The Academy Academy

Oct 29 2024 208 ep. 120 mins 7

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Donald Saunderson and Patrick Gremillion discover the absolute, undeniable, and scientifically proven greatest performance in your favorite actor's esteemed career via a direct-elimination bracket, usually with a kind lil' guest.

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Probably the Coolest Guy: A Tribute to Kris Kristofferson (Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid & Semi-Tough)

Oct 29 2024 118 mins

Country Musician. Actor. Rhodes Scholar. He was Whistler in Blade and he wrote Me and Bobby McGee. We're covering the dearly departed Kris Kristofferson, folks. We do a brief overview of his fascinating life, dive deep into the Panoply of Western Movie Character Actor Guys that is Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, and kinda regret that we chose to watch Semi-Tough. Tune in and find ou

Our Feature Presentation: A Cinema Speculation Podcast (Extra Credit: Macon County Line and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre))

Oct 22 2024 79 mins

It's Never Leave The House Week, folks! Don & Pat covering Macon County Line and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre on this addition of The Academy Academy. This ep has everything: Geoffrey Lewis as Hemp(Hamp?), musings about the Jokerfication of America's youth, and of course, that funky dude just trying to find himself: Leatherface. Enjoy! If you are a fan of the pod and/or need a

Our Feature Presentation: A Cinema Speculation Podcast (Deliverance)

Oct 15 2024 122 mins

Don and Pat take a break from the hustle and bustle of Roku City to go on a Cool and Definitely Not Scary canoeing trip on this week’s The Academy Academy! If you are a fan of the pod and/or need a place to send your unfiltered takes on Hong-sang Soo and Jingle All the Way, send us an email at [email protected] or message us on Twitter at @TheAcadAcad.

Our Feature Presentation: A Cinema Speculation Podcast (Extra Credit: Death Wish and Straw Dogs)

Sep 28 2024 116 mins

Don & Pat dive delve into violent waters on this week's The Academy Academy as we discuss Michael Winner's Death Wish and Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs. If you enjoy films directed by son-of-a-bitch bon vivants and movies that interrogate the inextricability of violence from human nature, then this is the pod for you! If you are a fan of the pod and/or need a place to send your un

Our Feature Presentation: A Cinema Speculation Podcast (Dirty Harry)

Sep 21 2024 99 mins

Don & Pat tackle the Dirty Harry portion of Cinema on this week's The Academy Academy. Do you miss old school DVD special features? Do you think Unforgiven and Men At Work is the perfect double feature? Do you think Emory Cohen has a shot at becoming the next Paul Walter Hauser? Do you want to learn about the life and times of Don Siegel, the guy who was NEARLY 60 when he direc

Our Feature Presentation: A Cinema Speculation Podcast (Extra Credit: The Detective and The French Connection)

Sep 14 2024 91 mins

It's another extra credit ep, folks! One of the movies discussed is a goodie, while the other is a... confusie. We discuss Cool Cops, Dad Cops, Crazy Uncle Cops, Lunchpail Cinema, and all things Sweaty Troubling Men on this week's The Academy Academy! If you are a fan of the pod and/or need a place to send your unfiltered takes on Hong-sang Soo and Jingle All the Way, send us an

Our Feature Presentation: A Cinema Speculation Podcast (Bullitt)

Sep 06 2024 99 mins

Does Bullitt contain the most popular vehicle in all of cinema? Does Frank Bullitt play into liberal cop fantasies the way Dirty Harry plays into conservative ones? Would Steve McQueen have made Sorcerer a bonafide box-office success? Pat & Don discuss all this and more on this week's episode of The Academy Academy! If you are a fan of the pod and/or need a place to send your

Our Feature Presentation: A Cinema Speculation Podcast (Extra Credit: Black Gunn and The Bus Is Coming)

Aug 31 2024 88 mins

Did you bragbout brag about watching R-rated films to gain social cache on the playground? Is your life riddled with moments worth of a John Cheever short story? Is Bruce Glover your go-to goon? If you answered yes to any of these questions, look no further: this pod is for you! Don & Pat discuss Wendell James Franklin's The Bus Is Coming and Robert Hartford-Davis' Black Gunn o

Our Feature Presentation: A Cinema Speculation Podcast (Little Q Watching Big Movies - Joe and Where's Poppa?)

Aug 20 2024 81 mins

Don & Pat use Quentin Tarantino's Cinema Speculation as a framework to discuss the most provocative features of a filmic era they find endlessly fascinating, beginning with Joe and Where's Poppa. Is this button-pushing double feature still relevant today, or merely a mildly concerning curio? What kind of movie uses "The Tush Scene Alone Is Worth the Price of Admission" as its p

Schlesinger in America: Part 3 (Marathon Man and Honky Tonk Freeway

Aug 13 2024 105 mins

Don & Pat triumphantly return from their brief hiatus with a banger of an ep, folks! We're concluding our Schlesinger detour with the airport thriller adaptation classic Marathon Man and the cinematic Spruce Goose known as Honky Tonk Freeway. Are you down for a William Devane double feature? Do you think Tubi is the streaming equivalent of a video rental store? What is the true