The Media Morgue

The Morticians at CUFF: Volume IV

Welcome back to the Morgue! 

We recently teamed up with Columbia University to interview some of the contestants in their 26th annual film festival this month. We're honored to be a platform for these great conversations and excited to share them with you! 

TIMESTAMPS

[0:27 - 25:05] 'She Always Wins' and 'Like Mother', directed by Hazel McKibbin | premiering 5:00pm Friday, May 12th and 5:00pm Sunday, May 14th

[25:08 - 42:12] 'Elegy for a Glacier' directed by Stephanie Falkeis | premiering 5:00pm Sunday, May 14th

The Morticians at CUFF: Volume III

Welcome back to the Morgue! 

We recently teamed up with Columbia University to interview some of the contestants in their 26th annual film festival this month. We're honored to be a platform for these great conversations and excited to share them with you! 

TIMESTAMPS

[0:27 - 18:12] 'Ethnic Slut' directed by Chris Blanco | premiering 7:00pm Friday, May 12th

[18:16 - 29:09] 'Last Night at Paris Blues' directed by Fany de la Chica | premiering 5:00pm Friday, May 12th

The Morticians at CUFF: Volume II

Welcome back to the Morgue! 

We recently teamed up with Columbia University to interview some of the contestants in their 26th annual film festival this month. We're honored to be a platform for these great conversations and excited to share them with you! 

TIMESTAMPS

[0:00 - 15:40] 'Soma' directed by Aliza Brugger | premiering 5:00pm Friday, May 12th

[15:45 - 38:45] 'Choke Hold' directed by Max McGillivray | premiering 5:00pm Sunday, May 14th

The Morticians at CUFF: Volume I

Welcome back to the Morgue! 

We recently teamed up with Columbia University to interview some of the contestants in their 26th annual film festival this month. We're honored to be a platform for these great conversations and excited to share them with you! 

TIMESTAMPS

[0:20 - 18:00] 'The Devil on Screen' dir. Felix van Kann, prod. Fernando Ortiz | premiering 5:00pm Saturday, May 13th 

[18:23 - 35:35] 'Esperance to Fremantle' dir. William Sebastian Turner | premiering 3:00pm Sunday, May 14th

Interview with an Indie: Robbie Banfitch

On this IWAI, horror auteur Robbie Banfitch sits down with us to discuss his directorial debut, 'The Outwaters': a found footage mind-bender that's captured the attention of audiences throughout the country. He unveils some of the minutiae of marketing and festival submission, parsing good feedback from unhelpful trolling, the driving ideology behind his take on horror, and of course the films that inspired this one. Not to mention a couple of exclusive scoops that you can ONLY catch here. You won't want to miss this one, folks, so grab your ayahuasca and scrub in! 

Creed III x Akira (with Cameron Carr)

Welcome back to The Morgue! 

On this episode, the Morticians invite friend and collaborator Cameron Carr for a blow by blow on CREED III🥊 and an appropriately Japanese pairing: Katsuhiro Otomo's AKIRA🫀. Discussed (among other things)—the latitude Michael B. gives his anime influences, the ways both films tackle male relational issues and emotional trauma, that whole "next Denzel" conversation, and whether it truly is impossible to bring Otomo's classic to live action.

Plus: can you imagine if Tom Cruise *hosted* the Oscars? Grab your boxing gloves or sick scarlet biker suit and scrub in! 

TIMESTAMPS

[0:00 - 23:05] Intro & News! Sam Levinson's 'Idol' followup; new funding for MACRO, a rival to A24?;  Bob Odenkirk remaking 'The Room'; Chris Rock's new special

[23:25 - 1:17:05] Creed III (2023) dir. Michael B. Jordan

[1:17:20 - 1:59:40] Akira (1988) dir. Katsuhiro Otomo

Skinamarink x Possession

Welcome back to the Morgue! 

On this episode, the Morticians dive deep into the recesses of childhood trauma with SKINAMARINK📺; discussing the slow but sure emergence of creepypasta and internet folklore into the mainstream and the ways recent filmmakers' backgrounds have positioned them as vanguards for that emergence. Then, a walk through the nearly-lost, seeing-is-believing cult favorite POSSESSION🐙. These two films have more in common than you might initially think, so grab your blanky and scrub in.

PLUS: A special announcement from Wes at the very end! Somebody's going to Cleveland...

TIMESTAMPS

[0:00 - 36:35] Intro & News! Sam Levinson's fallen 'Idol'; Trailer Talk for 'How to Blow Up a Pipeline', 'Scream 6', 'Peter Pan & Wendy', and 'Evil Dead Rise'; Warner Bros. new DC slate + unintentional mini reviews of 'Quantumania' and 'Shang-Chi'

[37:00 - 1:05:08] Skinamarink (2022) dir. Kyle Edward Ball

[1:05:20 - 1:38:00] Possession (1981) dir. Andrzej Źuławski

 

Interview with an Indie: Amir Moverman

On our second-ever IWAI, documentarian Amir Moverman discusses the concept short that he's in process of expanding to feature length. His goal? To catalog each of the 86 synagogue locations on the island of Manhattan. From the unorthodox inception of the idea to his deep affection for the city and how Jewishness fits in the mix, Amir tells all in his trademark blend of sincerity and wit. 

The short version of REFLECTIONS IN SYNAGOGUE (2022), written and directed by Amir Moverman, can be viewed here. And you can view Amir's list of favorite documentaries here.

2022: The Year’s Best (with Kelly Ng)

Happy New Year, Morguies! 

For our final episode of 2022, the Morticians invited actor and #1 Michelle Yeoh stan Kelly Ng to talk through this year's highlights of film/TV, performance, direction, cinematography, and more! It's an hour and a half of pure appreciation, so check your own Best Of list and scrub in to see how it compares! 

Bad Taste x American Movie

Welcome back to the Morgue! 

We hope you enjoyed your Thanksgiving folks. In this wistful, sincere, and unsegmented minisode, the Morticians discuss Peter Jackson's debut splatter zeitgeist BAD TASTE🍔 and Chris Smith's Sundance docu-darling AMERICAN MOVIE🎟️. It leads into a discussion about the unique chaos of first films and what it takes to keep the fire of inspiration alive against seemingly impossible odds. Grab whatever leftovers you've still got and scrub in for this cozy convo! 

TIMESTAMPS

[0:00 - 30:25] Bad Taste (1987) dir. Peter Jackson

[30:30 - 58:40] American Movie (1999) dir. Chris Smith