discuss how The Red Shoes, The Tales of Hoffmann and Bluebeard's Ghost all appeal to us, who aren't opera or ballet fans but who love a beautiful film. The big surprise for us was Bluebeard

RIP David Lynch: Twin Peaks the Return Episode 10, 11 and 12

Jan 20 2025 94 mins

Shawn, Paul and Jason got together before the untimely passing of David Lynch for their latest discussion of his final major project: Twin Peaks the Return. This time the guys talk episodes 10, 11 and 12. I think you can hear our love for the film master in every word we say on the pod, as we celebrate Lynch's unique genius for sound, script, video and collaboration. We will sorely

Emergency Podcast: A Complete Unknown and I Walk the Line

Jan 13 2025 88 mins

Jason is a huge Bob Dylan fan and is wrestling with his complicated feelings after watching A Complete Unknown. Keith heard Jason's hand-wringing about the film and suggested that he and Jason discuss this film in conjunction with another Mangold biopic, Walk the Line, and try to find some kind of truth in the way untruths are shown on the screen. This ended up being a fascinating

Existential Japanese Police: A Man Vanishes and the Man without a Map

Jan 06 2025 89 mins

Eric is back this week and the guys are delving deep again into some wildly existentialist Japanese police films. This week: A Man Vanishes and The Man without a Map, two films which as fascinating and complex questions about the nature of reality and fiction, about truth and artifice, and about Japanese society in the 60s. As always when Jason and Eric talk for Movienauts, the con

Powell & Pressburger: 49th Parallel, Col. Blimp and The Small Back Room

Dec 23 2024 67 mins

Michelle is back to hang out again with Jason and discuss the amazing films of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. This time they look at a great combination of classic and obscure P&P films, all of which have to do in some way with war and its impact on people: 49th Parallel, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp and The Small Back Room. The pair get into a discussion of the

Twin Peaks the Return Episodes 7, 8 and 9

Dec 16 2024 90 mins

Paul, Shawn and Jason have masde it to perhaps the greatest episode of TV ever created, specifically Twin Peaks the Return episode 8. The guys go deep into the analysis of this episode, and Jason, at least, had his mind blown by a few of the ideas and insights Shawn shared. As if that's not enough, the guys go deep into all these episodes, with some really intriguing textual and m

Schradercast: Dog Eat Dog and First Reformed

Dec 09 2024 116 mins

The Schradercast has walked some interesting ground in its previous 9 episodes, but this time Blaize and Jason have hit the most interesting ground so far, with two diametrically opposite films which provide a fascinating contrast for each other. First, Dog Eat Dog a hyperkinetic nihilistic Nic Cage/Willem Dafoe crime thriller. Next, First Reformed, a highly considered and deeply f

Teshigahara: The Face of Another and Ako

Dec 02 2024 83 mins

Eric is back as he and Jason continue their look at the films of the Japanese master Teshigahara. This time, the lovely and lyrical Ako and the deeply complex The Face of Another. The guys really wrestle with Face and come out of the film with more questions than they went in with, but that kind of suits the film!

Lynchcast: Twin Peaks the Return Episodes 4, 5 and 6

Nov 25 2024 83 mins

Shawn and Paul are back to continue our look into the void - or, at least, into the Black Lodge, as we continue our look at Twin Peaks the Return. This time the guys are looking into episodes 4, 5 and 6 and debating when to get tired of Dougie, how frightening EvilCoop feels, and what is Twin Peaks when most of the show doesn't take place in that small town? Oh, and much, much more