The Media Morgue

Welcome back to the Morgue!

Who would we be as critics and Morticians if we did not analyze this peculiar double feature event that has swept the nation during the most perilous time for American cinema in over 60 years? Join us as we dissect the latest magnum opuses from indie titans Greta Gerwig and Christopher Nolan. Plus, what IP from the Mattel pile do *we* want a shot at bringing to life next? Stuff your tobacco pipe, set up your Malibu dream houses, and scrub in! 

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[0:00-24:30] News! Trailer Talk for 'Wonka' and 'Exorcist: Believer'; the SAG/WGA Strike; the new "MCU" (and why it's a terrible idea) 

[24:45] The Barbenheimer Phenomenon

[36:45] Barbie (2023) dir. Greta Gerwig

[1:10:45] Oppenheimer (2023) dir. Christopher Nolan

 

Welcome back to the Morgue! 

We are resuming our third season with a discussion of Rainer Fassbinder's 'Fox and His Friends' and Toshio Matsumoto's 'Funeral Parade of Roses'; two films quite revolutionary for their time in their detailed depictions of these pockets of queer livelihood. Scrub in!

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[3:00] News! Summer Games Fest, Trailer Talk for 'Kraven the Hunter', Netflix's 'The Last Airbender'

[22:19] 'Fox and His Friends' (1975) dir. Reiner Werner Fassbinder

[51:57] 'Funeral Parade of Roses' (1969) dir. Toshio Matsumoto

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! 

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[0:30 - 23:15] 'Primos' and 'Homing' directed by Ricardo J. Varona | premiering 7:00pm Friday, May 12th and 7:00pm Saturday, May 13th 

[23:20 - 34:24] 'Steal the Bacon' directed by Angeline Dimambro | premiering 5:00pm Friday, May 12th

[34:28 - 49:38] 'Well, I Should Get Going' directed by Celine Rose Sutter | premiering 7:00pm Sunday, May 12th

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! 

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[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

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! 

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[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

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! 

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[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

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! 

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[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

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! 

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! 

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[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

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...

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[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