What Is A Movie?

Dec 26 2024 132 ep. 55 mins

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Dan tries his darndest to help Kevin, a man who has somehow never seen a movie, understand what a movie is. Uploads biweekly on Thursdays.

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Let The Right One In

Dec 26 2024 47 mins

Merry Nosferatu-mas!Robert Eggers' Nosferatu is finally here and so our Vampire Season has come to a close. Time to hang with some Swedish children, joyfully traipse through every vampire trope in the book, and unpack the trauma of bullying.We'll catch you in our next season after a brief break!You can shoot us an email at [email protected]

Shadow of the Vampire

Dec 12 2024 46 mins

We're goin back to two of our favorite boys - Nosferatu and Willem Dafoe!Join us as we re-imagine the filming of Nosferatu through the lens of the oddest German accents ever recorded. You can shoot us an email at [email protected]

Interview With The Vampire

Nov 28 2024 64 mins

Happy Thanksgiving - hope y'all have a lovely dinner and don't have to suffer any vampires at your table.We've brought in our good friend and resident Rice scholar, Jon Waugh, to walk us through the magic of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt's homoerotic tension. Check out Jon's podcast Damn That Television and follow him everywhere @jonwahizzleYou can shoot us an email at whatisamoviepod@g

The Lost Boys

Nov 14 2024 44 mins

Vamp Quest continues and we're fast forwarding all the way to the late 80s. Time to dive into a most beautiful and incredible house of cards - The Lost Boys. Schumacher, Sutherland, melodrama, and Coreys galore!For a fun drinking game, drink every time Kevin says "vibes".You can shoot us an email at [email protected]

Nosferatu

Oct 31 2024 37 mins

We're back for a new - spooky - season. It's Vampire Season, baby.Kicking it off we're digging into the classic granddaddy of film vampires; Nosferatu. Cue the overture, it's time to suck some blood.Happy Halloween, y'all!You can shoot us an email at [email protected]

The Florida Project

Sep 26 2024 59 mins

It's the finale of our Tour DeFoe! Our last stop: Florida. Hop on in, we're going to Disney and it's totally gonna break your heart.We chat about sad movies, childhood summertime, and rank our opinions on the whole Dafoe season.---Content warning: discussions of poverty, pedophiles, & sex work.You can shoot us an email at [email protected]

The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou

Sep 12 2024 41 mins

We all live in a yellow submarine.(editor's note: it's pronounced anjelica 'hyoo-ston' but we say 'huss-ton' here. oops.)You can shoot us an email at [email protected]

Spider-Man (2002)

Aug 29 2024 58 mins

GODSPEED, SPIDER-MAN!As we continue to barrel through our Tour Dafoe, we take a lil stop at 2002's Spider-Man. We got Tobey, hamfisted "romance," and appx. 40% Raimi. Thwip thwip, baby.And, get this - they say that a hero could save us. Me? I'm not gonna stand here and wait.You can shoot us an email at [email protected]

The Last Temptation of Christ

Aug 15 2024 53 mins

The Summer Of Dafoe (or whatever we're calling this season) continues! Parables, sin, humanity, and superman - oh my!You can shoot us an email at [email protected]

Platoon

Aug 01 2024 63 mins

We're back with a new season! This time we're competing in the Tour De Dafoe - a dive into the prolific career of one Mr. Willem Dafoe. First up, it's 1986's Platoon and all the complicated feelings that a war movie can drum up.Is this a movie worth making? How should we grapple with our past crimes? Perhaps most importantly: would you smoke from the barrel of Willem Dafoe's weed g