Junk Filter

Apr 01 2025 186 ep. 53 mins 430
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Junk Filter: a podcast about strange and overlooked artifacts from the worlds of film, music and popular culture with a generous side order of jokes and politics. Hosted by Jesse Hawken with guests from the worlds of Politics Twitter and Film Twitter. Original music for the program by Marker Starling. Follow us now on Twitter: @junkfilterpod

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208: Francis Ford Coppola: The Conversation (with Sean T. Collins and Julia Gfrörer)

Apr 01 2025 122 mins  
To mark the passing of the great Gene Hackman, the writer and critic Sean T. Collins and the cartoonist and graphic novelist Julia Gfrörer are my special guests for a deep dive into one of our favourite films, Francis Ford Coppola’s The Conversation (1974).The Conversation was groundbreaking in terms of film editing; when Coppola was pulled away to direct The Godfather Part II,

TEASER - 207: John Ford: The Long Gray Line (with Chris Cassingham)

Mar 22 2025 5 mins  
Access this entire 87-minute episode (and additional monthly bonus shows) by becoming a Junk Filter patron for only $5.00 (US) a month! Over 30% of episodes are exclusively available to patrons of the show. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.patreon.com/posts/207-john-ford-124925337The writer and film programmer Chris Cassingham returns t

206: Conclave (with Jacob Bacharach)

Mar 12 2025 77 mins  
CW: Spoilers for Conclave.The author Jacob Bacharach returns to the pod for a show about Edward Berger’s entertaining political thriller Conclave starring Ralph Fiennes as a conflicted Cardinal who is required to preside over the selection of the new Pope, and amidst the infighting among the Cardinals, uncovers a shocking conspiracy within the halls of power in Vatican City. To d

TEASER - 205: A Woman in Trouble, Part 2: Hotline / In the Cut (with Jessica Ritchey)

Mar 04 2025 5 mins  
Access this entire 70-minute episode (and additional monthly bonus shows) by becoming a Junk Filter patron for only $5.00 (US) a month! Over 30% of episodes are exclusively available to patrons of the show. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.patreon.com/posts/205-woman-in-2-123622191In part two of our discussion about Looking for Mr. Goodbar, Jess

204: A Woman in Trouble, Part 1: Looking for Mr. Goodbar (with Jessica Ritchey)

Mar 04 2025 83 mins  
CW: This episode contains spoilers and discussions of cinematic sexual violence. The film writer Jessica Ritchey returns to the show for a two-part series about two controversial films about a woman’s complex sexuality, films that took a couple of decades to be rediscovered and better understood.In part one we discuss Richard Brooks’ 1977 drama Looking for Mr. Goodbar starring

203: Central Station / I’m Still Here (with Gus Lanzetta)

Feb 28 2025 116 mins  
Gus Lanzetta returns to the podcast from São Paulo to discuss two films by the Brazilian director Walter Salles: 1998’s Central Station, starring Fernanda Montenegro, and his latest, Ainda Estou Aqui (I’m Still Here) starring Montenegro’s daughter Fernanda Torres, both Academy Award-nominated for their respective performances.In Central Station Fernanda Montenegro gave one o

202: David Cronenberg: Clinical Trials and Naked Lunch (with Violet Lucca)

Feb 24 2025 96 mins  
CW: This episode discusses cinematic sexual violence.Violet Lucca, the author of the new monograph David Cronenberg: Clinical Trials, returns to the podcast from Brooklyn to discuss the book and his controversial 1991 adaptation of William S. Burroughs’ Naked Lunch starring Peter Weller and Judy Davis, filmed in Toronto standing in for 50s New York and Morocco, recreated by Crone

TEASER - 201: Michael Mann: Blackhat (with James Slaymaker)

Feb 21 2025 5 mins  
Access this entire 70-minute episode (and additional monthly bonus shows) by becoming a Junk Filter patron for only $5.00 (US) a month! Over 30% of episodes are exclusively available to patrons of the show. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.patreon.com/posts/201-michael-mann-122785625James Slaymaker, the author of Time is Luck: The Cinema of Michael Mann,

200: Proof of Life (with Roxana Hadadi)

Feb 10 2025 71 mins  
Roxana Hadadi, film and tv critic for Vulture and New York magazine returns to the pod for another episode about Tony Gilroy, this time looking at his screenplay for Taylor Hackford’s kidnapping thriller from the year 2000,Proof of Life, starring top-billed Meg Ryan and the ascendant superstar Russell Crowe.Crowe plays Terry Thorne, an Australian K&R (Kidnap & Ransom) con

TEASER - 199: The MCU: Munich Cinematic Universe, Part 2 (with Corey Atad)

Feb 06 2025 5 mins  
Access this entire 92-minute episode (and additional monthly bonus shows) by becoming a Junk Filter patron for only $5.00 (US) a month! Over 30% of episodes are exclusively available to patrons of the show. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.patreon.com/posts/199-mcu-munich-2-121674522 In part two of our look at Munich, Corey Atad and I continue to discuss Spiel